Posted on 09/14/2006 10:47:43 PM PDT by LisaMalia
Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld offer a compelling look at the efforts of the United States government to silence one of rock & roll's most outspoken war critics in this documentary detailing the Vietnam-era struggle between the Richard Nixon administration and iconic peace activist John Lennon. The Vietnam War was raging and the nightly news was filled with stories of failed offensives and massacred U.S. troops. As anti-war protests back home gained momentum, it was the hopeful voice of former Beatle Lennon that served to perfectly encapsulate the frustrations felt by many citizens that the U.S. had gotten caught up in an quagmire from which there was seemingly no end in sight.
One of my good friends died during his service during the Vietnam war. My brother served his country as well during that era. I feel this is a disgusting attempt to not only undermine their sacrifices, but to put a biased slant on our current war on terrorism.
If it is not, then I will add my letter to yours.
I was onced roped into seeing a similar film - "Imagine" - when I was a teenager.
Although it was about Lennon's entire life, the film focused a lot on Lennon's "peace" efforts, especially he and Yoko's "staying in bed for peace" stunt. It was enough to make me sick, and *almost* enough to make feel sorry for Lennon. He came off as a brain-dead fool in the interviews, unable to give reporters even a single credible explanation as to how staying in bed with Yoko was going to do anything for anyone, much less end the Vietnam War.
Lennon was an extraordinary musician, and I'm sorry he was murdered. But the man just wasn't playing with a full deck, I'm afraid.
I loved some of the Beatles music, "Blackbird" is one of my favorite songs to this day. But I hated Lennon's politics, even back in the day when I was a teenager.
I can't help but wonder, if he hated our country so much, why did he choose to live here?
Lower tax rates? The swinging New York scence.... etc.
Only he knew for sure...
Lower tax rates is my guess. Remember the song "Taxman"?
Yeah I remember.
Like you I liked some of their songs but pass on their politics.
Elenore Rigby for one...
"Blackbird" is an almost 100% Paul McCartney song. I don't even think Lennon was in the studio when it was cut. Paul wrote it, sang it, and played the guitar on it. Nobody else contributed.
When are they ever going to get off the Vietnam War?
Never . That's the one war Liberals can freely harp as an example of " wars are bad "
He was on drugs all the time.
I actually don't think he was during those last years. Just terribly misguided. And again, don't know why he and that freak he married didn't live somewhere else, as they both obviously hated our country, and everything we stand for.
Does anyone know if Yoko still lives in the US?
Dinesh D'Souza has a new book coming out that may interest you. It covers that topic.
http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385510127
The Enemy At Home
The Cultural Left and Its Responsibilty for 9/11
In THE ENEMY AT HOME, bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza makes the startling claim that the 9/11 attacks and other terrorist acts around the world can be directly traced to the ideas and attitudes perpetrated by America’s cultural left.
D’Souza shows that liberals—people like Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Bill Moyers, and Michael Moore—are responsible for fostering a culture that angers and repulses not just Muslim countries but also traditional and religious societies around the world. Their outspoken opposition to American foreign policy—including the way the Bush administration is conducting the war on terror—contributes to the growing hostility, encouraging people both at home and abroad to blame America for the problems of the world. He argues that it is not our exercise of freedom that enrages our enemies, but our abuse of that freedom—from the sexual liberty of women to the support of gay marriage, birth control, and no-fault divorce, to the aggressive exportation of our vulgar, licentious popular culture.
The cultural wars at home and the global war on terror are usually viewed as separate problems. In this groundbreaking book, D’Souza shows that they are one and the same. It is only by curtailing the left’s attacks on religion, family, and traditional values that we can persuade moderate Muslims and others around the world to cooperate with us and begin to shun the extremists in their own countries.
"Imagine". What sophmoric garbage.
Amen to that, brother.
When I was a teenager, I did a lot of "imagining." No matter how much "imagining" I did about Lynda Carter or Cheryl Tiegs, none of my dreams ever came true , but I didn't expect them to. That's the difference between me and the dolts who have Lennon bumper stickers; they think their autopacifistic fantasies have the power to change.
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