Popular Oahu beach could soon be named after President Obama

[n2doc]

Honolulu councilmembers are proposing a name change for a popular beach park on Oahu.

Sandy Beach Park could soon be named after President Barack Obama, as council members Stanley Chang and Ernest Martin propose the change to the popular body boarding spot.

The resolution was introduced Thursday after it was mentioned how much President Obama loves body surfing on the east Oahu beach and the fact that he is the first Hawaii-born president.

If the proposal goes through, it would be the first time something would be named after President Barack Obama in the state of Hawaii.

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26703073/popular-oahu-beach-could-soon-be-named-after-president-obama

[logosoco]

1. Looks like a cool place. And that would be a great thing to do.

I am just trying to imagine the republicans reaction to that. They don't do nice very well.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. plus 1

[Politicalboi]

2. Again, more proof Obama wasn't born there

If the proposal goes through, it would be the first time something would be named after President Barack Obama in the state of Hawaii.

What took so long?????

[MineralMan]

3. Cool. The best part is that Republican tourists will avoid that beach,

leaving more room for decent people to enjoy it. I like that.

[Stargazer09]

4. That is my hope, as well

Let the jerks stay far away!

[freshwest]

34. Would make it worth the visit!

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Yes, indeed!

Sign me up - if I ever get enough money to go to Hawaii, of course!

[Zambero]

14. Let them find their own nice little beach

Featuring a hairy riptide that is guaranteed to pull them rightward and out to sea, keeping company with the local shark population.

[madokie]

17. I like that thought too

[freshwest]

35. Hope the GOP will convene an investigatory committee inside a Hawaiian volcano over Beach-Gate.

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[dilby]

29. More likely they will mention it every chance they get.

Beach = Vacation = Obama on Vacation. At least it's not a Golf Course or I would never hear the end of it.

[Cha]

5. I think that would be a wonderful spot on Earth for President Obama to be named after and I

am thinking he might too.



http://www.savethewaves.org/news/obama-surfs

Mahalo, n2doc

[edhopper]

6. Are you sure

The Repugs won't name it after Reagan?

[lpbk2713]

7. I can hear the RWers pissing and moaning now.

And to them I say ... BWAHAHAHA

[Zambero]

13. Yeah, it'll likely be dubbed "Birther Beach"

By and large, whenever a locale, airport, or public building isn't automatically named after Reagan, a giant hissy fit ensues.

[JI7]

8. contrast with the things named after reagan

In this case there is a personal connection making it more special with some meaning.

In Reagan's case they just want his name on everything including government property.

[Cha]

11. Exactly, JI7! ".. personal connection making it more special with some meaning." :)

[Cha]

12. Obama Beach!

[lurch2]

15. Don't support it.

I don't tend to support things like this, no matter the person. Council members will spend time discussing this when they could be dealing with something of substance. Tax money will be spent to buy and install new signs, tax money that could be spent on much more critical things. Whats the upside for John Q. Public?
If you want to stroke someones ego buy naming something after them, do it with something new that doesn't already have a name. Maybe a new building or a new road.

[Botany]

16. works for me

The man has done an awesome job and if the people of Hawaii want to name
a beach in his honor and with an understanding that he loves to body surf I have
no problem with it.

[Terra Alta]

18. Hope it goes through.

And when it does I fully expect RW heads to explode. But of course, it's alright for them to name an airport after Reagan, who fired the striking air traffic control workers. RWers are hypocrites.

[Botany]

20. As a straight man I take great joy in the fact that very soon two gay people ...

.... will be able to get married on Obama Beach. Things have changed and their is no
going back.

T A

[panader0]

19. I used to go to Sandy Beach all the time in high school.

We didn't call it body surfing, we called it body "whomping" because the waves broke almost on the sand. after graduation night
(1968), we all met there to sober up. I believe the picture above of Obama is at Sandy Beach.
PS: the beach in the background is the body surfing area. In the foreground is a place called "Blowhole" because when the waves come in, they go through a hole in the lava and spurt way up in the air. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608020520203322853&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
(picture of blowhole)

[Hekate]

23. LOL. Which high school you wen go?

I'm Kailua High, class of '65.

[panader0]

24. Punahou, class of '68

Whas up brudda?
My mom taught there, so I was able to attend for free. Otherwise it would have been Radford. My mom was a career teacher, and when my dad got stationed at Hickam AFB, mom went to check out the high schools. When she discovered that some of the teachers spoke pidgin, she put her foot down. Punahou was a great school, but 90% of the students were rich, entitled fucks. I never looked back.

[Hekate]

30. Seestah, seestah; no' bruddah.

Kailua High was strict when I was there, but then I was put in the college prep track and really had to bust my buns. '65 was before they split the school, so we had nearly 2,000 students.

Punahou was another world from us in every way possible. We had no money, and public education was nearly free -- which is the whole point of public education afaic.

It's funny about Obama having gone there -- now Mainlanders have heard of it. Now when people hear I'm originally from the Islands, they sometimes ask if I went to Punahou and I'm really bemused.

I'm sorry your classmates sucked: there would definitely be a class structure at a place like Punahou, with its place in the history of the Islands. But I'm glad you felt you got the education anyway.

[mahina]

21. Not going to happen.

Ernie Martin and Stanley Chang are in deep kimchi over this already.

And I love President Obama, and love that he bodysurfs Sandy's.

[Hekate]

22. I like the idea. I see the beach is as beautiful as ever, too.... nt

[KamaAina]

25. Whoa! BHO bodysurfs at Sandy's?

Hell, the one time I was there, I just stood in the water waist-deep -- and promptly got knocked stem to stern by a gigantic wave! There was sand in just about every orifice one can imagine.

[KamaAina]

26. One would imagine that by now Roberts would be offering an Obama tour

the omnipresent tour company out there that even runs the airport shuttles. There's Punahou, of course, which as panader0 knows puts many college campuses to shame; his grandma's apartment on Beretania St. where he lived after his wife died; the Baskin-Robbins around the corner from there, where he once worked (it's still there!), his favorite shave-ice joint nearby (which offers an Obama-themed flavor of the popular local delicacy!), and, of course, Barack Obama Beach.

[panader0]

31. Shave ice! So good at the "Chink" store at the corner.

I actually thought that was the name of the store, and it may have been. Shave ice--10 cents. Sushi--10 cents.
Plus li hi moi (spelling?), the dried plum seeds, heavily salted. And the great pacalolo...

[KamaAina]

33. It's li hing mui

and it is my sad duty to inform you that ALL of it is now made with aspartame.

Also, it's pakalolo. Why don't they just go ahead and legalize it already??

[mainer]

27. It's actually a rather dangerous spot for body surfing.

More than a few neck injuries and cases of quadriplegia happen on that beach. The surf rolls you under.

But yes, it's a gorgeous spot.

[Keefer]

28. Not going to happen:

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26726970/hawaii-officials-drop-plan-to-name-park-for-obama

[mahina]

32. Right?