A disbarred Florida lawyer and darling of Utah conservatives may have finally gone too far in his crusade against violent video games.

Jack Thompson, who wrote a video-game bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the last Legislature, emailed animated porno* to Senate President Mike Waddoups and every other lawmaker. After getting a steamy email on Easter Sunday, Waddoups threatened to have the Utah Attorney General's Office prosecute Thompson for something:

I asked you before to remove me from your mailing list. I supported your bill, but because of the harassment will not again. If I am not removed, I will turn you over to the AG for legal action.

You're probably scratching your head, asking, "With a full crew of home-grown lunatics, why would Utah import another one — only to turn on him?" That's a long story that I'll try to break down:

• Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka brings Thompson to Utah to write a law regulating video games.
• Jack and Gayle, using Rep. Mike Morely, Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert and Sen. Chris Buttars as tools, push a constitutionally questionable bill through the Legislature.
• Gov. Jon Huntsman, on the advice of A.G. Mark Shurtleff, vetoes Thompson's bill.
• Thompson, for lack of a better term, loses his s*** and demands that the Lege override the veto.
• The rest, as they say, is history.

Thompson, who was disbarred in part because he has sent gay pornography to Florida judges, is enjoying the hell out of his martyrdom, declaring (It helps to imagine a spray of spittle and wildly rolling eyes):

It appears to me that Mr. Waddoups would have Paul Revere arrested because his Midnight Ride was “disturbing the peace.” I look forward to my criminal prosecution in Utah.

Waddoups has given me a gift here. … This guy is upset that I’ve upset the cozy GOP applecart in Utah. I pray to God that Shurtleff will prosecute me…

*I'm not sure cartoon strippers in Grand Theft Auto IV is pornography, but Thompson and Waddoups think it is.