Sunday, May 1, 2011

Skippy.

In the days & weeks after 9/11, President Bush would not refer to Osama bin Laden by name. He called him ‘the evil one,’ & such. I thought that was a mistake, because that sort of non-naming conferred power in him that he didn’t deserve; it gave him mythic status. I thought we should give him a name that would cheapen him, trivialize him. I called him Skippy. It caught on, a little.

So Skippy is dead. Good. That’s good. I only wish there were a hell so he could burn in it.
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2 comments:

  1. Broadway CarlMay 2, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    I'll never think of peanut butter the same way again.

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  2. UnknownMay 2, 2011 at 12:47 AM

    wonder if there were beautiful virgins waiting for him in his "paradise".

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