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Thanks for posting that Ken. Very nice. I hope those families and all the people that saw this gesture of kindness have a wonderful Christmas
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As far as the show throwing incident... Does anyone remember the last time a show incident happened (besides the saddam statue) and got coverage. I remember in School being told about a Foreign President coming over to the U.S. and during a meeting with our President he took his shoes off and beat them on the table. I can't remember who he was or which President but I do remember that being the first "shoe incident" in my lifetime. I think about that same time the Egyptian President Anwar Saddat was assassinated.
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It was Nikita Kruschev from the USSR and it happened at the United Nations.
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"The notorious shoe-banging incident occurred during a debate, on October 12, over a Russian resolution decrying colonialism. Infuriated by a statement of the Filipino delegate Lorenzo Sumulong which charged the Soviets with employing a double standard, Khrushchev accused Sumulong of being "a jerk, a stooge and a lackey of imperialism". Later Khrushchev appeared to have pulled off his right shoe and started banging it on his desk. On another occasion, Khrushchev said in reference to capitalism, "My vas pokhoronim!", translated to "We will bury you". This phrase, ambiguous both in the English language and in the Russian language, was interpreted in several ways. Later, he would refer back to the comment and state, "I once got in trouble for saying, 'We will bury you'. Of course, we will not bury you with a shovel. Your own working class will bury you"."
Interesting comment in light of the problems with our economy and the "Big Three".