Hope and Change [1].
The election of Barack Obama was supposed to lead us out of confusion and into the dawn of a new age, away from The Dark Days where Satire Was Dead [2].
Darn it! The Real World™ isn't supposed to trump satire!
So you have a former Weather Underground member who now is pro-military, throwing shoes at the anti-military Socialist Mayor, in a protest that would fall under the "community of sanctuary" protection if the protester still was a member of the Weather Underground and protesting against the Iraq war. Only in Ithaca.
Via Instapundit [3], “Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Pro-Military Protestor Throws Shoes At Socialist Mayor [4]”
Sigh.
[1] http://www.barackobama.com/
[2] http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
[3] http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/68757/