I love liberals because they are so predictably humorless and over-the-top. Give 'em a gentle nudge in the ribs just for fun, and they squeal like stuck pigs. Case in point is the reaction to a new book, Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! The book portrays a couple kids setting up a lemonade stand and describes the obstacles in their way:

Two of the book's villains, who resemble Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York Democrat, and Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, tax the boys' profits, restrict the amount of sugar they can use in their drinks and require them to serve broccoli, too.

A liberal lawyer, "Mr. Fussman," harasses the boys for putting a picture of Jesus on their stand.

Like I said, a little gentle ribbing, right? WRONG!

Liberals have lambasted the book as "brainwashing" and "Nazi propaganda."

Brainwashing? Nazi propaganda? Over sugar and broccoli? Are these people for real? Apparently so, because they also think a good old-fashioned book burning may be in order:

"If ever there was a book that public libraries should ban, it is this one," one outraged reviewer wrote on Amazon.com.

Man, that's good stuff. You can't make that up. And the author promises more silly outrages in the near future.

"Help! Mom! Hollywood Is in My Hamper," which takes on politicking liberal celebrities, is due in March, she said, and lawyers and judges soon will be the stars of their own "Help! Mom!" books.