Wednesday, September 30, 2009

i watched both the majestic cruiser and a lesson not learned. The animated short the majestic cruiser was a bit more confusing only because i wasn't sure who the sharks were supposed to be. im guessing the U.S. though. i thought it was very funny how dumb they made the sharks out to be, all that for a toy boat. I'm assuming the video was boasting about just how magnificent and indestructable that particular battle cruiser was. I absolutely loved the scuba divers sent out by the general that was my favorite part. i also have to ask who would put a kid on the end of a crane.

My first though while watching a lesson not learned was "i highly doubt American soldiers would feed and clothe a Nazi general" i like the wolf in sheeps clothing aspect. this film was saying that the USSR will not let Nazi invasion happen again. they are putting there foot down and building a big ass wall. the little Hitler angel was amusing..

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

week four

This is a great example of a propaganda poster. this issue it deals with is quite obvious. it is  a fear based campaign. I think it was geared toward soldiers and sailors. it is telling them not to pick up girls at port cause they might be sick. i dont think that the woman depicted looks like a prostitute at all she looks more like a nurse. 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

week three

U.S. Officials Interviewing Iraqi Nuclear Scientist

Monday, April 14, 2003

WASHINGTON  —  A scientist described as the father of Iraq's nuclear weapons program has surrendered in a Middle Eastern country and is being questioned, U.S. officials said Monday.

Jaffar al-Jaffer is believed to know key people and locations of facilities connected to Iraq's nuclear weapons program, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Al-Jaffer fled Iraq for Syria during the war, but then went to another country and turned himself over to authorities in the last few days, officials said. The officials declined to specify what country was holding him.

U.N. inspectors describe the British-educated al-Jaffer as the father of Iraq's nuclear weapons program.

His capture, along with that of Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, Saddam Hussein's alleged point man on various weapons' programs, could provide U.S. officials with a wealth of information on Iraq's chemical, biological, nuclear and long-range missile efforts.

After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Iraq denied it had a nuclear weapons program, but U.N. inspectors determined it was trying to build an atomic bomb. Former inspectors have said Iraq had all the parts and know-how and would have gone nuclear had it not been for the Gulf War.

This was an article i found on fox's web site. It is on the iraq war. i believe this article to be propaganda because of the ridiculous claims that it makes. The content of the article is all here say. it cannot be proven or disproven.Example "Former inspectors have said Iraq had all the parts and know-how and would have gone nuclear had it not been for the Gulf War."

I believe this article was intented to rally the citizens of the united states. it was meant to gain our support of this ridiculous war. it is a fear based article basically  telling the people they will be bombed if we dont bomb first. 


Wednesday, September 9, 2009

week two propaganda image

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I thought this piece was just hilarious and very well done from a graphic standpoint. it is not convincing however. it doesnt make me want red m & m's. i believe this would fall under the catagory of transfer based propaganda. If you eat "vote" red m & m's you are part of a greater cause, what the cause is im not sure. i like to think that they are moving to coat politics in a hard candy shell. MMMM
On a side not who uses a pitch fork or sickle to eat candy.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

This is a russian world war two propaganda poster. the poster appears to be suggesting that all nazi's rape and hang women. it may also suggest that all nazis are inbred swine who drool. i think it is very effective at creating a deep hatred for the nazi regime. the text reads "kill the fashist monster. very persuasive