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Old 12-15-2008, 12:55 PM
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What?

Dude, you don't throw a shoe at the goddamn President of the United States, period, ever, no matter who he is.
Hey,

I personally wouldn't because it would be waste of a good reasonably broken in shoe...

But, if the shoe fits.

Hey, guys remember, same way like you just don't arbitrarily SHOOT the President, but it has been done and we all know there are consequences and repercussions of our actions, so folks just because you don't like the idea that some of us aren't pressed that someone threw a shoe at Bush, spare the self righteousness, please.

Most of us have common sense enough to know to not do it, shoot he made it this long and no American has thrown ANYTHING at him is a testament to that!

Bush in a cosmic sense may have deserved it and the journalist had his reasons but that doesn't mean you do it.


What's the old Chris Rock quote?

"There's a reason to push an old man down a flight of stairs...you just don't do it."
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Old 12-15-2008, 12:59 PM
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spare the self righteousness, please.
Please do the same.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:06 PM
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Please do the same.
UH UH...some of you here are acting like "Oh it's the MOST HORRIBLE THING....Our Poor President had SHOES thrown at him !"

Boo F**king HOO

Oh PLEASE.....puuuuhhh - leeeease....spare me.


You reap what you sow.


Shoes are the least of his problems.

Better shoes than slugs!
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Old 12-15-2008, 12:59 PM
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Does anyone else see a Saturday Night Live skit coming out of this?
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:00 PM
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Does anyone else see a Saturday Night Live skit coming out of this?
I think that skit would be the end of me.
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Old 12-15-2008, 12:59 PM
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You are so ridiculous.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:15 PM
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Secret Service should have shot the guy. Screw everyone who thinks that its cool for an Egyptian to assault the President.
And for those of you who said you wouldn't be upset if he died... you're retarded. It blows my mind that anyone could think its OK to say that about another person besides maybe Hitler or Osama.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:20 PM
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Secret Service should have shot the guy. Screw everyone who thinks that its cool for an Egyptian to assault the President.
And for those of you who said you wouldn't be upset if he died... you're retarded. It blows my mind that anyone could think its OK to say that about another person besides maybe Hitler or Osama.
"Well put"

Heh.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:21 PM
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Secret Service should have shot the guy. Screw everyone who thinks that its cool for an Egyptian to assault the President.
And for those of you who said you wouldn't be upset if he died... you're retarded. It blows my mind that anyone could think its OK to say that about another person besides maybe Hitler or Osama.
I agree completely. People who think this is funny are, IMO, way out of line.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:34 PM
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Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush has become the talk of Iraq, hailed by marchers as a national hero but blasted by the government as a barbarian.

The little-known Shi'ite reporter, said to have harbored anger against Bush for the thousands of Iraqis who died after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, had previously made headlines only once, when he was briefly kidnapped by gunmen in 2007.

TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi remained in detention on Monday, accused by the Iraqi government of a "barbaric act." He would be sent for trial on charges of insulting the Iraqi state, said the prime minister's media adviser, Yasin Majeed.

His employer, independent al-Baghdadiya television, demanded his release and demonstrators rallied for him in Baghdad's Sadr City, in the southern Shi'ite stronghold of Basra and in the holy city of Najaf, where some threw shoes at a U.S. convoy.

"Thanks be to God, Muntazer's act fills Iraqi hearts with pride," his brother, Udai al-Zaidi, told Reuters Television.

"I'm sure many Iraqis want to do what Muntazer did. Muntazer used to say all the orphans whose fathers were killed are because of Bush."

Zaidi shouted "this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog," at Bush in a news conference he held with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday.

The journalist then flung one shoe at Bush, forcing him to duck, followed by another, which sailed over Bush's head and slammed into the wall behind him. Throwing shoes at someone is the worst possible insult in the Arab world.

Zaidi was dragged struggling and screaming from the room by security guards and could be heard shouting outside while the news conference continued after momentary mayhem.

'BARBARIC'

The government said Zaidi had carried out "a barbaric and ignominious act" that was not fitting of the media's role and demanded an apology from his television station.

Al-Baghdadiya television played endless patriotic music, with Zaidi's face plastered across the screen.

A newscaster solemnly read out a statement calling for his release, "in accordance with the democratic era and the freedom of expression that Iraqis were promised by U.S. authorities."

It said that any harsh measures taken against the reporter would be reminders of the "dictatorial era."

The Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate said Zaidi's "far from professional" and irresponsible conduct had placed it in an "embarrassing and critical" situation. Nevertheless, it called on Maliki to release him for humanitarian reasons.

"It was the throw of the century. I believe Bush deserves what happened to him because he has not kept his promises to Iraqis," said Baghdad resident Abu Hussein, 48.

Parliamentary reaction was mixed, with some saying Zaidi chose the wrong venue for his protest. Others cheered.

"Al-Zaidi's shoe is the most famous shoe in the whole world," said Fawzi Akram, a Turkman lawmaker loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

A Libyan charity group chaired by leader Muammar Gaddafi's daughter, Aicha Gaddafi, gave Zaidi an award for bravery.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081215/...raq_bush_shoes

Some of you who are pissy about the situation also need to consider the bigger picture, this is what little respect we hold in this region of the world (among other places) right now, like it or not. It's going to take a whole lot of work for the next administrations beyond this one to win any of it back.
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Old 12-15-2008, 01:45 PM
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Some of you who are pissy about the situation also need to consider the bigger picture, this is what little respect we hold in this region of the world (among other places) right now, like it or not. It's going to take a whole lot of work for the next administrations beyond this one to win any of it back.
I believe that if we spread education throughout the region, people will be able to come to a more realistic view of the US role in the world. We're not doing ourselves any good trying to win the hearts and souls of people with a second grade education and who think that Osama bin Laden is a holy figure.
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Old 12-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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The assault on a US President shouldn't be condoned by Americans. Ever.
That's all I'm sayin'.
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Old 12-15-2008, 04:06 PM
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Again:
The assault on a US President shouldn't be condoned by Americans. Ever.
That's all I'm sayin'.
And I will say it too...I AGREE....BUT....BUT!!!

BUSH BROUGHT IT ON HIMSELF and if he wasn't such a JOKE and failure of a President, more of us would feel a twinge of sympathy, heck, if the job was getting done in Iraq, it probably would not have happened.

As it stands, I don't.

Hate me if you will.

Just have to let it be...
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Old 12-15-2008, 04:10 PM
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Yeah, I'll admit that my husband and I had a quick giggle as he dodged the second shoe after we gasped after the first one was launched, but we both sobered up about it quickly. Regardless of who is in office, when the President is out of country visiting other nations he *IS* the US. So as Americans, we should feel some protective reaction about anybody taking a pot shot at our Commander in Chief. Again, regardless of the man in the seat, that's the US Presidency. Its like that old adage about how I can bitch and moan all I want about my family but don't you dare say something against them because they're MY family.
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Old 12-15-2008, 04:15 PM
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Yeah, I'll admit that my husband and I had a quick giggle as he dodged the second shoe after we gasped after the first one was launched, but we both sobered up about it quickly. Regardless of who is in office, when the President is out of country visiting other nations he *IS* the US. So as Americans, we should feel some protective reaction about anybody taking a pot shot at our Commander in Chief. Again, regardless of the man in the seat, that's the US Presidency. Its like that old adage about how I can bitch and moan all I want about my family but don't you dare say something against them because they're MY family.
And any rational person would have to agree with you.
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