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Donovan,<br><br>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.<br><br>I think we have more to worry about with regard to American stereotypes than do the Iraqis and their image.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:51:26 -0800<br>> From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush<br>> To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> <br>> 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. <br>> <br>> 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.<br>> <br>> I also believe this action seriously hurts the image of Middle Easterners and reinforces their stereotype of being a hostile and unfriendly people. <br>> <br>> Best Regards,<br>> <br>> Donovan<br>> <br>> --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > From: Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com><br>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush<br>> > To: <br>> > Cc: "vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com><br>> > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 10:41 PM<br>> > Well, if he is indeed Iraqi, he's not a foreigner is he?<br>> > Not in his own country, at least. I think we're the<br>> > foreigners there.<br>> > <br>> > I will agree that it seemed like people supposed to protect<br>> > Bush were moving slowly. I don't know if the security<br>> > measures in place to keep weapons out of the room made them<br>> > complacent.<br>> > <br>> > Sunil<br>> > <br>> > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:31:38 -0800<br>> > > From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<br>> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President<br>> > Bush<br>> > > To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com<br>> > > CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > <br>> > > It frightens me that a foreigner can shoot TWO shoes<br>> > off and nearly hit the President of the United States before<br>> > the Secret Service responded. <br>> > > <br>> > > What if those shoes were laced with a chemical poison<br>> > or what if they were explosive?<br>> > > <br>> > > Barack Obama is going to, no doubt, be under a lot of<br>> > threats and it appears our Secret Service is asleep at the<br>> > wheel. <br>> > > <br>> > > IMHO, the attacker should have been on his back with a<br>> > bullet in his head before the first shoe made it across the<br>> > room. This incident will no doubt embolden others to attempt<br>> > more serious attacks on the President-Elect after he takes<br>> > office. <br>> > > <br>> > > Best Regards,<br>> > > <br>> > > Donovan<br>> > > <br>> > > --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Sunil Ramalingam<br>> > <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > > <br>> > > > From: Sunil Ramalingam<br>> > <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com><br>> > > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at<br>> > President Bush<br>> > > > To: <br>> > > > Cc: "vision 2020"<br>> > <vision2020@moscow.com><br>> > > > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 1:08 PM<br>> > > > I noticed that too, kept his head up and was<br>> > ready for the<br>> > > > next one.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Sunil<br>> > > > <br>> > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:33:16 -0800<br>> > > > > From: godshatter@yahoo.com<br>> > > > > To: thansen@moscow.com<br>> > > > > CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at<br>> > President<br>> > > > Bush<br>> > > > > <br>> > > > > I have to admit, his reflexes are still<br>> > good. He<br>> > > > dodged it like a champ.<br>> > > > > <br>> > > > > Paul<br>> > > > > <br>> > > > > Tom Hansen wrote:<br>> > > > > > In his surprise final visit to Iraq<br>> > this weekend,<br>> > > > President Bush got an <br>> > > > > > unusual reminder of his lack of<br>> > popularity.<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > They were about a size 10.<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVJhUKn0nQ<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > Tom Hansen<br>> > > > > > Moscow, Idaho<br>> > > > > > <br>> > > > > > "For a lapse Lutheran born-again<br>> > Buddhist<br>> > > > pan-Humanist Universalist <br>> > > > > > Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself<br>> > there's<br>> > > > really no reason ever to go <br>> > > > > > to work."<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > - Roy Zimmerman<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > > > > > This message was sent by First Step<br>> > Internet.<br>> > > > > > http://www.fsr.com/<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > > > > List services made available by First<br>> > Step<br>> > > > Internet, <br>> > > > > > serving the communities of the Palouse<br>> > since<br>> > > > 1994. <br>> > > > > > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > <br>> > > > > <br>> > > > > <br>> > > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > > > List services made available by First Step<br>> > Internet, <br>> > > > > serving the communities of the Palouse<br>> > since 1994. <br>> > > > > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > > List services made available by First Step<br>> > Internet, <br>> > > > serving the communities of the Palouse since<br>> > 1994. <br>> > > > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > <br>> > > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > > <br>> > > <br>> > > <br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> <br>> <br>> <br></body>
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