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| Sea Island selected for 2004 G-8 Riots |
| 2003-07-16 |
| President Bush has chosen Sea Island, a posh resort community on the Georgia coast, to host next year’s meeting of leaders from the world’s major industrial countries. The meeting will be June 8-10, according to a news release from the Sea Island Co. Perdue said the island -- 60 miles south of Savannah and about a two-hour drive from Hilton Head Island -- was a great venue for security because of its proximity to several major military bases and a federal law enforcement training center. Gonna get some first hand crowd control training. Anti-globalization protesters have had a growing presence at the annual summits, where leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States meet to discuss economic and political issues. During the summit last month in Evian, France, protesters generally were kept to neighboring Switzerland, where leaders were left wondering who would pay the bill for cleaning up after the vandalism and looting. I doubt the folks in Georgia will put up with this kind of stuff from the puppet crowd. A Homeland Security official in Washington said security at the summit is expected to be federalized. As a "national special security event," the summit would be protected by Homeland Security personnel, including those from the Secret Service, Coast Guard, and other agencies. Sea Island is a private, 5-mile-long resort island about halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville, Fla. Damm, I think I had picked Fairbanks, Alaska in the pool. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #11 Barbara: Yeah, THAT brand of birdcage liner. Unfortunately, they can drive down from the East Coast via I-95 and be here in 18 hours. Actually, securing the Island itself will be very simple: There's only one bridge over the intercoastal waterway. There is, of course, access by water, but the waterways are broad and easily patrolled. They'll probably be staying at the Cloisters: I've stayed there, and it's depiction as a Mediterranean style hotel is spot-on. Classy, genteel surroundings. The surrounding private homes are beautiful. There's even one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright! If it wasn't for the attendant wackos, I'd be rather proud of how Georgia bagged this one. We've got a lot of experience from the Olympics to apply to this one... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-16 11:00:07 PM |
| #10 Ptah---I hope King's Bay has some SSN attack subs. Heaven forbid that we need SSBN's! The island would be a Roentgen lagoon after they got done. From the discussions above, sounds like Bush picked a dandy place to have a G-8 soire. My condolences to Sea Island. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-7-16 10:36:33 PM |
| #9 Ptah: Did you mean the Hotlanta Urinal and Constipation? :-) Maybe the wackos can be headed off at the pass - after all, to get anywhere on the East Coast, you've got to change planes in Atlanta. Start busting heads there and avoid the rush! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-7-16 10:25:57 PM |
| #8 NOOOOOO!!!!! That's a TWO HOUR DRIVE FROM MY HOUSE! SH*T! SH*T! SH*T! SH*T! SH*T! Ah well. To answer everyone's questions, it's not concealed carry around here, but the only way to get any money around here for a charity from a raffle is to raffle off some big-ass hunting gun of one kind or another. This is Huntin' country down here: Bow hunting too. People make ends meet around here shootin' and eatin' their meat. Alaska Paul, King's Bay is down a piece, along I-95. They base the Atlantic Trident fleet there. They'll chip in those SSNs you think would be so helpful. THIS is no-nonsense country. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution will have a hissyfit when the local cops start busting heads, naturally, but they're 5.5 hours away and in a whole different world. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-7-16 10:16:36 PM |
| #7 What kind of gun laws does Georgia have? As liberal as Louisiana? This could be fun! |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-7-16 9:27:33 PM |
| #6 That should be attacking businesses Too bad I can't type! |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-7-16 8:44:55 PM |
| #5 Anybody know if Georgia is a shall-issue state? Even if not, plenty of Georgians have hunting rifles and shotguns; should be fun when the protestors (who won't get near Sea Island) start attaching businesses. The business owners may well attack back - that would be a shock to the professional whiners' systems. :-) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2003-7-16 8:07:41 PM |
| #4 Steve---Don't pick Fairbanks, unless you want them to have sleepless nights. Pretty much 24hr daylight at that time. Better venue would be Adak, Alaska. It is quite the ex-navy base out on the aleutians. Owned by the area native corp. now. It's a long way by air and a long way by sea. A couple of SSN's would keep Greenpeace at bay. Heh heh heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-7-16 6:46:42 PM |
| #3 Announce that the summet will be in Paris and then really have it in North Dakota. Don't tell the French about the switch. Watch the fun. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-7-16 6:19:05 PM |
| #2 I agree with Mojo. Have it in North Dakota in winter. That will keep the fair-weather protestors down in Berkely, Boulder and warmer climes. Mojo's comment reminds me of a Dave Barry incident a couple of years ago where the good citizens of Grand Forks named a sewage pumping station for him and he went up for the commemoration in the middle of February. Here's an excerpt: I arrived at Grand Forks International Airport on a subzero Tuesday night. I have never been so cold in my life. And that was inside the terminal. Outside it was much worse. I'm pretty sure wolves were stalking me as I staggered across the wind-whipped parking lot, wondering if there could be a colder place on the planet. Here's a link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUrl-g28955-r692707-e__2F__Tourism__2D__g28955__2D__North_Dakota__2D__Vacations__2E__html-North_Dakota.html |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-7-16 5:02:58 PM |
| #1 I'm still pushing for Max, North Dakota in mid-winter. And yes, I do plan on running the hand-warmer concession, as well as the frostbite clinic... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-7-16 4:53:21 PM |