Miles O'Brien Quotations

You know, a lot of people dont know it, but we get here at four in the morning and do the entire show in rehearsal just to get it right, right?

Yeah. Allison Barber, Deputy Assistant Secretary, said, heres the part that I like. 'Okay, so lets work on that answer a little bit, Captain Kennedy. Why dont you work on, 'were working with the Iraqi soldiers, and to my right is Master Sergeant.' And then a little later, 'she says, you know, a few smiles wouldnt hurt back here on the TV. A few smiles.' So-

Why Iraq, when so much evidence points to substantial Saudi involvement with people financing, and the apparent cooperation of elements of the Saudi government, as shown by the refusal to grant U.S. investigators access to known conspirators held there?

As far as different bells and whistles that we offered, there wasn't anything tremendous that stood out. In theory, in the future we could feed multiple camera angles online and people could direct their own launch, which would be nice.

Doesn't look like much progress has been made there.

These things happen. Of course, you know, no ones surprised theres stagecraft when it comes to, you know, President. I mean, think of Ronald Reagan. He sort of brought it to high art. And this is, I guess, what happens as it continues on.

Governor Barbour, surely there was enough knowledge in advance that this was a huge killer storm a matter of days, not hours, before it ever struck a landfall,

It borders on irresponsibility when people get on television and start talking that way when they should know better. They should do their homework, and they should report in a responsible manner. Unfortunately, it's a very competitive business, the business we're in, and there is a perception that by hyping up this threat, you draw people's attention.

There are nearly 1 million Americans who visit the emergency room each year because of dental pain at a cost that runs into the hundreds of millions.