Maybe Cold War 2.0...

In my last blog I mentioned the Atari 2600. An instrument that would shape and change the lives of a new generation. Growing up in the 80’s was like a bad acid trip. Things are kind of hazy and confusing. Between Town & Country surf wear, spiked bangs, florescent pink on men, Boy George and mullets… I’m not sure how any of us really came out of it.

The one thing that was not confusing in the 80’s? Communism sucked! LOL!!! Man that was some good political rhetoric! Do you remember? Do you remember how bad you hated Russia? Oh my gosh those guys were so evil and lame! We heard it form our President. We heard it in school. We heard it in movies (think Rambo’s 2 and 3, Rocky IV, Red Dawn, etc—trust me, it’s a long list).

The only communists that Americans tolerated in the 80’s were the Smurfs, and I’m pretty sure that’s only because we new that we could take the little blue bastards if they ever tried anything. And, the fact that most of us had a crush on Smurfette (which totally messed with our psyches for sure…I mean she was like four inches tall and blue!?)

But the greatest anti-communism propaganda to emerge from the many medias brings us right back to the Atari 2600- and this game:

Communist Mutants from Space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Mutants_from_Space )

Whoa!!!

Changed everything!!!

Mutants from space would have been bad enough… but the effers had to be Communists!!! Scum of the solar system!!! Taste my laser Commies!

After thought:

Funny thing is, I never saw a movie or video game that warned America that they would dumb down enough to elect (let’s call a spade a spade) a communist president and senate who would slowly implement and infuse communism from within. Could’ve used an Atari game to prep us for that one fellas!!! Sheesh.