Not since the premiere of Gone With the Wind has Atlanta seen a happier opening for a movie. It seems the suits at Sony have rediscovered their all-American backbone and are releasing the picture they decided to shelve after threats from hackers/terrorists. At last count, the comedy--by all reviews a silly one--was to be shown at a couple of hundred theaters in this still free country, including four in Arkansas, where freedom still rings. We're tempted to go just to defy the bastards. The way throngs of Israelis used to show up at any cafe, restaurant or hotel that had been bombed during one intifada or another. This week the message on the marquee of the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta said it all, and in all-caps: FREEDOM PREVAILS. May it always. Sony also announced on Christmas Eve that folks could watch the film online as well.
Meanwhile, in the big concentration camp styled the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the country's tiny internet has conked out again. My, my, these accidents will happen--and should happen. Just as the mullahs' nuclear program keeps running into mechanical problems like explosions, trouble with cyclotrons, and nuclear scientists going Poof! along with nuclear plants. Here's hoping such "accidents" aren't just accidents, and that Washington's cloak-and-dagger types at the CIA will keep up the good, indeed excellent, work. Medals all around! The next and welcome step would be to freeze out all the illicit bank accounts that Kim Jong Un, Inc., a family concern, relies on to finance its nefarious work at home and abroad.
All of these "accidents," whether just outside Teheran or Pyongyang, should come with an old American greeting attached:
Don't Tread on Me.
Editorial on 12/27/2014