It's nice that Scarborough remembers Lennon, because John wouldn't whiz on Joe if he were on fire

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Nice that he felt moved to write something, but my initial reaction was "Do you even get a FRACTION of what this man was about?"

Looking forward to his "Remembering Lori Klausutis 30 Years Later" piece.

:grr:

Joe Scarborough

Host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, former member of Congress
Posted: December 8, 2010 04:50 PM

Remembering John Lennon 30 Years Later

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-scarborough/remembering-john-lennon-3_b_794066.html

I won't be able to go to Strawberry Fields tonight to commemorate the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. After my visit last year, it's probably just as well.

Every December 8th for the last 30 years, I have quietly paid tribute to my fallen hero. Last year, I went to John's memorial in Central Park to remember the man who changed the world in a way few have. For so many fans of John Lennon, the relationship remains deeply personal, even after all these years.

Throughout high school, I spent much of my free time locked in my room with headphones on studying every beat, every note, every second of every Beatles song. My love of their music inspired me to play the guitar and write songs. And when my band wasn't playing our songs in the basement, we were in my room marveling over the magic of Abbey Road's medley or speeding up the end of Strawberry Fields to hear John's "I buried Paul" or isolating the vocals to hear Paul's voice crack for a split second on "If I Fell."

We would then consume books and devour documentaries like "15 Hours With the Beatles." We would have heated debates over albums and songs. Since I was the unabashed McCartney worshiper, I would take on the unenviable task of arguing how "London Town" matched up to "Abbey Road" or how "Girl's School" was every bit as driving as "Get Back."

[hlthe2b]

1. Music might be the only thing I could stand to discuss with Scab

[madmax]

2. Joe 'dead intern' Scuz is such a

pos. His hero, my ass. He so totally sucks at being anything other than what he is an, opportunist and a sycophant.

Here's to you Amerigo :toast: You're right JL wouldn't have pissed on that piece of shit.

[Ramulux]

3. This is really sad actually

So apparently he loved the Beatles and John Lennon, studied all their songs and repeatedly listened to their albums, their music touched him in a special way, and yet he never learned or understood the basic message that exists throughout all the Beatles music and especially John Lennon's music, and that is that peace can happen.

Everything that Joe Scarborough believes in lies in direct opposition to everything that John Lennon stood for and everything he fought for. As someone else said, if John was alive today he wouldn't give Joe Scarborough and his war-mongering, conservative, and anti-poor ways a second thought. It disgusts me when people with ideological views that are the polar opposite of a famous person attempt to co-opt them to make themselves look good. Its much like what conservatives are doing with MLK Jr. and this fantasy they have that he was actually a conservative.

Seriously Joe, take a listen to the song Imagine and tell me if you still think you agree with ANYTHING John Lennon believed.

[hlthe2b]

5. Couldn't agree more...

How is it possible to be so clueless or so intentionally deluded?

[Kalyke]

4. Translation to those who can't multi-task, i.e. conservatives:

Look at your dead "hero," whom you would not like now, but you remember him.

Look at him instead of what crap is passing for leadership, statesmanship and governance.

On edit: Lookita shiny purtey thang.