As the POTUS spoke nonsense into the void,
His final insult to Iraqis unfurled,
There the embattled journalist stood,
And fired the shoes heard round the world.
Muntadar al-Zeidi's shoes are the Lexington and Concord of creative anti-imperialist resistance in the age of YouTube.
2 comments:
Was Krushchev Muslim? If anything, the use of the shoe originated in a Krushchev "thing" at the U.N. and against another U.S. President and policy. In terms of affectively breaking ranks of stifling (for some) protocol to get a point across the symbol of shoes just ALWAYS functions. And apparently has good chances of becoming iconic.
In a topical aside, maybe if the journalist pleads to having been depressed, and on a diet of junk food, twinkies etc... he would have pretty good chances of getting set free...
have you seen this: new national sport!
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