Frank_M wrote:
?Spend. Buy gadgets. Own a large television. Enjoy the creative efforts of others, not your own. Own a home. Stay there. Own a car. Drive that mile, don?t walk. Don?t leave the country. Forget your roots. Eat garbage. Drink sugar water. Take your pills. Work! Be popular. Be enviable. Impress people. Ignore the man behind the curtain. Ignore the 500 pound gorilla in the room. Dominate your environment. Worship heroes. Support the troops. Reach for the new American Dream. Reach for the filthy lucre. Keep up with the Joneses. Check their status on Facebook. Do it now! Don?t interact with strangers. Speak loudly if you want to be heard. Be entitled to anything you want. Breed. Drive defensively. Think about money. Trust enormous corporations. Think about money some more. Fear losing your job. Fear losing your home. Fear terrorism. Fear socialism. Fear taxes. Fear democrats. Fear the reaper. But don?t be a victim. Buy a gun. Protect yourself. Protect your family. Guard the homestead. Show them who?s boss.?

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Frank_M wrote:
That opinion piece is complete garbage, and it?s ironic that the author claims ?activists? have ?incredibly naive assumptions about human behavior,? to make her point. Ms. Brown, like many self-centered, unworldly Americans, seems not to comprehend that the very nature of our society, which in no small part includes a fetish for weaponry and competition, is itself a catalyst for violent thought and behavior. When we treat everything like a war, we should expect to find ourselves in the midst of one.

So in your opinion if every state were to allow concealed carry and allow law abiding citizens to own guns gun crime would go up? Because you have to remember criminals do not care about gun laws. Even if a law limiting bullets ever passed you better believe someone will be making his own rounds in his basement the next day and selling them in the streets in no time.

tommyc_37 wrote:
I am saddened to report on my first negative experience at Surf City.

On Saturday, after a day on the water, some friends and I walked over to the bar to grab some drinks and possibly some food. As we came within about 20 feet of the door, we heard and then saw a ruckus breaking out, and about 2-3 bouncers punching and pushing 2 patrons who were fighting, and forcibly removing them from the bar. RIGHT in front of us, the bouncers smashed the kids to the ground and pinned them.

Nevertheless, we still went in (we had run out of beer at the dock!). I told the guy checking IDs that the owners had been broadcasting on Facebook that this place was NOT going to be this kind of place, and he said something along the lines of "that's what we're trying to do and that's why we kicked those 2 out". Well, upon entering the bar and walking through to the outside, the loud thumps of bass music became audible. My face just dropped when I realized that they were blasting the exact kind of music "fist-pumping kind of music" that they said they would NOT be playing. Needless to say, the clientele was collectively pretty trashy. And the music was God awful. I like some electronic music if it's good and creative ... this was just really, really bad.

It's unbelievable that after only a few weeks, they have resorted to the type of music and clientele that THEY specifically said they would not tolerate.

What happened, Surf City?

I really want this place to work. The couple of times I was there in the daytime, I had a great time.

If you don't play hip hop or dance/trance, that kind of crowd will not come, and you will have a successful business. If you play that kind of music and let thugs in, there will be fights and the police will be there every night.

Needless to say, as we headed out, we heard and saw all sorts of loud and flashy vehicles peeling out of their parking spaces into the dark night.

If they don't change their act soon (like within a week or 2), this place will turn off every person who they initially sought to attract, and word will spread in the thug/meathead community of this new hot club, and it will very quickly become infested. It kind of already is too late, after what I saw on Saturday.

Really disappointing.

Asif wrote:
I have also noticed alot of workers on the waterfront don't pay....since its much easier for them to hop on and off since there are 4 stations within a minute or two of each other.

MDM wrote: how is it advantageous to be able to pump your own gas? It's not like you have to tip the attendants or anything Its faster to pump your own. The cheaper full service stations often have only one or two attendants. You often have to wait to get filled up and pay.