There are few holidays that aren’t controversial in Alabama. Think about it. Happy Halloween! “That’s for witches and devil worshippers.” Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! “You mean Robert E. Lee day.” Have a great black history month! “How come there’s no white history month?!” Even wishing someone a Happy Easter or any other religious…
Author: Alabama Liberal
Larger Editorials: Why Independents Don’t Matter, and Being a Moderate is Overrated
“Romney is the strongest to face Obama in the Fall, because he appeals the most to moderate voters.” This is a line of thinking so often repeated, that it’s just assumed as a given to be correct. I mean, surely the candidate who is most moderate would obviously appeal to independent voters, since, he’s in…
First Tornadoes, Now The Republican Presidential Race Heads to Alabama (Haven’t We Suffered Enough?)
First, a tornado shreds up the state. Then, Rick Santorum comes. Coincidence? Anyway, today is the Alabama (and Mississippi) primary. Few people think it’s even remotely possible for Mitt Romney to win…and everyone knows it won’t matter. Romney will lose the South, but win the race. He now has a third of the delegates he…
Entertainment Editorial: The Most Promising Pilots for This Fall
Okay, a quick word about the nature of pilots and pilot season before I list some of the ones that sound most promising. Just for those that don’t know, a TV “pilot” is the very first episode of a TV series. It’s what a network will watch, and then make a decision on to see…
TV Review: HBO’s Game Change (and a small one for “Exporting Raymond”)
I don’t give a damn what anyone says, HBO is THE best network on television, and many times I would take their documentaries/TV movies over what’s in theaters. And if you need further evidence then check out “Game Change,” their TV movie that premiered this Saturday night and was better than anything put into theaters…
Movie Review: A Thousand Words
Does anyone care about this movie? I don’t know, but I saw it and might as well review it. What Works: The movie’s plot is about a fast-talking, soulless literary agent who gets thrown for a loop when he can only speak a thousand words before dying. If it sounds like an old-school concept comedy…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Silent House
Okay, so…much like The Vow, we have a little bit of false advertising here. Unlike, The Vow, I actually think the movie this winds up being is stronger than the one advertised. This is a definite “See it.” What Works: This is advertised as “Elizabeth Olsen gets terrorized by random strangers in a house for…
Movie Review: The Vow
Yeah, I hated this movie. What Works: Channing Tatum proves that he definitely is ready to be considered for a decent movie role. I feel half-bad for this guy because he’s never been BAD in anything, yet he has starred in more shitty movies than one man should have to. Come on guys, let’s see…
Monday Morning Movie Review: Project X
More like “Project Pointless.” If you’ve ever seen a movie where a couple of teenage guys are real nerdy and decide to change it by throwing a wild ass house party, you’ve seen this movie. There’s not really a “plot” per say, and the characters are all arch-types we’ve seen in everything from Superbad to…
Mom Jokes: Marital Therapist
An elderly couple come into a seasoned marital therapist’s office. The therapist asks “So what seems to be the issues in your relationship?” The woman immediately began rattling off a laundry list of offenses: “He doesn’t pay enough attention to me. He doesn’t kiss me like he used to. He doesn’t help out around the…
Inside Alabama’s Political Slide From Democrat-Controlled to Far-Red State
On Tuesday, the Republican Presidential primary will receive the ultimate test in irrelevance…Alabama and Mississippi vote. Arguably, the two most conservative and poverty-stricken states in the country are what are known as “outlier” states. Meaning they’re so far in one direction they’re not a great indication of what the entire country is thinking. Using the…
Larger Editorial: So Long to Dennis Kucinich, the “Liberal Ron Paul”
Tuesday brought one of the craziest races I have ever seen, and it was even more notable that not a soul in the television media talked about it. No, I’m not talking about how Mitt very narrowly beat Santorum the same way Bush squeaked past Kerry in 2004. I’m talking about the REAL race that…
Petty Issues: Paula Deen Sued, Breitbart Dead, and Limbaugh Under Fire as Conservatives have Bad Week
Earlier this week brought the news that Paula Deen isn’t quite as nice as she lets on. [Anthony Bourdain tried to warn us!] In a lawsuit, it alleges that her brother Bubba—-yep, his name really is Bubba—-sexually harassed waitresses at one of their restaurants, and Paula made several racist comments. Harassment, making women uncomfortable, racism,…