Tuesday December 16, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Did you hear the one about George Bush and the flying shoe?
I bet you did.
Did you hear the one about the award given to the shoe hurler?
Probably not.

A charitable organization in Libya has bestowed upon the shoe thrower an award for bravery.
No one can make up a story like that.
The Wa Attussiman society which is chaired by the daughter of Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi called the journalist a hero.

As he chucked the shoe the journalist shouted "this is a farewell kiss you dog."
In many ways it was the perfect Arabic curse.
It combines kiss, dog and shoes.
Kiss is part of every Arabic greeting and departure.
Dogs are subhuman and seen as scavengers with four legs.
Shoes traipse through the drek of the earth becoming encrusted with dirt that is impossible to remove.

A few weeks ago Libya came to an agreement with the US, it was a significant diplomatic step forward.
Honoring someone who cursed the US president is taking a giant step backwards.

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