The war on John Lennon coming to a theatre near you


One of the many abuses of the Nixon years was its vendetta against John Lennon. This September the folks who brought you Fahrenheit 911 (sans Michael Moore apparently) will bring you The US vs John Lennon , which details the war on Lennon, apparently weaving it into the web of abuses of the Nixon years:

Only now, however, is it being fully revealed how the authorities in Washington spent years amassing a dossier of evidence against the most outspoken Beatle with the sole aim of ejecting him from the United States for good. The evidence is to be exposed in a new film by the team behind Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary opposing George Bush's "war on terror".

The Lennon movie, which opens in US cinemas in September, will embarrass the agencies which unsuccessfully tried to block his stay. Not only does it portray the full extent of the plotting against him, it also exposes the amateurish incompetence with which it was conducted. At one stage, secret FBI files compiled to demonstrate the threat he represented did not even record his correct address, despite the claim that he had been under "constant surveillance".

The film-makers say the movie, The US vs John Lennon, "will also show that this was not just an isolated episode in American history, but that the issues and struggles of that era remain relevant today".

Some things never change. Even today, just about the only thing standing between us and a full blown totalitarian state is the amateurish incompetence which has characterized so much of the Bush regime. We're very lucky that a foundation principle of modern conservatism is the idea that the government cannot do anything right. Not only do they believe it, by and large they prove that it's true, at least when the government is in conservative hands.
Posted: Sunday - July 16, 2006 at 03:06 PM          

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