"It's nihilism."
The World Surf League issued an email late last night relating to the upcoming Hurley Pro Sunset Beach, reminding “petty, whiny, constantly complaining, cry baby” surf fans that “patience is a virtue.” Yes, the window on the second 2024 championship tour event of the season is open, but there have been no waves ridden, no scores locked. The “global home of surfing” has been decidedly snakebit, when in comes to conditions, during the past year, extending into this one. Some blame former CEO Erik Logan’s famed poo-poo touch. Others, an unfortunate luck of the draw.
Whoever, or whatever, is at fault, at least we have Huntington Beach.
Surf City, USA has long been cherished, amongst the aforementioned surf fans, for its riots and crumbly hippity hoppity waves though only really enjoyed in the summertime. Now, as the Orange County gem is providing year ’round fun as a brave “culture war capital.”
Reuters, helping cement the reputation, declares:
Huntington Beach, a city of about 194,000, has become a microcosm of a polarized America in the Trump era. Norms of comity have given way to a zero-sum game where total conquest is sought because the opposing party’s values are seen as un-American.
“It’s a blood sport to be involved in Huntington Beach,” said Tony Strickland, part of the conservative council majority. “So many people are active. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing.”
The new council majority in Huntington Beach voted to remove books deemed as having sexual content from the teen section of the library, restricted who could give the opening prayer before city council meetings, and stripped the three liberals of assignments on boards and commissions. Last week it took on the border dispute in far away Texas.
On the left side, Protect Huntington Beach is seeking to take down their sworn political enemies.
“We know that other cities and counties are watching us,” Cathey Ryder, one of the founders of Protect Huntington Beach, told the news service. Dan Kalmick, one of the three liberals on the council, labeled the majority’s actions “nihilism.”
“It just seems to be spite and trying to own the libs,” he said. “Taking this level of national politics down to the local level breaks local government, and that’s what we’ve done.”
Elections are less than one month away, Surf City’s fate decided by the people.
Do you have a horse in the race?
HB native. Ex-Christian atheist. Minarchist, seduced by anarchy. Anarchy burger, hold the government.
Social conservatives are kooky and annoying.
But, at the same time, red states are far better places to live, now that “progressives” have decided to allow and encourage street crime while simultaneously restricting anyone’s right to defend themselves from it — all the while having the cops stand down rather than protect taxpayers.
In the name of “harm reduction”, they enable drug addiction in the streets, without offering addicts a path to recover. In San Francisco, you can get free needles and shoot up in a public facility, but you can’t go to rehab to get off the shit unless you’re rich.
Maslow’s hierarchy favors the conservative places, even if my own values of laissez-faire social policy doesn’t. If you get stabbed in front of your place in Venice and the cops won’t do anything about the crazy people living in the sidewalk, for the moment you don’t have time to care about a liberal social environment.
Are you in OC? Chances are, you have friends and relatives who live in Idaho, now, where the one In-N-Out famously has hour-long lines. You still have to hide your pot, there, but you won’t get stabbed if you go downtown at night.
It’s a terrible double bind. Listening to Bad Religion (still great in concert after 4 decades BTW) and fretting about the world’s problems over a few glasses of hard kombucha, is a luxury best found in places with conservative governance.
So, while I myself (married to a university librarian, no less) don’t like the religious right flavor this has taken on in my hometown, I am also glad AF my elderly mom lives in relatively safe, clean HB, as opposed to a lot of other beach towns in SoCal (I’ve lived in at least 6). The cops and HBFD have actually helped my parents, over the years, and there’s nobody camped out on my mom’s sidewalk.
What to do?
No third party has gotten off the ground since Lincoln was elected in 1861. So we get to vote Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich, even if we went neither.
I hate Democrats. I have lived here all my life 56 years and I will be dammed if I let Democrats destroy it.. look at San Francisco, Los Angeles. If you want that get out.
56 years old and you write like a 4th grader.
Look at the violent crime statistics in the US and compare them to Canada.
I am saddened that Huntington Beach has lost it’s way. The city council majority is taking us down the rabbit hole
Nope
Flag in profile tells you all you need to know. Bet they wear a mask while driving alone.
Huh, didnt realize whatshisfave from that shit band was in Big Lebowski
According to legend, George Freeth landed in HB. Duke landed in Santa Cruz (along with others). Nuuhiwa and Takayama also landed in HB. Freeth told them their greenery was a mo’ betta smoke.
Ok, wtf was this article even about? Who wrote this horse shite?!? It looks like two disperate stories were stitched together like Frankenstein to make a semi-cohesive but totally unnecessary story. What’s the “news”? And if not news, where’s the “opinion”? You like your words, don’t you? Your stream of consciousness is not a ride worth taking.
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The left ruins everything they touch and the Huntington Beach citizens don’t want their city ruined.
It’s pretty simple, why just look at Compton, Bell, South Los Angeles, Baldwin Park etc….etc……
If you look at the demographic statistics and the trends you’ll see Canada becoming like the US in terms of violent crime.
Native Americans are a mess and it has little to do with colonialism and more to do with alcohol, welfare and the perpetuation of a culture that hasn’t evolved.
Yes, they’ve managed to get themselves casinos but they’re mostly run by non Native Americans.
here, in the utmost west, in the heart of Valinor, this news is no news. The valaquendi tell me all mighty Ulmo is pissed as fuck, ( although here we call him Tangaroa) which is why you get no contest worthy swell. Straighten that shit out. find the middle already, and return to reason. Remember, male and female he made them, but also he didn’t make them fundementalist cunts.
breaks both ways…
HB is the 909 with waves.
Lol
So not catchy
I’ve had those bagels…no chance in hell.
Can demographics play a part in how well Canadians get along?
How about population size?
Get you an anthem sung by GOD like we did in Australia: https://www.youtube.com/wat…
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Pauly censoring again.
I didn’t censor anything. Thought I’d leave you with your ass hanging out.
The comments being censored has your hallmark Goebbels stink all over it.
I don’t know what to tell you, Otto. I’m not the only one who thinks that you’re not a good person.
What does “good person” mean to you?
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Is that you?
Except that it costs the government unnecessary millions in signage, lawsuits, etc.
Air Canada is being perpetually sued by a French speakers over inconsequential nonsense.
C’est la vie !
Xox
germaphobe?