Like most country music fans, it’s hard for me to get through most songs without thinking “But how does this person feel about President Obama?” I can’t tell you all the times I’ve been sitting in my truck, getting drunk (getting drunk is no fun if you’re not immediately about to drive somewhere…preferably through a…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Petty Issues: Norway’s Shooter, New York’s Shooter, Rihanna’s Abuser…Damn, A Depressing Week
An armed gunman just shot his boss at the Empire State building, and wounded several people in a shootout with cops as he attempted to flee…Uhhh, not really sure how to make a joke about this…Ummmm, man, how about this weather huh? Hot outside today… Rihanna said that Chris Brown is “the love of her…
Working Class Economist: Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan Actually INCREASES The Deficit
While everyone else is discussing Paul Ryan’s black girlfriend from college (I kid you not), I thought it might be a good opportunity to examine the real love of his life: cutting programs for the disenfranchised. See, Ryan’s bread and butter is slashing “government spending” (a bloodless term that means programs for the elderly, sick,…
TV Reviews: Finales of Political Animals, The Closer, and Falling Skies
In the last week, we’ve seen long running TV series end (The Closer), short running TV series end (Political Animals), and the second season finale of an occasionally strong, often frustrating series (Falling Skies). The Closer…I’ve never watched a single episode of this show, so the “finale” (which really just set up an almost identical…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Hope Springs…A Minor Triumph of a Movie
The exact opposite of Killer Joe (a daring surface movie with a somewhat cheap center), Hope Springs is a comfortable, feel-good movie that actually contains a quiet, deep knowledge of relationships. There is more truth and perceptiveness in this film than in the last twenty big studio romances I’ve seen. Much like Ruby Sparks, it starts…
Movie Review: My First NC-17 Rated Movie Theater Experience with “Killer Joe”
I have never actually seen an NC-17 rated movie during its theatrical run until this film. Now I can say I’ve lived. It was drastically different than most films shown at big screen multiplexes. First I had to show ID when I bought a ticket, even though only the most obtuse theater cashier would think…
Monday Morning Movie Reviewer: Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer
“Red Hook Summer” is the new film from Spike Lee and one that quite a lot of people might be looking forward to since it returns the filmmaker to his Brooklyn roots and even has a cameo by Spike himself, playing his old Do the Right Thing character and still delivering pizzas. Those that might…
Movie Review: Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks is the indie romance of the summer that stars Paul Dano—–an actor you either don’t like or have never heard of—–as a writer and Zoe Kazan as the title-character, a woman he literally creates. The central plot involves Dano’s writer trying to cure his block with a writing exercise describing the girl he…
Movie Review: The Watch
This movie opened a mere three weeks ago, but has more or less vanished since. I’ll keep the review short, and put about as much time into it as all involved put into making this movie. What Works: To say this movie has no laughs would be wrong. It has four…spaced out over nearly 100…
Working Class Economist: August’s Rich Asshole of the Month is Jamie Dimon
I know, I know, “but the month of August is barely over yet.” And yet I know ultra-big banker Jamie Dimon is the man for the month. I’m that certain there won’t be a better candidate of rich assholishness to come along between now and August 31st. For any doubters out there, let me show…
Petty Issues: Interconnected “Scandals” Day With Joe Biden, Jamie Dimon, “K-Stew,” and Kelsey Grammar
Not many new juicy scandals this week, so of course the entertainment media is still beating the dead horse that is “K-Stew” “cheating” on “R-Patz” (I put it in quotation marks because who really knows how authentic a Hollywood relationship is?). It’s so bad that Kristen has even been fired from the Snow White and…
Libertarian/Career Politician Paul Ryan Advocates “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” Economics
Ever since his announcement as Romney’s VP selection—–which I still maintain as a poor pick, as noted in last Saturday’s editorial about it—–Paul Ryan has been under increased scrutiny in the eyes of “moderates.” “Moderates” being another word for the people that have never heard of him, since Republicans, Democrats, and people that actually follow…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck, Egypt…Why the Ousting of Top Military Leaders May Not Be a Good Thing
Over the weekend, Egypt’s new Islamist President (I could write his name, but would it matter? We’d all forget it in two seconds and I don’t know that his name is as important as his political ideas which skew ultra-religious and rigid) ousted a few top military leaders from power. This is seen as a…