President Bush has some amazing reflexes.  He was attending a press conference in Baghdad as part of a farewell visit, when a reporter hurled his shoes at Bush’s head.  Throwing shoes is considered a major insult among Muslims.

Personally, I just want to know where Secret Service is.  I know it’s just a shoe but you’d think whenever any inanimate object is flying at the President’s head, someone would lunge on him.  Did I just watch too many episodes of West Wing?

As the chaos subsided, Bush’s first statement was “That was a size 10 shoe he threw at me, you may want to know.”   Perspicacity defined.

We don’t delve into politics very often around here and when we do I like to think we delve with an open mind. This is a great story no matter what though:

Mayans to ‘cleanse’ Bush site.

For our foreign readers you should know we’ve got this guy over here named Prez. Bush. He is visiting Guatemala (which means “bad female Guat”) this week and evidently the Mayans aren’t too thrilled. He’s visiting Iximche which of course was the main city of the Kaqchikel Maya people. If you didn’t know that already I can’t help you. C’mon man, read a book. Anyhow:

Mayan priests say they will purify the sacred archaeological site to rid it of any “bad spirits” after Bush is there.

Nice! When our Prez visited Columbia:

About 300 to 350 demonstrators threw rocks and charged a line of about 200 police clad in riot gear. The demonstrators ripped up metal barricades, smashed concrete barriers and used the resulting fragments as projectiles.

Well that’s just innovative. I’m not even mad, I’m impressed.

The protesters smashed the windows of financial institutions as they retreated.

Screw high interest rates! The Prez. Central/South American Tour: It’s Faaaaantastic!