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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/15/2008
If the Shoe Fits
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Michael Totten just got back from Iraq. So I asked him about the shoe this morning: "The Bush shoe incident made me laugh slightly. Only because of the U.S. was an Iraqi journalist allowed to throw that shoe. On some level, he knows that. Tellingly, Prime Minister Maliki stepped in the way to ...
firedoglake.com - 12/16/2008
Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?
— firedoglake.com — While Tweety fussed about the propriety of Al Zaida’s shoe throw just now, very credible reports started... to come in from Arabic sources that Muntader Al Zaida is being in very bad shape: Raed in the Middle reports: Albaghdadia, the TV ... (more) Shoe Thrower Being Tortured?

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ourfuture.org - 12/16/2008
Against Shoe Bombing
— ourfuture.org — My friends at Fightingliberals.com are recommending people send their old shoes to the George W. Bush Presidential... Library. In my humble opinion: no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Liberals should not make light of or license the physical ... (more) Against Shoe Bombing

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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/17/2008
Shoe Shame
— corner.nationalreview.com — Earlier this week, I completed my Media Research Center ballot for their worst-of the media 2008. It's... always a little bit of a cup of expresso -- outrageous reporting I had since otherwise tried to block out of my memory. Bill Moyers equated using ... (more) Shoe Shame

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The Anchoress:  BDS defined, in a shoe-throwing

Obsidian Wings:  Unsavory and Shifty Ingrates

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BDS defined, in a shoe-throwing
The Anchoress — ... Michael Totten, who spends a lot more time with Iraqis than most reporters, says he’d hate to see people get the wrong impression from one silly incident. His latest report is ...

Unsavory and Shifty Ingrates
Obsidian Wings — ... Kathryn Jean Lopez quotes Michael Totten, who sought to set the record straight: "I have briefly met many Iraqi journalists in Baghdad. They seem like decent people, for the most part, and are not as shifty as many other civilians I encounter."  What effusive praise.  Iraq journalists: not as shifty as most Iraqi civilians.  With the exception of Zaidi, of course. ...

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