Billy Beer

It's getting to be the busy time of year for me. So much to do, so little time. And of course that's when the important stuff happens. So, catching up again.

President Jimmy Carter was the focus of an entire show. That doesn't happen very often. Stephen talked about Jimmy Carter and the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum, but unfortunately, he kept getting confused and talking about Ronald Reagan. Eventually he was able to stay on track and talk about Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter has yet another book out, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power" twenty-eight books and counting!!! I found this about him doing a book signing. (I bet he could write a blog entry pretty darn fast also.) You may also be aware that he builds houses for Habitat for Humanity. In fact, the two men talked about that on the show. These houses are not just given away to people. The recipients of the house have to help build them and they have to buy the houses. Talk about your "teaching a man to fish" story. I think Stephen was gaining a lot of respect for this man who is a lot more liberal that Stephen is. Note to readers: Stephen Colbert is a Conservative. Just ask him.

No interview would be complete without a discussion of religion and so Stephen Colbert, who is Catholic, waded into the subject of religion with Jimmy Carter who is Baptist. Although the two did not try to convert each other, Jimmy Carter did reveal he would consider becoming Catholic if the current Pope Francis stays in office and if a female Catholic priest invited him to join her church. (Awkward.)

You can read a lot more about Jimmy Carter over at Wikipedia. We all know Stephen has a lot of awards but you should take a look at how many Jimmy Carter has! Also interesting over at that Wikipedia link is a memory young Jimmy Carter had of a sermon. "If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?" That has influenced how he lives his life and why he continues to help people around the world including working to eradicate Guinea worm disease..