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Yeah, I remember when indylindy was ruthlessly attacked as "an anti-Semite with a barely-disguised hatred of neo-cons."

That's when I posted this great story (dying to do a repeat). Read on.

BACKSTORY "Hey Jude" was the longest single ever to top the British charts and spent nine weeks as number one in the US—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles' single, and tied the record for longest stay at #1 (until beaten by Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life"). The "Hey Jude" single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best songs.

"Hey Jude" is credited to Lennon/McCartney, a song Paul McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's son Julian (nicknamed Jude) during his parents' divorce. "Hey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from The Beatles' label Apple Records.

One of the first business ventures made by The Beatles' fledgling Apple Corps, was The Apple Shop, a retail store that opened on 7 December 1967 in Marylebone, London, and closed on 30 June 1968--- The Apple shop was a financial disaster. Theft was endemic. Customers helped themselves to the stock as did hapless staff members. The liberal ethos of the venture and those operating it was antipathetic to making accusations of shop-lifting or of calling for the police.

At the end of August 1968, Paul McCartney used the windows of the closed Apple Boutique shop to advertise the Beatles first Apple Records single release, and had scraped the title, "Hey Jude" in the whitewash on the glass of the closed-up shop.

The PTB declared it to be anti-semitic graffiti-----'Jude' being German for 'Jew'......and they forced McCartney's graffiti to be removed.

ROTFLOL.

Phew---I'm glad indylindy did not start humming, "Hey Jude" when she made her neocon comments.