Good "60 Minutes" Followup

For those who weren't chilled enough by the segment with author Tim LaHaye on last night's "60 Minutes", this Rolling Stones profile on him should do it.

Now, notably, the rumor has always been that Bush is a LaHaye fan. While I really doubt Mr. Bush reads much although it's always possible Condi read them to him when she puts him down for his nap, it's still extremely scary prospect that someone like LaHaye is considered a "rock star" at right-wing national policy meetings. We've all heard rhetoric from the right-wing regarding Israel, regarding this presidency, etc., that sounds like material from this man's books.

Remember, these are people who refute what science we've been able to work out thus far in our knowledge, but want to bet the farm (everyone's farms, not just their own) that it's critical we (America, and specifically, a small subsegment of the population who revere this stuff) reshape the world to fulfill their end-times prophecy of the rapture.