I’m sure the good people that work for the Dept. of Transportation here in NewYork know better than to even consider pulling a “Carmageddon” here (I hope), I guess our equivalent of the 405 would probably be the Long Island Expressway and I’m sure the powers that be know that the casualties from just the road rage alone would have all Emergency Rooms within the Tri-State area filled to capacity.

Was trying to figure out, but couldn’t tell by your delivery of the story about Alpha males if you’re a “member of the club”.

Great Weekend to all.

Brian: Congratulations to Cynthia. Good news about it being official with the rebels, and I agree with

President Obama that Hilliary Clinton is the best Secretary of State in modern history. Jay Leno's skit

on Carmageddon was so funny; nobody funnier than him. In this morning's Louisville Courier Journal:

What would a deal take? "Breaking news" graphics play across TV screen,

Brian Williams: Good afternoon. we interrupt regular programming for this breaking news out of Washington

-- a remarkable turn of eventsd in the showdown over the debt ceiling, ............ and on and on in tongue

cheek with President Obama saying 'You know how much I love Bo, but I can't let my love for a

Portuguese water dog outweigh the well-being of 300 million Americans--not to mention the billions

around the world whose welfare would be a risk if the United States defaulted on its debt and threw the

global economy into a tailspin and you say, Brian Williams, Chuck Todd, a stunning development.

We haven't seen a presidential dog play this kind of role at least since Nixon's Checker's speech.

Brian Williams" "Thanks as always, gentlement: Wait, this just in: Michelle Obama has apparently

fled the capital with Bow in tow. Stay tuned with NBC for continued coverage." Article by Matthew

Miller and so humorous, like you On a serious note, and in my opinion, the president is doing a bang-up

job on the debt ceiling, and is to be commended. Back to Libya, I am relieved that Gadhafi's supporters

would not dream of bombing Tripoli because they love it. And TGIF. Have a nice weekend. Phyllis

Good Evening Mr.Williams, Another fine broadcast this evening. Congratulations to Cynthia!

Always wonderful to see Richard on the broadcast!

Richard's report frm Tahrir Square really told of how the people are not satisfied with progress of reforming the government. They believe the transition into a new government has gone too slow and now learning of the firing of Senior Police Officers and Generals could mark the beginning of reform. The elections being held in November hopefully will result in Egypt having a governement that will be better for the people. Meanwhile in Syria there is much violence with clashes in nine different cities and it is horrible 20 were killed. So very tragic and a dangerous situation. One hopes for peace.

Excellent Reporting As Always Richard! And A Truly Boisterous Crowd in Tahrir Square.

The report by Mr.Taibbi from Libya showed how the rebels are making some more advances towards Tripoli and with financial and political help they will certainly be able to make more progress. The rebels being young fighters and working with weapons they salvaged from scratch it makes the fight extremely difficult against Qadhafi's Army. Although, the rebel commander seems pleased with the help they are receiving and hopefully it will make them stronger against Qadhafi's military. Their chances are getting better each day. Time will tell.

The report by Mr.Lewis from California about the shutting down of the 405 highway this weekend told of major traffic problems for anyone trying to get around in the area. Hearing about the couple getting married this weekend one hopes the guests will make it to the church and place of wedding reception. Many who don't need to travel it seems would be better off staying home. A real traffic mess.

Nice look at all the stories not covered as much this week, Mr.Williams.

Thank You for the broadcast Mr.Williams. Have a wonderful weekend! Peace to You and to All!

Be Well Everyone!

Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard! Excellent Reporting As Always! And Enjoyed Your Report about the hidden tunnels under the pyramids this morning in the Today Show! Wonderful!

Take Extra Good Care Richard And Crew!

Lisa

From June 30 through July 10, Nightly News ran nine "news stories" (totalling more than 21 minutes--the equivalent of an entire broadcast) about Will & Kate's trip through Canada and California. What a great allocation of news resources. Here are some other things you may have missed if you haven't been watching Nightly News lately:

Monday 7/4--Kate Snow (filling in for Brian Williams) spends all of 27 seconds reading a story about how the smoking cessation drug Chantix may increase the risk of heart attacks among its users. There was no accompanying video and Snow mentioned Pfizer (Chantix's manufacturer) only once. By comparison, on that night's CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley spent more than two minutes on the Chantix story, including a question-and-answer session between Pelley and medical correspondent Jon LaPook. Obviously, the Nightly News producers made the Chantix story as short as possible (and ran it on a holiday when fewer people are watching) as a favor to their pals at Pfizer. Limiting the negative publicity from this story is the least NBC can do for one of their biggest advertisers.
Tuesday 7/5--Brian narrated a 43-second story about Indonesian Macaque monkeys using a photographer's camera to take self-portraits. I only hope the Peabody Awards Evaluation Committee was watching this broadcast.
Wednesday 7/6--Brian narrated a 42-second story about a blind guitarist who was invited on stage to play with U2. It must be great to have your own news show so you can report every minuscule detail about your favorite bands.
Thursday 7/7--In his obituary for baseball manager Dick Williams, Brian informed us that Dick Williams, "...was the only manager in major league history to win pennants with three different teams." Wrong. Bill McKechnie first accomplished that feat with the 1925 Pirates, the 1928 Cardinals and the 1939-40 Reds. But why should Brian let the facts get in the way of a good sound bite? Also on this day, Nightly News did a 2:15 story about the new Harry Potter movie. They should have attached a "breaking news" banner to this one. Obviously, the only reason Nightly News ran this story was so they could promote the "Wizarding World of Harry Potter" attraction at the Universal Orlando theme park. (NBC is part of Universal.)
Friday 7/8--Nightly News spent a total of 7:40 on the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. In what alternate universe does this story deserve one-third of the entire broadcast?
Sunday 7/10--Kate Snow breathlessly informed us that Kate Middleton was "...wearing earrings on loan from the Queen and a belted lilac Alexander McQueen gown, the same design house that made her wedding dress." Is this NBC or the Style Network? I guess it doesn't much matter, since both are owned by Universal. More cross-promotion. Snow also told us that, "Prince William serves as president of the British Academy for Film and Television Arts..." Maybe if Snow was paying attention, she would have realized that it's actually the British Academy OF Film and Television Arts. I guess she was too busy obsessing over Kate's outfits. Also on this broadcast, we were treated to a pointless story about back-to-school shopping. Clearly, the only reason the producers aired this story was as a 1:35 promotional piece for regular NBC sponsors Staples, Toys "R" Us, Walmart and Office Depot.
Tuesday 7/12--The first 3:40 of this broadcast was devoted to reporting on the hot weather in the southern U.S. Really? Hot weather in July in the southern U.S.? That must be some kind of scoop for Nightly News. Maybe in January, they'll report a breaking news story about the cold weather in the northern U.S. (actually, they probably will). Also on this broadcast, Brian aired his interminable four-and-a-half-minute interview with new Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Petry. By comparison, on the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley devoted thirty seconds to this story, because that's the amount of time it actually deserved. But because Brian serves on the board of directors for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, he uses his position as Nightly News anchor to constantly promote his pet project. Every time a MOH recipient sneezes, Brian reports it as news. This is an incredible conflict of interest--it would be no different than if Brian served on the McDonald's board and used his broadcast to constantly promote Big Macs and Quarter Pounders (which he already does, anyway).
Wednesday 7/13--In the lead story about airport security and the TSA, the Israeli security expert Rafi Ron was identified by a Nightly News graphic as an "Airport Security Cunsultant". A minute later, a story about hidden charges in phone bills was given the on-screen title "Dailing [sic] For Dollars". Cunsultant? Dailing? Is anyone at Nightly News paying attention to what goes up on the screen during their stories? Obviously not. Also on this broadcast, during a story about the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, a Nightly News graphic identified Abby Wambach is the "U.S. Women's Soccer Team Captain". No she isn't. Christie Rampone is the team captain. It would have taken any Nightly News producer about 10 seconds to find this out through Google. If any of them actually cared, that is. Obviously, they don't. But at least the producers managed to insert 15 seconds of a Nike ad into this story. Nothing says "thank you" to a regular sponsor like some free advertising. And on this broadcast, we were treated to another 1:50 of Brian's overlong interview with Leroy Petry. That brings the total Petry interview to almost six-and-a-half minutes over two days. Will it ever end? It must be great to have your own news broadcast so you can show anything you want for as long as you want.
Thursday 7/14--During his introduction to a story about drought conditions in the U.S., Brian told us that the drought, "...now covers just about the entire lower third of this country." Moments later, correspondent Thanh Truong informed us that it was actually covering only 12% of the country. Oh well--a third, 12%, whatever. Of course, Nightly News has yet to mention the current drought in the Horn of Africa (which is being called the worst in 60 years), which is far more severe than the one in the U.S. But we all know that Brian never pays attention to Sub-Saharan Africa unless George Clooney goes there. Later, Brian spent 40 seconds talking about the Emmy nominations so he could plug NBC stars like Jimmy Fallon, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Kristen Wiig and the "amazing" Connie Britton (who?). It must be great to have your own TV show so you can plug all of your network's other TV shows.
Friday 7/15--Nightly News aired a 1:48 story about baboons. They aired this story because...well, I'm still trying to figure it out. But I'm sure Brian had a really good reason. Brian also reported that Netflix will be raising their prices. Obviously, he reported this specifically in order to benefit Hulu (which is one-third owned by NBC Universal). We were then treated to the fifth story (in six nights) about Carmageddon. Is there any conceivable reason why viewers need to see nearly nine minutes (with more obviously to come) about this non-story that affects one specific region of the country? Answer: No. But at least we got to see 20 seconds of Leno clips. And I particularly liked the way that Brian contrived an obituary for the lead singer of the Grass Roots just so he could tell us that a former member of that band is now appearing on "The Office" (there was a clip, of course). But I think my favorite moment of the night was when Brian showed a picture of Donald Rumsfeld being frisked at an airport. Brian described it as a "Full Monty pants unbuckled you-better-at-least-offer-to-buy-me-dinner TSA search." Wow. There's

Military active duty pay, Veterans Affairs, FBI, Courts over Dept of Energy, Dept of Ed, EPA, Congressional staff? WTF is setting those priorities? Then you do a story about how much the First Lady and Ms Biden care about our military families? Tell them to go kick their husbands in the ares until they get their priorities in line.

NBC Nightly News did man-on-the-street interviews to gauge reaction to the looming debt crisis. As I expected, to avoid accusations of bias, NBC gave a false portrayal of the public being in a mood declaring a plague on both their houses and refused to air any views that singled out the true malingerers in this manufactured crisis, the Republicans. So we got the following anodyne quotations:

"It's politics. It's always going to be politics. One side is always going to pick on the other side."

"I do think it puts a whole lot of uncertainty into the economic markets. That's always bad."

"They should just work together for once and try to solve the problems instead of just blame each other."

Is Pres. Obama The Second Coming of FDR?

Lessons from the Depression: Louisville Courier Journal:

"Depression" has come to be a term that gets thrown around whenever anyone wants to assert that

things are really bad. And yet, there is a genuine danger that the already weak economy could turn

into a second coming of the hard times of the 1930's." Do the math!!! So the answer to the

question depends on where you are coming from. And it takes two to tango. Phyllis Kunz

i'm just saving my pennies for my lot rent and utilities since president obama said he can't guarantee that those social security checks will go out on august 3 . . . . . .

Good luck, to web editor, Cynthia Joyce.

Brian, Yesterday, Sunday, and again today on the Today show they had interviews with some of the principals of the Anthony case. In both cases, and everyone knew they weren't going to answer the question, they asked WHERE IS CASEY HIDING? Monday the show has 22 minutes to fill for the first half hour. At least 2 minutes was wasted by asking the same questions and getting the same no response answers.

There are other stories needing answers that affects the lives of many in the country and your news organization trying to supply answers to those who wish harm upon Anthony is not one of those stories.

811 day since the democrat controlled Senate passed a budget of it's own. They're talking about 2 to 4 trillion dollar cuts over the next 10-12 years? That's an Effing joke. How about dropping Obama's one time 862 billion porkulus out of the budget and take it back to 2.8 trillion per year?

Hello from Norway, Brian!

Wanted to say good luck to Cynthia Joyce. And a bit off topic here, have you ever been away from your dog for 3 months? Or cat? I am going completely stir crazy here! My boyfriend and I will be back in Roanoke, Virginia next Wednesday, after the longest flight I will have ever been on (10 hours from Amsterdam to Atlanta, then one more from ATL->ROA), and all I can think about is how I am going to rush to the front door, open it and wrap by arms around my chocolate lab! As a fellow dog lover, I know you must understand how I'm feeling! My family doesn't like it so much when I say how much I miss Charlie. We're worried the poor boy will go into cardiac arrest when he sees us walking towards the door. As complicated as things are right now, aside from my boyfriend of course, I have an unconditionally loving lab waiting for me back home, and that makes my heart overwhelm with happiness. :)

Looking forward to watching the broadcast from Monday night, and then catching up on tonight's once it's up online. You'd be proud of how well caught up we've been 5,000 miles away! :) Take care, Brian.

Your old loyal reader & viewer,

-Cary

P.S. How's your #1 stumbling block doing these days? (Q the music.)

Former President Bill Clinton makes sense about invoking the 14th Amendment if it came to that,

which he thinks will not happen, and being a former lawyer professor of the Constitution, he should know

what he is talking about. And I am impressed. Whether you love or hate him, you must admit this is

one smart man. I am sure if he walked into a crowded room there would be no one smarter than him.

P.S.S. I don't necessarily like tooting my own horn, if anyone knows me they know that, but tomorrow is my Birthday. The double-deuce! There are many things that I could ask for as a great gift for my Birthday (i.e. a resolution and agreement to the debt crisis in Washington; no more casualties of troops or civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq; Jobs and help for veterans of those wars; and so much more) but if that's asking too much [which maybe it is...] all I can possibly ask or hope for is that these issues are taken more seriously and get the attention they deserve. This month, appropriately, brings the start of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. They will be coming home to a country that is struggling to provide jobs for its people, and to a country that is still waiting to see a compromise in Washington that will prevent us from defaulting on our debts. All I hope for is that those coming home will be taken care of and put to work as they deserve.

Can I blow out the candles now?

-Cary

Brian, You must behind the 8 Ball without Cynthia and too busy for your blog, and , hopefullly you will

soon be back in business. It is still raining hard this evening in Louisville; purple rain no doubt, like your

tie. Which reminds me that when my daughter was a teenager, I took her and a good friend to see the

movie Purple Rain with Prince, and they made me sit 4 rows back, Last week Kyle took a friend to a

movie and she (my daughter) was not allowed in the same theatre. It all comes full circle. Hmmmmm, the tyranny of

teenagers:o) Another great broadcast, as always, and you are above reproach. Have a nice evening.

I am shutting down my computer because of thunder and lightening. Phyllis

Cary, Be safe. I just read there is a blast in Norway's capital. You are in my prayers. Phyllis Kunz

Yea Cary

Be safe. Revelation is coming!

Nothing in darkness remains dark.