Archive for the ‘Politicians’ Category
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Frank Rich/Tet Happened, and No One Cared The Short Version: McCain is a big fucking idiot. In his words: “The sum total of his public record suggests that he could well prolong the war for another century — not because he’s the crazed […]
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Tags: Frank Rich, John McCain, Maureen Dowd, McNice, Nicholas Kristof, Racism, Sexism, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse holds a contest. Sort of. Last week our newest correspondent The Blind Architect filed this report: You may be interested in this statue of George Washington I saw last week in Seattle. No musculature, but he does have a big sword. I have been watching the HBO John Adams series, […]
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Tags: Abraham Lincoln, David Morse, Gay Statues, George Washington, Hot Gay Statues, Seattle, Washington DC
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/The Dilbert Strategy The Short Version: Any “reform” of the financial markets proposed by the Bush administration is a joke. In his words: “Oh, and the Bush administration actively blocked state governments when they tried to protect families against predatory lending.” Score: […]
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Tags: John McCain, Paul Krugman, Regulation, The Maverick, The New York Times, William Kristol
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Paul Krugman/Taming the Beast The Short Version: We need financial reform. So far none of the candidates seem to have noticed. In his words: “But you don’t have to be an economic radical, or even a vocal reformer like Representative Barney Frank… to […]
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Tags: Cohen, Death, Financial Markets, Kristol, Krugman, Obama, Race, Reform, The New York Times
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Gail Collins/A Catered Affair The Short Version: Paterson should have left his wife at home. In her words: “Everybody knows there’s only one revenge affair to a customer.” Score: A- (Amusing) We began this column a bit fearfully, but gradually succumbed to Collins’ […]
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Tags: Cannabalism, Cheney, David Paterson, Democrats, Donner Party, Eliot Spitzer, Gail Collins, Law Revue, The New York Times, Timothy Egan
On a Piece of Advice to Canadian Gay Refugees: You May Want To Record that XXX Video After All
In which The Gay Recluse considers the reigning state of stupidity, even in nice countries like Canada. Our friend Jeff Weinstein wrote earlier this week with this piece of news, which would be hilarious if it were in a movie, but instead must be viewed as sadly incredible. According to the article, by Tiffany Crawford […]
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Tags: Canada, Chris Crocker, Gay, Refugees, The Canadian Refugee Board, Tom Cruise
In which The Gay Recluse welcomes a change. If you didn’t get a chance to see David A. Paterson’s speech today, we 100-percent recommend watching the whole thing. (We’d post a link but we couldn’t find one.) By the time he gets to his conclusion: “Let me introduce myself again: my name is David Paterson and I’m […]
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Tags: Albany, David A. Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, Governor, Harlem, New York
In which The Gay Recluse scores selected opinion pieces in The Times. Nicholas Kristof/The Pimps’ Slaves The Short Version: Save the girls! In his words: “Pimps crush runaway girls with a mix of violence and affection, degradation and gifts, and then require absolute obedience to a rigid code: the girl cannot look the pimp in […]
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Tags: George W. Bush, Maureen Dowd, Nicholas Kristof, Pimps, Prostitution, Slaves, The New York Times, Whores
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