Hitchens has refined his act as the articulate drunk, the smartest smartass in class, and he uses his skills to make people hate him, the more the better. He and Andrew Sullivan and other clever schoolboys know they're barely relevant, so they say provocative things to make the crowd gasp. Incisive analysis gets you a minute on NPR; being a loudmouth flamethrower gets you on cable, and apparently it gets you a magazine column, or sorts.

He's not interested in contributing to the conversation, just in selling himself. Please ignore him, everyone, and don't write in.

Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, Blitzer, Hitchens, they all have one thing in common. In order to agree with or enjoy their comments, your brain needs to be in the twelve year old bracket that their producers require for their productions. Vanity Fair should have moved on a long time ago. Hitchens thinks because he called the war in Iraq, as a necessary war for oil, that we should all revere him. Forget about the million that may be dead as a result. Godless is his own business, but his continuing stupid drivel, driven by his thoughts of his own importance and command of Engish, is very tiresome.

I used to despise Hitchens until the publication of "God Is Not Great". At least he's able to come up with ONE original idea that fits with my own observations.

In case you miss the whole segment .. he called Obama 'shallow and flake' with his links to the church and chicago iraqi mob which are yet to be exposed..

Go to msnbc and see the whole segment....

Wounded puma! Good one.
Of course, like so many pundits and reporters around the country, he aims to irritate because it sells.