Hey! FDL girls. Jules Creatinden say you got no stones. You gonna take that? (BTW, what’s with “stones” and the w-nuts? It’s a favorite of Tucker The C, too.)

FDL — President Bush got a helluva send-off in Iraq. It was shameful to see the lack of respect for him. They don’t see him as the great liberator, but instead, the great occupier. I am sorry Dana Perino reportedly got a black eye in the melee. Sort of symbolic, don’t you think? Bush is a black eye on just about everything concerning the USA. I wrote about this on my own blog and I actually found it a little hilarious. http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com

Do we know yet the fate of the shoe thrower, Muntadar al-Zeidi? I mean besides the dead cert of having the snot beat out of him by security once out of camera range.

McCain says it “was a great joy to know [Palin & her family].” I guess the “team of mav’ricks” is history.

His national security advisor and subsequent secretary of state has been given the particularly insulting first name Kundara – meaning shoe – instead of Condoleezza Rice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783325.stm

Maybe Bruno short for Bruno Magli might be a better name!

Pictures of Dana please!

Around the Arab world, if you want to escalate a situation, by saying for example “I’m going to thump you”, add the words “with a shoe” and you’re literally adding insult to injury, at least the threat of injury.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783325.stm

Is this like Counting Coup?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_coup

BBC sez he’s under arrest and has been tested for alcohol and drugs. There was a rally for him and calling for his release. And yes, I think it safe to assume he had the snot – or piss or shit or all 3 – beaten out of him.

What the GOP is stealing the word Stones! I am Freakin Outraged! Thats My word:)
Tucker has to read the Lake!

Dana got hit in the face with a microphone?

Cretinden.

Carlson et al are jealous cuz their mommies had theirs cut off so they could remain in the boys choir. Mommies thought the term castrati was cute for their precious little boys.

Imitation is not the most sincerest form of flattery! They are trying to Steal my style! They are trying to steal my Soul!
The GOP is trying to steal my Zingers and…pervert them to their own Dark Ends.
Are there no GOP writers with Style?

LOL. How ya dune, SoDrag?

Thx. Testing him for alcohol and drugs is actually humorous, considering another fairly dead cert, that al-Zeidi’s Muslim. Or did they think he had to screw up his courage that way? Pretty doubtful, considering.

I just hope he doesn’t somehow magically “disappear,” if ya know what I mean.

How you talk!! I heard him this morning telling us and the folks in Afgh’n. what a success we have over there…the man is delusional, among other things. Some success; we’ve got the Taliban on the run, he says.

http://campaignfree.net/images/Perino.jpg

I’m looking forward to seeing her designer, color coordiated eyepatch,

I’ll bet that al-Zeidi will say that all in all it was worth it. Definitely showed he had more “stones” than the Democratic Party.

I know what you mean. I don’t think so. I saw one still photo-I think it was during the first shoe- and maliki has a sort of bemused look on his face. I doubt it was because of the shoe, but still . . . .

Really.

Fine, other than this damn cold that doesn’t want to give up. Woman I work with had hers turn into pneumonia.

Interesting bit of news wrt condi……and how laughingly appropriate. *G*

He is probably right. Only problem is they’re running at our positions.

Here’s a recreation to hold you over until the real pictures arrive.

BTW, what’s with “stones” and the w-nuts?

It sounds so much bigger and harder and stronger and manlier than “nuts,” which is actually what they all are…

Think Progress, strangely uncelebratory, rounds it up with vid. Then again, a lot of progressives are probably ready to throw their shoes at Obama. The gals at Firedoglake, if they had the stones, for example.

http://www.julescrittenden.com…..to-saddam/

Who said we don’t? And Jules next time please call the Lake to confirm your story next time ThingsComeUndone is a guy.
Please note I am not advocating violence against Bush only justice! Bush will have a lot more than shoes thrown at him if the Hague ever gets hold of him.
Bush will wish that we had thrown shoes at him instead.

So Shrub almost gets taken out by a Rold Gold…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ent…..198088.stm

A Huffy…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3739515.stm

And now a Hush Puppy.

What a freakin joke. Words just can’t describe these last eight years.

Shit, she’ll wear than shiner like the Medal of Honor. A wound received in defending the Great Pooh Bah. Pooh. Bah.

We need pictures of him to make sure he wasn’t beaten up to much in custody.
That and a medical report.
Hmmm meth heads can drive to the Democratic National Convention with a sniper rifle looking to take out Obama, but no charges are filed for that.
A guy with shoes OMG beat him and charge him!

I don’t think he mentioned that part…pretty sure.

Thousand of Iraqi’s are calling for the release of the journalists because he was practicing his freedom of expression. A right that our government promised them. (according to bbc.com)

Love the ‘wingnut response’ in Blue Texan’s roundup. He says in the post, “they wouldn’t a surrender”, but yet, George Bush has ordered our troops to start coming home next June and was in Iraq yesterday to sign an agreement for troops to withdraw!

I guess it’s really the wingnuts who can’t recognize a surrender or maybe they just refuse to admit that their Fuhrer would do such a thing! *throwing my socks at them*

I’ll bet she’s putting extra time into writing her script to describe what happened. Today’s the day to watch the WH briefing if there ever was a day.

has been given the particularly insulting first name Kundara – meaning shoe – instead of Condoleezza Rice.

Guess we’ve got a new name for Ms Rice. Why haven’t we heard this before?

Will she enhance the effect with makeup? Inquiring minds…

Maybe they’ll give her a purple heart at the next Republican Convention.

nice animated bush and shoe gif at blort

Nomolos twolf1 @ 25 thanks:) Dana looks like an alien.

I don’t think Jules reads the Lake very often.

Heh.

I could watch that all day. I think I will.

The Lake to Jules is like sunlight to Nosferatu.

Great. Can’t happen too often.

On a related note:

The NY Mets have called the Hush Puppy Bandit for a try-out. “We haven’t seen aim like that while under pressure in years,” said an anonymous source with the Mets.

Damn, he ain’t hit him yet.

watch that. especially this time of year. obviously, ya don’t wanna end up in the hospital duruiong the holidays.

In a bidding war with the Dodgers.

right.

a purple heart bandaid

I actually feel bad for her. She is dumb as dogshit but i don’t wanna she her hurt. i mean her cuteness is about all she’s got going for her and now that’s taken a hit. Poor girl.

Bush grins when he is nervous? Its a tell, unless he was in on it and was trying to set up a sympathy protect the President and the honor of the office meme.
Bush is in legacy mode now after all.
Jules seems to be inviting the Left and FireDogLake in particular to go after Bush on this issue. What an honor!
Normally I would think set up…and I still think it is. But has Bush seen his poll numbers? He is not going to get sympathy for a shoe attack outside of the 30%ers and the Right wing blogosphere.
I think we just identified the Right wing Crusade of the week.
I expect it to fall flat at best. At worse you tube now might have a new most viewed video.

New carnival game. Three shoes for a buck. Take yer best shot. heh heh heh.

Do we know where the erstwhile right-hander is from? If he’s from Jordan, it would certainly give new meaning to the name “Air Jordans.”

Kind of like early map makers drawing sea monsters in the unexplored areas.

Dana ‘Fellatio’ with a black eye – what a visual! I’d give good money to see a picture of that.

I really think I was the first one to really use the term “stones” on this blog if not the first in all the Lefty Blogs!
I want some Cred!

Good Morning Barbara.
You never disappoint.
So, how’s your writing going? So clever with words you are. Big hug from me.

Okay Things. Mucho Credito to you.
((things))

Thank You!

G’morning, schveetie! You’re very kind. Not writing much lately. And totally grossed out by a prez who’s reduced to ducking shoes. No, wait. Lame-ducking shoes. Bwahahahahaha!

And, I knew you were a guy. Saw your picture from netroots..I think it was from Texbetsy?

Paging Ms. Maddow. Ms. Rachel Maddow to the courtesy phone.

Jules’s blog sure seems to have allot of ads considering she has only 3 comments and we got 62 and counting at 5:40 in the morning Seattle time.
Wingnut Welfare just how do advertisers justify spending add money on her site?

Some in the form of dragons. Imagine that. *g*

I almost registered to comment but slapped meself up side the head just in time.

Probably:)

Is it still snowing up there? It’s raining down here.

Good adding a fourth comment would have increased her audience 33%.

Ron Howard’s on democracynow.

Snow stopped I’m fine thanks for asking.

Is Jules female?

Good question does anyone here know?

Can one of these be modified for shoes
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UT…..oiftfkj2_b

And why is she calling out the Lake have we offended her somehow?
If not maybe we should start:)

OT but…RE: the immoral (they make the laws so it may not have been criminal) transfer of wealth that has systematically characterized this last 7+ years

I’m just a taxpayer, but could laws be written to apply heavy capital gains taxes on individuals and corporations who gained money during this period? Comparing tax records would be illuminating, for example, for individuals who went to Kuwait for those “get rich quick” business conferences held after Shock and Awe.

another OT
What’s our cultural equivalent of throwing shoes and yelling “Kiss off, traitor”. Will there neer be an end to this pent up frustration?

Northern MN got a major dump o’snow. +/- a foot. And now bitter cold throughout the state. Sub-zero, bit wind chill. You buried, PSunshine?

Jane’s being on M$NBC has put us on the map, so to speak. DKos used to be just about the only blog mentioned in the corpse media. Prolly doesn’t take much to scare off the reichwingnuts if they visit here, though. I have noticed a few more trolls since Jane’s been on the teebee. But they don’t stay long. Gives them the vapors.

bit?? Don’t ask me. Ask my fingers.

Same shit here, had top stay out of the pool for a week and I’m just now gettin better.

Goddamned thing just won’t let go. More of a pain in the ass than anything else. Keeps my energy level low is the worst part.

yup, bitch gettin old

Better than the alternative but I ain’t likin’ it a whole lot.

El Bandito Hush Perrito?

FIDO

I see a lot of baseball teams going to the Middle East looking for pitchers.
Iraqi shoe throwers, Palestinians with stones etc.

This Never Happened To Saddam

Not exactly what we consider to be within the bounds of free speech in this country, Bill Ayers’ take on that notwithstanding. Unclear how it’s going over in Iraq, though the report of the shoe chucker being dragged off screaming suggests Iraqis also view the throwing of objects at foreign dignitaries as inappropriate behavior. Bit of a violation of the Arab hospitality thing.

I’m pretty sure no one, including this ill-mannered lout of a scribbler, ever did that to Saddam

http://www.julescrittenden.com…..to-saddam/

Palestinians throw rocks at Israeli tanks. Saddam never let anyone not loyal to him get that close. Its sad that the Right is complaining that Bush is being treated like Saddam.
By the very people he helped Liberate!
Those ungrateful #@!^! did Saddam kill as many Iraqi’s as Bush? Did Saddam torture as many Iraqi’s as Bush?
Just what does Bush have to do to get some Respect! Just What does Bush have to do to inspire some real Fear and Terror?
Why did Saddam have it so easy he never worked as hard at being Evil as Bush does!

Anatomically speaking, that is very strange. *g*

heh

Yeah we Commenters are hard on any troll that gets past our mods! We like the way things are here!

The mods pretty much leave them to us unless they step over the violence or insult line. I much prefer humiliating their ignorance but it’s so easy with most. That said, we’ve had some hardcore trolls. Raven has one he’s particularly fond of.

Christy’s upstairs.

Casualties from Iraq’s gulag are harder to estimate. Accounts collected by Western human rights groups from Iraqi émigrés and defectors have suggested that the number of those who have ”disappeared” into the hands of the secret police, never to be heard from again, could be 200,000. As long as Mr. Hussein remains in power, figures like these will be uncheckable, but the huge toll is palpable nonetheless

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/f…..A9659C8B63

Another 22,586–24,159 civilian deaths have been recorded in 2007 through Iraq Body Count’s extensive monitoring of media and official reports. These figures, though undoubtedly incomplete, are the most comprehensive and well-established currently available, and show beyond any doubt that civil security in Iraq remains in a parlous state. Figures for the most recent months indicate that violence in Iraq has returned to the monthly levels IBC was recording in 2005, a year which was itself (until 2006) the worst since the invasion. 1

1Iraq death toll in third year of occupation is highest yet IBC Press release, 9 Mar 2006.
Year Civilians Killed
2003 10,077 – 12,010
2004 9,741 – 10,573
2005 13,071 – 14,324
2006 25,699 – 27,519
2007 22,586 – 24,159

As of January 1st 2008, the IBC total for violent civilian deaths to the end of 2007 is 81,174–88,585 (including our preliminary figure of 902 for December 2007).

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/a…..bers/2007/

Ok I’m wrong but Saddam had decades to reach his numbers! Bush is trying as hard as he can!

Not to be disrespectful to the previous post (& I actually thought those numbers were higher), but the shoe story is a perfect Christmas present. Reminds me of “All I want for Christmas…” how do we cheer and celebrate that journalist for a protest that has escaped most of our own. What a guy.

I opened the DIGG and commented there, Blue.

hmmmm90 comments and nobody appreciates Blue’s Early Morning Swim enough to DIGG it???