we've heard david sirota describe what he called the military entertainment complex which some say is used to fuel recruitment for the military industrial complex and it takes big money to make war look like a lucrative career and as archie is honest i see a church in europe course this is how it all plays out. a hunch for american youth . apart down the next american ever more importantly to a robust business machine is operating at one capacity in the us the strength to lead. from televised ads in hollywood blockbusters. to video games real american presidents donning soldiers the real patriots each of them as. to what it means to be a soldier sailor airman marine and coastguardsman image of the american he is portrayed as that of the invisible hero times where one of the number one interest payment spots in the big apple attracts millions from around the world and across the west apart from the flashing lights of the billboards there's a recruitment center right here one of hundreds just in new york the mesmerizing technique luring young americans in conserving are more sophisticat

special interests the way the republicans and the democrats both do joining me to discuss this is david sirota talk radio host and author of the book back to our future how the one nine hundred eighty s. explain the world that we live in now david thanks so much for joining us again tonight now first starters that would you say that congress really is very very polarized the way they like to claim that they are they just fabricate this entire crisis no i think it looks congress is actually one of the most transporters in we're in an era of bipartisanship really transporters and shit but i think that negotiation deal shows that there's a lot of rhetoric about partisan politics and partisanship but we actually look at what happens in congress when you actually look at the votes the votes often end up being very bipartisan affairs as i said the debt ceiling negotiation a good example that passed with bipartisan support there was a lot of rhetoric about it being only a republican priority to have the democratic party voted for that you look at our worst congress is barely. spoken up about even aut

nothing to do with partisan politics and that's according to bestselling author and radio host david sirotahere's part of that interview. what peter king's criticism really brings up and granted he doesn't come at this from a principled position as you say he comes at it from a partisan position but this brings up is the larger corrosion hollywood in the pentagon this gets almost no coverage almost no scrutiny and so what we have here is perhaps inadvertently because of a serendipitous alignment of partisan interests we have perhaps the opportunity to look more deeply at that collision between the pentagon and hollywood and how that really works and it's worked this way for decades over the ban on steroids in the one nine hundred eighty s. is that the pentagon and the larger u.s. national security apparatus grants and denied access to military hardware military post military planes military information is graham tonight that access to that that information based on whether a filmmaker is prepared to make a pro-war progress or gone a pro-government movie or an antiwar or highly critical piec

myth of powerlessness seems to be everywhere to about all the evidence points to the contrary david sirota is going to join us for that one and the tea party burst on to the scene with messages of fiscal conservative conservatism anger at washington but one person claims that their real goal is a christian nation we're going to see what evidence he has going to have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to miss. now the reports coming out of libya have been changing by the minute over the weekend and continuing on today first they said cut off he had fled tripoli that he was rumored to be dead then he came out and made a record for an arab leader three addresses within twenty four hours on defiance many of those around him surrender were captured including sons muhammad and say now at the moment there is still no confirmation of where he is and hasn't been captured the fighting still continues in pockets of the national transitional council has declared his rule over and we've all seen the im

military here to offer some answers to these questions is david sirota cinema syndicated columnist salon dot com host of the david serota radio show and author of several books including his latest back to our future david welcome thank you what sort of unintended consequences might peter king's investigation bring about. peter king it through a serendipitous alignment of partisan politics here the president trying to run for reelection the peter king a republican trying to score points against him in that election that serendipitous alignment of partisan interests has now inadvertently i think raised deeper questions about what i would call what i was a cop military entertainment complex how the military the pentagon the national security apparatus works hand in hand with hollywood to promote movies in particular that make militarism and war look as good as possible what the pentagon is in the business of doing a pentagon still office is in the business of doing is basically awarding and denying access to military hardware and military facilities and military in from information awardin

or radio david sirota says the cake is a relationship hollywood enjoys of the pentagon has drastically changed the way americans see u.s. military seven. the pentagon and the larger u.s. national security apparatus grants and denies access to tools military hardware military both military planes military information based on whether a filmmaker is prepared to make a pro-war pro pentagon a pro-government movie or if you war or a highly critical piece of filmmaking that is a use of government power that frankly tramples the first amendment that say that this public property can only be seen or only by people who want to mimic the pentagon's precise life that's a different story than the pentagon simply promoting it so this is why for every one war or pentagon critical movie that is ultimately made you have dozens of blockbusters that glorify were telling him questions about american military there was a big controversy a couple years ago when the associated press published one single photo of a soldier who had been injured on the battlefield this was cause for outrage when in fact it sho

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republicans and everything to do with the failure of the press and that is according to radio host david sirota he's the author of bachelor future how the one nine hundred eighty s. explain the world we live in now and he spoke to me earlier today take a look. what peter king's criticism really brings up is and granted he doesn't come at this from a principled position as you said he comes at a partisan position but what this brings up is the larger collusion between hollywood and the pentagon that gets almost no coverage almost no scrutiny and so what we have here is perhaps inadvertently because of a serendipitous alignment of partisan interests we have perhaps the opportunity to look more deeply at that who's in between the pentagon and hollywood and how that collusion really works and it's worked this way for decades over the one on steroids in the one nine hundred eighty s. is that the pentagon and the larger u.s. national security apparatus grants and denies access to military hardware military both military planes military information he grants and denies that access to that that informa