This reminds me - as what doesn't? - of the moral relativism of Mark Twain. Remember him? He sailed to europe one year, and violated a quarantine to sneak onto the island with some other boys to observe the Pantheon. Returning, he and his henchmen would wander into fig fields to gather what they may. They began to notice shadowy figures behind them on the darkening trail back to the dock. Herders, working as guards for the figfield fiefdom. So Mark and crew hurried, whereupon the herders did likewise, and then the boys broke into a run, and so did the herders, and then the boys cast aside all their store of figs, "Not because we feared the herders, but because we had come to believe that stealing is wrong."#giuseppecipriani
I truly hope that he never comes back. If we're lucky, all the restaurants will be closed and the entire family will be deported.
Downtown Cipriani is the worst restaurant in New York. Loud. Crowded. Terrible service and mediocre food.
The fact that this restaurant is always crowded is proof that a certain segment of the city's wealthy are foolish, tasteless wankers. #giuseppecipriani
@smithhimself: The food is overpriced. I actually work in the building that houses the (awesome) Midtown catering space, and it has a little attached deli that is quite the ripoff.
The catering space gets used all the time - it used to be a bank, and it's very dramatic. Maybe someone else can take it over and provide better food. #giuseppecipriani
Sorry, this guy is a fucking disgrace of a journalist. Maybe you think he's a great human being, maybe he should have a column somewhere, but you can't be a reporter and pull this shit, because if reporters start hurling shoes at the people they're trying to interview, then those people will very reasonably be reluctant to give such interviews. And if that's not important, then reporting as a whole can't be that important, and you should all go and get real jobs and hurl shoes as an extracurricular activity.
A professional does not assault the individual he or she is reporting on.* That's when you transition from journalist to revolutionary, which is dandy, but it is tangential to the profession of being an objective, empirical Journalist. Thanks for playing, Muntander! Hopefully prison didn't suck too bad.
how stupid is Iraq to torture a journalist and then let him go? i mean thats just asking for him/her to write a book about it in later years...
and if you are going to torture at least make sure theres some permanent brain damage. that way if he does make it out alive, his writing will be complete gibberish... or better yet, wouldnt remember the torture at all
If you compare Shoe Thrower's accuracy and aim with the accuracy and aim of Cutler, one can surmise that it's only a matter of time before Shoe Thrower is signed on to play quarterback for the Chicago Bears.
@morninggloria: do you mean jay cutler? also, despite the fact that i bleed black & gold for my alma mater and i was sad all the other vandy players on bears had to witness that shitty quarterbacking, i definitely indulged in some schadenfreude at cutler's expense... what a dumb douchey dick he is!
I'm pretty sure he's milking this now. And I doubt he was tortured, if for no other reason than the fact that he's extremely high profile and would be in a major spotlight once released. Unless they figured that he'd claim to be tortured either way, so what the hell.
I also find it funny how throwing a shoe at one president is good, and interrupting the speech of another one is bad. Of course, of those two, only one is the messiah, so I guess I see it.
@Thomas Paladino: I also find it funny how throwing a shoe at one president is good, and interrupting the speech of another one is bad.
Maybe I can help you. They guy who threw the shoe? Not a U.S. Congress member attending a joint session of a legislative body with a 233 year history of civility. The guy who yelled, "You lie?" never lived in a country bombed mercilessly and occupied by an invading army whose leader smugly said his presence was a "going away" present just before the offending shoe was hurled. In fact, the guy who yelled "You lie," was distorting the truth of the situation in order to cynically exploit our treasuring draining healthcare crisis.
@Mediahohoho: Ok, no. Democrats booed Bush during the State of the Union when he talked about Social Security Reform. So there goes the '233 year history of civility'.
And everything else comes down to the fact that you agree with one of those guys, and disagree with the other one.
@Thomas Paladino: There is nothing more I hate that having to repeat myself. Last week, Mr Paladino, I had to correct you regarding the heckling of President Obama.
Again - Heckling the President in a Joint Session of Congress = BAD.
Throwing a shoe at the President of an occupying nation during war = NOT SO BAD
Alas, I'm sure I'll be posting the same thing next week and hoping that someone will approve this frustrated n00b's comment.
Shoe thrower: A private citizen, not an elected official. A Muslim showing one of the most extreme forms of symbolic contempt that exists in his culture. An aggrieved man protesting the rape and destruction of his country at our hands.
Joe Wilson: NOT A PRIVATE CITIZEN, an elected official, of whom a certain level of civility and decorum is not only expected, but required. An unreconstructed Confederate apologist whose motives had less to do with a disagreement over the President's policy and a lot to do with his aggravation at being spoken to by an uppity negro.
@Dickdogfood: Brilliant point. I am so sick of self-righteous idiots who equate two completely different situations to support an intellectually dishonest argument.
@lionel-mandrake: So, what is it about unreconstructed Confederate apologism that you have such a special problem with? Oh, and would you like a Mint Julip?
@Thomas Paladino: Er, also the fact that the Iraqi shoe bomber is, um, Iraqi. There's a vast difference, and one of the most important is that what I think about what he did doesn't matter because he's, again, Iraqi.
Boy, are you guys glad some dems booed Bush's ridiculous Social Security proposal in 2005. It's all you've got. I'm also glad they booed it, mostly because it would have been insane to put SS dollars into the stock market in 2005.
But go ahead and keep putting an equal sign between everything the two parties do if it makes you happy.
It's part of the culture now - this guy probably would have felt disgrace if he went to prison and didn't withstand a little torture he could tell his friends about.
@Hamilton Nolan: Well, stateside I'd be more concerned with non-consensual manlove. That sort of thing would not fall under the category of martyr-iffic exploits, so I reckon I'd skip telling my friends about that.
I really like Dana Perino. She rose to replace Tony Snow in the midst of his illness. I think of her as the Leni Riefenstahl of the administration, and maybe her volunteering in Africa recently is a concession to the information she shilled.
On one hand this should be a celebration of bipartisanship. On the other hand...what the fuck!? The former Advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2008 run just hired G W Bush's last Press Secretary? How could they even stand to be in the same room with each other?
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And speaking of tennis:
"The Cipriani boasts the only tennis courts and swimming pool in central Venice "
[www.our-hotels.com] #giuseppecipriani
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Downtown Cipriani is the worst restaurant in New York. Loud. Crowded. Terrible service and mediocre food.
The fact that this restaurant is always crowded is proof that a certain segment of the city's wealthy are foolish, tasteless wankers. #giuseppecipriani
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The catering space gets used all the time - it used to be a bank, and it's very dramatic. Maybe someone else can take it over and provide better food. #giuseppecipriani
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The worst restaurants that tourists go to are an unholy three:
Tavern on The Green (although maybe that will change with new ownership)
The Rainbow Room (Once, I found a staple in my rice at this place and the waiter accused me of placing it there)
And, of course, Mamma Leone's. Eating from a can of cat food will give you a better experience.
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and if you are going to torture at least make sure theres some permanent brain damage. that way if he does make it out alive, his writing will be complete gibberish... or better yet, wouldnt remember the torture at all
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USA! USA! USA!
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I also find it funny how throwing a shoe at one president is good, and interrupting the speech of another one is bad. Of course, of those two, only one is the messiah, so I guess I see it.
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Maybe I can help you. They guy who threw the shoe? Not a U.S. Congress member attending a joint session of a legislative body with a 233 year history of civility. The guy who yelled, "You lie?" never lived in a country bombed mercilessly and occupied by an invading army whose leader smugly said his presence was a "going away" present just before the offending shoe was hurled. In fact, the guy who yelled "You lie," was distorting the truth of the situation in order to cynically exploit our treasuring draining healthcare crisis.
It's called context, Sherlock. Get some.
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And everything else comes down to the fact that you agree with one of those guys, and disagree with the other one.
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Again - Heckling the President in a Joint Session of Congress = BAD.
Throwing a shoe at the President of an occupying nation during war = NOT SO BAD
Alas, I'm sure I'll be posting the same thing next week and hoping that someone will approve this frustrated n00b's comment.
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Shoe thrower: A private citizen, not an elected official. A Muslim showing one of the most extreme forms of symbolic contempt that exists in his culture. An aggrieved man protesting the rape and destruction of his country at our hands.
Joe Wilson: NOT A PRIVATE CITIZEN, an elected official, of whom a certain level of civility and decorum is not only expected, but required. An unreconstructed Confederate apologist whose motives had less to do with a disagreement over the President's policy and a lot to do with his aggravation at being spoken to by an uppity negro.
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Boy, are you guys glad some dems booed Bush's ridiculous Social Security proposal in 2005. It's all you've got. I'm also glad they booed it, mostly because it would have been insane to put SS dollars into the stock market in 2005.
But go ahead and keep putting an equal sign between everything the two parties do if it makes you happy.
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Not well played, Mr. Muntader. Not well played at all.
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Pretty dumb, please don't let him come here. I'd hate for him to throw a shoe bomb next time.
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We're human, and we need our moral out.
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