
World Wars I and II left us with not only a global landscape changed forever politically and historically, but two of the biggest events in the 20th century left us with a wealth of propaganda artifacts that almost tell the story better than any history book. Some of the themes championed in these beautifully designed posters of
food conservation,
using resources carefully, sticking
with the service no matter what, and
encouraging women to do their part sound like wildly familiar themes today. I mean, carpooling!

Rapper Nas joined with the Color of Change and MoveOn to
deliver a petition to the offices of Fox News yesterday. Just after his controversial album hit number one, Nas took the podium protesting the racist attacks he sees coming from Fox against Black Americans and Barack Obama.
Delivering over 600,000 signatures to the network, Nas delivered a
prepared speech saying, "We already knew that Fox is not a news network; they are a propaganda machine .

ABC is teaming up with the Department of Homeland Security to make some good old-fashioned reality television. The new show, Border Security USA, will focus on US border protection agencies including: Transportation Security Administration, US Coast Guard, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The federal government's efforts to stop illegal immigration, smuggling, and terrorism will be documented reality-television style.

Since the build-up to Iraq, retired US military generals, presented as independent mediate analysts, were in fact part of an extensive Pentagon program called "Message Force Multipliers."
The New York Times reported last week that the experienced personnel, appearing to want nothing more than to help Americans assess a post-9/11 world, were actually part of a
carefully organized Pentagon information apparatus used to disseminate a message favorable to the Bush Administration.
The effort began with the build-up to Iraq, and television stations continued to use these retirees, who also had extensive and current military contracts, until yesterday when the Pentagon
suspended the program.