Bush shoe attack spawns artwork
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7859444.stm

A sculpture of an enormous bronze-coloured shoe has been erected in Iraq to honour the journalist who threw his shoes at ex-US President George W Bush.
The sofa-sized artwork was formally unveiled in Tikrit, hometown of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.
Artist Laith al-Amari insisted it was not a political work, but a "source of pride for all Iraqis".
Mr Bush managed to dodge the shoes but the man who threw them, Muntadar al-Zeidi, was arrested and awaits trial.
As he pulled off his shoes, Mr Zeidi, now 30, shouted: "This is from the widows, the orphans, and those who were killed in Iraq."
He also told Mr Bush, who launched the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was paying a final visit to Iraq last month: "This is a farewell kiss, you dog".

Not exactly a worthy addition to Iraq's several millennia of fine cultural heritage. But hey, it's funny, so who cares?!

I love the fact that the shoe is filled with a giant bush.

I love how the photograph makes it look MASSIVE, like motorways and urban sprawl could snake around this giant towering monolith of a shoe.