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THE NEXT HEARTBEAT FOR AMERICA AND IRAQ
Recent
Article | Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars
Each of us lives from heartbeat to heartbeat; no less so, each nation. The world watches the heart-stopper struggles against terrorists; to name a few: Mafia - Sicilian, American, Jewish, or Russian gangs; Hezbollah - Lebanese umbrella organization of radical Islamic Shiite; and al-Qaeda - international terrorist network seeking to replace free governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes.
When terrorists unite to occupy a nation and thwart its right to freedom, free nations are to stand with the invaded nation; the rhythmic heartbeat for freedom demands it and pounds continually amidst *Textual Imagery- read more
WHO DO YOU TRUST FOR THE TRUTH?-- An American-Iraqi Seduction Review
Recent
Article | Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars
You keep up with the news. Poof! You are the “knowledgeable American” who can amaze and entertain friends by giving savvy, sage comments about world events. Right? Could an Iraqi citizen say the same? No, no, you say while sadly shaking your head, they are so backward and don’t have the advantages we Americans have… those poor people. read more
IMAGES OF IRAQ
Recent
Article | Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars
American citizens receive many images about the war/occupation in Iraq on a daily basis. These images are presented to citizens through various mediums in print, radio, and in television. These mediums are kinds of text which bombard listeners, readers, and viewers with images about the application of U.S. policy abroad. Textual imagery refers to the images established through text which has yet to be critically examined for real accuracy and authenticity. Here are a few examples of textual imagery. read more
PAVED WITH VIOLENCE
Recent
Article | Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars
When the United States declared war on Iraq in 2003 Nelson Mandela declared that the invasion should be “condemned in the strongest terms.” The voices of such statesmen from around the world were not centerpiece to the information being conveyed to American citizens during the time leading up to the invasion. Centerpiece to that information was strong conveyances linking Iraq to the Taliban, terror, and weapons of mass destruction. These powerful conveyances were inaccurate and fear-producing. read more
FREE
IN AMERICA —
Fact or Fiction? |
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Recent
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Dr. Amaal V.E. Tokars |
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| The recent debate over illegal immigration in
America has generated a lot of talk about freedom.
Political pundits have taken center stage on
nightly news programs to champion reasons for
and against why illegal immigrants should enjoy
the same freedoms that generations of Americans
have fought to ensure. But all this talk
about freedom has failed to raise one crucial
question: are we, as citizens of what many consider
the freest nation on earth, really as free as
we think we are? The short answer, of
course, is yes. read
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| MIS-REPORTING
THE NEWS —
How the News Is Spun |
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Washington,
Nov. 30, 2005
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part of an information offensive in Iraq the
United States military is secretly paying the
Iraqi newspapers to
publish stories written by American troops in
an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission
in Iraq. The articles written by U.S.
military "information operations"
troops, are translated into Arabic and placed
in Baghdad newspapers with the help of a defense
contractor, according to U.S. military officials
and documents obtained by the Los Angeles
Times. read
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| MIS-REPORTING
THE STORY —
How the Media Misses the Story |
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New
York, April 7, 2004
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the oldest story in the world: what goes up,
comes down. All the bluster, PR, "positive
press", bullying, distortion, deception,
and military tough-guyism can not keep a flawed
policy afloat. The invasion of Iraq, sold
as "the liberation of the Iraqi people",
was always a movie with a bad script, flawed
characters and no third act. Despite all
the Bremer ballast served up about how only
a handful of Saddam-worshipping, al-Sadr-loving,
Al-Qaeda-following fanatics stand in the way
of a US-imposed democratic paradise, the reality
on the ground suggests otherwise.
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| IRAQI-AMERICANS
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Not In My Neighborhood! |
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Recent
Ad Sheet | Judi
Lynn Lake |
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Today’s global culture displays its very
definition of itself with the rich use of images,
print media, and virtual connection to its constituents
spun country by country. For example, the American
perspective comes to its citizenry filtered through
its highly-utilized media. In like manner, the
Iraqi perspective is filtered to its citizens
through its own use of the media. Un-spinning
spin is the average citizen’s route to truth.
But, it takes energy and the will to know. The
spinmeisters depend on that very human frailty,
effectively demonstrating how the spin given to
the printed word can and does form cultural defiinition,
opinion and boundaries. Textual Imagery at its
most powerful. read
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| COMING
2007! —The
Book |
America
& Iraq: Seduced by Fear |
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Recent
Ad Sheet | Judi
Lynn Lake |
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AGE OF INFORMATION HAS MORPHED INTO A SEASON OF
HYPED REALITIES! Today's global culture
expresses its broad identity with the inexhaustible
use of images, print media, and a virtual connection
to its citizens, spun country by country. Unspinning
the spin is the average citizen's route to truth.
But, it takes energy–and the will to know. read
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