Today, in Calgary (which is in Alberta, where the Canadians keep their oil patch and their most conservative politicians), George Bush showed up to eat his first foreign lunch while giving a paid-for speech. The attendees (the previously-mentioned oil patchers) paid US$315 to listen to George tell about his struggles saving the free market during the recent and waning days of his reign. A couple of days ago, I read that George was charging $150,000/speech. So, to cover costs (and assuming George paid for his own airfare), there must have been about 500 people there for lunch. (Actually, there were 1,500, so maybe the Calgarians paid for his hotel room and airfare as well. Who would have thought God had undone so many, even in Calgary?)
Outside, according to the Calgary Herald, four hundred protesters threw shoes at the former would-be-monarch of the U.S. One lady brought a hand-made 'shoe cannon,' but the police refused to let her use it. Alas, four people were arrested during the demonstration/protest. It's quite clear that as long as Bush stalks the land--ours and theirs--there will be plentiful use for all those shoes we've been keeping in our closets: too good to send to the thrift shop, not good enough to wear, but absolutely perfect for throwing.
The Herald also mentioned that the costs for Bush's security during his visit would be paid for by the RCMP. Maybe the hosts could have charged a little extra to the oil patchers. After all, it was their party.
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Really, your once interesting blog fell into the realm of stupid irrelevancy once you advocate harming other people.
Maybe you would have been titillated if some sharp infecting object or explosive had been tied to that Iraqi reporter's shoe? Sounds like it.
Violent grannie.
well, let's look at the numbers: bush the decider and his administration are morally responsible (a war of choice, after all)for the deaths of and injuries to over a million iraquis; protesters throwing shoes are morally and practically responsible for zero deaths and injuries (as far as we know). seems like your ire is aimed in the wrong direction. but if your point is that throwing shoes as a protest indicates an at least temporary lack of good manners, well, i'd have to agree with you.
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