Who Throws a SHOE? Really?!? (W attacked by Iraqi Reporter)

[worstblogever]

One of the gravest of insults in the Arab world is to present someone with the soles of your shoes. Well, the U.S. Secret Service managed to allow this one happen:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783325.stm

The actual video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFX-dKpcDz8



The leader of the free world, nearly pelted with a guy's kicks. Thoughts?

[Paradox]

**chuckle** **snicker** **chortle**

BWAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

**sniff**

[The Confessor]

I'm gutted that guy missed although you've gotta say, good evasive skills by Bush.

On a more serious note, Bush was lucky it was only a pair of shoes and not a couple of hand grenades.

[Calybos]

Bush probably thought it was accountability... he's gotten very good at dodging that.

[Shellhead]

I think that shoes and feet have a particular cultural significance to the Iraqis. Remember at the end of the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, when all those Iraqis toppled that statue of Saddam Hussein? Many of those people made a point of it to clamber up on the toppled statue so that they could trample this image of Saddam, especially his head.

[Agent Helix]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/ryanredzietx/Desutoid/bushshoeqte.gif

[Sean Walsh]

So many reactions:

a) "Let's hope the Secret Service doesn't extend this habit of not acting quickly to Prthe next guy's administration."

b) "Guy coulda gotten shot, yet he smiled the whole time and then JOKED ABOUT IT. Haha! The libs hate him even more now!"

c) "I wonder if this reporter was a CBR Forum regular. Guess he won't be posting to gloat here anytime soon."

[worstblogever]

If only it was this guy:

http://www.destinationhollywood.com/movies/austinpowers/images/austin_08.jpg

He wouldn't have missed.

[Grazzt]

On a more serious note, Bush was lucky it was only a pair of shoes and not a couple of hand grenades.

Apples and oranges. Even if they do a full body search of everybody, shoes are going to get through.

[HomerJay]

The Arab world is applauding him like he did something profound, while the rest of the world is simply laughing.
You threw both of your shoes at Bush, missing him twice. You sure showed him!

If that were Barack, he probably would have caught the shoe and threw it back at him and hit him square in the forehead, Jack Burton-style, knocking him out.

[Agent Helix]

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p140/billabongtom05/juz953.gif

[suttercain]

Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. Indio 1993, my first concert and this is how it ends. People start throwing shoes. One nails him right upside the head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys4JwbLC8Uc

I;m not a fan of Bush. But physical harm like that, even attempted, is not cool.

[StoneGold]

Sigh, do we forget so soon?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/stonegold/americanmaid.jpg

George Bush must be a creation like Protoclown, as he took both shoes and it didn't even slow him down.

[Serik]

Back in 2005, some guy lobbed a live grenade at President Bush in Georgia [country]. Luckily, the nade failed to detonate.

I'd prefer getting hit with a shoe...

[DoctorDoom]

That news made my day. Hilarious.

[TuPeT]

What a good thing to see, made my day happier. Bush deserved more, maybe if they saved some hand grenade, the right thing could've been done.

[Shellhead]

If that were Barack, he probably would have caught the shoe and threw it back at him and hit him square in the forehead, Jack Burton-style, knocking him out.

Nah, Barack would probably catch the shoes and then offer them back to the guy, along with an uplifting message of hope and change. After the guy spits in his face, then Barack would donate the shoes to some humanitarian organization that is giving clothes to poor Iraqis.

[Nick Soapdish]

So many reactions:

a) "Let's hope the Secret Service doesn't extend this habit of not acting quickly to Prthe next guy's administration."

b) "Guy coulda gotten shot, yet he smiled the whole time and then JOKED ABOUT IT. Haha! The libs hate him even more now!"

c) "I wonder if this reporter was a CBR Forum regular. Guess he won't be posting to gloat here anytime soon."

I dunno. Seems everybody seems to just think it was funny. (And impressed with Dubya's reaction time.)


Sigh, do we forget so soon?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/stonegold/americanmaid.jpg

George Bush must be a creation like Protoclown, as he took both shoes and it didn't even slow him down.

Awesome! A Tick reference!

Hadn't thought of that one.

[Ontir]

My first thought was, "Lucky this guy wasn't a shoe-bomber!"

[Buried Alien]

Bush probably thought it was accountability... he's gotten very good at dodging that.


http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/ryanredzietx/Desutoid/bushshoeqte.gif

You can tell that Bush has been in a few bar fights in his day.



Apples and oranges. Even if they do a full body search of everybody, shoes are going to get through.

From now on, all Presidential press conferences and other public events will be conducted in the nude.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[howyadoin]

Back in 2005, some guy lobbed a live grenade at President Bush in Georgia [country]. Luckily, the nade failed to detonate.

I'd prefer getting hit with a shoe..."Nade"?

.

[Serik]

What happens when you play videogames for too long.

[Aaron Kashtan]

If that were Barack, he probably would have caught the shoe and threw it back at him and hit him square in the forehead, Jack Burton-style, knocking him out.

If it were Barack, he wouldn't be in this situation in the first place, because the Iraqi people don't hate him and wouldn't feel inclined to throw footwear at him.

[StoneGold]

If it were Barack, he wouldn't be in this situation in the first place, because the Iraqi people don't hate him and wouldn't feel inclined to throw footwear at him.

I'm sure all Americans look alike to them.

[Sean Whitmore]

Secret Services Headquarters, Three Weeks Ago:

"So everyone is clear on their assignments, right? In the event of an aggressive action against POTUS, Agent Johnson, your job is to bring him safely to the ground. Agent Waters, your job is to look for the shooter. Agents DeMarco and Blevins, you're on crowd control. And Agent Wallace, it's your job to dive in front of the bullet."

"What about shoes, sir?"

"I'm sorry?"

"What if somebody throws their shoes at the president? Do we have a plan for that?"

"No, we don't have a plan for that, because it's fucking stupid and it'll never happen."


SEAN

[StoneGold]

Meh, you gotta figure this is like two weeks before summer break of senior year for the Service.

[Shellhead]

Meh, you gotta figure this is like two weeks before summer break of senior year for the Service.

Nah, it's going to be like standing in a shooting gallery after Obama takes office.

[StoneGold]

Regardless, this guy is Bush's version of his daddy's puking monkey. Remember the puking monkey? After Bush Sr. vomited into the lap of the Japanese prime minister, some guy had his monkey pretend to puke when he said Bush?

[Donald M.]

Regardless, this guy is Bush's version of his daddy's puking monkey. Remember the puking monkey? After Bush Sr. vomited into the lap of the Japanese prime minister, some guy had his monkey pretend to puke when he said Bush?

The puking monkey was on Saturday Night Live, wasn't it?

Or maybe that was a different puking monkey. Quite a legacy Bush Sr. left. Multiple puking monkeys.

[StoneGold]

The puking monkey was on Saturday Night Live, wasn't it?

Or maybe that was a different puking monkey. Quite a legacy Bush Sr. left. Multiple puking monkeys.

They used video of it for a sketch. And probably in some Weekend Updates. But I don't think the actual monkey was on the show. Just Dieter's. Would you like to touch him? TOUCH HIM, LOVE HIM!!!

[K'Nort]

If it were Barack, he wouldn't be in this situation in the first place, because the Iraqi people don't hate him and wouldn't feel inclined to throw footwear at him.

Oh they will.

[G. Wayne]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/ryanredzietx/Desutoid/bushshoeqte.gif

:biggrin:

Brightened my day, thanks. The WoW one is pretty good too.

[Ontir]

ABCNews said that as Dubya returns home, some hear are calling the flinger a hero.

[Alex Scott]

NPR mentioned earlier that there's a joke text message circulating in Baghdad saying that from now on, all press conferences will be conducted barefoot, "for security reasons."

[Sean Whitmore]

ABCNews said that as Dubya returns home, some hear are calling the flinger a hero.

Nightshoe.

He will hit you with his shoe!


...or not.


SEAN

[Gary_B]

Back in 2005, some guy lobbed a live grenade at President Bush in Georgia [country]. Luckily, the nade failed to detonate.

I'd prefer getting hit with a shoe...

I see nothing wrong with throwing live grenades at a man who is responsible for the deaths of many thousands of people. The world might have ended up a better place if the guy had used a better nade.

[StoneGold]

The video game version.

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/15/bush-shoe-throwing-incident-it039s-game

[Deadpooligan]

He'd better stay out of tall grass next time... (http://pokebush.ytmnd.com/)

[howyadoin]

The world might have ended up a better place if the guy had used a better nade.Uh oh. Gary's learned a new word.

[worstblogever]

I realize that Dubya may have been trained at a young age to dodge potential shoe threats.

I can picture him as a misbehaving little shit who Barbara Bush used to throw her own shoes at, rather than chase him around the ranch house.

[Motormouse]

Damn Bush can move fast, wonder where he got his skills from:eek:

http://www.mikeslist.com/images/bullettime.jpg

[Puma]

I realize that Dubya may have been trained at a young age to dodge potential shoe threats.

I can picture him as a misbehaving little shit who Barbara Bush used to throw her own shoes at, rather than chase him around the ranch house.

No ranch houses here

http://www.kevinwolf.com/images/bush_childhoodhome.jpg

or here

http://www.extrememortman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/George%20W.%20Bush%20Home%201.JPG

[NoF]

Damn Bush can move fast, wonder where he got his skills from:eek:

http://www.mikeslist.com/images/bullettime.jpg



lol... now everything makes sense :)

[Roquefort Raider]

Damn Bush can move fast, wonder where he got his skills from:eek:

http://www.mikeslist.com/images/bullettime.jpg


Is that what you call a Neo-conservative?

[fly on the wall]

I told you the Press was hostile towards Bush but no one would listen.

[Puma]

Is that what you call a Neo-conservative?

booooooooooooooooooo








:biggrin:

[fly on the wall]

Uh oh. Gary's learned a new word.

Who says 'grenade' so often that they have to use an abbreviation?

[Roquefort Raider]

Who says 'grenade' so often that they have to use an abbreviation?

I blame video games.

But then I blame everything on video games.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Back in 2005, some guy lobbed a live grenade at President Bush in Georgia [country]. Luckily, the nade failed to detonate.

I'd prefer getting hit with a shoe...

Are you serious? The man must be fated to survive anything.

[howyadoin]

Who says 'grenade' so often that they have to use an abbreviation?I was wondering the same thing.

[Guapo Méndez]

One of the gravest of insults in the Arab world is to present someone with the soles of your shoes. Well, the U.S. Secret Service managed to allow this one happen:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783325.stm

The actual video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFX-dKpcDz8



The leader of the free world, nearly pelted with a guy's kicks. Thoughts?

If only cement shoes were more popular...

[Paul McEnery]

Nightshoe.

He will hit you with his shoe!


...or not.


SEAN

Needs to work on getting the shoe-a-rang to come back.

[Guapo Méndez]

I'm surprised there are no cuts of the video with the Frantic's "Boot to the Head" song.

[Gary_B]

I was unaware of how insulting shoes can be in the Muslim world but what's even more insulting is that this guy missed! This whole thing is great fun but it could have been even funnier with a direct hit to W's noggin.

[Shellhead]

Are you serious? The man must be fated to survive anything.

Even pretzels.

[howyadoin]

I was unaware of how insulting shoes can be in the Muslim world but what's even more insulting is that this guy missed! This whole thing is great fun but it could have been even funnier with a direct hit to W's noggin.You'd think that in such a culture, they'd teach you accuracy at an early age.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Even pretzels.

Is that a Disgaea reference? Such as to the one about how Laharl's father died eatting a pretzel?

[Kage Kisaragi]

You'd think that in such a culture, they'd teach you accuracy at an early age.

... I'm sure sure throwing is a hallmark moment for mother and daughter/pansy son in some remote culture but I doubt it is in theirs. :tongue:

[howyadoin]

... I'm sure sure throwing is a hallmark moment for mother and daughter/pansy son in some remote culture but I doubt it is in theirs. :tongue:I have no idea what that meant.

[suttercain]

Classic....

http://www.ihasaids.com/upload/data/1229313488.gif

[Royal]

Is that a Disgaea reference? Such as to the one about how Laharl's father died eatting a pretzel?

The Pretzel Incident is probably where they got that from.

[StoneGold]

Is that a Disgaea reference? Such as to the one about how Laharl's father died eatting a pretzel?

Perhaps it's time to put down the controller and pick up an eight year old newspaper.

[Kage Kisaragi]

Perhaps it's time to put down the controller and pick up an eight year old newspaper.

Listen I game hard to ignore and other seclude myself from the rest of the world, and dag nabbit I think I've succeed. Mission Complete!:smile:

[Paul McEnery]

Listen I game hard to ignore and other seclude myself from the rest of the world, and dag nabbit I think I've succeed. Mission Complete!:smile:

That's why you're still left down here on Earth with us yokels, then.

Too bad you missed the visit of the star-children.

[J. Robb]

Classic....

http://www.ihasaids.com/upload/data/1229313488.gif
I love the internet.

[Brad Barton]

I love the internet.It is at times amusing, isn't it?

http://i37.tinypic.com/in7dw6.jpg

[Serik]

Best internet meme in years.

[Guapo Méndez]

Best internet meme in years.

We had the idea Bush had Uncanny Dodge. Now we have the video evidence to prove it.

[Spike-X]

http://www.archive.org/download/Shoe-tosserGuyGif7/iraqimage007.gif

http://www.archive.org/download/Shoe-tosserGuyGif8/iraqimage008.gif

[Shellhead]

I think that shoes and feet have a particular cultural significance to the Iraqis. Remember at the end of the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, when all those Iraqis toppled that statue of Saddam Hussein? Many of those people made a point of it to clamber up on the toppled statue so that they could trample this image of Saddam, especially his head.

Hah! I knew it! I knew there was a cultural significance to this shoe-throwing incident:

http://www.slate.com/id/2206749/?gt1=38001

"What do Iraqis find so insulting about shoes and feet?

"...Arabs—and perhaps Iraqis in particular—throw their shoes to indicate that the target is no better than dirt."

[StoneGold]

Hah! I knew it! I knew there was a cultural significance to this shoe-throwing incident:

http://www.slate.com/id/2206749/?gt1=38001

"What do Iraqis find so insulting about shoes and feet?

"...Arabs—and perhaps Iraqis in particular—throw their shoes to indicate that the target is no better than dirt."

Yes, but we knew that days ago, when it happened.

[darkhanamaru]

any word if he has surfaced or is actually being tortured in jail?

[howyadoin]

any word if he has surfaced or is actually being tortured in jail?Hopefully he's been given a ticker tape parade and the keys to the city.

[StoneGold]

any word if he has surfaced or is actually being tortured in jail?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/iraq-shoe-thrower-wants-p_n_152021.html

[Nick Soapdish]

http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/political-pictures-bush-maliki-vacation.jpg