Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)
Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)
President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports this afternoon that during a press conference with Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush — “a grave insult in the Arab world” — but “it just sailed past his head”:
WARE: Well, Wolf, the most extraordinary thing. You may or may not believe this. We’re getting reports from the press pool that flew in with President Bush and apparently just a short, short time ago in a press conference with Prime Minister Maliki, an Iraqi man stood up in the press conference and threw a shoe at President Bush. But the reports we’re getting, it just sailed past his head and while the man was dragged out of the room, President Bush is said to have remarked that, “This was a size 10 shoe he threw at me you may want to know,” even as the man was heard screaming in the hallway.
Watch it:
McClatchy identified the man as Iraqi television journalist Muntader al-Zaidi and reports he threw both of his shoes at Bush just after he finished prepared remarks.
The New York Times notes that the first shoe “narrowly missed” and the second shoe also missed. “This is a farewell kiss, you dog,” Zaidi shouted.
Apparently, Bush was unfazed by the incident. “I didn’t feel the least bit threatened by it,” he said.
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December 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pmA bold statement.
I hope that man doesn’t pay for that statement with his life.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:34 pmAh, yes. That “grand square” named after Dubya is the next logical step.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pman Iraqi man threw a shoe at Bush
I can see the headlines now:
December 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pmIslamofascist Shoe Bomber Strikes! Bush Orders New Surge!
Bush Unfazed by Assault!
Shoe-throwing Sign of Affection!
Iraqis So Well-off They’ve Shoes To Spare! Mission Accomplished!
Wouldathunkit: The Iraqi word for shoe is “flower”.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:41 pmToo bad the “librul media” in this country can’t summon the same courage.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:41 pmPlastic turkey.
There’s the emblem of the Bush legacy.
His first visit was that phoney-baloney Thanksgiving thank-you to the troops, and his last is a phoney-baloney press conference. Perfect bookends.
Also telling, was Bush’s attempt at glossing over the obvious arab/muslim insult of throwing a shoe at Bush, just like they beat Saddam’s fallen statue with shoes in Firdus Square!
December 14th, 2008 at 1:41 pmToo bad the Iraqis won’t arrest GWBush for crimes against the nation of Iraq.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:42 pmWhat is the man’s name? He is a hero, just like the guy who stood up to the tanks in Tiennenmen Square!
December 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pmThey need to bronze those shoes and place them high – right where FAUX News staged that statue of Saddam takedown.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:46 pmNow, if they story involved condiliar and prada she woulda caught it right between he big, beautiful buckteeth.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:46 pmThis is a farewell kiss, you dog,” the Zaidi shouted.
Golden.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:47 pmIraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad»
– - And the journalist will now have “the book” thrown at him. (Give Bush some props for a quick comeback though.)
December 14th, 2008 at 1:47 pmWas it Secret Service, or some Blackwater-type guards who drug him out?
December 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm“I didn’t feel the least bit threatened by it,” he said.
what a stupid lying liar… he shit his pants and we know it.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pmOur farewell kiss to that dog can’t come soon enough.
¶ AIO
December 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pmkaty Says:
“what a stupid lying liar… he shit his pants and we know it.
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of course kay, his shit stained pissed soaked panties will be an integral part of the legacy project…proudly on display at SMU
December 14th, 2008 at 1:50 pmTP – i think if would be a good idea to give a short explanation of the relevance of shoes to iraqi culture in this case.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:51 pmMike Ware’s ecstatic.
I haven’t seen him in good spirits in a long time. Perhaps fate gave him an early Christmas:)
December 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pmPlease, mythical sky-being, let someone have recorded this!
SNL would have a bonfire with it.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pmApparently, Bush was unfazed by the incident. “I didn’t feel the least bit threatened by it,” he said.
Of course not. He knows his deal with the devil to hand him the presidency in 2000 didn’t allow for any personal injuries from attacks of any kind.
Unfortunately, it didn’t guarantee any actual policy successes in the job, either.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:55 pmMcClatchy identified the man as Iraqi television journalist Muthathar al Zaidi
December 14th, 2008 at 1:57 pm– - Or as he’s known around the office watercooler, Nikita Khruschev.
McClatchy identified the man as Iraqi television journalist Muthathar al Zaidi …
the iraqi people have a new hero… i hope he is popular enough to have used that status to protect him…
December 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pmIraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad»
How I love these stories.
Did Bush really think they were going to greet US with flowers after we massacred, ruined, raped and tortured the Iraqi people and their country?
The would will not heal as those guilty will not be made to account.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pmThe chyron says that Purino, Hadley, and Josh Bolten also were in Iraq.
The thought of Purino having to field press-pool questions about this back at the White House is also an ironic stocking-stuffer.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:01 pmbarfly – did you catch this story about WARE the other day?
CNN’s Michael Ware on Iraq: “I am not the same f#&@ing person. I don’t know how to come home.”
http://crooksandliars.com/silentpatriot/cnns-michael-ware-iraq-i-am-not-same
December 14th, 2008 at 2:01 pmCan not wait to see the video… it will be absolutely precious…. a # 1 on you tube.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pmKaty, yeah. That’s why I mentioned it. The guy’s suffering from the worst case PTSD imaginable.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:05 pmAfter the Gift Exchange, Bush thanked the man for his generous personal Holiday Gift and wished him a most “Merry Christmas” as he was taken off to enjoy his tropical vacation and partake of tasty liquid refreshment . . . . and he was heard to say “Ho, Ho, Ho and a Merry Christmas too all!”.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pmThe video for sure will not be shown in coming Bush’s library.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pmF uck off, Daryll.
You are so f ucking stupid. Chimpy has taken that country back to the Stone Age.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmBush rating not doing well in Iraq either it seems. I guess it makes since for this to be the reaction as Bush invaded Iraq and tried to take over the country and it’s oil. Let’s see if the national Media has the guts to report this truth or will they oover theis story up.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pmI once did that at home! I took off my shoe and threw it at the TV screen during a speech the idiot was giving on TV. The TV did not brake. I’ve thought about doing that at the gym too but I don’t the TVs there.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pmOMG it’s a real video! I laughed so hard thinking it was a Saturday Night Live skit!
When CNN gets the footage the head line will be,
“Bush Does Final Iraq Goodby Standup Comedy”.
What a sick joke this man is…
December 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pmshould have thrown an IED
December 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmi think every person who ever meets
bush should throw their shoes at him.
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i think it should become a custom.
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December 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmHe wouldn’t have lasted five minutes in Viet Nam.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pm“modernised”. I love that. But surely, RR, from that point of view, the Iraqis should have a valid grudge against Bush for not nuking them.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmHey Shrub!
Ye reap what ye sow.
Lesson learned yet idiot boy-king?
Seriously, has HW slapped W’s momma yet??
December 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmWish he would have hit his target, or threw a larger object!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmShould have stuffed a hand grenade in that shoe!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmThis was just the actions of one ignorant man.
This sounds more like your epitaph, RapeReady.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmRaptureReady Says:
We didn’t massacre or ruin their society. We brought freedom and help them emerge into an economically robust country. Currently, Iraq is the only country that has a financial surplus. We are even planning to build a DisneyLand in Iraq. This was just the actions of one ignorant man.
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are you back on goof balls again?
:)
December 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pmDon’t ever change, Daryll. Your ravings remind us all how nice it is to be sane.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pmi think it should become a custom.
We’ll call it the Dumbya Salute!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pmCould this pair of shoes surface for sale one day on the internet, may be with Iraqi cerificate of authenticity?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pmRaptureready . . . can I have your stuff NOW?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmtarazan Says:
The video for sure will not be shown in coming Bush’s library.
It may get lost … my favorite story: Mayan Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit , which used to be on yahoo news and I think MSNBC, is no where to be found on major news sites.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmWhoa, he gets called a dog while avoiding a fly by shoeing. Tough world out there for a war criminal these days.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmDaryll,
Shoes don’t hurt people, people hurt people.
Why do you hate shoes?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmUp for Bid: Nice leather shoes, black lace-up only been flown once. Some sand and wall scuffs, Submit bids to “World Hero” c/o Cuban Resort, Cell #5, Block 6, Guantanamo, Cuba
December 14th, 2008 at 2:30 pmWho cares about a third world country.
Where’s the love?
Satan smiles upon you ever so!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pmbecause of our President, Colombia is a much safer nation.
Yes, let’s thank him and his CIA druglords for all the fine work they’ve DONE IN GOD’S NAME!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pmThe criminal always returns to the scene of the crime, saith the criminologists. Yet the Bush legacy road show endlessly continues, slouching toward Bethlehem while Bwana insists he never felt threatened by the attempted attack.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:33 pmRaptureReady,
Sitting around your house stoned on drugs all day is not going to change the outcome of the election. Barack Obama won, and George Bush’s hand-picked successor lost. The country rightly equated a McCain presidency with a third Bush term and said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Get over it.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:34 pmThe next Bush press conference will be shoeless.
And the shoe didn’t “sail” over his head. He slunk, like a rat when you throw a shoe at it.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pmp.s. RR, Dumbya, et. al.:
The dear lord you’ve been “speaking” with is the Devil in disguise.
You feel for the OLDEST trick in the book.
Dangerous fools, all of you.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm#48 You may be ready for the rapture thanks to Bush alright. But leave it at that! You keep supporting evil crooks like him you may end up missing out! God will only pick the very best!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pmWe need a President with experience, not a community organizer/babysitter.
If they’re was ANYONE who needed a babysitter, look in the mirror, self-hater.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pmClearly, being an evil minion of Pastor Gino clouds one’s understanding of the concept of “substandard.”
December 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pmGosh I love Daryll’s posts. In one he proclaims “who cares about third world countries” and, in the very next one, he brags about Chimpy’s policies towards Columbia.
Liar. Hypocrite. Fool.
Daryll hits the fundy grand slam.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pmRaptureReady Says:
joe cantwell Says:
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RaptureReady Says:
We didn’t massacre or ruin their society. We brought freedom and help them emerge into an economically robust country. Currently, Iraq is the only country that has a financial surplus. We are even planning to build a DisneyLand in Iraq. This was just the actions of one ignorant man.
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are you back on goof balls again?
:)
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You know its the truth. Stop taking your liberal concoction, and look at things through the reality glass.
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matthew 3:10
remember the gift of onan
and sin not.
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December 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pmGood arm. You can never have enough pitching.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:39 pmA real man wouldn’t have ducked.
After all he’s put others through, the least Bush could have done was to stand there, and take the insult like a true leader. He’s ducked out on that responsibility as well. The big baby couldn’t even take a thrown shoe.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pm“Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad”
lol Should have been a boot with spurs. George W. Bush: A man without a country.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:40 pmYou’re right, Daryll, we DON’T need a “sub-standard president” since we’ve seen over the past eight years what such a president can do to this nation.
What exactly about “community organizer” renders one unfit for the job of President? I never understood that argument from you people.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pmWhen will the NRA weigh in?
“Support your right to arm feet.”
“When shoes are outlawed, only outlaws will have shoes.”
“If you want my shoe, you’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead toes.”
December 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pmWho cares about a third world country.
Wow…. what a statement coming from the so called religions right… so telling and an excellent example of your hypocrisy.
Hypocrites all of you!
And what is curious about the word hypocrite, which you all are, is the fact republicans seem to hate this word most.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pmOops! That should have been:
“Liar. Coward. Hypocrite. Fool.”
One can’t have a grand slam with a set of three. Though, it would match with the fundy inability to count to four.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pmInteresting. Daryll both flags what he considers a “treasonous comment” and at the same time copies-and-pastes it into his post, thus giving it further exposure.
D-bag, what about Freedom of Speech do you not understand?
What in your mind constitutes “treason”? Does the definition differ depending on whether one is a Republican or Democrat?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pmThe first shoe was for 600,000 dead and i million displaced. The second avenged another 600,000 dead and over 1 million displaced.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:45 pmPurino got jabbed with a mike.
High irony drips from this entire episode.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pmDemocracy is messy…
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pmSee, Daryll, this is the kind of response that has tarnished your reputation around here. You used to be entertaining with your wide-eyed Christianist moralizing and your indiscriminate demonizing of all things liberal.
But you seem to have run out of ideas, dude. Now you’re just spouting themost ridiculous stuff you can think of, and there’s no craft. There’s no connection to how real people talk and think.
Satire has to be some recognizable reflection of reality in order for it to be effective. Word to the wise.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pmInquiring minds are facinated at the prospect:
Will Purino give her next press conference in eyepatch?
Or with a shiner?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pm“All I can report,” Bush joked of the incident, “is a size 10.”
The shoe…or his IQ?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pmPlease, let it be eyepatch!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pmRaptureReady:
You are contradicting yourself in few sentences….
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You said earlier :”Who cares about a Third World country ..”
Later, you said:
” I just returned from Meddllin ,Columbia visit…”
What do you think Columbia is….?
It is ‘third world country’. Isn’t it…?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:48 pmIt’s not your comments that are wrong, D-bag. The problem is your bloody-minded loathsomeness.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:50 pmThat’s what we’re scared of….heh..you’re funny rr, a guy expresses himself in a country you claim we just freed and you want to execute him…..you are such a silly wabbit.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pmRaptureReady is not really that ready for the rapture. Too attached to the immediate acts that develop. Keep your eyes on God and not on Bush!!! That evil worldly politician with drinking problems!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pmI just want to send out a big THANK YOU to the brave Iraqi shoe thrower. Too bad W ducked in time, perhaps next time he won’t be so lucky.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pmAaarrrr, fall to, ye’ heathens!
First question?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pmSo a facetious comment on a blog is “treasonous” because, if it were to have been real, the situation it imagines could have hurt the president?
You’re sticking with that?
And I noticed you failed to actually address any of my questions.
Specifically I’m interested in your take on the concept of “treason” and whether the standards you apply to that term shift depending on whether you’re evaluating the behavior of a Democrat or a Republican (or a liberal or a conservative).
It seems you interpret your standards situationally.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pmRaptureReady Says:
You are correct, my comment was wrong. I should continue to pray for this sinful mayan Priest.
you are either a fraud or a real whack job… probably both… bot concerning the article below, how on God’s earth can you call these priests sinful?
Mayan Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit
December 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pmOh? And how’d that work out?
Save any gay prostitutes like you did in Rio?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:55 pmRaptureReady Says:
President Bush wanted instill the Gospel of Jesus (Morals and Values) into this world. You despicable, wretched and sinful liberals didn’t support the President’s initiative. You support sin.
You do understand, do you not, that in order for George Bush to achieve that goal, he would need Congress to pass laws that violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment? Why can’t you religious fundamentalists understand that our nation is secular, and that your particular religious beliefs carry no more legal weight nor moral superiority than any one else’s?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:56 pmThis is the ultimate insult. Too bad he missed. Someone needs to give this guy a medal. This reporter has probably witnessed first hand the death & destruction in Iraq and then to have to listen to Bush’s bs and propaganda about how the war was necessary for peace.
Its unfortunate we have stood by for 8 years while he, Cheney and their neocon friends raped and looted this country.
This reporter did what most of us have been dying to do – show his contempt for this moronic war criminal
December 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pmNo member of any respectable church acknowledge your existance. You can’t just make shit up and say it’s a church, or can you?
December 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pmSilly troll. Chimpy, by his own admission, invaded Iraq on false pretenses. Sure he blames “faulty intelligence” but, regardless of one’s chosen euphemism, wrongly invading another nation is the worst thing a ruler can do. Especially when one is not entitled to be a ruler.
That’s the biggest reason I hate Chimpy and all the countless others pale in comparison. In a just world he would answer to a World court and, if convicted, have his seed purged from the earth.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pmNo offense, Daryll, but trying to explain to you what our president has “done wrong” over his tenure would be as futile as trying to explain what is offensive about shit, to a fly.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pmRaptureReady Says:
DaTruth Says:
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RaptureReady is not really that ready for the rapture. Too attached to the immediate acts that develop. Keep your eyes on God and not on Bush!!! That evil worldly politician with drinking problems!
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I know a great leader when I see one.
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ja.
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December 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pmDo you guys, like, get paid for these mutually-solypcistic romps with Daryl?
And doesn’t this always end in the same way?
Just asking.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:01 pm(sigh) and still, Daryll fails to respond to my questions.
Is THAT your problem, Daryll? Is it simply a problem of reading comprehension? Or is it ADD maybe? You’re not able to concentrate?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:01 pmNunn Bush
December 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pmRR Says:
I’ve never seen a Conservative blogger wish negativity on our President. But liberals, of course! You guys have no decorum.
What you fail to understand, RR, is that our loyalty is to the Constitution first, not to the President. Believe it or not, we fully expect President Obama to abide by, support, and defend the Constitution first and foremost. The president’s primary responsibility is NOT, no matter how many times Bush said it, to “protect the American people.” His primary responsibility is to protect The Constitution. George Bush has spat on the Constitution almost from day one. That is why we disrespect him, the person, not the office he currently occupies. We on the left have shown more respect for the Office of the President than George Bush or Dick Cheney have ever shown.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pmRaptureReady Says:
I know a great leader when I see one.
And “God told you” Huckabee would get elected too.
You have no credibility. Daryll.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pmIn fact most of what you say is so wrong, it is like you are trying to state the opposite of what is truth.
You are either a bad christian, a fake one, or the dumbest f_cking one on the planet.
11. Bozo The Neoclown Says:
Now, if they story involved condiliar and prada she woulda caught it right between he big, beautiful buckteeth.
ROLFLMAO!!
December 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pmHAHAHAHAHAHA
I love it! He’s is my hero.
Next time the shoes should be filled with shyte just for good measure.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pmbarfly Says:
Do you guys, like, get paid for these mutually-solypcistic romps with Daryl?
And doesn’t this always end in the same way?
Just asking.
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you’re right.
let’s throw our shoes at him.
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for supporting columbian
prostitution.
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no wonder they’re leaving jesus christ
for l. ron hubard.
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thanks daryll.
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December 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pmHow’s Hellen Thomas’ aim?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pmWho is this nutjob troll called rapture ready?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pmI hope his neighbors keep their eyes on him because he is surely insane.
Here’s another clue for you all…….
28IF
December 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pmThroughout this terrible ordeal I’m glad to hear that Bush’s beautiful and empty mind is still beautiful and empty. Don’t pop that bubble anyone, please.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pmNo, you loathsome freak. Saddam didn’t have WMD’s so? He wasn’t a threat. The only way that the invasion might have been justifiable is if he had those WMD’s.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pmNo, RR, he was not. Saddam Hussein was not a threat to the United States, no matter how your twisted little mind tries to spin it. Why don’t you believe what your Secretary of State, Colin Powell, said of Saddam, “He was pretty much contained”? And any argument about what potentially might have happened if he was not removed are not justification for taking us to war. Absent an actual threat looming (note the word “actual”, not an imaginary threat), preventive wars violate international law. Your beloved president is, technically, a war criminal. Get over it.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pmRupteredRectal has got to one of the stupidest subhumans on the planet…go fcuk yourself, dirtbag.
Oh, and by the way, your phoney God still does not exist.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:10 pmjoe cantwell Says:
you’re right.
let’s throw our shoes at him.
No thanks. Thanks to 8 years of Bush, I’m walking home…
December 14th, 2008 at 3:10 pmHe has the nerve to emphasize that he wasn’t fazed when his press secretary received a black eye!
December 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pmBush lied about WMD’s. He spread fear around the world.
See how that works, stupid troll?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pmLiar
December 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pmRaptureReady Says:
Bush lied about WMD. He wanted to bring fear throughout the world. We did the wrong thing.
Corrected it for you, you lying dirtbag
December 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pmRaptureReady Says:
Is Jesus insane? I am a reflection of him (His child).
Jesus is not insane, but he does have a specific request: he needs to sort you out. Meet him at 4:00PM EST by tightly wrapping one of those shopping bags on your head.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:16 pmpete wins.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:16 pmWhat the article does not say is in the middle east it is a great insult to even show the bottom of your shoe to anyone…to throw a shoe at someone is like throwing garbage or rotten eggs at them, but more so.
Remember when Saddam’s statue was brought down and the people started hitting it and his pictures with their sandals? It was like saying “I spit on you”. What that man did was show great contempt for Bush…
It’s a shame we are so ignorant of Middle Eastern culture.
- Huffington Post
December 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pmDaryll, I am ready for your rapture, I really am.
¶ AIO
December 14th, 2008 at 3:21 pmRaptureReady Says:
I flagging you for your treasonous comment toward our President.
Give me a break. That is certainly not a treasonous comment since we have the freedom of speech in this country. According to the video, throwing the sole of the shoe in the Middle East represents disgrace is what this President of the United States is: a disgrace.
On January 20, 2009, President George W. Bush will be remembered in the history books as the worst President ever.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:22 pm“All I can report is it is a size 10″
That makes you jealous doesn’t it, Bushie? Your brain couldn’t hold a candle.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:23 pmMaybe Daryll can get some help when our new president, Barack Obama, gets affordable healthcare established in this country. In the mean time, I feel sorry for Daryll. His connection to reality is tenuous at best. Hopefully he will find the help he needs for he is truly not well.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:27 pmZaidi started a new Tradition
December 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pmFor the Rest of His Miserable Life….
Wherever Bush goes…..
People will take off a shoe….
and raise it as an insult to Bush!
RaptureReady Says:
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Which of you is speaking against Bush here – sorry hard to tell. Bush is responsible for the economic strength of the US. What do you think Obama will be doing when he hits the ground – things Bush should have been doing for eight years.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:29 pmROFLMAO, You guy’s are having way to much fun with little d, he is mentely challenged and drunk on the bull shit bush kool aid after all…I think his dumbass post’s show the lack of or over use of his med’s, as usual…They are lie’s ofcourse and because of the huge scope and delusional posting they are quite funny….No one should be roaming free from a mental institute in his condition…Oh well if we are lucky he will only hurt himself when he stand’s up and take’s a shoe hit for bull shit bush…..Blessings
December 14th, 2008 at 3:29 pmSo which is it liar?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pmit’s Darryl the Parodyl, marie… a worn out parody, at that…
December 14th, 2008 at 3:32 pmoh, excuse me… it’s Daryll the Parodyll…
get the spelling right…
December 14th, 2008 at 3:35 pmto repeat:
joe cantwell Says:
i think every person who ever meets
bush should throw their shoes at him.
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i think it should become a custom.
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KEVKEV IN APACHE JUNCTION Says:
Zaidi started a new Tradition
For the Rest of His Miserable Life….
Wherever Bush goes…..
People will take off a shoe….
and raise it as an insult to Bush!
it would be so cool if this started a new “thing”…
all around the world!
(or would the muslims consider that offensive, patronizing?)
December 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pmwitch 1 – It’s “mentally” – not whatever it is you wrote. Anyway…
December 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pmI wonder if we’re gonna watch this journalist (via you tube) get hung from the yard arm like his boy Saddam. I guess he won’t have to remove his shoes!! Asa lama lakum.
I wish the shoes were filled with manure and C4.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pmBut.. but.. but… I thought George Bush already told us Iraqis are so grateful…
December 14th, 2008 at 3:44 pmI think they wore the troll down and he gave up. He might as well.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pmWhy did he use his shoes when there are so many rocks there? Poor planning I guess.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:48 pmliberal-minds, wa alaikum asalaam
December 14th, 2008 at 3:48 pmYou correct someone’s spelling and then engage in advocating spectacular gore?
whatever you said probably aint going to happen so don’t get your hopes up for a public execution…….the bloody bunch is just about out of power.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:51 pmWould love to see all the journalists show up at the next White House press briefing without shoes — the next weapon of mass destruction.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:54 pmDidn’t say I advocated anything – I’m just saying that his sentence may be broadcasted via you tube. And don’t worry – I’m not getting my hopes up….
December 14th, 2008 at 3:55 pmAnd dana perino and tony fratboy will characterize the incident as “a quaint Iraqi gesture of love and friendship” on Monday morning.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:55 pmThe “war” isn’t over? Is that the U.S. vs. Iraq? The WOT?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:58 pmRaptureReady Says:
We do not need a sub-standard President. We need a President with experience, not a community organizer/babysitter.
“Jesus was a Community Organizer. Pontius Pilot was a Governor.”
December 14th, 2008 at 4:04 pmAh, those ingrate Iraqis… don’t they see all the death and destruction that Bush unleashed on their country was, you know, necessary?
Now, if they would just quit fussing, peacefully turn over their oil fields, and let US military “contractors” shoot people at will then we could call it a day…
December 14th, 2008 at 4:10 pmHey Boss, Excellent job of ducking the issues! For all the libs who say Bush is too slow, not only was he fast enough to dodge the shoes twice but he also was fast with the come-backs. Regardless of what people may think about him he is the leader of our country and the dumb broad Katey or whatever her name is proves again that all you have to do is have an opinion and open your mouth to let the crap come flowing regardless of whether there is supporting evidence to the contrary. Mr. GW handled himself very well as is evidenced by the video. the only crap around is what came out of Katee’s mouth and the other idiots. When the O-man comes in it will be our responsibility to give him also the honor due the office given him through the authority of God.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:18 pmIs there a George W. Bush shoe game on line yet?
December 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pmb-man the troll babbles:
When the O-man comes in it will be our responsibility to give him also the honor due the office given him through the authority of God
I hereby nominate this statement for the “WTF Of The Day” award.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pmShoe Throwing (gesture)
December 14th, 2008 at 4:22 pmIn Eastern cultures, Shoe Throwing (as in giving someone the shoe) is a well-known obscene disgust gesture made by throwing one’s shoe (preferably a size 10) at someone you dislike. Modern baseball utilizing the ‘bean ball’ has been derived from this ancient obscene custom.
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[edit] Alternate names
The gesture is also known as the “beaning “, “brush back”, “shooting a shoe” and innumerable other terms. Generally when the “shoe” is given, it is intended to mean “f#ck you” or “f#ck off”. When both shoes are thrown (for emphasis), it may be known as the “double-barreled salute”. A size 10 shoe has added vengeance, with the # 10 signifying true disgust.
[edit] Origin
The origin of this gesture is speculative, and quite possibly thousands of years old. It is identified as the throwtis shoeis (”impudent smelly shoe”) in Ancient Roman writings[1] and reference is made to using the dirty shoe in the ancient Greek comedy The Clouds by Aristophanes. It was defined there as a gesture intended to insult another person. The widespread usage of shoe throwing in many cultures is likely due to the geographical influence of the Roman Empire and Greco-Roman civilization. Another possible origin of this gesture can be found in the first-century Mediterranean world, where the throwtis shoesis was one of many methods used to divert the ever present threat of the evil eye.[2]
“…White House Press Secretary Dana Perino received a black eye in the scuffle of trying to contain Zaidi.”
I doubt we’ll be seeing Ms Perino in public for a long time.
I’m reminded of a funny WKRP episode, where Carlson decides to run for mayor, then decides he doesn’t want the job, so he deliberately tries to lose. He goes to vote alone first thing in the morning. The press asks him, “Where’s Mrs Carlson?” He says, “Mrs. Carlson and I had a little disagreement this morning. I don’t think you’ll be seeing my wife in public for a long time.”
December 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pmBush crapped all over any “honor” the presidency had a long time ago.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pmThe honor of the office is NOT given through the authority of god but by the Constitution of the United States. And Bush has does his best to destroy the honor of the office.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:23 pmSorry for the error, ‘does’ should be ‘done’.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pmWas al-Maliki signaling where he wanted the next one thrown?
December 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pmWhen the O-man comes in it will be our responsibility to give him also the honor due the office given him through the authority of God.
Whose constitution have you been reading?
December 14th, 2008 at 4:29 pmZaidi’s message, no doubt: Shoo, flightsuit! Don’t bother me!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:29 pmb-man Says:
don’t be disrespectful to the god ordained bush but it’s okie dokey to call Obama a muslim, socialist and compare him to stalin, etc.
oh the hypocricy…….tell it to faux noise b-boy.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pmRe Iraq shoe attack on Bush
“And is now probably hanging in a butcher shop…”
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December 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pmBush deserves to be stone to death! I’ll settle for an international tribunal and the death squad! HAGUE 2009! I want to know the name of the reporter, the brave reporter who had the courage to express what the world thinks of this war criminal and the US’s policies towards the world.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pmI agree with #1
Pitty he missed!
I propose that Americans mail shoes as a going-away present.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:35 pmHe was being greated as a ‘libetaror’…
December 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pmZaidi T-shirts!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:42 pmZaidi is my end of the year HERO!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:43 pm“This is a farewell kiss, you dog,”
Zaidi, the media HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just expression what everybody wanted to say!!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:44 pmThat’s silly Wayne. Those folks don’t actually read the Constitution. They don’t need to, since KKKarl just tells them what it means, anyway.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pmNo matter what you think about Hitler—he was der fuhrer.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pmI’m not exactly sure who chased Daryll away this time. pete totally pwned him, but Wayne brought up the “President-elect Huckabee” thing around the same time.
“President-elect Huckabee” seems to be kryptonite to Daryll while getting totally pwned, not so much. Still, pete’s comeback was so sharp I think he’s gotta get some consideration.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:48 pmOdd But True Facts about George W. Bush
George W. Bush will not eat at Japanese Restaurants
and has a Paranoid fear of Shoe Stores
and Bowling Alleys…
December 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pmWhy does George W. Bush wear Cowboy boots instead of shoes???
Because Regular shoes can’t hide his Cloven feet!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pmThanx Ralph. But I think that Daryll just needed to go and “shake off the Devil”. If he were actually sensitive to our abuse he would have sought treatment long ago.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmGeorge W. Bush is Frank Costanza?
December 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
That’s silly Wayne. Those folks don’t actually read the Constitution. They don’t need to, since KKKarl just tells them what it means, anyway.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
They don’t read their Bibles either.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
I’m not exactly sure who chased Daryll away this time. pete totally pwned him, but Wayne brought up the “President-elect Huckabee” thing around the same time.
Daryll never has much staying power. It sounds like he’s not getting a lot of messages from God these days. Maybe He doesn’t do Medellin.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:05 pmZooey Says:
They don’t read their Bibles either.
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No… they just color the pictures.
Too bad that Iraqi journalist didn’t throw something more… emphatic… that the word… more emphatic that his shoes.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:09 pmMan… you guys have been playing Whack-A-Troll™ big time and I missed it.
Dang…
December 14th, 2008 at 5:12 pmMillions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity.
-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg nor does it cause a size ten shoe smack you “POW” right in the kisser!
December 14th, 2008 at 5:21 pm-Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
What is the most insulting bombed by stealth F117 or by shoes?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:24 pmwe forget now what he did to iraq but the history will remember only this bush/shoes.
Maybe U.S. liberals should take a page from this guy– you guys throw pies. Shoes make a bolder statement, don’t you think?
I suggest a detachment of U.S. leftists report immediately to Baghdad for training.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:25 pmLeave the Dog in Iraq to face the music.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pmThat’s a serious insult in Islam. If you recall from the invasion there was a great deal of television footage of Iraqis pounding statues of Saddam that had been felled by U.S. forces with their shoes.
And for Potfry and the rest of the lickspittle conservative trolls out there, I’ve had my training in Baghdad — for a year, thank you very much. I served BushCo in uniform honorably and to the utmost of my ability.
Why do you think I became so liberal?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pm“Leftists” throw pies, and Cons commit/condone treason and drop bombs on nations who are no threat to us.
I’m proud to be a leftist.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:29 pmWhere is Richard Reid when you really need him?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:31 pmWe should all throw shoes at Bush. He destroyed Iraq and has screwed up our own country.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pmI guess the tossing of bags of urine might reflect a bit more backbone. Almost forgot about that tactic.
Hey– you know what would really show commitment to your cause, and really reflect your seething rage? Lop off a hand or a foot and toss THAT at somebody. I’m almost certain they’d get the message and change their ways.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pmYou righties have been suggesting things long enough…..it would be different if you had any good suggestions.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:35 pmPotfry Says:
Hey– you know what would really show commitment to your cause, and really reflect your seething rage? Lop off a hand or a foot and toss THAT at somebody. I’m almost certain they’d get the message and change their ways.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Nah. People would start thinking we were Republicans.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:35 pmPotfry
ironically, you call the kettle black….
December 14th, 2008 at 5:37 pmDoes anyone remember a few years ago when a man in the former Soviet state of Georgia threw a grenade at Bush?
Bush must be very close to using up all nine of his lives.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pmWhat the moronic trolls fail to realize is that it’s our patriotism, and respect for the Presidency, that makes Chimpy’s administration so disgusting. Not to mention what he’s done to our standing abroad.
But what’s really funny? The fact that these slime that screech about “respecting the office, if not the man” are the same who demonized Clinton and even Carter. Where was their “respect for the office” back then?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pm“And for Potfry and the rest of the lickspittle conservative trolls out there” (h/t hemlock)…
they would most easily identify with these:
Nazis in the military: ‘I’m so proud of my kills’
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/nazis-military-im-so-proud-my-skills
C&L also has some still shots from another angle of the shoe-er…
December 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pmrelatively young guy…
Americans have figured out your vile message and have changed thier ways. How does it feel to be out in the dark? Is that where your faux outrage comes from?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pmWhat’s with the koolaid drinking?
RaptureReady one slight mistake comments are teason but what Bush/Cheney have done are teason. Now I read the comment and my thought was Buch thinks he’s a cowboy so why not a boot. After reading what the symbol of the sole of a shoe means in the Middle East it makes since the Iraq’s would do it their way. We saw 3 thousands Americans killed on 9/11 while Bush/Cheney killed 40,000 innocent men/woman/children sleeping in their beds because we didn’t hit the targets. Yes we fired 56 bombs and hit only 7 targets and as Rummy explained stuff happens.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:41 pmRugby Reader Says:
We should all throw shoes at Bush.
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Actually, significant quantities of appropriately aged manure would be more to my liking.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:41 pmTo comment 108: Man you missed the big picture. This IS the President of the United States. I don’t care what his f **** politics are – you throw a shoe at him, you’re throwing a shoe at me and I don’t like it. It was a strike against my country, and he should be punished for it. But you didn’t see the liberal press printing that story, “what happened to the guy who insulted our president”. If that had happened in this country, someone had thrown a shoe at a Mid East Diplomat, OMG “Racism” the press would be screaming, and the guy would be lynched. rowing a shoe at a Mid East diplomat, and there would be “racism” being screamed by the press!
December 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pmSell those shoes on Ebay. Probably bring enough to finance a small bailout.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:44 pmGive Potfrey a break, Fred. He just sobered up from a bender.
Hey, Potfrey. The election was over a month a go… your side LOST.
Get over it.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:44 pmhey potfart, when did your tour of duty in iraq end? i smell a chickenshit who “supports the troops” but pisses on the vets by saying the 21st century G.I. bill is too generous like his draft dodging republiscum heros in congress.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pmjb Says:
Sell those shoes on Ebay. Probably bring enough to finance a small bailout.
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Or just make bail…
December 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pmcowgirlkeno Says:
What are you idiots talking about?
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Apparently you’ve had your head up your Cheney the last 8 years.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pmWhat are you idiots talking about? This was the President of the United States. They throw a shoe at him, they’re throwing a shoe at me. I don’t care what his f ****** politics are. For it to be allowed and the man not punished, is insulting. If someone had thrown a shoe at a Mid Eastern diplomat in this country, OMG the press would be screaming “RACISM.”
December 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pmThe accuracy and strength of Iraqi television journalist Muthathar al Zaidi’s arm did not go unnoticed here in America.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pmIt has been reported that the New York Yankees have offered Zaidi a three year, 20 million dollar pitching contract for next spring.
cowgirlkeno Says:
aw, where were ya when they were attacking Clinton in the 90’s……were ya crying then or cheerin?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pmHey Cow, You might care what his politics are if your family had been killed or poisoned with depleted uranium. The only way to clean even a bit of the stench this Cur Dog has spread upon our country is to hold him accountable. It’s going to take a lot more than a couple of tossed shoes.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:52 pmcowgirl, what do you mean “not punished”? He’ll probably be tortured in a secret prison for the next decade.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pmWow piss filled squirt guns a blazin……oh yeah, bush is pretty white….how does that fit in with your racism gambit?
December 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pmmethinks cowgirlkeno is already back in freeperville crowin’ “how she gave it to them libruls but good”
December 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pmSave your outrage for the man, and policies, which have earned the contempt of civilized people around the world, cowgirl. And the next time the ruler of a country which invades the U.S. comes to visit? You can rest assured that I will do more than throw a freakin shoe.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pm#218, Cowgirlwithherheadinthesand,
It’s better to toss shoes, than to fire bullets or bombs!
December 14th, 2008 at 5:58 pmTo 222. jb. You’re an idiot. But I’m so sorry YOUR family was poisoned with depleted uranium. Like there is such a thing as “depleted uranium.” The only thing wrong with “this country” is the BIG MOUTHS that bash it.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pmOnce more, W passes by a major event in his life without even coming close to understanding the significance of what’s happened. Moments after this occured, he’s making jokes about the size of the shoe that was thrown at him. Once again, he misses the point, and when a “leader” does that again and again, it’s a disaster, as he’s aptly proven again and again.
January 20 can not get here fast enough.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:02 pmThis image of Zaidi throwing his shoes at the war criminal will be one of the iconic images of the 21 Century!!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:02 pmNo, what’s wrong with this country is people like you. You come here calling us idiots and want to be taken seriously. You explify what is wrong with this country.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:04 pmCowpie, I suppose you don’t think we used white phosphorus on the population of Faluja either. Say hello to your own ignorance. Uninformed willfully ignorant people are the problem with this country.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pmto cowpattygirlkeno:
December 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pmi provided a link for you, hopefully you’ve had your supper you ignorant cow
http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/depleted_uranium_iraq_afghanistan_balkans.html
LOL! I have to say, good reflexes on W. The reporter guy should’ve done a play-action fake, might’ve got him. At least Too Much Capuccino Perino finally got a literal black eye after so many figurative ones.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:05 pmWow! This is something! I wished our press had balls (and shoes!) the size of this Iraqi reporter!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pm#230, What are you talking about? Is their a brain attached to your big mouth? “So, when you and your fellow reich-wing idiots call President Obama “a terrorist, a Muslim, a communist, etc”…will you claim they are calling YOU “a terrorist, a Muslim, a communist, etc”??”
December 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pmDana Perino also got a black eye out of this after a microphone (maybe her own?) wacked her in the eye! Love it. Good. The Bush Regime deserves today.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pmcowgirl doesnt even understand that cowgirl is a double entendre. A cow is a female.
and you call others idiots…..my my.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:11 pmDr. Hussein Matt at #244,
Please refrain from asking cowpattykeno to draw a parallel. we all know that takes complex thought and we don’t want to overheat her little freeper pea brain.
thanks
December 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pmbozo
#236 jb – ahhhhh now you’ve hurt my feelings. You know nothing about me. And what are you ten years old? What’s with the name calling?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:13 pmApparently no brain attached to your mouth. I understood it perfectly. Will you defend Obama as you attempt to defend herr bush?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:13 pmcowgirlkeno Says:
what are you ten years old? What’s with the name calling?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:14 pmcowgirlkeno Says: “What’s with the name calling?”
so sayeth the ignorant cow who started her very first post with “What are you idiots talking about?”
what’s the matter, can’t step up to the plate and take the heat, cowpie?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pmwell, since cowbell has nothing releveant to say, I’m leaving you guys to clean up the stain…..
December 14th, 2008 at 6:16 pmCow, I know you started out calling posters here Idiots, so I guess that disqualifies you from complaining about name calling. Do you really think there is no such thing as Depleted Uranium?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pmRaptureReady says: I recently returned from Medellin, Colombia and I tell you that because of our President, Colombia is a much safer nation.
Yeah? well, you also believe in the Rapture, so what does that say about your cognitive abilities?
Cowpatty doesn’t know the difference between “there” and “their”.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pmcowgirl,
There’s no whining in trolling.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:18 pm#244: I’d answer your question, if it made sense. Are you saying someone called my President Elect Barack Obama a “muslin, communist, or terrorist.” Because I certainly didn’t call him one. And I voted for Obama. But YES I was a registered republican. It’s what makes this country great: our freedom to vote as we choose.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:19 pmI just love displays of arrogance from trolls who can’t construct a sentence or use a spellchecker. It serves to remind me of my intellectual, and moral, superiority.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:19 pmDana Perino was eating unsalted Rold Gold Pretzels at the time.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:20 pmBut We think Bush likes to Beat Perino up on Saturday nights!
Ya know, this just really isn’t a big deal, but it’s interesting to read all the VENOM that spews from progressives any time they get the opportunity.
Some of you folks hate the President so much it almost COMICAL! Nut jobs.
Anyway, at least this Iraqi now has the FREEDOM to protest thanks to the courage of OUR President and OUR Country!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:22 pmDepleted uranium is extremely dangerous for billions of years. There was also harm done to our troops by the vaccines they were forced to have. They also breathed the results of our burning chemical weapons in 1991. The Pentagon has officially recognized Gulf War Syndrome, hasn’t it?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:23 pmOh yes it is. This is bush’s legacy….heh
December 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pmDr. Hussein Matt: Ya know, you are really insulting. Your arrogance is unappealing.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:24 pmPerhaps I can translate for you, cowgirl?
Do you feel insulted when someone like Lush Rimjob calls Obama a Marxist? When Bible Spice said he “pals around with terrorists? When Victoria Jackson calls him the Antichrist?
How about my personal favorite, when Tranny Coulter said he voted in favor of infanticide?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pmWe’ve seen this manuever before, you come in with guns a blazin callin people idiots, then when you get your ass handed to ya……you fall back into the poor me, I’m the victim routine.
You started the vile attacks now live with it or stfu. comprende?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pmYou couldn’t hurt bushbaby’s rock head if you hit him with a pair of steel toed bootss.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pmIs potfry a new troll, haven’t been here in a while.
And I still think ru0pture ready is a nut!
take care
tony and lido
The guy threw his shoes because he didn’t have time to prepare a plastic turkey to throw.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:28 pmTim Vaculik Says:
Anyway, at least this Iraqi now has the FREEDOM to protest thanks to the courage of OUR President and OUR Country!
Is the journalist free or in custody? I do remember our troops firing on peaceful protesters in Falluja. I do remember 1.2 million Iraqis being killed and five million being made refugees. One in eight Iraqi children now die before the age of five. The majority of Iraqis agree with firing on US troops. etc., etc.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pmPerino might find many excuses in the near future not to attend any of Bush’s planned farewell parties.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:29 pmIt’s official, Bush’s surge was repelled with a shoe. W lost his war.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:31 pmcowgirlkeno,
One thing you have to understand about most of the folks of the liberal persuasion who post here don’t know the difference between “name calling” and simply making observations.
For example, if I call someone here ignorant because they don’t have a grasp of readily available facts, they usually take it as a personal insult (which it isn’t.)
Another example is my use of the term “Moron” which is from the Greek moros, which meant “dull” and used to describe a person with a mental age located between 8 and 12 on the Binet scale. It was once applied to people with an IQ of 51-70, being superior in one degree to “imbecile” (IQ of 26-50) and superior in two degrees to “idiot” …
I tend to use the moniker of moron for some folks here who simply SEEM to be mental children, incapable of rational, adult debate.
Get used to beijng called a LOT worse if you continue to post here. Some of these dolts (another fave of mine) just LOVE to attack ANYONE who dares disrupt their echo chamber!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:32 pmKeith,
I see you still like to post totally bogus facts… You’re a hoot!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:34 pmA gucci weapon of moron distraction.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:35 pmIf you look up “hypocrite” in the dictionary, you’ll see a picture of Tim Vaculik.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:37 pmAnd you are an ignorant moron because they are not bogus, they are true.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:38 pm“You know, I think we need more cowbell”, I compare this to four people in a room working towards a goal and three of them think you are an idiot…chances are you are an idiot!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:38 pmYou too, Vacuous. No whining in trolling.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:38 pmAnd Tim, the number of peer-reviewed articles debunking manmade global warming was 0 out of 928, you ignorant moron!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:39 pmTim Vaculik Says: “Get used to beijng called a LOT worse if you continue to post here.”
proving once again republiscums like timmeh are into freaky shit like masochism. what other reason could he possibly have for coming back?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pmInsults are in the mind of the beholder. I guess by your standards for me to call you an ignorant fool who rationalizes failures into some kind of kinky sucess to not be an insult. I fully mean for it to be insulting so please take it that way.
cowgirl started her first post by calling someone an idiot. It’s not rocket science to come to the conclusion that she would not be offended by the same kind of remarks aimed her way. If she were to be then she would be a hypocrite which is another term of endearment I have for your kind……please take it as an insult also.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pm“Some of you folks hate the President so much it almost COMICAL! Nut jobs.”
Not very comical what the dumfuk-in-chief has done to this nation in the last eight years, vacuous.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pmI guess ole’ GW finally found Iraqs Weapons of Mass Destruction
December 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pmThe majority of Iraqis hate Bush and it is not comical. It is a very natural reaction to the harm he has done them. And an excellent study said that the majority of Iraqis support those who fire on our troops. If you are capable of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes (yuk, yuk) it is very understandable!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:47 pmRuptured Randy says
December 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm“I flogging you for your treasonous comment toward our President, and loving it!”
Fred,
Nothing you have to say could possibly cause me to do anything but yaaaaawwwwwnnnn.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pmPut yourself in the place of the Iraqi citizens. Six years of war/occupation, displacement, lack of basic services, what would you want to do to the man who represents that?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:51 pmI would want to do a whole lot more than throw my shoes at him.
No matter how bad Saddam was, the people were able to lead their lives, work, and live and attend school. Bush policies destroyed their country and their lives.
Hey Freddie!
I can’t be offended by you! You are so full of shit.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:53 pmMY-O-PEE-YA…
Look it up, folks. It describes the views held by most of you.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:54 pmTypical response of a spoiled child. I’ve seen you in the back of the class…
December 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pmInteresting troll dynamic on this thread.
Trolls have been all but silent for weeks, and then all of a sudden, on this one thread, we get a brief concert from the Performance Artist Formerly Known As Daryll™, and then a slew of new troll names, all at once. It’s almost like it’s a semi-coordinated assault, possibly by one thirteen-year-old with an active imagination and few outlets. Or friends.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm…but at least Tim Vacuous seems to be his old self.
I was worried about him.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pmCowgirl & Vacuous = Renfield
December 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pmMarie,
Just when I thought no one here could be more ignorant of what is REALLY happening in Iraq, you come along.
Good GOD! You simply DEFINE the ignorance displayed by so many when it comes to the big picture with respect to Iraq.
Just a question, do you read anything besides the Daily Kos of this blog?
December 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pmRalph,
Not to worry. I simply have very little time to post here.
When I do, it’s kinda fun, though.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:57 pmpee-o-pee-ia…….how’s the world look through those yellow eyes?
The country, and the world as a result is on the brink of economic catastrophe caused by your kind and you still think you can tell us how it is. You lost…..your dark days are behind us.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:58 pmI’d pay attention, Marie. If there’s anyone who’s got some authority on ignorance, it’s Timmeh.
December 14th, 2008 at 6:59 pmFred,
Keep telling yourself anything that makes you feel good…
December 14th, 2008 at 6:59 pmDoes every home in Iraq now have a plastic turkey? Such a resounding success the Cur Dog is greeted with flying shoes. Leave him there to bask in his glory.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:00 pmWe read and receive news from many sources….some forign. We don’t just take rush’s rantings and run with them. What’s your excuse for being so ignorant? Oh yeah, you yawn when anyone besides yourself speaks…….
December 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pmGlad you have fun too, Timmeh. I’d always suspected that you didn’t take the things you post seriously.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pmwhat ever happened to the “Real” Cowgirl from Texas.
She used to write on this Blog all the time….
She had a great website……
Plus she looked great in a Bikini….
“Real” Cowgirl we love you in Apache Junction, Arizona
December 14th, 2008 at 7:01 pmRalph,
At least I’m not WILLFULLY ignorant, like so many folks I see here.
Tell me, don’t you think it starts to hurt after a while when people keep their eyes clamped tightly shut, fingers jammed painfully in their ears, and their minds carefully devoid of anything that would challenge pre-conceived notions?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pmi hope some journalist or even thia one come to iran and send shoes of all iranian to face of ahmadi nejad ans rafsanjaniee and all this shit rule my country by a lie that they start to seat in power in 1979 or 1357 by khomaini.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pmthat shoes should be target head of all goverment relatives in iran. i proud of you president BUSH. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Ah, yes. I can just see the headlines on FoxSnooze tomorrow:
Wingtips of Mass Destruction found in Iraq!
December 14th, 2008 at 7:05 pmWhat clues you in to “WILLLFUL” ignorance, Timmeh?
What makes you think that your opinions are any more informed than anyone else’s here? (That IS your implication, is it not?)
December 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pmFred. Haven’t you heard that one must possess a functioning human intellect to be insulted? I’m afraid our stupid trolls don’t meet the minimum requirements.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pmWillful ignorance is staying with a failed party. One that has failed at everything they have done for America. What say ye? How willfully ignorant must one be to still be here defending what has happened the last 8 years? Seriously, are you just a comic?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pm#291, Ralph,
Just to let you know I’m not a new troll, just a regular poster who changed her shoes (for the day – will be back in my Wholiedwallabees tomorrow). But there sure is an influx of new names today.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmTim Vaculik Says:
Fred,
Keep telling yourself anything that makes you feel good…
Keep telling yourself that the reporter who threw a shoe of all things isn’t boiling with anger at losing relatives due to an undeclared war based on an imaginary threat. Keep telling yourself that the frat boy hasn’t been exploiting our Pentagon for a tragic game of battleship.
You can’t win on this, I think you know it. I hope it’s getting to you. You will never regain power, short of gun pointed to every Americans’ head to vote you neocons back into office. You mutants want power for the sake of having power.
You can’t name one way invading Iraq has yielded a net gain to our national security. You can’t do it.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmAm I the only one who suspects that we’re being visited by our old friend Trajan this afternoon?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmhamid maghazeh Says:
trajan?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pmI guess not, huh, Fred?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pmralph, it was just such a pathetic attempt that it couldn’t be anyone else……
December 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pmJust for the record, I try to find out as much as I can about any topic. Thus I end up being aware of quite a few facts on a variety of subjects as well as current and historical events.
I protest here when I read opinions that are clearly not based upon a good grasp of all the available data.
It just blows my mind to see how many people are driven by blind hatred and dogma, at least on liberal blogs like this one.
I have no problem with folks that disagree with my opinions. We all have opinions, but we should at least agree that there can only be one set of facts on any given topic.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pmRalph,
Well, willful is when I bring up facts that simply aren’t in dispute and a blogger who I’m arguing with just denies they are facts at all!!!
December 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pmTim Vacuous as knowledgeable or human = epic fail
December 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pmBush ducked, and for the last five years, Iraq got f ucked.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:12 pmAll the “new” ones do seem oddly familiar, ralph. But, when you are talking about the lowest 1%-3% of the population it’s a bit difficult to be certain. There simply isn’t much difference.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:12 pmRalph,
See McWars post at #310 for the latest example…
December 14th, 2008 at 7:13 pmOh yeah, Vacuous is the troll who expects us to believe his crap, simply because he posts it — and believes something is not in dispute simply because he believes it.
**yawn**
December 14th, 2008 at 7:13 pmWhack a Bush/Mole
with a shoe game
is in the Works…
instead of staying down
the Bush/Mole comes back up
with a stupid idiotic grin
reading My Pet Goat for 29 minutes
looking for another hit…
then a “commission” is formed and the
Bush/Mole refuses to make comments under oath…
Just say Goodbye to an Ol’ shoe?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:13 pmNo!
Put that Ol’ shoe on Trial and Behind Bars!
hamid maghazeh sounds like Mr Pee/Trajan.
Tim, you are projecting so much, you could be in a psych101 textbook.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pmI don’t see Tim actually presenting any facts or overlooked information. I only see him making accusations that seem to fit his own handicaps.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pmThe consensus by informed people, here and across America is that you are wrong, about, well, everything I’ve heard you opine about…..Honestly, we really don’t even care any more what you think. You have proven repteatedly that you know very little and love to imply that you’re the smartest mo fo’s around……..fool me once….
December 14th, 2008 at 7:15 pmStupid trolls squawking about “willful ignorance”?
Priceless!
December 14th, 2008 at 7:15 pmFor the record, I have directed people to sources of undisputed facts. You can lead a horse to water, but…
December 14th, 2008 at 7:16 pmAh, enough wastin’ time…
December 14th, 2008 at 7:17 pmjust look at island in the south of iran (persian gulf) and in other side in arab islands like dubai. by GOOGLE map so u can see how this islamic regime do to our nation. how this arabs progress thier land and how iran loss and just send help to plastine. hehehehehe how crazy iranian regim!!!! let me throw my shoes and saliva to this regim, they stop iranian life and future and daily they are richer than the past day by selling oil and deposite it in thier personal accounts in swiss and china,USSR. WISH ALL OF THEM WILL DIE and iran will be FREE again.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:17 pmjb, you’re right
Tim, name one single fact you have presented today.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:18 pmTim Vaculik Says:
Ralph,
See McWars post at #310 for the latest example…
This is code-speak for, “Ralph, I’m too god damn stupid to read his post. Put it on tape if you have time.”
December 14th, 2008 at 7:18 pmSeems to be a fitting example of your so called “facts”. Guess that makes it so, huh?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pmTimmeh, your purported commitment to becoming informed is admirable.
Unfortunately, the opinions you express here and the seeming knee-jerk approach to forming them and attempting to rebut the arguments of others leads me, among others to suspect that your actual efforts to become more informed are unsuccessful at best, illusory at worst.
Your frequent insistence that you are well-informed may point to the latter conclusion.
But by all means, you keep up the effort. After all, there’s a reason why college campuses are hotbeds of liberalism; education tends to broaden minds. Maybe it can broaden yours.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:20 pmUndisputed facts? Like the undisputed fact that our nation is hated more than at any previous point in it’s history? There were no WMD? Chimpy failed in his sworn mission to capture Bin Laden or, at least, display his head for the world to see? Deregulation of the financial markets have brought us, and much of the world, to the brink of a depression?
Are those the kinds of undisputed facts our stupid troll would like to examine?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:21 pmhamid maghazeh, how do you feel about Bush wanting to turn control of our ports over to U.A.E.? How do you feel about the strong support of Saddam by Reagan/GHWB? How do you feel about the massive illegal weapons sale to Iran under Reagan/GHWB?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:21 pmYou no what they say, ralph?
“No one is more odious than a fool who believes he is wise”.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:24 pmOops! “no”=know.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:24 pmUS building up Taliban, mujahadeen, and al Qaeda in the 1980’s under RR/GHWB?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:25 pmBest. Video. EVER.
How symbolic that Perino gets the black eye.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:27 pmThe way W ducked that shoe, I believe he missed his calling. If only he had taken up Dodge Ball instead of Presidentin’ and Deceiderin”.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:27 pmBush was a bad president, but how can anyone support throwing things at the president of the US? You end up lowering yourself to the level of those you criticize.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pmI think the problem that Timmeh is having with us is that he thinks that “firm belief” is the same thing as “undisputed fact”, as long as it’s a belief that he holds.
We, being in the Reality-Based Community™, understand the term “undisputed fact” to mean something that is demonstrably provable by reference to outside authoritative sources.
Such a fine line between clever and stupid.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:30 pmDoes W think he is the Shaw of the USA?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:30 pmtarazan Says:
Perino might find many excuses in the near future not to attend any of Bush’s planned farewell parties.
i wouldn’t be surprised if she wore it like a badge of honor…
she took an elbow for her master…
i do hope she’s not badly hurt though… the artist i am appreciated her physical beauty…
… 60 minutes now…
December 14th, 2008 at 7:32 pmThe people I criticize are on the receiving end of the shoe….how can you disrespect the shoe throwers freedom of expression?
By your standards we should all just be good Germans.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pmBush is more than a bad President. He is a war criminal who has run our Country into the ground along with Iraq and a good portion of the World Economy. Who can not feel a bit of joy seeing that asswipe ducking a shoe?
December 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pmThere is nothing wrong with feeling a little Schadenfreude while at the same time recognizing the journalist’s actions as inappropriate.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:39 pmPlease, it was symbolic. It wasn’t a hand grenade. Inappropriate. Live a day or two in their shoes and see how insignificant that opinion of his action really is.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:41 pmI would prefer to see Chimpy trying to dodge criminal charges, Goat. However, for today, I am just pleased that someone displayed the utter contempt this “man” deserves. Personally, I flip him a bird every time I see his image.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:42 pmu know keith, this mullah regim in iran stops iranian and forign investor to invest in iran just bcoz of this islamic shit rules, hejab and suporting plastine, and interin to daily dress control of people and many others same fact. are they more muslim than ARAb? my GOD we are in 2009 not 1500ad
December 14th, 2008 at 7:44 pmbcoz of this mullah i want even change my faith. prophet mohammad and ali are the 1st complainant of them in the day of judgement. iranian girl are prosti in UAE, caspian sea jus from %50 come to %12.5 heheheheh but plastine is receiving ships of help from islamic republic, where is daily 200000 bareel of free oil to syria just to be beside in iran in internationl events????? no one interested to invest in iran due to leadership of this islamic republic keith. thnx for ur comment too.
hamid maghazeh Says:
Hi Trajan.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:51 pmGeorge W. Bush and the Bush Crime Family are all
December 14th, 2008 at 7:57 pmDevil Worshipers and Witches!
The Bush Crime Family made their Wealth on Death and War.
It’s all Blood Money
They are all Pure EVIL!
Time to round them up and put them in prison.
Forever!
Journalist actions were entirely appropriate and long over due. The inaction of our own press for most of the last 8 years is what is inappropriate.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:01 pmIf the press had held W accountable all along then the shoe would not have been necessary. The pen is mightier than the shoe, but when all else fails…throw the damn shoe.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pmTrajan, I cannot reply because I don’t know what the shiite you are trying to say. Notice you didn’t respond to your heroes strongly and illegally supporting the fundamental Islamists throughout the 1980’s while those left-of-center opposed them.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:12 pmThere is more truth and justice in that thrown shoe than anything W could say at this point.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:16 pmTim Vaculik Says:
“Keith,
I see you still like to post totally bogus facts… You’re a hoot!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:34 pm”
If you really want to be taken seriously: please use the dictionary. One can not have “bogus facts” -an impossibility.
bogus (adj): not genuine or true; fake
fact (n): a thing that is indisputably the case
December 14th, 2008 at 8:19 pmHe should have filled a bag filled with a pleasant surprise:
“This is a farewell kiss from my dog,”
December 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pmhamid maghazeh Says:
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i hope some journalist or even thia one come to iran and send shoes of all iranian to face of ahmadi nejad ans rafsanjaniee and all this shit rule my country by a lie that they start to seat in power in 1979 or 1357 by khomaini.
that shoes should be target head of all goverment relatives in iran. i proud of you president BUSH. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
December 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse Can anyone translate this jibberish for me?
December 14th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
It’s just Twajie pretending to be, in this case, an Iranian right-winger. Pay him no mind, unless you’re into Whack-A-Troll™.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm#341, Goat Says:
Bush was a bad president, but how can anyone support throwing things at the president of the US? You end up lowering yourself to the level of those you criticize.
Better that he dodge a shoe than a bullet.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:29 pmthrowing the shoes does not mean freedom of speech.does he speak with his feet? he was in the room, he was there, so he could speak up ,loud and clear his opinion.instead he acted like an ape,throwing….and for all of those haters of America and our president ,for all of those who like more the barbaric behavior of an fanatic then the civilised world i send you my despise.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pmbush is a great president and history will prove this.but crowd is a stupid animal and can not understand the real values,mostly when is brain washed by socialistic channels like the main street American media.i have never seen in my life such a stupid crowd like the democrat American crowd.YOU FOOLS INTERESTED JUST IN WHAT YOU EAT AND WHAT YOU F…,YOU FOR SURE WILL PAY THE PRICE.
Stuff like this makes me giggle…
December 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pmA black eye for EVERY lie dana?…you better have a good eye doctor.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:58 pmMy dog was deeply offended by the comparison to Bush. I hope some kind of protest action involving millions of old shoes is be organized. I will join.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:10 pmthe idjits don’t get it… the meaning and significance is so lost on them…
it’s all about the culture…
and the ignorance of that culture is at the crux of this fiasco…
bushco thought they could just go in and steal from some backwards rubes… boy, are they finding out different…
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December 14th, 2008 at 10:13 pmteora Says:
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Ye gods… this one’s barely literate.
Is the RNC outsourcing its trolling again?
Albania? Perhaps one of the Red States?
December 14th, 2008 at 10:13 pmTim Vaculik Says:
Ah, enough wastin’ time…
*
translation:
“i’m such an f’ing loser.”
^
December 14th, 2008 at 10:22 pmOh garsh… it’s been Trolls Gone Wild™ Day at TP…
Just like the old days…
December 14th, 2008 at 10:25 pmGoat Says:
Bush was a bad president, but how can anyone support throwing things at the president of the US? You end up lowering yourself to the level of those you criticize.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
_____________
So?
December 14th, 2008 at 10:31 pmcowgirlkeno Says:
What are you idiots talking about? This was the President of the United States. They throw a shoe at him, they’re throwing a shoe at me.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
__________
No, they’re throwing a shoe at a terrorist who invaded their country and killed 1.2 million of their people. They’re not throwing shoes at me – I didn’t decide to invade Iraq.
A shoe is the least Bush deserves to have thrown at him
December 14th, 2008 at 10:34 pmRaptureReady Says:
We are even planning to build a DisneyLand in Iraq.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
___________
And you wonder why people throw shoes at our “president?”
December 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pmthe main thing, and both troll
non-troll can agree on this,
is that there was real fear
in bush’s eyes when he saw
those shoes flying at him.
^
real fear.
*
December 14th, 2008 at 10:39 pmteora Says:
bush is a great president and history will prove this.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
___________
Yes. The Bush presidency will be remembered for generations to come. He will represent the history we are doomed to repeat if we fail to remember the lessons of 2001-2008, when the USA hit absolute rock bottom.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pmGoat Says:
There is nothing wrong with feeling a little Schadenfreude while at the same time recognizing the journalist’s actions as inappropriate.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
__________
Hey, know what else is inappropriate?
Making up a bunch of lies about weapons of mass destruction in order to invade a sovereign country for no reason at all.
Muthathar az-Zaidi’s heroic actions are perfectly appropriate, by comparison.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:45 pmSorry for the flurry of comments but I got here late and missed lots of earlier trollwhacking opportunities.
Also, this is the greatest Christmas gift ever.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pmAmericans should pack up a shoe or a pair; and send it to the white house. Mines in the mail.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:48 pmActually, worldwide, all the citizens in the world should send a shoe (or two) via mail to the white house.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:50 pmWhite House Press Secretary Dana Perino received a black eye in the scuffle of trying to contain Zaidi.
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Oh boy oh boy this just keeps getting better and better.
This is proof beyond all shadow of doubt that there is a Santa Claus, and that I’ve been very, very good this year.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:52 pmCalling all intergallactic aliens….; do they even wear shoes; send what you can.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:52 pmreal fear!
:)
December 14th, 2008 at 10:56 pmThe comments are typical of the most naive people on earth.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:01 pmThe Iraq war was a payoff to Saudi Arabia and Dubai. The Ds in exchange were allowed to spend and rail, as they liked and they did. Did you see Bush use the veto pen, no, you, did not! Dumb people, being robbed by both sides while living your lives through sports and so called music, borrowing the poison of debt to live how much better and all the while Russia and China collecting billions in profit, laughing at us for their historic claim by the East that the West is corrupt, now has irreparable substance. Why do you think Georgia is vulnerable to Russia? Are you still dull, “human resource”?
Defend US Sovereignty; your government is not, past present or future.
usovereignty Says:
The comments are typical of the most naive people on earth.
The Iraq war was a payoff to Saudi Arabia and Dubai. The Ds in exchange were allowed to spend and rail, as they liked and they did. Did you see Bush use the veto pen, no, you, did not! Dumb people, being robbed by both sides while living your lives through sports and so called music, borrowing the poison of debt to live how much better and all the while Russia and China collecting billions in profit, laughing at us for their historic claim by the East that the West is corrupt, now has irreparable substance. Why do you think Georgia is vulnerable to Russia? Are you still dull, “human resource”?
Defend US Sovereignty; your government is not, past present or future.
*
wtf?
&
December 14th, 2008 at 11:17 pmTimmyVaculik, since you did not specify, I have to guess what I may have said that you considered “bogus facts”. The following is from Wikipedia (hope that’s not too left-wing for you):
The U.S. has long maintained its involvement there is with the support of the Iraqi people, but in 2005 when asked directly, 82–87% of the Iraqi populace was opposed to U.S. occupation and wanted U.S. troops to leave. 47% of Iraqis supported attacking U.S. troops.[357] Another poll conducted on September 27, 2006, found that seven out of ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to withdraw from Iraq within one year. Overall, 78% of those polled said they believed that the presence of U.S. forces is “provoking more conflict than it’s preventing.” 53% of those polled believed the Iraqi government would be strengthened if U.S. forces left Iraq (versus 23% who believed it would be weakened), and 71% wanted this to happen in 1 year or less. All of these positions were more prevalent amongst Sunni and Shia respondents than among Kurds. 61% of respondents said that they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, while 94% still had an unfavorable opinion of al-Qaeda.[358]
A March 7, 2007 survey of more than 2,000 Iraqis found that 78% of the population opposed the presence of Coalition forces in Iraq, that 69% believed the presence of U.S. forces is making things worse, and that 51% of the population considered attacks on coalition forces acceptable, up from 17% in 2004 and 35% in 2006. In addition:[359]
64% described their family’s economic situation as being somewhat or very bad, up from 30% in 2005.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:22 pm88% described the availability of electricity as being either somewhat or very bad, up from 65% in 2004.
69% described the availability of clean water as somewhat or very bad, up from 48% in 2004.
88% described the availability of fuel for cooking and driving as being somewhat or very bad.
58% described reconstruction efforts in the area in which they live as either somewhat or very ineffective, and 9% described them as being totally nonexistent.
A 2007 survey for the first time asked ordinary Iraqis their view on the highly contentious draft oil law. According to the poll, 76 percent of Iraqis feel inadequately informed about the contents of the proposed law. Nonetheless, 63 percent responded that they would prefer Iraqi state-owned companies – and not foreign corporations – to develop Iraq’s extensive oil fields.[360]
The thrower SHOULD have been the Harold Sakata/’Oddjob’- parodied “Random Task” character from the first “Austin Powers” movie…HIS shoe. Then “W” might have been DECAPITATED, and the thrower subsequently should have instead yelled in his best mock-German, Gert Frobe voice: “NO Meestah Boosh, I expect you to DIE!”
December 14th, 2008 at 11:30 pmusovereignty Says:
The comments are typical of the most naive people on earth.
The Iraq war was a payoff to Saudi Arabia and Dubai.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
________
You think?
I mean, yes, the Saudis weren’t thrilled with Saddam jerking around the oil markets, but I doubt they really wanted us to create a stronger Iran.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:42 pmAnother “new” illiterate troll? My, my. We need to arrange for more people to throw things at the Chimperror. Of course, that would assume he has the courage to ever appear in public again. Come to think of it, when was the last time he dared to appear in front of a crowd of American patriots?
December 15th, 2008 at 12:53 amI can’t wait to see Bush’s face torn to shreds with a crowbar. Never underestimate the power of visualization.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:54 amThe vast sampling of comments here are EXACTLY why people “question the patriotism” of wacko leftist haters. And if you don’t understand why, or think it outrageously unfair… you really don’t understand this country or it’s history and traditoins at all.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:36 amWhy do troll insist on posting their unsubstantiated “facts” on progressive sites?
Where are their logic?
repugs can kmsa and gth. They are as illrelevant as naval lint.
I wish chimpy had eaten those shoes.
I’m going to replay the vid again and wish chimpy hadn’t duck.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:39 ampatriotjames Says:
The vast sampling of comments here are EXACTLY why people “question the patriotism” of wacko leftist haters. And if you don’t understand why, or think it outrageously unfair… you really don’t understand this country or it’s history and traditoins at all.
HAHAHAHA
repugs lost the election bigtime. you know damn well repugs are the scumb of the earth and earned the title.
Don’t forget troll, repug are hated around the world.
Now begone before a shoes hits you smack in your tainted mouth. Go set up a website on the wonders of mooseyak’s family.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:45 amtonight, we are all Iraqi shoes…
December 15th, 2008 at 1:57 ampatriotjames Says:
“The vast sampling of comments here are EXACTLY why people “question the patriotism” of wacko leftist haters. And if you don’t understand why, or think it outrageously unfair… you really don’t understand this country or it’s history and traditoins at all.”
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That is just so precious –
December 15th, 2008 at 2:12 amSimply because you choose to use ‘patriot’ in your moniker doesn’t mean you actually understand what it entails. In case you missed it: an Iraqi tossed that shoe at the worst president the United States has ever had…
It’s just too bad Rummy wasn’t there to bask in the glow of ” they will treat us as liberators, etc. – the guy had two shoes.
patriotjames Says:
you really don’t understand this country or it’s history and traditoins at all.
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Which traditions would that be, james?
Warrantless wire tapping on the country’s own citizens?
Torture?
Preemptive war?
No habeas corpus?
Deliberate politicization of the DoJ?
Endless deficits?
The use of WMDs, such as white phosphorus, on a civilian population?
Unlimited power to detain people indefinitely, w/out so much as a phone call to a lawyer?
James? James? You still out there? Care to talk?
December 15th, 2008 at 2:18 amTRoS, 935 lies taking us into this costly fiasco killing 4209 of our own troops, hundreds of thousands of innocents, breaking our army and marines, and increasing the number of our enemies?
Inheriting record surpluses and taking us into unimaginable deficits? Creating only 14% of the jobs Clinton created?
UnpatrioticJim, may I remind you that your ilk questioned the patriotism of Max Cleland, John Kerry, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Mike Dukakis, Walter Mondale, John Glenn, Barack Obama, Bob Kerry, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Wes Clarke, FDR, Truman, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, etc., etc., etc. And they didn’t run a great country into the ground like the Bushes.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:36 amTo one who studies troll behavior, this thread has been a gold mine of observational data. Trolls both new and old, simplistic and complex, illiterate and… well, mostly just illiterate, have all shown up to take potshots at liberals.
They all seem to have ignored almost every other thread for over a month here (although, to be fair RaptureRady – aka Daryll – and bitblt attend faithfully to nearly every thread on any gay-themed article), yet suddenly they gravitate to this one like moths to a flame.
A conscientious researcher must ask himself, Why? Why do shoes being thrown at George Bush by an Iraqi journalist strike a chord with these trolls that nothing else does lately?
Are they so demoralized by the election results that they can’t be bothered to show up and call us traitors, except when their beloved Leader is assaulted by footwear?
Did the McCain campaign “Troll For McCain” program turn them all into mercenaries who now refuse to post comments unless there’s a McPalin ‘08 beer cozy in it for them?
Intriguing questions that can only be answered with further research. Who’s up for it?
December 15th, 2008 at 3:03 amThe point I am trying to make is… Supposedly it is a tradition in the US that Politics ends at the water’s edge. Americans should, whatever their feelings for the man, at least respect the office of President. The frothing at the mouth hatred of Bush comments, like (I paraphrase) “wanting to see his face ripped apart with crowbars etc”) or “wishing there were a grenade in the shoe,” are rather unpatriotic in my opinion. When some idiot throws a pair of shoes at the President of the UNITED STATES it’s an insult to our country not just the person. Get it?
Mr Obama will soon take the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States. He’ll be my Commander in Chief whether I voted for him or not, and I will faithfully execute his lawful orders. If someone throws a shoe at him, I won’t be saying some of the stupid, unpatriotic crap I’ve seen on this board.
I know the next response is about how Bush is Adolf Hitler and the long litany of his “crimes against humanity” blah blah blah and he has besmirched the Presidency so he warrants no respect from anyone. Well, like I said, whatever you think of him he’s still the President and to the extent that you tear that office down or disrespect it, OR take some sadistic glee when others disrepect the office of the Presient, the country and our democracy are degraded just a little bit more. That’s all I’m saying.
There’s too much posted here for me to respond to and it is past my bedtime since I have one of those Joe Biden 3 letter words.. a J-O-B-S. But I hope there might be an intelligent conversation to be had around here and I hope its worth it to come back here.
And I hope that in this Christmas season we can all show a little goodwill towards our fellow man.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:13 amI would say only that definitely god will punish him for bloodshed in Iraq and Afghanistan and he is the one responsible for Widows and Orphans of Iraq & Afghanistan
December 15th, 2008 at 3:14 amNo, james, I don’t get it. I don’t equate the president with the nation, so when an Iraqi throws a shoe at George Bush, after the man authorized an unwarranted invasion of the man’s homeland, I don’t take it as an insult to my nation.
I take it as a political statement by a frustrated Iraqi citizen, directed at the man most directly responsible for the destruction his culture has endured over the past half-decade.
There certainly will be circumstances where such a gesture is an insult to our country, but this isn’t one of them.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:34 amunpatrioticJim, I’m sorry but I have to be against Bush. He said that whoever is not with him is against him. And I am far too moral and patriotic to be with him—so I had to be against him!
By your logic, you would criticize anyone in 1939 Germany who hated Hitler (you would not criticize Hitler), Italy who hated Mussolini, Japan who hated Tojo, Russia who hated Stalin, Cuba who hated Castro, etc., etc. They must not speak out against them—that would be unpatriotic!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:50 amToo bad it wasn’t the open end of an M-16. He does so love to use those on innocent, unarmed civilians.
One blogger asked if the the journalist got his shoes back.
I would be suprised if the the man still had any feet to put them on. Oh, but wait, the United States DOES NOT TORTURE!
Some Wonderful “Poetic Justice” for that lying Dana Perino.
Maybe now she will learn her place – at home, pregnant, barefoot and in the kitchen!!!!!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:50 amOh, and by the way – One of my dearest, lifelong friends just lost his business after decades of hard work because of the economy, another committed suicide.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:53 amTo Keith – #409 – HEAR! HEAR!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:54 amsouthrnbelle, one of our trolls in this thread told us that this incident proves what wonderful freedom of expression they have in Iraq today, thanks to Bush—-so I’m sure the journalist will not be detained. [snark]
December 15th, 2008 at 3:56 amsouthrnbelle, sorry to hear about your friends. ‘60 minutes’ sure made our situation sound bad tonight — with quite a few economists saying “You ain’t seen nothing, yet!”
December 15th, 2008 at 3:59 amralph the wonder llama, it appears the ‘basement brigade’ may have re-assembled and the ‘talking points’ are tacked up on the wall.
Example:
cowgirlkeno Says:
“…This was the President of the United States. They throw a shoe at him, they’re throwing a shoe at me. I don’t care what his f ****** politics are…
December 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
and we see:
Goat Says:
Bush was a bad president, but how can anyone support throwing things at the president of the US? You end up lowering yourself to the level of those you criticize.
December 14th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
followed up by:
teora Says:
“…and for all of those haters of America and our president ,for all of those who like more the barbaric behavior of an fanatic then the civilised world i send you my despise.
bush is a great president and history will prove this.…”
December 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
December 15th, 2008 at 4:06 amA GREAT IDEA!!!
December 15th, 2008 at 7:05 amGo to Goodwill, Salvation Army or the Disabled Veterans store and buy all of their old shoes and ship them to 1600 Pennsylvania avenue before January.
I know the next response is about how Bush is Adolf Hitler and the long litany of his “crimes against humanity” blah blah blah and he has besmirched the Presidency so he warrants no respect from anyone. Well, like I said, whatever you think of him he’s still the President and to the extent that you tear that office down or disrespect it, OR take some sadistic glee when others disrepect the office of the Presient, the country and our democracy are degraded just a little bit more. That’s all I’m saying.
He’s the unelected president, appointed by his dad’s picks on the Supremem court. All the vitriol stems from the fact that Bush was never legitimate. He was appointed, and as such, not legit. His case is unique among presidents, so it’s understandable that many would deem him unfit. And that “politics stops at the water’s edge” stuff was drowned by the republicans, when they criticized Bill Clinton, while he was on foreign trips. You have no-one to blame for this but your republican cohort. So it seems highly disingenuous when a “patriot” comes on, and defends the worst president in US history, who wasn’t elected to the job.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:48 amWow!!!!
This brought out trolls I haven’t heard from in a long time.
Glad to have you back.
You folks have a righ to free speech as well as the rest of us so please continue to remove any doubt regarding your inability exercise free thinking or the fact that others don’t share your idiotic views.
It is so nice to hear sanctimonious crap, I was running low and these clowns filled me up.
OK, they can go back to living under the bridge now.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:51 amHit a chimp with a shoe & win a prize.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:55 am“How can anyone support throwing things at the president?”
The answer: Easy, real easy.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:55 amImagine where this man would be had he thrown a shoe at Saddam Hussein? Probably dead. Now he has the Freedom to be a fool..
December 15th, 2008 at 8:36 amCan I assume Liberals condone acts of violence against the President? Will you droolers feel this way in February?
December 15th, 2008 at 8:38 amIs that your shoe width, Dennis?
December 15th, 2008 at 8:56 amOr your final grade in English class?
Finally, some Republican humor that’s ACTUALLY funny.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:14 am.
Dubya got a real kick out of this. In Saddam’s day this reporter would have been fed to the plastic shredder, after watching his wife and daughters get gang-raped.
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
Bush was worse than Hitler
and Stalin and Mao
and the Devil combined
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December 15th, 2008 at 9:22 amhttp://lulu.com/USpace
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Sure D- Dennis. Only the man has been taken into custody and citizens are rioting to get him released because they are worried about his welfare.
December 15th, 2008 at 9:24 amRaptureReady Says:
I recently returned from Medellin, Colombia and I tell you that because of our President, Colombia is a much safer nation.
Prove it.
Well, after his last trip to the all-male teenage bordello there, he was amazed that he only needed one shot of penicillin.
PROGRESS?
December 15th, 2008 at 9:27 amWOW!! Lots of responses! So, anyone know what the record is here on most responses? And what that topic might have been?
December 15th, 2008 at 9:58 amThis would make a great Wii video game – throw the shoe at Bush – with Bush weaving and bobbing. Could have a mélange of different shoe types, sneakers, loafers, combat boots, etc. I’d go out and buy one for XMAS. It would help boost retail sales.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:13 amRepugs/cons are feeling desperate and a little lonely. They are slowly being forced to realize that they are in the minority, ideologically speaking (they are unable to realize that their ideology is completley flawed and unworkable, however, and continue to blame others for their policy failures). This is why we have so much concern trolling, and I have noticed a low-level kind of concern trolling from most republicans: always the theme of, “Can’t you agree that you agree somewhat with me? And on THIS issue… (add something about us all being American, or some other appeal to partiotism or humanitarianism or such).
And thus the patriotism remarks here: and that whole weird and sheepish, “partizanism ends at the borders” or whatever — load of hype. These are the same people who will forget that theme as soon as the man who is “not-of-the-republican-party” takes the office. Of course, SOME of these reichwingers are very hopeful that that day will never come: that their brothers in brownshirts (or white hoods) will “take care of the uppity N**a”.
Call ‘em as I see ‘em.
Blind partiotism to an “office” is the epitomy of Anti-Americanism. The president rules by authority granted by the people, NOT by divine right.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:19 amWas it thrown from a grassy knoll?
Has the pentagon identified the type of shoe thrown? Wingtip? Loafer? Must’ve been a loafer. It would only be appropriate! Did it carry a payload of fresh, steaming dog poo? God, I hope so.
A black eye for Dana Perineum, huh?
December 15th, 2008 at 10:22 amPerfect! Icing on the cake!
I smell a new tradition. Every time I see the smirking chimp on TV, or hopefuly in person, I will take off a shoe and salute the POS. More subtle than the bird I salute with now.
My how the Bush sycophants crawl out to defend their God and personal savior when the poor bastard is maligned. Good luck with that you worthless trolls, you will have a long and busy life because Bush will be hated and reviled for his whole life and beyond.
The Bush library will have to have a custom of taking your shoes off at the door, otherwise the janitors will spend all day collecting shoes thrown at the pictures.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:36 amWhat a bunch of whiney little pinheads. It always amazes me how much hate people can feel for another human being. It’s not like anyone of us knows GWB personally. I dont always agree with anyone in politics let alone the president. But have some respect for the office and yourselves. You only make yourself look like a smallminded moron when you attack someone personally. You dont like policy, great, tear it apart. But keep the personal attacks to yorself and have some self-respect!
December 15th, 2008 at 10:54 amShoveyourGodupyourBlessAmericaAss,
Bush is the enemy of my country, shit for brains. That petulant punk has defiled and disgraced America, made the world a more dangerous place for my kids to grow up, has gone out of his way to make the environment worse, has laid an incredible debt on our backs.
If you don’t hate him, you are not paying attention, or more likely, you belong to the same religious group that make your decisions based on faith and not reality.
Fck you very much,
A whiny pinhead.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:12 amGodBlessAmerica Says:
“What a bunch of whiney little pinheads. It always amazes me how much hate people can feel for another human being. It’s not like anyone of us knows GWB personally. I dont always agree with anyone in politics let alone the president. But have some respect for the office and yourselves. You only make yourself look like a smallminded moron when you attack someone personally. You dont like policy, great, tear it apart. But keep the personal attacks to yorself and have some self-respect!“
GBA, there’s a shoe out there somewhere with your name on it!
December 15th, 2008 at 11:15 amIf only it were hand grenades instead of shoes
December 15th, 2008 at 11:19 amAre you really this f**king stupid or is this just an act?
December 15th, 2008 at 11:19 amThank you for proving my point. My small minded friend. Most people can have a civil disagreement, discuss facts, ect.. Obviously you just attack because you lack the intellect.
Well, at least Bush has good reflexes, when it’s his A$$ on the line.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:21 amUnlike the “deer in the headlights” brain freeze during the first few moments of the 9/11 attacks.
You know, the one where he remainded motionless for 7 frickin’ minutes, in a room full of KIDS!!!
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December 15th, 2008 at 11:39 amI could not help but notice the inherent contridictions you have noted.
GodBlessAmerica, how do you explain this?
I could not help but notice the inherent contridictions you have noted.
GodBlessAmerica, how do you explain this?
What I said was not directed any anyone person, like Dr. Hussein, matt:unlWhat point? You’re the F**KING idiot that was whining about personal attacks and that’s all you’re doing! Again, are you really this f**king stupid or is this just an act? Please answer the question, you dolt.ike
December 15th, 2008 at 12:05 pmbut a general statement that when you or I or anyone writes something you dont have to attack someone personally to get your point across just because they dont agree w/you. And that if you do you make yourself look ignorant its because of the words you choose to use.
Okay so shit like pinhead, moron and such is cool as long as I just am making generalizations? I don’t buy it. The way it reads to me is that you came looking for an argument.
So if I were to write “people like you are dumbass sissies who don’t have a clue” it would fall under the pretext of just a generalization?
December 15th, 2008 at 12:08 pmIf I said people like you are such and such thats attacking that individual. which is not what I said. I came looking for a discussion, which you percieve as an argument????? I dont.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:27 pmGet off your high horse GBA.
You announced your presence with the following line:
“What a bunch of whiney little pinheads.”
Most people would not consider that a “civil” way to say hi.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pmwhat mary said. It is so very obvious what is going on here that I think it is time to move on.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI think it’s funny when trolls try to take the high road. They’re SO bad at it.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:27 pmActually, stupid trolls, it’s my patriotism and respect for the office that results in my hatred of the Chimp. My feelings about him have nothing to do with any other President past or future. Of course, if trolls had fully functional human intellects they would realize that it’s our right, and duty, to hold our leaders accountable.
And. My fondest hope is that some member of the “librul media” would show 1% of the courage and conviction of Mr. al-Zaidi.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pmDang! I should have refreshed before submitting. You are right Zooey. Trolls “taking the high road” is like fundies arguing about science or, cats doing calculus.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:48 pmThis is why the republicans can never maintain power. They grab it once in a while when people aren’t paying attention, but they can’t keep it and it’s fairly obvious why.
60 more years as the minority obstructionist party, that is the gop’s fate.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:54 pmGodBlessAmerica, you are so right! And why do the Jewish people have such hatred for the Nazis? Why can’t they just have a civil disagreement and discuss the facts? Is it because they lack the intellect?[snark] And why do the coloreds dislike the KKK so much? Can’t we all just get along, gentile-like? And those Injuns sure have a thing against General Custer! I do declare!!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pmI’m glad I returned to check out this thread today. More newly-minted trolls pop their heads out of their burrows, and dbadass, mary and Dr Matt are there to squash them good and proper.
And, Zooey, good point but I think trolls look foolish when they try to take the high road because they’re not used to the atmosphere at higher elevations. Thus their brains run out of oxygen quickly, and they start to stumble and then they say stupid things that contradict what they were trying to say.
Of course, this is not directed at any one troll, as it was clearly a general statement.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:49 pmI’m disappointed to see that there is nothing in this post about the actual reason for why the journalist did this. No mention of him yelling “killer of Iraqis” or his being upset over covering the bombing of Iraqis in Sadr City. Sadly, this reads more like a corporate media human interest story than something that should be on a public blog.
http://www.mediamouse.org/briefs/121508iraqi.php
December 15th, 2008 at 4:47 pmi like what rapture ready is saying.take the shoe like a man.shi t all bet all americans like you would run like chicken shi ts.learn a little more about whats going on in the world before u go and pick on a great man like president bush.all u obama lovers will see.u talk about god leave him out of it. sh it obama black racist who ran his mouth about his own grandma. who went to a commy church that hate white people.tell me how christian is that????????? damn terrorist?
December 15th, 2008 at 5:07 pmYou may want to try English, stupid troll. Or, at least, try a human language.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:22 pmnanlichi says it ruined her country.all u worth less foreighners can kiss my ass and go back to your own country then u got it so bad here.look at the way all these countries are.NOTHING BUT SHIT HOLES THAT TEIR OWN PEOPLE CREATE.And they come to america telling us how to run things.GIVE ME A BREAK.if we let them our country will end up just like thier no moral ass countries.HOME OF THE BRAVE LADY.look at what your own people do to your country
December 15th, 2008 at 5:30 pmNow that is some seriously silly talk…
December 15th, 2008 at 5:48 pmNo your seriously silly or stupid.wake up and smell the coffee man.they all say that they are minority look up the statistics in the whole world white people are minority.how many people voted for Obama 50% how many people of another race voted for mccain 8%.Tell me they dont stick together&white people are the racist ones.SHIT WAKE UP AND SMEEL THE COFFEE PEOPLE
December 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pmThe lame ass Dunkin Donuts corporate white folks coffee? look it up. It is silly crazy…
December 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pmNope. No human intellect there.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:28 pmSo… is it considered “cool” among the troll set to be functionally illiterate?
Is it an attempt at a pathetic “Fonzie” type attitude, the kind that says “correct spelling and sentence structure are for pussies?”
I’m just trying to figure out the nature of this characteristic, why it’s so damn consistent.
December 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pmI think, ralph, that the clinical diagnoses is “shit for brains”.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:00 pmconsidering how frequently I stray from conventional spelling and sentence structure, I feel I must recuse myself…
December 15th, 2008 at 8:01 pmnanlichi,
No, my foul-mouthed little markxist poster – it is YOU and those like you that defile this great nation.
Just get on the next boat TO Cuba, would you?
Your comments are truly disgusting
December 15th, 2008 at 10:49 pmThere’s just too much rich material here to comment on, but facts aren’t among them so why should I bother?
It’s like I said before, people are entitled to their own opnions, but not their own set of facts.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:56 pmBarfly,
I will, however award you the prize for the biggest LIE posing as fact: That President Bush was “appointed.”
I rest my case.
December 15th, 2008 at 10:59 pmThis is the LAST WORD (and the best) on this topic:
My brother in law, who is a true progressive and about as liberal as they come, COMPLIMENTED the President over his handling of the shoe incident.
Trust me, he is no fan of the President so I was quite pleased to hear what he said.
What this means is that all the REST of you in the so-called “reality based” existence or whatever you call it, are just a bunch of foul-mouthed louts. “Progressives”, ha!
December 15th, 2008 at 11:18 pmRaptureready, you’re treasonist for NOT wanting Bush gone.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:21 amI say “commy liberal hater” must be Mr Pee/Trajan.
Tim, every time you say how important facts are, yet every time you disregard mine and never present one single one yourself.
Your brother-in-law said Bush handled himself well—-well that is an excellently well-research social science study if ever I read one. [snark]
You never responded to this the other day that was specifically directed to you:
From Wikipedia:
“The U.S. has long maintained its involvement there is with the support of the Iraqi people, but in 2005 when asked directly, 82–87% of the Iraqi populace was opposed to U.S. occupation and wanted U.S. troops to leave. 47% of Iraqis supported attacking U.S. troops.[360] Another poll conducted on September 27, 2006, found that seven out of ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to withdraw from Iraq within one year. Overall, 78% of those polled said they believed that the presence of U.S. forces is “provoking more conflict than it’s preventing.” 53% of those polled believed the Iraqi government would be strengthened if U.S. forces left Iraq (versus 23% who believed it would be weakened), and 71% wanted this to happen in 1 year or less. All of these positions were more prevalent amongst Sunni and Shia respondents than among Kurds. 61% of respondents said that they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, while 94% still had an unfavorable opinion of al-Qaeda.[361]
A March 7, 2007 survey of more than 2,000 Iraqis found that 78% of the population opposed the presence of Coalition forces in Iraq, that 69% believed the presence of U.S. forces is making things worse, and that 51% of the population considered attacks on coalition forces acceptable, up from 17% in 2004 and 35% in 2006. In addition:[362]
64% described their family’s economic situation as being somewhat or very bad, up from 30% in 2005.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:33 am88% described the availability of electricity as being either somewhat or very bad, up from 65% in 2004.
69% described the availability of clean water as somewhat or very bad, up from 48% in 2004.
88% described the availability of fuel for cooking and driving as being somewhat or very bad.
58% described reconstruction efforts in the area in which they live as either somewhat or very ineffective, and 9% described them as being totally nonexistent.
A 2007 survey for the first time asked ordinary Iraqis their view on the highly contentious draft oil law. According to the poll, 76 percent of Iraqis feel inadequately informed about the contents of the proposed law. Nonetheless, 63 percent responded that they would prefer Iraqi state-owned companies – and not foreign corporations – to develop Iraq’s extensive oil fields.
So, Tim, you had neither the last word nor the best.
You want examples of “foul-mouthed louts”? How about when Bush called a NYTimes reporter “a major-league @sshole” and Cheney agreed? Or when Cheney told Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor, “Go fu(k yourself”?
December 16th, 2008 at 3:40 amTim Vaculik Says:
Timmeh you ignorant worhtless punk. Why dont YOU get out of our good country. Go live in Guatemala where your black facsist heart will fit right in. You embarass real Americans with your abject stupidity and your cowardly psychophancy. We get that your Bush Idolotry is deeply rooted in your stupidity but Bush is NOT America. So take your ignorance somewhere decent Americans dont have to be subjected to your endless ignorance.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:02 amTim Vaculik Says:
Did I really read the most ignorant and cowardly punk in existance call US louts? You make decent Americans ashamed to be the same species as an ignorant piece of trash as you are.
December 16th, 2008 at 8:05 amI resent Zaidi’s reference to a “dog” in describing Bush. Dogs are loving, protectors of people. If one must use a canine reference to Bush, cur would be a good choice.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:15 pmIt appears to be YOU who do not understand American history or tradition! American history and tradition is one of continual victory of progressive ideals over entrenched radical right-wing fear of progress and just about everything else. This country was created and made great by those you choose to call “wacko leftest haters” fighting every inch of the way against the fearful scared little right-wingers.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:10 pmI cannot imagine something like this during Saddam’s press conferences, and, eventually, it is rather a hooligan’s frustration over a sharp difference between exercising a freedom of speech the Westerns customarily used to and the practical outcomes if any, from such Western-style media sources exercising (see for instance, M. Kerjman blog The Age story of Iraqi migrants in Australia):
December 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pmhttp://mkwrk2.instablogs.com/entry/australian-cultural-orientation-classes-or-story-of-being-non-uk-originated-as-iraqi-professionals-realise-it-now/