Those boys at HBO sure know how to have fun. Putting former President Bush’s head on a pole in their “Game of Thrones” show is the essence of good taste and jocularity. Of course the tepid mea culpas by the network are supposed to deflect any criticism. No one will be fired, count on it.

Now here’s an obvious question. What would have happened if President Obama’s head were “inadvertently” placed on a stick? How many “heads would roll” on that little “mistake?” Pun intended.

Denny Andrews, Bellevue