Giant Shoe Honors Journalist Who Targeted Bush

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 2, 2009 @05:54PM from the don't-get-no-respect dept.

A town in Iraq has unveiled a giant monument in honor of the journalist who threw his shoe at former US President George W. Bush. The statue, unveiled in former dictator Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit, depicts a bronze-colored shoe, filled with a plastic shrub. Fatin Abdul Qader, head of an orphanage and children's organization in the town, said the one-and-a-half-ton monument by artist Laith al-Amiri was titled "statue of glory and generosity." This statue is the least expression of our appreciation for Muntazer al-Zaidi, because Iraqi hearts were comforted by his throw." Mission accomplished.

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Re:Food for thought by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-02 18:27 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah, what if someone had tossed a shoe against another dead dictator, like Mussolini?
What, so the US and Iraqi governments have the standard set at Saddam Hussein, and doing slightly better means we should be satisfied?
Re:Freedom of speech? by regexgreg · 2009-02-02 21:58 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Whats the difference Between George W and a thong? At least with the thong u can see the C*nt behind the Bush!