Editorial today on Bobby Fischer...
They don't seem to mind that Fischer, whom some say was the greatest chess player ever until Garry Kasparov came along, is probably nuts. There were reports he had all the fillings removed from his teeth because he was afraid the Russians were transmitting radio signals to his brain. Born of a Jewish mother, Fischer is virulently anti-Semitic, uttering such silliness as, "America is totally under the control of the Jews" in an interview five years ago. Fleeing Japan Thursday, he called President Bush a war criminal who "should be hung." His bizarre outbursts and hatred of America, the country that made all his success possible, are fairly inexplicable in someone with a normal mind.
A quick analysis of just these comments reveals the underlying campaign to attack Fischer. "There were reports" is clearly providing a cover for rumors to discredit and slander him. Why? Because when you say he is "probably nuts," you need a little backup. Virulently anti-Semetic for say something so silly as how the "jews" control the US government. Well let's look at a short list. Of the 25 leading makers of policy of the Bush administration and the next 25 major players in think tank/lobbying/political contributions groups, how many are jewish? 34/50. That's right 34 of 50, mostly neo-cons under the Cheney/Rove brand of zionist expansion designed by Kissinger minions. Is Fischer silly about this?? Probably not, given the US overt policy towards Israel, the failure of any efforts to stop Mossad agents from collecting whatever state/nuclear/strategic secrets from US NSA/CIA/DoD. Gosh outbursts and hatred towards a country that made it all possible??? Say what?? what the fuck is this shit. Until Fischer garnered some attention in this country for his inate ability to comprehend a game and game theory on level with Soviet-sphere nations masses, no one cared. This nation made money off him as a kid, plying him as a product. So he owes this nation for making something. The world's best chess has always been played in middle andeastern europe; more people play chess in iceland per capita than anywhere else in the world. Yeah the US made a chess champion, just about as well as it made a african music.
Nowhere in the article did it mention Fischers work on Big Blue programming, on US missle defense game theory problems, on graphic interface landscapes for multi-user gaming used by DoD to train and facilitate the use of robots. But they can't admit that, otherwise they would have to admit he knew what he was talking about. damn catch-22