Just when Alabamians thought they would be sitting on the sidelines in this year’s presidential race, watching a race play out between what they view as “President Black Panther” and “Mormon-bot Romney,” an idea started to formulate among restless social conservatives. They started thinking “Hey, how come we don’t like Romney but he’s going to…
Author: Alabama Liberal
What Exactly Is a Racist? The Definition: Recently Fired Pundit/White Supremacist Pat Buchanan
Two things that I hope that loaded title conveyed: 1. That Pat Buchanan has been fired from MSNBC, the left leaning alternative to Faux News that apparently couldn’t find a reason to keep an old racist around anymore. 2. That this article will explore what a racist is, and that I think it is, you…
Bubba’s Sex Tips: A Redneck Valentine’s Day, Nothing to Celebrate
Every year around this time, a fierce debate wages between me and my buddies: “How much does Valentine’s Day suck?” Now surely we’ve all had terrible Valentine’s Days (what’s that? you haven’t? then please punch yourself in the face). I mean, it really is the fucking absolute worst time to have a holiday. It’s the…
Larger Editorial: For All His Bluster, Chris Christie Is Really Just Another Cowardly Politician
So for the past three years—-doesn’t it feel like Christie’s been on the scene a lot longer than that?—-we’ve all fallen for the “story” of current New Jersey Governor and lifetime fat fuck Chris Christie. How he’s basically Tony Soprano without a gun (that we know of). How he’s brash, bold, tough, and, say it…
Larger Editorial: Why Whitney Houston’s Death Isn’t a Story I Can “Get Into”
As perhaps even polar bears in Alaska know, one of the most emulated singers in contemporary pop music, Whitney Houston died this past week. Ever since has been a formidable flash flood of press coverage. Twitter has blown up, Facebook has exploded, CNN won’t shut up about it, and one day I checked Yahoo and…
Petty Issues Music Edition: Adele, Megadeth Backs Santorum, and Return of MVP Asshole Chris Brown
Last Sunday brought the Grammy Awards or as they might be known from now on: The Adele Show. Coincidentally, never has someone been such a beautiful singer and such an ugly talker. Her singing voice could break hearts but it’s her speaking voice that makes English teachers cry. Moving on to other music news, Rick…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Does Generation Y Experience Love Differently?
With Valentine’s Day being yesterday, it made me wonder if there is something in the DNA of Generation Y—-fundamentally altered by being able to video chat with someone around the globe in five seconds—-that made them experience love any differently than generations past. Is emailing or Facebook or even sexting really that different than love…
Working Class Economist: Another Positive Economic Trend, “Insourcing”
No sooner do I write today’s earlier article about “Cash Mobs” when a second positive economic occurrence transpires: insourcing. [If you were superstitious you might want to avoid black cats and indoor umbrella openings for the next couple days because something suspiciously uplifting is going on here.] For those unfamiliar with insourcing (or general wordplay)…
The Fast Food Critic: Red State Food vs. Blue State Food (Food Goes Partisan)
Before anyone thinks I’ve done so many new articles lately that they’re running together and I really meant this to appear in the debate section, let me assure you I haven’t made a mistake (this time). As I pointed out last week while recapping the lessons I’d learned doing all of the different segments, something very…
Working Class Economist: Celebrating “Cash Mobs,” Finally Something Viral Goes Useful
So much bad news comes out of the economy, that sometimes it can be easy to miss something positive. Coincidentally, so much useless news comes out of the internet (where a guy getting punched in the balls and his baby laughing at it will draw more viewers than any news oriented blogs like this one…
Bubba’s Past Valentines: (Not) Celebrating It with a Jehovah’s Witness, and Other Bad V-Days
Today is a special day not just because somehow the grade-A pole puffer that runs this site convinced Bubba to show up on a non-Saturday, but also because it’s Valentine’s Day. Now we all know that Valentine’s Day is a great day for some—-such as gay people not only being able to get married in…
Happy Valentine’s Day to Gay People in Washington Who Can Now Get Married
Once again, Alabama Liberal sets itself apart from most media as today I bring you no news of Whitney Houston and instead bring you actual news of events that will effect people. Yesterday, Washington became only the 7th state in the country to allow people of the same-sex to marry each other, and I’m sure…
Entertainment Editorial: Alabama Liberal’s Book of the Month is…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline! I won’t pretend this is the best written novel of last year and that the book couldn’t stand to be 50 pages shorter (although its 368 page length isn’t bad at all), but it’s definitely more fun than many books I’ll choose will be and the perfect book for…