About a week after Lost Marbles encouraged readers to ship an old pair of shoes to the White House as a final act of protest, it appears that the Huffington Post has caught wind of the viral shoe shipping trend and wrote about it in today publication.
Huffington Post
Original Ship Your Shoes Post
Posts Tagged as ‘Iraqi Reporter’
December 23, 2008
Huffington Post: Send Your Shoe to the White House!
December 22, 2008
Thrown Shoes Hit Sales Record
Reprinted from www.lostmarbles.us
While Iraqi reporter and pitcher, Muntadar al-Zaidi, awaits trial the BBC reports that sales for the brand of the shoe that were hurled at President Bush have skyrocketed. There is no word as to the reason for the sudden increase in sales but insiders say that the Lame-Duck President has been practicing weaving [...]
December 16, 2008
Shoes to the White House: A Photo Journal
Since the idea of shipping shoes to the White House has gone viral I’m asking folks to take take a photo of the shoes you plan to send to President Bush. I’d like to post as many as I can online but I’ll settle for a few.
December 16, 2008
Where Is Al-Zaida?
Update, On Monday Dec 15th, CNN reported that Al-Zaida was still in custody and was possibly facing charges for throwing shoes in the vicinity of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, not for hurling footware at Bush.
December 15, 2008
Ship Your Old Shoes to the White House
I previously posted a YouTube video of Iraqi reporter Muntathar al Zaidi, 29, throwing his shoes at President Bush.
Someone on Twitter suggested we ship our old shoes to the White House. I didn’t know if he was kidding or not and I didn’t care. As a final act of protest I’m joining the Iraqi reporter [...]
