CRUEL (BUT FAIR) SHOES

You don’t need me to tell you how Junior Bush’s final press conference in Iraq went.



And like many of you, my first thought was: “Wow! That was a pretty good shot!”

Followed closely by: “Pretty good reflexes for a 60-year-old”.

And then: “Notice how the bodyguards aren’t really willing to take a shoe for this president.”

Like many of you, I’m also enjoying the bizarre trend of mainstream news organizations (and the Christian Science Monitor) going out of their way to point out that throwing shoes at someone’s head is a sign of contempt in the Middle East ... as opposed to the US, where it’s usually considered a love tap.

(There’s a Naomi Campbell joke in there somewhere. Feel free to deploy it at any time. I’d make the “Defending yrself against fresh fruit” joke, but bedsitter23  beat me to it.)

Now, in no way do I condone throwing shoes at the President – not even this one – but you just know that every other journalist in that room – and 60% of the White House Press Corps – was thinking, “O godDAMN, I’ve been wanting to do that for f***ing YEARS.”

It was a perfect thing, really. You couldn’t ask for a better image to punctuate the savage, terrible career of George W Bush. What better way to summarize the accomplishments and highlights of this administration than a still-shot of a man hurling a shoe at Junior Bush’s head?

Sure, indicting Don Rumsfeld for advocating torture would be nice too, but I’m being realistic here.

These shoes were made for throwing,

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DEF XMAS PLAYLIST 2008 (#6 OF 12): HOW CAN HE BE SAVED FROM THE ETERNAL GRAVE?

The Def Xmas playlist is designed for livening up Christmas parties, but by our experience, nothing quite livens up any party like having Oliver Reed and Ann-Margret play yr parents.

So here’s “Christmas” from the film version of Tommy, available in two flavors:

1. The film version with Oliver Reed and Ann-Margret singing:

2. The same scene recut to the original song by The Who:

Do you hear what I hear,

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YOUTUBE SURVIVOR SERIES #56: GREAT MOMENTS IN MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING

ITEM [via Neatorama]: And now, 40 movie speeches edited down into one two-minute inspirational speech.

Transcript:

Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won’t go by in your life you won’t regret walking out, letting them get the best of you. Well, I’m not going home. We’ve come too far! And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day. The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. You’re going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that’s fine, we’ll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper. But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time: you’ve got to get mad. I mean plum mad dog mean. If you would be free men, then you must fight to fulfill that promise! Let us cut out their living guts one inch at a time, and they will know what we can do! Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions! You’re like a big bear, man! This is YOUR time! Seize the day, never surrender, victory or death… that’s the Chicago Way! Who’s with me? Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! Alright! Let’s fly! And gentlemen in England now abed shall know my name is the Lord when I tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our Independence Day!

Have fun naming the different film sources.

It’s pretty good, but they couldn’t work in a line from John Winger or Tripper Harrison?

Mad dog mean,

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