I come from a family that practises the art of sarcasm. We all enjoy a sharp wit and zingy sarcastic retort, and none of us let our feelings get hurt because we understand the context. Hell, we ARE the context.

But when I began trying to socialize with others as a teen, it slowly dawned on me that things I would say would hurt other people's feelings when that wasn't my intention at all.

It's taken me a long time to learn the art of civility.

Equally stunning is the fact that The Conservative Voice (home of Maltin, Swank and Buchanan) printed it.

The president of Marina Pacific, Nicholas Boyias, has personally contributed to the Republican party several times over the last few years, six times to the Republican National Committee.  The donations range from $200 to $500 and total around $2,000, according to a search of federal election records.

The RNC would not comment on the donations from Boyias or from the porn industry in general.

A Marina Pacific spokesman said Boyias is a moderate Republican who supports candidates and causes on both sides of the aisle, though no contributions to Democrats were found in a search of federal election records. The company continues to sell Active Duty's films, which include "Fire in the Hole," "Platoon Party" and "Thrill Sergeant."

Values voters anyone?

Well.... I don't hold with the "hope plan" as I call it, but I figure hell, it can't hurt to try. So here goes, my personal prayer for George W. Bush and America.

http://www.thenation.com/...

No worries, you don't have to thank me.

I'm particularly fond of The Conservative Voice,
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/
a barf inducing round up of Pat Buchanan, Jerry Falwell, and Ann Coulter, just to name a few.

The first gem to share is right below the fold.

Suck it up you pussies.

An extraordinary political fund-raiser, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has used his skill to put himself on the brink of a remarkable career achievement. If Republicans hold the Senate in the Nov. 7 elections, he is expected to succeed retiring Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee as majority leader.

What makes McConnell a secret weapon? There is a great piece about him today in the Lexington Herald Leader http://www.kentucky.com/...

And someone who can raise more than $90 million for his allies - as McConnell did twice, as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee - is golden when it comes time for GOP senators to elect a majority leader. That's not counting the millions McConnell sends to GOP colleagues from his own political-action committee and campaign fund.

I came out to a co-worker a couple of years ago.... a dyed in the wool republican who was very much against gay marriage.

She was a really nice person, but had no clue that I was gay. I had just started working alongside her a month or so previously.

One day the conversation turned to gay marriage, and she began expounding her (blah blah blah) views.

I couldn't take it. I told her my story.

'By Sher Zieve - Democrat groups are reported to be compiling a list of gay Congressional staffers and elected officials. The list is said to predominantly be comprised of Republican gays.

Rush Limbaugh advised Friday that this list may be released and published on the Internet, sometime next week. The move is said to be an attempt to suppress the Republican Christian vote in the upcoming 2006 November elections'

Here's what I think this really means.

I do a lot of reading. I do a lot of thinking. And today, I am doing a lot of feeling.

Will the gop be Katrina's biggest casualty?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/marktapscott/mt20050917.shtml

"Yes, President Bush gave a good speech Thursday night but no amount of inspiring rhetoric can obscure the fact that Hurricane Katrina may well have drowned the Republican Party as a credible vehicle of conservative reform."

Huh? I knew they weren't a "credible vehicle of conservative reform", and I bet you did too, but can they really be waking up to it? Nah, it's late, and I'm prolly hallucinati-but wait, there's more! Jump with me.