That would have been so bad in terms of worsening Iraqi opinion of America. That guy is considered a hero in so much of the Islamic world, especially in Iraq for his mutual hatred of America and Iran (both feelings that many Iraqis share). Besides, Bush said later said he didn't even feel the least bit threatened by it.
Okay, I rescind my earlier comment. That would be very extreme for just throwing your shoes. However, regardless of how Bush felt about it, and the motive of Zaidi, I feel he deserves some form of punishment, whether or not he gets it.
I don't know if you live in America, but I think that even if you don't, an intelligent person like you would understand that trying to harm the leader of a country is not something that should be taken lightly.
I actually really admire how Bush has taken this and all the other insults and protests against him. Say what you will about him (and you'd probably be right), but he has shown some real political maturity with this stuff. Other leaders don't even doubt jailing anyone who dares question the regime, but not Bush.
And about the article that Jakey posted, well, I reserve my doubts about the veracity of the shoe-thrower and his brother's statements. I mean, even just because of common sense one would figure that Bush's people would watch their backs about how they treat someone who will obviously be on the spotlight for at least a couple of days. I don't think they would be that stupid to beat him up just hours after the incident, when the whole world might hear about it.
BRIGHTON, Mich. -- Since when did being annoying become a crime? Since Brighton City Council approved a public conduct code Monday night, which includes fining someone up to $500 for being annoying.
One section of the bill reads, "It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts that alarm or seriously annoy another person and that serve no legitimate purpose."
The bill also states it's unlawful for anyone to insult, accost, molest or otherwise annoy any person in public.
The ordinance was modeled after one in Royal Oak, where the Brighton police chief previously worked.
The Livingston Daily Press & Argus reported that two council members expressed concerns for the language of the ordinance, but voted for it anyway.
Brighton officials said the ordinance would be subjective and the call will be made by police officers.
A Japanese man who had been living in Terminal 1 of Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2 — for no apparent reason — left under equally mysterious circumstances.
Authorities searched the terminal for Hiroshi Nohara on Monday, but he was nowhere to be found, said an airport official who was not allowed to be quoted by name.
The daily newspaper Reforma ran photos of the scruffy man getting into a cab Sunday at the airport.
Nohara's three-month residency at the airport made him a local celebrity whose life drew comparisons to that of Viktor Navorski, a character portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 2004 movie "The Terminal."
Nohara had a tourist visa that allows him to stay in Mexico — anywhere in Mexico, not just the airport — until early March. He also possessed a ticket home.
Reforma reported that he left Sunday with a woman who had visited him at least twice at the airport.
Two German children - aged five and six - have been stopped by police from eloping to Africa to tie the knot in the sun, reports say.
The budding lovebirds, identified as Mika and Anna-Lena, packed bathing costumes, sunglasses and a lilo and headed for the airport.
They even had the presence of mind to invite along an official witness - Anna-Lena's seven-year-old sister.
The three got as far as Hanover railway station before police intervened.
The young couple were "very much in love" and had decided to get married in Africa "where it is warm", police spokesman Holger Jureczko told the AFP news agency.
Sun-seekers
The idea for the getaway wedding was born as the children's families celebrated New Year's eve together and Mika regaled the two girls with stories of a recent holiday to Italy.
The following morning, as their parents slept, the intrepid trio walked 1km (0.6 miles) to the local tram station at Langenhagen, where they hopped aboard a tram for Hanover central station.
But the group aroused the suspicion of a guard as they waited for a train to the airport, and police were called in.
Officers persuaded the children they would not get far without tickets and money, but consoled them with a free tour of the police station, where they were shortly picked up by relieved parents.
Although any marriage plans have been put on hold for now, police did not altogether rule out the possibility of an African wedding.
"They can still put their plan into action at a later date," AFP quoted the spokesman as saying.
Awwww!! That's so freakin cute! I don't know how mad I'd be if my kid did something that adorable. I'd still have to punish them in some way, but it wouldn't be anything too harsh, because every time I'd think of it I wouldn't be able to stop from smiling.
When I was visiting Spain summer before last, an African man named Bajeedie offered me an African wedding. He said we would have a large family, and kept asking me for my phone number and address... I had to walk around and find someone else from my school group in order for the guy to stop following me.
His pick up line, the one where as soon as he said it I was like "Oh no..." was "I like yo face"
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry.
“The take here is that everyone and their mother want to be bailed out from the banks to the big three,” said Owen Moogan, spokesman for Larry Flynt. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else and they are going to ask for the $5 billion. Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them to determine.”
Francis said in a statement that “the US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people."
“We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 billion dollar bailout,” he told CNN Wednesday.
Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow.
But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. "People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."
"With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It's time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly."
So far, there has been no congressional reaction to the request.
Watch out Robert Fisk: there's a new kid on the block in the Middle East, and he means business. After altering the shape of the US election (well, not really) Joe the Plumber is about to turn his hand to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The man from Ohio, who became a media sensation in the US after challenging Barack Obama over his tax plans during the presidential campaign, is being dispatched to Israel to cover the war in Gaza.
The eminent news organisation sending Joe - real name Wurzelbacher - to the Middle East is pjtv.com, also known as PajamasTV. Carried under the announcement of its new recruit is an appeal for people "to report on examples of media bias and deception that you want exposed or that you have countered (you must be 13 years old or older)".
In the light of this appeal, it seems odd Joe should be so unabashed about where his sympathies lie. When he joined John McCain on the campaign trail, he agreed with a Republican supporter that a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.
Joe has said he will spend 10 days covering the fighting in order to explain why Israeli forces are attacking Hamas. "It's very tragic - but, at the same time, what are the Israeli people supposed to do," he told the Toledo WNWO television station.
Joe has already demonstrated the fearlessness necessary to be a war correspondent. "Being a Christian, I'm pretty well protected by God I believe," he said. "That's not saying he's going to stop a mortar for me, but you gotta take the chance."
The big question, given Israel's reluctance to admit journalists it claims would show bias to Hamas, is: will Joe be granted entry to the Gaza Strip?
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Okay, I rescind my earlier comment. That would be very extreme for just throwing your shoes. However, regardless of how Bush felt about it, and the motive of Zaidi, I feel he deserves some form of punishment, whether or not he gets it.
I don't know if you live in America, but I think that even if you don't, an intelligent person like you would understand that trying to harm the leader of a country is not something that should be taken lightly.
And about the article that Jakey posted, well, I reserve my doubts about the veracity of the shoe-thrower and his brother's statements. I mean, even just because of common sense one would figure that Bush's people would watch their backs about how they treat someone who will obviously be on the spotlight for at least a couple of days. I don't think they would be that stupid to beat him up just hours after the incident, when the whole world might hear about it.
"I'm not touching you! I'm not touching you!"
"Sir, if you don't stop not touching that person, you'll have to suffer the consequences!!"
When I was visiting Spain summer before last, an African man named Bajeedie offered me an African wedding. He said we would have a large family, and kept asking me for my phone number and address...
His pick up line, the one where as soon as he said it I was like "Oh no..." was "I like yo face"
But when I get home tonight, you know I need me my xxx.mega.titted.slut.whores.mpg.