6/08/2004 10:12:25 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

Since I grew up in Savannah, I'm watching with great interest how the G8 Summit unfolds. What everyone probably does not know is that Sea Island is a good distance from Savannah. Sea Island is right next to St. Simon's Island, near Jekyll Island, both of which are off the coast near Brunswick. Sea Island, if done in a straight shot, is probably a 90 minute drive from Savannah. Savannah seems to be the preferred place of activity over, say, Brunswick which is much smaller with less hotel capacity, or Jacksonville, which is just as close, which is not nearly as much fun. The G8 have essentially commandeered the entire Coastal Empire.

My parents have noted the build of quick fences around government buildings downtown, as well surface-to-air missile batteries along the river downtown. I would suggest the protesters not rent a helicopter.

The largest protest thus far has been thirty, that's right, thirty people and that was in Brunswick, about an hour south. Unworthy of news coverage, one would think. But the Savannah Morning News gives the soapbox to the self-proclaimed "leader" of the protest.

Just heard on Fox News that the "free speech zone" is on what amounts to a built-up island sand bar across the Savannah River. I just hope they leave the convention center alone...

I'm a little protective. Savannah is one of the most beautiful cities in the country, if not the world. A bunch of prepubescently mature angry children need not trash it. Where do they get the idea that they have more credibility on chaos and destruction than William T. Sherman, anyhow?

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