A screenshot from this story on lesbian action on UK Big Brother: Did you read that? Girls kissing! SHOCK! SHOCK! IN ALL CAPS AND WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT! Everyone drop everything, including your jaw, because you’re supposed to be SHOCKED! If you aren’t shocked, there’s something wrong with you, and you need to go find the nearest light socket and stick your finger in it, so you can experience the appropriate response to this news. (Does “awe” also come with “shock” in the UK? It certainly does in the U.S., at least according to George W. Bush.) (And if ...

This is week fourteen in my personal “If… Project” in which I answer questions from the book “If… (Questions for the Game of Life)” There are 125 pages of this book, each with four questions. I plan to take one page each week and answer the questions as thoroughly and honestly as I am able. In addition, I invite you to answer the questions along with me, whether it be in the comments section, your own personal blog, or just within your own thoughts. Perhaps in doing so, we will get to know each other better, but even more importantly, get to ...

Remember the "Austin 12", the dozen well-known gay Republicans who famously met with and lobbied George W. Bush during the 2000 campaign to be more LGBT-inclusive? That was looooong ago when W. was still promising to be a "compassionate conservative."... ...

To all my American readers, enjoy your day! I will be... thanks to the many, many Americans I work with our work is also celebrating July 4th with food and drinks.I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, Philadelphia (December 23, 1791)I'd give anything to know what Thomas Jefferson would think of George W. Bush. ANYTHING! Wouldn't that be a delicious exchanges of letters... Jefferson versus Bush... if only. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is ...

Members of the “Austin 12,” the group of prominent gay Republicans who famously met with George W. Bush in 2000, are not exactly rallying around John McCain. Several members of the group told the Blade this week that they are considering voting for Barack Obama in November, while others announced tepid support for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. In all, three said they either would vote for Obama or are seriously considering it; three are undecided between McCain and Obama; three are backing McCain and three others declined to comment. See ‘Austin 12’ divided over McCain Former ...

Progressives, including myself, have become somewhat disillusioned over the last couple of days as we watched our candidate seemed to drop some of his core beliefs and move towards the center. Look, I have no problem with a politician changing his or her mind. Heck, if George W. Bush would have changed his mind, our troops would’ve been home four years ago. So changing your mind is not necessarily a bad thing. What made Barack Obama different was that he offered a new kind of politics, one that was not about political calculation but instead was about doing what was ...

Yet another reason I love living in San Francisco. The George W. Bush Sewage Plant sounds about right. If you're registered to vote in SF, you can sign and mail the petition before July 1 to help ensure the initiative is on the ballot. ...