Wing-nut

The race is on and it looks like heartaches

Mom keeps me posted on the rantings of certain members of the family, you know, the “special” ones. She sent me this one tonight:

http://www.resist.com/other/border_patrol.swf

Cute. It’s a game called “Border Patrol.” You get to blast what are meant to represent illegals coming over the border. Reminds me of that wonderful Christian game making the news recently. You know, the one where you get to:

join the Christians and kill nonbelievers, or join the demonic forces and smite Christians, in “Left Behind: Eternal Forces,” a video game due this fall as part of the wildly popular “Left Behind” franchise.

“Eternal Forces” is the latest effort by Tyndale House Publishers to profit from the “Left Behind” novels, a fictional series about the apocalypse that its authors claim has won converts to Christianity.  Read more 

Watchdogs are our best friends

From vastleft.com:

In some liberal circles, there’s a backlash against posting about topics like Ann Coulter’s recent call for skinheads to menace liberals.

The familiar refrain is “don’t give them the time and publicity.”

When the invaluable Crooks and Liars site posted a nifty clip of recent Coulter bloviation, they felt the need to couch it with “These kinds of statements are laughable and people say we should just ignore Coulter, but obviously some conservatives do take her seriously.”  Read more