[Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Well, if he is indeed Iraqi, he's not a foreigner is he?  Not in his own country, at least.  I think we're the foreigners there.

I will agree that it seemed like people supposed to protect Bush were moving slowly.  I don't know if the security measures in place to keep weapons out of the room made them complacent.

Sunil

> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:31:38 -0800
> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> It frightens me that a foreigner can shoot TWO shoes off and nearly hit the President of the United States before the Secret Service responded. 
> 
> What if those shoes were laced with a chemical poison or what if they were explosive?
> 
> Barack Obama is going to, no doubt, be under a lot of threats and it appears our Secret Service is asleep at the wheel. 
> 
> IMHO, the attacker should have been on his back with a bullet in his head before the first shoe made it across the room. This incident will no doubt embolden others to attempt more serious attacks on the President-Elect after he takes office. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Donovan
> 
> --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush
> > To: 
> > Cc: "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 1:08 PM
> > I noticed that too, kept his head up and was ready for the
> > next one.
> > 
> > Sunil
> > 
> > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:33:16 -0800
> > > From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> > > To: thansen at moscow.com
> > > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President
> > Bush
> > > 
> > > I have to admit, his reflexes are still good.  He
> > dodged it like a champ.
> > > 
> > > Paul
> > > 
> > > Tom Hansen wrote:
> > > > In his surprise final visit to Iraq this weekend,
> > President Bush got an 
> > > > unusual reminder of his lack of popularity.
> > > >
> > > > They were about a size 10.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVJhUKn0nQ
> > > >
> > > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > > >
> > > > Tom Hansen
> > > > Moscow, Idaho
> > > >  
> > > > "For a lapse Lutheran born-again Buddhist
> > pan-Humanist Universalist 
> > > > Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's
> > really no reason ever to go 
> > > > to work."
> > > >
> > > > - Roy Zimmerman
> > > >
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