If You Can Dodge a Wrench, You Can Dodge a Shoe

Apparently, in Arab culture, "throwing a shoe or striking someone with one is the ultimate form of contempt," according to this CNN story. In that case, this Iraqi journalist showed how he and I'm sure more than a few of his country men and women feel towards our lame duck pres and the U.S.'s treatment of Iraq.

Bush looked like a true dodgeball hero or the latest human saved from the Matrix as he avoided the casual shoe fastballs. I know they were shoes and the journalists covering the press conference were probably searched for "real" weapons before they entered the press room, but security looked pretty lax as this guy was able to chuck not one but a pair of footwear on stage. Luckily for the pres, Oddjob wasn't out there camouflaged with glasses, a notepad, and a cynical smirk or he would have suffered a flying hat to the jugular.