ISAAC: A MODERN FABLE by Ivan G. Goldman

A novel from Permanent Press 2012 list. Starred review in BookList.

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           The National Rifle Association is a collection of cowardly bastards afraid to venture out in the world without firearms. Most of our politicians are yellow bastards who do what NRA members tell them. That’s why our children are murdered.

            We need to declare the NRA, which lobbies in favor of absurdly lethal weapons and ammo for maniacs, as an enemy of our country. It must be shunned and opposed. Politicians who do its bidding or take its money must stop doing it or be booted out. They must all stand up and be counted.

            These people murdered by maniacs aren’t statistics. They’re real people. Cindy Yuille, 54, who was murdered at the mall in Portland this week, was a good friend of my sister-in-law. Cindy was a hospice nurse. Her business was to tend to the terminally ill. She didn’t deserve to die because cowards cherish their penile substitutes. Her co-workers had planned a Christmas party for today.

    The other murdered person at the mall, Steven Forsyth, 45, was a coach who helped kids. A wounded teen remains in serious condition. Now comes this copycat mass murder in Connecticut, too unspeakable to get our minds around.

We all have work to do. We have to go after our politicians and get them to move in favor of decency and good sense or lose office. We need to tell NRA members that they must quit the group, that if they are in fact well-meaning then they're being used by villainous fools whose fear and loathing of others has been enshrined in our legal system. Enough!