Muntadhar "the shoe" al-Zeidi to go free
By xfahctor
@xfahctor (14118)
Lancaster, New Hampshire
August 29, 2009 1:52pm CST
The man who committed what I still call today, the funniest crime ever committed, Muntadhar al-Zeidi is soon to go free. The journalist made famous (or notorious) by lobbing a shoe at then president Bush, was to have served 3 years in prison for the charge of assaulting a visiting head of state. The original sentence was reduced to one year because Al-Zeidi had no prior criminal record. His sentence ends next month. You know, I still watch videos of this from time to time when I need a good laugh, it still works every time.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090829/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_shoe_thrower
and just cuz it's still funny.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM3Z_Kskl_U
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6 responses
@TheGypsyDad (391)
• Canada
29 Aug 09
Imagine if he would have actually hit Bush in the head with that shoe...it would have been much more funnier!
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Oh so you think it's funny when someone throws a shoe at a sitting American president?! pffft
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Not really. And I don't buy into your ideas about Dubya.
@TheGypsyDad (391)
• Canada
29 Aug 09
Bush wasn't a President, he was a bought man with interest in oil and weapons. Know our ex Prime Minister Jean Chretien, up here in Canada, was hit in the face by a cream pie in Montreal one day...that was funny too! I bet you would think that funny too!
@bluehibiscus (702)
• United States
29 Aug 09
I'm glad he's getting released. he should have just been fined.
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Aug 09
If he had thrown a shoe at Saddam he would have lost the hand that threw it!
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Aug 09
I think it would be funnier if it happened to Obama. I also think it would have hit him because that moron doesn't have the sense to duck!
@supermandan (16)
• United States
1 Sep 09
I like #5's Austin Powers allusion.
Anyways the clip of Bush almost getting hit is pretty funny. What I found interesting was how long it took for the Secret Service to react. I was surprised he was able to get the second shoe off and throw it too. Just think if either of those would have been a grenade or something of the sort. They ought to work on their reaction time..
