Reality TV Hits Rock Bottom

Sarkozy?s bellicose call for action against Iran?s nuclear power installations has been greeted with surprise and satisfaction by the US media. It's part of a broader effort by French imperialism to extend its global military and geopolitical reach.

War memorials and museums are temples to the god of war. The hushed voices, the well-tended grass, the flapping of the flags allow us to ignore how and why soldiers died. They hide the futility and waste of war. They are symbols of American jingoism.

The space race unquestionably had a military aspect. How could it not? In the 1950s the US set about surrounding the USSR with bases for the Strategic Air Command, nuclear-armed bombers kept on 24-hour high-alert, all with designated Soviet targets

Why is corporate media so eager to cover the so-called people's movement in Iran, but unwilling to cover the anti-war movement here? In particular, cable/satellite "news," and CNN's near non-stop coverage of the 'revolution' in Iran.