MPACUK.....
Global Muslim Fury As Bush Shoe Assassin Misses

All criticism against the journalist is baseless and rejected by MPACUK as throwing a shoe from such a distance at a President with ape-like agility is extremely difficult.

Classy.
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Wafa Khayat, 48, a doctor in the West Bank town of Nablus, called the attack “a message to Bush and all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people.”

My irony meter just exploded

Can you imagine any Muslim ''journalist'' trying this against any Islamic ruler in any of Islam's 57 countries?.....and living?

size 10 huh? probably his IQ

W should have come back with " Missed me, you Persian shoe!"

Matthews and Olby believe he is a hero also.
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Reposted from the DT:

Rant on:
I for one would like to know just what the *sshole is so pissed off about.

Is he mad that oil revenue is now going to the people to pay for schools and hospitals instead of to a dictator to pay for palaces and armies of suicide bombers?

Is he mad because his wife and daughter won't be raped in retaliation for some perceived offense he may have committed (like throwing shoes at a press conference)?

Maybe he's an out of work industrial shredder repair man who wants to get back to work cleaning human bone and gristle out of a plastic shredder? Or a grave digger who liked the convenience of digging mass graves?

Or maybe, just maybe, he's some arrogant, impotent, needle-d*cked little schmuck who hasn't got the b*lls to do for himself what the United States military did for him and now he's too embarrassed to admit it., and too unable to just be a man, say "thank you" and take responsibility for maintaining the freedom that American blood and treasure bought for him.

/Rant off

Where was the Secret Service? One shoe . . . bad enough. TWO?!

Al-Jazeera television interviewed Saddam’s former chief lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, who offered to defend al-Zeidi, calling him a “hero.”

I thought you had to blow up women and children to be called a hero by Arabs.

As Dennis Praeger stated this morning: the fact that one felt free enough to so such a thing is alone proof that we have had a positive effect in Iraq.

As Charles correctly pointed out: "Of course, anyone who tried such a thing with Saddam Hussein would have been tortured, murdered, and dumped into a mass grave."

Of course, anyone who tried such a thing with Saddam Hussein would have been tortured, murdered, and dumped into a mass grave.

Exactly. Just goes to show that the freedom and democracy rubbed off on him no matter how much the shoe thrower dislikes it.

Like you said had he done that under Saddam he'd have been hooked up to a car battery...

Libyan group gives shoe-throwing reporter award

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush was given a bravery award on Monday by a Libyan charity group chaired by leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter.
......
"Waatassimou group has taken the decision to give Muntazer Al Zaidi the courage award ... because what he did represents a victory for human rights across the world," the group, headed by Aicha Gaddafi, said in a statement.

Heh.

Wafa Khayat, 48, a doctor in the West Bank town of Nablus, called the attack “a message to Bush and all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people.” ...

I get so sick and tired of hearing these morons whine about being "humiliated". Waah, waah, waaaaahhhh. It's all about their 'feelings' and how everything affects them.

Life is tough, you ridiculous creature. Deal with it.

I wonder if they were " Bruno Maglia" shoes. The shoes of discriminating murders and terrorists world wide!

What I wanted see was Bush catch the shoe and peg the guy with it

The Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at George W. Bush yesterday is rather predictably being hailed as a hero by the Arab world.

Heck, he's being hailed as a hero by the commenters at Kos and HuffPo.

An embarrassment for the Arabs for sure, as they have not graduated into the 'civilized world'.

Also the 'journalists' in our own media could be thanked, as they daily showed a shining example for the world to 'aspire to'.

re: #12 Killgore Trout

Libyan group gives shoe-throwing reporter award

Heh.

Yup I saw that. Get the F-111's fueled up I say!

I'm just happy the Arab didn't cure Bush's mustache.

re: #14 buzzsawmonkey

A toast to the President's "ape-like agility"!

It looked to me like he had been ducking shoes his whole life.

re: #17 Ringo the Gringo

Heck, he's being hailed as a hero by the commenters at Kos and HuffPo.

Great minds Stupid people think alike!

re: #16 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What I wanted see was Bush catch the shoe and peg the guy with it

Now that would've been a truly American moment.

re: #20 WrathofG-d

I'm just happy the Arab didn't cure Bush's mustache.

I'll just try that again:

I'm just happy that the tosser didn't curse Bush's mustache.

re: #18 Sir Napsalot

An embarrassment for the Arabs for sure, as they have not graduated into the 'civilized world'.

Also the 'journalists' in our own media could be thanked, as they daily showed a shining example for the world to 'aspire to'.

Maybe they went to School in Russia. The Moscow Universities Krushev School of diplomacy?

re: #3 mean Gene

Can you imagine any Muslim ''journalist'' trying this against any Islamic ruler in any of Islam's 57 countries?.....and living?

57? Why does that number sound so familiar?

Iraqi TV?

It's based in Cairo.

Chinese food in NY is not Chinese food.

EVERYONE OUT NOW.

See how many years of not having shoes at all can be tolerated.

BBL.

re: #13 gop_patriot

all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people.” ...

My reply? You first!

gotta say the guy threw the shoes real well, had bush not used the gorilla moves either one would have beaned him. good throwing from a distance i must say.

He isn't a hero in my book and at this point my book is the only one that counts!

The blame for the disrespect for the United States around the world belongs to the Left-Wing Peace Movement that began its attack against our country in the '60s.
Ever since it's been "COOL" to blame America, those that should thank and respect the U.S. are spitting in our face.
John Kerry and his kind are to blame.

Power to the Correct People!
(They love their country.)

The Arab World Loves To Celebrate.

Actions have consequences.
Heck even Bill Clinton got physical when Saddam tried to kill Bush 41.
Time to go into Sadr City etc. and give Muckety Muck and his closest friends a goodbye gift.

What will people do to combat the current evil in the world when McChimpyHalliburtonBusHitler steps down and turns over the keys to Our Messiah-King on 20 January 2009?

And don't you love it when the MSM tries to pretend that the media over there represents anyone but the dictators.

Of course the dictators hate him. Isn't that a sign bush was doing SOMETHING right?

Too bad this incident is apparently distracting Bush from his master plan for numerous "false flag" attacks against his own country as a pretense for declaring permanent martial law and ceding control of the country to Blackwater, according to various moonbat websites over the years.

The Arab World Are a Celebratory Sort

George has some knowledge of pro baseball. A quick snag and throwback to home plate would have been perfect.

Yep, all it takes to be an Islamic hero is to throw a shoe. They do not understand that in a free society with free speech, that is no big deal. Try it in any of the other 56 Islamic States and a quick death will occur.

If I know W at all, he thought to himself that this was so much less than what the soldiers went through, he couldn't even get mad about it.
Nonetheless, that particular Iraqi is an ingrate, but one guy is hardly representative.

I just wonder if said reporter would dare pull that stunt on a Russian or Chinese leader or diplomat? I doubt it.

re: #8 Creeping Eruption

Where was the Secret Service? One shoe . . . bad enough. TWO?!

I heard on the radio this morning that Bush signaled the Secret Service to hold back. I think he knew pretty quickly what the extent of the threat was.

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

He's a hero on DailyKos too, so it's not exactly a surprise.

I could just imagine the outrage if he caught the second show in midair and flung it right back at him.

re: #22 Buck

It looked to me like he had been ducking shoes his whole life.

Wrong President. The one I'm thinking of has been ducking lamps.

re: #27 CyanSnowHawk

57? Why does that number sound so familiar?

Supposedly the number of US states according to a speech given by Our Messiah-King on the Quest for the Heavenly Throne earlier this year.

I am so sick and tired of this garbage. God only knows how great our country is. These ungrateful pricks remind me of a spoiled teenager yelling at mom and dad, all the while living under their roof.

re: #33 WrathofG-d

I didn't watch all of it. I can only stomach singing cows so much.

re: #42 CyanSnowHawk

I heard on the radio this morning that Bush signaled the Secret Service to hold back. I think he knew pretty quickly what the extent of the threat was.

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

Well, first he would have to explain the concept.
Then, I doubt they would believe the words of a crusader.

re: #42 CyanSnowHawk

I heard on the radio this morning that Bush signaled the Secret Service to hold back. I think he knew pretty quickly what the extent of the threat was.

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

His signal to that lead SS agent to hold back is visible on the tape but it was only AFTER the second shoe had already been thrown.

I guarantee that a pair of shoes will be the latest lefty symbol.

He's also a hero for the American MSM!

Hmmm... could it be that an American journalist put him up to it?

It is well known that Saddam was responsible for the deaths of close to a Million Muslim, Arab, Kurd, and Iranians.

Even this journalist knows this.

Arab on Arab violence seems to be acceptable. I will never understand this.

You guys are missing the point. The brave second reporter in the orange shirt immediately sprang to action and saved president Bush from further humiliation. Once again the MSM saves the day!

/Cog mode off

The Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at George W. Bush yesterday is rather predictably being hailed as a hero by the Arab world.

So are these guys. And still no sign of Gilad Shalit.

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel released 224 Palestinian prisoners Monday in a gesture to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and jubilant detainees waving Palestinian flags jumped on the roof of one of the buses carrying them to freedom.

OT:

Caroline Kennedy will be given Hillary's Seante seat... Way to go Gov. Patterson!

Will of the people, my ass...

“Bush, Bush, listen well: Two shoes on your head,”

Worse Nike slogan ever.

Anyone know how throwing shoes is covered under Status of Forces Agreement about to be signed?

“Bush, Bush, listen well: Two shoes on your head,”

I'm sure that lost something in the translation. Otherwise, it does not actually qualify as a "chant."

re: #34 lifeofthemind

Actions have consequences.
Heck even Bill Clinton got physical when Saddam tried to kill Bush 41.
Time to go into Sadr City etc. and give Muckety Muck and his closest friends a goodbye gift.

I think we should use our stealth building demo teams. It should be easy to raze the headquarters of that fool's employer and leave not a single trace that we did it.

/I hear that we're pretty good at that.
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re: #3 mean Gene

Can you imagine any Muslim ''journalist'' trying this against any Islamic ruler in any of Islam's 57 countries?.....and living?

Or any reporter in the United States doing this to a visiting Muslim ruler in any of our 58 states.

Fox news just reported that Caroline Kennedy WILL now seek Hilliary's seat? Well hell she has about as much experience as out President Elect? But will she be Senator Kennedy or Senator Scholsberg? Or what ever her husband's name is?

I bet Dubya always won at "Dodgeball" back in the day.

re: #55 tfc3rid

OT:

Caroline Kennedy will be given Hillary's Seante seat... Way to go Gov. Patterson!

Will of the people, my ass...

is that the sweet caroline of a song by niel diamond

This event and everything that the lefties say and do FURTHER EMPHASIZES THE GREATNESS OF OUR COUNTRY.

are you kidding me? give up the kennedy handle? she'd die first re: #61 Nevergiveup

Fox news just reported that Caroline Kennedy WILL now seek Hilliary's seat? Well hell she has about as much experience as out President Elect? But will she be Senator Kennedy or Senator Scholsberg? Or what ever her husband's name is?

re: #42 CyanSnowHawk

I heard on the radio this morning that Bush signaled the Secret Service to hold back. I think he knew pretty quickly what the extent of the threat was.

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

Oooh! Oooh! I know! It would humiliate them.

/ugh

The Secret Service failed miserably on this one. Dude should have been dead before he hit the ground - with one shoe still on.

re: #56 Opinionated

Worse Nike slogan ever.

Swoosh...."Just Do it"...In Arabic that would be...

LOL, try that with any Arab dictator. Muslim Arabs are the biggest pussies on the planet.

re: #47 David IV of Georgia

I didn't watch all of it. I can only stomach singing cows so much.

The celebratory behavior of the "Arab world" is not surprising to me at all, and it really shouldn't be to anyone else here on LGF. Unless we have forgotten why LGF went from an ex-musician's blog about who-knows-what to a powerhouse of Anti-Jihadist/Islamist news source.

re: #66 gop_patriot

Oooh! Oooh! I know! It would humiliate them...

Breathing humiliates these people.... SHEESH!

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

Or any reporter in the United States doing this to a visiting Muslim ruler in any of our 58 states.

When does Amadenejad make his next appearance at Columbia?
I'll donate a Ferragamo for that prick!

re: #69 SFGoth
hello goth

re: #61 Nevergiveup

Fox news just reported that Caroline Kennedy WILL now seek Hilliary's seat? Well hell she has about as much experience as out President Elect? But will she be Senator Kennedy or Senator Scholsberg? Or what ever her husband's name is?

Not seek it... There is no election. The governor will appoint her...

Frome the text quoted above:

"Wafa Khayat, 48, a doctor in the West Bank town of Nablus, called the attack “a message to Bush and all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people."

Right, fine - I say, all Western states withdraw any of their humiliating aid to these nations, and let them get on with killing themselves all by themselves.

Problem solved.

re: #72 IslandLibertarian

When does Amadenejad make his next appearance at Columbia?
I'll donate a Ferragamo for that prick!

You'll end up in prison...

Rush made the point this morning.

This proof we've won.

This guy would have been tossed in the shredder under Saddam.

With GWB he gets tossed from the room and made a celebrity.

re: #73 apachegunner

hello goth

Umm, hello.

' Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in anger at U.S. policies ...'

. In the day, each journalist present would have been had his or her personal loyalty audited by the industrial shredder.

re: #74 tfc3rid

Not seek it... There is no election. The governor will appoint her...

Yes seek his appointment.

re: #70 WrathofG-d
i thought that lgf was a bycicle blog

re: #56 Opinionated

Worse Nike slogan ever.

I had no idea that the Muslims were so fashion forward.

re: #72 IslandLibertarian

When does Amadenejad make his next appearance at Columbia? I'll donate a Ferragamo for that prick!

I have a pair I haven't been able to get some dried shit off of!

re: #74 tfc3rid

Not seek it... There is no election. The governor will appoint her...

What's the going rate for an appointment?

re: #82 apachegunner

i thought that lgf was a bycicle blog

I dunno. I got here after 9/11.

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

I have a pair I haven't been able to get some dried shit off of!

Biological weapon?

re: #81 Nevergiveup

Yes seek his appointment.

I think the Gov. will give it to her... I still always think there should be a special election... Especially consiering the circumstances in IL with the very same situation...

re: #61 Nevergiveup

Fox news just reported that Caroline Kennedy WILL now seek Hilliary's seat? Well hell she has about as much experience as out President Elect? But will she be Senator Kennedy or Senator Scholsberg? Or what ever her husband's name is?

I can only hope that if Eli Manning goes down, Patterson doesn't appoint his little sister to fill the position.

re: #42 CyanSnowHawk

I heard on the radio this morning that Bush signaled the Secret Service to hold back. I think he knew pretty quickly what the extent of the threat was.

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

I am unfamiliar with the nuances of the mores of Muslim culture.
Although I would like to have the man hung by his entrails for insulting the United States,
I think it would be a wiser move to treat him, not just humanely, but royally. Feed him with the best foods and clothe him well and release him. See that his family is well provided for. And allow his friends and neighbors to discover that his benefactor is the US.
The may not say it, but I bet they would wonder if he is a tool of the US and that this was all some sort of stunt.

My personal convictions are to forgive without conditions such an insult to myself.

re: #85 ErnieG

What's the going rate for an appointment?

I gotta figure if Illinois seat was going for 12 to 15 milion. NY's must be 30 million. No problem for a Kennedy or a Steinbrenner?

77 jcm
12/15/08 11:02:10 am

80 Tumulus11
12/15/08 11:02:28 am

. Per Rush.

Throwing Shoe To Power

Don't you feel the revolutionary tingle?

The MSM is now reporting that, on top of everything else, some poor reporter was forced to go barefoot because security would not return his shoes.
The United Nations began drafting resolutions demanding the shoes be given to their historical rightful owner. Muslim charities and mosques began collecting funds for the shoes right of return. In the meantime, the shoes are being imprisoned in a squalid refugee camp with no rights and minimal subsistence.
Worldwide protests for this Thursday will include prayers for the shoes and a call for sacrifice until the shoes are returned to full status.

In other news not reported in the MSM, 23 honor killings occurred in pachistan, suicide bombers killed 315 people in Iraq and India, and calls for the destruction of the West continued.

re: #88 tfc3rid

I think the Gov. will give it to her... I still always think there should be a special election... Especially consiering the circumstances in IL with the very same situation...

Think she will profess to being a Yankee or Met fan?

re: #92 Nevergiveup

I gotta figure if Illinois seat was going for 12 to 15 milion. NY's must be 30 million. No problem for a Kennedy or a Steinbrenner?

They may need to re-rename the Triborough Bridge after Caroline.

re: #92 Nevergiveup

I gotta figure if Illinois seat was going for 12 to 15 milion. NY's must be 30 million. No problem for a Kennedy or a Steinbrenner?

Is it just an appointment until the next general election? Is it for 2 years or 4?

As the shoe-thrower was getting dressed that morning, did he pack another pair of shoes? Did he put on his old, worn-out Nunn Bush shoes, knowing he probably wasn't going to get them back?

Enquiring minds want to know!

re: #98 lifeofthemind

Is it just an appointment until the next general election? Is it for 2 years or 4?

What do i look like a lawyer. I'm a dentist?

I'm sure that before he threw his shoes at Bush, this individual was an unbiased reporter!

Likewise, leftists throw pies at people like Anne Coulter.

US Media throw curveballs at the President.

In their minds they're David standing up to Goliath.

BUT they're too cowardly to confront REAL evil. Where was this shoe-tossing wimp 5 years ago on Dec. 13th, 2003 when Saddam crawled out of his spideyhole?

Licking Saddam's boots was this "reporter"'s specialty.

re: #86 WrathofG-d

I dunno. I got here after 9/11.

me too but I've heard them speak of the early days of Charles's blog

These are the shoes my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd dance and whine .....

Meatloaf again today.

re: #104 ploome hineni

yeah

release the shoes

Has anyone made the accused try on the shoe? If the Shoe don't fit.......

What makes Muslims angry:

Cartoons
Soccer Balls
Israel
The US
Life

What makes Muslims happy:

Planes flying into buildings
Shoe tossing

re: #42 CyanSnowHawk

Question about Muslim culture. What happens if Bush publicly forgives the shoe thrower?

They'd probably think he was a Christian or something.

re: #98 lifeofthemind

Is it just an appointment until the next general election? Is it for 2 years or 4?

Next Senate election in NY for that seat is 2012...

re: #109 Opinionated

What makes Muslims angry:

Cartoons
Soccer Balls
Israel
The US
Life

What makes Muslims happy:

Planes flying into buildings
Shoe tossing

Don't forget to add: kidnapping and killing Jews.

Is it just my imagination, or was President Bush still smiling after the first shoe? “HA! You can do better than that, Girlie Man!”

re: #97 NYCHardhat

They may need to re-rename the Triborough Bridge after Caroline.

^{/Psst! Ixnay on the Idge-bray for the Ennedy-Kay.}

re: #109 Opinionated

What makes Muslims angry:

Cartoons
Soccer Balls
Israel
The US
Life

What makes Muslims happy:

Planes flying into buildings
Shoe tossing

Don't forget that Hamas was holding that people tossing contest of of Fatah buildings!

re: #109 Opinionated

What makes Muslims angry:

Cartoons
Soccer Balls
Israel
The US
Life

What makes Muslims happy:

Planes flying into buildings
Shoe tossing

Cutting off heads with knifes

re: #107 father_of_10

Meatloaf again today.

I'm not much of a meat-loaf fan (those words just sound wrong together) but Mr. Russkilitlover loves it so I make it from time to time. I have a terrific Serbian meat loaf recipe with both ground beef and pork, and a bacon wrapping. It's actually quite tasty.

Take off your
Shoes for industry!

/firesign theater

re: #16 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What I wanted see was Bush catch the shoe and peg the guy with it

Stick some bacon in it first.

re: #113 Amer-I-Can

Is it just my imagination, or was President Bush still smiling after the first shoe? “HA! You can do better than that, Girlie Man!”

You saw it right

Bush Is In Good Company!
(the peaceful Left?)

My own local paper treated the incident as a joke.

Of course, anyone who tried such a thing with Saddam Hussein would have been tortured, murdered, and dumped into a mass grave.

It would be interesting to see the perspective the Worlds press would apply to this same incident if it had been Obama on the receiving end.

We have already seen how they crucified a single individual merely for daring to question the Chosen Ones proposed tax plan.

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter, has graduated from chucking rocks at tanks to throwing shoes at a head of state...and you don't believe in evolution?

re: #122 ploome hineni

meanwhile....get out the violins

Prince Alwaleed Loses 19% of Wealth on Global Slump
By Shaji Mathew

See, there is a silver lining to every cloud.

re: #117 Russkilitlover

I'm not much of a meat-loaf fan (those words just sound wrong together) but Mr. Russkilitlover loves it so I make it from time to time. I have a terrific Serbian meat loaf recipe with both ground beef and pork, and a bacon wrapping. It's actually quite tasty.

Mmmm! Bacon wrapping!

re: #111 tfc3rid

Next Senate election in NY for that seat is 2012...

Well the world's going to end then, so who cares?
/

re: #100 ploome hineni

yes, we won

we are better than these shit slinging moneys

now lets send them more money, and facilitate their immigration to the USA

Better than an Obama premature withdrawal.

"If you can dodge a shoe, you can run a country."

/Patches O'Houlihan

re: #127 CyanSnowHawk

Mmmm! Bacon wrapping!

Two greatest words in the English language!

re: #116 2by2

Cutting off heads with knifes

Whining and Seething, it's a Twofer for Trwoofers

re: #122 ploome hineni

meanwhile....get out the violins

Prince Alwaleed Loses 19% of Wealth on Global Slump
By Shaji Mathew

Maybe he invested with Madoff.
:-)

So I guess this means that Caroline Kennedy will sending her kids to NYC public schools now?

So much for the myth we've heard so much about over the last 7 years that Arabs/Muslims are such welcoming and hospitable hosts.

re: #134 dhg4

LOL

Of course, anyone who tried such a thing with Saddam Hussein would have been tortured, murdered, and dumped into a mass grave.

Charles, did you read Michael Totten's new post? He's such a fantastic writer, although I would love to see him do a story showing the school building that our troops do rather than them just knocking down doors. Anyway, when he went out on a mission with the guys he's embedded with, he said Baghdad feels like a different planet even than Kuwait. It seems like parallel universes where a life of dignity, work, education, etc. is irrelevant to people like the shoe thrower, who seems stuck on ego.

re: #125 jorline

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter, has graduated from chucking rocks at tanks to throwing shoes at a head of state...and you don't believe in evolution?

Back in the day, he would have qualified for a coveted Darwin Award.

re: #137 Prester John

So much for the myth we've heard so much about over the last 7 years that Arabs/Muslims are such welcoming and hospitable hosts.

What . . . ? They'll even give you the shoes off their feet.

Has anyone stopped to think, that could easily have been a shoe bomb such as used by Richard Reid, but using an impact fuse instead.

re: #137 Prester John

So much for the myth we've heard so much about over the last 7 years that Arabs/Muslims are such welcoming and hospitable hosts.

What are you talking about? They'll give you the shoes off their feet!

“a message to Bush and all the U.S. policy makers that they have to stop killing and humiliating people.”

Has anyone ever considered that Arabs and Muslims may need more humiliation, rather than less? What is the proper amount of humility for peoples that nurture terrorists, tolerate oppressive governments, and complain all the time that they are being treated unjustly, while never considering the injustices they inflict upon others?

Charles it is not often I call you out and say you are wrong but you made an error here!

There is zero possibility the thrower of a shoe at Saddam would have been given the privilege of even the presence of a mass grave. The body would have been left to rot where it fell and the family of the victim sent the bill for removing the smell.

Accuracy, Charles, accuracy.

re: #16 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What I wanted see was Bush catch the shoe and peg the guy with it

Either that or see Bush go up to him while the SS had him and take off his own shoe and smack him upside the head.

re: #124 Outrider

It would be interesting to see the perspective the Worlds press would apply to this same incident if it had been Obama on the receiving end.

No one is going to toss anything at Obama, if you don't count Chris Matthews tossing his panties.

re: #131 ichef

greatest movie EVER

re: #142 Outrider

Has anyone stopped to think, that could easily have been a shoe bomb such as used by Richard Reid, but using an impact fuse instead.

How many years were you in the Army?

Obviously the CIA and NSA used a catapult to launch the shoes at Bush to justify a new invasion into Candyland.

Just read the Troofer article btw.

I have not read all the comments above, but I humbly submit that, if someone at Colombia had tossed a shoe at Dinnerjacket when he was there, that person would be a hero to LGFers.

re: #124 Outrider

My own local paper treated the incident as a joke.

It would be interesting to see the perspective the Worlds press would apply to this same incident if it had been Obama on the receiving end.

We have already seen how they crucified a single individual merely for daring to question the Chosen Ones proposed tax plan.

* * *
Exactly. Joe the Plumber (and his records) was "investigated" by the whole state of Ohio's leftist-machine-with-fake-day-jobs distributing other people's money. For politely asking a question of a politician standing in Joe's front yard!

re: #45 FurryOldGuyJeans

Actually he acknowledged all SIXTY states! He sad he'd been to 57, wasn't sure which one he'd missed-and then said he wasn't including Hawaii or Alaska (since they aren't contiguous). So he did remember ALL 60 states......:>).

Here's Michael Totten's link:

[Link: www.michaeltotten.com...]

Of course, anyone who tried such a thing with Saddam Hussein would have been tortured, murdered, and dumped into a mass grave.

Actually, Saddam adhered to the Hama rules.

A threat to him meant you killed the poor soul's family. His extended family. His village. Every last remnant of his line of existence. The moment you allow a moment of dissent such as this, you lost face. You lost power.

He did this time and time again. Murdered hundreds of thousands.

He made fathers watch their children die. He made wives watch their husbands murdered. He made husbands watch their wives get raped.

He was a barbarian and he was cruel. He was a dictator.

This guy is a fan of Che Guevara and socialist dictators. He's been held by the US on suspicions of being in with the insurgency. He's been kidnapped by the terrorists. He's got a beef, and he had his chance.

And he missed.

Yes, I know that the Secret Service should have done a better job and never let this guy get anywhere near him. But while the media hails this guy as a hero, I wonder just how many of these so-called journalists would get up and toss shoes at Bashar Assad, Hosni Mubarak; Nasrallah; the Saudi leaders; Ahamdinejad and the mad mullahs; or any of the other so called leaders of the Arab world.

It wouldn't happen - precisely because they know what the consequences would be. It would be a death sentence. That all that this guy is facing is a jail sentence, if that, tells you all you need to know about the depravity of the Arab world. They just don't get that freedom of speech and the ability to get up and insult the most powerful man on the world is an inalienable right, but if you even look at a dictator crossways, you'll end up in a plastic shredder.

Just ask the families destroyed by Saddam at Dujail.

re: #146 ploome hineni

a friend of mine lost 4 mil with Madoff

I wish I had friends who could loose 4 mil? Just saying?

re: #140 ErnieG

Back in the day, he would have qualified for a coveted Darwin Award.

My favorite: Living on Zionist Time.

re: #13 gop_patriot

I get so sick and tired of hearing these morons whine about being "humiliated". Waah, waah, waaaaahhhh.

I've read many times, in different contexts, that whining is systemic in Arab culture (along with dissembling).

The grandfather of the present King of Jordan wrote in his memoirs, regarding claims being made in his day that Zionists were stealing Palestinian land:
"It is made quite clear to all, both by the map drawn up by the Simpson Commission and another compiled by the Peel Commission, that the Arabs are as prodigal in selling their land as they are in useless wailing and weeping."

The Arabs have raised this kind of crap to a World-class art-form.

re: #152 DeafDog

I have not read all the comments above, but I humbly submit that, if someone at Colombia had tossed a shoe at Dinnerjacket when he was there, that person would be a hero to LGFers.

We're Americans, and expect the shoe to hit.

re: #148 Opinionated

No one is going to toss anything at Obama, if you don't count Chris Matthews tossing his panties.

ROTFLMAO!

Raw Video - Update - Hundreds demonstrate in Basra to support arrested shoe throwing journalist

Notice that the protesters are guarded by coalition (probably American) troops?

re: #143 Russkilitlover

What are you talking about? They'll give you the shoes off their feet!

GMTA

Coming soon to Baghdad... from the producers of 'So You Think You Can Dance?'...

'So You Think You Can Hit the President of the United States with Your Shoes?'

It's gonna be a huge hit in Iraq, on TV right after No Law & No Order.

re: #117 Russkilitlover

I'm not much of a meat-loaf fan (those words just sound wrong together) but Mr. Russkilitlover loves it so I make it from time to time. I have a terrific Serbian meat loaf recipe with both ground beef and pork, and a bacon wrapping. It's actually quite tasty.

A recipie for meatloaf? Who a tunhk it! I just use -- stuff. Sometimes this, sometimes that. It is never bad, always good and often great.

re: #125 jorline

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter, has graduated from chucking rocks at tanks to throwing shoes at a head of state...and you don't believe in evolution?

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Good one. That's definite proof right there~

re: #150 Nevergiveup

How many years were you in the Army?

21. Why?

re: #122 ploome hineni

meanwhile....get out the violins

Prince Alwaleed Loses 19% of Wealth on Global Slump
By Shaji Mathew

Check out the list of his investments, think of a Why?
Apple Computer
Citicorp
News Corp
Motorola
AOL
Disney

re: #116 2by2

Cutting off heads with knives

Dull knives.

re: #122 ploome hineni

And the "crash" on oil prices ain't doing a lot to the bottom line for quite a few other dictatorial autocrats either.

re: #55 tfc3rid

OT:

Caroline Kennedy will be given Hillary's Seante seat... Way to go Gov. Patterson!

Will of the people, my ass...

Disgusting ...they might as well go ahead and name the White House ...The Chicago Outfit Compound ...it will be full of thugs ...every dang appointment that has been made is a payback ...this has been the most disgusting, vile, election that I can remember ...

All you need to do is go back through the primary process endorsements and you could have made up Obama's picks with one exception ...John Edwards and we all know how that turned out ..all the endorsements were planned to the minute ...

Caroline Kennedy I guess approves of Obama's friend William Ayers and his mention of her uncle's killer in his book ...

Spit on all of them ....

He should run for office.
He'd be a shoe in.

re: #168 Outrider

21. Why?

Well the explosives in the shoe thing was more detailed than normal. And I was joking. Shit I'm only in the Navy, I had to look it up.

re: #117 Russkilitlover

I'm not much of a meat-loaf fan (those words just sound wrong together) but Mr. Russkilitlover loves it so I make it from time to time. I have a terrific Serbian meat loaf recipe with both ground beef and pork, and a bacon wrapping. It's actually quite tasty.

About 10 days ago it was "Ye Olde Style Meat Loaf" I can't say that today's meta loaf is any different from Ye Olde Style. Green peppers in this one. Better than the mutton stew and frybread that was on Friday.

re: #169 lifeofthemind

Check out the list of his investments, think of a Why?
Apple Computer
Citicorp
News Corp
Motorola
AOL
Disney

Diversification of a trust obviously

re: #162 Killgore Trout

Raw Video - Update - Hundreds demonstrate in Basra to support arrested shoe throwing journalist

Notice that the protesters are guarded by coalition (probably American) troops?

And this is in BASRA, for cryin' out loud, which suffered enormously under Saddam! The irony utterly escapes these politicized assholes.

re: #142 Outrider

Has anyone stopped to think, that could easily have been a shoe bomb such as used by Richard Reid, but using an impact fuse instead.

I would hope security would be a little better. And think it probably is.

Operationally, harder. The GWB visit was no notice. The reporters where probably told a presser was being given. That GWB was going to be there told them after they were assembled. An assassin would have to be ready 24/7 on the chance he gets called to a meeting with the POTUS.

But, yes it's possible. It's very hard to defend against an assassin who is willing to die in the attempt.

GWB went to Baghdad knowing the risks.

re: #173 swamprat

He should run for office.
He'd be a shoe in.

Makes it easier for him to put his foot in his mouth...

what a thankless s.o.b.
and now revered by other thankless s.o.b.'s
i hope there are a few people in iraq who appreciate that pres. bush took a monster from their midst.

re: #163 Creeping Eruption

GMTA

Your mind is 3 seconds faster than mine this am!

re: #152 DeafDog

I have not read all the comments above, but I humbly submit that, if someone at Colombia had tossed a shoe at Dinnerjacket when he was there, that person would be a hero to LGFers.

* * *
It is deaf & dumb to equate President Bush and Ahmedinejad, in my opinion.

The latter deserves condemnation while President Bush is a liberator and force for good on the planet.

re: #152 DeafDog

I'd just be reminded of Austin Powers (first movie) with Random Task throwing his shoe into Austin's forehead.

"Ow, that really hurt! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"

It's a ridiculous situation no matter who, what, where, whatever.

re: #142 Outrider
extremely good point!

I thought that after watching the first couple GWB press conferences back in 2001, the Secret Service would have put David Gregory & Katie Couric masks on and practiced this.

re: #182 alegrias

* * *
It is deaf & dumb to equate President Bush and Ahmedinejad, in my opinion.

The latter deserves condemnation while President Bush is a liberator and force for good on the planet.

ditto

re: #151 swpaul

Obviously the CIA and NSA used a catapult to launch the shoes at Bush to justify a new invasion into Candyland.

Just read the Troofer article btw.

Just like Zimbabwe blaming 'The West' for its cholera epidemic.

re: #162 Killgore Trout

Raw Video - Update - Hundreds demonstrate in Basra to support arrested shoe throwing journalist

Notice that the protesters are guarded by coalition (probably American) troops?

Leftoids doing out-reach so as to get the proper anti American Imperialism feel to the whole event.

re: #185 rwmofo

I thought that after watching the first couple GWB press conferences back in 2001, the Secret Service would have put David Gregory & Katie Couric masks on and practiced this.

I bet Gregory throws like a girl, not so sure about Couric?

re: #176 FurryOldGuyJeans

Diversification of a trust obviously

Technology and Media, influence over a social sector, beyond a strictly financial investment.

re: #122 ploome hineni

meanwhile....get out the violins

And the Europeans call us stupid?

Top banks admit huge losses in Wall Street 'pyramid' fraud.

British, French, Japanese and Spanish banks and funds said investments totaling billions of dollars (euros) could be wiped off their balance sheets by a scandal that is set to affect some of the richest people in the world.

1. Royal Bank of Scotland said it could lose about 400 million pounds (598 million dollars, 444 million euros).
2. France's Natixis investment bank, already brought low by subprime losses, put its maximum exposure at 450 million euros (606 million dollars).
3. Japanese financial giant Nomura said it could lose up to 303 million dollars and officials in South Korea said financial institutions there a total exposure of some 95 million dollars to Madoff's scandal-hit investment scheme.
4. Shares in Santander, the biggest bank in Spain and the second largest in Europe after HSBC , plunged after the lender said it had an exposure of more than three billion dollars to Madoff Investment Securities in New York.

I'm sure there were guarantee's to beach front property in Arizona to those European banks as well.

re: #160 itellu3times

We're Americans, and expect the shoe to hit.

I would have connected my size 12's Florsheims right on the nogg'n.

re: #174 Nevergiveup

Well the explosives in the shoe thing was more detailed than normal. And I was joking. Shit I'm only in the Navy, I had to look it up.

My point was when something like this is done, no one knows if it is just a shoe or possibly an explosive device. It could be either. It could even of had acid in there.

Reporters go through metal detectors and are searched, but unlike airports, I've never seen them have to remove their shoes for inspection prior to a press conference.

re: #2 simonml

My head just went Scanners on me.
Seriously, WTF are these guys doing cheering Mr. Shoe-tosser to the heavens? Is Bush that eeeeeeeevil?!

re: #162 Killgore Trout

Raw Video - Update - Hundreds demonstrate in Basra to support arrested shoe throwing journalist

Notice that the protesters are guarded by coalition (probably American) troops?

If that is true, that is moronic. They are supporting someone that just attacked our President and their CIC. This is not "speech" we have to personally protect. It just furthers the Worlds belief that we are confused, weak, and should be attacked. We no longer have any deterrence factor

re: #148 Opinionated

No one is going to toss anything at Obama, if you don't count Chris Matthews tossing his panties.

They could toss waffles.

re: #183 SWPaul

I'd just be reminded of Austin Powers (first movie) with Random Task throwing his shoe into Austin's forehead.

"Ow, that really hurt! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"

It's a ridiculous situation no matter who, what, where, whatever.

Culturally it is significant. Remember the Iraqi's pounding on the Saddam statue with their shoes? It's a sign of contempt.

The closest culture analog we would have is to hock a big loogie in someones face.

re: #193 Outrider

My point was when something like this is done, no one knows if it is just a shoe or possibly an explosive device. It could be either. It could even of had acid in there.

Reporters go through metal detectors and are searched, but unlike airports, I've never seen them have to remove their shoes for inspection prior to a press conference.

I agree with you 100%. The first shoe I can kinda understand but not the second. And why was Bush's main body man so far away?

re: #183 SWPaul

I'd just be reminded of Austin Powers (first movie) with Random Task throwing his shoe into Austin's forehead.

"Ow, that really hurt! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"

It's a ridiculous situation no matter who, what, where, whatever.

Funny

Now I wonder if the Secret Service is going to start making Sam Donaldson remove that thing on his head for closer inspection.

re: #187 Cygnus

Just like Zimbabwe blaming 'The West' for its cholera epidemic.

The cure in Zimbabwe comes in 7.62.......

re: #187 Cygnus

Funny, I've been accusing Zimbabwe of causing the flu in the United States.
/obvs not

I'll bet Helen Thomas is just eating her heart out.

re: #201 Nevergiveup

I agree with you 100%. The first shoe I can kinda understand but not the second. And why was Bush's main body man so far away?

The thrower should have been halfway to dead before he fully stood up.

re: #160 itellu3times

We're Americans, and expect the shoe to hit.

Are you suggesting we have a shoe gap!?!

re: #39 Venezuela lover

I wouldn't have touched that smelly clodhopper for all the virgins in paradise.

re: #203 rwmofo

Now I wonder if the Secret Service is going to start making Sam Donaldson remove that thing on his head for closer inspection.

It's some kind of dead animal isn't it?

re: #162 Killgore Trout

Raw Video - Update - Hundreds demonstrate in Basra to support arrested shoe throwing journalist

Notice that the protesters are guarded by coalition (probably American) troops?

First shoe wizzes by. Loud bang. Everyone hits the deck. President whisked out of the room by SS detail. Dead man wearing one shoe is later removed from the room.

Message sent loud and clear.

re: #152 DeafDog

I have not read all the comments above, but I humbly submit that, if someone at Colombia had tossed a shoe at Dinnerjacket when he was there, that person would be a hero to LGFers.

I would have considered the person an idiot as well. Attacking someone is not to be applauded, unless it is a sanctioned military op.

re: #198 jcm

Culturally it is significant. Remember the Iraqi's pounding on the Saddam statue with their shoes? It's a sign of contempt.

The closest culture analog we would have is to hock a big loogie in someones face.

or Nikita at the UN?....hmmmm

re: #207 buzzsawmonkey

Madoff made off with the money?

Did he have a partner, Ripoff?

re: #146 ploome hineni

a friend of mine lost 4 mil with Madoff

I thought the minimum buy-in was $10 million?

re: #156 lawhawk

* * *
All I need to know about Saddam H. I learned when he gassed 5,000 Halabjans in 1988.

Colin Powell and many others weren't up to the task of confronting genociders then OR now.

Thank you Mr. President for finally removing the shame of our having looked the other way when Saddam used biological weapons on his own subjects.

re: #160 itellu3times

Seriously after he ducked one shoe any American would have known to pump fake first with the second

re: #175 father_of_10

About 10 days ago it was "Ye Olde Style Meat Loaf" I can't say that today's meta loaf is any different from Ye Olde Style. Green peppers in this one. Better than the mutton stew and frybread that was on Friday.

Mmmmmm. I actually like mutton stew and, especially, frybread. Are you in the Four Corners area?

re: #194 davinvalkri

My head just went Scanners on me.
Seriously, WTF are these guys doing cheering Mr. Shoe-tosser to the heavens? Is Bush that eeeeeeeevil?!

Actually, he was trying out for the Iraqi shot put team. I think he set a national record with that second toss.

re: #217 Dianna

I thought the minimum buy-in was $10 million?

And you only had 9 million?

Oh my, another day another investigation.

Grand Jury Probes Richardson Donor’s New Mexico Financing Fee

The grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products Inc., which received almost $1.5 million in fees from the New Mexico Finance Authority in 2004 after donating $100,000 to Richardson’s efforts to register Hispanic and American Indian voters and pay for expenses at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, people familiar with the matter said.

re: #219 bulwrk

Seriously after he ducked one shoe any American would have known to pump fake first with the second

That's good

re: #219 bulwrk

Seriously after he ducked one shoe any American would have known to pump fake first with the second

HAAAA!...excellent!

re: #190 lifeofthemind

Technology and Media, influence over a social sector, beyond a strictly financial investment.

Hollywood would embrace the new paradigm that Wahabi Islam would bring to the place.

re: #212 ploome hineni

no! the closest is a herd of shit slinging monkeys

ROFL!

I keep one of those in my pocket should I ever meet Rabbit Bait.

Any Iraqi who is celebrting this is a fucking ingrate.

re: #227 albusteve

HAAAA!...excellent!

Congrats on your victory last night. I fell asleep.

re: #182 alegrias

re: #183 SWPaul

I did not compare Bush and Dinnerjacket. You did. I compared the reaction to people if a shoe got tossed at them.

re: #230 MandyManners

Any Iraqi who is celebrting this is a fucking ingrate.

The country's full of em!

re: #171 FurryOldGuyJeans

And the "crash" on oil prices ain't doing a lot to the bottom line for quite a few other dictatorial autocrats either.

* * *
Hurray! Let's drill here & drill now, keep our petrodollars for oil invested anywhere BUT the Caliphate.

re: #230 MandyManners

Any Iraqi who is celebrting this is a fucking ingrate.

Good morning, Sunshine! :D

re: #230 MandyManners

Any Iraqi who is celebrting this is a fucking ingrate.

These are arabs we're talking about.

re: #231 Nevergiveup

Congrats on your victory last night. I fell asleep.

did you see that hit I put on Manning?....I also caught two TDs....you need some No-Doz

OT: Mac-using lizards should hit Software Update, since version 10.5.6 is now out. Download size varies depending on your system.

re: #220 Russkilitlover

Mmmmmm. I actually like mutton stew and, especially, frybread. Are you in the Four Corners area?

About 100 miles due south and 20 miles east.

re: #219 bulwrk

Seriously after he ducked one shoe any American would have known to pump fake first with the second

Wouldn't it have been a hoot if Bush had caught the second shoe, and thrown it back?

re: #235 alegrias

* * *
Hurray! Let's drill here & drill now, keep our petrodollars for oil invested anywhere BUT the Caliphate.

Our Holy Messiah-King will issue the 11th Commandment against doing that.

re: #215 albusteve

or Nikita at the UN?....hmmmm

There's a bit of a cultural difference between the two. Throwing or pointing shoes is a sign of contempt in the Arab world. For a Russian to take his shoes off, as Khrushchev did, is to show dominance, that he is the "man of the house."

re: #230 MandyManners

Any Iraqi who is celebrting this is a fucking ingrate.

They sure have learned the Leftoid lessons on gratitude well.

OT repost from previous dead thread:

But what we have to fear most is the creeping Islamisation, the stealth jihad. Because every Islamic neighbourhood, every Islamic shop, every mosque, every Islamic school, every burqa, every veil is regarded by many Muslims as building blocks towards a larger goal, towards domination.
...
It will become reality if we don’t act now……….
- Geert Wilders, Facing Jihad Conference
Dec.14, 2008, Jerusalem

This is a page out of Goebbels' play-book - naked fear-mongering, without any pretence and without bothering to focus in on Islamist terrorism, violence or any aberrant behaviour. Wilders simply labels every single activity engaged in by Muslims, legal or otherwise, as evidence of the Muslim plot to dominate the Netherlands.

As seductive as the message may be, it just can't be the right approach.

re: #241 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Wouldn't it have been a hoot if Bush had caught the second shoe, and thrown it back?

The first one looked like a change up. The second one looked more like high heat but outa the zone. "Just a tad ouside"

re: #203 rwmofo

Now I wonder if the Secret Service is going to start making Sam Donaldson remove that thing on his head for closer inspection.

He can't do that, it would expose his Romulan roots.

So Vegan Boy and I go to see "The Day the Earth Stood Still" today. At the end, before the aliens leave all of the electric/motorized/manufacturing stuff disabled.

Credits are rolling, Vegan Boy looks at me and says,

"We have taked ur lektrisiteez."

Great. LOL Aliens.

re: #241 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I believe President Bush played some baseball back in the day and would have beaned him pretty good.

re: #202 DeafDog

Funny

In Jr High we had a teacher music who would throw her baton at us when she got mad at us (always for good cause, I might add). So one day she throws her baton at my stand mate and misses so he celebrates by turning to give me a high five -- she caught him full on the face with the heel of the shoe she threw at him -- his nose bursts open and I burst laughing. We never said a word to anyone about it -- our parents would have killed us if they found out we pissed off a teacher so much she felt the need to throw her shoe at us.

re: #223 Nevergiveup

And you only had 9 million?

I'd have actually read the prospectus!

re: #246 Nevergiveup

The first one looked like a change up. The second one looked more like high heat but outa the zone. "Just a tad ouside"

Yeah, realized that when I wrote the first post ... but the fantasy was still great.

Not that I think it will happen, but I wouldn't be shocked if someone else (an American at some speaking engagement here in the States) threw a shoe at Bush before his term expires. The Lefty kooks love emulating crap like that and them making it into some sort of "solidarity" gesture with that Iraqi grub is not beyond them.

re: #241 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Wouldn't it have been a hoot if Bush had caught the second shoe, and thrown it back?

The MSM would have erupted in absolute fury about the cowboy attacking a simple Iraqi just using their new-found freedom to peacefully protest an Evil Imperialist Demagogue bent on converting the world to his twisted religion.

re: #195 ploome hineni

Bloomberg thinks Khoury lives in palestine

****
Some Khourys sold pizza in Fairfax, Virginia in the 1970s--they're moving up in the world! Who says Pizza delivery doesn't pay!

re: #225 ploome hineni

she had been invested with him for 10 or 15 years

Poor thing!

re: #243 ErnieG

There's a bit of a cultural difference between the two. Throwing or pointing shoes is a sign of contempt in the Arab world. For a Russian to take his shoes off, as Khrushchev did, is to show dominance, that he is the "man of the house."

I know but it seems like there must be some Freudian similarities....using shoes to convey emotion is just bizarre...

re: #251 Dianna

I'd have actually read the prospectus!

What clause spoke about the ponzi part?
/

re: #249 bulwrk

I believe President Bush played some baseball back in the day and would have beaned him pretty good.

*grin*

I think its obvious what we're all thinking here:

"Good shoe. Goodbye, Mr. Bush."

Bush should have thrown a hand grenade back.

re: #249 bulwrk

I believe President Bush played some baseball back in the day and would have beaned him pretty good.

Do you remember the World Seies right after 9-11 when Bush threw out the first pitch and it was a strike?

re: #152 DeafDog

Not a good comparison at all.

American blood is being spilled for Iraq, and some shit-for-brains Iraqi throws a shoe at your President and commander in chief. It is not possible to make ANY COMPARISON whatsoever to if someone had managed to throw anything at Iran's Murderous Messianical Jihadi Mahdi Nuclear Shrimp Stinky Nazi Ahmedinejad.

re: #232 DeafDog

I wasn't either, just making a joke.

re: #253 Lincolntf

Not that I think it will happen, but I wouldn't be shocked if someone else (an American at some speaking engagement here in the States) threw a shoe at Bush before his term expires. The Lefty kooks love emulating crap like that and them making it into some sort of "solidarity" gesture with that Iraqi grub is not beyond them.

You are full of crap. When has anything like that ever happenned?

What I want to know is, what now happens to the shoe thrower.
Does he get a little jail time, a fine or heros treatment by the Iraqi government?

re: #262 HoosierHoops

Do you remember the World Seies right after 9-11 when Bush threw out the first pitch and it was a strike?

Perfect strike. And with body armour on also. And from the Rubber, no cheating.

OT. From drudge: Greek rioters use lasers against police as violence over boy's death continues into second week

Yikes. Greece is melting!