Special Bulletin (1983 TV Movie)

David Clennon: Bruce Lyman

Quotes 

• Dr. Bruce Lyman : We're a group, we're a group that believes in survival, and I am a former strategic weapons planner for the Pentagon, so I know whereof I speak. There has been a serious change in the strategic thinking of our leaders; they now believe that they can wage nuclear war, they believe that they will wage nuclear war and they believe they can win it. Now if that frightens you, that's good, we're here in Charleston today because Charleston is a major staging area for nuclear offense. You have Poseidon submarines, you have Air Force and naval weapons areas, and we think this is a good place to start.

• Dr. Bruce Lyman : We have a demand: we want the detonating modules from every single nuclear warhead in the Charleston area, and there are 968 of them; we want them delivered to this dock by 4:30 tomorrow afternoon, so that we can take them out to sea and destroy them. This is known as unilateral disarmament, the first step on a long road with Charleston disarmed, the Soviet Union can take steps to do likewise with their westernmost installations, and we believe that this action, as radical as it is, can set in motion, the most dramatic movement for peace in the last 30 years. And if our demands are not met, it means that our government is willing to throw away the lives of the people of Charleston. It means that our leaders have not yet awakened to the grave dangers that are facing all of us. Listen to me closely once again. My colleagues and I have constructed our own nuclear device, and placed it aboard this ship; if the detonators are not delivered by 4:30 tomorrow afternoon or if our exit from the harbor is blocked in any way, the device on board this ship will explode at 6 P.M. tomorrow, and believe me it will illustrate what it is we all have to fear. I think, we do this not in anger, but as a desperate plea and in hope of lasting peace. And I believe that's all there is to say at this time.

• Dr. David McKeeson : I would like to make a statement. I just wanna say how much I love RBS News, and I didn't believe any of those stories of how John Woodley got mad when Susan Myles was made a co-anchorperson... those stories were circulating?... That's not true, John, you didn't get mad, did you? And one more thing... I LOVE this logo with America Under Seige with music in the background... and uh... it just give me chills. Makes me real proud to be a part of this whole thing. It never ceases to amaze me the ability of the news media to trivialize any event of any significance... any meaning... it just, uh, I don't know... What?

  Dr. Bruce Lyman : What are you doing, Dave?

  Dr. David McKeeson : People are talking about us like we're doing some sort of bad thing. A terrible thing. And we are making a statement. We're trying to do a good thing just like John Woodley is trying to do a good thing, and I think we are together on this. Right?

  John Woodley : Well, I think any connection between what Dr. McKeeson is doing and RBS in its attempts cover it is highly remote.

  Dr. David McKeeson : John, you eat us for breakfast and for lunch. You have like an earthquake or a plane crash or something. John... John Woodley. Good Anglo-Saxon name. I hope it's his own. John? John, are you there?

  John Woodley : Yes, Dr. McKeeson.

  Dr. David McKeeson : Does this qualify for gratuitous self-indulgence?

  John Woodley : Well, perhaps, that is in the mind of the beholder, Dr. McKeeson, if you choose to think of it like that.

  Dr. David McKeeson : I made John mad, here now. Don't mean to get John mad. See, I am just trying to improve your rating points.

  John Woodley : You think this is about ratings?

  Dr. David McKeeson : John, okay, John, you tell me. Look, here's what you do... I want you to call up NBC, call up CBS, and get 'em on the line and you tell them there's a story here you don't want to cover anymore. This will show me then. There's a story you don't want to cover. Take Steve out of here. Steve is really doing a great job. And I know if he stayed here, his career would be made with RBS. But if rating points don't mean anything to you, then what I want you to do is cut me off. Just pull the plug. I mean, if you're so righteous, if it doesn't to you that the entire country is turned to RBS for exclusive coverage, we'lljust end it. I mean, NBC would kill its mother for its footage. Any of them would. So, if it doesn't matter to you, fine, then cut it off. I would like to see RBS willingly give up exclusive coverage. This will be interesting. Let's see it... I'm waiting... Well, I guess we all know where we stand, don't we?