Shoe Mr. Presicrunk, don't botha me!

I think what I like most about this presidential shoe-throwin' incident is how they're calling it freedom of speech. It is kind of cool to think of, considering how much of a sissy country America has become, other countries' traditions. Like how they yell at each other in British Parliament. And throw shoes in the Arab culture, apparently. The only rough-and-tough American we seem to have is Dick Cheney. Shootin' people in the face. Cussin' out folks in the Senate. Torturin' suspects and tappin' phone lines.

Hmm.

Actually, you know what? Let's stick with the sissy thing.

Someone threw “one shoe, then the other shoe” at President Bush. I mean, I know a lot of people don’t like him and would have liked for him to get a size 10 (according to Mr. Bush himself, hehehe weaseling snicker) boxed right upside his pointy ear, but you gotta be impressed with the old man’s agility. He looked like a professional dodgeball player. Also, according to Reuters: “Throwing shoes at someone is the worst possible insult in the Arab world.” Really? I wish this is how we fought wars instead of with lethal weapons.

I know that these shoe-throwin folks are mostly just Sadr-supporters, but I’d like to remind us all of something:

Sunday, March 16, 2003

TIM RUSSERT: If your analysis is not correct, and we’re not treated as liberators, but as conquerors, and the Iraqis begin to resist, particularly in Baghdad, do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: Well, I don’t think it’s likely to unfold that way, Tim, because I really do believe that we will be greeted as liberators.