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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Judge: Federal Court ruling “leaves Honolulu police officers no safe course” to detain mentally ill persons with guns
By Andrew Walden @ 4:13 PM :: 11195 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If the officers had done nothing and Arekat had proceeded to shoot someone, defendants undoubtedly would have been sued for failing to detain Arekat. One of the officers explained in her deposition that this case reminded her of a prior case in which the police had not removed a firearm from a person who exhibited signs of paranoia, and that person had used it to kill a person, resulting in a huge civil liability for the police department and the city. In this case, the defendants made a courageous decision to detain Arekat.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Father of 9yr old Tucson Victim: Don't use my daughter's death to take our freedoms
By Video @ 2:22 PM :: 4855 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Video interview with the father of 9 year old Christina Taylor Green....
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Hawaii Concealed Carry: More Guns, Less Crime
By News Release @ 12:43 PM :: 9259 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Honolulu, Hawaii – John R. Lott, Jr., author, activist, speaker and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, will be in town speaking on the topics of gun control, public policy and other points of interest at a dinner hosted at The Plaza Club Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 starting at from 6:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
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Gates: North Korea will soon have missiles capable of hitting Hawaii with A-bomb
By Selected News Articles @ 10:48 AM :: 11805 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Implicit in Mr. Gates’s five-year assessment was the possibility that the North could soon solve one of its biggest technological hurdles: manufacturing a warhead small enough to fit atop a missile….
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Monday, January 10, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 5-10, 2011
By News Release @ 9:08 PM :: 7169 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- House: Health Care Repeal Rule
- House: Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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Fingers point at Self-styled “King of Hawaii” in Tucson shootings
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 PM :: 11891 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...finger pointing by those seeking to assign blame has reached a fever pitch. In articles today, Slate magazine, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Ben Smith of Politico attempt to tie alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner to a strange website promoting a self-styled “King of Hawaii.”
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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Alleged Tucson Shooter: Flag-burning Leftist, dope smoking atheist
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 10568 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy."
"He was a political radical & met Giffords once before in '07, asked her a question & he told me she was "stupid & unintelligent"
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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UK Lib-Dems push for end of “libel tourism”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 8069 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Threats of libel actions in UK courts were used to silence coverage of the financial connection between Barack Obama, Tony Rezko, and Iraqi ex-Baathist billionaire and lifelong Saddam Hussein associate Nadhmi Auchi during the 2008 campaign. Hawai’i Free Press was one of the few news sources anywhere on Earth willing to defy the threats.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011 |
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Djou “Shocked and saddened by shooting of Rep Giffords”
By Rep Charles Djou @ 5:01 PM :: 10734 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Rep. Djou served on the House Armed Services Committee with Rep. Gifford. The two of them co-sponsored the Truth-in-Spending bill in the 111th Congress and co-authored editorials together advocating for restraint in Federal government spending. Djou and Gifford’s bipartisan cooperative relationship was a subject on televised debates in Hawaii and Arizona.
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Friday, January 7, 2011 |
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Hiram Bingham IV, the secret rescuer
By Selected News Articles @ 1:23 PM :: 12405 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Did you know that an idealistic U.S. diplomat disobeyed his Washington superiors early in World War II and saved 2,500 Jews in southern France, before Nazis could ship them to death camps?
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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Hanabusa: One Day on the Job, One Broken Promise
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 11:28 PM :: 10915 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Hanabusa and Senator Inouye assured voters last October that she would get a seat on the powerful Appropriation Committee if elected and that has turned out to be nothing more than an empty campaign promise.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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Djou: Our hard-fought battle allowed the GOP to gain 3-5 additional seats on the mainland
By Rep Charles Djou @ 11:20 PM :: 9960 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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I believe that a vibrant two-party democracy is better at preserving liberty than monolithic one-party rule.
I believe that open and responsive elected officials are better at ensuring an accountable government than an old-boy network.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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WaPo: Futile, Discouraging, Depressing -- Hanabusa joins the lowest of the low
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 9556 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"The Congress is the most futile place in the world, and the most discouraging, and the most depressing" for people in this position....
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011 |
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 |
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Birthers “Born Again” thanks to Abercrombie
By Selected News Articles @ 4:20 PM :: 7389 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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That’s some favor Abercrombie did his old pal; he took a non-issue that was as settled as it’s ever going to be and fired it up all over again.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Steele Faces Rivals in RNC Chair Debate
By Video @ 2:23 AM :: 5975 Views :: National News, Ethics
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for all their criticism in print and on-line of incumbent Chairman Michael Steele, none of his four opponents in the race (which will be decided at the RNC winter meeting next week) landed a knock-out blow or even roughed up the embattled RNC chief….
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Monday, January 3, 2011 |
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Robert Iwamoto trust sued over Maui Ponzi scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 27120 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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Lloyd Kimura, a Democrat donor, gambler, and brother of Hawaii County Prosecutor Jay Kimura, pled guilty December 28 in State Court to operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme known as Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co. or Maui Finance Co. (MFC). He could face up to 20 years in prison. But Kimura’s admission of guilt is just the beginning....
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Monday, January 3, 2011 |
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Calif. EIS shows plastic bag ban harms environment
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 12863 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Maui’s County-wide plastic bag ban goes into effect January 11, 2011. No EIS has been required. Here’s what they are hiding:
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Monday, January 3, 2011 |
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WaPo: Abercrombie “taking the pole position of political surrealism ”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:27 PM :: 8354 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii is taking the pole position of political surrealism in the far-flung states. The new governor, Neil Abercrombie, an iconic longhair and college pal of Barack Obama's father, has decided to make knocking down Obama birther conspiracies his top political priority.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 |
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Birther War Year Two: Hey Neil, Don't feed the trolls
By Selected News Articles @ 11:48 AM :: 7952 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This truism is lost on the ignoramuses at the Seattle Times, who published an editorial this morning applauding newly-elected Governor Neil Abercrombie's declared intention to do something to squelch the conspiracy theory....
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Saturday, January 1, 2011 |
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Abercrombie’s Birther War named in top ten Flubs of the Year
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 PM :: 8695 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It is easy for Seattle Times editors to cheer on the war effort from comfort of their offices, but many on the front lines are starting to think this is not a winnable war—a quagmire. Some are even calling for negotiations with the birthers.
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Friday, December 31, 2010 |
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AFP: 2011 brings tougher challenge, greater rewards
By News Release @ 5:34 PM :: 6248 Views :: National News, Ethics
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At Americans for Prosperity, we're asking you to join us once again as we fight three key public policy battles during the coming year....
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Friday, December 31, 2010 |
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Hartford Courant: Who’s Abercrombie kidding?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:47 AM :: 9124 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In case you’ve been hiding under a rock since just before Christmas, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has committed our lives and our treasure to a Sacred Cause. Our New Governor is heroically leading the State in a Holy War to defeat the Diabolical Birthers. On Day Seven of this Fight to the Death, the national and international media continue to react while the local media focuses intently on the price of ahi, hoping against hope that Aoki and Asselbaye will quiet The Abercrombie down and get him to pretend to refocus on the budget or something….
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Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
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Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
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Rep Djou announces US Service Academy Nominations
By News Release @ 9:09 PM :: 10149 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Honolulu, HI — Congressman Charles K. Djou (HI-01) personally congratulated selected nominees for respective United States Service Academies at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building today. The following individuals will be nominated by Congressman Charles Djou of Hawaii’s First Congressional District:
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Thursday, December 30, 2010 |
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HuffPo: Abercrombie on a fool’s errand
By Selected News Articles @ 3:22 PM :: 10364 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The new governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie, has big issues to handle, including a substantial budget deficit that threatens to grow exponentially in coming years.
On top of all his headaches, though, Abercrombie has piled on another, bigger conundrum that he says he is committed to resolving.
Yes. He's taking on the birthers.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Theme of Prison Audit lifted from Kat Brady commentary
By Andrew Walden @ 9:01 PM :: 10683 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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With the UPW desperately hoping to somehow magically repatriate the Hawaii convicts being held in mainland prisons, State Auditor Marion Higa has graciously obliged with an audit of Hawaii’s private prison contracts....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Abercrombie’s Birther Crusade: Day Five
By Selected News Articles @ 12:22 PM :: 8852 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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More news from around the country as Governor Neil Abercrombie, implementing a "top priority” of his administration, heroically crusades against the “demonic, eviscerating” Birther hordes.
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
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USA Today: Neil Abercrombie, the friend you don’t need
By Selected News Articles @ 12:24 PM :: 10208 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie’s “top priority” – leading Hawaii in Holy Crusade to slay the Birther dragon – continues to make national and international news. Google News reports over 2000 articles have been published and more are coming out by the hour. Here are some of the latest….
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010 |
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Sunday, December 26, 2010 |
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NYT: Inouye pushes Exemption from Terror Embargo after $2000 contribution
By Selected News Articles @ 8:16 PM :: 10726 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Several ... American businesses were permitted to deal with foreign companies believed to be involved in terrorism or weapons proliferation. In one such case, involving equipment bought by a medical waste disposal plant in Hawaii, the government was preparing to deny the license until an influential politician intervened....
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Sunday, December 26, 2010 |
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Abercrombie: Hawaii business leaders are ideologically rigid and cliche-ridden
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 9060 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"In off the record conversations, business leaders expressed concern—even fear—about what Abercrombie might do if elected. Their focus had been less on the specifics of his platform than on how he might treat the business community."
Abercrombie’s response? Hawaii business leaders have nothing to fear and if they think otherwise they are just ignorant knuckle dragging Neanderthals.
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Friday, December 24, 2010 |
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NYT: Abercrombie doubles down on Birther battle
By Selected News Articles @ 7:27 PM :: 10075 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Abercrombie is facing a $71 million deficit this year and 10 times that amount in the years to come.... Even so, the new governor said he was having the time of his life. “If I was having a better time,” he said, laughing, “I’d have to be arrested.”
But on the matter of the birthers, Mr. Abercrombie grew serious....
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Friday, December 24, 2010 |
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Federal Cash Giveaway: Wind Energy Developers get one-year extension
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 9190 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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December 31, 2010 might have been “lights out” for wind energy, but when President Obama on December 17 signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, the bill did more than extend the Bush Tax cuts and unemployment benefits.
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Friday, December 24, 2010 |
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A New Day In Hawaii: For Abercrombie, discrediting 'birthers' is a top priority
By Selected News Articles @ 12:07 PM :: 10178 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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LA Times: Democrat Neil Abercrombie, who knew Obama's parents, is determined to torpedo the conspiracy theory.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
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Hawaii Congressional delegation: How they voted December 20-22
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 7125 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The 111th Congress adjourned sine die on Wednesday, December 22, 2010. The first session of the 112th Congress is scheduled for Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 12 p.m.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010 |
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US Department of Justice can't call a Christmas Party a Christmas Party
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:28 AM :: 4976 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last weekend NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg inadvertently created a mini-controversy when she said on Inside Washington: "I was at -- forgive the expression - a Christmas party at the Department of Justice." Some thought that Totenberg added "forgive the expression" as a cave to political correctness. But in fact Totenberg was actually mocking the Obama Justice Department.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Djou farewell speech before US House
By Rep Charles Djou @ 2:58 AM :: 10091 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Congressman Charles Djou gave the following speech as his final address the the U.S. House....
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
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FCC grabs control of Internet, for now
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:37 PM :: 5085 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The rules will go into effect early next year, but legal challenges or action by Congress could block the FCC's action. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Tuesday called the FCC's action "flawed" and said lawmakers would "have an opportunity in the new Congress to push back against new rules and regulations."
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010 |
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Lame Duck Won’t Create Race-Based Government After All
By Selected News Articles @ 7:47 PM :: 8166 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Good news out of Congress this week: The infamous Akaka Bill, which would create a “Native Hawaiian” government for purposes of racial preferences and other unconstitutional goodies, will not be a part of the slimmed-down legislation that funds the government until Congress gets around to passing an actual budget.
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Missile Defense: The Ghost of Broken Promises Past
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:20 PM :: 8630 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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So now that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) has filed for cloture, is Tuesday’s vote a foregone conclusion? No.
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Hawaii Congressional delegation: How they voted December 12-19
By News Release @ 7:10 PM :: 7917 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010
- Cloture Motion; DREAM Act
- Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010
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Friday, December 17, 2010 |
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The TEA Party is Back: $1.27T omnibus spending bill killed
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:31 PM :: 6164 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Last night, the spirit of the Tea Party won another major victory when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) was forced to drop his $1.27 trillion, 1,924-page omnibus spending bill. The problem with Reid’s omnibus spending bill was not just its size—although our federal government does spend far too much of other people’s money—but the way it was drafted and forced on the American people.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
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Djou, Akaka, Inouye back tax compromise, Hirono rejects Obama
By News Release @ 10:56 PM :: 9393 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Djou voted in favor of the Obama tax proposal that the President announced last week. Rep. Mazie Hirono was the only member of the Hawaii delegation who voted to oppose the President on this critical bill.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
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UPDATE: Inouye earmark sets goal of developing a mechanism for Hawaii “Indian Tribe”
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 10959 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It isn’t quite the Akaka Bill sneak attack that many have warned of in recent days, but on page 809-810 of the 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Senator Dan Inouye has slipped in a mandate to the US Department of the Interior....
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
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Release the START Negotiating Record
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:06 AM :: 3825 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Yesterday, the Senate voted 66–32 to begin debate on the New START agreement with Russia. Only a simple majority (51) was required, but vote counters can use yesterday’s roll call as a benchmark for final ratification, which will need 67 votes to pass.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010 |
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Feds to loan $25M/month as Hawaii Unemployment Compensation fund runs dry
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 7215 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii joins the 32 other states who already have borrowed money from the federal government to pay unemployment benefits during the current economic downturn. DLIR anticipated the insolvency and proactively took the steps to request advances from U.S. Department of Labor last September. Currently, Hawaii pays out $25 million in regular unemployment benefits a month through the trust fund.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010 |
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Gallup: Congressional Approval drops to 13%
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 3514 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Defense, homeland security, and veterans can all be funded at current levels for one month through a continuing resolution, and then the next Congress could adjust our defense needs. Inouye is attempting to hold the troops hostage? And for what? Taxpayers for Common Sense reports that among the 6,600 earmarks in the bill is $6 million for parkland acquisition in Hawaii. No wonder Americans hate this Congress.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010 |
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Djou welcomes GAO audit of Compact of Free Association funds
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:36 PM :: 12378 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“I welcome the GAO’s decision to audit the federal funds that go to the COFA. I have been vocally calling for reforming this treaty throughout my campaign and time in Congress – this is a good first step."
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