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1. #1
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am, frostrt said:

   Let’s see . . . what is Swedish for “HE** NO!”?

2. #2
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am, b-cat said:

   Why asylum in a Western nation? If the Muslim world is so peaceful and enlightened, shouldn’t he be seeking asylum in Iran or Egypt?

3. #3
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am, Salt said:

   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am, frostrt said:

   Let’s see . . . what is Swedish for “HE** NO!”?

   Switzerland, not Sweden. They’d likely say it in German or French.

4. #4
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:49 am, Salt said:

   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am, b-cat said:

   Why asylum in a Western nation? If the Muslim world is so peaceful and enlightened, shouldn’t he be seeking asylum in Iran or Egypt?

   He can sell more books on his 15 minutes of Anti-Bush fame in a European country.

5. #5
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:49 am, MtsEdge said:

   Switzerland could give him asylum “without taking a position for or against the American intervention in Iraq

   Kind of like they refused to take a position against Nazi Germany. Way to go, Swiss!!

6. #6
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:50 am, frostrt said:

   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am, Salt said:
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am, frostrt said:

   Let’s see . . . what is Swedish for “HE** NO!”?
   Switzerland, not Sweden. They’d likely say it in German or French.

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   Ah, thank you. In that case, “MAIS NON” or “NEIN”!

7. #7
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:51 am, frostrt said:

   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:49 am, MtsEdge said:
   Switzerland could give him asylum “without taking a position for or against the American intervention in Iraq
   Kind of like they refused to take a position against Nazi Germany. Way to go, Swiss!!

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   Kind of like they refuse to take a position on ANYTHING. Brave country.

8. #8
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am, MtsEdge said:

   Kind of like they refuse to take a position on ANYTHING. Brave country.

   Since they have no standards, they can have this guy, and all those who think like him.

9. #9
   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:54 am, frostrt said:

   On January 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am, MtsEdge said:
   Kind of like they refuse to take a position on ANYTHING. Brave country.
   Since they have no standards, they can have this guy, and all those who think like him.

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   Yep, a “no standards” country sounds like the place for him and his ilk.

10. #10
    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    I hear he has also filed for asylum in Hollywood. Third choice: the NYTimes newsroom.

    HAR

    He’s going to move in with Tom Hanks.

11. #11
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am, On-my-soap-box said:
    I hear he has also filed for asylum in Hollywood. Third choice: the NYTimes newsroom.
    HAR

    He’s going to move in with Tom Hanks.

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    I’m guessing he (shoe-thrower) LOVED “The DaVinci Code”.

    

12. #12
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:03 pm, TXGator said:

    Give shoe-thrower boy a break.
    The guy likes chocolate, nothing more.

13. #13
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, fighterDC said:

    At least it isn’t just the U.S. where personal accountability has completely disappeared.

    This guy commits an assault against a foreign head of state and now complains that his life is going to be difficult.

    Well, that’s called consequence of action. Most of us who may have wanted to throw a shoe or two at GWB at one point or another chose not to because the consequence of our action was not worth the satisfaction of seeing a size 10 smack the leader of the free world.

14. #14
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, nbarry said:

    Maybe Switzerland is where Dr. Scholl has his office. I mean, the name sounds Swiss.

15. #15
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, deadeye said:

    Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to throw out shoes.

    This idiot did it to himself.

16. #16
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, madshark said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am, Salt said:
    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am, frostrt said:

    Let’s see . . . what is Swedish for “HE** NO!”?
    Switzerland, not Sweden. They’d likely say it in German or French.

    Don’t forget Italian and Romansch, which are also official languages of Switzerland.

17. #17
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, MacEamonn said:

    I don’t understand why this loon would need Asylum? Tomorrow the “One” shall assume power and the Sun will shine brighter (stopping the upcoming Ice Age), the sky will be bluer, the whole world will be full of forgivness, and pardons will be issued to all criminals everywhere (and if you believe that I’ve got a bridge in New York City I’ll sell to you cheap).

18. #18
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, richardbo said:

    He’d be welcome at many U.S. universities. Probably get immediate tenure. He would fit right in. Excuse me–he would fit left.

19. #19
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, walterc said:

    Asylum from what? Criminal prosecution? Or are the Iraqi people so pro-Bush that he is being persecuted for his act? Isn’t he under the protection of Mookie Sadr and his Mad army?

    I thought he was a hero throughout the muslim world? Why not just move to Qom and live happily ever after with the ayatollahs. Or move to Gaza and the protection of Hamas?

    I’m really confused.

20. #20
    On January 19th, 2009 at 12:56 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    Dear Switzerland,

    I am a gutless attention-whore seeking to escape the consequences of my own crippling stupidity, and I can’t afford to get all the way to Washinton DC , so your country will have to do.

    Regards,
    ‘Barefoot’ al-Zaidi

21. #21
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:05 pm, FamilyMan said:

    HELP ME, I’M A VICTIM.
    GEEES!!

22. #22
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Maybe he should go to Holland… They wear wooden shoes there!

23. #23
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, edelweiss said:

    #1
    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:45 am, frostrt said:

    Let’s see . . . what is Swedish for “HE** NO!”?

    Swedish is the language of Sweden (aka Sverige) and W Finland (aka Suomi). In Switzerland (aka Helvetia, Schweiz, Svizzera, Suisse, Svizra) we speak German, French, Italian and Romansh.

    I’m more than happy that the Iraqi hero is seeking asylum in Geneva. Geneva has a huge Muslim and Arab population and has always been open to immigration. It’s a very wealthy, liberal and international city. He will feel very quickly at home.

24. #24
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, b-cat said:

    Geneva has a huge Muslim and Arab population and has always been open to immigration. It’s a very wealthy, liberal and international city. He will feel very quickly at home.

    Soon there will be beheadings and rape rooms, with bodies hanging from bridges in Geneva? Such is the home he had without G. W. Bush.

25. #25
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, edelweiss said:

    #6
    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:50 am, frostrt said:

    Ah, thank you. In that case, “MAIS NON” or “NEIN”!

    There is no literate translation but I would say (depending to the context):

    German: “keineswegs”, “keinesfalls”, “nie und nimmer”, “in keiner Weise”, “gar nicht”…

    French: “jamais de la vie”, “nullement”, “et puis quoi encore”, “non mais ca va pas”…

26. #26
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, edelweiss said:
    #6
    On January 19th, 2009 at 11:50 am, frostrt said:

    Ah, thank you. In that case, “MAIS NON” or “NEIN”!
    There is no literate translation but I would say (depending to the context):

    German: “keineswegs”, “keinesfalls”, “nie und nimmer”, “in keiner Weise”, “gar nicht”…

    French: “jamais de la vie”, “nullement”, “et puis quoi encore”, “non mais ca va pas”…

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    We clearly have our differences politically if you call the shoe-thrower a “hero”, but thanks for the language lesson.

    Have you thanked then-President Bush for calling off the Secret Service, thus saving your “hero’s” life?

    I agree with this poster:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, b-cat said:
    Geneva has a huge Muslim and Arab population and has always been open to immigration. It’s a very wealthy, liberal and international city. He will feel very quickly at home.
    Soon there will be beheadings and rape rooms, with bodies hanging from bridges in Geneva? Such is the home he had without G. W. Bush.

27. #27
    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, tre said:

    He should be sent to someplace like Iran. Then, let him throw a shoe at a Government official!

28. #28
    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, CantCureStupid said:

    It’s heroic to throw shoes at an unarmed person? To make an ass of yourself in public? THAT’S your idea of heroism??

    Seriously, really?

29. #29
    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:33 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, CantCureStupid said:
    It’s heroic to throw shoes at an unarmed person? To make an ass of yourself in public? THAT’S your idea of heroism??

    Seriously, really?

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    As I tried to point out, he had shoes. The Secret Service agents had guns, and are trained to use them on anyone who displays any kind of threatening behavior toward our President (whoever that may be)unless they are given a direct order or signal by said President not to do so. Bush saved this hater’s life.

30. #30
    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pm, Salt said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, edelweiss said:

    I’m more than happy that the Iraqi hero is seeking asylum in Geneva. Geneva has a huge Muslim and Arab population and has always been open to immigration.

    Always? You mean except for that period during WWII when they closed the borders to Jews, right?

    Switzerland took in 20,000 Jews from Germany and Nazi-occupied countries but yesterday’s report said it turned away or expelled at least 24,500 more. Motivated by anti-Semitism, the government closed the border to Jews in 1942, fully aware of what awaited them.

31. #31
    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 2:34 pm, Salt said:
    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, edelweiss said:

    I’m more than happy that the Iraqi hero is seeking asylum in Geneva. Geneva has a huge Muslim and Arab population and has always been open to immigration.
    Always? You mean except for that period during WWII when they closed the borders to Jews, right?

    Switzerland took in 20,000 Jews from Germany and Nazi-occupied countries but yesterday’s report said it turned away or expelled at least 24,500 more. Motivated by anti-Semitism, the government closed the border to Jews in 1942, fully aware of what awaited them.
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    So much for “neutrality”. I guess we know whose side they were on then, after all.

32. #32
    On January 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm, pgtips said:

    Neutrality is just another word for cowardice.

33. #33
    On January 19th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, beachmom said:

    There is some idiot anti-American, pro jihadist activist from Maine organizing a group of shoe throwers to visit the White House tomorrow.
    They’re going to throw shoes at the White House.

    One of the best things to come out of Switzerland is the Pinzgauer. (sp?)
    Very cool to ride in.

34. #34
    On January 19th, 2009 at 5:51 pm, wren said:

    Watch this video to see the “Throw-a-shoe-at-Bush” event in San Francisco this weekend.

    Just one more example of “liberal tolerance.”

35. #35
    On January 19th, 2009 at 7:45 pm, alaskangrizzly said:

    I’m more than happy that the Iraqi hero

    You owe me a new monitor after losing my coffee on the screen.

    Hero…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…

36. #36
    On January 19th, 2009 at 8:04 pm, tre said:

    On January 19th, 2009 at 1:41 pm, edelweiss said:
    I’m more than happy that the Iraqi hero is seeking asylum in Geneva.

    Let’s see what you say if someone shows the same kind of “heroism” with Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

37. #37
    On January 19th, 2009 at 9:12 pm, Kevin K. said:

    wren said: (#34)

    Watch this video to see the “Throw-a-shoe-at-Bush” event in San Francisco this weekend.

    Try that after The One is anointed tomorrow and see if you can get away with it. I’m betting not. Of course, since conservatives don’t waste their time that way, no one would have such an event.

    I don’t know it that’s actually a crime, as it’s not a real threat against a sitting President. However, it’s in bad taste. Pretty silly, actually, and has nothing to do with courage as the group’s name implies.

38. #38
    On January 19th, 2009 at 9:34 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    If the reporter is so concerned, (s)he should start cross dressing, wear a burqa, and change their name to beo1tch.

    I just don’t have any sympathy for that putz…

    GSP
    “This is Sparta!”