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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:34 PM
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I DID IT!! My letter to the Editor of The Houston Chronicle will be
Edited on Wed Jul-13-05 03:35 PM by dogday
in the editorial section tomorrow. Here it is below:

----- Original Message -----
From:
To: viewpoints@chron.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:12 PM
Subject: Karl Rove and His Role


To Whom It May Concern:

The Administration is not being truthful concerning Karl Rove's involvement in the outing of a covert undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame. He knowingly released the information to get back at Joe Wilson because Joe Wilson went to Niger at the request of the CIA and found no evidence to support the President's statement.

Wilson was introduced to his wife's superiors and ask to go to Niger to get intelligence on Iraq's purchase of yellow-cake. Joe Wilson found no evidence that Saddam had purchased or even tried to purchase any yellow-cake. When Mr. Wilson returned, he filed his findings with the proper authorities. When Mr. Wilson heard that Saddam had purchased yellow-cake in the President's State-Of -The-Union speech, Mr. Wilson felt compelled to set the record straight and tried to contact the Administration, but no one would contact him. Finally he went public in the New York Times Article and shortly thereafter, his wife's cover was revealed.

By outing Ms. Plame, Rove and others in this administration have undermined our national security and the CIA has lost a valuable undercover covert agent who was working on WMD's.

By their actions, they make us less safe.


Thank You;

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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:36 PM
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1. Congrats!
And good work!!!!
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:37 PM
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2. Congrats!
:toast:
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:37 PM
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3. Good work!
I'll check it out tomorrow!:yourock:
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:38 PM
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4. Good work
congrats on getting published.....
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:38 PM
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5. Excellent!
Thank you for this.

I will look for it tomorrow.

Yay Houston Dems! I'm one too.

Sue
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 05:41 PM
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25. Go Houston Dems
Thanks so much. I am so proud, this is my first letter to the editor and my first published piece....
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:40 PM
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6. Good for you.
Let us know if you get any hate mail.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:41 PM
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7. That's great!
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bunny planet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:42 PM
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8. Bravo Dogday!!!!
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:42 PM
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9. Woohoo......Congrats.
I don't think mine will make it, since I had a letter run a few months ago, and they seem to limit the letters to every six months.
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Larkspur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:42 PM
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10. Congrats!!
Excellent LTTE.
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back2basics909 Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:44 PM
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11. Congrats!
And thank you.

Keep up the good work!
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:45 PM
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12. Gotta wonder what #41 and Barbara think now (Houston Resident's right?)
Especially when people can use #41's own quotes against #43

GEORGE H.W. BUSH: “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.”
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:48 PM
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14. Man I did not think about Poppy and Wife
this could be interesting. I wonder if anyone in the Washington reads it?
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:48 PM
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13. Congratulations!!
Excellent letter!
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:49 PM
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15. Marvelous!!!!
:hi: Your letter is succinctly impactful!!! I like :7
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:51 PM
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16. WAY TO GO, DOG - very good letter & congrats.
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:54 PM
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17. quibble (congratulations !!)
Not to quibble on grammar but what the hey:

"Wilson was introduced to his wife's superiors and ask to go to Niger to get intelligence on Iraq's purchase of yellow-cake."

was introduced(past tesne), and ask (present tense)

shouldnt it be "asked"? or "was asked"
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:56 PM
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18. Probably, thanks God they did not look at my
grammer, it sucks big time. Was never good at English in College. My Professor used to run out of red ink when he was grading my papers.... LOL
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shelley806 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:58 PM
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19. I remember my first LTTE to the Houston Post (maybe the Chronicle)
years ago. It was exciting. Congrats...your issue is much more important than mine (had to do with denial of free speech as I saw it, to a University Professor)
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 04:16 PM
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22. I cannot believe a big city like Houston only has
one large newspaper.. We should have at least two
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shelley806 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 05:25 PM
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23. It's shameful, really. My sister lives in Chatanooga, and they have at
LEAST 2 major papers, one more liberal and the other more conservative...should be the case for a large city. (My sister is liberal, her husband is conservative.) But hey, the Bush family lives in Houston.
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:58 PM
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20. Congrats!
:yourock:
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 03:59 PM
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21. WOOHOO!
That's terrific! Congrats! :toast: :applause: :woohoo:
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 05:27 PM
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24. WOW
Congrats, you should send your letter to all the media.
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 06:24 PM
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26. Big Kick
Kick
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-05 06:34 PM
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27. Great job ! nt
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