[RonDog]

EXCELLENT, davidbennis!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

From www.amazing.com/politics/freeping/2003-11-10:

RatherBiased

Dateline: Beverly Hills, California.

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.

Enjoy!

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

[RonDog]

There were MANY "stars" at this event, but they all came out to see the cast of Friends - NOT Dan Rather. :o)

(The producers from that show were also honored at the dinner.)

FWIW, the photos posted so far from our FReep do NOT do it justice.

We were all over the MAIN ENTRANCE to the hotel, and we OVERWHELMED many dozens of cars arriving for this event.

More on that soon - and wait until you see the VIDEO!

daviddennis had HIS (powerful) spotlight, and Bob J had another one, and with these mighty torches, we BLASTED the signs held by FReepers posted along both sides of the narrow driveway entering the hotel.

To the arriving guests, it must have really looked like we had our our "media blitz" going on out there! :o)

We did meet one guy from Reuters - who was waiting for his date, and not strictly covering the event - or us, but he should make a GREAT contact in the future.

And, we got a LONG interview with the EDITOR of TelevisionWeek...

[RonDog]

We deploy ourselves along the driveway

Special thanks to the DC Chapter's Doctor Raoul for the AMAZING "cartoon hand" which he graciously sent out west when we FReeped Hillary's appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno:

From LEFT: RonDog as Saddam, with "cartoon hand" and "softball"
Bob J with one of abner's signs, and a floodlight for illuminating a similar sign across the driveway
Cinnamon Girl's "RATHER Blind Justice: Left and Far Left" scales

From www.costumeuniverse.com:

Costume Cartoon Hands

These jumbo padded costume hand mitts are made of soft fabric 13" X 13" at widest points.
Perfect for cartoon character costumes.

$16.95 US Dollars/Unit/s

This thing is IRRESISTIBLE to passersby.

When people see me wave with that goofy giant hand, they INSTINCTIVELY smile and wave.

(Note: I am dressed a brutal mass-murdering tyrant, and they smile and wave.)

A giant "cartoon hand" should be "standard issue" for EVERY FReep, EVERYWHERE across the USA, imho.

And, NO, Doc - you're NOT getting this one back. :o)

[RonDog]

Our giant CBiaS sign

Congratulatioms also to LA Chapter president DoughtyOne for his HUGE (and hugely EFFECTIVE) "monster" sign:

diotima and DoughtyOne hold our giant CBiaS sign

D1: Please tell us precisely HOW to make one of these banners, O.K.?

How big was it, overall?

You have a program that chops it up into smaller, printable pages, right?

[RonDog]

Celebrating After the Event

Celebrating After the Event
L to R: RonDog (in "CBS NEWS" hat), absalom01; DoughtyOne; diotima (hidden); Bob J; Doctor ZIn
(TAKING the picture is our extraordinary LA Chapter videographer, the amazing daviddennis)

ANOTHER extremely important tradition that we learned from the DC Chapter is post-FReep "food and fellowship..."

...where we review what we did RIGHT, and what we could have done BETTER.

Plus, it is always a lot of FUN to celebrate a successful FReep, and start planning for the NEXT one. :o)

[Happy2BMe]

That CBiaS sign (with the RAT logo in the CBiaS eye) is the BOMB!

Excellent - Champion FREEPING kudos to all!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

DOWN AND OUT (AND FREEPED) IN BEVERLY HILLS
[LA Chapter FReeps Dan Rather!]

Great Freep California Freepers !

Thanks for the report, Cinnamon Girl !

Thanks for posting pics, Ron Dog ! (post #39) ...

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[Interesting Times]

Great stuff, guys.

Cinnamon, you make a terrific Lady Liberty, but we gotta get you some new scales... :)>

[FIT-AIM-ACT-1]

Well done to all...