Sarah Palin's Alaska..."the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable" (hat-tip Oscar Wilde)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Posted at 12:53 PM ET, 12/ 6/2010
The hunting and the snark -- Sarah Palin shoots caribou. I'm unimpressed.
By Alexandra Petri

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2010/12/the_hunting_and_the_snark_--_s.html



Oscar Wilde called "the English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable." I am not calling Sarah Palin "unspeakable," or the apparently "tiny" -- according to Piper Palin -- caribou she shot "uneatable," but who knows what Wilde would have done had he been in my position.

I apologize for writing about Sarah Palin again. But Sarah Palin's Alaska is like a serialized TLC version of The Ring. If you watch it, it consumes you from within unless you pass it on to others.

Besides, this week Sarah Palin shot a caribou. I don't know much about the size of caribou, other than what I've learned from playing Buck Hunter, but Piper Palin seems unimpressed, and Piper would know. I like Piper. She is a straight shooter, unlike, apparently, her mother -- who claims that it was some sort of problem with the sights.

But hunting is a peculiar pastime. It's the true oldest profession, the one thing that binds cavemen, English gentry, and the protagonists of the TLC series Bama Belles. Hunting is a Lifestyle Sport, a pursuit that comes with its own noun. You don't hunt. You are a Hunter. Only a few other activities fall into this category -- there are Runners and Cyclists, Swimmers and Tree-Huggers. But play basketball in your spare time, and you aren't a basketball player. What you probably are is President Obama.

[XanaDUer]

1. And I see Ms. Kate Gosselin will be on an ep

and SP is going to pertect her and her brood from the big ole bears with a bigger gun. Fun times, fun times.

[XanaDUer]

2. I liked Piper when she told her mother to get away

with her "prom" hair. There may be hope for some members of the Palin Family yet. I foresee a Mommy Dearest-type tome in about 10-15 years from Piper.

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. Once Again, America's White Trash Family!

How many times do I have to say that?!