Muntader al-Zaidi And The Ten Worst Protests Ever
Maybe after dueling protests in Jena, Louisiana yesterday there can finally be healing in that community. Yesterday, a white supremacy organization held a much publicized rally in Jena to protest the treatment of Michael Barker, the white student who was beaten up by the infamous “Jena Six.” Unfortunately, they used the anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to hold their march.
Earlier this morning, a 30-year old unemployed man in Germany decided he was through filling his car with pricey petrol and figured the best way to end his oil addiction was to burn his car to the ground. The yet-to-be-named individual drove his 1995 BMW 3-series (not pictured) onto the lawn outside of the Frankfurt convention center, poured a can of gas over it (which we find fairly ironic since he was protesting the high cost of gas) and then set the car ablaze, according to CNN.com. By the time the fire department reached the inferno, the Bimmer was completely gutted.
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Posted: 15th, December 2008 | In: Key Posts, Politicians Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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December 19th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
anon - a successful protest? Throwing a shoe at a presiden. What debate did he foster - which shoe is the most aerodynamic?
December 16th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Hysterical!
December 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
so no change there then
December 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Of course. Iraqi journalists used to bombard Saddam Hussein with shoes throughout his regime. His security guards used to take them outside, give them a cup of tea, a new pair of flip flops and a jolly good ticking off. How we laughed at the carefree lives of freedom fighting journos in those happy pre war days.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Could have been a suicide bomber, but wasn’t it Bush who lobbed several mega weights of bombs at Iraqis.
Anyway it wasn’t meant to be funny , or fatal, just an insult
December 16th, 2008 at 3:04 am
However - as comedy - it was brilliant.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:03 am
It was a crap protest.
It was funny & Bush did a great duck and didn’t freak out even though the guy could’ve been a suicide bomber.
The only people who wont think the crap protest was funny are drips & people related to the protester.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:22 am
This was not a failed protest. The only way this could have been worse for Bush is if he was hit square in the nose. This incident will rival the “mission accomplished” moment as the enduring image of the disaster that Bush’s presidency has been.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:04 am
um, based on WHAT do you say that this protest failed? that bush was unfazed by it?
the protest made him look TERRIBLE. to stand there smirking while the protester is dragged away and beaten right outside the room — you can hear him crying out — brings bush’s international standing to a new low.
this story has been covered by all the major international newspapers, and readers all over the world are worrying about what’s going to happen to the protester, who’s still being held. and now the whole world knows how to insult an iraqi.
this is one of the most successful protests by an individual that i’ve ever seen. i hope he doesn’t suffer too much for it.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Still don’t know why they didn’t kidnap Tone