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Earlier today, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin caused a stir with a retweet that many read as a cryptic indicator that the Mama Grizzly was poised to come out in favor of some gay rights. Prominent Palin fansite Conservatives4Palin.com, however, has swooped in to defend her honor, noting that Palin’s retweet of Tammy Bruce‘s sentiment, “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed,” doesn’t indicate support for gay rights. I’m inclined to agree.

Conservative radio host and proud lesbian Tammy Bruce joined the discussion about Navy Capt. Owen Honors and his controversially homophobic videos shown to his Navy crew, by tweeting, “But this hypocrisy is just truly too much. Enuf already–the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed.” Sarah Palin, who has not spoken out on the issue of “don’t ask don’t tell” or any gay issues really, re-tweeted Bruce’s message, thus leaving us to speculate about the meaning of this retweet heard ’round the world.

Twitter has started rolling out a new feature they’re referring to as Project Retweet, inspired directly by users of the site. Co-founder Biz Stone made the announcement Friday evening, showing a truly savvy understanding of online growth and collaboration.

In the face of an uncertain future for journalism, any tactic used to gain more readers should be leapt on. The Twitter “retweet” is one way to ensure your news and ideas are passed on to more and more followers and has become one of the most important aspects of the social networking service. As a part of his upcoming book, viral marketing scientist Dan Zarrella has come up with a list of the “nine most effective ways to get retweeted on Twitter” and they’re simpler than you might think.