Bush Shoer Released

The Iraqi journalist who threw a pair of shoes at President Bush was released on Tuesday after serving nine months. "I'm not a hero," he said, "but when I saw the war criminal Bush, I wanted to show my resentment–after six years of occupation, this killer came to my country smiling and bragging about victory."

The shoe figures prominently in the Middle East in both the Jewish and Arab traditions; by the Arabs considered it an insult to show the bottom of one’s shoe; in Torah it is considered a disgrace to go without shoes. Spiritually shoes are considered filthy, having tread upon the earth and thereby require the washing of the hands before prayer; the Arabs take off their shoes before they pray.

Spiritually speaking there is an angel whose job it is to tie the earth with the heaven; the angel’s name is Matatron also known as Sandalar (like in Sandal) because the shoe connects heaven to earth through the medium of the human being standing erect with head in heaven and feet on the ground. On Yom Kipur/Day of Atonement coming up soon the congregation goes without shoes a sign of no interruption between the Jewish People and God.

The Iraqi shoe slinger who took down the president has served his time for breaking the law yet there remains a spiritual significance to what he did. In the Talmud-Book of Law is written about finishing a process with Maka B’Patesh/Hammer Hit–it was this last hit of humiliation which ended the ancient prophesied War of Gog and Magog.