guy who threw shoe at bush gets a statue?!

yes, it's true! (see title for question)

apparently the iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at bush had a statue errected in his honor! a "sofa-sized statue of the shoe" now sits (or would "stand" be more appropriate) in Tikrit.

song o the day: in honor of this event, my mind naturally went to the apropos outkast song bombs over baghdad/bob though 9 years old, this song still rocks.

duuuuuuuuck!....flying shoes at bush

wow! just saw the tape of an iraqi tv reporter throwing his shoes (size 10) at bush during a farewell news conference! the outgoing pres has pretty good reflexes, but why didn't he just duck when he saw the man stand up w/ something in his hand?? what about after the 1st shoe was thrown and the guy went for his other one??

he screams "this is a farewell kiss you dawg" before throwing the pair... why shoes? b/c apparently the sole of the shoe is considered an insult in arab culture.

please note pm al maliki offers his right hand to block the 2nd shoe...a brave brave man! :)

the video: when the shoes hit the fan

song o the day: still will (50 feat akon) ... heard this song over the weekend & its in my head now.

presidential address...

how come bush never has a presidential address to say "hi" to the good folks of america? it's always something big, usually bad (i.e. war, sexual relations w/ a woman, natural disasters, etc). fyi there's noooooooooooooooooo waaaaaaaaay the presidential debates are going to be canceled this friday, sowwy mccain time to start cramming those talking points!

random, but does anyone know if it's against policy for security guards to hit on store patrons?? as i was waiting in line at tmobile store, the guard was chatty cathy so i talked back since i wasn't going anywhere fast... now i know his life story, including how many hrs/week he works, where his brother works, what he was doing after 7pm, what he likes to order at starbucks, where his mom got his name from (a cowboy from some 80s soap opera she was in love w/)! he asked me out for coffee and i thought about it for 10 seconds though... no, not b/c he was cute but b/c i was tired and there was a coffee shop up the street. but i gracefully declined (i later reported this incident to smoe and he was proud)...