HIGHLY recommended

[Highway61]

Yesterday afternoon it was snowing and we all hankered down for an afternoon movie. We watched 'The U.S. vs. John Lennon'. It is about the U.S. government’s persecution of Lennon.
For the following two hours we watched and were mesmerized. It seemed like a lifetime ago and yet it felt like it all happened just yesterday. We laughed, we were horrified and we cried.
It truly is an eye opener to see how the media has deteriorated in such a very short period of time.
Back then, they covered everything.... good and bad. Certainly not cherry picked as it is today.

Lennon was an activist right down to his very soul. His only agenda...peace and love. (Horrors...we can't have that!)

As Gore Vidal stated “Lennon singing ‘Give Peace a Chance’ is a frightening voice for people who want to hear ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ over and over again.”

The documentary will take you on a roller coaster ride through a very rocky time in history. I lived through it all and didn't recall how Strom Thurmond (the old bastard) was the one person responsible for attempting to get Lennon deported.
Of course, after a long battle Lennon won his right to stay. When asked if he could forgive the political wing nuts that put him in this position
he stated, "Time wounds all heels"...classic Lennon.

We found ourselves high fiving each other when Gore Vidal said that Lennon sang about love and peace and “represented life, and that is admirable.” “And Mr. Nixon, and Mr. Bush, represent death. And that is a bad thing.”

Change CAN happen through peace and nonviolent methods and we must never lose that vision. Lennon may be gone but his voice is still with us through his music... 'War Is Over' is just a popular as 'White Christmas' during the holidays.
I urge anyone who hasn't seen this movie to go and rent it.
It will make you proud, I promise.