[i]Nightline[/i] is due to air an episode tonight in which America will see pictures of soldiers and sailors who have died in Iraq. This is very similar to the Faces of the Fallen page on the Washington Post website. On the Post's website, you see a picture of the fallen soldier, the soldier's age, hometown, and the way the soldier died. This page on the Post's website has been in existence for quite some time now and I've yet to see anyone claim the Post has any political motivation for developing this page on its website.
Today, I read that 62 stations will not air the [i]Nightline [/i]episode. The company that owns these stations says:
The company called the broadcast a political statement ''disguised as news content,'' pointing to the producers' omission of ''the names of thousands of private citizens killed in terrorist attacks'' since 9-11.
What a sorry ass excuse for pulling the plug on [i]Nightline[/i]. While we're at it, why not list the names of the dead enemies, too. Oh and hey, why don't we list the names of all soldiers ever killed in any war? We wouldn't want to play favorites, right?
If anyone has a political agenda here, I would say it's the company that pulled the plug. Fact: there are dead soldiers as a result of the war in Iraq. [i]Nightline[/i] is reporting that fact. There was political motivation behind the war in Iraq to begin with, so don't give me this bullshit about tonight's [i]Nightline[/i] episode being about politics. Dubya's secret meeting with the 9/11 Panel was about politics, so don't give me this bullshit about tonight's [i]Nightline[/i] episode being about politics. I am so damn sick of those in power deciding [b]when [/b]things can be about politics and when things [b]can not [/b] be about politics. Fuck you and let the tribute to these soldiers begin.
''I answered every question,'' Bush told reporters after the session lasting over three hours.
Speaking with reporters in the Rose Garden, Bush declined to say what topics the commission focused on during a meeting that lasted over three hours. But he did say the session was cordial. ''I'm glad I did it. I'm glad I took the time...I enjoyed it.''
Why, Mr. President, we're glad you took the time to have a private meeting with the 9/11 Panel, in which no tape recorder was allowed, your attorney was present, and the nation won't be allowed to know what you said for months, so US citizens will know exactly where your priorities have been. Thank you. We appreciate it.
Source of quote: Bush, Cheney Appear Before 9/11 Panel, By DEB RIECHMANN, AP
Immediately after the fall of Baghdad, 67% of the American people approved of Bush and what he was doing in Iraq. In the latest poll, "Less than half, 47 percent, now say the United States did the right thing taking military action in Iraq, the lowest support recorded in CBS News/New York Times polls since the war began."
I read that and I started to think about the reasons why there was a 20% shift in Dubya's approval rating. My conclusion: many Americans are fickle -- especially when situations look bleak for us. I never approved of Dubya's actions. When it appeared America was doing well and kickin' Saddam's ass would be an easy job, Dubya's approval rating was up, up, up. A year later . . . what do we see? What have we learned?
Now that the economic situation in America shows very little improvement, more tax dollars are dumped into Iraq, more soldiers (and civilians) are killed day after day, and there's very little sign that the threat of terrorism is any less severe than it was a year ago, those Americans who called me a traitor for disapproving of Dubya are taking a second look at their own ideas of what it takes to secure peace in the world. We approve of people and ideas when things look good, when we think it will be good for us -- regardless of the outcome for others. How many of us thought about what this would do to the people of Iraq? How many of us questioned whether Dubya had a solid plan for the restructuring of Iraq? Didn't we learn anything from history? Look at Israel and Palestine. Didn't we learn a damn thing about what happens when the US decides to dictate how one nation should run its government? Here we go again. Attempting to restructure another nation's culture -- whether they like it or not.
I listened to a discussion on a news broadcast today between several politicians while watching the mess over in Iraq. The US military was bombing Fallujah while these politicians debate the issue. One politician said something to the effect of . . . he still felt that going into Iraq was the right thing to do to keep America safe. Safe from what? Weapons of mass destruction? They haven't found those . . . yet (I give the whiney bastards the benefit of the doubt). Terrorism? Iraq wasn't connected to 9/11. So, safe from what? A non-democratic society? Well, China is a communist country -- not exactly as democratic as the US would like for it to be -- and yet, our own Vice President would like to work out a nuclear power plant deal with the Chinese. Half the products we buy in this country are made in China -- maybe even more than that. And, the military doesn't want China to get its hands on our military flak jacket technology (even though they'll work out nuclear power plant deals with them). So, what exactly is Dubya and his Administration protecting us from now that Saddam is in captivity?
We pick and choose the things we will take issue with. And we're one picky bunch, aren't we? We're ok with China the communist country, but not Iraq-minus-Saddam. China has no oil, that's why. If they did, you'd bet we'd have an issue with them being a communist society and we'd be tearing their country up looking for weapons of mass destruction.
So Dubya and his left-hand man Cheney (Rice is his right-hand man) are preparing to testify before the 9/11 Panel tomorrow -- together. Why is that? Will the two of them consult with each other before answering any questions, ensuring they keep their answers straight? Will this testimony prove to be much more informative than Rice's testimony, if not entertaining? Or, will the nation receive a healthy dish of more bullshit long-winded answers that aren't really answers? Ya know, kinda like Rice's testimony. Perhaps that was the point of Rice spending Easter with Dubya at the Dubya family ranch -- a dress rehearsal for tomorrow's appearance before the Panel. Like the rest of the nation (and perhaps the world), I can't wait to hear the script tomorrow.
"I laid out a broad strategy that says Iraq will be as secure as possible, that we will deal with those who want to stop the march to freedom," Bush said. "The closer we come to passing sovereignty, the more likely foreign fighters, Baathists and supporters of the Shiite cleric will try to stop progress."
Iraq will be a democratic society, whether they like it or not. The sooner the people of Iraq accept that the US knows what is best for them, the better things will be for the people of Iraq.
As usual, it takes my 11 year old to keep me ontop of such things. I was introduced to a game called Bush Shoot Out, starring Dubya and Rice. I spent . . . umm, some time playing the game with my 2 boys. Usually I find those types of games very disturbing because of the violence, but this game was just hilarious. Woo! Ya gotta have some comic relief in your life sometime. Yes?
I'm having a hard time refocusing on the seriousness of the issues in Iraq. I'll get back to that soon. I promise.
In a statement to newspaper executives on Wednesday, April 20, 2004, Dubya stated that it was difficult to defend the US from terrorism. That's a far cry from the bullshit rhetoric Dubya has been feeding the US for months on end. Now that his entire reasoning behind why the US went to war against Iraq has started crumbling (you know, Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction; Iraq was connected to Bin Laden) because the American people are now getting down to the guts of the truth, Dubya's theme has now switched to, "Well, ya know. . . (scratching his head and looking dumb) it's difficult to defend the US against terrorism." Well, yeah, ya gotta know where it's coming first, that would be a good start. Oh wait, you DO know where it's coming from, you just chose to be distracted somewhere else. Anyway, 2nd, ya gotta stop misleading the American people. And 3rd, stop dumping our tax dollars on your war over in Iraq.
When I read Dubya's statement about the difficulties of defending the US against terrorism, a tape recorder went off in my head. It started re-playing all that macho bullshit about America he kept spewing from that good 'ole boy mouth of his: "We're Americans. We won't be defeated" (imagine him saying that in his Texas accent -- no offense to any Texans reading this). As the first year anniversary of the Iraq war passed, my mind went to instant replay as I recalled Mr. Macho American President landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier with the banner that streamed by saying, "Mission Accomplished." And now, I'm reading a story that says Congress is discussing the possibility of a draft for Dubya's war -- you know, the war we won a long time ago because we're Americans who won't be defeated. Yeah, that war.
To all you homosexuals out there, when the government comes knockin' for ya, tell them you're a flamin' queer -- since the military doesn't want us anyway. Besides, until we get equal rights in this country, why should we bother having equal responsibilities? Let the heterosexuals who keep protecting their damn sacred marriage go fight Dubya's war. I've seen one Gulf war and I'm not doing it again. Give me my rights or stay off my damn porch.
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Interesting statement there. If my country wasn't run by a buncha fools who do for no one but themselves I'd believe wholeheartedly in that statement.
On May 17, 2004 homosexual couples in MA will be allowed to legally marry. That just scares the hell out of quite a few people -- particularly people in MA. Democratic State Representative Emile J. Goguen plans to file legislation that will remove the 4 judges who voted that banning homosexual marriages in the state of MA was unconstitutional. Re-read that.
A Democratic Representative. Not a Republican.
He wants these judges removed from office because they voted against writing discrimination into the state's constitution.
That's pretty much what this is. Well, that's how I see it anyway.
Now, as I read the story on this, it said that Goguen was approached by a group that opposes gay marriage and asked if he would sponsor the bill -- Article 8. He is the bill's only sponsor because, even though many lawmakers are against gay marriages, not many of them are willing to back such a bill until April 27 -- when they'll know whether they'll have any opposition in the fall elections.
Well, Goguen has guts -- if not brains and heart -- I can give him that. Or perhaps, he has nothing to fear because he doesn't plan to run for re-election. If that's the case, he has no guts either.
I was in Madison several weeks ago heading to a study group and I saw a wooded area just off the beltline blocked off by a make-shift barracade of police cars. I thought it was kinda curious, but really didn't give it a second thought because the beltline is often crowded with police cars during 5 o'clock traffic. I arrived at my destination and learned that a UW student was found in those woods and that a manhunt was in process. One of my study group partners mentioned he thought it was curious that the same student had been hit over the head in February by a "stranger." Hmm. . . I found that kinda odd myself. Dumb luck? A stalker? A hoax?
You guessed it. A hoax. Audrey Seiler planned her own kidnapping. If you're following the news, you already know the details, so I won't trouble you with them. Authorities now know that Audrey lied. There was no kidnapping. She made it all up. She even gave authorities enough details to allow them to come up with a composite sketch of the alleged kidnapper. Guess what? Never once did she say he was Black.
Audrey didn't join the likes of Susan Smith, who claimed that a "black male in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing a plaid shirt, jeans and a toboggan-type hat" grabbed her children from her car while she was sitting at a stop light. We later learned that Susan Smith strapped her children in their car seats and pushed the car into a lake. Susan Smith blamed a Black male because she assumed the world would find her story more believeable. Audrey did not do that.
Audrey cost the state of WI over $90,000 for the time and effort city officials put into finding her alleged kidnapper. In addition, hundreds of people showed up to help look for Audrey to ensure her safe return. If she had children, would she have hurt her children just to get attention? Maybe. Maybe not. One source states that Audrey is getting psychiatrict care. That's good. I believe she was aware of what she was doing though and knew exactly what effect this would have on the people who cared about her. If it were up to me, she'd have one huge bill from the city of Madison.
In the latest developments with the 9/11 commission investigation, Attorney General John Ashcroft -- appointed by George W. Bush -- blames the Clinton administration for placing the nation at risk for the September 11 terrorist attacks. I guess that means the Clinton administration received the August 6, 2001 presidential daily briefing memo. Ashcroft and Ann Coultre seem to be quite good at blaming the Democratic presidents and conveniently skipping over the Republican presidents who were in power intermittently.
For me, I think it would have been very difficult to predict that Al-Qaida would have used 11 people to hijack planes simultaneously and crash them into 3 different buildings all at one time, unless someone was told in plain black and white. So far, we haven't seen any evidence that says Dubya or Rice was ever told that specifically. Yes, we see lots of evidence that something was going to happen. What? There were no specifics. That something did involve the possibility of a plane. There was evidence of that. So, all this strip searching we've been going through at the airports is a bit too late, dontcha think?
My issue with all this is that, with all the evidence presented before us, there is no evidence of a link between Al-Qaida and Iraq. None. Zero. Nada. And yet, Dubya used such a catastrophic event to feed on our fears. He used 9/11 to get what he wanted -- a fight with Iraq. He fed on American patriotism to convince Americans that a war was necessary in Iraq to protect us from their imaginary weapons of mass destruction.
So many people who admire Dubya call people like me a liberal because I disagree with what he has done. "Aaah, you're just one of those liberals" -- as if I haven't the ability to come to an intelligent opinion. I don't fall for Dubya's rhetoric, his Christian charisma, or his down-home Texas boy charm. My mama taught me better than that.
When I was a little girl, we used to attend church every Easter Sunday. My mother used to dress us girls up in pink dresses and really uncomfortable patent leather shoes. She would do our hair all nice and pretty. Even though I hated the shoes and would kick them off so I could run around and play, I loved dressing up all girlie-like. It was really the only time I liked it. I'd still climb trees with the boys in my pink dress. For some odd reason, I liked that. Climbing trees with boys while wearing a dress. A pink dress. My best pink dress. It would infuriate my mother. I liked being pretty and hanging from trees and high fences at the same time. Mama would yell, "Get your ass out that damn tree. These boys can see your panties." I didn't care. I was quite a defiant child.
Later, it seemed quite fitting that I would become a cheerleader in Jr. High and High school. What better way to show off your panties, right? After finishing cheerleading in Jr. High school, I wasn't really interested in high school cheerleading -- until I walked into my sophomore English class and saw Sherri. She was the new English teacher. Very tall. She had a lot of masculine qualities. I was 15. She stirred something in me, but I didn't know what it was at the time. The kids in school called her a "dyke." I didn't have the first clue what that was back then! I never bothered to ask either. I just knew it was bad whatever it was. Sherri announced the first day of class that she was the cheerleading coach. She made a call for tryouts. I was the first one at tryouts that afternoon, sitting on the gym floor, cross-legged, staring down at the floor. I made the team. I made Captain.
Throughout the season, I grew increasingly attracted to Sherri. As my attraction grew, so did my resentment towards her. I was incredibly rude towards her. With three games left to the basketball season, Sherri pulled me into her office and told me I was being removed from the squad. I was so relieved, yet angry at the same time.
When I finally came out at the age of 21, I found Sherri. I called her to explain what I finally realized was going on with that 15 year old. She said, "I've turned my life over to God now. I'm no longer like that. I hope you can do the same." I was so incredibly disappointed. I wasn't calling to pursue a relationship with her; I was calling to get resolution to a significant part of my life and some ex-gay was telling me to pray so I could change. She always was a weakling. Sherri wanted to be the girl's basketball coach and she let the school administration push her into being the cheerleading coach. She then let them bully her into leaving teaching. She has now let the world bully her into heterosexuality.
Sometimes, I wish I was a little girl in my pretty Easter dress climbing trees again. But then, who would be here right now bitching the way I do?
The American people were told that it was necessary to attack Iraq and rid the Iraqi people of Saddam. We were told it was also necessary in order to protect the American people from Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. We were spoonfed so much bullshit from Dubya, Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld. Now, there's news of private Armies in Iraq -- free to do as they please because they are private contractors, not subject to the rules of the US military.
What the hell is going on in Iraq? With this kind of lingo, no wonder there are groups of Iraqi people rising up in protest:
"Our coalition's quick reaction forces are finding and engaging the enemy," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "Our decisive actions will continue until these enemies of democracy are dealt with."
You don't march into someone else's country (under false pretenses, I might add) and demand that the people live the way you think they should live. Forcing democracy upon a nation -- how democratic.
As she discussed those "other priorities," the subject of Iraq came up - frequently. Though there was no tie between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks, nor any tie between Iraq and al-Qaida, Rice admitted that after the attacks, "There was a discussion about Iraq." She admitted that, in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, Bush aides were working on "contingency plans" for attacking Iraq. And she spoke of the administration's desire to respond to "Iraq on a grand scale."
This editorial is a quick read. I'm having a hard time swallowing this. Why was Iraq a priority in the days following 9/11? That administration certainly had the Amercian people fooled into believing that Iraq and Bin Laden were connected. That was Dubya's intent. He wanted to attack Iraq and he just needed to make us believe that Iraq and Bin Laden were connected. Based on the information in the presidential briefs -- they're not. That information goes back years. All the investigating that's been done, no one has been able to make a connection between Iraq and Bin Laden. Well, no one except the second Bush -- 'cuz he's so smart.
The Bush administration has announced that all federal employees are protected from discrimination -- including homosexuals. The protections that were removed by the head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) would be restored for gay and lesbian employees.
Scott Bloch, head of the OSC, removed all language that would protect gay and lesbian federal employees because he did not want to create a "protected class." After months of protests, Dubya finally announced that [b]all federal employees [/b]were indeed protected from unfair discrimination.
For awhile, I was beginning to think these people were doing whatever the hell they wanted -- taking ahold of the country and exercising their own self righteous judgement about the way things should be. Actually, they are. This administration is spending too much time worrying about what women are doing with their bodies and what people are doing in their bedrooms. In the meantime, where are the jobs? In India.
Some economists argue that outsourcing jobs overseas is good for the US economy -- in the long run. Try explaining that to the jobless. Yes, there are lots of jobs listed in the paper and on the internet. Know why? [b]Resume database building[/b]. Companies do it all the time. I know. Been there, done that. You post jobs and let the resumes flow in so you have a ton of resumes handy -- [b]just in case[/b]. Staffing agencies are very good at it. Why? Because why should you pay Monster.com thousands of dollars to have access to their resume database when you can build your own? So don't give me that lame ass "there are lots of jobs out there, those lazy bastards just aren't looking" bullshit.
Anyway. . . I've digressed. I'm hungry and cranky.
In a recent article, I read that Rice is pointing the finger at the CIA, stating the CIA "hamper[ed] the administration's ability to foresee or stop the deadly suicide hijackings." This sounds a lot like Powell's blaming the CIA for the lie about the Iraqi trailers that were supposedly being used for developing weapons of mass destruction. In that post, I specifically stated that "Condi was next," did I not? In another post, I found it curious that The Guardian reported in October 2002 that the Bush Administration had been pressuring the CIA to exaggerate the truth about Iraq. So, I wonder if Americans will learn anything else about the Bush Administration (specifically from the CIA) when the 911 Panel speaks to the CIA Director George Tenet next week.
Lies, lies, and more lies. Everybody's got one (or two or three) to tell.
So, now Rice blames the CIA and there's little rhetoric about Clarke being a lying opportunist.
I sure hope that Dubya decides he's not above the law and releases the classified document "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." This document is dated August 6, 2001:
At the panel's request, the White House said it soon would declassify the intelligence briefing, which was given to Bush just weeks before the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Aww, how kind of Dubya. It's so nice of him to decide that the American people should know the truth -- soon. How about right now, damnit? It's probably only classified because it would be damaging to his re-election efforts.
I hate pointing you to the Rice article in which she blames the CIA, because it's so full of that stuffy, professor, mumbo-jumbo, beatin-around-the-bush (hey! no pun intended) lingo, but I have to for professional purposes. So, knock yourself out: Rice Blames Vague U.S. Intelligence
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No Madonna or Britney Spears, but it looks like a damn good time.
I won't even bother to comment on this one. Bravo announced it will air a copy of the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" series for women next year. I have a truckload of jokes here, but I won't get started. I'll save those for later. You can read Ladies, it's your turn: Bravo announces a new `Queer Eye' for women if you're interested. As if we don't have enough straight girls pretending to be lesbians. That's nothing new! Geezus.
I watched Rice's testimony and I realized that, well, I didn't really learn anything new -- except she's suffering from memory loss. Her memory loss is directly related to anything that may be potentially damaging to her boss man Dubya. When asked anything of that nature, Rice responded with a variation of this answer, "I can't recall." I think it became clear to anyone with half a brain cell that Rice's job was to defend Dubya, not US citizens.
Another thing I noticed is that Rice was very careful not to attack Clarke, although she did a damn good job of it on all those news shows she interviewed on recently. Rice, Dubya, and the Dubya administration have done nothing but claim Clarke is a lying opportunist, but there was none of that rhetoric in Rice's testimony. Instead, when challenged with anything that conflicted with Clarke's testimony, there was a variation of the "I don't recall" answer.
Smooth talkin', Condi.
Here's an interesting side story for your reading pleasure: Condi Rice's other wake-up call: Former Sen. Gary Hart says he, too, warned Rice about an imminent terror attack on two occasions before 9/11.
Everytime I see Cry Me a River listed somewhere, I rush to see who it is. It's always described as "a blog of the only right winged lesbian in the world." It's [b]never[/b] working. I wonder where she ran off to. A little shame, perhaps? So, this blog is still up and running, but the link to her photo page is missing. AWOL! I saw the link and clicked on it because I was dying to see who she was! Perhaps she's a bit embarassed to support Dubya and his administration these days. Maybe? Just a tad bit embarassed? There have been no posts to this blog since August 2003. The last blog she was using has completely disappeared. The webpage she was using on AOL to host her pictures has completely disappeared.
I wonder when she decided to run off. Was it when Dubya announced that homosexuals had no right to marry and that the Constitution should be written in such a way to allow discrimination against homosexuals.
Will the author of Cry Me a River, please stand up? I'd like to see ya, darlin'.
I think Marilyn Musgrave, Kevin Lundberg, Dubya, and Ms. Thang from Drink This may be meeting to discuss new ways to keep us homos from ever having the right to marry. Musgrave proposed and drafted the Amendment designed to rewrite the Constitution -- forcing US lawmakers to legally discriminate against lesbian & gay couples. This Amendment would make it illegal for gay & lesbian couples to marry in the US. Lundberg is her co-conspirator.
A month or so back, I wrote Musgrave a rather "nice" email and told her that I felt she had forgotten about the [b]many[/b] lesbian & gay people she represented from the great state of Colorado. I also told her she could kiss her political career goodbye after this nasty move.
According to a recent article on 365gay.com, Musgrave is getting little backing from CO, where she previously served four years in the CO House, [b]and [/b] it's becoming unlikely, according to her sidekick Lundberg, that the Amendment will pass.
Musgrave is unmoved by all the setbacks though. She keeps charging forward. No doubt, motivated by some directive from God or something. She is still focused on getting "her amendment" passed by getting the 2/3rds votes she needs in both the House and Senate, then heading back home to CO to get it ratified there. March on, God's little soldier girl. I have to believe it's a commitment to God, and not some need to protect the definition of marriage.
Can you imagine if all the lesbians in the world decided to fight for the right to define lesbian? First thing, we'd have to agree amongst ourselves what it means. From there, we'd have decide who can be a lesbian -- although I think that may or may not be a part of the definition.
For example: according to the Bible, you're an adulterer if you get a divorce and then remarry. Your marriage is not a real marriage. And no state entity is supposed to perform a marriage for a divorced person. Yet, it happens all the time, right? Ok, so there's this idea among many in the lesbian community that implies you're not a real lesbian if you've ever had sex with a man.
See what I mean about all these definitions?
And this is what Musgrave, Lundberg, Dubya, and the like are all having a fit about: who gets to define marriage. They can't even figure out what it is.
I got this from My So Called Lesbian Life. The first thing I saw was cleavage. And then, I saw this banner. What did I pull to show you all? This banner! Ha!
Now what the hell does J.Lo's mama need with $2.4 mil? But, yes. She won $2.4mil playing the $1 slot machines in Atlantic City. As if having a rich daughter isn't enough. Some people have all the luck.
I thought it was funny that there was no picture of J.Lo's mama in the article, but there were a couple of pictures of J. Lo herself. No shot of her ass, though. Damnit, man! Yes, I'm a pig.
A Dale Earnhardt & Nascar fan recently stated this:
I wouldn't have gone so far myself as to classify gay marriage as a "hate crime," but this article does point out what I have been saying all along... that the small percentage of this generation's gay population in this country simply have no authority to redefine a religious custom that has been widely accepted for many centuries by many countries, generations, races, cultures, and faiths.
This entire effort is beginning to tire me. This is not a civil rights issue. It is an arrogant, disrespectful and unnecessary (38 states already have civil unions which protect gay couples' rights) attempt to push an agenda.
Now, I'm wondering which 38 states Ms. Thang is referring to. The only state I am aware of that has Civil Unions which are designed to protect the rights of gay couples is the state of Vermont.
I am also wondering how Ms. Thang, a White American, can speak for all "races, cultures, and faiths" in America. But you know, many Americans like her tend to behave like that -- acting as if they have the authority to speak on someone else's behalf. I think Ms. Thang isn't paying much attention to the efforts the African American religious organizations are making to help support the rights of all gay & lesbian people in America.
Ms. Thang has stated that the "small gay population" has no authority to redefine marriage; however, she is perfectly okay with someone else defining [b]for our population[/b] what marriage can and can't be. Wouldn't that be the way? See . . . Ms. Thang has forgotten that a larger population used to decide for her how a woman should dress, walk, talk, raise children, reproduce (when & how), when and if she attended college, who she married and when. But now that Ms. Thang enjoys her freedoms without a second thought, she can log into her nifty little blog and bitch about the small gay population screwing up the definition of marriage for her.
I see my lesbianism and desire to marry a woman as a blessing for Ms. Thang. That's one less man she has to worry about me taking from her Happy American Ass. Drink this, bitch!
"I'm taking a plane trip from Dallas to California and I wanted to know if you would recommend a good book to read. A book with a lesbian theme would be good but it doesn't have to be."
Kay Dallas, Texas
I picked up the book Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood when I was taking a business trip from Chicago to Ann Arbor, MI. It's not nearly as long of a ride as you're going to be taking, but I did have a lengthy layover (I forget where) and I ended up waiting at O'hare for a long time once I got there (wanted to give security plenty time to strip search me). I stopped in one of those trendy, over-priced airport bookstores and asked the clerk to suggest a lesbian novel. She lit up and smiled -- as if she was happy to see another Black lesbian in the place.
Black Girl in Paris is mostly a book about a young girl named Eden who wanted to be a writer, so she heads to Paris to meet James Baldwin. Eden views Paris as the one place where Blacks are nurtured and encouraged to develop their artistic talents. During all her travels in Paris, Eden meets a few men and has relationships with them, but there's one woman she meets who she falls in love with. It's a very touching relationship the two women have.
If you'd like a copy of Black Girl in Paris, you can find it for about .78 cents on Half.com.
I found the Bush Blog and I spent quite a bit of time scanning it for gross grammatical and spelling errors. I didn't find any. So, I've come to two conclusions:
1. It's not his blog. 2. It's his blog; but, he doesn't write it.
What's your vote?
I am always so LATE with finding these things. Geezus. First, the Madonna site, now the Bush Blog. I gotta start keepin' up.
Ok, so I just witnessed what I consider to be the most childish and ignorant conversation I've heard in the last 24 hours. A group of young, white, American students are of the belief that it is dumb to tattoo a Chinese symbol for peace on your skin if you are a White American; instead, you ought to be using the word "peace." It's just as cool, and it's your "own language." These people believe that using the Chinese language as a form of art (particularly in the form of a tattoo) is just dumb, and says nothing about your level of coolness.
I have the Chinese symbol for faith on my back. I chose the symbol for what I considered its artistic value. I also chose the symbol for personal reasons. I didn't choose the word faith out of some deep resentment for the English language, although I'm sure I would have used the word faith in its English version 10 years ago had I gotten the tattoo 10 years ago. But, since I'm a lesbian, I certainly don't want a future girlfriend asking me, "Who the hell is Faith?" Choosing the Chinese symbol was very appropriate. Besides, I don't need to justify my choice for anyone. It's my body and I still have a few freedoms left.
These people didn't seem to have a problem with the tons of American flag tattoos, sailor tattoos, naked women tattoos, or even the multitude of tattoos that signify death and mutilation -- just the ones that are Chinese symbols. That figures.
I wandered across the Madonna.com website. It is one of the most beautiful I have seen in a long time. The entry page is awesome. I'm sure the site has been up and running for quite some time now. But since I'm a bad lesbian and I don't keep up with such things, I'm just getting around to finding it.
Speaking of being a bad lesbian, I'm not a fan of sports (any sports) -- not even the Packers. I don't play pool. I don't play softball. I'm not really what is commonly called a femme, but I'm definitely not a butch either. I own [b]one[/b] Melissa Etheridge CD (Skin -- great CD, by the way). I'm not a huge Indigo Girls fan (I don't own any of their CDs). I have yet to watch one single episode of Showtime's L. I have never seen Queer as Folk. I [b]do not [/b] daydream about Angelina Jolie or Gina Gershon. I sincerely believe that mulletts are bad (the hair style, not the fish). I do not squeal in delight when Cher music plays at the bar (my gay boyfriends do, though). I can actually dance (very few lesbians can -- ask the gay men who are laughing on the sidelines).
I'm such a bad lesbian.
Now, what was I talking about? Oh, Madonna . . . she makes a bad lesbian, too.
The mother who killed her children "for God" has been acquitted. The jury found her legally insane.
All five mental health experts consulted in the case, including two for the prosecution and one for the judge, concluded that a severe mental illness caused Laney to have psychotic delusions that rendered her incapable of knowing right from wrong during the killings - the standard in Texas for insanity.
The things people do for God: Patriot Paradox. I would make rude comments, but tomorrow's Sunday. And well, it is in God's name. Some people really do believe that Dubya is God's chosen one. [b]I don't[/b].
I do like the fact that my ad pops up on this website randomly. HA!
I'm just waiting for someone to accuse Powell of making all this up because he's planning to write a book someday. Or, better yet, I'm just waiting for someone to say that the trailers really are production facilities for weapons of mass destruction; Powell is just too damn dumb to know it.
The finger pointing has begun. Powell has pointed to the CIA for what could be an erroneous statement. Please, just say it. It'll make ya feel better. The trailers were not WMD production plants. Say it. Go on.
I found this article, written in 2002, very interesting:
Officials in the CIA, FBI and energy department are being put under intense pressure to produce reports which back the administration's line, the Guardian has learned. In response, some are complying, some are resisting and some are choosing to remain silent.
This article is definitely a must-read. You'll find it at: White House 'exaggerating Iraqi threat'. That might explain how Powell ended up with false CIA reports about those Iraqi trailers.
There are too many people stating that Iraq may not have ever been producing weapons of mass destruction -- even Colin Powell is stating it now. The Bush Administration is even stating it. Yet, there are so many Dubya fans who still contend it was happening (and probably still is happening). We do love our conspiracy theories and all the world needs a tyrant.
At this point, somebody better find something to make this war worth [b]all [/b]the lives lost -- not to mention the over $100billion spent on this war while Americans sit at home without work.
Some of you have written wanting to know some of the best lesbian & gay sites to visit on the web -- as if I'm the expert or something. I used to visit a lot of websites back when I was first coming out. PlanetOut used to be a nice website, until blind monkeys started running the place (the same blind monkeys that run AOL) and the chat room script went to hell. PNO (short for PlanetOut) then bought Gay.com and you could clearly see some changes in the place. When it was a nice hideout, it was a good place to find a nice chat room and mingle with people. Now, it's where you go when you just wanna clear your mind of anything meaningful and you just wanna make jabs at strangers and bitch about everything. Do I do that? Only when provoked, of course.
Now, ButchandFemme.com is a rather happening place, but I don't believe for a second they receive over a million visitors [b]a day[/b], like their marketing blurb used to claim. The one thing you have to remember about this community is that they are very much into the Butch/Femme dynamics. Saying anything that these Bois/Girls (Daddys/Girls) deem inapprorpriate or disrespectful to their culture will get you a lot of negative attention. So, you can guess that I don't mingle there much. They like to hear only what they like to hear -- the way they wanna hear it. Praise and worship will get you a long way on this site.
LesbiaNation.com used to be a good site to visit, but the chat script didn't work very well on certain browsers. I stopped visiting a couple of years ago. I noticed it's picking up again. I haven't tried the [i]new [/i]chat script, but one of the features I do like is the photo gallery and the ability to see who's online. You can then contact members and chat from there.
[b]For business networking[/b]:
You have to give GayWork.com a look. This site allows jobseekers to add their resume to a database. Employers can search the resume database for free AND add their profile to a directory for free. When I did independent recruiting, I used this database a lot to look for candidates. The Gay Financial Network is another place lesbian & gay professionals can look for work and network with other business professionals. Here, you can search the professional directory and add yourself to the directory. I think there's a small fee to add yourself to the directory. And then, there's ProGayJobs. This website was happening last summer and then it disappeared all of a sudden. There was an announcement that the owner didn't think he would rebuild. Apparently, he has. It may be worth checking into this website.
I think I'll stop here and post regularly as I find more resources. If anyone wants me to post a resource, email me: genia@sisterstalk.com. I'll accept almost anything (except hardcore porn, people). Tattoo shops owned and operated by lesbian & gay folks are a plus! There aren't enough of those around. Send the name of the shop, address, phone number, and a website address (if applicable).
As I have always believed, Powell is nothing more than the Do-Boy who was meant to be played a fool. [b]Condi is next. [/b] Powell has just admitted that the evidence he presented to the United Nations (you know, back when Dubya was pushing the United Nations to support the US's efforts to attack Iraq and they sent Powell to do most of the smooth talk) may have been false. Umm. . . Now why does that not surprise me? I just can't wait to hear Condi's testimony before the 9/11 panel on April 8th. Anyway:
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell conceded Friday evidence he presented to the United Nations that two trailers in Iraq were used for weapons of mass destruction may have been wrong.
Why did he use the words "may have been?" Why didn't he just say, "I lied. I told a gawd damn lie." Ok, so his testimony didn't help persuade the UN at that time, but it sure helped sway Americans to believe what Dubya wanted Americans to believe. And for that, Powell should be ashamed of himself. Who am I kidding? He gets paid the big bucks. No shame in that, right? Well, not until the whole world knows you lied. But at least you have that big, fat, bank account to make you feel better.
It seems a mother in Texas stoned her children "for God" -- to prove her faith -- and there are no quotes in the article calling her cold or heartless. They do say she might be able to plead insanity. Hmmm. . . I wonder why the mother who delayed the c-section (which resulted in the death of one of her twins) hasn't been afforded the same treatment in the press. Because she didn't do it for God!
TYLER, Texas ? A housewife said the first sign that God wanted her to kill her three boys came Mother's Day weekend when she saw her 14-month-old playing with a toy spear.
The sympathy we afford women when they claim they have killed children for God; but let someone say they are starting their own church in Waco, TX and the feds start a manhunt and set a fire.
