Not a few wish that what happened to U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad last Monday would also happen to Gloria Arroyo.
What happened to Bush the other day in Baghdad is all over TV, newspapers, You Tube, blogs. He was holding a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as part of his farewell tour before he turns over the reins of the United States government to president-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20, 2009, when a television journalist threw shoes at him.
The swiftness of the action stunned even Bush security team. The journalist, Muntadar al-Zeidi of an Iraqi-owned TV network based in Cairo, Egypt, was able to hurl at Bush his pair of shoes one after another as he shouted, “”This is a farewell kiss, you dog.”
Too bad, he didn’t hit the American president who ordered the invasion of his country five years ago in the false pretext that Saddam Hussein had a hoard of weapons of mass destruction.
In the Arab world, showing the sole of your shoe to someone is a sign of extreme disrespect, and throwing your shoes at a person is the ultimate insult.
News reports said Al-Zeidi was being held for questioning by the Iraqi prime minister’s guards. Arabs, however, hail him as a “hero.”
A website, www.democraticunderground.com has declared him a hero and has fashioned a medal for him.It’s not only Arabs who are praising him. An American blogged, “You, sir, are a hero to all who oppose this monster we have been forced to call our president. Thank you for your brave act.”
There is also much admiration for him in my blog. Anna, a Filipina in Brussels wrote,”Tee-hee! Shoes throwr at Bush? Not flowers? Didn’t Dick Cheney once pompously declare, ‘We will be greeted as liberators. The Iraqis will throw flowers at our troops.’
“What I regret though is that the shoe thrower missed.That shoe thrower should be awarded a medal for doing what millions of people all over the world wanted to do but never did.”
Grizzy, in Japan, said: “Dapat lang! I clapped my hands in fact when I saw the news on CNN.
Nakakakulo ng dugo iyong ngisi ng gunggong sa totoo lang. Dapat lang magalit ang mga Iraqi sa ginawa ni Bush sa kanila. The figure of innocent Iraqis killed since the invasion of Iraq ordered by Bush has now reached 1,284,105.
“I wish someone would do the same at Gloria Mandarambong when she brags about her economic policy abroad.”
I, too, can only gasp in admiration. Who can do it here to Gloria Arroyo?
Was it two years ago when a courageous Teresa Pangilinan unfurled a protest banner during a commencement exercise in a state university in Cavite where Arroyo was the dishonored guest? At the Philippine General Hospital, someone unfurled protest banner from the upper floor when she inaugurated the Eye Center more than a year ago.
That was as far as the “in-your-face” protest against Arroyo had dared although her chief bodyguard, Hermogenes Esperon, had endured having been pelted with eggs at the University of the Philippines.
But Al Zeidi has inspired those who are appalled by Arroyo’s lying, cheating and lying to be more creative and forceful in their protest actions. Here are sample ideas from my blog:
Bitchevil: “Why doesn’t someone throw Imelda’s 3,000 pairs of shoes at the Evil Bitch? Or our soldiers could throw at her their military boots. Include as targets Esperon, Palparan, Yano and others.”
Mike said, “Pag meron gustong magbato ng sapatos kay Gloria, suggest ko bakya nalang ang ipambato. Saka dapat magpractice para masentro yung nunal sa mukha.”
Diego K. Guerrero: “Bakit sapatos lang? Itapon ang pekeng pangulong Gloria Arroyo sa Pasig River kasama ang kanyang mga alipores.”
magpractice mag dura ng malayong malayo.
pwe!
Who can do it to Gloria?
Just wondering kung bakit wala..
..no body has the guts?
..takot?
..hanggang dadat lang and no action?
..o walang sira?
bakit nga ano?
kung sa bagay mahirap siyang matamaan..not because she could duck…may nagsabi sans her ‘igh ‘eel she is only 4’8
she can easily go under the table..sanay naman siya magdago ng mga bagay na “under the table”..just wondering do they pay taxes?
Galing sa Marikina yung pares na zapatos. Marami nagorder na.
Nasa ebay na ba? Magkano?
Noong 86, may mga kumuha ng barbed wire ni Macoy sa Mendiola. Souvenir daw.
What about this woman? Maybe the teleprompter na pinagmulan ng taray. Or maybe a certificate of canvass signed by Arsenio Rasalan.
Mr. Bush deserved his fate from MZ…the Iraqi heroe who bit the odds?
People around the world symphatized with his bravery and loved to his country and people.
Mr. Bush is the most and in effective president ever in American History. He earned a Distinguished Flying Shoes easted of Distinguished Flying Cross?
Yan ang pabaon sa mga leader na walang puso’t kaluluwa…ang iniisip lamang e personal na pakinabangan. Pinoys are awaiting the same fate of gloria arroyo y macapagal before his term ended.
Karma…yan ang nag-aantay sa kapatusan ng kanyang career sa pulitika? Ang kasaysayan ang tutuldok sa kanyang kawalang galang sa batas at sa bayang Pilipinas.
Ang sali’t saling lahi ng Pinoy ang sasari sa kanyang kabulukan at pagiging adelintado sa pamumuno.
correction instead of easted, sa pagmamadali kasi e sorry po!
Sa mga senador na dumalo sa nakaraang rally, si Mar Roxas lang ang may yagballs na bumato ng murang PI. Wala ni isa ang nag-“booo”, kundi lahat ay tumahimik at sumigla na para bagang mayroon silang nakikitang pag-asa sa taong marunong mambato ng mura.
Dati rati, masama ang tingin ng mga tao sa taong mapagmura. Siguro, sa tindi na ng kahirapan ng tao, mas sina-santo pa nila ang taong napapamura sa mga taong dahilan ng kanilang paghihirap. Sa totoo lang, mas matindi pa nga yung ibinato ni Jun na Evil kaysa sa PI ni Mar, di ba?
Mainit ang dugo ni Mar sa katiwalian. Mayroon siyang anghang at tapang na kinakailangan natin. Kung minaliit man ng Malacanang kuno ang nakaraang rally, yung salita lang ni Mar na PI ang nakapitik sa tenga ng Malacanang.
Ang sabi nga ni TT ay “Okey na sa akin si Roxas, matalino, may mataas na pinag-aralan, may kredibilidad, subok na sa serbisyo publiko, matino, nasa matuwid, higit sa lahat, hindi corrupt. Konting yagbols na lang. Konti pa.”
Sa tingin ko, ang mga presidentiables na mayroong tunay na matapang na balls ay sina Roxas at Lacson lang, na puwedeng lumampaso ng katiwalian sa gobyerno. Karamihan ay plastik. Mayroon sanang magaling at magiting pero nakapiit naman.
Ultimate Insult? Come on folks! Goergie, Dicky, Rummy will just laugh this off over Jack Daniels. These three lowly dogs are clueless what insults mean, they’ve been there, done that. On January 21st or thereafter, they will be counting how much Halliburton made in BILLIONS!
The same goes with Gluerilla. You can throw countless of shoes at her, she and her alipores would care less – they already carted and deposited the Filipino People’s money in every bank imaginable around the globe and will live the good life leaving her lowly subjects wallowing into darkness of hunger. What else is new?!
Mar Roxas said this, “niloloko na tayo!” That’s a sign of ineptness. He’s been in politics for so long to make idiotic remark like that. Matagal ka nang niluluko Senador, buti naman at natauhan ka na.
GMA’s Executive Order No.007 …. Kapag may presidential presscon, lahat ng reporter ay naka tsinelas lang o nakayapak..!!
Huwag ninyong sayangin ang inyong buhay sa pambabato. Sayang lang ang talent ninyo. Pagkatapos ninyong gawin ito, ang lalabas lang sa Balita o sa News ay gaya ng “Belittles” o “Unfazed” o “Minaliit” o “Pinagtawanan” o “Binaliwala” at marami pang iba na para bang walang kabagay bagay ang inyong ginawang pambabato. Malamang pang i-news black-out pa ito.
Ang mas maigi ay pagisipan at ilista kung ano ang puwede nilang katakutan at pangingilagan. Ang pinagkakaingatan nila ngayon ay yung conspiacy na gaya ng ginawa nila kay Erap o yung larong Games of the Generals. Halata rin naman na may takot sila sa massive Peoples Power kanya medyo nag-lie-low Cha-cha pagkatapos ng rally. Para sa ating mga pobre, maliit man ang maitutulong natin ay puwede rin namng lumaki. Saan nga ba nanggaling ang malaki, di ba sa maliit?
Bansot’s Executive Order No. 666 — Declaration of Martial Law or Declaration of Pidals parliamentary government with bansot as the queen.
Pag di pa i-pullout ang mga US troops batuhin natin si Barack Obama. Tingnan natin ang fastbreak niya.
gma and co are beyond normal insults, like throwing shoes, tomatoes etc., not even turning around and showing them our ass will work. the only insult they will understand is to be kicked out of office while millions of pinoys spit on them.
Ellen,
On a sort of related note but involving Dick Cheney who is as much hated as Bush, it seems, Dick Cheney has just “confessed” to having committed war crimes!
Another American blogger (and former member of US military) supports shoe thrower who, by the way, is reported to have been injured:
“All that we know is we were contacted yesterday by a person — we know him — and he told us that Muntadhar was taken on Sunday to Ibn-Sina hospital,” Maitham al-Zeidi said. “He was wounded in the head because he was hit by a rifle butt, and one of his arms was broken.”
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com/2008/12/brother-iraqi-shoe-hurler-injured.html
Yep, Ma Teresa Pangilinan was the one… I was one of those who applauded her great action.
Geez, wish we had more young people of the same courageous fiber.
Kung bomba na sasabog (hindi yung dud gaya ng sa Basilan) ang ihahagis kay Gloria, siguradong tatablan ang bruha. Pero kung sapatos, tsinelas, bakya, poster o dura…wa epek yan sa mga WALANGHIYA.
I think i’ve finally solve the puzzle why the Secret Service Agents were so slow to react:
They were waiting for the third shoe to finally hit the mark, which the guy, obviously, didn’t have.
Sabi ng kaibigan kung Kano …. hayaan niyo na ang aming Pangulo mas malaki ang problema niyo sa inyong Pangulo.
Agree 500%, Tedanz.
balisong dapat ibato sa unanong nunal na yan
Alam niyo Maski na batuhin niyo ang mukha ni GMA ng sapatosn, hindi niya iindahin iyan, kasi… makapal pa sa swelas ng sapatos ang pagmumukha ni Glueria!
Ang sa akin lang ;
Ipinakita lamang na sadyang mga bastos at walang pinga-aralan ang mga Arabo..(Alam ko dahil labing 13 taon ako nagtrabaho sa middle east)
Ang galit at suklam ko kay GMA ay sintulad din ng galit ninyo, Ngunit kung siya ay nasa ibang bansa at batuhin siya ng isang banyagang journalist , maaring ma-insulto ako pero kung ang babato sa kanya na nasa ibang bansa ay isang kababayang journalist matutuwa ako.
“makapal sa swelas ng sapatos ang pagmumukha ni Gloria”
Nakana mo, Bobitz.
“… kung ang babato sa kanya na nasa ibang bansa ay isang kababayang journalist matutuwa ako.”
Sakto!
Malacanang allies in Congress are now thinking of introducing a Bill making it a serious crime to throw shoes at the President. The punishment is life sentence.
Huwag kayong mag-alala. Ipapadeliver ko na kay Ellen itong pinasadya kong shoes. Balat ng porcupine, bubog ang suwelas, bakal ang takong.
“President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took a break from affairs of the state and attended boxing champion Manny Pacquiao’s brithday party in the southern city of General Santos on Wednesday evening.
Television footage showed Arroyo, who was in a black dress, seated behind Pacquiao at the packed KCC Convention Center in the boxing hero’s home town.”
…..Another PR gimmick. Why should the Evil Bitch attend a simple birthday of a boxer? And why wear black dress? Is she in mourning? If you wear black attending the birthday party of a Chinese, you’d be in trouble. Red is happiness to the Chinese…definitely not black.
Bad News:
May bidding pala ngayon sa Malacañang – rostrum na contained sa loob ng bullet-proof glass compartment na may naka-etch na Presidential Seal. Wala na ring pag-asang mabato si Pandak ng sapatos, kahit pa bomba.
Para masaya, pitikan na lang ng kulangot. Magandang makitang nakadikit sa salamin yung sandamukal na kulangot. Yun ang ultimate insult!
Malacanang has hired the services of professional baseball catchers to help protect the Evil Bitch whenever she has a Press Conference.
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT:
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FYI.
I wonder what Obama will do about this new pact between Bush and Maliki. The idiot is trying to make sure that Obama cannot pull out the US troops in Iraq for the oil unless of course the democrat-controlled Senate and Congress vote for the abrogation of this last minute treaty of Bush with the Iraqi government.
Tarantado talaga ang unggoy na hindi na nahiyang nagpaalam pa sa mga Iraqi na pinapapatay niya.
You bet, I am against the invasion of Iraq by the US and UK, etc. I have been since Scott Ritter, et al exposed the crimes against humanity being committed by the US government under the Bushes, meaning the father and son, and not just Iraqis but also Americans become casualties of those weapons of destruction that the Bushes sell and use to destroy those who would oppose them or not serve their vested interests.
Truth is I have friends who volunteered to be human shields before the 2003 attack on Iraq. One friend in fact is on her death bed presently suffering from cancer of the skin that she acquired during her trips of mercy to Iraq between the period from after the Gulf War and the 2003 attack. She was in fact one of the human shields there.
This friend in fact was a member of our church who got disillusioned with America and decided instead to leave our church and join a Moslem sect in Iraq, and has since been bringing relief goods to the people there via Jordan. It was through her that I got connections and friends at Bashra in Iraq, and thus, had become a staunch supporter of the Iraqi people in their fight against US aggression. I am not leaving our church, however, even when it is in fact US-based, and majority of our members being Republicans like Bush. I understand a lot of them voted Obama, though, in the last election out of disgust for Bush.
Incidentally, while we’re all focused on the “shoe throwing” incident, we need to be updated with the Fertilizer scam investigation. So far, all those involved and implicated in the scam failed to attend a single Senate hearing. These criminals are protected by lawyers and of course Malacanang. With Christmas and New Year only a few weeks from now, don’t expect this Fertilizer scam case to go anywhere.
Sabi ko sa kaibigan kong tsinoy, ihanda na niya iyong sapatos ng lola niyang bakal para ipukol kay Gloria Mandarambong pagpumunta pa siya ulit sa Japan. Kapal kasi ng mukha ng ungas na sinusuka na pati ng mga hapon sa paghingi ng invitation to come here. Hindi na nahiya.
Hindi niya kasi alam na iyong mga hapon pino lang na sabihan siya ng garapalan na huwag nang pupunta dito. Hindi kasi sila kasingbastos niya. Pangiti-ngiti lang ang mga tao dito pero bangas na bangas sa kaniya lalo na iyong dating ambassador namin sa Pilipinas na nagsalita laban sa economic policy niya.
After the Gulf War, the Arabs came to hate the Americans.
After the fall of Saddam the more the Arabs hate the Americans and once in a while the Filipinos.
But never the Filipinas.
Bago mamintas sa ibang pinuno ng bansa ay unahin muna natin ang ating problema sa sariling bansa. Mas hamak na nakakahiya ang bansa natin dahil sa number one tayo sa lahat ng bagay. Pagnanakaw, sa Pag hingi ng lagay at pag yurak sa saligang batas natin etc. Tignan natin muna ang bansa natin bago tayo mag comments sa iba lalo na sa kanilang pinuno. Mas nakaka hiya tayo…
We can’t avoid criticizing Bush and America because the crooks in the Philippines learned from them.
Thanks for the tip, Tongue. Scary.
Should I delete explorer from my comp?
BE,
They castigated uncle sam but their true colour…puro kaplastikan coz’ marami sa kanila ang pamilya e may green card at yong pera nila nasa US.
Ang logic dito, marami ang kontra ng kotra sa Kano pero tingnan mo yong mga suot nila made in US o ibang bagay na tinatangkilik nila.
Puro kaplastikan… ek ek sila ng ek ek kesyo US imperyalismo but sa totoo lang panay naman ang biyahe nila sa america.
Sa Kastila at Hapon tayo natoto sa mga pangdarabong bago sa america. Kahit anong sabihin ninyo ay malaking utang na loob natin sa America dahil sa pag papa alis sa mga sakang na sumakop at ginawang parausan ang ating kababaihan. Mas maraming rin silang pinatay na kababayan natin.
vonjovi2,
kung kailangan nating maalala ang katotohanan, huwag din nating kalimutan ang mahigit na kalahating milyon na Pilipino na pinatay ng mga sundalong Amerikano sa order ni Gen Pershing (akin to acts of genocide!)
balweg: marami ding galit sa kano dahil hindi sila makapasok sa amerika.
Korek Norpil…it’s true that if anyone committed crime or any political motives against USA, sure 100% ma blacklisted sila.
Takot ang tao doon gumawa ng krimen…of course not na may mga kriminalidad na nangyayari doon but they’re fugitive at sa oras na mahuli e kalaboso.
Patas ang batas nila sa pangloob na usapin but sa foreign policy nila dito sila semplang? Kaya marami ang galit sa kanilang polisiya so may dalawa silang mukha ng demokrasya.
They supressed their own people and also they tried to mistreat tayong mga banyaga.
Sorry for the late reply, Anna. No, you don’t have to delete Internet Explorer. Yet. I’m sure Microsoft will come out with a patch soon. But I’m loving Google Chrome. It’s fast and the overhead is skinny unlike the MS bloatware. You will still need Internet Explorer later in order to update your MS Office programs.
As for the hate-US stuff, we must separate abhorrence of George Bush alone from wholesale contempt against the US. Everybody loves the US. I’m almost sure majority of Filipinos have relatives there.
Many people around the world hate Bush not just because of what he did to Iraq but more so because of what he’s done to the US. Check out today’s newspapers! Also, his cuddling of dictators like Gloria affects our very lives here. We therefore have every right to criticize him.
It’s always my position that Americans are nice people. It’s the US foreign policy that sucks. Yes, we should separate Bush from the rest of America the same way we separate the Evil Bitch from the rest of the Philippines.
Malacanang usually reacts at once everytime the Evil Queen gets criticized. But this time, Malacanang has been silent on the shoe throwing incident. No comment even from any of the cabinet members. Well, they see possible incident that’s gonna happens to the Bitch.
Balweg: Ang logic dito, marami ang kontra ng kotra sa Kano pero tingnan mo yong mga suot nila made in US o ibang bagay na tinatangkilik nila.
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Not me. Iniwan ko nga ang pamilya ko sa Tate kasi ayokong ma-discriminate. At least, dito sa Japan, I can assimilate easily kasi kamukha nila ako, pati kulay ng balat! Kahit salita, di halata. OK na rin kesa mapagkamalang Japayuki! 😛
Meron ngang ad about a program to be aired on BBC where the anchor man says, “Bush is the worst president the US has ever had in 50 years.”
The idiot should be sent to the International Court for crime against humanity together with Dick Cheney, who has admitted that he ordered the torture of suspects incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, et al.
Isama si Rumsfeld.
What do Dick Cheney and Dick Gordon have in common? Both are politicians (aside from having dicks of course).
An insult indeed – to the thousands of men and women who have given their lives in order for these ingrates to be free from Saddam, who has treated them like scum and slaughtered their men, women and children by the tens of thousands for years.
If Iraq had not been a free country now, there is no way that this thug will have the guts to do what he has done and still live. Would he have thrown his shoes at Saddam? He would have been castrated right then and there.
Btw, naalala niyo ba noong mayroong isang lalaki na sumugod sa entablado upang tagain ng itak si Imelda Marcos? Ano ang nangyari sa kanya? Dead on the spot di ba? Go figure.
The Philippines is a free country in name only. We can not claim to be a true democracy until we are ruled by shameless crooks who claim to “represent” us. Until people like Garcilliano, Abalos, Bolante, etc. can still roam the streets scot free and continue to mock us, and until we elect the likes of Lito Lapid, Bong Revilla, et al to high political office, we will never be truly “free”.
It gets better. Coming soon – The Honorable Congressman Manny Pacquiao.
Go figure.
Manny Pacquiao says he wants to serve the people as if he cannot serve them by remaining as ordinary citizen. But think about Lito Lapid who’s a Senator…he’s no better.
Lito Lapid is a total waste of time and space. Sadly, life is too short and his presence among us does not help in any way.
Pacquiao makes me proud as a Filipino after winning all his fights. However, when he tries (and we can see that he really tries), to answer his english speaking interviewers in english, nahihiya at nasasaktan ako para sa kanya – para sa atin.
I like him as a boxer, but as a congressman – teka muna – tabla tabla muna tayo, Manny. Keep you dignity and respectability intact. In life (not necessarily in boxing), it is better to quit while you are head. I hope that you not only listen to Chavit or Atienza, but to others as well – millions of others. Keep an open mind. Look around you. Sayang naman ang paggalang at paghanga namin na ipinundar mo, kung lulusong ka sa burak.
There’s nothing wrong with Manny trying to speak in English with a heavy accent. What’s disgusting is when he keeps answering in English whenever he’s asked in Tagalog.
The accent is understandable and bearable. Often times his replies are incoherent and totally unrelated to the question.
Mabuti pa si Lito Lapid may English-tagalog interpreter sa Senado. ROTFLOL…
Wanna throw a shoe at Bush? Here’s the link:
http://www.sockandawe.com/
I wish someone would do similar one for throwing a shoe at Gloria Macapalgal.
bitche, ParengPepe,
di ba sabi ko na nga du’n sa naunang mga talakayan, itong si mani pakway ay parang bangaw na nagpupumilit tumuntong sa bansot na kalabaw?
buti pa ngang lagi niyang sagutin ng tagalog na may halong bisaya kaysa pagpupumilit na makapag-inggles na kulang sa praktis.
lalo na siguro kapag nag-aral ‘yan ng ispits.
dating hambol si mani, pero nang maging kumpare ‘yung kabayong anak ng baboy at aso gayundin ang sugarol na lakay na hari ng kawatan sa kahilagaan, ‘ayun, nalintikan na ang dating walang pumapansin. nilipad na ang pagpapakumbaba kasama ng mabahong hanging nagmumula sa kanyang behind at ang buong mundo’y gustong sakupin.
History will judge Bush and Cheney with regards to detainees in Gitmo.
WAR was brought to the US soil on 9/11, the same way that the attack on Pearl Harbor became a starting point for America’s war with Japan.
The US govt. considers detainees in Guantanamo as enemy combatants (whose countries of origin are not covered by the Geneva convention). A lot of them have been released and a lot of them are still detained.
THE US IS CURRENTLY AT WAR, but has not been attacked after 9/11, although terrorist acts have occured in a lot of other areas.
Here is a link of Cheney’s recent interview with Chris Wallace of Fox news:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470706,00.html.
Let’s keep an open mind and continue to discuss this issue.
Thank you.
Merry Christmas to all of you and specially to you, Ms. Ellen – and may the Good Lord bless and keep you and those close to your heart. Peace!!