WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican Mike Huckabee said Sunday he would not back down from a 1998 statement in which he said he hoped Baptists would "answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ."
Caught Charlie Wilson's War over the holiday and it is fantastic. Based on the true activities of Charlie Wilson, a congressman from Texas' 2nd district back in the 80s, the movie shows how Wilson went about arming the rebel Afghans who eventually beat back the Soviets. Sounds dull as hell, but the story is brisk, the acting excellent, and there is an undercurrent of humor that pulls it all together. Tom Hanks is Wilson, Julia Roberts plays a Houston socialite who hates communism, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is just unbelievable as a CIA operative who puts the pieces together. Mike Nichols directed and it is definitely one of the best movies I've seen this year. Oh yeah, you get to see Tom Hanks naked in a hot tub full of nude strippers. At least Joe will see it now.
This probably won't garner as much attention as the next celebrity DUI, but Barron Hilton, the man who's daughter made slutty fashionable, is donating 97% of his $2.3 billion fortune to charitable endeavors. I'd imagine there's some hand-wringing going on in Hilton households all over Beverly Hills. Way to go, Barron! The next time I stay in a Hilton hotel, I swear I'll leave the towels when I check out.
Post-Christmas hangover seems like as good a time as any to share some John Prine. I hardly ever think, "Man, I'd like to hear some John Prine tonight!" But once I start listening to him, I rarely want to stop. Frantic Twangy Poetry.
Did you heathens know that in the holy book of Isiah, somewhere in Chapter 35, there is a reference to a "highway of holiness?" Did you also know that there's an Interstate 35 in the United States, traveling from the holy city of New Laredo, through Austin (Willie), Dallas (near where JFK was shot), Oklahoma City (need I remind you), and Minneapolis (falling bridge)? Start prayin', boys. And if you can watch this freak for more than 8 seconds, you're a better Christian than I.
