Posts tagged as Gail Collins
Contrasting Visions Of 2112: Gail Collins v. Neil Peart
New York Times columnist Gail Collins was, as always, highly enjoyable yesterday as she predicted that, come the year 2112, history students would be reading "on their vaporphones" about the precedent set when known philander and serial husband New Gingrich won the Republican primary in super-conservative South Carolina. But her ideas run counter to the conventional thinking about what the world will be like a hundred years from now. The definitive source of future-casting for the year 2112 is, of course, Neil Peart, the (totally sick!) drummer and (philosophically ambitious!) lyricist for the great Canadian prog-metal band, Rush. READ MORE
Armadillos Are Illegal To Sell In Texas And Extraordinarily Well Endowed
“I’m telling you the law. It’s illegal to sell a living armadillo. By statute. Dead armadillos you can sell parts of them. Make a curio of a little armadillo on his back drinking a bottle of beer.” READ MORE
John Boehner's Crying Game
"In 2007, he cried while delivering a speech on the floor of the House, in support of funding for the war in Iraq. “After 3,000 of our fellow citizens died at the hands of these terrorists, when are we going to stand up and take them on?” he sobbed. READ MORE
Gail Collins Cannot Help Comparing Republicans To Marine Mammals
"We do not generally compare Republicans to walruses." READ MORE
Gail Collins Uses Correct Term For Group Of Walruses
Gail Collins is my favorite op-ed columnist at the New York Times. As much as I admire her, I'll never forgive her for describing House Republicans as a "herd of rabid otters" in a column earlier this year. (Only because there's no such thing as a "herd" of otters. The analogical image itself is impressively accurate.) So I was very happy today when she again went zoological in her writing, but this time got her terms straight. READ MORE
Maybe West Virginia And Virginia Should Switch Places
"Virginia has been making big leaps lately in the category of general craziness. We all remember the Legislature's heroic work in passing a bill to protect Virginia citizens from having microchips planted in their bodies against their will. And that the sponsor said he was concerned the chips could be a 'mark of the beast' that would be used by the Antichrist at the end of days." READ MORE
Gail Collins Doesn't Know Otters From Elephants
"Have you ever seen all the House Republicans in one place? It's like a herd of rabid otters." So says Gail Collins in today's op-ed about the challenges president Obama faces following last night's state of the union address. Gail Collins writes so nicely. But she doesn't seem to know a lot about animals. There's no such thing as a "herd" of otters! READ MORE
The Current Climate
"There are other, perhaps better, Republican candidates in the race, but I am rooting for McMahon for entertainment value. She used to be a central character in cable wrestling shows whose scripts had family members shrieking, betraying and, occasionally, slugging one another. One episode featured a villain who broke into the 'palatial McMahon headquarters' while Linda was recovering from a neck injury that she had received when an aggrieved wrestler flipped her upside down and slammed her head onto the floor. 'You are a rather aggressive beauty, aren't you?' he breathed, before forcing a kiss upon her resistant lips and promising to break both her son's legs." READ MORE
When iPhone Apps Fail: Gail Collins Nude!
Hello, New York Times most-emailed list on the iPhone this morning! Why Gail Collins, you naughty feminist! It's just like I always said-sooner or later, technology will demean us all. READ MORE
Gail Collins Rules OK
I am not sure what they're putting in her water, but Gail Collins has been absolutely topping the charts over at the Times op-ed page for the last six months or so. They need to pass some of that stuff around.
