Hitchens pees on Falwell's grave

I filed this one under "I was thinking it, he said it." Christopher Hitchens, a noted anti-religious activist (at least organized religion), spoke of the late Jerry Falwell in pretty stark and altogether unflattering terms the other night on Anderson 360.

Quite frankly, I don't disagree with a word Hitchens says in this interview. Falwell was a pickpocket and a charlatan. The only thing funnier was that millions of people believed him.

Hitchens makes a number of good points here, and I won't recount them all, but the most spot on is that if you have "Rev." in front of your name in this country, you sure can get away with a whole lot. And I'm not just talking about people on the right, either. Al Sharpton is also a disgrace, and I'm not the biggest fan of Jesse Jackson, either. But, these two have done comparatively minor damage to our political discourse when compared to the likes of Ted Haggard, Falwell, Pat Robertson, and the rest of the right-wing fanatics.

Well said, Mr. Hitchens. I'm looking forward to reading his book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything sometime soon.

Hannity & Hitchens engage in a REASONABLE debate. Wow.

I'm just coming out of sleep deprivation hell, and I have so much to write about, I didn't even know where to begin. But, a debate about religion between Christopher Hitchens and Sean Hannity seems about as good of a place as any to start.

I'll say this about Hitchens - the man has cajones. Whether you agree or disagree with him, it does take lots of courage to be so anti-God in the United States today. I certainly don't share all of his views, but I find him thought provoking, and that alone is reason enough to listen.

This video piece is noteworthy for another reason - the docility of Sean Hannity. Could it be that he's changing? Yea, right. But, clearly he knows Hitchens isn't a man who can be easily brought to heel, and Hannity doesn't really try. That's not something one sees too often in Hannity. For that matter, Hannity, whether on this show or on Hannity and Colmes, rarely has anyone as a guest who can't be subdued with rhetoric and shouting.