Canadian activists build ‘shoe cannon’ to hurl shoes at effigy of Bush.
Canadian activists build ‘shoe cannon’ to hurl shoes at effigy of Bush.
Former President Bush is in Calgary today giving his first speech since leaving office last January. While it appears Canadian human rights lawyers and activists were unsuccessful in banning Bush from Canada (he arrived safely last night), protesters have gathered to rally against Bush’s invasion of Iraq and his terror and detention policies. As part of the protests, local activists have collected shoes from Canadians around the country and constructed a shoe cannon that will launch shoes at an effigy of Bush:
Footwear has been collected and a cannon has been constructed to toss shoes at an effigy of the much-maligned leader in homage to the Iraqi reporter who chucked his loafers at Mr. Bush last December and was sentenced last week to three years in prison.
Over the weekend, activists held a mock trial and found Mr. Bush guilty of committing war crimes and urged authorities to arrest him when he steps foot on Canadian soil.
“We had shoes sent in (to us) from across the country,” said Colette Lemieux of the Canadian Peace Alliance. “It doesn’t matter that he is no longer president,” she added. “A bank robber who stops holding up banks can and must still be prosecuted for his crimes.” The same applies for Bush, she said.
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Rats, I was hoping to patent the RUC-OhSayCanUSeeThisSize13C shoe cannon next month
March 17th, 2009 at 4:07 pmOver the weekend, activists held a mock trial and found Mr. Bush guilty of committing war crimes….
And Bush still sent to Canada? Wow. I mean, you know damn well Bush would think it was a real trial, having no clue what “mock” means. The Canucks could really have some fun with this.
Someone needs to show up with some fake handcuffs and watch the little Chimpy run like hell when he sees them.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:16 pmHere’s hoping they gather a huge crowd and storm the place and take matters into their own hands…
…for we know that we are not a land of laws anymore, laws are for poor people.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:18 pm.
So Canada is a WAR CRIME APPEASER?
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March 17th, 2009 at 4:19 pmThat picture captures the cowering pussy well. It’s like the whole pyramid of cheerleaders toppled and Boy George might get a scratch on his knee, even through the knee high socks. Pobrecito!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:19 pm.
Umm,
An effigy did not authorize illegal war and torture…
… An F’ing G. DID!
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March 17th, 2009 at 4:21 pmThat shoe cannon ought to make for some fun video clips.
Whether or not anyone succeeds in barring or prosecuting, I just find it a huge bummer we ever had a President we’d need to be that ashamed of.
He’ll be the skidmark on our flag for 3 generations to come.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:23 pmRats, I was hoping to patent the RUC-OhSayCanUSeeThisSize13C shoe cannon next month
RUCerious,
March 17th, 2009 at 4:24 pm.
Think really big ammo – as in Shaq size.
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Size 21WW, or something along those lines.
Thanks DaveE, maybe I could sell detachable shoeholders!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:30 pm“A bank robber who stops holding up banks can and must still be prosecuted for his crimes.”
The same applies to AIG.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pm.
Maybe Bush should think about turning his library into a shoe store.
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March 17th, 2009 at 4:31 pmToo funny! But, I’m disappointed that Bush wasn’t arrested when he stepped off the airplane.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:32 pmI hope people are at least donating shoes in Pairs.
That way, they can donate the unexploded ordinance to a homeless shelter or food bank.
BTW…does ‘Canada even have Homeless or Hungry People??
March 17th, 2009 at 4:32 pmAbout 15 years ago, I and my family were transporting a bunch of pack-horses from the States up to my folks preserve in Dinali Alaska. My sisters boyfriend at the time (now husband) was helping us. He got turned away from the Canadian border because of a misdemeanor drug use conviction.
But they will let this felonious A$$hat in? Oh My!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pmI feel like standing to sing “Oh, Canada.”
March 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pmThanks DaveE, maybe I could sell detachable shoeholders!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:40 pm.
RUCerious,
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Why not? Think of it as doing your part to get the economy back on its feet.
So, the rule of law does not apply in the Great White North either?
March 17th, 2009 at 4:47 pmI don’t think they like him. Welcome to the club, Canada.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:50 pmBadger Says:
BTW…does ‘Canada even have Homeless or Hungry People??
Come on Badger. Canada is not immune to having Homeless people.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pmWhat is the matter with any group that wants to hear bush speak ? The sooner the roves, cheneys, and bushs are not asked to spout off the better this world will be.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:55 pmrmwarnick Says:
So, the rule of law does not apply in the Great White North either?
Canada has it’s share of morally bankrupt rich people. In fact, just last week your good folks in California arrested Peter Pocklington. I have friends of friends who say Peter has enough money to have $50,000 US sent to him each month from The Cayman Islands.
Canada had the fortune to have a Liberal Prime Minister during Bush’s invasion of Iraq and consequently we weren’t part of the ‘coalition of the scared of the US’. Canada now has a Conservative government (minority mind you) and if that were the case when Bush made his biggest blunder, Canada would have been part of that mess.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pmIf you meet the Buddha on the road, throw a shoe at him.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:58 pmAt least most of you don’t have to have every little detail about the bushes crammed down your throat. Does anyone really care that Poppy Bush cries because someone says something truthful about his demon son ? Dallas loves the bushes, there is even a toll road named for him.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:07 pmBut the circle of have and have mores is big in Dallas.
Shoe cannon…!!
How did Hollywood miss such a great invention?!
Inventor needs to patent it.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:16 pmAt least the Canadian police won’t beat the ever living crap out of them and then sentence them to 3 years in prison.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:18 pmOh Canada. Go Canada. Show us how, Canada.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:18 pmRandomChaos, are your folks outfitters?
Back on topic, horsehoes would be better projectiles than Nikes. Much better ballistics and payload.
Duck this b*tch!
March 17th, 2009 at 5:20 pmlivelongandprosper Says:
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Badger Says:
BTW…does ‘Canada even have Homeless or Hungry People??
ya, we call them aboriginals……..
March 17th, 2009 at 5:29 pmwatchdog barking
March 17th, 2009 at 5:32 pmdo he bite?
kill my landlord…
On a freezing workday in Canada’s equivalent to Houston TX, that’s HUGE.
And it’s shameful. No President has ever brought this kind of shame on the Nation for the sake of his own petulant ego.
A greasy “bacon strip” in the back of the nation’s briefs.
wackdog don’t care none – he’s always sportin’ a skidmark
March 17th, 2009 at 5:33 pmI drink a lot of beer, so I know that:
In Canada, it’s “First People”.
But Aussie rednecks still refer to Native Australians as aboriginals.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:35 pmWhile lawyers and shoe throwers gathered to protest the man many north of the border now view as a war criminal, most Americans have largely forgotten that in 2000 candidate Bush scored what he thought was one his first major endorsements from fictitious Canadian Prime Minister Jean Poutine.
For a look back, see:
March 17th, 2009 at 5:36 pm“O Canada: Bush Wins over Prime Minister Poutine.”
nanlichi,
@27 Yes, but not in the typical way most think of. The 180 acre preserve my brother ownes and manages is in the middle of Denali. Only accessable by Plane, or 1 week pack-horse trip.
The only shooting allowed is with Cameras. Hunting/Hunters not allowed.
I like the Horseshoe idea!
March 17th, 2009 at 5:42 pmThanks. Man that sounds wonderful. I may have to look them up if I survive the Bush Depression with any discretionary coin.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:55 pm$315? Thats like the price of a ticket to a mediocre band concert.
So much for making millions on the bullshit circuit.
Pretty pathetic, wouldn’t you agree cur? How many come out of the center with both shoes on? I would gladly pay $315 for a chance to hurl a shoe at the puke.
March 17th, 2009 at 5:58 pmi have one thing to say to the canadians: OPEN FIRE!
March 17th, 2009 at 6:10 pmWell at least 200 Canadians had the backbone to do what Americans should be doing everytime bush or cheney appear.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:14 pmtexaslady, it figures any road named after a Bush would be a toll road.
And while shoe cannons are a way cool idea, I lean towards carpet bombing. An old B52 that follows Bush like some kind of Flying Dutchman, dumping shoes wherever he stops.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:15 pmYou could fill them with dog crap and light them as they pass the bomb bay doors. He’d appreciate the juvenile humor more.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:16 pmBush is trying to educate Canadian business men.!!
laughable !!!,and more laughable that he is payed good money for it.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:09 pmPerhaps asking bush for advice is like asking how to do B&E. bush can advise on the schemes he did to the taxpayer on the Dallas ballpark. Takes a con man to do a con
March 17th, 2009 at 7:11 pmthat’s a pretty sorry-ass take for the trip…
sanjaya probably made more on his canadian tour.
like i said – National Skidmark
thanks, wackdog, for highlighting how weak a draw Dubbie is.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:12 pmAlberta is currently the Texas of Canada. It is full of transplanted American oil barons and their groupies. That province has elected conservative governments since the last ice age. Prime Minister Harper is a rabid Bush leg humper and is also from Alberta though he is presently limited by the fact that he is leading a minority government. Most other provinces up here would give that dolt the welcome he would deserve although that shoe cannon idea sounds about right.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:34 pmWell said NorthernLite.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:46 pmI’ve got some old caulk boots I’d like to donate!
March 17th, 2009 at 7:51 pmQuizmos Says:
I’ve got some old caulk boots I’d like to donate!
Save those for Dick.
March 17th, 2009 at 7:53 pm23 Texas Lady,
you say a “toll road” is named after Shrub.
How appropriate that it is a toll road rather than open access !
And as for the Canadians who are working for justice, I wish them the best of luck ! But somehow I think that Shrub wouldn’t have dared go there without his front men arranging his lack of accountability to justice.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:00 pmRebecca Lobo Says:
What’s it like living full of hate?
Please don’t confuse disgust with hate.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pmPut the Criminal Bush in prison!
March 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pmwatchdog Says:
Almost 200 people were protesting.HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! what a crackpot idea. What a pathetic bunch of people.
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Not half as pathetic as YOU loser
March 17th, 2009 at 9:10 pmRebecca Lobo Says:
What’s it like living full of hate?
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I dont know. What is it like being a moron?
March 17th, 2009 at 9:13 pmRebecca Lobo Says:
What’s it like living full of hate?
March 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
You tell us…
March 17th, 2009 at 10:50 pmMarch 18th, 2009 at 1:35 am
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#49 Rebecca Lobo Says:
That question is best directed to George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney…
… After all, if not for their hate, they wouldn’t have concocted lie after lie about a people he had no clue about, just to murder them. Now, that’s a mighty heaping of hate, if you ask me.
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March 18th, 2009 at 1:44 amMuntadar al-Zaidi should be released immediately, and George W. Bush should be locked away.
The American people should really hope that Bush is eventually prosecuted.
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March 18th, 2009 at 2:28 am