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Simon Surfs (Photos)
Associated Press ^ | August 11, 2002 | Reed Saxon

Posted on 08/11/2002 3:51:08 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon makes a turn on a wave during a morning of surfing Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon waxes his new surfboard, a 9-foot 3-inch performance longboard emblazoned with the state flag of California, before hitting the waves for a morning of surfing Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon stands with a new surfboard, a 9-foot 3-inch performance longboard emblazoned with the state flag of California, before hitting the waves for a morning of surfing Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002, at Will Rogers State Beach in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades area. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002
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To: Aunt Polgara
FOFL!!!
21 posted on 08/11/2002 6:26:55 PM PDT by homeschool mama
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To: Fidgit
check out #14
22 posted on 08/11/2002 6:27:34 PM PDT by homeschool mama
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To: All; ElkGroveDan; Joy Angela; Mercuria; doug from upland; DoughtyOne; Ticonderoga; ...
NEVER FORGET

...The ONLY reason California's Governor GRAY DAVIS (D) is now pushing to only DOUBLE our yearly Department of Motor Vehicle Car/Truck Registrtion Fee's, and not TRIPLING them like he really wants too, in his current State Budget pending in the State Legislature...

...is the strong Candidacy of BILL SIMON (R) now running against him.

...Let's see now...

...if you are now paying a $350 Yearly Car/Truck Registration Fee, because of Gov. GRAY DAVIS (D) you will be paying $700 this year and over $1,000 the next.

...In your Voting for California Governor be sure to...

...FOLLOW YOUR MONEY...???

23 posted on 08/11/2002 7:28:11 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
You are right ... and it gets worse ... if Davis wins (God forbid!) we have to face major tax increases next year because his budget is smoke and mirrors ... it DOESN'T BALANCE!!!!! He's borrowing and moving money and postponing spending and a bunch of other accounting tricks. Arthur Andersen would be proud of him!!!!
24 posted on 08/11/2002 7:34:54 PM PDT by Gophack
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Did I read correctly that the budget contains a sales tax on home sales? (this was on another thread)
25 posted on 08/11/2002 7:35:14 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: ElkGroveDan

26 posted on 08/11/2002 7:48:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: All; Aunt Polgara; Alamo-Girl; Snow Bunny; goldilucky
NEVER FORGET

...In his Year 2001 CHINA-GATE Plea Bargain Hearing in Los Angeles...

...China Army Money Kingpin and HILLARY/BILL Contributor ..JAMES RIADY.. admitted under oath in Federal Court that right after he gave big contributions to the Democrat National Committee...

...California Democrats GRAY DAVIS, DIANE FEINSTEIN and MICHAEL WOO immediately opened up personal bank accounts in RIADY's China Army-backed LIPPO BANK. He also admitted that NO Democrats had returned any of the China Army Money he had given them, regardless of what they have been telling the American People to the contrary on National TV.

...The Enemy is now Within and always has been as AP Reporter LINDA DEUSTCH was sitting in that Courtroom and NEVER reported this to the American People in her 2 AP Stories about ..JAMES RIADY.. getting his...

..'GET OUT OF JAIL FREE'.. Card compliments of the BUSH/ASHCROFT Justice Dept's following the lead of the CLINTON/RENO Justice Dept.

...For more ..see my Bookmarked ..JAMES RIADY.. Freerepublic Threads simply by hitting the.. ALOHA RONNIE ..on this Post.

Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE/a Witness who sat right behind AP's LINDA DEUSTCH in Federal Court that day.

NEVER FORGET

27 posted on 08/11/2002 7:54:03 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ElkGroveDan
This one is a thread killer in size, but its one of the coolest big wave photos i've seen.


28 posted on 08/11/2002 7:54:52 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Gophack
...GRAY DAVIS =

...ARTHUR ANDERSEN...

29 posted on 08/11/2002 7:56:46 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: tubebender
...GRAY DAVIS Sales TaX on Home Sales...?

...Where is our California TV Media on this "Little" Number of his...???

...GRAY DAVIS =

...LIGHTS OUT =

...BUDGET BUSTER =

...HOMESTEAD YOUR HOUSE...???

30 posted on 08/11/2002 8:03:37 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: RenoBuster
...ALOHA BILL SIMON...

...See Post #27...

31 posted on 08/11/2002 8:06:22 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: RichInOC
That may be a great campaign t-shirt.
DAVIS DON'T SURF
32 posted on 08/11/2002 8:07:47 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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To: Gophack
...GRAY DAVIS =

...JAMES RIADY...

33 posted on 08/11/2002 8:09:30 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Bump!
34 posted on 08/11/2002 8:09:46 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
The post on the home sales tax is over on the Calif message board. Posted by Burleem.
35 posted on 08/11/2002 8:38:06 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
I will never forget that day of March 19, 2001 sitting in that federal courtroom and watching James Riady getting a free ride. Feinstine, Woo and Davis should be criminally charged for aiding and abetting enemies of this type. In fact, they should also be wearing orange jumpsuits!
36 posted on 08/11/2002 9:33:56 PM PDT by goldilucky
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To: ElkGroveDan
I'll give him credit, he's standing up on his board, moving forward, but I don't see the wave. If his old man was a top notch surfer, he would never have bothered with such a tiny "wave".
37 posted on 08/12/2002 1:33:48 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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To: Jeff Chandler
It depends upon when the picture was taken.

He's probably holding his balance as long as possible and riding the foam all the way in for the photographer. Like all waves, I'm sure it was bigger than that when it curled.

38 posted on 08/12/2002 8:15:59 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan; TwoStep
For all Simon supporters:
Received this from my friend Judy's husband Gerry. Thought I would share it with all.

David Horowitz has said that one of his goals in life is to teach conservatives bad manners - and we really
need to learn them. The problem with us Republicans is that we are scrupulously decent. We abhor scandal
in the ranks of the opposition as well as on our own side. As a result, whenever one of ours is tainted by
even the whiff of a second hand scandal, we throw them overboard. Democrats, on the other hand, tough it
out. If their guy gets caught taking illegal campaign contributions they brazenly stand up and say that we
need tougher campaign laws to get rid of all this corruption. When a Democrat gets caught - oh, let's just
pull up a hypothetical situation - getting serviced by an intern in the oval office and lying to a grand jury
about it - they all sing from the same hymn book about how nasty Republicans are for bringing it up
(bringing up the topic, not the...well, you know). On the other hand, a nominally Republican boor, like Bob
Packwood, is escorted to the nearest exit by Republicans and Democrats (who find sexual harassment by
anyone with an (R) next to their name, unforgiveable).

Democrats have no sense of decency so indecent behavior on the part of their candidates is a none issue.
No California Democrats are even considering dumping the most corrupt and incompetent governor in the
nation, a man who makes Huey Long look like George Washington, a man who makes drunken sailors look
like Ebenezer Scrooge, a man who never met a tax he didn't hike. But some lawsuit-lottery trial lawyer
convinces twelve people whose combined IQ is probably less than the boiling point of water, that a big-bad
company did wrong to his pathetic client, and that big-bad company had something to do with Bill Simon,
and all at once our guy has headlice? C'mon. We're all grown-ups here. Can we talk? In today's litigious
climate, if you become successful, you become a target. Someone is going to think that you done them
wrong and your money should be theirs (less 30% for the contingency fee trial-lawyer). And if enough of
these corporate ambulance-chasing parasites go after you, one is going to hit the lottery and come up with
the trifecta of pathetic client, convincing attorney, and idiot jury. If we write off every potential candidate who
has been successful enough to become a target for this kind of extortion, aren't we excluding our best and
brightest from a shot at making things better?

I'm not sure where I heard this phrase, bit it is a rule to live by - "don't let the perfect be the enemy of the
good". Is Bill Simon the perfect candidate? No. Neither is anybody else. Will he be a better Governor than
Grey Dufus? If your answer is no - than vote for Grey, join the Democrat Party and get ready to surrender
your paycheck to the state treasurer. If the answer is yes, then get out there, work for our guy, write some
checks and learn some bad manners.

I guess Gerry has said it all. Bill Simon for Governor!


39 posted on 08/12/2002 8:27:52 AM PDT by broomhilda
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To: ElkGroveDan
I wonder if he skeet surfs?
40 posted on 08/12/2002 8:52:22 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler
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