A bit blunt, perhaps. Didn't some guy issue an open challenge to Bin Laden for a duel a while back? I think he claimed to be in the Knights Templar or something. It was actually a very well-written letter. Ridiculous, but well-written.

Sandra Bernhard did a hilarious rant about Osama being a big old fag and a very funny imitation of the big-eyed, languidly faggy way he looks into a camera. Did you see the National Enquirer coverage of his marriage to Saddam? And of the shaved ape baby they spawned?

I didn't, but I'm happy to see you aren't just ruining your eyes reading policy journals.

My eyes are fine, but I'm worried about the havoc that writing is wreaking on your poor wrists and elbows. I think it's time to establish the Amy Alkon Massage Fund.

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are we then suggesting that osama bin laden is not, in fact, a pussy?

No, I was not suggesting that Osama Bin Laden is not a pussy. In fact he very well might be a large one. The point of my Op-Ed piece is that this should not pass for intelligent discourse in network news. Schoolyard taunts. Give me a break.