have rambo, just remade rambo. i won't read them all. ron, the 18, gee i joke, hulk hayden -- hulk hogan, the lakers and celtics in the championship, apple was big and went away for a while. it should be pretty obvious that the 1980s is back and not just because of nostalgia. a weird coincidence, not just a coincidence that 25 years ago almost to the exact week and certainly the exact month the united states military was bombing libya and the world was wrapped with attention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those things happen almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. as much as this is pop culture some of it is very real. what i argue in the book is the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconography of the 1980s in many ways has inspired the way we look at real world events and how real world actors behaved today. we have the main character from top gun replicated by george bush quite obviously. you have rimbaud in afghanistan. you have a war in afghanistan and the way we describe it is rambo in afghanistan. obviously gordon gecko

we have got rambo. they just remade rambo. these are just some examples and i won't read them. tron, the a-team, g.i. joe, hulk hogan, back in the 80's. he is now kind of a reality tv celebrity, the lakers and the celtics in the championship, apple is big and then it went away for a while and now apple is big again. it should be pretty obvious that the 1980s is back and for various reasons i argue in the book, it is back. i don't think it is just because of the nostalgia factor although that is certainly a factor. also there are some coincidences. i've mentioned on my radio show a couple of days ago the weird coincidence, although you may see it not just as a coincidence but 25 years ago almost to the exact week, and certainly to the exact month the united states military was bombing libya and the world was wrapped with a detention about a nuclear meltdown at chernobyl. those two things happened almost exactly 25 years ago to the month. so as much of this is pop culture, some of it is very real. and what i argue in the book is that the popular culture of the 1980s, the iconogra

the legal ones are easy to identify like rambo kid, but even safe and save fireworks can cause fires.irefighters told me the recent rain and slow winds today kept this fire from burning faster. the chief said a change in the weather in just the next three days will increase the danger of grass fires. >> they should only be discharged by adults, there should be proper adult supervision, they should only be discharged in accordance with the instructions in an area that does not have combustible materials close by. >> newark city in dublin hawaii safe and sane fireworks, you must use them within the city limits, if you're celebrating the fourth this weekend check the city's web site where you go for important information on park hours because rules may have changed since last year. reporting live from dublin, craig devro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> there are 11 cities in the bay area and santa cruz county where you can legally buy fireworks this holiday weekend. the prices range from the north as cloverdale to as south as watsonville. there is gilroy, and pacifica. >>> fewer californians ar

senator who posed for requests cosmo" in his youth, and let's not forget vladimir putin, an aging ramboed truth can be disconcerted. >> this side looks weird. why is it separated so much? >> why would you this i that would be attractive with all these hangs here. >> i'm saying he's got a little bit of boobage. >> was that me? >> that is some cleavage. can we zoom in on that? is there any way to -- >> please! i'm in the canyon! >> reporter: it used to be we'd only seen naked congressmen in moivs. >> i'm a congressmen. >> are you kidding? >> no, i'm absolutely serious. i'm charlie wilson. i represent the texas second congressional -- >> reporter: but now they're staring up from us from our newspapers and laptops. forget the politician's war chest, it's his chest hair being analyzed. >> and it's a shaved chest which tells me psychologically he was putting some real effort into trying to make this thing as sexual as possible. >> but is he waxing himself all over? it seems oddly hairless. >> reporter: for some female anchors, weiner's naked torso was too much for the naked eye. >> i think we

. >> i think i'm going to have to try to get away from the mental image of rambo part nine as we go into get the nuclear weapons in pakistan. what is sylvester stallone where it -- when we really need them? i don't say that this usually. people say its nuclear power and, therefore, we have to, what? and sometimes you get these hand the place we're going to bomb it out of nuclear weapons or we'll send in special forces. frankly, that is an extraordinarily dangerous image. what we also have to recognize is, when we talked about transitioning out of afghanistan, there is the question will we leave enough people to keep the structure together for a while? can it hold together on its own? if we do instead of pulling transitioning in 2014 actually sustain the afghan national force development through 2020 and beyond, which is the real world plan it you want it to hold together. if we do that, do we maintain the capability and some kind of presence to deal with extremism in pakistan. that are, in fact, terrorists targets. if so, what do we have to pay the pakistanis, and what do we have to give

massachusetts senator who posed for "cosmo" in his youth and let's not forget russia's vladimir putin an aging rambostripping. the naked truth can be disconcerted. >> this looks weird. why is this separated so much. >> why would you think that would be attractive with all these hanging here? >> i'm saying. he has a little bit of -- >> when i saw this photo i was like is that me? >> that is some cleavage. can we zoom in on that any chance. is there any way? >> i'm in the canyon! >> reporter: it used to be we only see naked congressmen in movies. >> i'm a congressman. >> are you kidding? >> no. i'm absolutely serious. i'm charter wilson. i represent the texas second congress a.m. -- >> reporter: they're staring at us from newspapers on our laps or laptops. forget the politician's war chest, it's his chest hair being analyzed. >> it's a shaved chest which tells me that psychologically he was putting some real effort into trying to make this thing as sexual as possible. >> he's also like waxing himself all over. it seems oddly hairless. >> reporter: for some female anchors weiner's naked torso was too m