Russ, who’s been on the road the last several days with a sick laptop, writes:If you haven’t read or heard this exchange between Chris Matthews and Brian Williams up right now at Hot Air then here it is: Video: Brian…

I struggle to find the words to adequately express my disgust with the comments made by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams.CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: But, here we have maybe 24 people who have lived in London and England and the……

Posted By: Beacon Man “She’s still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom”Here is the message I sent to NBC, today, concerning Brian William’s comments on Hardball Thursday night. Watch video here.
“Please tell me your news age…

***SCROLL FOR UPDATES*** I could throw together a link round-up of all the updates on the UK terror bust, but folks like Michelle Malkin have done that here, and HotAir’s AllahPundit here, here, here, and here. All of those are……

Excuse me?

Brian Williams is not so much evil as he is stupid.

No one’s saying he’s evil. He’s too ignorant or uninformed to understand the true nature of the enemy we are facing, and clearly too dumb to figure it out on his own.

I’m sure he honestly belived he was making a “supportive” comment about our guys. The outrage, if there is one, is the credit he gives to our enemy, in so utterly misunderstanding them and comparing them (in his mind) to our guys.

Remember also that NBC is a news organization, and thus has a responsibility (and the authority) to put a qualified anchor in the chair. A network anchor is a hell of a lot more than a scriptreader. Otherwise how would Dan Rather have become famous for his ad libs?

Here’s a man who makes a living, a darn good living, reading aloud what other people have written. That’s what he does. That’s it.

Pardon me, but that’s not it. I’m not blaming Brian Williams for his own stupidity; clearly he can’t exceed his own limitations, and never will. But NBC is definitely on the hook here… or do you disagree?

Maybe I’m a SOB, but the response does not impress me. Not one bit.

I guess we should be surprised about this exchange from NBC host Brian Williams and Chris Matthews (video at link). Brian Williams has shown his amazingly ignorant view of history by comparing Osama bin Laden to George Washington and other……

It took a while, but we got to the real point, namely that Williams is an idiot. The original transcript makes zero sense whatsoever. Even a liberal dipstick like Williams isn’t going to make a direct comparison of nutbomb Islamic terrorists to the cream of our crop; the question was “what the hell is this nimrod talking about?”

The answer, as usual: he has no idea.

Piling On…

Brian Williams is not so much evil as he is stupid.

Here’s a man who makes a living, a darn good living, reading aloud what other people have written. That’s what he does. That’s it.

When he’s called upon to think on his feet, as here, his brain shoots out his a** and you get something like this.

He’s just dumb. Not as smart as the guy who reads your water meter.

Mr. preppy is so ‘clean’ and considers himself beyond reproach no matter what he says or does. I bet he never even let a f–t in private in order not to ruin his chances of taking over from Mr. Brokaw.

He wrote a convoluted explanation, which then he snootely ended with “I hope this clears it up” (for you simpletons).

His explanation still doesn’t wash with me, because he said these rescuers went in knowing they would not come out alive. That is suicide and if they go in knowing they will be killed they are cheating the people they might be able to rescue if they stay alive. That is their job – to save lives, and trying to take reasonable steps to stay alive to do that job is prerequisite!

Plus take that with his previous comments about comparing our Founding Father’s with terrorists gives lie to his recent comments; because he is trying to construct a moral equivalency which does not exist!

Comments I made during a live interview with Chris Matthews last night have been aggressively misunderstood in the hours since. Here was my point: people always say that our country will be at a disadvantage as long as the “other side” is willing to take their own life for the cause. I was making the point that if that’s some kind of litmus test for bravery… or belief in the cause, we have those guys, too. People who fight for us, people who protect us — know full well that the American cause is worth dying for — as are our freedoms. People are dying for the U.S. side every day. Laying their lives on the line. And I give thanks for them every day. I was not at all equating the “other” cause with what Americans stand for. I was criticizing the view, expressed by some, that as long as we are fighting the “suicide bomber mentality” we can never get the upper hand, because, as this belief goes, “we aren’t willing to give our lives the way they are.” Of course we are. The difference is: the folks willing to die for OUR country do so in the act of protecting and defending it — NOT killing civilians by detonating an explosive and killing innocent people.

I hope that clears it up.

Petulant prima donna Williams is trying to ‘recover’.

Brian has posted to Daily Nightly blog to clear up his statements last night.

Comments I made during a live interview with Chris Matthews last night have been aggressively misunderstood in the hours since. Here was my point: people always say that our country will be at a disadvantage as long as the “other side” is willing to take their own life for the cause. I was making the point that if that’s some kind of litmus test for bravery… or belief in the cause, we have those guys, too. People who fight for us, people who protect us — know full well that the American cause is worth dying for — as are our freedoms. People are dying for the U.S. side every day. Laying their lives on the line. And I give thanks for them every day. I was not at all equating the “other” cause with what Americans stand for. I was criticizing the view, expressed by some, that as long as we are fighting the “suicide bomber mentality” we can never get the upper hand, because, as this belief goes, “we aren’t willing to give our lives the way they are.” Of course we are. The difference is: the folks willing to die for OUR country do so in the act of protecting and defending it — NOT killing civilians by detonating an explosive and killing innocent people.

I hope that clears it up.