Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.04.2005, Side 14

THE GRAPEVINE VOICE
Corporate Sponsor Bobby F.
Here’s a list of greatest hits up
to now from the chess master’s
repertoire:
Dec. 13, 2005. Fischer gives a heart-
to-heart on his love for Iceland,
phoning it in to the Icelandic
television show Ísland í dag:

Ísland í dag: “You have expressed an
interest in coming to Iceland, Bobby,
why is that?”
Bobby Fischer: “I said- I said I want
to get out of this fucking Jap land,
you know?”
Ísland í dag: “Would you like to
settle down in Iceland permanently,
or would you like to- would you
look upon your stay in Iceland as a
stopover on your way somewhere
else?”
Bobby Fischer: “First things first,
you know, I want to get out of this
filthy country here, you know what
I mean?”
Ísland í dag: “If you had the
opportunity, Bobby, to address the
Icelandic people and the Icelandic
government, what would be your
message?”
Bobby Fischer: (Silence and short
explanation of legal difficulties.) “ . .
. I hope they [the Icelandic Foreign
Ministry] will agree to what I said in
the letter, yeah, and give me political
asylum so I can get out of this
goddamn country, you know, this
sick joke has gone on long enough.”

Sept. 11, 2001. Fischer redefined
compassion and understanding in
his words to his countrymen in a
perceptive call in to Radio Bombo in
Baguio City, Philippines.
“This is all wonderful news. I
applaud the act. The U.S. and
Israel have been slaughtering the
Palestinians, just slaughtering
them for years. Robbing them and
slaughtering them. Nobody gave a
shit. Now it’s coming back to the
U.S. Fuck the U.S. I want to see the
U.S. wiped out.”
Jan 17, 1999. Fischer answered the
question the world was askin’.
“I object to being called a chess
genius, because I consider myself
to be an all-around genius who just
happens to play chess.”
Jan 14, 1999. Fischer delivers an
oldy but goody, giving his new spin
on the anti-Semitism that is his
hallmark to Radio Bombo.
“This is the Jewish mentality. These
are a criminal people. They torture
their prisoners in the worst way. It’s
even illegal! They don’t even deny it
hardly. Jews were always were always
bastards throughout history. They
are liars, they are the worst pieces
of shit in the world. They mutilate
their own children...You know
the Jews control the courts...The
United States is a farce controlled by
dirty, hook-nosed circumcised Jew
bastards.”

“...What’s the difference between a
good Jew and bad Jew?...The good
Jew fucks you slower.”
What will Fischer do next? The
hepcats of the radio-friendly world
are wonderin’. But we think it might
be sexy. Here’s a sneak preview from
Fischer’s website:
”The following 22 pages of
documents are self-explanatory
except to add that both the nefarious
Mr. Jeff Levinsky and his protégé
Mr. Nicky Targ (Nicholas W. Targ)
are circumcised Jews and proud of
it.”
Look out Howard Stern! And Mike
Savage, you are now officially PC.
The Grapevine welcomes
Iceland’s newest radio
personality, Bobby Fischer.
Fischer’s been rockin’ and
rollin’ on the radio for the last
decade, getting’ much love
in the Philippines and here
in good ole Smokey Bay. But
now Wolfman Fischer is all
ours. By Bart Cameron and
Paul F. Nikolov.
Bart Cameron
The following major Icelandic companies dedicated time, money and
other resources into bringing Bobby Fischer to Iceland. We would be
remiss if we didn’t applaud their efforts.
Shell: What kind of community service makes up for fleecing
the nation in an outrageous price-fixing scandal? Sponsoring a flight to
Japan to send Bobby Fischer a special message from his friend and former
bodyguard.
Góa chocolate*: Fischer was put in solitary confinement
for beating a guard who refused him an egg. This local candy company
took the hint and proudly donated an enormous chocolate egg to
Iceland’s newest citizen.
Stöð 2*: This respected television station paid for Fischer’s
transport to Iceland, and then whisked him away immediately after
landing to conduct a private interview, despite vocal criticism from media
companies from around the world.

Hótel Loftleiður: While not heavily reported, sources
tell us that Fischer has received free room and board at this hotel, a
member of the Icelandair hotel chain.
* Goa chocolate and Stöd 2 are both owned by the same parent company,
Baugur. However, other Baugur companies do not seem to have been as
compliant. Fréttablaðið, the country’s largest newspaper, is also owned by
Baugur, but was denied an interview with Fischer. Jón Kaldal, an editor at
Fréttablaðið, has made the unusual complaint that Stöd 2 bought their story.
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