Bob Herbert, columnist propagandist communista for the NY Times, has his panties in a bind over 'violent toys'. In particular, a doll house (a/k/a 'Forward Command Post') marketed toward 6 year old boys has machine guns, grenade launchers and explosives as accessories. No, not real machine guns and grenade launchers, presumably just GI-Joe doll sized facsimiles.

Naturally, Herbert and some toy-grabbing sissified organization called 'Lion and Lamb Project', claim the toys are violent and 'cause' violence among children. I guess the real live FACT that even U.N. Peace keepers carry firearms to 'keep the peace' is lost on peaceniks like Herbert.

Dolls and 'war toys' are not the only things under attack this year. The assault continues on best selling video games that supposedly 'inspire' violence. Specifically Herbert mentions an auto racing game called 'Burnout 2: Point of Impact', which is filled with gory scenes of heads smashing against the windshield and other 'inappropriate' images. And of course the famed 'Grand Theft Auto' game, which carries an "M" rating by the way, is still under fire. Despite the voluntary 'adult' rating, people like Herbert are worried that parents will ignore the rating and provide the games to their kids any way.

My suggestion to Bob is that he develop his own video game. Perhaps he can come up with a game where kids portray a whiney New York City columnist who thinks that people are weak minded fools that require a strict nanny-fied government to lead them down the path to a communist utopia. The object of the game is to spread as much communist propaganda as possible through a major left-wing media outlet. Of course, being communist, there is no such thing as keeping score, because that would encourage competition. Also, since an evil capitalist free market would most certainly be the demise of such a dull game, we need a big government regulation to mandate the distribution to the buyers of every game console sold. Since parents won't take responsibility to raise their kids right left, we need to have the government do it for them.