Morrissey Quizzed by FBI

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

Singer MORRISSEY was quizzed by the FBI and British intelligence after speaking out against the American and British governments.

The Brit is a famous critic of the US-led war in Iraq and has dubbed President GEORGE W BUSH a "terrorist" - but he was baffled to be hauled in by authorities.

Morrissey explains, "The FBI and the Special Branch have investigated me and I've been interviewed and taped and so forth.

"They were trying to determine if I was a threat to the government, and similarly in England. But it didn't take them very long to realise that I'm not.

"I don't belong to any political groups, I don't really say anything unless I'm asked directly and I don't even demonstrate in public. I always assume that so-called authoritarian figures just assume that pop/rock music is slightly insane and an untouchable platform for the working classes to stand up and say something noticeable.

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http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/morrissey%20quizzed%20by%20fbi_23_02_2006

From 2004

The Mancunian singer and former frontman of The Smiths attracted criticism last summer by announcing from the stage of a concert in Ireland that he wished President George W Bush had died instead of former American president Ronald Reagan.

And now the singer, who once released the single "Bigmouth Strikes Again'' with The Smiths, has come out in favour of John Kerry, Bush's rival in the presidential race.

On his official website, Morrissey has written: "With all my heart I urge people to vote against George Bush.

"John Kerry is the logical and sane move. Bush has single-handedly turned the United States into the most neurotic and terror-obsessed country on the planet. For non-Americans the United States is suddenly not a very nice place to visit."

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http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/135/135288_morrissey_starts_a_new_bush_fire.html

[YOY]

1. Couldn't be Morrisey!

Not one mention of crying!

:rofl:

[susanna]

23. How Soon is Now?

:-)

[Lance_Boyle]

2. Just LOOK at all these terra-ists!

[mattclearing]

3. Story is too old for LBN.

Was up at contact yesterday.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. He's suspected of setting a "Hairdresser on Fire"

The FBI spokesman referred to him after the interview as a "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" who swore he would never never do it again. While he joked openly with agents about his girlfriend in a coma, he was informed that following 9/11, that joke isn't funny anymore, it being too close to home and too near the bone, too close to home and too near the bone more than you'll ever know.

Oh! It gets bettah!

[fleabert]

8. Morrissey's Girlfriend in a Coma- Wants to Pull Plug-

quoted as saying, "I know, I know, it's really serious.' Religious Right to step in on her behalf!

[Teaser]

11. wouldn't his SO be another sex?

nt

[fleabert]

14. from what I remember from my love research in HS, morrissey has

never come out as either hetero or homo sexual. He considers himself asexual. But that could be outdated information. He did write a song titled 'Girlfriend in a Coma' though.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

17. He's celibate

He doesn't have sex with anyone -- male or female

[pschoeb]

20. Not asexual or always celibate

He was conciously celibate for awhile, during a portion of the Smiths, it was somewhat clear he wasn't celibate before this, and it's not really clear if he still is, I would say it's doubtfull. He has always been somewhat contradictory on this issue.

As far as his sexual preference
Here's some of his qoutes

"I refuse to recognize the terms hetero-, bi-, and homo-sexual. Everybody has exactly the same sexual needs. People are just sexual, the prefix is immaterial."

"I don't know anybody who is absolutely, exclusively heterosexual. It limits people's potential in so many areas. I think we should slap down these barriers."

This would seem to preclude him from being asexual, or a celibate virgin, or exclusively heterosexual.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Frist diagnosis Morrissey's girlfriend as "completely healthy"

Rush Limbaugh brings up the fact that there were "times when (Morrissey) could have strangled her" as evidence that he is the one who put the girlfriend in a coma...

;-)

[fleabert]

16. Hannity states 'He is a violent man, evidence in the lyrics!' throw the

book at him!'

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
when I said I'd like to
smash every tooth in your head

Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
when I said by rights you should be
bludgeoned in your bed

[susanna]

24. Bigmouth strikes again? n/t

[SoCalDem]

5. Uh-Oh.. They'll probably makeTony shut down my 2nd favorite website.

The World According to America

a small sample of their work

[Gregorian]

7. I know.

I'm having mixed feelings about the challenge this week. As much as I feel the way they do, I happen to live here. But in general, I would fit in far better in Europe. I guess that's why we spend time on b3ta. It's tied with DU, for me.

[Mnemosyne]

19. Someone there sure got the mindset of too many here right.

http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/america/page5/

The rest of the world can see * post 9/11 mindset very well.

I've been scrolling for awhile now SoCalDem, whew! Thanks for sharing it. :hi:

[pocket]

6. Morrisey Rides a Cock-Horse

anyone else remember that song by the Warlock Pincers?

[Teaser]

9. Heaven knows he's miserable now

nt

[Roland99]

10. Guess it was a "Pop" Quiz

yuk yuk yuk!!

[gauguin57]

13. "Come Armageddon ... come armageddon ... come"

(that lyric from Moz's "Every day is like Sunday") ... I would think George Dubya would LOVE that line ... since he's been trying to take us closer to armageddon every day since he took office!

[fleabert]

15. because because, it's the bomb, the bomb, the bomb that will keep

us together!

[Up2Late]

18. I guess we can kiss the 1st. Amendment good-bye too now.

What-a-world, what-a-world... :cry:

[neuvocat]

21. The government has done more to hurt the government

than anyone.

[clspector]

22. Oh no!

Not fey British singers. For the love of god, what will the children think?

My personal favorites, "Panic" and "How soon is Now"