Shoe Slam Politics

This could actually become a new Grand Slam Sporting event. The world is evolving and new sports should be added to keep public interest alive in sporting variety entertainment. The incidents of throwing shoes at politicians are becoming more and more common with the latest targeted recipient being our respected Home Minister. He probably smelt the refreshing aroma of used canvas as the shoe flung by journalist Jarnail Singh swished past his nose as he took evasive action. After Mr. George W. Bush in Baghdad, it was the turn of Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University receiving the honors from one of listeners who threw the missile and called the Premier a dictator! Now it is our famous Home Minister who became the missed target.

The popular response which shoe throwing has received in the public psyche can be judged by the fact that at http://www.sockandawe.com/91,498,174 have already hit Bush in the face and the website is even offering a $1,000 prize for the person who hits the 100,000,000th shoe. The tech freaks at DVICE even did a Top 10 listing of Internet shoe games. This just goes to show the popularity of the sport. One could actually have the worthies lined up in front of adoring audiences awaiting their turn for their brand of favorite shoe! The audience could be invited to take pot shots at random and the politician who manages to be hit the least number of times while giving a speech should be declared the winner. We could have a world finale with each participating countries’ winner and runner up going to the World finals. In fact if the response is good we could have world groupings like in soccer for regional selections who then graduate to the world finals.

The economies of various countries are in recession, just imagine the kind of shoe sales which could take place – all old stock could be sold at decent prices to participating audiences. This would boost the leather industry along with its ancillary industries!

We could have the audience also being rewarded, with the person hitting the most number of times being given a free trip to the world finale! Just imagine the marketing and advertising promos which could light up and entertain a world in recession! We could have a whole lot of talk shows going and this could actually become a real “tamasha” for the public – as it is - in Parliament all we get to see is “tamasha” but at tax payers’ expense. This could be so much more fun and really entertaining. What do you guys think?!?