The big news lately is that President Bush ducked some shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi journalist. The "blogosphere" (I hate that word) is having a field day with it. But it got me thinking... what would you do if someone threw their shoes at you? Would you duck, dodge, block, or try to catch them? I'm the sort of person who likes to turn an insult into a compliment... or at the very least, deflect it back.

I would have tried to catch the shoes, or block them. I mean, they're only shoes. Having caught them, I would kindly walk over and return them.

Then again, I wouldn't have ever gotten myself into the predicament George W. Bush is in. I probably wouldn't be hated enough by anyone that they'd actually want to throw their shoes at me. It's a shame too, because it's the sort of thing that can show you what a person is made of.