There They Go Again...

The latest scandal with the US senator arrested in a public bathroom for tapping his foot and allowing it  to touch another mans foot under a stall wall has got to be one the most hilarious media shows going yet.   According to reports he never actually had sex, touched anything or even said anything that he was interested in illicit sex... but he was arrested and a 30 career of the one the most classic cases of Republican hypocrisy was down the drain.

Just when you thought the Monica and Bill side show during the Clinton reign was long over, Americans and American media seemed just crazed over anything that seems remotely resemble anything outside what is classified as pro-creative sex.  It is so hard to imagine that news stations would have endless hours of coverage over something like this.  It all just seems so crazy, that you really feel that there is no hope for the world.  America is at one of it's saddest states in my time on this earth and here they are going ga-ga over the possibility that someone might have sex in a public bathroom.  What about the terrorists? 

Last time I was in Miami airport (no not in the bathroom), they announced security level was elevated to orange.  I did not know what to do.  I looked at boarding pass to see if there was colour-coded instructions.  There were none.  So, then I thought, I will just look for people wearing orange uniforms or something.  There were none.  In fact, apart from the announcement, no one seemed to blink an eye or skip a step except me.  Do you feel safer now?

You know... I have had some real enlightening experiences about public sex since my move to Costa Rica.  No, unfortunately, I have not seen gorgeous gay Latin men fornicating in a bathroom, public park or anywhere else.  But I have seen heterosexuals having sex right out in the hammock on the beach in front of our hotel (it was a local tico holiday weekend).  I was shocked and thought that no... they aren't really doing that.  So, I asked the gardener if they were having sex out there and he responded to me quite matter factly, "of course they are".  I thought that I would have had the dignity to do it in the bushes.

That same weekend, there was another couple spotted having sex on the beach.

Most recently I even had a Costa Rican chapter of a local swingers organization inquire about renting the whole hotel for a "group take over".  I had know idea what she was talking about.  They looked like bird watchers.  Then she was wondering about the lack of privacy and would staff be offended by their presence.  It hit me over the head like a ton of bricks.  Not only were they going to swap partners, they were going to do it publicly.  I felt like Barbara Bush trying to not look like a prude and dis way from looking at our hotel as a candidate for their event.   

Maybe the religious right should be afraid.  Since Gay men are notoriously known for multiple partners and public sex, they are now teaching straights on how to spice up a boring monogamous long-term relationship.  Where will it all end?

Personally, my greatest fear would be that the other guy in the next bathroom stall would be non other than Karl Rove.

Comments

[Doug Dosdall]

When this scandal first hit the news my initial reaction was to love it--another hypocritical closeted self-hating republican outed and sent into early retirement. But then i was just discusted by the fact that they're still arresting people in washrooms -- even when they haven't even did anything. Of course, if these people weren't closeted in the first place, then they wouldn't be pressure into pleading guilty on crap charges like this in the first place.

Great post though--nice laugh. I'm imaging the men's room at the Republican National Convention must be a happening place.

[Tom in Portland, Oregon]

Dear Colin/Roberto:

I must protest the bad name you are have given to pigs all over the world by putting the Karl Rove head on the one posted to your website. I think you need to issue a press release apologizing to pigs world-wide immediately! Now if we can only think about what beast his head should be applied then you would share in the love of pork lover everywhere. Now I got it, how about the beast marked with 666 from the Book of Revelations or should we leave that one for our current United States President?

Best wishes,
Tom in Portland

[Gerard]

Yes, I'm being very anal here, but 'last time I was in Miami airport(no not the bathroom)' - if it doesn't have a bathtub in it, it ain't a bathroom.
Why can North Americans not say the word "Toilets"? It's not like no one knows why you're going in there. And since there are no cots in there(wouldn't that make for great cruising?) it ain't a restroom either. Washroom? Well, that's one of the minor functions.
And why do we say 'o'(oh), when we mean '0'(zero)? - the two are not the same. It must really confuse ESL speakers. OK, I'm done-carry on with the real issues of importance again

[dana in austin]

Hey-
I know what you mean.
I have stopped watching the news completely, as well as most network TV. It is all just completely stupid.

[Cristian Vargas]

Me encanta que existan sitios como este pero me hace falta que los comentarios tambien se hagan en castellano.
Los felicito Colin y Roberto
Es un lugar muy bonito el que hicieron. El sitio Web me encanta