# Shoe Statue erected in Honor of Shoe-Throwing Journalist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611 "2009-01-29T21:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/1 "2009-01-29T21:05:32Z")
**Iraqi shoe hurler inspires art in Saddam hometown** > [@](#): > > BAGHDAD – When an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at George W. Bush last month at a Baghdad press conference, the attack spawned a flood of Web quips, political satire and street rallies across the Arab world. > > Now it’s inspired a work of art. > > A sofa-sized sculpture — a single copper-coated shoe on a stand carved to resemble flowing cloth — was formally unveiled to the public Thursday in the hometown of the late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml\_iraq\_shoe\_sculpture](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_iraq_shoe_sculpture) I’ll bet this isn’t the sort of memorial W. envisioned. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/2 "2009-01-29T21:20:37Z")
A monument with a lot of sole. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/3 "2009-01-30T00:26:12Z")
too funny! i love it. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/4 "2009-01-30T00:58:46Z")
Laced with tongue-waggin’ irony, ain’t it? Tripler Did he hit Dubya? Nah, only got a wingtip. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/5 "2009-01-30T01:15:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’ll bet this isn’t the sort of memorial W. envisioned. “Mr. President, if we invade Iraq now, before the decade is out the Iraqis will be erecting public statues as memorials.” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/6 "2009-01-30T06:04:01Z")
As well as Dubya ducked that shoe, I kept wanting him to snatch it in mid-flight all ninja style and fling it back at that motherfucker and knock his ass out. I’m sorry, but regardless of whom the President is, that’s MY president, and don’t fling your stupid shoe at him unless you want a Secret Service beatdown of a lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/7 "2009-01-30T06:38:27Z")
[… didn’t miss him by much!](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/international/i063858S77.DTL&o=1) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/8 "2009-01-30T07:21:12Z")
Man, it’s been barely two weeks, and his Legacy is already in the crapper 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/9 "2009-01-30T07:32:23Z")
In Arabic that signs reads “Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/10 "2009-01-30T11:54:02Z")
Tied up a pair of threads on this subject. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/11 "2009-01-30T13:53:36Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’m sorry, but regardless of whom the President is, that’s MY president You’re welcome to him. Take him, use him, and enjoy. I’m so done with him. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/12 "2009-01-30T13:58:18Z")
It just goes to show that the journalist was …instep TA RA!..with current Iraqi thought ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/13 "2009-01-30T17:48:02Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > As well as Dubya ducked that shoe, I kept wanting him to snatch it in mid-flight all ninja style and fling it back at that motherfucker and knock his ass out. > > I’m sorry, but regardless of whom the President is, that’s MY president, and don’t fling your stupid shoe at him unless you want a Secret Service beatdown of a lifetime. When MY president is an ignorant, corrupt douchebag, I applaud when shoes are thrown at him. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/14 "2009-01-30T17:56:00Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > I’m sorry, but regardless of whom the President is, that’s MY president, and don’t fling your stupid shoe at him unless you want a Secret Service beatdown of a lifetime. “Take my President, please!” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/15 "2009-01-31T08:49:21Z")
[Bad news, folks.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7862180.stm) > [@](#): > > A sculpture of a shoe erected in Iraq to honour a journalist who threw his footwear at George W Bush has been dismantled, reports say. > > Foreign media say the bronze-coloured fibre-glass shoe was removed from its site in the city of Tikrit on the orders of the local authorities. > > It had been erected in the grounds of an orphanage. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/16 "2009-01-31T16:24:48Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > When MY president is an ignorant, corrupt douchebag, I applaud when shoes are thrown at him. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending W, but the Office of the President instead. Whether it’s US Grant or Abe Lincoln, I don’t want a foreign journalist throwing shoes at him, regardless of the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/17 "2009-01-31T17:04:49Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending W, but the Office of the President instead. Whether it’s US Grant or Abe Lincoln, I don’t want a foreign journalist throwing shoes at him, regardless of the circumstances. And don’t get me wrong. I’m not just expressing my opinion about W. I believe that the “Office of the President” is due absolutely no deference or respect that the current holder of that office has not specifically earned through his own conduct. If he’s acting in a manner that is deserving of the disrespect shown by throwing shoes, then, I say disrespect away. Whether it’s U.S. Grant or Abe Lincoln, if he is showing disrespect for the people of the world, they should feel free to treat him with concomitant disrespect, and I will applaud them. ---
**Author:** ![spike404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@spike404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spike404)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/18 "2009-01-31T17:42:16Z")
I wonder what the opinions of those who applaud the shoe thrower would be if it comes to pass, that someone throws a watermelon rind at Obama? Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/19 "2009-01-31T17:57:57Z")
> [@spike404](#): > > I wonder what the opinions of those who applaud the shoe thrower would be if it comes to pass, that someone throws a watermelon rind at Obama? > > Just wondering. Depends. Will Obama have loused up the office with his black ways? :dubious: I mean, seriously. It’s not like people dislike Bush because he’s _Republican_. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611/20 "2009-01-31T18:27:57Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > And don’t get me wrong. I’m not just expressing my opinion about W. I believe that the “Office of the President” is due absolutely no deference or respect that the current holder of that office has not specifically earned through his own conduct. If he’s acting in a manner that is deserving of the disrespect shown by throwing shoes, then, I say disrespect away. Whether it’s U.S. Grant or Abe Lincoln, if he is showing disrespect for the people of the world, they should feel free to treat him with concomitant disrespect, and I will applaud them. Well, to be fair, many modern Presidents have “shown disrespect for the people of the world” but ah…meh, I got nothin’. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-statue-erected-in-honor-of-shoe-throwing-journalist/483611.md?page=2)