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Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush

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Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: lizardboy
Originally posted by: TallBill
I liked the grin on his face. Did that really just happen? Honestly, who throws a shoe?
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shoe throwing/hitting people with the sole of your shoe is considered a serious insult in the middle east...plus it's probably the closest thing to a "weapon" the guy had
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Clearly you haven't seen Austin Powers. And yes, I know all about Middle Eastern traditions. Pointing the bottom of your feet at someone is like flicking them off, but worse.
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I've blocked that terrible movie from my memory as much as possible.
 
Originally posted by: Drakkon
Originally posted by: sunzt
Wow Bush got some reflexes at that age!
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No kidding...his ability to duck not one but two shoes was impressive. Its like he's been preparing for that sorta attack for a while now....
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He's been getting prepared, training 3 hours per day, in anticipation of all the pie-in-the-face attacks he will endure when he starts doing his "crotchety ol' US president bit" as he travels around the world raising money for malaria and shit.

You think Carter got griefed? Wait until this toolshed gets out there.
 
^^^ you're being sarcastic, I can tell. ^^^

Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: Kevin1211
video courtesy of the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7782422.stm
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Baller!
He's just chillin, smiling and telling people not to worry...
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This is the funniest thing I've seen in a good long while.

Bush. Does. Not. Give. A. Fuck.


I especially liked how he said, "it's just like what happens when you go to a political rally and get yelled at.."

He can't even conceive of participating in a political rally, only being the target of one.
 
Originally posted by: loozar111

Gitmo's still open.
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Good! We need ready facilities to hold your Traitor In Chief and his gang of criminals after we try and convict them.
 
Told you there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

For those of you wondering what the reporter said as he threw his shoes;

"This is a gift from the Iraqis. This is the farewell kiss, you dog,
this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
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First of all, if you click on the link provided by the OP, then select the video tab at the top, there is a video. Agreed, it took good GWB reflexes to dodge as the shoe thrower got off two really fast throws, but GWB was really in no danger, the shoes went too high and off to the left. I predict no baseball career for the Iraqi journalist, he has serious control issues and needs more practice to hit the strike zone.

The solution is clearly GWB nude journalistic news conferences in future, some people just won't accept a dubious heart felt GWB I am sorry, and after seeing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed, 2 million exiled,
and other tortured, somehow I can't blame those soreheads giving GWB a tiny tiny fraction of what he deserves.
 
Originally posted by: Lemon law
First of all, if you click on the link provided by the OP, then select the video tab at the top, there is a video. Agreed, it took good GWB reflexes to dodge as the shoe thrower got off two really fast throws, but GWB was really in no danger, the shoes went too high and off to the left. I predict no baseball career for the Iraqi journalist, he has serious control issues and needs more practice to hit the strike zone.

The solution is clearly GWB nude journalistic news conferences in future, some people just won't accept a dubious heart felt GWB I am sorry, and after seeing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed, 2 million exiled,
and other tortured, somehow I can't blame those soreheads giving GWB a tiny tiny fraction of what he deserves.
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Yeah... but at least they should show some gratitude for all the misery inflicted on them.
 
hahahah i love his reaction. he was laughing and didnt care.

though i do have to admit it would have been funnyf if bush got naile din the head witht it.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill

Good thing there is no Traitor in Chief.
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Yes, their is. That's him playing the part of an Iraqi shoe target.

I'll say this as plainly as possible. George W. Bush is a traitor. As of today, George W. Bush has murdered 4,209 American troops in his war of LIES in Iraq. George W. Bush has committed treason by shredding the rights guaranteed to every American citizen under the U.S. Constitution. George W. Bush has authorized, and therefore committed. acts of torture and other heinous war crimes and crimes against humanity.

These charges are not hyperoble. They are fact. I have often posted strong legal citations to support them.

These charges are independent of anything anyone wants to claim was done by Bill Clinton or any other past President. If someone can present conclusive evidence of such crimes, I would support prosecuting them to the full extent of the law.

Now, let's see if those who continue to deny Bush's crimes or try to distract from them by pointing to others join me in supporting prosecution of ANY and ALL Presidents, past and present, who have committed such heinous crimes.

Bring your own hard evidence against those you want to see charged. Speculation and maybe's don't count.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: loozar111

Gitmo's still open.
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Good! We need ready facilities to hold your Traitor In Chief and his gang of criminals after we try and convict them.
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Good thing there is no Traitor in Chief.
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Actually for once you say something true, there wasn't until your hero came along in 2001
 
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