The Shoe Is On The Other Hand Now!

By Wyatt Earp | October 24, 2009

Last year, Muntadhar al-Zeidi became a YouTube sensation. He is the man who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during an Iraqi press conference. Apparently, al-Zeidi had a problem with America helping to bring democracy and capitalism to his country.

Nine months later, al-Zeidi is ironically doing the lecture circuit. He is speaking out about the evil Americans and their dastardly plan to give his fellow citizens a little taste of freedom. A lot of people don’t give a camel’s spit about what al-Zeidi has to say. Then again, a lot of people do.

This story is the subject for my Family Security Matters article. Here’s a sample:

Thank God former President George W. Bush had good reflexes. Otherwise, an unidentified flying shoe, courtesy of Iraqi “journalist” Muntadhar al-Zeidi, would have struck him. Al-Zeidi gained infamy last December when he expressed his displeasure at the point of a wingtip. Never before in the history of the media has a single shoe garnered more exposure. Al Bundy would be proud.

The shoe launch turned al-Zeidi into a minor celebrity. American liberals applauded him, al Qaeda canonized him, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made him his Facebook “friend.” Unfortunately for al-Zeidi, the celebrity
came with a price: it helped him into an Iraqi jail cell. For nine months he served his time and honed his craft, throwing shoe after shoe against the wall like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.

Al-Zeidi was released last month, and now he is making the talk show
rounds. Rumor has it that his agent is fielding many offers from the United States. Keith Olbermann promised to name him “The Best Person in the World,” Barbara Walters guaranteed to make him more desirable to the opposite sex by showing his emotional side, and Anderson Cooper set aside a year’s worth of designer jeans from his mother’s company. Even Oprah wants to devote an hour to him and Dr. Phil during sweeps week.

You can read the rest of the shoe-ness HERE.

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