OT: Journalist throws shoe at Bush - Page 2

BronxDan · 12-14-2008, 04:22 PM

That was pretty funny. :yes: I hope they waterboard that savage. He has a better arm than Chad.

Tyler Durden · 12-14-2008, 04:26 PM

Yankees still need a 5th starter. I'd sign him to a 2 year $24.2M deal.

JetsFan2012 · 12-14-2008, 06:05 PM

****ing backwards country. I'll take solace in the fact that the Secret Service probably beat the living crap out of him.

PlumberKhan · 12-14-2008, 06:43 PM

[QUOTE=pauliec;2911282]****ing backwards country. [/QUOTE]

Exactly.

adb280z · 12-14-2008, 08:11 PM

[QUOTE=djsmoke;2910076]can someone please make a gif of that clip, aside from the leon washington td, that was the best thing I have seen all day! :D[/QUOTE]

I didn't make it but here's one.

[IMG]http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2931/23yt2.gif[/IMG]

Mike D · 12-14-2008, 08:52 PM

Regardless of whether you like Bush or not, that is a disgrace. If someone did that to Obama I would be just as disgusted.

Passepartout · 12-14-2008, 10:11 PM

Well, nobody got hurt as Bush was a good sport about it!;)

VincenzoTestaverde · 12-14-2008, 11:33 PM

[QUOTE=pauliec;2911282]****ing backwards country. [/QUOTE]

But it's still the perfect place to convert to democracy and sink billions of our dollars into. :rolleyes:

JetsFan2012 · 12-14-2008, 11:45 PM

[QUOTE=VincenzoTestaverde;2912061]But it's still the perfect place to convert to democracy and sink billions of our dollars into. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

No it isn't. Not anymore. I heard on the news that the guy who threw the shoes yelled something that was roughly translated as "This is a gift from the Iraqis, you dog." This is how these bastards feel, fine, we're gone. I want President Obama to do a full-scale, massive reverse starting on January 20th. 100% pull-out. I could care less if the country reverted back into a pre-historic society.

BrooklynBound · 12-15-2008, 12:22 AM

[QUOTE=pauliec;2912097]No it isn't. Not anymore. I heard on the news that the guy who threw the shoes yelled something that was roughly translated as "This is a gift from the Iraqis, you dog." This is how these bastards feel, fine, we're gone. I want President Obama to do a full-scale, massive reverse starting on January 20th. 100% pull-out. I could care less if the country reverted back into a pre-historic society.[/QUOTE]

They didn't ask us to invade their country.

RutgersJetFan · 12-15-2008, 12:32 AM

You know, if I were George Bush in Iraq, and a dude stood up in a press conference, yelled something in Arabic, and then threw an object at me, I'd definitely think it was a bomb. Yet Bush just stood there and looked at him bewildered.

BushyTheBeaver · 12-15-2008, 12:36 AM

He should have thrown one of my socks. Everyone in the room would have died on impact.

AceBoy · 12-15-2008, 12:55 AM

With his popularity, just imagine how many people around the world would love to throw something at him...funny scene though...LOL

whatthe · 12-15-2008, 01:13 AM

[QUOTE=adb280z;2911583]I didn't make it but here's one.

[IMG]http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2931/23yt2.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]

haha this is awesome

whatthe · 12-15-2008, 01:17 AM

[QUOTE=RutgersJetFan;2912197]You know, if I were George Bush in Iraq, and a dude stood up in a press conference, yelled something in Arabic, and then threw an object at me, I'd definitely think it was a bomb. Yet Bush just stood there and looked at him bewildered.[/QUOTE]

I think Bush half expects to get asssasinated whenever he goes to places like that

nuu faaola · 12-15-2008, 11:47 AM

"Who throws a shoe? Honestly."

MnJetFan · 12-15-2008, 06:58 PM

[QUOTE=Pac2566;2910068]Actually I was impressed with the cat like quickness he exhibited in avoiding the Puma that was headed towards his mug.

Laughed at his response to reporters which was something like "all I can report is it was a size 10". :D[/QUOTE]

What should he say it was a Iranian Missle. I cant think what the Messiah would say?

King Ryan · 12-16-2008, 10:18 AM

sure it's in Norwegian, but you should still be able to play along! :D

[url]http://flash.vg.no/grafikk/2008/bush/kast_sko.html[/url]

JetsFan2012 · 12-16-2008, 12:03 PM

[QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5352043.ece"]From Times Online[/URL]
December 16, 2008
Journalist who threw shoes at Bush, Muntazer al-Zaidi, 'has broken arm and ribs'

He may be a hero to millions of Iraqis but the “shoe man” has had to spend a second night in detention, during which he nursed a broken arm and ribs as well as cuts to his face, according to his brother.

Muntazer al-Zaidi rose to fame on Sunday when he threw his shoes at President George Bush during a Baghdad press conference, missing narrowly, in apparent protest at the actions of US troops over the past few years.

His brother, Durgham al-Zaidi, said he was told that Mr al-Zaidi is held by Iraqi forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central Baghdad, where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.

“He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm,” he said. “He is being held by forces under the command of Muwafaq al-Rubaie [Iraq’s national security adviser]." Television pictures from the press conference show Mr al-Zaidi being carried away by prime ministerial guards but no sign of excess violence.

Thousands of Iraqis, both Sunni and Shia, took part in a second day of street protests today demanding Mr Zaidi’s release and hailing him a national hero. In Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, north of Baghdad, an estimated 1,000 protesters carried banners and chanted slogans in his support.

Several hundred more also protested in Nasiriyah, a Shia city about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and in Fallujah, a Sunni area west of the capital. “Muntazer al-Zaidi has expressed the feelings and ambitions of the Iraqi people toward the symbol of tyranny,” said Nassar Afrawi, a protester in Nasiriyah.

In Baghdad, the head of the Iraqi Union of Journalists described Mr al-Zeidi’s action as “strange and unprofessional” but urged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to give him clemency.

“Even if he has committed a mistake, the Government and the judiciary are broad-minded and we hope they consider his release because he has a family and he is still young,” Mouyyad al-Lami said. “We hope this case ends before going to court.”

[B]Mr al-Zaidi’s action is a personal embarrassment to the Iraqi Prime Minister, who was standing next to Mr Bush at the press conference. But given that 2009 is an election in Iraq, Mr al-Zaidi’s popularity is likely to save him from a long prison sentence.

In one example of Mr al-Zaidi’s status, a geography teacher at a Baghdad elementary school asked her students if they had seen the footage of the shoe-throwing. “All Iraqis should be proud of this Iraqi brave man, Muntazer. History will remember him for ever,” she said.[/B]

Mr al-Zaidi’s action also won him widespread plaudits in the Arab world, where President Bush’s policies have drawn broad hostility. Lebanese television channel NTV, known for its opposition to Washington, went as far as offering a job to the journalist. In its evening news bulletin on Monday, it said that if he takes the job he will be paid “from the moment the first shoe was thrown”.[/QUOTE]

Unbelievable how this guy is now a national hero in Iraq. Here's my favorite comment from underneath the article:

"If he had thrown shoes at Saddam Hussein, how dead would he be now?"

Answer: Verily

jetswin · 12-16-2008, 12:07 PM

Two things, I'm sure have already been discussed without reading the entire thread...first Bush still looks pretty athletic for a guy his age, and the expression of you have to be joking in between pitches, so to speak, is priceless. Second, the fact that the secret service did not destroy this guy before the second throw is unbelievable, it's the first thing I said to my wife when we saw this Sunday, where the hell were those guys?

12-14-2008, 04:22 PM	#21
BronxDan Over There Rookie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bronx NY Posts: 503	That was pretty funny. :yes: I hope they waterboard that savage. He has a better arm than Chad.

12-14-2008, 04:26 PM	#22
Tyler Durden Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 31,171	Yankees still need a 5th starter. I'd sign him to a 2 year $24.2M deal.

12-14-2008, 06:05 PM	#23
JetsFan2012 Waterboy Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 0	****ing backwards country. I'll take solace in the fact that the Secret Service probably beat the living crap out of him.

12-14-2008, 06:43 PM	#24
PlumberKhan HAIL SATAN! Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,081	[QUOTE=pauliec;2911282]****ing backwards country. [/QUOTE] Exactly.

12-14-2008, 08:11 PM	#25
adb280z All League Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Belleville, NJ Posts: 3,440	[QUOTE=djsmoke;2910076]can someone please make a gif of that clip, aside from the leon washington td, that was the best thing I have seen all day! :D[/QUOTE] I didn't make it but here's one. [IMG]http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2931/23yt2.gif[/IMG]

12-14-2008, 08:52 PM	#26
Mike D 2-14 here we come!! And I couldn't be happier about it!! All Pro Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunrise, FL Posts: 9,915	Regardless of whether you like Bush or not, that is a disgrace. If someone did that to Obama I would be just as disgusted.

12-14-2008, 10:11 PM	#27
Passepartout Happy Father's DAy! Undrafted Free Agent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seymour TN Posts: 127	Well, nobody got hurt as Bush was a good sport about it!;)

12-14-2008, 11:33 PM	#28
VincenzoTestaverde laughing at the Pledge Against America Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 9,162	[QUOTE=pauliec;2911282]****ing backwards country. [/QUOTE] But it's still the perfect place to convert to democracy and sink billions of our dollars into. :rolleyes:

12-14-2008, 11:45 PM	#29
JetsFan2012 Waterboy Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 0	[QUOTE=VincenzoTestaverde;2912061]But it's still the perfect place to convert to democracy and sink billions of our dollars into. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] No it isn't. Not anymore. I heard on the news that the guy who threw the shoes yelled something that was roughly translated as "This is a gift from the Iraqis, you dog." This is how these bastards feel, fine, we're gone. I want President Obama to do a full-scale, massive reverse starting on January 20th. 100% pull-out. I could care less if the country reverted back into a pre-historic society.

12-15-2008, 12:22 AM	#30
BrooklynBound Hall Of Fame Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,550	[QUOTE=pauliec;2912097]No it isn't. Not anymore. I heard on the news that the guy who threw the shoes yelled something that was roughly translated as "This is a gift from the Iraqis, you dog." This is how these bastards feel, fine, we're gone. I want President Obama to do a full-scale, massive reverse starting on January 20th. 100% pull-out. I could care less if the country reverted back into a pre-historic society.[/QUOTE] They didn't ask us to invade their country.

12-15-2008, 12:32 AM	#31
RutgersJetFan Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 29,953	You know, if I were George Bush in Iraq, and a dude stood up in a press conference, yelled something in Arabic, and then threw an object at me, I'd definitely think it was a bomb. Yet Bush just stood there and looked at him bewildered.

12-15-2008, 12:36 AM	#32
BushyTheBeaver All League Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,975	He should have thrown one of my socks. Everyone in the room would have died on impact.

12-15-2008, 12:55 AM	#33
AceBoy Veteran Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,181	With his popularity, just imagine how many people around the world would love to throw something at him...funny scene though...LOL

12-15-2008, 01:13 AM	#34
whatthe Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	[QUOTE=adb280z;2911583]I didn't make it but here's one. [IMG]http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2931/23yt2.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] haha this is awesome

12-15-2008, 01:17 AM	#35
whatthe Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	[QUOTE=RutgersJetFan;2912197]You know, if I were George Bush in Iraq, and a dude stood up in a press conference, yelled something in Arabic, and then threw an object at me, I'd definitely think it was a bomb. Yet Bush just stood there and looked at him bewildered.[/QUOTE] I think Bush half expects to get asssasinated whenever he goes to places like that

12-15-2008, 11:47 AM	#36
nuu faaola All Pro Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 6,256	"Who throws a shoe? Honestly."

12-15-2008, 06:58 PM	#37
MnJetFan All League Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,313	[QUOTE=Pac2566;2910068]Actually I was impressed with the cat like quickness he exhibited in avoiding the Puma that was headed towards his mug. Laughed at his response to reporters which was something like "all I can report is it was a size 10". :D[/QUOTE] What should he say it was a Iranian Missle. I cant think what the Messiah would say?

12-16-2008, 10:18 AM	#38
King Ryan take a guess Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montville, NJ Posts: 5,473	sure it's in Norwegian, but you should still be able to play along! :D [url]http://flash.vg.no/grafikk/2008/bush/kast_sko.html[/url]

12-16-2008, 12:03 PM	#39
JetsFan2012 Waterboy Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 0	[QUOTE] [URL="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5352043.ece"]From Times Online[/URL] December 16, 2008 Journalist who threw shoes at Bush, Muntazer al-Zaidi, 'has broken arm and ribs' He may be a hero to millions of Iraqis but the “shoe man” has had to spend a second night in detention, during which he nursed a broken arm and ribs as well as cuts to his face, according to his brother. Muntazer al-Zaidi rose to fame on Sunday when he threw his shoes at President George Bush during a Baghdad press conference, missing narrowly, in apparent protest at the actions of US troops over the past few years. His brother, Durgham al-Zaidi, said he was told that Mr al-Zaidi is held by Iraqi forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central Baghdad, where the US embassy and most government offices are housed. “He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm,” he said. “He is being held by forces under the command of Muwafaq al-Rubaie [Iraq’s national security adviser]." Television pictures from the press conference show Mr al-Zaidi being carried away by prime ministerial guards but no sign of excess violence. Thousands of Iraqis, both Sunni and Shia, took part in a second day of street protests today demanding Mr Zaidi’s release and hailing him a national hero. In Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, north of Baghdad, an estimated 1,000 protesters carried banners and chanted slogans in his support. Several hundred more also protested in Nasiriyah, a Shia city about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad, and in Fallujah, a Sunni area west of the capital. “Muntazer al-Zaidi has expressed the feelings and ambitions of the Iraqi people toward the symbol of tyranny,” said Nassar Afrawi, a protester in Nasiriyah. In Baghdad, the head of the Iraqi Union of Journalists described Mr al-Zeidi’s action as “strange and unprofessional” but urged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to give him clemency. “Even if he has committed a mistake, the Government and the judiciary are broad-minded and we hope they consider his release because he has a family and he is still young,” Mouyyad al-Lami said. “We hope this case ends before going to court.” [B]Mr al-Zaidi’s action is a personal embarrassment to the Iraqi Prime Minister, who was standing next to Mr Bush at the press conference. But given that 2009 is an election in Iraq, Mr al-Zaidi’s popularity is likely to save him from a long prison sentence. In one example of Mr al-Zaidi’s status, a geography teacher at a Baghdad elementary school asked her students if they had seen the footage of the shoe-throwing. “All Iraqis should be proud of this Iraqi brave man, Muntazer. History will remember him for ever,” she said.[/B] Mr al-Zaidi’s action also won him widespread plaudits in the Arab world, where President Bush’s policies have drawn broad hostility. Lebanese television channel NTV, known for its opposition to Washington, went as far as offering a job to the journalist. In its evening news bulletin on Monday, it said that if he takes the job he will be paid “from the moment the first shoe was thrown”.[/QUOTE] Unbelievable how this guy is now a national hero in Iraq. Here's my favorite comment from underneath the article: "If he had thrown shoes at Saddam Hussein, how dead would he be now?" Answer: Verily

12-16-2008, 12:07 PM	#40
jetswin stumblin mumblin butt fumblin Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP JetsInsider.com Legend Charter JI Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Westchester Co. Posts: 35,514	Two things, I'm sure have already been discussed without reading the entire thread...first Bush still looks pretty athletic for a guy his age, and the expression of you have to be joking in between pitches, so to speak, is priceless. Second, the fact that the secret service did not destroy this guy before the second throw is unbelievable, it's the first thing I said to my wife when we saw this Sunday, where the hell were those guys?