Does anyone realize that in the head-long rush by Iran to go nuclear regardless of the United Nations dictates, that if with a North Korean missile or two , they could level Baghdad, killing many hundreds of thousands of Sunnis and Shiites in the attack. But the victory for Iran would be the thousands of Americans that also are in the city. How many american soldiers would perish? Put a pencil to that figure, please, because that has been discussed already by the Iranian high council in secret sessions. It really shows the extreme cruelty and ruthlessness that we are fighting. Wake up, America and Europe before it is too late!

Brian, I think your attire is impeccable!

Marilyn Ebling, Northville, Michigan-MmaRamotswe@Comcast.net

What I thought was even more interesting than the Lieberman loss, was that he wasn't the only incumbent to go down. Three incumbents lost their seats last night, which I think is an even bigger signal for what's to come. At this point, I don't know if Dems. will take back anything in November or everything will stay the same and everyone will just replace their incumbent. Which doesn't sound bad, except for that whole Republicans in control thing.

How he could smooch the guy that stole the vice presidency from him is beyond me - makes my skin crawl.

FINALLY, an undeniable demonstration of counscious, thinking voters who have had more than enough of the war-mongering BS so generously distributed by the Republican dominated Congress. Too bad for Joe that he kissed his political future good-bye with his blind support of Bush's war in the Middle East. Adios, Joe!

If you have trifocals, is the insult then eight-eyes? Great interview!

Dino from Alaska:
Thank you for that email. It needs to be on every political ad that rings of some truth (if that exists)Americans, at least some of them are finally waking up. Been sleep too long though, it may be too late.

The BP pipeline problem coincides with the attitude of most companies, sensing the direction of the economy. "Get it while you can", Show me the money", "We'll worry about that later, but for now we're in the money". I think you will find this attitude with most large companies cutting corners and expenses, not maintaining equipment. The average income for a family to live comfortably in New York is 80,000. Where is this money coming from.?? We don't produce anything and we're outsourcing the rest. It's going to be slim pickings.

Joe Lieberman's loss in Connecticutt must be seen as a repudiation of the Iraq conflict and the pro-ward position of President Bush, there can be no mistake. There is no question that Lieberman had a beneficial position as a respected senator for these many years. But, his staunch positioning, his avowed stance with respect to Rumsfeld, and his general conspicuous and questionable distancing form the democratic platform initiated the death-knell in this primary election. It is appropriate that Lieberman be questioned severely onhis positioning and the people have spoken loud and clear. Given that only forty percent or less of the general population support this administartion, Lieberman's position was at best tenuous, as the results demonstrated.

Thanks for Ron Mott's outstanding report on FEMA's trailer snafus. If FEMA can't be done away with, it should at least be seriously restructured from top to bottom...

As I've said to my friends many times before, the Internet changed everything. War will never be fought the same again, whether it is war with a country, militant group, or a political campaign.

Brian,

Under the heading of "everyone is a critic," I see in your blog that you do not write the way you speak on the nightly news. Please ask your writers for the newscast to try doing a whole program without using the word "this." While it is a small thing, like sitting up straight, one must remember the competition is just waiting for an opening.

Best wishes for future success.

Why did it take you so long to report on the BP leak story? It has been on the local news in Alaska for at least two weeks. (We are visiting Alaska and really miss our satellite televison)

Brian I'm glad Ned Lamont won it shows Americans are waking up and taking back our country. Lieberman last minute pitch as he tried to break away from Bush by saying he was against the war. I wonder what his supporters thought of the performance. Anything for a vote even if you have to lie. I hope Americans continue to look carefully at all candidates and bring out troops home and clean up our current government corruption. I just couldn't get pass Tom DeLay supporting Lieberman.

Brian: I'm enjoying you on the Daily Show. I gotta say it: my money's on Stewart. But the trifocals are cool.

This battle up in Connecticut is only a small measure of what is about to come in November. If, and that is a big if, the Democrats can gather the "bring our troops home" vote, as well as garner the support of the majority of people supporting stem cell research, they should be able to retake the house and possibly make serious gains in the Senate.
Time only tell.

In Reno we are bombarded with GOP ads for state offices with each candidate saying they are the ultra-conservative while their opponents are more liberal than concervative. The issues are budget, illegal immigration, national guard to the border and taxes. The Dems are just bashing each other. No one is stating support/non-support of Bush or the war.

What concerns me is Richard Engel. Recent reports have the Israelis dropping leaflets telling everyone to stay off the roads and that vehicle traffic is subject to air attacks. I realize that Richard, and all the other correspondents from all forms of media, have to travel from site to site in order to get the FACTS of the story and weed out the rumours.

I would rather see a void in the Middle East reporting rather than voiding a correspondent. NO story is worth that kind of risk.

Send a big thanks to Richard and his fellow correspondents on both sides of the border, on all the networks.

I was very pleased with NBC's coverage of the role of the net lefties in the Lieberman primary. The right wing has put out a great deal of propaganda that tries to depict all the lefties on the net as crazed extremists motivated only by irrational hatred with an agenda to drive the Democratic Party to the extreme left. None of that is true. I'd like to debate all that someday, but for now I just want to thank NBC for not repeating it. Most of the mainstream media has. I'd also like to point out that NBC is the first news source I've seen who when talking about lefties on the net actually had somebody from the net on to tell our side. I wish all the news sources were that fair.

I believe we will all witness the true tone of Americans with the results of the elections taking place. I became a proud American (again) over the 4th of July holiday, when I realized that MANY AMERICANS were waking up to the fact that our country had been HIJACKED by corporate NEOCONS.

What is breath-taking to notice is that MOST Americans realized this "hi-jacking" extends all the way to the White House. Now my fellow Americans are acting on their realizations, and putting those actions to practice at the polls.

It feels great to be an American (again)!

Brian,

Nothing happened in Israel today worthy of a mention in the news tonight, Tuesday the 8th? As a corollary, are the Lebanese fatalities worth mentioning? Forgive me if a failed to notice any coverage of Israeli casualties in today's coverage of the Lebanese War against Israel.