wow

although i wouldn't throw anything at him (EXCEPT MY VERY LOUD VOICE) these are MY sentiments exactly.



stephen over at drinking liberally in new milford hooks us up with the above vid. WOW

(the video doesn't work for me on my site, but it sure does on stephen's. stop on by his place)

story link Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush

and here's an update from wapo

Shoe-Throwing Mars Bush's Baghdad Trip
President Defends War in Surprise Farewell Visit Before Ducking an Iraqi Journalist's Rejoinder
By Sudarsan Raghavan and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Foreign Service
BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 -- Arriving here on Sunday for a surprise farewell visit, President Bush staunchly defended a war that has taken far more time, money and lives than anticipated, but he received a taste of local resentment toward his policies when an Iraqi journalist hurled two shoes at him at a news conference......

.............Just after Bush finished his remarks and said "Thank you" in Arabic, an Iraqi journalist took off his shoes and threw them at Bush, one after the other.

Throwing a shoe at someone is considered the worst possible insult in Iraq and is meant to show extreme disrespect and contempt. When U.S. forces helped topple a statue of Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein after rolling into Baghdad in April 2003, jubilant Iraqis beat the statue's face with their shoes. .............



another update
Iraqi who threw shoes covered U.S. bombing of Shiite area
By Adam Ashton and Mohammed al Dulaimy | McClatchy Newspapers

"Any action taken against Muntathar will remind us of the actions and behaviors taken by the reign of the dictator and the violence, the random arrests, the mass graves and confiscations of freedom from the people," the board of Baghdadiyah said.

Friends said Zaidi covered the U.S. bombing of Baghdad's Sadr City area earlier this year and had been "emotionally influenced" by the destruction he'd seen. They also said he'd been kidnapped in 2007 and held for three days by Shiite Muslim gunmen.