The 4th of July (so often just an occasion to get drunk and shoot fireworks) has put me in an unusually reflective mood. I wondered all weekend the question of “What is Freedom?” and “Do we have more or less of it than previous generations?” It’s a question I try to answer during my debate…
Category: Tuesday
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: The Rural News Covers Illegal Immigrants
If you’re talking about hardships in rural areas, you’d be wrong not to mention illegal immigrants. You could safely say almost no one has it tougher in Bumblefuck as there’s new laws that make it extremely clear that Alabama doesn’t “take too kindly to foreigners” as if there was any doubt before they weren’t thrilled…
Red State vs. Blue State: Brody vs. Some Asshole on the Internet Part 2
Part 2 of our overgrown pissing contest picks up where we left off last week, with my foe calling me a Socialist. Brody: I’ve been doing this site for four months and no one has called me a socialist before now. ReaganFan: Well, there’s always time for your readers to become educated lol. Brody: Yeah,…
Red State vs. Blue State: Brody vs. Some Asshole on the Internet Part 1
Since I’m having a hard time finding people I know to debate in the “real world” (otherwise known as that boring space where you actually move your mouth to talk to people) and the ones I can find to debate usually don’t talk to me after we get done, I’ve decided to turn to the…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Bumblefuck Goes to Broadway
So recently I watched no less than three Broadway shows–breaking my yearly record of Broadway shows by two–and since there’s really no good place to put reviews of Broadway shows, why not use this perpetual dark house column? 1. The Motherfucker with the Hat: I saw this show only two days ago, so it’s the…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody vs. Brody (?) on the Issue of Gun Control
Alright so being this week’s interview guest (answering questions from readers) and having a debate with myself might seem like I’ve taken a dive off the deep end of the fuzzy line of blogger narcissism–right there I just mixed metaphors, another brazen example of cockiness–and, the big fear, having a debate with yourself will probably…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Tornadoes, or I Explain Why I Was Out Last Week
As most of you probably know Alabama was wrecked by a record number of tornadoes two weeks ago. The last new items to go up were on that Wednesday, and that was it until yesterday’s movie reviews. For about a week I didn’t have internet so I couldn’t have posted new stuff even I wanted…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody vs. His Mom Face Off On If This Blog is a Waste of Time
Today is a little different on Red State Vs. Blue State as I’m not actually debating politics—instead we’re debating if this blog is a waste of time—and I am also debating a regular contributor to the site (mom from, you guessed it, mom jokes). Also, she’s coming back for an interview, making another Alabama Liberal…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: The Rural News Covers Obesity
A new obesity statistic says Alabama might be closing in on Mississippi for the illustrious title of “Fattest State in the Nation.” Except for alphabetical order, obese adults would be the only thing Alabama would rank first in. Book after book has been written about America’s obesity epidemic (anything by Michael Pollen is a personal…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody Vs. An Apathetic Voter
Today I debate the toughest nut to crack: someone who doesn’t give a shit. I absolutely think the hardest person to argue with is someone who doesn’t want to be in the argument, and yet, more Americans don’t vote than consider themselves Republican or Democrat, so this is the pond we must fish in. Brody:…
Down & Out in Bumblefuck: Defending Obama Week
Not so much an actual item that relates to rural people (this is tornado season so in an attempt to keep this from turning into the weather channel, this feature might be kind of scarce in coming weeks), as it is an announcement about this week’s features. Sunday officially kicked off “Defending Obama Week,” in response…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Alabama Liberal Vs. a Black Female Conservative
Today I debate probably the oddest of all political curiosities: a black female conservative. They do exist, and are actually shockingly numerous in the Southeast, but still, if someone gets to debate a unicorn (and really somebody voting conservative when true conservatives would probably rather that person not be allowed to vote makes about as…
Red State Vs. Blue State: Brody Vs. Boobs
I’ve debated fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, and a guy at a bar that can accurately be described as Trigger Happy Jones in his love for guns. However, I have not debated a—and I do believe this is the technical term—“hottie.” Sure, today she is a conservative woman with large implants, an aspiring modeling career, and…