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By M&C News Aug 8, 2007, 1:29 GMT
Lily Allen’s visa revoked by US due to past arrest
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No one in the US wanted to touch her privates even with 3 pair of gloves so they just sent her back to where she came from : her mother's ?
Considering the fact that Mexican criminals routinely cross the U.S./Mexico border, commit crimes in the U.S., and slink back to Mexico (or are deported there after authorities decline to prosecute them, citing lack of funds), I find it incredibly disingenuous that the Administration would hassle a young woman who assaulted a photographer ....
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE VACATIONING PRESIDENT OF FRANCE DID ALMOST THE EXACT SAME THING!
Am I wrong on this?
It seems to be a rather heavy handed approach for what is essentially a minor misdemeanour. Seriously, what famous person hasn't at least wanted to punch a photographer or two? Have you seen how pushy and obnoxious they can be? The problem stems from denying entry into a country that from an outsider's perspective, is becoming more arrogant and xenophobic by the day and the plethora of ill-informed and crude comments here do very little to dissuade that perception.
I sure am glad the neo-cons are keeping these dangerous entertainers out of our country. We sure wouldn't want people singing and dancing to the music of a woman that assaulted an overbearing media snoop.
Too bad they couldn't be as vigilant when it comes to the millions of Mexican gang bangers and drug dealers that murder thousands of US citizen every year.
Maybe if they weren't so busy terrorizing other countries they could spend a little time doing things like securing our borders, rounding up the gang bangers, fixing the infrastructure, protecting the constitution, and reducing the intrusion of government on personal liberties.
And you think the world will better when the Chinese are domninant? You need to take a look at the control they excert over the abilty of thier people to express themselfs, you would be arrested and jailed for even the mildist comments against the goverment.
Like it or not the world is better off with the US as the domninat power in the world.
As for whats her name this just free press for her.
Comment sections like this (regardless of topic) just clarify exactly how stupid and/or ignorant most people are. Thus, the reason the US is a democratic REPUBLIC, not a pure democracy (contrary to the probable wishes of many contributors to internet wisdom, who think they have both the brains and information to make informed decisions about everything). I can only hope that we all just do the best we can to be informed about the candidates we elect, and then support them as much as possible. Perhaps if we did act more like a country than like 300 million squabbling, egocentric individuals, our politicians would spend less time posturing on issues and make the right decisions occasionally. We only get away with such stupidity because we're a very strong country and nothing really bad has happened yet. If we wised up in advance, the next really bad thing might be prevented, but if not, after a few million people die (or 100 million as in WWII,)we'll pull together again. Too bad it would be too late for those already dead.
Give the immigration people a break--they have to follow the rules. It'll get sorted out.
PS-Do we know if she signed a false statement saying she'd never been arrested when she applied for the visa. It would seem that if she had indicated the arrest previously, immigration would never have issued a visa to which has now been 'revoked.' Perhaps that is the more serious issue with them. But I still imagine it will be worked out.
d'coios Is a moran. he loves america and knows nothing about it. Actually more than half the population of America know nothing about the rest of the world,they are the most ignorant people on earth, they only know the bullsh*t propaganda their government shows them on tv. They are so brainwashed that they would believe anything and i mean anything. Stuff that a 7 year old will laugh at you in any other country. let alone why they would stop lilly allan. d'coios is an ignorant retard who thinks america is the best country in the world so its pointless arguing with him. The reason they stopped lilly allan is the same reason theyve stopped so many celebrities entering the states. The ones that stand for truth, against war, and know the dirty deeds of the US government. Its just sickening, I wont say much, do your research about your governmnent, but i can only tell you one thing, your government is not short of the biggest terrorist governmnet in the world. And you are Supporting it, hence you and everybody else who supports it are terrorists. NO one likes you guys, everybody now hates americans. Its sick how stupid and ignorant you are. and the people that support them are even worse. Go do your research about your gov, for eg the bush and binladens have been working together for 50 years now. Do me a favor, watch any other news channel besides cnn and besides one in the states..
It's all cool, someday in the future, the mass murderer bush will fly somewhere, get stopped, and transported to begin his retirement in the Hague with the other war criminals. Thank goodness for the ICC.
you all should really move on from talkin about Bush's family life, i mean, it's not THAT interesting, it still doesn't change the fact that there was a problem with Lily's visa does it?
not only celebrities are denied visa passes...even foreign professionals who went back for a family holiday are. All just because they came from a Muslim nation. ( eventhough they are Christians or Taoists.) Talking about a screwed immigation system, there's no better than the paranoid, idiotic American one.
Americans rejoice!!!!
Hang on! There's something wrong with this headline... 'Pop singer Lily Allen's U.S. tour could be in jeopardy'
Because Lily Allen can't really *sing*.
Only idiots and losers come to USA thru legal means. Therefore, I urge Ms. Allen to come to US the usual way
1) go to Mexico, where even Monkey can enter w/o ID
2) Go near US/Mexico Border, hire a coyote with proven track record bringing Illegals and drug dealers to US
3) bring plenty of water, shades, clothes, etc.
4) Viola! You'll be in USA in no time.
Well, we certainly can't allow such a dangerous criminal to run amok here in the USA can we?
Can you imagine the trouble she'd cause if one of our illegal aliens snapped a picture of her for the purpose of trying to increase their tax-free income?
Just think of the drug abusers that might attend her shows? Such a den of iniquity! Oh! The horror!
Think of the additional people that would be coerced into illegal downloads of her music! In fact, just the publicity surrounding this event is enough to create dozens of new criminals this week alone wanting to see what her music sounds like!
The hypocrisy here in the US never ceases to amaze me.
I can just hear Bush now! 'We have protected our citizens against another dangerous criminal element from outside our borders!!!'.
'Land of the Free'? Propaganda my friends! Our government has run roughshod over any civil liberties you may think you have left. In fact, we have more laws/rules/regulations governing our lives than any other nation on earth.
Yea, right...
Look, everyone chill out, USA is great, Britian is Great (and Ireland is the greatest!!) so its all good.Lily Allen has a criminal record- her last albumShe wasnt banned cos of assault, she was banned cos her music is sh*t
You all miss the point. Everyone knows that government agencies are sporadic, and hit and miss. She had an arrest, it probably wasn't noted on her application for her work visa. Whoever omitted this fact in the management office oughta' be flogged. If it was, then it's still part of the mystery that is the immigration department. Everyone just needs to roll with it. The other big picture is this mentality that all artists and celebrities should be allowed to do whatever, as they are 'better' than the rest of us. (Having spent years in the music industry, I can tell you that the vast majority of them are not.)
(I can't wrap my head around this, the leftie-liberal-nanny-state promoters claim that we are all supposed to be equal and the rich are bad and evil, but THEY are the ones that put these over-rich, spoiled brats up on pedestals and argue special treatment for them.)
The world at large has allowed their rights and privacies to gradually be stripped away for the sake of 'security', and no one should be exempt. At 50, I am a military vet, music industry vet, a high end horse breeder and import/exporter, with a half-century of paying taxes and toeing the line with a big track record in some computer somewhere. I still have had to jump through hoops to keep the ability to travel as the rules change in this time of unrest. Why should a twenty-something kid have special privileges? No one has ever been able to explain that to me.
She makes millions of dollars and all those who were her friends while she was on the dole in a flop-pad are suddenly 'the little people' are left on the other side of the velvet rope to keep from pushing in on 'her' space. When she gives it all away and still lives in a flop-pad eating ramen noodles 5 days a week, then maybe you can revere her as something special. Until then, she is just another industrialized/big business commodity that is a packaged marketing plan on two feet, and I know what I'm talking about folks. Whether that was her intent or not, she is owned by her label and now by MTV, who, by the way, should have done a better job of setting up travel for her for the amount of money they are all making along with her. Don't think for one second that this is a set back. In their calculations, this is was unexpected, but huge publicity for them.
Stop the idiocy of thinking these folks deserve special treatment, there are literally millions of artists as good or better then what we see or hear of, but these few were lucky enough or unscrupulous enough to get their contracts! Enjoy them, but don't make gods of them. It's entertainment, not religion, and those that make legends out of these folks too early in their careers need to look beyond the entertainment sections of the news and get some grounding for themselves.
Now get out there and make a positive difference for yourself and someone else today!
People should be asking why U.S. officials seem to have automatic unsupervised access to British police files which seems to include arrest histories. The recent track record of abuses by U.S. government officials seems to warrant that such access be revoked.
Thanks to my parents, my genetic makeup has never made me even think to visit the U.S.A. This dispite having been traveling for most of my life,and currently living 6000 miles from 'home'.The politics stink (need hundreds of millions of $'s just to 'run' for president) Most U.S. people I meet are as thick as two planks,although pleasant enough. Why,just why do you think you have the right to inflict 'democracy' on anyone? (Oxymoron anyone?) Just mind you're own soddin affairs,and let the rest of us mind ours! Please stop bleating about '9/11',we in England lost ten times as many people during the blitz!(they were just as innocent),although of course they were not in your precious country!Most people I meet on my travels feel much as I do,the sooner China cashes in it's one trillion dollars the better.See what happens to your dollar then. When I asked one of your countrymen why you treat Mexicans and Cubans so badly he replied 'It's because everyone wants to live in the states',all I can say is, dream on,I wouldn't even visit your country,let alone live there.BTW the singer who started this thread might get lucky and be told to go home!
America won't even allow its own citizens to leave or enter the USA without a passport under the reign of the fascist dictator George W. Bush. Do you really think Visa standards are going to be ignored?
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