Today was Thanksgiving – a very enjoyable holiday – so why would I risk ruining that positive feeling with a suggestion in very bad taste?  I guess that is just the kind of person I am.  The other day, we all saw the scene on television where Alaska Governor Sarah Palin “pardoned” one turkey at a turkey farm near Wasilla, and then amiably chatted away with a TV reporter while the gruesome slaughter of another turkey took place on camera a few yards behind her.  During the recent campaign, a contributing factor to Ms. Palin’s stardom was her hunting prowess.  There is nothing quite like shooting animals from an airplane to bring out the best character traits in all of us… or so I have heard. 

The scene at the turkey farm got me to thinking: Who, or what, would I most like to have slaughtered under the smiling gaze of Sarah Palin?  The two possibilities that come to my mind are both characters from irritating television commercials: the gecko in those Geico Insurance ads (in the animal category) and the Commissioner of the More Taste League in those Miller Lite ads (in the human category). 

Okay, now the disclaimer, like the ones you hear at the end of so many commercials on TV or radio:  This is not intended to advocate the murder of actors who are trying to make a living pitching a product.  It is the fictitious characters themselves who I would like to see bumped off.  No harm intended to any real person or animal.