Rose Revolution II: Rose Harder

Details about another revolution evolving in Georgia from Sue and Not U can be found here and here. Georgia's requisite troubled province, Adjara, is overseen by a paper dictator, Aslan Abashidze, whose authority is more ingrained by years of neglect from the capitol than by any fundamental tie to the people—who turned out in droves to vote for Saakashvili in the elections after the Rose Revolution. But because this Abashidze fellow is the bouffant-sporting sort, he's promising violence and chaos and non-televised revolutions and even blowing up some bridges. From what I'm reading, Abashidze doesn't have the mandate to command his defection-prone militia to fire on other Georgians, so we're crossing our fingers for another peaceful resolution.

Exciting times for Georgians, for whom the "new alphabet" is the one installed several years before the birth of Jesus Christ.