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People's Hero throws shoes at Bush

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A journalist at Maliki's palace threw his shoes at Bush during the appearance.The shoes sailed right past the president's head. Displaying the soles of one's shoes is considered a deep insult in much of the Arab world. Bush joked about it, saying, "That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me." The man was grabbed and dragged out of the room screaming.





FINALLY, a journalist with integrity and class!

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Ah, an extremely articulate anti-imperialist debater in the fine tradition of the venerable Nikita Khrushchev who in 1960 demonstrated to the entire UN General Assembly the shortcomings of capitalism by banging his shoe on his desk. The Revolution needs more intellectual powerhouses such as this!

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I know the alleged attacker resembled a man, but does anyone know for a fact where Helen Thomas was at this time?

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Maybe the media will revive a tradition and at all future press conferences, allow Helen Thomas to throw the first shoe.

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Yo G

Enny word on is da Pres be keepin da shoez? Yo, gots a cuz thet wanna gank sum size 10s.

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Comrade Opiate,

Your mention of Comrade Khrushchev was like a mainlined 10cc dose of real "speaking truth to power" and ethics. The buzz will stay with me all day.

Comrade Comrade Leftfield,

That's a very good point, but I don't think she wears size 10. Of course, since journalists protect their own (and their anonymous sources, real or not), it could be that the shoe size was modified to, uh, make the shoe fit, or not fit.

Comrade C2GM,

Did you notice how da Prez was smiling after the second shoe? He be lookin' to make a killin' pimpin' 'em, individually, on eBay once The One turns the economy around. Too bad they weren't Nikes, eh?

Comrades,

I don't know who I'm quoting, but "So close, yet so far" sums it up, does it not? I feel like I'm watching the old ABC News Wide World of Sports intro when the announcer says, "...the agony of defeat" and some poor skier eats it in an obviously painful manner, body and skis flying in a haze of disturbed snow.

In my part of flyover country, one can hear the statement "Close only counts for horseshoes and hand grenades." However, it seems we can now add "journalism and shoes."


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Comrades,

I read but can no longer locate a Roger L. Simon post spinning this event as a triumph for the Iraquagmire. The argument was that had the Columbia School of Journalism graduate (I assume) thrown his shoes at Saddam instead, the journalist might never have needed them again, ever.

This, this is improvement? Disrespect for authority, even illegitimate? What's next, free thought, whiskey, sexy?

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Comrade_Tovarich wrote: This, this is improvement? Disrespect for authority, even illegitimate? What's next, free thought, whiskey, sexy?

Good Point Comrade.... Can you imagine some prole being allowed to do this while I speak of the glorious over fulfillment of our 5 Year Plan for beet production?

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Here lays proof the Iraqis were happy with Saddam in power. You'd think King George would get the point with this incident!

Comrade_Elliott wrote:Here lays proof the Iraqis were happy with Saddam in power. You'd think King George would get the point with this incident!

You are correct. This noble "journalist" would rather have a press conference with Saddam Hussein. Because if Saddam had a shoe thrown at him he would have sent the man away to be tortured and his family exterminated. Here is what the man's employer had to say:

"Al-Baghdadia television demands that the Iraqi authorities immediately release their stringer Muntazer al-Zaidi, in line with the democracy and freedom of expression that the American authorities promised the Iraqi people," it said in a statement.

They want him released in the name of Democracy! Like the kind that George Bush brought them.

"Any measures against Muntazer will be considered the acts of a dictatorial regime."

...you mean like Saddam's regime? The one George Bush delivered them from?

"It was the least thing for an Iraqi to do to Bush, the tyrant criminal who has killed two million people in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Dulaimi.

Wait a second... They must be confused with someone else, because George Bush helped catch the guy they're talking about.

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Gee last time I saw something like this it was at the Monkey cage tossing Feces not shoes....Image

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We're doomed. Once they've given you "the shoe".... Well, it's a sign of disrespect, you know, like flying planes into buildings and sawing people's heads off, stuff like that. Hurry up and crown that guy with the middle name they like or we're doomed.

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Red Bubba wrote:
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Is that Shemp, next to Bush?

I can watch this for hours. I have watched it for hours...still waiting for the pie to hit...never mind.


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Bah! That is not being dissed!

This is being dissed as only the Empress can do!

<img src="https://members.cox.net/pupsdoghouse/clinton kiss.gif">

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Comrades,

The preceding technological marvels leave me speechless and thus unquotable.

My understanding is that the Eurabic world is in an orgasmic frenzy over this incident. It is well known that many young Muslim men lack sexual outlets. Some might even seek intentional stimulation with the hope of attaining climax, which is why I think the widespread popularity of the shoe-tossing event is a capitalist plot, almost masterfully executed (accept the pun): Ant aphrodisiac man executed. Ant extract substituted for printer's ink--voila!

Besides, Jane's Addiction says sex is violent, like shoe-throwing violent. And was it not, a la Aerosmith, a big 10", the shoe?
<br>Considering his Hotness Total at RateMyProfessors.com, it looks like our meteorological pedagogical bad boy, Billy Ayers, could do with spreading a bit of that ants-in-the-pants himself.

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Cradle to Grave Marxist wrote:Is that Shemp, next to Bush?

I can watch this for hours. I have watched it for hours...still waiting for the pie to hit...never mind.

Comrades,

I thought the Three Stooges were, you know, stooges, like Party stooges. I must self-criticize more often.

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Marshal Pupovich wrote:Bah! That is not being dissed!

This is being dissed as only the Empress can do!

<img src="https://members.cox.net/pupsdoghouse/clinton kiss.gif">

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Hahahahahahaha. . . Our Hemipenis Emperor (HPE) got it served cold. I guess this is why he cheats on her (note the tense of the last sentence).

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That clip is disturbing on so many levels. She disses Bill, pins a note to His O'lyness's back while she gives him a perfunctory peck, then immediately looks down at his, uh, feet.

EEEEEWwwww

Our Beloved MTE must be getting used to being passed around like a trollop by ex and future POTUS's.

How demeaning it must be for her to have to serve under a man who'll treat her like a common housewife. She may even have to iron His shirts while they travel to foreign countries to conduct business for the USSA.

Surely, Hillary deserves better!!

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On the other paw, it could just be evidence of that old saying, "Once you go black you never go back?" LOL

Only Bill and Barack would know anything about that.

Do I detect a certain fondness for Black Labs, Marshal Pupovich??


Neo (Con) is showing his stuff again!! LOL

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He's a neo-COM now, just like us. Yesterday he made the oxymoronic progressive statement that he was throwing the free market under the bus to benefit the economy. It will not be that easy to gain the acceptance of the Party. But I digress...

Yo, C2GM, i jus wnt'd to shout out t' ya. Thx fo da link. I infiltratin' the gat gang now. (Please Pardon my getto speak, I'm only at Rosetta Stone level 2. I'm working hard to improve because my worst nightmare would be to sound like Clarence Thomas.)

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Komrade Zarkof wrote:Only Bill and Barack would know anything about that.

Do I detect a certain fondness for Black Labs, Marshal Pupovich??

Comrade, I am a progressive. I believe that it is my duty to share myself with anyone or anything that wishes to do their duty for the Party. Sadly, there is a shocking lack of volunteers to do this duty with me.

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Premier Betty wrote:Boot to the head!

BRILLIANT I havent heard that in years.....




Maybe thie should be the tune on the way to the Red Planet




 
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