DIDN'T HE HAVE HIS 15 MINUTES? – AT 8:30 P.M. ET:  Our Iranian activist friend, Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi, alerts us to the latest comeback kid.  Do you remember the guy who threw the shoe at President Bush when the president was in Iraq?  His name is Muntazer Al-Zaidi, and he's baaack:

Interviewer: In your view, Obama is not very different from Bush, even if he wraps the actions of the US in false humanitarian wrapping.

Muntazer Al-Zaidi: We have a saying in Iraqi Arabic – and I’m sure the Egyptian brothers living in Iraq know it. “Away goes a white dog, and along comes a black dog.” They are the same, except for the color. Away goes a white US president, and along comes a black president. They are no different.

COMMENT:  Real class, huh?  Apparently, this guy thinks he can become some kind of Arab hero.  He didn't get the book deal the first time around.  Maybe he dreams of being a commentator on MSNBC, and, given MSNBC's taste, he might just get hired. 

It's time for NASA to reach out to him.

July 7, 2010