HUNTINGTON BEACH in its days as an oil drilling center. Also known as “The good old days.”

I get a smile out of a lot of things that many people find appalling. And over the last year I’ve received a few giggles from local politics.

The final chortle of 2023 comes from this week’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council in which the calendar of historic observances got a haircut. Out goes “Black History Month” and “Women’s History Month” and in is – control your smirks – “Black Gold Jubilee – Honoring the Discovery of Oil.”

Now, I don’t mind so much what the council majority selected as I note that we’re seeing demonstrated is a term I learned during my military adventures: If the enemy is within range, so are you.

By this I mean that now that the Big Four has decided to stamp months with its own agenda, a precedent has been created. What happens when – and it will happen – The Other Side gets its hand on the Big Wheel O’ Virtue Signaling and starts remaking things in its image?

We can look forward to Oprah Winfrey Month, and The Tom Hanks Film Festival. There will be “Heroes of the Welfare State” and “I Have Three Mommies.”

“Electric Car Month” will replace “Black Gold Jubilee” and “Greatest Hits of Woody Guthrie” will be sung before each council meeting.

Yes, my friends, anything you do to stick it to the other side will some day be stuck into you. Quid pro quo. Hey, that would be a good name for a month …