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Go Ahead, Imagine (Good Criticism of Lennon Lennon Song)
Front Page Mag ^ | August 24, 2011 | Evan Sayet

Posted on 08/13/2012 7:13:39 AM PDT by Loud Mime

Let’s take John Lennon up on his offer. Let’s imagine what the world would be like with no countries, religions or a heaven or hell. Let’s imagine a world with no possessions and nothing important enough to be willing to kill to protect it or die to ensure its continuing. Let’s imagine Lennon’s world where all the people are living for nothing other than today.

In this world, people will have saved no money for their retirement. After all, retirement is somewhere down the line. All the people would have massive debts – borrowed every penny from everywhere they could, maxed out their credit cards, bought houses they couldn’t pay for – because the promise to repay those debts were made yesterday. In Lennon’s world people would splurge on big screen TVs, using money that should have gone to buying health insurance, but, alas, the big game is tonight while their health at the moment is just fine.

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KEYWORDS: 2012olympics; imagine; lennon; olympics; socialism
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Our coffee shop group will be discussing this today - - be prepared for the liberals!
1 posted on 08/13/2012 7:13:50 AM PDT by Loud Mime
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To: Loud Mime

should have read: Lennon-Lenin


2 posted on 08/13/2012 7:15:25 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Are Pride-filled, judgmental christians qualified to be Christians?)
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To: Loud Mime

This makes me think of Moses the raven in the book “Animal Farm” who tried to get the animals to believe in Sugarcandy Mountain. Never liked John Lennon much anyway.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 7:17:52 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: Loud Mime

I suppose when you are hallucinating on drugs there are no boundries.


4 posted on 08/13/2012 7:18:34 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Loud Mime

I cringed when I saw scores of CHILDREN singing Lennon’s Marxist anthem in the CLOSING CEREMONIES of the London 2012 Olympics, complete with his image in a giant screen and A likeness of Lennon being formed via a humongous puzzle...

These kids are being taught Marxist values at such a tender age... what will the future of Britain be if they hold to such sentiments when they grow up?

No possessions, no religion ??


5 posted on 08/13/2012 7:23:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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Imagine never having to hear the insipid vapid naive Imagine again. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
6 posted on 08/13/2012 7:25:56 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Loud Mime
According to his personal aide, Lennon later turned into a conservative, primarily due to Reagan.

CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20075519-10391698.html

Toronto Sun: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/28/lennon-was-a-closet-republican-assistant

LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/john-lennon-was-a-closet-reagan-republican-claims-former-assistant.html
7 posted on 08/13/2012 7:27:10 AM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: NRA1995

Orwell’s writings are some of my favorites!


8 posted on 08/13/2012 7:28:14 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Are Pride-filled, judgmental christians qualified to be Christians?)
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To: Loud Mime; NRA1995; freekitty; SeekAndFind; Rummyfan; Verbosus

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin promised the same thing in 1917.

A worldwide revolution of the proletariat.

The entire globe would be socialist with no countries, no religion, no possessions, no greed and no hunger. The world would live as one.


9 posted on 08/13/2012 7:32:25 AM PDT by moonshot925
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To: Loud Mime

It helps to imagine all this mental mucus when one is on drugs.


10 posted on 08/13/2012 7:34:17 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Loud Mime

I like Paul Shanklin’s version better........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9RCygMfIG8


11 posted on 08/13/2012 7:34:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Rummyfan

I think Yoko wrote it.


12 posted on 08/13/2012 7:36:33 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Loud Mime
"Comrade Lenin cleans the Earth from scum"


13 posted on 08/13/2012 7:37:35 AM PDT by moonshot925
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The entire globe would be socialist with no countries, no religion, no possessions, no greed and no hunger.

Sounds like the EU.

14 posted on 08/13/2012 7:37:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Verbosus
Yes, he did. And it is no coincidence that he got off weed at about the same time too.

There's a reason that one of the big initiatives of George Soros is to push for drug legalization.

15 posted on 08/13/2012 7:40:42 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Loud Mime

I’ll try this.


16 posted on 08/13/2012 7:41:05 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought the producers’ reverent treatment of Lennon’s “Imagine” was an interesting contrast to the roller skating, girts-flashing nuns in Eric Idle’s comedy routine.


17 posted on 08/13/2012 7:50:43 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: NRA1995

Never liked John Lennon much anyway.

I know I’ll catch some slack for this but, me neither.
I never could buy into the Lennon genius thing.


18 posted on 08/13/2012 7:51:26 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: dfwgator

I think Yoko wrote it.

Just thank goodness she didn’t sing it.


19 posted on 08/13/2012 7:52:21 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: Bitsy

The more I listen to the Beatles over the years, I am convinced that Lennon simply rode on Paul’s coattails.


20 posted on 08/13/2012 7:52:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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