Church billboard quotes Hitler on children

The Columbus, Georgia, Ledger-Enquirer reports that this billboard was placed by Life Saver Ministries, a Christian organization that promises "to reach the weakest and the forgotten, the 'at risk' children from the roughest areas," apparently with the wisdom of Adolph Hitler as well as Proverbs 22:6.

The billboard went up last Friday in Auburn, Alabama, and has since been removed. "We are pulling the billboard and certainly never intended to cause confusion," Life Saver Ministries founder James Anderegg told the Ledger-Enquirer. "Herbert Hoover would have been a far better one to quote when he said, 'Children are our most valuable resource. We are a children’s organization and had honorable intentions and nothing less."

Umm... sure.

Banned in 'bama

Are you morally offended by this wine label? According to an article I just caught on Canadian Press, it violated the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's rules against displaying "a person posed in an immoral or sensuous manner." (Too bad nobody told the French ad industry over 100 years ago.)

The California vintner, Hahn Family Wines, doesn't mind too much, though. They say sales and interest in less prudish states are really popping.