I couldn't agree more. I like his music (when he was still Cat Stevens), but the tough of buying his albums when the money might be ending up in the hands of bus bombers makes me sick.

How strange that after writing those words he chose to join himself to the most hateful, death-obsessed, murderous psychopaths on the planet.

Um...
...but the "schools" aren't really what we usually think of as schools (places of learning the 3R's, developing critical thinking skills, etc.). Some of that may occur, but they are really places where the students are steeped in the doctrines of hatred and prejudice, and come out with a horribly warped worldview.

Speaking of "Teaser and the Firecat", there is a song on there that is still capable of making me weep in the deepest part of my soul. "How Can I Tell You", was one of the theme songs of my first really serious relationship. It was a long-distance relationship, and it finally ended in much pain and emotional scarring. This story's got me thinking on it again...

I believe one of these schools was in London, and I doubt that it was that extreme. The ones in the Middle East are probably another matter.

But Hamas. And turning his back on music. And supporting the fatwa against Rushdie.

Wasn't "Father and Son" on Teaser and the Firecat?

All the times that I cried,
Keepin' all the things I knew inside.
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them they know, not me
So there's a way, and I know that I have to go away.
I know, I have to go.

That one called out to me when I was a teenager.

everyone seems to assume he gave money to terrorists. easy to say but where the proof. govt throws people in jail with out trials or lawyers and no one seems to care. america is turning into a concentration camp.

Hi, Cliff.

1) It seems well established that Stevens/Islam gave money to Hamas. That is, it's appeared in a number of mainstream sources that employ fact-checkers and are not CBS. But you certainly have a point: it wouldn't hurt to do a little digging.

2) Are you referring to the detainees at Gitmo, or to the domestic cases?

3) How many calories did you consume yesterday? Get back to me when it dips below 2000, okay?

4) "Without" is one word. Thought you'd want to know.