tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953051.post113380329922653146..comments2023-10-16T08:47:34.125-05:00Comments on All You Need to Know: SADDAM TO APPEAR ON FEAR FACTORContact me!http://www.blogger.com/profile/18355579495316555436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953051.post-1133902725812376712005-12-06T14:58:00.000-06:002005-12-06T14:58:00.000-06:00I don't know if it's alright, but if I could use a...I don't know if it's alright, but if I could use a little of your space, Ter...........An open letter to John Lennon, who was shot 4 times<BR/>in the back, severing all the major blood vessels<BR/>leading to and from the heart. There was nothing the<BR/>Doctors could do on that night 25 years ago, December<BR/>8th 1980. He was 40 years old..............<BR/>Dear John. Wow it's been 25 years. Hard to<BR/>believe, huh. You were walking into your apartment at<BR/>the Dakota in New York City when a crazed idiot<BR/>stepped out behind you, and while you were walking<BR/>away from him, shot at you 5 times, hitting you 4<BR/>times in the back. I hope you didn't feel much pain,<BR/>but I know better. When the 2 policeman put you in<BR/>their car (an ambulance would have made no difference.<BR/>The damage was done even if the shooting happened in a<BR/>21st century trauma room), one of them asked you if<BR/>you knew who you were, and you nodded and sputtered<BR/>out the word yes. You suffered and died quickly. In<BR/>fact the last word you said was YES in response to the<BR/>cop's question.<BR/>Oh how you meant so much to me. For 6 plus years,<BR/>1964 through 1969, I was mesmerized by the Beatles<BR/>music. You gave me so much joy in that short time with<BR/>the music..it was always the music that helped me<BR/>through my awkward years of 11-16, some of them which<BR/>were not happy ones. And then in the 70's, at least<BR/>the first 5 years, your music still flowed while it<BR/>seemed everyone clamored for a Beatles reunion. And<BR/>then in late '79, when your newly born son was a<BR/>little older and your doting period ended, you came<BR/>back to your music, music more alive and vibrant than<BR/>it had been in the past decade. And then that night.<BR/>It was a Monday. I remember because I was watching<BR/>Monday night football, and Cosell said that he had<BR/>just learned of a terrible thing, and he announced to<BR/>the country the few facts known about your violent<BR/>death. I cried, called my parents and friends, and was<BR/>stunned. As I write this, I feel exactly the same way.<BR/>But your music will live forever. You said, in a<BR/>song named INSTANT KARMA...<BR/>And we all shine on<BR/>Like the moon and the stars and the sun<BR/>Yes we all shine on<BR/>On and on and on and on.....<BR/>When I looked up in the sky last night, I knew you<BR/>were right. You were so right in so many things. The<BR/>world would have been a different place with you, at<BR/>65, still demanding peace. I miss you John. I love<BR/>you. As you said, "Come together, give peace a chance,<BR/>all you need is love." We should have listened.Peter Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625257724065648318noreply@blogger.com