“THE TWO SHOES WERE DIFFERENT SIZES, THEY WERE FIRED TOO CLOSE IN TIME TO COME FROM A SINGLE ‘SHOE-THROWER,’ AND EYEWITNESSES THOUGHT IT SOMEWHAT ODD THAT THERE WAS A ‘GRASSY KNOLL’ INSIDE A SMALL ROOM.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Lisa Casey raises the question of why just ‘two shoes?”

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on My Kingdom for a Shoe.

SNL’s Really !?!: Gov. Blagojevich – at One Good Move.

And more labor strife?  Pie Throwers Union Sues Shoe Thrower, at Apoliticus.

                 Phil Knight, Nike Chairman

“WE’LL CALL IT THE ‘RESISTANCE TRAINER,‘ BRING BACK THE ‘REVOLUTION‘ AD CAMPAIGN, AND MILLIONS OF ARABS WILL RUN, NOT WALK, TO TRADE IN THEIR SANDALS FOR THIS SHOE.”

“But if you go carrying pictures of George W. Bush
You’re guaranteed to get this Nike shoe right up your tush”

Proving the old adage in baseball that the rich just get richer, The New York Yankees today announced yet another free-agent signing, giving a multi-year pact to the Iraqi shoe thrower, Muntadar al-Zaidi, who had a personal tryout with President Bush in Baghdad just yesterday.

Although the Yankees have already handed out almost a quarter billion dollars to pitchers C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, Yankee co-owner Hank Steinbrenner told a frenzied New York press corps that ”the latest move won’t really affect our payroll, since the Iraqi journalist personally told me he’d work for no money, just dinners.”

Steinbrenner also boasted that he had made an ingenius marketing move, since it would give the Yankees an opportunity to tap into a huge new fan base, the community of Arab-Americans and Muslims who live in the greater New York metropolitan area.  ”I’ve already asked my people to look into staging a promotional ‘Abaya Night’  – I think those things would look great in pinstripes and emblazoned with the famous NY logo.”

As far as Zaidi’s pitching skills are concerned, Steinbrenner stated that “the righthander had to work a bit on his control, but we kind of figured his head-hunting skills would come in handy in those heated games with the Red Sox.”

In related news, the ultimate Yankee fan, Rudy Giuliani, enthusiastically embraced the move, saying “I forgive al-Zaidi, at least he’s not a community organizer.” “Besides,” the former NY mayor added, “it’s not like the guy’s shoe size was a ’9′ or an ’11′.”

“AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, WE’RE PLANNING AN IMMEDIATE INVASION OF BIRKENSTOCKISTAN.”

Story and video at Crooks & Liars.