inessential musings

You’ve all listened to and watched the news footage of the ~~whacko~~ angry Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a press conference Sunday, and probably wondered why the Secret Service—the guys charged with protecting the President, even taking a bullet for him should the need arise—was conspicuously late to the party. Here are ten questions we’d all like to ask the Secret Service, compliments of Jon Friedman:

Shouldn’t you have jumped in front of that shoe?

Shouldn’t you have jumped in front of that second shoe?

Second shoe = the one thrown after being removed from foot after first shoe was thrown…

Let’s say people had three feet. Would you have allowed a third shoe to fly unimpeded?

While the shoe was in the air, were you like, “Oh, its just a shoe.”

Same question about the second shoe.

Do you think this is funny: “Throw a shoe at me once, shame on—you. Throw a shoe—you throw a shoe, you can’t throw a shoe again.”

Is there not “protection training” for lunatics launching objects?

Let’s say there isn’t training for that—but do they tell you that if someone does throw (or shoot) something to be on the alert in case they want to repeat this behavior?

Where were you?

If any of you hear from the Secret Service or think you know the answers to any of these burning questions, please share.