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Entries for September 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010 |
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Early Voting sites open now across state
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 19988 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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VOTE EARLY! Here is a complete list of Walk-in absentee/early voting sites and hours for all four counties.
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Friday, September 3, 2010 |
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The Audacity of Failure
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:26 AM :: 5643 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the U.S. economy lost 125,000 jobs in June and then the August report found another 131,000 jobs were lost in July. Today the Labor Department released the September jobs report, showing nonfarm payrolls decreased again by 54,000 and that the nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.6%.
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Friday, September 3, 2010 |
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Colleen Hanabusa's Recovery Bummer: Unemployment at 9.6%
By News Release @ 9:56 AM :: 8963 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Washington- House Democrats’ summer recess is almost over and it’s time for Colleen Hanabusa and her out-of-touch friends to face the music. With another failed attempt at recovery under their belts, Democrats are facing a bruising uphill battle this November. With unemployment at an unacceptably high 9.6 percent and way above the once-promised eight percent, Democrats have officially run out of excuses. Their trillion-dollar stimulus failed to produce jobs and their runaway spending spree has left the nation in debt, putting their Democrat majority up for grabs this fall – and making Hanabusa accountable for supporting her party’s failed economic agenda.
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Friday, September 3, 2010 |
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Study: Hawaii roads #1 in potholes, #47 in cost effectiveness
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 11003 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Motorists in California and Hawaii have to look out for the most potholes on urban Interstates. In those two states, 25 percent of urban interstate pavement is in poor condition. ... Rhode Island, Alaska, California, Hawaii and New York have the least cost-effective roads.
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Friday, September 3, 2010 |
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Green hypocrites: Case & Omidyar’s Maui Land & Pine tied to human trafficking case
By Selected News Articles @ 12:03 AM :: 24764 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment, Ethics, Agriculture, Labor
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THREE MONTHS after Intajak arrived in America, in October 2004, Global Horizons sent him to Hawaii to work for the Maui Pineapple Co. Here, the pay was better than in Yakima—$9.50 an hour—but the conditions were worse. One Global Horizons agent, Intajak and other workers told me, was in the habit of carrying a knife, a gun, or a baseball bat, and of threatening workers with "deportation" if they didn't behave or meet their quotas. Just four days in, Intajak says, he watched the man beat a coworker.
The Maui Pineapple Co.'s land is nestled among gorgeous foothills, shrouded in mist and covered with volcanic soil the color of dark coffee. The now-defunct company was part of Maui Land & Pineapple Co., whose majority owner is Steve Case, cofounder of AOL; another primary shareholder is eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, a generous benefactor of anti-slavery organizations....
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Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
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Governor Lingle applauds confirmation of Mark Recktenwald as Chief Justice
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 8:52 PM :: 6570 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“I am very pleased that the State Senate has voted unanimously to confirm Mark Recktenwald to be the fifth Chief Justice of the Hawai‘i State Supreme Court.
“The people of Hawai‘i can feel confident, as I am, that they will have a Chief Justice who will guide our courts with fairness and integrity in upholding the rule of law and our constitution.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
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Use your Maka’i Card to donate to Hawai’i Right to Life Education Fund
By News Release @ 8:47 PM :: 6324 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Throughout the month of September, make your trip to the grocery store count for life by donating to Hawaii Right to Life through the Foodland/Sack 'n Save Give Aloha program.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
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Ninth Circuit upholds denial of Nader's Hawaii ballot spot in ‘04
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 9430 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In 2004, Hawaii required 677 signatures to qualify an entire new party, and 3,711 signatures to qualify an independent presidential candidate. Ralph Nader and Michael Peroutka each tried to qualify as independent presidential candidates. Even though each of them submitted more than 7,000 signatures, Hawaii elections officials invalidated over half of them. Hawaii tends to disqualify signatures if the signer failed to show either the last four digits of his or Social Security number, or the full birthday.
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Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Arrogant Olbermann calls Hawaii GOP Chair “Ka-u-away” anti-Semite
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 AM :: 12003 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii’s usually voluble homegrown secular humanists are stone silent because they agree with Ka’auwai. For the same reason, Hawaii’s pro-Abercrombie media have greatly tempered their response. In a recent Star-Advertiser poll, Republican crossover voters were shown to be backing Mufi Hannemann 72% to 28% against Neil Abercrombie.
But the national groups aren’t thinking about short-term local political calculations....
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
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Hawaii DLNR gives 11 acres to 9-11 truther group
By Andrew Walden @ 10:09 PM :: 14161 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government
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Just in time for September 11th, the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, has announced a six-figure grant to the 9-11 truthers of the Malu Aina Peace Center.
Jim Albertini is a convicted felon and federal ex-convict once tagged as a "psychopath" by Judge Samuel Wilder King. Along with his comrades from Malu-Aina, Albertini can be seen every Friday afternoon in front of Hilo’s Federal Building with an “Impeach Obama” sign....
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
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New RGA Ad: Duke Aiona will grow Hawai‘i’s green economy
By News Release @ 7:24 PM :: 7164 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Republican Governors Association launched new television and radio advertisements in Hawai‘i today highlighting Duke Aiona’s plan to reduce the state’s dependence on oil and move it towards a green energy economy.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
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9/12 Taxpayer March on Washington
By News Release @ 11:20 AM :: 7806 Views :: National News, Ethics
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You and I both know that hundreds of thousands showed up in DC this weekend, and that even more marched on 9/12 last year. The good news is, the American people are wising up, too. They aren't buying the mainstream media's downplayed story, not when there is obvious photographic evidence discrediting them . . . and a political agenda motivating them.
So we're marching on 9/12 again.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
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The Obama Doctrine
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:02 AM :: 8472 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The President again evinced the impression that he viewed Iraq as a distraction, and he twice said he wanted to "turn the page" to other issues. As forgettable as the address was however, once placed into the broader context of foreign policy speeches and actions, a clear Obama Doctrine can now be defined, as James Carafano and Kim Holmes do in a new paper released today....
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