Throwing shoes

Iraqi shoe-throwing reporter becomes the talk of Iraq | U.S. | Reuters: "Throwing shoes at someone is the worst possible insult in the Arab world."
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Makes me wonder how they can say that. What if he had thrown... feces? Wouldn't that be more insulting? Is throwing shoes really more insulting than spitting on someone? How about throwing some old, nasty, freshly farted-in underwear? Even in the "Arab world" there has to be things they consider more insulting than throwing your shoes at someone. And what if that person takes the shoe... then you have to buy another pair. Maybe the real insult is on the person throwing the shoe?

That said, he did ok in the throwing part. He didn't throw all goofy, neither of the shoes went wildly off course. And Bush, was even better in that he easily dodged the shoes that were coming at him at a high clip. That guy was putting the heat on those shoes and Bush not only ducked the first one, but he didn't let it keep him down. He stood right back up and dodged the 2nd.

And what is up with the security, that guy should have been tackled and with a bloody nose before the second shoe took flight. Taser anyone? Something... they just looked really slow to get the guy. "Oh, it's just the President of the USA, let's take our time and handle the attacker with care."

Come on, you're in Iraq, you're securing the President, it's a prime opportunity that for once in your security career, you may get to put the hurt on someone for attacking the president.

There should have been a secret service guy "taking the shoe" for the President, flying out from seemingly nowhere as the shoe was thrown.

But no, there was none of that. WHY NOT?! I don't care if he's the most unpopular President, he's still the PRESIDENT! Protect our F-ing President no matter how "popular" he is. Put the hurt on those who try to attack him... what the hell are they teaching the secret service these days? They looked like they were more concerned about the lighting for photos that protecting the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Get your priorities straight. Here's the top 2:
1. Protect the President
2. Kick the ass(es) while incapacitating those that attack the president with a shoe or any other object no matter harmless it may seem at the time.

If you have to dive through people, knock some other people on their asses to get to the attacker, so be it. Don't be all, "Pardon me, can I get by" to people in the way, run over their asses!

Anyway, there was a serious lack of intensity by the security. That doesn't bode well for our image. The intensity and effectiveness of how we secure our President is a reflection of how well we secure our country. To the rest of the world, I bet we look pretty vulnerable.

Ass Backwards American Auto Industry

Bailout dead, automakers in search of a lifeline: "'Due to this colossal failure by the U.S. Senate, now it's up to the president and the Treasury secretary,' Bernero said Friday on CBS''Early Show.''Working Americans will appreciate the president stepping in - and pull us back from the precipice, pull us back from the economic cliff.'"
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What? The Senate's failure? WRONG! It's the F-ing auto industry's own fault. The signs were on the horizon when even the best German auto maker, Daimler (Mercedes), couldn't revamp Chrystler enough to want to stay here.

An even bigger sign of how out of their F-ing minds they are, they ride up to congress in private jets to "beg" for money. They're not hungry. They're either unwilling or unable to change enough to become successful in America.

The dinosaurs need to die if that's what it takes to bring in a new species that's hungry enough to want to attract the American consumer, and be able to adapt to meet shifts in the market. Ford, GM and Chrystler have all proven they can't, and as much as it may hurt people when they die, it's not the Senate's fault, nor the President's, it's simply the fault of bad, ineffective, outdated management who are already wealthy and will remain that way even if their company fails.

And that's why it's such a farce that they drove up in hybrids the second time they begged for money. They could afford their jets without using company money, so it was all just for appearances. To be really begging for money, they should have showed up nearing their last dime of even personal wealth... like Amazon. That guy put his heart and soul into that company, plenty of times I'm sure when it was on the brink of collapse. Let the dinosaurs die so that maybe the Amazon.com of the auto industry will be able to compete for our business.

Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet - Yahoo! News

Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet - Yahoo! News:

"By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama named former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of statae on Monday" ...
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Wow, this was the lead article I just looked at on Yahoo news, as is (except for bolding that one word), displaying AP's typical butchery of the english language, grammar, spelling, etc. In this case, it's just the spelling, but OMG, WhereTF did these people graduate? Did they graduate from an accredited college? I haven't really ranted about AP lately because it happens every F'n day on, sadly, MOST of their articles.

Anyway, congrats to HC for being nomintated as Secretary of State. With all that travelling around she'll have to do, maybe BC will want to hire former intern ML to fill in all that free time. Either that or HC will need to take BC with her wherever she goes.