Hi everyone!
Welcome to Social Notes, the sometimes weekly goings-on of Houston’s lesbian community. You
can sign up to receive an email notice every time I update the site, by clicking on the blue box in
the upper right hand corner of this page. Now, let me show you around the website:
- The Calendar page contains a listing of events for the next couple of months.
- To find out about clubs and organizations, check out the Organizations page. This page is
sub-divided to make it easier to find things.
- I know all you kind-hearted pet-loving lesbians would want to know about animals needing a
new home, so I included a Pets page.
- The Jobs Page lists both women in search of jobs, and job openings for gay-friendly
positions.
- If you want to support lesbian, women-owned, or just generally gay-friendly businesses,
then check out the Networking Page. This page has also been recently subdivided to
make it easier to find what you are looking for.
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The Rant
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Several of you wrote to express surprise that I didn't do a special Rant when Obama secured
the nomination. I guess I didn't want to "pile on" to all you very loyal Hillary supporters.
Let's just say that I think Obama will be a great candidate and a great president. I'm very
glad that Hillary gave a gracious concession speech and promised her full support to Obama. I
know that many of you are struggling to switch your own support, but I sure hope that you do
so. I'll be presenting a lot of info about Obama and McSame throught the election season, so
stay tuned to Social Notes for all the latest political goings on.
Meanwhile, let's see what's going on the wacky world of the planet's Lamest Duck, Smirky
McChimp. The Senate Intelligence Committee just released their Phase II report, which
delves into how Bush used (or misused) intelligence in the run up to the Iraq Invasion. The
Phase 1 report, dealing with the intelligence itself, was largely a white wash, written by the
Republican controlled Congress.
The Phase II report deals with HOW Commander Codpiece and Darth Cheney made use of the
information they had been given. The Rethugs thought they could delay this report until
infinity, but the 2006 mid-season elections put a Democrat at the head of the committee, and
thus the report magically got completed, albeit several years past due.
This is must reading for all of you who try to excuse the behavior of the BushCo crime family.
Here are particularly damning charges contained in the report:
- Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that
Iraq and al-Qa'ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa'ida with weapons
training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.
- Statements by the President and the Vice President indicating that Saddam Hussein was
prepared to give weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups for attacks against the
United States were contradicted by available intelligence information.
- Statements by President Bush and Vice President Cheney regarding the postwar situation
in Iraq, in terms of the political, security, and economic, did not reflect the concerns and
uncertainties expressed in the intelligence products.
- Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National
Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq's chemical weapons production capability and
activities did not reflect the intelligence community's uncertainties as to whether such
production was ongoing.
- The Secretary of Defense's statement that the Iraqi government operated underground
WMD facilities that were not vulnerable to conventional airstrikes because they were
underground and deeply buried was not substantiated by available intelligence information.
- The Intelligence Community did not confirm that Muhammad Atta met an Iraqi
intelligence officer in Prague in 2001 as the Vice President repeatedly claimed.
So read it and weep, girls. They lied like a cheap rug. The Chimp took the trust we placed in
him after 9-11 and abused it to meet his own warped agenda. So far this folly and cost us over
4,000 lives and 29,000 casualties on the US side, perhaps a million dead and 4 million displaced
Iraqis, and the tab will ultimately be $3 or $4 TRILLION dollars.
Scott McClellan, former White House press secretary has agreed to testify before Congress
regarding the allegations he made in his recently published book. Although Scotty continues to
blindly believe that Little Bush means well, he does admit that the intelligence was totally
manipulated to support the war that Bush wanted
As an extra bonus, McClellan has also provided info that shows that Bush was directly involved in
the whole Valerie Plame mess. Remember, that's the one where administration officials
purposefully outed an undercover CIA agent in an attempt to discredit her husband who was a
vocal critic of the war. Bush, Cheney, Rove and Libby should all be charged with treason for
outing Plame. Of course, they should be charged with war crimes too for violating the Geneva
conventions and torturing prisoners. Maybe we can get the "Two Fer" special at the World
Court. Just thinking out loud, doncha know!
I always thought that the BushCo administration was so buttoned-up that no one would be brave
enough to do Tell All books after departing. The Bush family has a reputation for really really
holding a grudge, and their retribution has historically been swift and nasty. But it's starting
to look like the covers are peeling back, little by little. We'll probably never know all the
travesties that these criminals have perpetrated in our name, but I betcha we are going to
learn some fascinating (and horrifying) things in the next couple of years!
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here. It might seem strange to mix lesbian
social info with political observations, but it
works for me. If it doesn't work for you, then
feel free to skip on over to the rest of the site!
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