"This is a goodbye kiss, you dog,"

Bush had just finished his prepared remarks in which he said the security agreement was made possible by the U.S. surge of troops earlier this year, when the journalist, Muthathar al Zaidi pulled his shoes off and hurled them at the president. "This is a goodbye kiss, you dog," Zaidi shouted.

Bush dodged the shoes and was not struck. Bodyguards quickly wrestled Zaidi to the floor and hauled him, kicking and screaming, from the room. Two other Iraqi journalists were briefly detained after one of them called Zaidi's actions "courageous."


My only question is when do we in the American public get to do the same thing? Although I'm not sure I'd choose shoes given this opportunity. Oh for the days of public stocks and rotten fruit easily at hand...