The Iraqi Tribunal Charade --the complicit Media Plays Along

Barry Lando: It's understandable that there's been no mention in the Baghdad courtroom of foreign complicity with Saddam’s crimes. What is surprising, though, is how thoroughly the American media have played along with that charade.
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/lando/55074/




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2+2=4 NYtimes gets a clue on Bush Admin Central Lie

NYTimes ED

March 7, 2007

Editorial

A Libby Verdict

central double-bind of this Admin.

He was charged with those crimes, defended by the best lawyers he could get, tried in an open courtroom and convicted of serious felonies. Mr. Libby walked freely out of the court, had his say in public and will be allowed to appeal.

It was another reminder of how precious the American judicial system is, at a time when it is under serious attack from the same administration Mr. Libby served. That administration is systematically denying the right of counsel, the right to evidence and even the right to be tried to scores of prisoners who may have committed no crimes at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/opinion/07weds1.html

Hallucinogenic Weapons: The Other Chemical Warfare by RU Sirius

Jacob's Ladder film!
what?


Hallucinogenic Weapons: The Other Chemical Warfare
By RU Sirius
January 10th, 2007

There were many acid tests happening in the 1950s and 1960s. Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters dosed sometimes-unsuspecting proto-hippies. The CIA was dosing unsuspecting mainstreamers. Leary dosed fully cognizant artists, therapists and students. But meanwhile, over at Edgewood Arsenal Proving Grounds in Maryland, psychiatrist James S. Ketchum was testing LSD, BZ and other psychedelic and deliriant compounds on fully informed volunteers for the U.S. military

If they Lied about Now, why not about the Past origins. Sa'damm's enablers

The Man, The Myth At War

The history of struggle between war and its representation has changed the way war is fought and the way we tell the stories of war. Information management, once called censorship and propaganda, has developed in tandem with new media technologies. An excerpt from A Century of Media, A Century of War by Fordham U. professor Robin Andersen.

File Under: Media, Bush, Commentary, Politics

By Robin Andersen.

The following is an exclusive excerpt from A Century of Media, A Century of War, by Fordham University Professor and Mediachannel.org supporter Robin Andersen.

Bush-era Stagecraft

One of the most stunning, real-time dramas ever staged to illustrate the glories of the victorious warrior was performed by President George W. Bush. The visual sequences featured a triumphant president dressed in a military flight suit in the cockpit of a fighter jet making a dramatic, made-for-television landing onto the deck of the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lincoln. A well-printed banner hung from the ship’s upper deck proclaiming “Mission Accomplished.” Explaining the million-dollar pseudo-event, the administration said the jet fighter was necessary because the carrier was too far out to sea to be reached by helicopter. In fact, the ship was so close that it had to be turned around to prevent television cameras from catching the San Diego coastline in the background.

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Table of Contents

Part 4
Terrorism, Censorship, and Patriotism: Re-Scripting Victory Culture
Chapter 15: From Tragedy to War after 9/11
Chapter 16: Black Hawk Down: The New Logics of War and Representation
Chapter 17: The Iraq ¿Reality¿ War: Embeds and Militainment
Chapter 18: The Military-Entertainment Complex: Permanent War
and the Digital Spectacular
Chapter 19: Of Smart Weapons, Civilian Casualties and the Crimes of War:
The Whole World (except the United States) Is Watching
Chapter 20: The ¿Entertainer-in Chief¿ and the Downing Street Memos
Chapter 21: The Unraveling: The Ghost of Vietnam and the Soldiers ¿Over There¿
Conclusion
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ISBN:	0820478938 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0820478946 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Contents:	From victory to defeat -- The Great War and the fight between good and evil : the birth of war propaganda -- The good fight : from the first draft to the grand narrative -- The Korean War : remembering the forgotten -- Vietnam : shattered illusions -- Eyes wide shut : the not-so-secret wars of Central America and the Caribbean -- Visions of instability : telling stories on television news -- The problem of seeing and believing : empathy, denial and war’s human costs -- The office of public diplomacy : creating fear and favor -- Invading Grenada : Entebbe-style rescue, or the first preemptive strike? -- Oliver North : the war hero and the scandal -- Dover Air Force Base, press pools and the Panama invasion -- The first Persian Gulf war : the battle over access, video game imagery and smart bombs -- Trading the first amendment to defeat the "Vietnam syndrome" -- Consuming the Persian Gulf War : from baby incubators to patriot missiles -- CNN : 24 hours of war -- How the war was remembered : from Courage under fire to Saving Private Ryan -- Terrorism, censorship and patriotism : re-scripting victory culture -- From tragedy to war after 9/11 -- Black Hawk down : the new logics of war and representation -- The Iraq "reality" war : embeds and militainment -- The military-entertainment complex : permanent war and the digital spectacular -- Of smart weapons, civilian casualties and the crimes of war : the whole world (except the United States) is watching -- The "entertainer-in chief" and the Downing Street memos -- The unraveling : the ghost of Vietnam and the soldiers "over there."
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-346) and index.
Subjects:	Propaganda, American--History--20th century.
	Propaganda, American--History--21st century.

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