How embarrassing it must be to be a “family values” Republican. Regarding the upcoming 2009 Values Voter Summit, Mother Jones magazine says:

Obviously [South Carolina Republican Governor] Sanford’s affair didn’t sit well with the Family Research Council, the conservative think tank that “champions marriage and family” and sponsors the summit. But, hey, even with Sanford gone you’ll still be able to get your fair share of values voter inspiration – in the form of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and Pat Buchanan.

They sure did act quickly. Couldn’t hardly get him under the bus quickly enough. ROFL.

This is a beautiful video of people all over the world standing with the Iranian people.

I’m not going to hold my breathe waiting for any such kind of demonstration in Las Vegas. It’s just not that sort of place.

We ask Google to change the Google logo for one day in support of Iranian protesters.

The party of family values is having yet another scandal, this time involving one of our very own Nevada senators. This one is not just a regular Talibaptist. This one is a speaking-in-tongues Talibaptist!

Unlike some of his colleagues, Ensign’s jeremiads against gay marriage reflected a sincere expression of his faith and personal sensibility. Indeed, Ensign is a Promise Keeper and the only Pentecostal in the Senate – former Missouri Senator and U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was the first – and a member of a congregation in Las Vegas affiliated with the ultra-conservative International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

These guys should have at least some shred of honesty and make it their motto: “Do as I say, not as I do.”

P.S. I phoned Senator Ensign’s office at (877) 894-7711 and suggested (in no uncertain terms) that he should resign. Damned hypocrite, going around talking like he’s so much better than everybody else and voting to keep many of us down at the level of second class citizens. His family is SO much better than certain other families, yeah, right. The man has no business holding any position of trust or authority.

There’s one coming up in Palm Springs, on June 20. Need a date?

Greg found this extremely amusing.

Does China have its own Talibaptists? The so-called Communist government there has ordered all computer manufacturers to install spyware on computers sold in China. This will permit the government to block access to a constantly-updated list of web sites.

China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet.

In places like Idaho and the Deep South – where some people are just so anxious to take absolute control of other people’s lives – they must be so jealous of the Chinese government’s power.

There’s news that the Shady Lady, one of Nevada’s legal brothels, is looking to employ male prostitutes.

“There are a lot of career-minded women out there who are looking for romance but not necessarily a relationship,” Shady Lady owner Bobbi Davis told FOX.

Other venues across the state also have inquired about adding men to the menu. But brothel industry lobbyist George Flint discourages the practice because he believes it is socially unacceptable – and he doubts it will have any effect on the bottom line.

Some Talibaptists in Idaho are worried that Internet porn is about to bring the collapse of civilization, or some such thing.

The home state of Senator Larry Craig doesn’t strike us as the very most auspicious locale for such a meeting. We wonder… Will they invite the esteemed former senator to participate? – he used to be such a strong champion of ‘family values’? And… Will there be misbehavior in the men’s room?

Trimming the Bush to make the Tree look taller! Here’s a fairly surprising little how-to video from Gilette:

Wes at Get Booked made a video and put lots of sexy underwear on sale. Go have a look.

Ah, it makes us remember that time our Greg shopped naked for underwear.