I got an advanced copy of friend of IMAO Mike Z. Williamson’s new book Do Unto Others which comes out in the beginning of August. It’s a sequel to his popular Better to Beg Forgiveness… which I really liked. I’ll try and get my opinion of it up before it’s out.

I am working on my own SF novel, BTW. Little past the halfway point on the 2nd draft, and when I get it done… well, I’m not really sure what’s next. I think fame and fortune.

Cross-posted at America is an Obamanation!

I noticed there are three completely different ways I view President Obama.

When it’s issues of national security, or foreign countries attack him as a way of attacking our country and he stands up against them, I see him as our president.

When racial issues come up (like, are those countries only saying mean things about America because they don’t like our president being black?), I see him as our first black president.

And when he’s a complete and utter screw up — which unfortunately is most of the time — I see him as Obama.

So does anyone understand what this G-20 stuff is? All I know is annually (I think annually) people get together and I have no idea what they talk about or accomplish there, but I know a bunch of hippies go crazy — like running around and randomly smashing stuff crazy. And they’re all too submoronic and incoherent to verbalize what they’re protesting — if any of them bother to try and put a reason behind it — so I still have no idea what’s going on (though probably still more of an idea than the protesters). Best I can tell, world leaders get together, drink cocktails, and chant the word, “G-20!” And “G-20” is this magic phrase which causes morons to go into a frenzy, and the world leaders watch the rampaging idiots and laugh and clap in amusement.

Anyone have a better explanation?

The Supreme Court ruled that we have an individual right to firearms, which is pretty “duh” to most people since that’s what the Constitution says. It’s just there’s a lot of liberals who read the Constitution like they’re Nicholas Cage looking for hidden messages in the document to lead them treasure. I don’t know how they get employment; it’s a failure of the system.

So do you think the national guard will have to be called down to Chicago to escort people into gun shops? Well, I guess gun owners don’t really need protection from the government, because, you know, they have guns. Still, there is more work to do elsewhere. Forty states now have right to carry laws, but there are a few hold outs left where liberals gather and scream, “No! Nasty, terrible freedom! Keep it away!” And they tell fairy tales about how if people get gun rights then everyone just starts randomly shooting each other — which apparently they believe is happening in the forty states that have embraced gun rights. On the issue of guns, many liberals are just completely immune to facts and reason, clinging to the idea the earth is flat no matter what facts you show them. And they’re also becoming increasingly irrelevant. Not even Obama can speak out on guns for fear of the backlash (in fact, he signed a bill allowing conceal and carry in national parks).

So, while America has faltered in many areas, guns are a clear win for conservatives. The issue is pretty much settled — both at the ballot box and in the courts — and the few scared of the light can only bitterly cling to their irrational fear and hatred for so much longer. And while a right to guns is recognized, the rest of the freedoms are a little bit safer.