Shoes Over Guns

IraqiGunman
Originally uploaded by Phalanx.

I guess in Iraq you have to throw shoes to get people's attention... it's hard to believe that Dubya got threatened by the one thing that Richard Reid also thought was a WMD... only in the case of the Iraqi reporter who basically shit in Dubya's pillowcase and put it back on the bed, he's being championed by his people as a HERO.

I'd imagine that if something similar happened in the US, the ShoeThrower would get Tasered and be the suggest of a viral internet laughing stock campaign.

It makes no sense to me what the Iraqis find disrespectful... also what makes no sense is, where was secret Service? Jay Leno posited this self-same question, and honestly does anybody have an answer? Also, is that team of Treasury Agents getting the Pink Slip during these Harsh Economic Times? You tell me? And are they able to get Unemployment Insurance if they did get axed?

-- Ras The Exhorter signing off...