Email Author Roy Edroso

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 15, 2008

  "Blogosphere Guide"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Runnin' Scared

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2010 Stories by Roy Edroso

• Rightbloggers Denounce Robert Byrd's Racism Until It's Time to Beat Up Some Black Guy

  published Jul 05, 2010

  Democratic Senator Robert Byrd passed away last week at age 92. Among the items in his lengthy CV was a year-long membership in the Ku Klux Klan. He also had some kind words for that organization and ... More >>

• At Gay Pride, Rightbloggers Try to Keep It On The Down-Low, But Some Out Themselves

  published Jun 28, 2010

  Pride Week's a fun time to rightblogger-watch, because rightbloggers just don't know what to do about the gays. They must know straight America is losing its antipathy toward gay people -- Hell, eve... More >>

• Joe Barton, GOP Back Off BP Apology -- But Rightbloggers Insist: Defeat or Death!

  published Jun 21, 2010

  You've heard that old fable -- favored by Orson Welles, among others -- about a frog whom a scorpion asks for a ride across a stream. The frog reasons that the scorpion won't sting him while they're... More >>

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  The Week We Talked About Sarah Palin's Tits

  published Jun 14, 2010

  Heidi Montag has appeared on the reality show The Hills and performed some dance music. She is best known, though, for her various plastic surgeries, including spectacular breast implants, which she h... More >>

• Rightbloggers Get Their God On by Defending Israel's Flotilla-Killas (Also: You Anti-Semite!)

  published Jun 07, 2010

  A week ago, Israeli paratroopers took over a ship on the high seas that was part of a flotilla trying to flout Israel's embargo against Gaza. Those aboard the boat, which carried wheelchairs and such ... More >>

• Rightbloggers on Sex and the City: Still Hate Sex, and City, but Love That Anti-Muslim Angle

  published May 31, 2010

  The reviews are in, and Sex and the City 2 looks like the season's biggest critical bomb. Though the film drew a decent crowd in its opening weekend, it was lambasted by critics both highbrow ("an al... More >>

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  Rand Paul: He May Be a Fool, Say Rightbloggers, but He's Our Fool

  published May 24, 2010

  "Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show With some smart-ass New York Jew And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox And the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too Well, he may be a fool but he's our foo... More >>

• Rightbloggers on Goddamn Liberal Law & Order, Tea-Party Robin Hood, and Other Culture War Gibberish

  published May 17, 2010

  After 20 years on NBC, Law & Order has been cancelled (though it may get picked up by TNT). The show had an extraordinary run -- one season shy of a TV drama-series record. So it would seem reasonable... More >>

• Nashville Flood Proves to Rightbloggers: Obama Hates America, White People

  published May 10, 2010

  Even if you don't know much about rightbloggers, you probably know that since time immemorial conservatives have blamed the nation's problems and Democratic Administrations on something called the Lib... More >>

• Heads Up, New York -- After Times Square Bomb Attempt, Rightbloggers Will Pretend to Care About You Again

  published May 03, 2010

  Bad news, New Yorkers: Once again, rightbloggers are pretending to care what happens to you. You may remember that right after 9/11 it became trendy for conservatives to gush over New York and Rudy ... More >>

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  Rightbloggers on Healthy Conservative Debate: Shut Up! (Whoops, We Mean: Epistemic Closure!)

  published Apr 26, 2010

  We're not accustomed to think of rightbloggers as intellectuals. For one thing -- as we have ample opportunity to observe here every week -- they sure don't act like intellectuals; in fact, they seem ... More >>

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  The New Tea Party People: Now With Black People (Onstage, Anway), Proud to Teabag, But Still Batshit Insane

  published Apr 19, 2010

  There were several Tea Parties on April 15, and rightbloggers who normally have nothing good to say about the "mainstream media" (whom they consider biased and/or corrupt) were surprised by relatively... More >>

• Bukowski With Barbecue Sauce: Absence of the Hero

  published April 13, 2010

  When Charles Bukowski died, his fans expected to miss him. But they haven't had the chance. A steady stream of Bukowski volumes has come out... More >>

• Sarkozy Called Obama Nuts, Crazy Website Reports -- And Rightbloggers Run With It

  published Apr 12, 2010

  It's been awhile since we've talked about the rightbloggers' attitude toward President Obama. In a way, it hasn't changed since 2008: They still hate him, and with a ferocity that trumps all reason. ... More >>

• Rightbloggers Dispute Racial Slur Charges By Any Means Necessary

  published Apr 05, 2010

  There are many fronts in the dismal daily death-struggle that is American politics. A particularly boggy one is race. Rightbloggers are keenly aware that the President whom they like to accuse of soc... More >>

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  Hutaree Militia, Brick-Throwers, Victoria Jackson: Rightbloggers Find New Allies Way, Way Out on the Fringe

  published Mar 29, 2010

  We hate to admit it, but the rightbloggers may be onto something when they talk about "false flag operations" against conservatives -- that is, opponents pretending to be rightwing, then acting crazy ... More >>

• Rightbloggers Agree: Passage of Health Care Bill an Affront to Jesus

  published Mar 22, 2010

  Jim Hoft's obstreperous Gateway Pundit blog is associated with the conservative Catholic magazine site First Things. That may seem odd to those of us who know Hoft best for his non-sectarian ravings ... More >>

• Erick Erickson, Extremely Rightwing Guy, Liberal Media's 10,000th Conservative Hire

  published Mar 16, 2010

  The liberal media have done it again! They are advancing the Obama socialist agenda by hiring Erick Erickson, an author from the rightwing website RedState, as a commentator on CNN, aka the Clinton Ne... More >>

• Robert De Niro Gets (Some of) Dad's Paintings Back from Art Scamster; Other Creditors Get Auction

  published Mar 16, 2010

  You may remember that last year, art dealer Lawrence Salander was indicted for scamming a lot of rich and famous people out of tens of millions of dollars -- including Robert De Niro, whose father's p... More >>

• Ross Douthat Crap About Iraq and Shakespeare Inspires Questionable Parody

  published Mar 16, 2010

  "The narrative of the Iraq invasion, properly told, resembles a story out of Shakespeare" -- that jackass Ross Douthat, New York Times. BUSHLET, PRINCE OF A GUY [The ghost of WMDs flits about the Wh... More >>

• Simon Nunez, Missing Bronx Man, Found

  published Mar 16, 2010

  We mentioned that Simon Nunez was missing yesterday. Good news: The 74-year-old Bronx man, who suffers from Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes, has been found at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Nunez... More >>

• Hiram Monserrate's Girlfriend Does Campaign Ad for Her Abuser

  published Mar 16, 2010

  Here's Karla Giraldo -- the woman Hiram Monserrate cut up and dragged around, leading to his ejection from the state senate -- appearing in a video testimonial for Monserrate's special election cam... More >>

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  Tea Party Upstaged by Thai Party, Which Serves Actual Blood

  published Mar 16, 2010

  The Tea Party protesters -- who believe themselves the true heirs of Patrick Henry and other martyrs for freedom -- are preparing for a day of anti-health-care protests in D.C. They call the event "Th... More >>

• Racetracks One More Thing Suffering from Incompetent Albany Rule

  published Mar 15, 2010

  Those of us who selfishly thought of the Aqueduct racino mess merely as a political scandal should be ashamed. The death of the AEG bid for the video slots franchise now leaves a gaping hole, not only... More >>

• Andrew Cuomo Gets an Attack Ad

  published Mar 15, 2010

  Here's your first anti-Andrew Cuomo ad of the preseason, sponsored by New Yorkers for Growth, a pro-business group that got 10 grand from local GOP boss Ed Cox and who want you to know that Cuomo h... More >>