[Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush

Tue Dec 16 07:09:16 PST 2008

Donovan,

When one of us goes to a foreign country and holds a press conference there, that person is going to be surrounded by non-U.S. citizens.  He'd be the foreigner, and it wouldn't be semantics.  And if the Secret Service had excluded everyone who felt like this, there maybe would have been a couple of Kurdish reporters taking notes.

I think we have more to worry about with regard to American stereotypes than do the Iraqis and their image.

Sunil

> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:51:26 -0800
> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> I meant, Sunil, that the guy who attacked the US President was not a US Citizen. I guess you can play semantics if you want, but I think my meaning was clear. 
> 
> The Secret Service is not doing its job. There are more ways to kill someone than with a gun or bomb. They obviously are not aware of that fact.
> 
> I also believe this action seriously hurts the image of Middle Easterners and reinforces their stereotype of being a hostile and unfriendly people. 
> 
> 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, 10:41 PM
> > 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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