Review: OK - but maybe not my cup of tea
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
A book I got for free recently.It is more a collection of essays and short stories than a book. Anthology is maybe a stretch. Not much that ties them together other than the tin foil hat the author wears quite proudly.The writing is pretty good. The essays and the stories could be better if he did not go on and on and on and on and on with his way out there politics and world view. I don't have anything against the view so much as  the repetitiveness gets in the way of the story and of the essays.One essay was basically suggesting setting up snipers to deal with rioters. It was probably 5 times as long as it needed to be to just say that in an effective way. Incidentally, sniping at rioters is not that bad of an idea if things get that bad, but the essay just took too long getting there.I also think he is way too optimistic about how cops in general will react to general lawlessness by government. I have seen very little that suggests that enough of them would come riding in to rescue the rest of us as a couple of his stories suggest. Most are more interested in their paychecks and pensions, and are selected for obedience to authority rather than for ethical character these days and it shows in how LE operates today.