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Just saw the vid on CNN....:-X.The worst insult apparently. The man has some serious head movement ,nice speed........GIF NEEDED ASAP ;D
Ducking comes naturally with the job.
I always thought he had to be good at something.:cool:
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Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
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My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
George W Bush
April 22nd, 2003
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Of course Bush, ignorant dipstick that he is, cracked some joke about shoe size. Probably he had no concept of the nature of the insult, or it's relevance to the Muslim faith. One would hope that if he did, he wouldn't have joked such. :-\
Hilarious stuff. The slow motion shot had me in stitches;D
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Maliki is saying "please, please, one shoe at a time!"
:rofmaoal:....And he still maintains that goofy Alfred E. Neuman expression...:bucktooth: ThanksQuote:
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Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins
.....oh get off it. I thought it was funny how he reacted.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
yeah, it was good for a laugh. Any bozo could have come up with such a quip. Still it does pay for a world leader to be on top of such nuances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle.....oh get off it. I thought it was funny how he reacted.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Brings to mind a comment by Jean Chretien, our long time fearless leader, and a Liberal, in a meeting with middle east leaders...
"I couldn't tell you the difference between East, West, North, or South Jeruselem" duhhh wrong joke.
anyways, no big deal I guess. :-\
I meant when he ducked and sort of smiled and pointed at the guy and then ducked again....that was priceless!
Let Obama get shoes thrown at him and see how he reacts!
He'd grab that shoe...fake a pivot, run the court and SLAM!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
that fucking asshole, they can't treat a U.S President like that. I dont care who it is, even if Bush didn't do a good job. NOBODY TREAT OUR PRESIDENT LIKE THAT.
THEY SHOULD LOCK THAT ASSHOLE UP. :mad:
You do realize that that President is responsible for invading that man's country, setting off a brutal war which is directly responsible for tens of thousands of deaths?Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Your President is lucky threw a shoe instead of a grenade.
If we hadn't done that they would still be under a fucking tyrant asshole. Do they prefer to be treated like dogs or get a chance at democracy?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHYou do realize that that President is responsible for invading that man's country, setting off a brutal war which is directly responsible for tens of thousands of deaths?Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Your President is lucky threw a shoe instead of a grenade.
Things under that tyrant are probably looking pretty rosy about now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius RainIf we hadn't done that they would still be under a fucking tyrant asshole. Do they prefer to be treated like dogs or get a chance at democracy?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHYou do realize that that President is responsible for invading that man's country, setting off a brutal war which is directly responsible for tens of thousands of deaths?Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Your President is lucky threw a shoe instead of a grenade.
You can't force people to take up democracy (and if you think there is any real democracy in the West, you're dreaming). Especially in a place with no tradition of democracy. The Middle East has been a quagmire for nearly 100 years due to Western intervention.
yea it can not be force and no im not dreaming about democracy in the west. I said a chance at democracy and what we have here is a Republic. People may think we have a democracy but ask the official question of the state, what kind of goverment do we have? the only right answer is. REPUBLIC.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHThings under that tyrant are probably looking pretty rosy about now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius RainIf we hadn't done that they would still be under a fucking tyrant asshole. Do they prefer to be treated like dogs or get a chance at democracy?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
You can't force people to take up democracy (and if you think there is any real democracy in the West, you're dreaming). Especially in a place with no tradition of democracy. The Middle East has been a quagmire for nearly 100 years due to Western intervention.
What would you expect? What if a country invaded America to eradicate Bush and killed innocent people along the way? I'm sure you would lob a shoe at the countries leader too if he came to visit and claim it was a success:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
Did they ever find all those WMD?:-\That is what they went in for isn't it?
Stuff like this actually makes me like people more. I am with Lyle I think Bush handled this great, great moves too.
And before today I had no idea that throwing shoes at someone was an insult in Muslim culture. I just thought that the dude wanted to hit Bush in the head with a shoe, not that it had some deep meaning to it.
I remember on the news when the Americans pulled the statue of Saddam down with the crane, the iraqi people took off their shoes/sandles and hit it in the face lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by amat
This whole episode proves Bush was right. He said that we'd be greeted with sweets and flowers and if you watch the video carefully you can see that the guy actually throws two shoe-shaped chocolate cakes at Bush.
Ok I had to make a gif too
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It's 5.40 AM here in Sunderland, centre of the universe. Later today a parcel containing a pair of my old shoes will leave Sunderland bound for a Washington D.C. address. The idea came to me in a flash and the more I think about it the better it gets. I'm feeling in the middle of a cathartic experience right now, I feel cleansed, like I washed off the eight-year-long relentless shower of shit that was the Bush administration with one act. I've gone postal, so to speak. I really feel refreshed. This really would be an excellent time to eat some mescaline but I have to start work again in eight hours. Shall I eat some? Yes I shall.
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Well.I rarely give the chimpanzee credit,but he did slip those shots nicely. Hell of alot better then the Segway incident,or the running over the bobbie incident with his bike,or the just falling off his bike incident,or the pretzel incident
One good thing comes out it ; Guantanamo bays military prison warders will now know where to hang there shoes and socks; ;) Yep off the ears of Iraqi and Taliban terrorists while they sit strapped down listening to Born in the Usa by bruce Springsteen over and fukin over.:eek:
Come to think of it ,Id rather be shot than have to listen to that self opinionated bs prat sing.
Bush should think himself lucky he's only been pelted with a pair of shoes. If I was anywhere near him he would have had a pair of Y-fronts on his head. :mad:
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Things under that tyrant are probably looking pretty rosy about now.
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Yeah if that dude had thrown that shoe at Saddam he would have been tortured and then killed.....then Saddam might have "asked" if anyone else knew of this plot and had them killed too.......I'm not quite sure if "rosey" is the best way to describe that.
Yeah, Saddam only killed 2,000,000 people, including gassing an entire town. It doesn't get much rosier than that unless you think of Lidice under the Nazis.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHThings under that tyrant are probably looking pretty rosy about now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius RainIf we hadn't done that they would still be under a fucking tyrant asshole. Do they prefer to be treated like dogs or get a chance at democracy?Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
You can't force people to take up democracy (and if you think there is any real democracy in the West, you're dreaming). Especially in a place with no tradition of democracy. The Middle East has been a quagmire for nearly 100 years due to Western intervention.
Did Bush used to be the p4p champ in boxing before he became president??I mean his head movement is soo sharp that Pacman would find it hard to hit him!!:-X
Actually most of that death count was us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formerly D@vid LeederYeah, Saddam only killed 2,000,000 people, including gassing an entire town. It doesn't get much rosier than that unless you think of Lidice under the Nazis.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFHThings under that tyrant are probably looking pretty rosy about now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Julius Rain
You can't force people to take up democracy (and if you think there is any real democracy in the West, you're dreaming). Especially in a place with no tradition of democracy. The Middle East has been a quagmire for nearly 100 years due to Western intervention.
Between the sanctions,the fly overs,GW1,and us giving him all those nasty toys for the war with Iran.
We've got our paws all over that,not to mention encouraging the Kurds to revolt and leaving them high and dry.
At least Sadaam kept the lights on,and the plumbing working,which is more then we can seem to pull off.
Anybody disturbed that yet again our president just STOOD there after the shoes were thrown? If somebody throws shoes at me and I'm in a hostile country I'm getting the fuck outta dodge.
I think he handled this one ok. It's not like he just got news his country was being attacked or anything...
Just a size 10 shoe or 2 which he did manage to dodge fairly well and even smiled at.
Actually no, the death count is the responsibility of the person who made a choice to do the killing. You don't blame Smith and Wesson if I go out and shoot a gas station attendant with a .38 Special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer MonkeyActually most of that death count was us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formerly D@vid LeederYeah, Saddam only killed 2,000,000 people, including gassing an entire town. It doesn't get much rosier than that unless you think of Lidice under the Nazis.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
Between the sanctions,the fly overs,GW1,and us giving him all those nasty toys for the war with Iran.
We've got our paws all over that,not to mention encouraging the Kurds to revolt and leaving them high and dry.
At least Sadaam kept the lights on,and the plumbing working,which is more then we can seem to pull off.
As for encouraging the Kurds, it appears I need a history lesson. Any trustworthy websites you might recommend on that topic?
History of Iran: Arming Iraq: A Chronology of U.S. InvolvementQuote:
Originally Posted by Formerly D@vid LeederActually no, the death count is the responsibility of the person who made a choice to do the killing. You don't blame Smith and Wesson if I go out and shoot a gas station attendant with a .38 Special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trainer MonkeyActually most of that death count was us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formerly D@vid Leeder
Between the sanctions,the fly overs,GW1,and us giving him all those nasty toys for the war with Iran.
We've got our paws all over that,not to mention encouraging the Kurds to revolt and leaving them high and dry.
At least Sadaam kept the lights on,and the plumbing working,which is more then we can seem to pull off.
As for encouraging the Kurds, it appears I need a history lesson. Any trustworthy websites you might recommend on that topic?
LONG TIME ALLIES: USA and Turkey- almost fallout over Kurdish Iraq.
Its old news
And if I think a guy is a sociopath,and I hand him a howitzer,I should have some culbability
I'm sure that he's fully aware of it. He's making a joke of this guy's attempt to insult him.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Stupid really, I'm sure the guy throwing the shows finds shoe soles very offensive... the Dubya is indifferent and letting him know it
Cmon Adam,he isnt fully aware of how to stay on his bike,and he does that daily,there is absolutely no way he understood the nature of the insult. Im just impressed he showed the motor skills to duck the shoesQuote:
Originally Posted by AdamGBI'm sure that he's fully aware of it. He's making a joke of this guy's attempt to insult him.Quote:
Originally Posted by CGM
Stupid really, I'm sure the guy throwing the shows finds shoe soles very offensive... the Dubya is indifferent and letting him know it
Yeah, the shoe thing is a high insult. Here in Michigan, the University of Michigan has been seriously considering putting in foot baths in restrooms for Muslim students. They feel the feet are the the filthy equivalent of the butt for Americans. Pretty much him throwing his shoes at the president would have been the equivalent of smashing your open ass into someone's face. And then clapping your butt cheeks together.
It's sort of like flipping off an animal in the zoo or something... like he even cares.
Feet though? SO the Arab equivalent of getting somebody to lick the shit out of your arsehole would be a foot massage?
Their loss :-\
Once again if that was Obama people would be fawning over how courageous he was :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Killface