Bush and His Headlines  

So everyone has heard by now how dodgy President Bush can be (quite literally). It seems as though that instead of being known as the destructor of the Earth, Dubya will now be renounced as the President who can dodge flying shoes. Very impressive, Mr. President, don't hesitate to write that down in your resume.

To brush up on my news of the day, I usually go to cnn.com to see the newest headlines. Their top story is currently: "Bush talks auto bailout, Iraq war, dodging shoes"

Does anyone else find it a bit ridiculous that this dodging shoes business is that important? Before it read the "shoes" part of the byline, I was thinking it would be "dodging bullets" since that seems to go along with the theme of bad news. When I came across "shoes" I thought that it fits Dubya's personality; stupid and completely nuts.

Was this another Dubya ploy to focus the country on an Iraqi reporter's shoes and forget about the auto bailout or the recession that we're in? How much did he pay this guy? Either way, I salute you Muntadhar al-Zaidi for having enough balls to throw your shoes at the dumbest person alive. No one else has tried a stunt like that, and it's pretty astonishing as to why not. And I'd hope that even though you attempted to assault the President of the United States, you got your shoes back.

I just would like to inform all you readers out there that dodging shoes is in no way like dodging bullets. Dubya would have known that if he had shown up to the Vietnam War. But that's another story for another day.