A Nation of Loafers

Come on, you know where this is going, right?

What is it with people and shoes? Or the USA and shoes, at any rate. It seems to be a footnote in our history, being rejected with a shoe for emphasis. When Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded on his podium back in 1963 he reportedly said, "Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will dig you in!" I'm sure if JFK had been in the room, he would have had to duck a size 10 as well.

Then, a mere 45 years later, reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi makes the same sort of statement. "This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" Amazingly, Bush the idiot managed to dodge not just one, but two loafers fired at close range.

(hey, is Maliki smiling, or is it just me?)

So. I don't agree with violence, even slapstick shaggalicious violence such as this. I laughed because he missed, maybe not so much if the idiot's reflexes hadn't been so keen. While the incident gave a nice chuckle to the day, what's missing is the truly "barbaric and heinous" acts going on around town:

• The US Defaults on Promised Withdrawel Date (omg, I'm so shocked!)
• A Report Comes Out Detailing Our Failure to Rebuild Iraq (wait, you mean you expected electricity, water and medical care after we put $117 BILLION toward those goals? Fools!)
• Our US Leaders Link Other US Leaders To Iraqi Torture (and that was before the shoe dude was arrested)
• 55 People were Murdered in a Bombing
• Five Blackwater Guards Face US Charges in Iraq Deaths
• Suit Claims Halliburton, KBR Sickened Base
• Iraq Blasts Kill at Least 18, Including Two US Soldiers

The tragedy isn't that the shoe missed, it's that we're even there to begin with. But hey, it's over now, we can laugh about it, right?



~Lila Schow

Because Responsible Citizens Clean Up After Their Government http://goodusgov.org/