An Afghan girl wove a special carpet with President Obama’s face, which she says she wants to present to the commander in chief out of gratitude from Americans’ sacrifice in her country.
Considering that being slapped with the sole of a shoe is an insult in the Muslim world, one wonders how much of a tribute it is.
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I wouldn’t demean the dog crap on my shoe by rubbing it off on the little god-king’s face.
Heh. Still, some are decorative and get put on the wall.
Patron: Why did you hang this picture in your gallery?
Critic: Because they couldn’t find the artist.
That’s a rug I could use in my mud room. (If I had a mud room.)
I see she has added extra stripes in back of Obama, to symbolize what his attire ought to be.
What a lovely girl with an actual skill … it always makes me sad to see stories about the women and girls in these darkest barbaric places … I want to adopt her and show her how good life can be …