President Bush & The Shoe Guy
If you had been paying attention to the news anytime during the past week, you probably would’ve heard about the guy who threw shoes at President Bush. If not, here’s a video of it:
Meanwhile, on the intarwebz, the “shoe guy” has gained somewhat of a legendary status, and is currently hailed as a martyr and a hero, to be remembered forever, following in the footsteps of people like Mohandas Ghandi, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Simon Bolivar.
Wait. Hold on a second. Some guy throws a shoe at the president, and he’s hailed as a hero. WTF?
While I think the incident was funny, in the whole scheme of things, it didn’t really make much of a difference. We’ve all known for a while that the Iraqis don’t like our occupation of their country. The shoe throwing thing was bound to happen sometime. President Bush and everyone else weren’t really affected (save the guy who threw the shoe, who is probably rotting in a prison cell somewhere) and the story will probably be forgotten in a month.
So, laugh at it now, and just move on.