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11/24/2004: "Hating America"

The Fox News Breaking Point special Sunday night called “Hating America” was very interesting and very depressing. John Gibson did a great job hosting it and took to task some of the crackpots from many different countries that have made America bashing a world sport. (John is also the author of a book on the same subject, which goes into much more detail.) It should run several times this week, try to catch it if you missed it.

The fact that a lot of these countries have state owned media and are the recipients of billions of hardworking American tax dollars in aid is enough to make you toss your cookies at the ingratitude and ignorance of these people. The “I hate you but love your money” attitude needs a major adjustment and I for one would love to see my dollars spent elsewhere.

And if this topic wasn’t depressing enough, the next absolutely takes the cake for tasteless behavior that crosses the line. A Scottish company, Traffic Management Limited, has just released a new video game on the 41st anniversary of the assassination of JFK that allows you to become Lee Harvey Oswald and take three shots at the Presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. "It is up to you to send the President instead to a cruel and early death," says the game's instructions. Kirk Ewing, the managing director of this despicable company said about the game, "This new form of interactive entertainment brings history to life and will stimulate a younger generation of players to take an interest in this fascinating episode of American history."

Bullshit. This game comes out shortly after the results of a Presidential election that the world was disappointed in and is a call to crackpots around the world to sharpen their skills and make history repeat itself. At least that is how I hope the Secret Service is viewing it.

After last weeks visit to Chile where Chilean security forces created an extremely dangerous situation for the President by intentionally separating him from his Secret Service agents and refusing to allow his agents entry, the Secret Service can not afford to leave any stones unturned. I would be viewing that as a dry run at an attempt on his life, if I were them.

The disgusting people behind this game should be shown the exact same courtesy and respect that they have shown the Kennedy family and the American people and be exposed as the soulless, mercenary bastards that they are.

Now here’s the good news. This sick and depraved game is available over the Internet for a small fee per game. That allows a plethora of intelligence gathering and monitoring that would not be available if it were simply released on DVD and sold in retail outlets. It also allows the opportunity for hackers/crackers to play their favorite game of denial of service attack on the website and bring it down or steal credit card information from those sorry asses who actually pay to play, or infect the servers that the website www.JFKReloaded.com runs on and their players machines also.

Not that I am advocating that type of illegal behavior mind you. I’m just being instructive on how some of the technologically adept might interact with “this new form of interactive entertainment” (which) “brings history to life and will stimulate a younger generation of players to take an interest in this fascinating episode of American history.”

(Hat tip to Beebus in Oswego, NY for reminding me that I had not addressed this issue yet.)