When the military says the US is losing in Iraq, you can be certain they know more about military matters than chickenhawks Bush, Chaney, Rumsfeld, et al.
And doubtless, because you can'[t tolerate reality, you'll accuse the military of bashing bush, instead of accepting the fact: the US is losing in Iraq.
That's what happens when, on top of illegally invading and occupying the ountry, Bush orders the torture of those he lies that he is "liberating" from: being tortured.
None of which has any direct relevance to a film about John Lennon. About which you are dead wrong.
In fact, at the behest of Nixon, Lennon's phone was illegally tapped, he was surveiled, and effort was made to deport him. All because he exercised his right of free speech, and told the truth.
On top of which, Nixon was more paranoid than Lennon. Then again, he had "reason" to be paranoid: he was engaged in assaults upon the Constitution.
Yes, what Lennon says about the US gov't's campaign against him is true: research it and you'll find a several-edition book about those facts, based upon the extensive FBI dossier compiled on -- what? -- a musician who happened to be a peace activist, and exercised his freedom of speech.
One's right of free speech is to be protected from gov't interference, intimidation, or other anti-American actions. Nixon got his: one of the articles of impeachment against him was because of his illegal wiretapping of his political actual and perceived opponents -- which included John Lennon.
Out of that law-breaking came: FISA. And what has your hero Bush done in relation to that law? Lie about it -- by contrast, and in fact, it allows wiretapping before one gets a warrant. You hero has violated the law -- and constitution -- on this matter alone beyond Nixon's wildest imaginings.
Yeah, I know: you're jealous; you want a really big war so you can strut around -- out of uniform, and out of the line of fire -- imagining how heroic and patriotic you are. Well, you do have an illegal war -- as was US involvement in Vietnam. And it is essentially a repeat of Vietnam, perpetrated on an innocent people by a gang of anti-American draft-dodgers who are ar war with the rule of law itself.
Lennon was a musician and peace activist. Hating him is pure defense against reality; there are others more worthy of your enmity; and they are Bush and the political party which has just stripped everyone -- including you -- of Constitutional rights which are to be inalienable.
Wake up; or find yourself making the same false excuses twenty and thirty and forty years from now.
and that won't be John Lennon's fault -- though you learn from Bush to allways blame everyone else for your mistakes.
reply
share
freddie_is_cute
17 years ago
Bush allows wiretapping of people suspected of TERRORISM. Not simple dissent as Nixon did.
---
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, 1946-2006. Shine on.
reply
share
nobodyz
14 years ago
JNagarya
Thank you for this post. You said it better than I can at the moment.
It's always good to see people who still have the courage left to
debate, stand up and be heard for what they believe in, what they
see, what they have experienced.
I was there, at the time, too. I know the truth of this movie.
Because someone doesn't like their favorite president bashed
does not make a very good review in my opinion. It does, however,
make for a good reason to press "STOP" and take the DVD out or
change the channel. It is a free country, at least to some extent,
still.
John Lennon experienced what we now all experience as a society,
even beyond what Lennon experienced: deportation without a reason,
prison without habeas corpus, etc.
- ÑôßöÐÿZ
reply
share