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Mr. Ponzi, Meet Mr. Madoff
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda —
... UPDATE: Before you read about Madoff, take a look at Preznit Bunnypants ducking to avoid thrown Iraqi shoes. Sure he’s a war criminal, but he’s got pretty good reflexes for an old dude. ...
The Shoe Incident
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
... You can watch a journalist throwing his shoes at president Bush in Iraq and calling him a dog, both rather extreme insults in the culture. For extra interest, count the women present at this press conference. ...
Safer than San Francisco
Neptunus Lex —
... Proving that no country has a monopoly on the stilt-puppet set, an Iraqi journalist decided that the moment was fortuitous for expressing ...
Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes
Informed Comment —
... equivalent to English s.o.b.; for color you can say 'son of a thousand dogs!') If you search shoes and Iraq, here is how google shows two BBC stories on December 14, five years apart: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iraqis celebrate Saddam capture Dec 14, 2003 ... women ululated and crowds beat pictures of Saddam with shoes. ... where the Saddam statue was toppled at the end of the war, ... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3317637.stm - 46k BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip Dec 14, 2008 ... President Bush's ...
Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes At Bush
PoliGazette —
... I guess he can’t call his final trip to Iraq as President uninteresting. During the unannounced visit, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki were holding a news conference about the recently signed security deal when a reporter got up, called Bush a “dog,” and proceeded to throw his shoes at Bush. Hitting, or trying to hit someone with your shoes, is one of the ultimate insults in Iraq. ...
Bush Attacked by Shoes: Hurled at Bush's Head by Iraqi Journalist (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... . Unfortunately, Bush ducked. And look at how good he is at ducking! Oh well, it's still funny. At least the miserable failure is still good for a laugh. (But in this higher quality BBC video, it's not so funny.) Oh, and White House Press Secretary Dana Perino apparently received a black eye in the subsequent fight with the Iraqi journalist. ...
GWB Practices Ducking Skills at Press Conference
The Moderate Voice —
BBC:
In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, a reporter stood up and shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,” before hurtling his shoes at Mr Bush, narrowly missing him. “All I can report is a size 10,” Mr Bush said according to the Associated Press news agency.
BBC VIDEO
The Shoe-Thrower
Seeing the Forest —
... Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip This is the translation of what the Iraqi show-thrower said as he threw the shoes. (Also -- In Iraq throwing a show and calling someone a dog is an extreme insult.) First Shoe: This is the gift from the Irakis this is the farewell kiss you dog. Second Shoe: This is from the widows, the orphans and those killed in Irak. ----> Scroll down to see comments. Posted by Dave Johnson at December 14, 2008 5:17 PM ...
Matt Stewart: Detached in a Shoestorm: Bush's Farewell Faceoff
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Watch the video. From behind we see the Shoe Thrower lurch up, ragged and uncouth, doing his best to reinforce all negative stereotypes of angry Muslim fundamentalists. He yells, "This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog!" and unleashes the shoe, hard, straight at Bush's head. The shoe moves fast, with good rotation, perfect for a bloody nose. And, without batting an eye, Bush ducks a foot and a half. What was about to nail him on the schnoz sails harmlessly into the backdrop. ...
Invest in tomato futures
Unqualified Offerings —
By Thoreau I don’t approve of violence. FBI, if you’re reading this, let me repeat: I don’t approve of violence. That said, not every physical transgression is harmful, and I don’t necessarily disapprove of a public display of scorn that involves a non-harmful physical act. So, I admire the balls of the guy who threw his shoes at George Bush . It wasn’t an attempt to physically harm him, it was just a display of complete and utter scorn for a man who started a war and sanctioned a policy of torture. Even Bush said that he didn’t feel threatened, that it wasn’t an attempt ...
Some Background on That Shoe Incident
The Moderate Voice —
A little background on those shoes hurled at President Bush at an Iraqi press conference seems in order.
In traditional Mideast culture, the foot is considered the filthiest part of the human body.
This is reflected in a book in which I spend quite a lot of time, the Bible, and it plays an important role in an annual event on the Christian calendar. Maundy Thursday–maundy being an Old English word meaning commandment, used for the Thursday before Easter because it was then that Jesus gave a new commandment to His followers, to love one ...
Phil Bronstein: If the Shoe Flies: Why Flinging Footwear is the Perfect Solution
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... What we learned in the winter of our 43rd presidency, however, is that George W. Bush is one agile, athletic, quick dude. While the rest of the world is debating the deeper points of this weekend's Iraq shoe-throwing scandal - are you for or against it? - I'd like to give a shout out to some impressive bobbing and weaving moves on the President's part. Mr. Bush has a few more wrinkles and grey than he used to and his tenure is littered with some ...
Shoe-Throwing Incident Solves Curious White House Mystery -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... Being a lame duck president Surely sucks. Now we know what a lame duck Does: he ducks . VERSE CASE SCENARIO Tony Peyser provides daily poems and weekly cartoons for BuzzFlash and also writes the BuzzFlash column, " ...
