05.11.05
plastic bottle throwing! oh, and by the way, assassination attempt #1
Although the shills in the mainstream media haven’t made as big a deal of it as they probably should have, someone threw an old Soviet grenade at President Bush yesterday when he was speaking in Georgia (the country, not the peach state). While Georgian security officials claim it’s not possible that the grenade could have detonated, it’s scary that it’s so easy to throw a grenade at a world leader (even one that no one likes).
My favorite part of the story is the AP’s half-assed reporting. The news item they posted this morning gives the story, and then includes this completely unrelated paragraph at the end:
“Many in the crowd were carrying plastic soda bottles, which they used to squirt water on each other to stave off the heat after hours of standing without shelter under the bright sun. There were many young people horsing around during the speeches — especially when the translation was muffled and the speech unintelligible — and some threw plastic bottles at one another for entertainment.”
What the *hell* is that about? They should just add a paragraph about chickens and Paula Abdul. I think it’s probably intended to portray the crowd, and the Georgian people, as uncivilized and rowdy. Total bullshit.