Like President George W. Bush, Hillary just had a shoe thrown at her:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601949/Object-thrown-Hillary-Clinton-speech.html
In the case of Dubya, he dodged two shoes and we got to hear immediately why the shoes were thrown. However, in the case of Hillary, it was only one shoe and no rationale was provided ... other than possibly this:
An attendee later handed a reporter a piece of paper that was apparently thrown by the woman. It appeared to be a copy of a Department of Defense document labeled confidential and dated August 1967; it referred to an operation 'Cynthia' in Bolivia.
Since Ms. Rodham will still attending Wellesley College in 1967, it is not clear what (if anything) Operation Cynthia had to do with her:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/SDR.htm
To be honest, the whole thing (shoe thrown at Hillary) looks phony to me. She didn't even duck/wince until after the object had flown past her. Slow reflexes, tunnel vision, or did she know it was coming?
Hopefully we shall soon hear more about what motivated this latest shoe-throwing "attack".
By the way, In a former life as an environmental regulator for the State of Texas, I had some dealings with ISRI concerning the combustibility of auto shredder residue. Our interaction ended in disagreement, and that's all I'm going to say about it.
However, I am curious to know why Ms. Rodham was invited to speak at an ISRI conference. The US recycles and exports a LOT of ferrous and nonferrous metals to the countries whose industries are kicking our economic ass. You don't suppose that Ms. Rodham would like to continue that trend, do you?
To give you an idea how the federal government handles recycling, the USS Forrestal (the Navy's first super carrier) recently was sold to a metal recycler for 1 cent. That's right, a super carrier sold for one penny. Is that a sweetheart deal, or what?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/24/forrestal-navy-first-supercarrier-sold-for-1-penny/
I wrote the technical evaluation for the original Texas permit-by-rule authorization for the metal recycler which is cutting up the Forrestal (All Star Metals), and I don't remember them saying anything about scrapping an aircraft carrier. But that was a while ago, so maybe I just forgot. Or maybe they amended the permit (or got another one) after I retired. If anyone would like to verify whether their current air permit(s) authorize such a thing, here's where you can check:
https://webmail.tceq.state.tx.us/gw/webpub
Good luck; I never considered that particular web interface to be very user friendly.
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