Text from Nashville Ryan this morning:
Ryan: Are you going to protest China today?
Me: I'm protesting China by using Chinet.
This just in from the SF Gate:
Torch Disappears Into Pier 48 Warehouse
Updated 1:35 p.m.: Relay route shortened after clashes along the Embarcadero, prompting speculation the torch may be moved by boat to the Ferry Building.
At 2:00:
(04-09) 14:02 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Massive protests forced officials to drastically change the Beijing Olympic torch route today, with the flame leaving McCovey Cove by bus instead of being carried along San Francisco's Embarcadero by runners.
City officials cut the relay route short after a chaotic morning along the Embarcadero, where thousands of people descended to support and protest the torch run.
The torch was lit at McCovey Cove around 1:20 p.m. and the first runner - buffered by Chinese and American police - headed away from the crowd and into the Pier 48 building on the waterfront. About 20 minutes later, a convoy of vehicles, including vans and police on motorcycles, pulled out of the building and headed through downtown on Fifth Street, then up Ellis Street to Van Ness Avenue.
The convoy is now at Van Ness and Pine with torch runners possibly headed toward the Marina or through downtown and to the Ferry Building.
Thousands of people have gathered along the planned route since early this morning, with pro-torch demonstrators facing off against protesters who are hoping to draw attention to the nation's human rights record.
At 2:15
Torch Back On Foot; Route Revised
Updated 2:14 p.m.: After mass protests, Olympic flame takes a bus from Pier 48 building to Van Ness. Two runners are now carrying it on the street.
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