”Now that’s some funky freepin’!”
Posted on 11/10/2003 8:26:03 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
What have you got when a bunch of right wing extremists are standing on a corner in North Beverly Hills, in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, wearing crazy costumes and holding signs while a nearly endless stream of RICH, OLD, WHITE GUYS IN SUV's and luxury sedans pull up the driveway? Why it must be a GOP FUNDRAISER, RIGHT?!?!!?? After all, if it was a gathering of progressive, environmentally concerned, liberal people of conscience celebrating the achievements of DAN RATHER, they'd all be driving hybrid vehicles or riding their ten speed bikes up the driveway, RIGHT?
Welcome to the land of celebrity activists, and DNC activists-- otherwise known as journalists. Tonight was the big night for Dan Rather, who is being honored for his "steadfast commitment to fair and accurate news reporting" by the Museum of Television and Radio. How apropos that Dan's big night is taking place on SUNSET BOULEVARD.
Freepers RonDog, DoughtyOne, diotima, DavidDennis, absalom1, DoctorZin and Outraged were there with some fabulous signs: "CBiaS", "Losing Share? Try the Truth," and RonDog was dressed as Sadam being pitched "softballs." I was dressed as Blind Justice holding a scale with one side reading "left" and the other reading "far left." Hopefully, DavidDennis will be putting up the pictures soon, and he also took video.
We were standing right at the foot of the driveway, on the intersection of Beverly, Crescent and Sunset so we got a lot of traffic, and the attendees not only drove by us, but sometimes the cars on the driveway got backed up and they were forced to be at a standstill next to our signs. One lady started waving her hand at us as if to say, "oh stop it, just go away." As I think Diotima pointed out (along with the SUV issue), they would just love to get rid of the 1st Amendment when it comes to us.
;-)
”Now that’s some funky freepin’!”
The Beverly Hills police drive Chevy Tahoes.
We were standing right at the foot of the driveway, on the intersection of Beverly, Crescent and Sunset so we got a lot of traffic...That would be HERE:
...from:
pre-FReep details:
Dan Rather, Beverly Hills Hotel, MONDAY (11/10) 6 pm - parking, signs, food
Free Republic to Protest Rather “Fair and Balanced” Award ^ | November 9, 2004 | RonDog, Hollywood Resistance Force (LA) & OC chapter
Posted on 11/09/2003 8:10 AM PST by RonDog
Here are some last minute details for our upcoming FReep:
Parking, directions, sign ideas, costumes,
post-FReep "food and fellowship," etc. - as we...
FReep DAN RATHER!
INSIDE: The Museum of Television and Radio plans to award Dan Rather
for his "steadfast commitment to fair and accurate news reporting." (!)
OUTSIDE: Free Republic plans PROTEST this absurd decision
with HUMOR and PARODY. :o)Monday, November 10th - from 6 pm to 8 pm!
Museum of Television & Radio Gala
Hosted by Jay Leno
at the
Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, Calif. (310) 786-1000CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread
Thank you for posting this thread!And thank you for being "RATHER Blind Justice: Left and Far Left!"
Your adorable little daughter is going to grow up to be an EXTRAORDINARY FReeper, too! :o)
Here is the HONOR ROLL for tonight's FReep:RonDog
Bob J
diotima
daviddennis
Doctor ZIn
Cinnamon Girl (and her young daughter)
absalom01
Outraged
DoughtyOne
*dies laughing* That's clever!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!From www.amazing.com/politics/freeping/2003-11-10:
Dateline: Beverly Hills, California.Enjoy!The belly of the beast. The very soul of liberal LA. The limos, the lights, the glamour ... the perfect place for a freep!
We took our case to the streets, to the cars, right in the faces of the liberal elite.
The theme was "softballs for Saddam", and the idea was someone would play Dan Rather asking Saddam the tritest and stupidest of questions, as Saddam bounced them easily off. Sadly, we didn't try this; since there is almost no foot traffic in Beverly Hills, there was no way for anyone to really observe it. Instead, it was largely a guerilla mission, latching on to individual drivers in cars, as they slowly drove down the driveway towards the Beverly Hills Hotel.
And what could be more LA than that, or the rich displays of Mercedes, BMWs, Jaguars and Rollses?
Here are a few pictures from the event. I got mostly video, which will be posted soon.
 CinnamonGirl explains Dan Rather's idea of justice. |
 Our giant CBiaS sign |
 We deploy ourselves along the driveway |
 A closeup of Cinnamon Girl's great scales |
 Ron plays Saddam with a fearful flair |
 The gang, posing for a reporter |
 A Group Picture |
 Another Group Picture |
 Celebrating After the Event |
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