Thai PBS Ran a small piece about this this morning.
Apperently, some villagers in the Punjab have felt hard done by by their politicians and MP's.
In a response, they have created effigies of these politicians, at which they then use for target practice by hurling their shoes.
Obviously inspired by the GW incident
YouTube - Shoe-throwing fever catches on!
Maybe the UK/US needs to do something along the same lines?