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Subscribe to RSSI spent some time today with friends of mine -- people I first met through work -- people I first met because of a national tragedy. They are aides to Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, and we talked about their lives, their work and their boss. That shooting in Tuscon truly is one of the "Where were you when you heard?" moments of the past few years. Oddly, I was coming out of a supermarket when my wife found me and called me with the news -- I sat paralyzed in the car, with the groceries in the back seat, listening to the early news coverage on satellite radio. I later went home and was transfixed by the early television coverage on cable while making preparations to go to Arizona myself.
I first met her staff just days after the shooting, and each day they fight their own private battle...against grief for a former fellow staffer, the struggle to keep up with the work of running a Congressional office without a fully functioning boss, and processing all that has happened to all of them. It was great having them here in New York today.
We hope you can join us tonight for the broadcast.
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Your April 21 segments on rising inflation and rising corporate profits were disappointingly shallow. These 2x phenomena are BOTH the result of criminal manipulation of the US money supply by the Federal Reserve which is CLEARLY benefiting speculators and borrowers [including corporations] at the expense of consumers and savers. Even various FED governors acknowledge this patent injustice ... talk to them
Hey brian,
why dont you stop being a pundit "errand boy" for corporate media? Search yourself and maybe one day you and alot of others will see what is really going on this country.
Brian...are you kidding???? Did you really need to pose the questions regarding fraud and speculation on gas prices tonight??? Duh...ya think?? Why didn't you share the first quarter profit margin for the oil industry as well as GE and the others?? How glorious it is that industry is making such great profits at the expense of people losing their jobs and medical coverage. Corporate greed is alive and well and I doubt very much that unemployment will improve. Wake up!!!
Good Evening Mr.Williams, A fine broadcast this evening as always. It is nice you were able to spend time with people who worked with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords today. It was an extremely tragic incident with so many innocent lives lost. One always remembers where one was in the world when first hearing the news. One hopes Congresswoman Giffords continues to make steady positive progress. Thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
Now on to the broadcast. Always wonderful to see Richard on the broadcast! First of all Richard's report from Benghazi told of how the town of Misrata has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world with the trememdous amount of fighting between the rebels and Qadhafi's forces. It has evolved into a full humanitarian crisis with no signs of ceasing. Hearing that three European nations are sending military advisors to help train the rebels in logistics and tactics is vitally needed. The two US predator drones could certainly make an impact on finding the Qadhafi forces high atop buildings in Misrata to prevent these snipers from killing or wounding more innocent people. It was sad to hear Richard speak about the boat arriving in Benghazi with many wounded and the bodies of the two American Photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. Truly tragic and sad. Ones thoughts and prayers go out to their families.
The interview Mr.Brokaw conducted with Prince Alwaleed was interesting and showed how he feels about the situation in Libya. He is quite the business mogul with a great empire and lavish surroundings. He states he wants more rights for Saudi woman and seems to be giving women a chance to dress more Western by employing many women at his business. His statements concerning the US role in Libya showed his true discontent. The turmoil in the Middle East will change the region forever and that is most likely a fact.
The piece by Mr.Maceda which is second in a series showed how Chief Warrant Officer Jessica Cioci is making a huge impact in serving her country. Seeing her fly the Apache Helicopters was impressive along with her great skill. Heartbreaking to hear her speak about soldiers needing help and not being able to find them at first. So difficult with so many deployments and not seeing her husband fo so long a time. Staggering the amount of time being only 12months she has seen him in 5 years. She is a brave and extraordinary person doing an incredible job.
Happy 85th Birthday to Queen Elizabeth II! Officially approving of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Thank You for the broadcast Mr.Williams. Peace to You and to All!
Be Well Everyone!
Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard! Excellent Reporting as Always!
Take Extra Good Care Richard and Crew!
Lisa
Brian,
Seems the oil and gas prices have you all wondering why they continue to rise or where they will stop. Do you recall President Obama during his 2008 campaign saying "under my plan, energy prices WOULD necessarily sky rocket". Well, it looks like he is true to his word, this time, and you continue to protect this administration. Do you not see the vortex forming which is going to suck all us little people down the drain?
To help you get an idea what is happening, take a look at the fall of the dollar over the ast two yearsand compare it to the rise in the oil price. I think you will find they mirror each other. As the dollar goes down, the price of oil goes up.As the FED continues to print dollars, OPEC has to raise the price to keep up with the falling dollar. They are not nise enough people to take it on the chin for good ole uncle sam because uncle sam forgot how to live within his means.
You talk about speculators and hedge funds. I have to ask why hedge funds do not fall under ANY type of government regulations. Could it be all the money they shovel into Washington. Now the speculators. They buy oil on what they think will happen in the future. When they make these buys, they only have to pit 5%-10% of the value of the purchase. To these people, this amount of money means nothing. All congress would have to do is pass a law that in these transactions, they have to put up 50%. You would see a drastic reduction in speculative buying.
Nothing will happen as this is all within the ruling classes plans. There are tremendous amounts of money being made in Washingtom and New York City and it will be kept that way and you and the other MSM people are their enablers. Our FOUNDING FATHERS set you up to look for us little people and help protect us from the big bad government and corporations. You're not doing a very good job. You threw in with them and protect them to ensure yourselves those interviews.
In my eyes, this makes MSM a traitor to the American people.
If Koch Brothers pulled a GE with $14 billion dollars in profit and paid no taxes, they would have been skinned, quartered, and hung out to dry. Tell me that is not true!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama said he had a plan to get the US off oil. He didn't do it and your right. Bush/Cheney said by illegally invading Iraq with all that oil the US would have low oil prices, well that never happen. Few want to remember the years of up and down prices of oil and prices over 4 dollars while citizens watched the Oil companies get billions in profits, but no one dare attack President Bush. Cheney announced suck it up and deal with it and we did. Bush ran the country like a dictator and used propaganda, inside chosen reporters and for the few brave Americans or protesters who spoke up will they were arrested.
if we are lucky enough to get a Republican President who can get Egypt, Libya and other friendly dictators back in charge so the things would go back to the way they were before Obama got in office.
We have to get to a point where we do not care what happens in the middle east as far as oil goes. We need to set our own energy plan. We have enough technology and the resources to develop in our own country and support our selves. We can keep those trillions of dollars here in the United States. If The ruling class were interested in what was good for America, we would be drilling. We would be developing wind technology. From where I live, I can drive and see over 100 new wind mills. This is good but they only run about 20%-25% of the time. Cannot depend on them 100%.
We develop solar in the areas where possible. Again, the sun is not out for 24 hours per day and the trucks and trains that haul all our food and goods will never run on solar or wind. So we will always need oil or natural gas which also requires drilling.
A national program is not a republican or democrat thing. Presidents since Jimmy Carter has been saying we are going to develop a national energy and never do. Since it has not been done over all these administrations, to me it must come down to money being placed into the proper hands.
Money has corrupted Washington D.C. that it will take many decades to change if it can be changed without drastic measures. The bush administration was bad enough but the This Obama group is the absolute most corrupt I have seen in my 60 years plus!
I just watched the story about the female helicopter pilot and was very disappointed. As a female member of the armed forces I found this story FULL of stereotypes and essentially belittled the Chief Warrant Officer. Saying things like, "She showed her female emotions when distress calls come in from the ground" Like men don't have any emotions! This kind of story is a set back for all the progress women have made in the armed forces by focusing on stereotypes and putting female soldiers in a "female solider" BOX !! I am glad you are trying to do stories about women in uniform but this is not something that is helpful for those of us who have fought these stereotypes. Please try to think about the impact you are having on women in uniform not to mention the general public.
Brian you one of the few if any who report on our brave female soldiers. I got a call from Peaches first Sergeant Johnson today as she advised me to watch the show today. Woman are woman and don't think or even act like men. We are a value that is priceless. Some fellow might complain about the soldier shown yesterday singing off tune, but he's our brave soldier. Keep giving reports about all our troops and include our female brave soldiers too.
Good news as Chase settled the lawsuit with the soldiers the Bank stole the homes from and violated the Federal law. It was millions but the Bank agreed to work with Vets and active soldiers so this doesn't happen again. Look for other Banks to do the same settlement deal.
Smart move on Senator Ensign's part to resign rather then be kicked out after the guilty ethics report. Just think for years Senator Ensign was the leader of the Christian Family Values. We can't forget his speech regarding Bill Clinton and how he held himself as an example to follow. That was then this is now, time clears up the truth and exposes the secrets.
As for the price of gas well we've seen this several times before as the prices reached over 4 dollars. That time it was the Oil Companies getting those unheard of profits. Funny how people act like this is the first time they saw 4 dollars and above gas prices as if it only happen because Obama is President.
NBC gave an interesting article called Obama vs Ryan. Obama's Mom needed help with food stamps, his grandparents used their Social Security/Medicaid. Obama used the Federal Student loan program. Then Paul Ryan who's Dad died when he was 16 yrs old. He and his Family were supported by Social Security Program. His grandmother got help with Social Security/Medicaid. The Ryan Family benefited from Social Security and even Paul got to have that American Dream of going to college with the help of Federal Programs. Both men used and benefited from Federal Programs made into law by some smart law makers. Today one wants to continue the Federal Programs as a safety net to future kids and families. One wants to end the Federal Programs to assure future generations don't get those benefits and most likely will never live out the American Dream. Grandparents will be left with no help after working and supporting the USA all their lives. The tale of two men with different ideas for the American people.
Hats off (Easter bonnets?) to Jim Maceda for his tremendous series "Far From Home". Way to go Jim -- great work! I look forward to tomorrow's edition.
Happy Easter all and take care-
Celine
Brian, My heart goes out to Congresswoman Giffords and her family and the staffers you saw today in NYC. It takes a change in perspective to keep an open mind about the future for family members who sustain a brain injury. They survive the initial trauma and begin to talk with us and recover. It is so important to live the new beautiful normal, grateful for today. It's good they have you as a friend.
It's shameful that Brian would claim that Gabby Giffords' staff are friends of his. They're people he's met a few times. Big difference. By claiming that he's friends with Giffords' staff, he's obviously trying to create the illusion that he is close to the Congresswoman. That way, viewers will tune in because they think that he has some added insight into her situation. He's using Giffords' staff to try to boost his own status. And of course, he's trying to ingratiate himself with them in the hope of getting a scoop about Giffords. It's all about his ratings. Shameful.
Brian and Lester, I am heartened to see that name and email address are now required to post which is good because it
keeps us all honest. Happy Easter!!! Phyllis