So the torch passed through London? How did that go?
The torch completed a seven-hour journey from the new Wembley soccer stadium in northwest London to the principal site for the 2012 Summer Olympics in Stratford on the city’s east side. Along the way, numerous protesters seeking to reach the torch were wrestled to the ground by police officers. One man carrying a fire extinguisher narrowly failed to reach the person carrying the torch, but he set off the extinguisher anyway, dousing police officers with foam.
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But for all the safeguards, the organizers had many tense moments when the denouement many had feared — the torch’s being seized or extinguished — was only narrowly avoided.
By God, that sounds like a contest to me! San Francisco, London may have beaten us out for the 2012 Olympics, but when it comes to irrational-beyond-all-measure protests, they can't even carry our gasmasks. (Well, at least not since Thatcher.)
So come on, San Francisco! We can do this! Are we going to let London beat us when it counts? Hell no. We've got something to prove now. West Coast, baby. Let's show them what Democrazy is all about.
Seriously, does anyone know where I can get a fire extinguisher? A big one? It's for, um, the kitchen.
update Er... After what happened in Paris yesterday, I feel compelled to point out the above is sarcasm
