Not as cool as aliens

I like Christopher Hitchens. He's a hilarious drunk. He's a little bit hostile to religion, but his latest column in slate is worth the 120 seconds it takes to read. Here are some nice excerpts:

Isn't it amazing how self-pitying and self-aggrandizing the religious freaks in this country are?

...I will on no account vote for a smirking hick like Mike Huckabee, who is an unusually stupid primate..