It’s become a pretty weird irony that I might be the-least-interested-in-football-heterosexual man in America, and yet, everywhere I go, winning teams follow. First, my alma mater Auburn won the National College Championship last year (we’ll call it The Awesome Bowl since I really don’t know what it’s actually called) when I was in Alabama to…
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Red State Vs. Blue State: Lauren and I Debate Today’s Oscar Nominations
Today I’m joined by occasional culture debater (and previous reality TV fan) Lauren to bitch like an old married couple about today’s Oscar nominations. This is a different kind-of debate than usual as Lauren and I actually agree about most politics and this is purely about entertainment. Just as I don’t quite get reality TV…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Down & Out Over the Retirement of Gabrielle Giffords
Yesterday marked the announcement that Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would step down as she attempts to recuperate from a horrendous assassination attempt that has left her mostly inactive but making great progress. Now many will say that of course this is a huge disappointment for me and my personal beliefs as 1. Giffords was one…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody Vs. a Ron Paul Supporter, Part Two
Today we conclude the epic–well, not really, but dramatic statements needs to get injected into this rather dry debate–face-off of me and one of Ron Paul’s followers of “Radical Individual Libertarianism” who pat themselves on the back for being such free thinkers…who all more or less think the same. We join this debate from where…
Down and Out in Bumblefuck: With Huntsman Out, What Are the Rest Waiting On?
As I pointed out on Sunday, former Utah Governor and sanest man in the room, Jon Huntsman bowed out of the Presidential race after deciding it was all but impossible for him to win the nomination. His decision surprised exactly no one (except those like myself who wonder why he even entered the race in…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody Vs. a Ron Paul Supporter, Part One
Today, I resurrect this often neglected debate segment. [It is definitely harder to find people to debate me than it is for me to find movies to review, which is why this is stretched into two parts.] But the site has found someone always up for a good debate: a Ron Paul supporter. I’ve had…
Alabama Football Wins Three Consecutive National Championships…But It Won’t Help the State
So last night the University of Alabama (or “The Crimson Tide”) beat the shit out of LSU in an embarrassing national championship game where the final score was 21 to zero. That’s zero with a z. [Of course, for his part, LSU coach and professional sayer of stupid things said that LSU should receive the…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody vs. Lauren
Today, we have a different kind of debate as it’s not red state vs. blue state so much as bad taste vs. good taste. I debate someone with equally liberal politics but horrible, horrible taste in shows (i.e. big reality TV fan). We talk about why someone would like these shows, and what horrified boyfriends…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: What Does 9/11 Mean For Rural Alabama?
Over and over on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we were told that it was a day that forever changed America. And that’s absolutely true, especially if you’re part of half the country that lives in a city. But what if you don’t live in L.A. or New York or Washington D.C. or even Tulsa,…
Red State Vs. Blue State: New York Conservative Vs. Alabama Liberal
The tables are flipped today. Instead of going after the usual targets of massively delusional rednecks, housewives, gun nuts, and other red state staples, I get to challenge a New York Republican. In all likelihood, he’s someone that should probably be liberal to properly into stereotypes, just as I should probably be conservative to fit…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Down & Out on Wall Street
There’s not much you can say about the beating the stock market has been taking recently. Ever since the U.S. had its credit downgraded by Standard & Poors (that sterling agency that was so on top of it during the 2008 recession and has never been wrong before) there has been immense panic in the…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Phone Hacking & Corruption in England
Rupert Murdoch’s infamous Newscorp empire with its history of bullying, bribing, lying, and other notorieties can now add “phone hacking” into its list of crimes. [And quite possibly murder now that the man who first blew the whistle on Newscorp’s phone hacking practices has turned up dead.] Its been found that Newscorp has been hacking…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Liberal Freedom vs. Conservative Freedom
In honor of the 4th of July comes what I like to call “The Freedom Debate.” Today I’m debating a fairly good acquaintance that I actually know to be a pretty smart man…of course he’s also a conservative but nobody’s perfect. The topic is all things Freedom, are we more free, less free, and what…