Hey, how about a new pair of Kenneth Cole Shoes?

Shameless plug, I like Kenneth Cole shoes, and I believe most of the dress shoes I have are from him, so maybe I am a bit biased.

Either way, I thought this was an Interesting ad, it’s origins are unfortunately unknown. I wonder if it goes viral, and if it does, how quickly. As of the time of this posting, it had had 3,558 views…

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Iraqi Ambassador Blasts Shoe Throwing Idiot and his Code Pink Supporters…

I’m glad the ambassador repeated the point we made about how lucky the shoe thrower is that he threw shoes at George Bush and not Saddam Hussein…

It is amazing that folks like those at Code Pink would actually see nothing wrong with it, but then again, idiocy is a universal trait…

Ambassador Samir Sumaida’ie (thanks to Gateway Pundit)

Mr. Muntader al-Zaidi is very lucky that it was Mr. Bush and Mr. Maliki and not Saddam Hussein. Because, had it been Mr. Saddam Hussein he’d be (inaudible). Number 2, in our country, I know that people have told you that showing shoes at someone is an insult. But, it is a bigger insult to the host; in our culture anyone who insults a guest is insulting the host. So in our culture we believe that what Mr al-Zeidi did was reprehensible.

The video:

The anti-American Marxist front group Code Pink ambushed Iraq Ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida’ie, during a presentation in Washington on Tuesday.
They demanded that shoe-chucker and Sadrist Muntader al-Zaidi be released after his assault on President Bush.
The Code Pink blog described the showdown:

In D.C. this morning, the Iraq Ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida’ie, paused during a presentation to address a handful of women from CODEPINK who were holding signs in the audience reading “Free al-Zaidi” and “al-Zaidi speaks for me.” The signs were to show their support for the Iraqi journalist who was taken into police custody after throwing his shoes at President Bush during a Baghdad press conference on Sunday.

The Ambassador directly acknowledged the women’s presence in the audience. He called al-Zaidi’s act disgraceful and said the journalist was lucky that he didn’t try something like this under Saddam Hussein.

End Gateway Pundit

I think it is shameful that Americans are supporting a man who disrespected out country so blatantly, but then again, what do I know…
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Aha… Bush Shoe Thrower Has Ribs and Arm Broken in Custody…

I guess the more things change, the more things stay the same… He is fortunate that all he has is broken bones, had he tried that against a Middle-Eastern leader and not George Bush, right now his family would be making funeral arrangements… Times Online:

Muntazer al-Zaidi rose to fame on Sunday when he threw his shoes at President George Bush during a Baghdad press conference, missing narrowly, in apparent protest at the actions of US troops over the past few years.

His brother, Durgham al-Zaidi, said he was told that Mr al-Zaidi is held by Iraqi forces in the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in central Baghdad, where the US embassy and most government offices are housed.

“He has got a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm,” he said. “He is being held by forces under the command of Muwafaq al-Rubaie [Iraq’s national security adviser].” Television pictures from the press conference show Mr al-Zaidi being carried away by prime ministerial guards but no sign of excess violence.

I mean, seriously…

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Troops in Iraq give George Bush a rousing Sendoff…

Good to know that some folks still respect the outgoing President of the United States, and appreciate his good work in bringing stability to a region that so desperately needed it…

Fun fact, only two countries in the Middle East have democracy- Israel and Iraq. Guess whose vision brought democracy to Iraq?

Good Job, Dubya! You shall be missed as POTUS…

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Iraqi Journalist Hoping To Become Keith Olbermann’s Co-Host Throws Shoes at George Bush…

I guess it’s not only in the US media that loonies exist, seems the Middle Eastern press has a fair share of them too, such as this journalist who decided that throwing his shoes at George Bush were a perfectly acceptable expression of journalistic impartiality.

The good news is that when he is released from Jail, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann shall offer him a  Co-host position or at the very least a spot as the host of the Show’s Middle Eastern desk…

The reporter who lost his mind is Muntazer al-Zaidi of Al-Baghdadia. As the US President was giving a talk in Nuri al-Maliki’s private office, a journalist sitting in the third row jumped up, shouting: “It is the farewell kiss, you dog,” and threw his shoes one after the other towards Bush.

I think Muntazer is an idiot. If bush is a dog, what would he have called Saddam Hussein? In fact, if he had merely stood up to condemn Saddam, he would hav ebeen taken outside and summarily executed. How ungrateful people are, and how soon they forget.

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President Bush- I’d Like To Be Remembered As One Who Did Not Sell His Soul…

I could be am not going out on a limb on this one, but when I say I truly believe history will be kind to George Bush. I think he would be a modern day version of Harry S. Truman.

After 9/11, Dubya’s biggest challenge was keeping America safe, and he succeeded beyond belief in doing just that.

It might have cost us 4,000 lives in Iraq, but we drew Al-Queda into that theater of war, and handed them a stunning defeat.

As a result we have not lost a single additional life due to domestic terrorism since 9/11.

Call it what you may, but life is the most precious thing we all have, and George Bush has done a darn good job of ensuring we get to keep ours.

Anyway, George Bush on George Bush:

George W. Bush hopes history will see him as a president who liberated millions of Iraqis and Afghans, who worked towards peace and who never sold his soul for political ends.

“I’d like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace,” Bush said in excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday.

“I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I’m leaving with the same set of values.”

He also said he wanted to be seen as a president who helped individuals, “that rallied people to serve their neighbor; that led an effort to help relieve HIV/AIDS and malaria on places like the continent of Africa; that helped elderly people get prescription drugs and Medicare as a part of the basic package.”

I know George Bush is not the most popular person in Democratic Circles, but national interests such as our collective safety  must come before any sort of party posturing.

In fact, the only reason the economy was the number one concern for most voters in 2008 was because George Bush’s security policies created an atmosphere where we all felt extremely safe from external aggression.

Anyway, thank you President George Bush!

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Waiting for Obama- Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact

Maybe it’s just me, but I actually like George Bush. I disagree with his policies in a lot of respects, but I respect his ability to follow the course of his own convictions.

These Shi’ites should stop fretting, Obama is going to be in “Power” on January 20th, all US troops shall be out of Iraq by January 21st…
Excerpts From AP:

Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same square where Iraqis beat a toppled Saddam Hussein statue five years ago.

Chanting and waving flags, Muqtada al-Sadr’s followers filled Firdous Square to protest the pact that would allow American troops to stay for three more years.

The protesters placed the Bush effigy on the same pedestal where U.S. Marines toppled the ousted dictator’s statue in one of the iconic images of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. The effigy held a sign that described the pact as “shame and humiliation.”

After a mass prayer, demonstrators pelted the Bush effigy with plastic water bottles and sandals. One man hit it in the face with his sandal. The effigy fell head first into the crowd and protesters jumped on it before setting it ablaze.

The uproar this week suggests that the security pact could remain divisive as the country struggles for reconciliation after years of war.

Oh boy, I wonder what will happen when Barack Obama realizes that as President he actually has to make decisions and not merely vote “present”…

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Ok… Open Invitation To Jihadis… US out of Iraq by 2012…

I don’t understand what kind of coach tells the opposing team exactly what play s/he is planning to run, but I guess these are not normal times.

Excerpts from an AP article:

Iraq’s Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces to remain for three more years in the country they first occupied in 2003.

The deal detailing the conditions of the U.S. presence still needs parliamentary approval, and lawmakers could vote as soon as Nov. 24. For Iraqis, the breakthrough was bittersweet because they won concessions from the Americans but must accept the presence of U.S. troops until 2012.

“It’s the best possible, available option,” said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh. He was referring to the conflict between Iraq’s desire for full sovereignty and control over security and its need for American support and cooperation to achieve that goal.

What will Al-Quada do? Why, simply wait till 2011, and then unleash their special brand of madness with more intensity than ever before.

Oh well, let’s wait and see…

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British troops to be out of Iraq by End of 2009…

My question is a very simple one: If Iraq is still unstable despite the fact that the US and the British Military are in there to maintain law and order, what happens when both pull out?

I don’t know, but it can’t be good. Anyway, there shall be no British troops left in Iraq by the end of 2009…

All British troops will be out of Iraq by the end of next year, Iraq’s national security advisor said on Friday, days before Baghdad was expected to vote on a controversial US military pact.”By the end of next year there will be no British troops in Iraq. By the end of 2009,” Muwafaq al-Rubaie said, adding that negotiations between London and Baghdad on the pull-out had begun two weeks ago.

A defence ministry spokesman in London said in response that Britain has “no timetable” for the withdrawal of its roughly 4,000 troops in Iraq, the vast majority of which are based in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

“At the minute, we have no timetable,” the spokesman told AFP.

“We are hopefully making progress, we have made progress in Basra, and we are on course to meet the prime minister’s fundamental change of mission in 2009,” the spokesman said, reiterating previously-stated plans.

 

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Hmmm… about that pesky little thing called the “Logan Act”…

Wait, Obama is a man of no scruples? You don’t say? Anyway, here’s Amir Taheri’s take on the whole Obama negotiating with Iraq issue…  It was Amir’s piece in the New York Post that brought about Obama’s direct violation of the Logan act to light…

A few choice excerpts:

A day after my op-ed was published, Obama’s campaign issued a statement, in effect confirming what I had said.

It said, in part, “Senator Obama has consistently said that any security arrangements that outlast this administration should have the backing of the US Congress — especially given the fact that the Iraqi parliament will have the opportunity to vote on it.”

On Wednesday, the senator issued another statement — also in response to my op-ed — denying that he had ever opposed “a redeployment and responsible drawdown” of U.S. forces in Iraq. But I never said he did. I also never said that he opposed motherhood and apple pie; In any case, no one would oppose “redeployment and responsible drawdown,” something that is happening all the time. Redeployment means moving some units from one location to another. Drawdown means reducing the size of the expeditionary force in accordance with the task at hand. Right now troops are being redeployed from Anbar province to Salahuddin. There is also drawdown: The number of U.S. troops has been drawn down to 136,000, the lowest since a peak of 170,000 in 2003.

What Obama hopes his more radical followers will not notice is that he is no longer speaking of “withdrawal.”

He also hopes to hide the fact that by telling the Iraqi leaders that a putative Obama administration might scrap agreements reached with the Bush team, he might have delayed the start of a process that should lead to a withdrawal of U.S. forces within a mutually agreed timeframe. The later you start the negotiating process, the later you get an agreement. And the later you have an agreement, the later you can withdraw your troops based on the agreed necessary security arrangements to ensure their safe departure.

and

Today, Senator Obama is the leader of a loyal opposition in the United States, not the chief of an insurrection or a revolutionary uprising. What we are witnessing in the U.S. is an election, not an insurrection or a coronation, even less a regime change.

Obama should not have discussed the government-to-government negotiations with the Iraqis. That he did, surprised the Iraqis no end. Raising the issue with them, especially the way he did, meant that he was telling them that he did not trust his own government. The Iraqis could not be blamed for wondering why they should trust a government that is not trusted by the leader of its own loyal opposition. (There was also no point in raising the matter, because Obama did not know the content of the negotiations.)

An opposition leader’s foreign trips are useful as fact-finding missions. This means that the opposition leader listens to the locals, asks questions, and tries to get the political feel of the place. He is not there to lecture the natives or bad-mouth his own government back home.

and

One key feature of all mature powers, at least since the Congress of Vienna, is the reliability of their international commitments. Even putschists who seize power in a military coup make sure that their first pronunciamento includes this key sentence: We shall honor all of our country’s international obligations and commitments. Even regime change does not absolve states from their international obligations. The new Iraqi government, for example, has not rejected the estimated $100 billion in foreign debt left by Saddam Hussein.

What Obama was attempting… amounted to preemptive diplomacy used against one’s own government: opposing an agreement not yet negotiated and of the content of which he knew nothing. A neophyte in matters of politics and diplomacy, the young senator is certainly not wanting for originality.

There you have it folks. It amazes me that some still say Obama has any sort of sound judgment when it comes to leading. The following issues stand out:

1) Obama is negotiating against his own government with a foreign power.

2) Obama is lying to the American people about his negotiations with a foreign power.

3) Obama is using the lives of American troops in Iraq as baragining chips for his own personal political benefit.

Any of the 3 should disqualify a person from being President, but then again, this is a man whose mentors include domestic terrorists…

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