[F14 Pilot]

[WinOne4TheGipper]

This is five years old.

[Borges]

Lennon was outspoken in his love of living in America and when he was in England apparently voted for the Conservative Party.

[Mikey_1962]

"If you carrying pictures of Chairman Mao,
you ain't goin' to make it with anyone anyhow"

Take that Commie scum!

[ncountylee]

The park would be better served if they planted some grass.

[headsonpikes]

"You say you want a Revolution,...

[RambozoDClown]

"Lennon never visited Cuba. But according to Francisco Lopez Sacha, head of Cuba's national writers' association, "the tenets of our Cuban revolution match the beliefs of John Lennon"."

yeah, I am sure John Lennon would have loved Cuba!/sarc on

[Unam Sanctam]

Echoing the lines of Lennon's song Imagine, Mr Castro said: "I am a dreamer who has seen some of his dreams become reality."

Castro has certainly done his part to demonize and outlaw religion -- Lennon would be so proud!

[dead]

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right

[rod1]

Poor Fidel,

He had asked for a statue of Lenin!

[andy58-in-nh]

Imagine there's no Castro
It's easy if you try -
No Hellish prison
Beneath Havana's skies.
Imagine all the people
Loving life and free...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
But I'm one of many men
Who hope one day they'll join us,
And Libertad will reign again.

With no apologies to John Lennon.

-Andy

[stocksthatgoup]

This is great will match up great with all the 1950's & 1960's automobiles in Cuba.

[ChadGore]

I guess Castro got what he paid for when he bought and warehoused most john lennon solo records.

[My2Cents]

They should put a statue of Groucho Marks on the other side of the bench.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Lennon said before he died that was not really political or revolutionary despite his music, wish I could find the quote but it was something to that effect. He was a liberal as most young people are and definitely not into religion but I see no evidence he was a communist. Castro is only trying to grab onto something that might legitimize him in some way, which will never happen.

[Revolting cat!]

This has about as much historical significance as if Robert Mugabe unveiled a statue of Bobby Sherman!
And why not?!

[PetroniusMaximus]

" Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world..."




Imagine all the Socialists... dead of old age and forgotten.

[fat city]

Can anyone tell me what "demons" he had (other than Yoko, I mean) or how he "suffered" because of his vague "opposition" to the war? He moved to the U.S. at the peak of the war to avoid paying absurd UK taxes, lived at a luxurious address, and was able to avoid working by virtue of his real estate investments. How does any of this relate to Cuban "ideals"?

[Tribune7]

I think Escobar had a statue of John Lennon too.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Mr Castro said: "I am a dreamer who has seen some of his dreams become reality."