I’m not quite sure when I first corresponded  with blogress Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend.  I believe I first became aware of her website when we were in competition for best LGBT blog in ’05.

Thanks to her blog (as well as those of Michael Petrelis and John Aravosis, among others), I have learned that not all outspoken gays on the left march in lock-step with the left-wing lickspittles leading the various gay organizations.  These bloggers (and blogresses) don’t define themselves as the gay adjuncts to the Democratic Party, but instead as advocates for gay people.

We may not always agree with them, but we do appreciate their integrity, understanding that Democrats don’t always have our interests at heart.

I believe I first e-mailed Pam to commend her for taking HRC’s Joe Solomonese to task for his obsequiousness toward Democrats.  Well, due in large part to our occasional correspondence that ensued over the years, I e-mailed her when I realized I would be passing through Raleigh on my way across country.  We met last Monday for coffee and so engaging was our conversation that I totally lost track of the time.

We didn’t agree on everything, but we did share a disdain for the gay organizations.  Not only have blogs provided a forum for gay conservatives, something we pretty much lacked before the dawn of the “internets,” but they have also provided a space for left-of-center gays disenchanted with the gay establishment.  As I noted above, until I discovered these websites, I was largely unaware of the extent of dissatisfaction among such gays, particularly among activists, with the leadership at HRC and other left-wing gay organizations, many of them often shills for the Democratic Party.

I believe that it is in large part because bloggers like Pam have refused to accept the gay leadership’s acquiescence to the dictates of the Democratic Party that we have seen forward motion on DADT repeal. (more…)

Helen Thomas has long been the crazy old granny of the White House press corps.  And she has long since outlived her welcome. Now she’s shown a level of, well, loopiness that should disqualify her from more than just having such a prominent place at presidential press conferences and White House news briefings.

The video speaks for itself:

Via Instapundit who linked a poll which asked “Should Helen Thomas be kicked off the White House Press Corps for her anti-semitic remarks?”

UPDATE:  Via Instapundit, Michelle Bachmann sums it up, “The White House needs to revoke her press credentials immediately.”

UP-UPDATE:  Media reports notwithstanding, Helen Thomas has not apologized.