An URL-shortening service that appears to be tied to the Republican Party is generating, as you might expect, an inordinate amount of political satire. GOP.am offers the ability to shorten a URL, like Bit.ly or is.gd, for the purposes of Twitter, Facebook, or some other blog. The site has launched as more well-known Web sites, such as , either launch or test their own URL-shortening services.There's one difference, though - the resulting page is framed by a massive banner, on the top and bottom, with a GOP.am logo and the site's tagline, "Making Long URLs...Conservative".The service is not formally tied to the GOP; instead, the service is run by Political Media.com , which bills itself as providing political marketing services, among others.Naturally, Internet wits are busy conflating the GOP and its family-friendly message with all sorts of debauchery. Balloon-Juice.com is the source of much of it, although I would expect a landrush as more and more sites pile on. It should be noted that GOP.am does some filtering, either manually or via automated keywords; "If you use it for spamming, illegal purposes or to promote lude [sic[ content, your GOP.AM URL will be disabled," the site warns.Somehow, I don't think that's going to stop anyone.(Hat tip to Loyd Case for this.)