Oooh Baby, Baby It's A Wild World

Yes, if you wanna leave, do take good care. Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, was denied entry to the United States recently.

That's right, the singer of "Peace Train," founder of schools, and well-known peace activist was labeled a terrorist. This is pretty silly.

While, as Juan Cole notes (and USA Today points out), Stevens/Islam has made some pro-Khomeini fatwa remarks in the past, he has strongly condemned Islamist terrorism.

I guess the most appropriate Cat Stevens song to reference right now would be "Trouble."

Is this kind of shit really the best way to spend our tax dollars for "Homeland Security"? By detaining a fucking peace activist/singer??? Aren't there some scary terrorists out there that need to be locked up?

Speaking of which, here's today's quiz question: How many terror convictions has the Ashcroft Justice Department manage to get and then make stick?

Answer: Zero. None. Not a single fucking one. Thousands and thousands of people have been detained and arrested, and there has not been ONE GODDAMN CONVICTION that has stood up. The Reno Justice Department, under President Clinton, arrested and got good convictions for the 1993 WTC bombers--they're still in prison.

Mr "Tough-on-Terra" Bush's administration has been, in this area like so many others, a total and complete failure.

UPDATE: Of course, other sources have been all over this. Atrios, as always, is on top of things, pointing us to TalkLeft for a far better summary of the Bush Administration's dismal record of terror prosecution than anyone could ever hope to find here.

Huzzah for the incumbent!