Bush may be Keanu Reeves in disguise...

Today a man threw a pair of shoes at President Bush's head which resulted in a display of cat-like reflexes by our Commander in Chief. Unlike the reporters who hastily began to apologize security guards who beat the protester, President Bush seemed to find it comical. This incident occurred shortly before Bush was to shake hands with the Prime Minister of Iraq and the shoes were thrown by a Muntandar al-Zeidi. His employer, along with other reporters from Iraq, or sending pleas to the government to spare his life. Right before he threw the shoes he shouted "This is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq."Apparently, according to the news report I read, the removal of a shoe to use as a weapon is similar to that of a person slapping another to the ground. It not only hurts the victim, but it is a sign of contempt and intended to embarrass the person receiving the "shoe-ing"

President Bush and the Economy- BFFs

This week Bush discussed the economy with a rather optimistic point of view. He also detailed what he believed to be the fundamental solutions to fixing the crisis without delving into how we would come about such solutions. Bush states that we must make credit more affordable and that he is concerned about what is going to happen to the automobile companies. After reading Bush's speech, I feel somewhat robbed of three minutes of my life because there was nothing of substance in it. As the weeks go by less and less news seems to come up about President Bush and I can't wait until he pardons someone very interesting or controversial so that I have something to write about. I wish more of the President's speeches went into great detail about why and how we must do things instead of just stating they need to be done.