Shoes For The President...

I saw this on TV this morning! Classic!

I guess you could call him a shoeicide bomber!

-Cub. =o)

That's almost as bad as one of MY puns! And that's saying something

-Fred

Who the hell throws a shoe?!...

mr_cyberpunk wrote:Who the hell throws a shoe?!...

LOL... I dig the Austin Powers reference!

-Cub. =o)

It wasn't just one, he got to throw both of them, he even had time to take the second one off... Shows that the Secret Service isn't exactly up to par in their Response Time...

I wonder if Bush yelled at anyone when they got back on the plane, "Why didn't any of you take that shoe for me?"...
And you know there would have been one smart ass who said under his breath, "Because it smelled."...

At least they didn't use lethal force.

Bafitis wrote:It wasn't just one, he got to throw both of them, he even had time to take the second one off... Shows that the Secret Service isn't exactly up to par in their Response Time...

A lot of people have been saying that, but come on... He most likely already had his other shoe already off... and he did both within a space of 5 seconds. Did you honestly expect the secret service would've been able to work their way through 6 rows of seated press, short of shooting the guy from where they stood.

I personally think the secret service did a great job. They managed to assess that it was a non lethal attack, and it was only shoes and chose not to use any form of lethal force, and brought him down within a few seconds of releasing his second shoe.

It just goes to show that not everything has to be shoot first, ask questions later.

-Cub. =o)

mr_cyberpunk wrote:Who the hell throws a shoe?!...

Apparently in the Arab world throwing a shoe at someone is an extreme insult, the shoe being very dirty and defiled from walking on the earth, etc.

Cubase wrote:

Bafitis wrote:It wasn't just one, he got to throw both of them, he even had time to take the second one off... Shows that the Secret Service isn't exactly up to par in their Response Time...

A lot of people have been saying that, but come on... He most likely already had his other shoe already off... and he did both within a space of 5 seconds. Did you honestly expect the secret service would've been able to work their way through 6 rows of seated press, short of shooting the guy from where they stood.

I personally think the secret service did a great job. They managed to assess that it was a non lethal attack, and it was only shoes and chose not to use any form of lethal force, and brought him down within a few seconds of releasing his second shoe.

It just goes to show that not everything has to be shoot first, ask questions later.

-Cub. =o)

Watch the Video again, you can see him reach down and take the second shoe off... If SS had done their job, he shouldn't have had time for that... I saw a better video clip on my phone, but can't find it on youtube... The clip I saw on my phone gave a wider shot of the room and you can see the guy reach down and take the other shoe off... I think they were more like sandals than regular shoes, no laces or anything to deal with, just slip ons or slip offs in this situation...

I'm not saying they had to use Lethal Force, but shouldn't a Secret Service Agent had thrown themselves in front of the President or tackle the President to the ground and cover him... After all, that is suppose to be what they get paid to do, take the hit, be it a bullet, a grenade, or a shoe...
Secret Service was no where to be seen, the guy was tackled by fellow reporters... You don't see the Secret Service until after the guy is on the ground...


Doesn't really matter one way or the other, like you said it wasn't Lethal... I find the whole thing funny as hell...

If I wanted to, I could take off a shoe pretty quickly. Don't need to untie nothing, just slip it right off. Could take me a second.

Also, imagine that you are the secret service agent. The one that dove in front of the President. The one that took the shoe to the chest. That would have made for an even funnier video than what it is now. If a secret service agent did that, there would be videos all over youtube of him diving through the air, in slow motion with Matrix-esque music playing in the background.

Vracar wrote:If I wanted to, I could take off a shoe pretty quickly. Don't need to untie nothing, just slip it right off. Could take me a second.

Also, imagine that you are the secret service agent. The one that dove in front of the President. The one that took the shoe to the chest. That would have made for an even funnier video than what it is now. If a secret service agent did that, there would be videos all over youtube of him diving through the air, in slow motion with Matrix-esque music playing in the background.

Oh man, imagine how many Nike ads they'd make with that!

-Cub. =o)

Cubase wrote:

Vracar wrote:If I wanted to, I could take off a shoe pretty quickly. Don't need to untie nothing, just slip it right off. Could take me a second.

Also, imagine that you are the secret service agent. The one that dove in front of the President. The one that took the shoe to the chest. That would have made for an even funnier video than what it is now. If a secret service agent did that, there would be videos all over youtube of him diving through the air, in slow motion with Matrix-esque music playing in the background.

Oh man, imagine how many Nike ads they'd make with that!

-Cub. =o)

Funny you should say that... Jay Leno showed the new Nike Commercial that they are going to run {yes I know it was just made up by The Tonight Show's Staff}... Doesn't involve an Agent diving through the air though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6FZvRESH_A

I wish the shoe had struck him down.

-Fred

Fred Buer wrote:I wish the shoe had struck him down.

-Fred

You aren't alone on that wish...

One thing I'd like to know is how Bush already knew what size the shoe was, because moments after the guy was taken away, Bush made a couple of comments and said something about it being a Size 10 Shoe...

I wonder how long it will take before the shoes go up on ebay and how much they will go for...