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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Kos: Will Hanabusa let Case beat Hirono?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 9311 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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With fellow Rep. Mazie Hirono already in the race, it's hard to see how Hanabusa wouldn't compete for the same pile of votes and risk giving the nomination to DLCer Ed Case in the Democratic primary.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Heritage: Five Ways Obama Is Circumventing the Legislative Branch
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4774 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Obama Administration generally employs one of two strategies to legislate without—and often in spite of—congressional action: (1) administrative decree establishing a new federal rule, or (2) a refusal to enforce existing federal law. In five separate policy areas, the President and the federal agencies under his command have spurned congressional authority to achieve Obama’s objectives.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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SciAm: Biofuels Responsible for Surge in Food Prices
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 AM :: 5695 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Since 2004 biofuels from crops have almost doubled the rate of growth in global demand for grain and sugar and pushed up the yearly growth in demand for vegetable oil by around 40 percent.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Generic Republican Candidate 46%, Obama 42%
By News Release @ 9:50 AM :: 4077 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A generic Republican candidate now holds a four-point lead over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election matchup. It's a fifth week in a row that the GOP candidate has been ahead and the widest gap between the candidates to date.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011 |
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Rep Michelle Bachmann: “We want to win Hawaii”
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 AM :: 8203 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Bachmann said she plans to win decisive early victories in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina on her way to the White House. She promised to follow that with a national campaign – even in the heavily Democratic state of Hawaii.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Hawaii 8th Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference Sept 20
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 14115 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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HONOLULU – Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor-in-Chief of More magazine, will address delegates at Hawai‘i’s 8th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC), taking place on September 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and Resort.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Heritage: Obama Plays Politics in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7454 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The nation’s two highest-ranking military commanders have gone on record raising serious concerns about President Obama’s flawed plan to bring 33,000 troops home from Afghanistan by September 2012.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How they voted June 27
By News Release @ 2:05 PM :: 7235 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Confirmation of Leon E. Panetta to be Secretary of Defense
- House: Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
- House: America Invents Act
- House: Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya
- House: To limit the use of funds to support NATO Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Coalition launches to promote Cut, Cap and Balance pledge
By Selected News Articles @ 11:03 AM :: 5573 Views :: National News, Ethics
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WSJ--The U.S. debt is now above its current limit of $14.3 trillion, a figure so large that it is nearly impossible for the average American to comprehend. Under the budget proposed by President Obama for 2012, the debt would rise to $15.7 trillion in 2021. The annual interest alone would be about $700 billion, and that would only increase with inflation. President Obama's proposed budget was so excessive and fiscally irresponsible that it was voted down in the Senate 97-0.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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NYT: Obama Administration Plans Stealth Survey of hundreds of Hawaii MDs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:33 AM :: 9078 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I don’t like the idea of the government snooping,” said Dr. Raymond Scalettar, an internist in Washington. “It’s a pernicious practice — Big Brother tactics, which should be opposed.”
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Iran developing capability to hit US with Nukes
By IPT News @ 1:48 PM :: 11504 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Iran has also improved its launch capabilities, recently placing a data-gathering satellite into space with its powerful Safir booster rocket. The move will accelerate Iran's program for intercontinental ballistic missiles, bypassing the U.N.'s efforts to control the Islamic Republic and giving it the capability to hit the United States....
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie Admin signs contract to keep prisoners on Mainland for rest of his term
By News Release @ 10:32 AM :: 8208 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The new contract, at a cost of $45.5 million a year, begins July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014, (in other words, until the next gubernatorial election)....
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Am. Samoa Congressional Delegate bought and paid for by Kazakhstan?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 AM :: 12189 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"One Member of Congress, Delegate Eni Faleomavaega from American Samoa, a co-chair and driving force behind the creation of the Central Asia caucus, particularly stands out. In the 2010 election cycle, two of Faleomavaega’s top organizational contributors had been under contract with the Republic of Kazakhstan...."
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Friday, June 24, 2011 |
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How Much Would a Fully Funded Pension System Cost?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:57 AM :: 5819 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Without policy changes, contributions to state and local pension systems in the United States would have to immediately increase by a factor of 2.5, reaching 14.2 percent of the total own-revenue generated by state and local governments (taxes, fees and charges).
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Friday, June 24, 2011 |
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President Obama Abuses Nation's Oil Reserves
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:54 AM :: 4762 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This morning, in a scathing editorial entitled "The wrong reason for depleting the strategic oil reserve," the Post argues the White House is likely more focused on a "political emergency" and "the government should not tap the reserve absent a genuine crisis."
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
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Progressive Network touts Hawaii tax increases and State-owned Bank proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 8292 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Three Progressive schemes Hawaii legislators are trying to implement--and ten more they haven't thought of yet....
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii Economic Outlook Ranks 46th
By News Release @ 12:31 PM :: 7771 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This new study explains how states can most effectively drive economic growth, create jobs, and improve the standard of living for their citizens.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Ethics Violation? NASA Chief allegedly paid off by Global Warmers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 4519 Views :: National News, Ethics
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A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his "profound contribution to humanity."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Rationing by Waiting: Medicaid eligibility hiked to $64,000/year for early retirees
By Selected News Articles @ 1:56 PM :: 4941 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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The Truth About Tax Cuts
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:16 AM :: 4956 Views :: National News, Ethics
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All you are likely to hear about low tax rates from liberals and their echo chamber in the media is that they don't work—that they fail to gin up economic or job growth. Exhibit A for this preposterous proposition is the Bush tax cuts. The left wants you to accept it as conventional wisdom that the policy was a bust. Don't believe it....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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Pictures of America's Fiscal Nightmare
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:13 AM :: 4009 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There's urgency in Washington to fix a problem that's been a long time coming: America's fast track to fiscal implosion. In The Heritage Foundation's just-released, expanded 2011 Budget Chart Book, you can see just how bad the country's spending problem is and how America racked up so much debt.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Meet your new Defense Secretary: Leon Panetta's War on Reagan's Defense Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 9023 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Senate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Former Utah Governor Huntsman Announces Presidential Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 3921 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"I respect the President of the United States. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help a country we both love."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Hirono, Akaka: Pension’s Perks for Members With a Past
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 7538 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) ... received $45,000 from her state's pension program in 2010.
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted June 20
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 6846 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Ethanol subsidies amendment
- House: Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations, FY2012
- House: Agriculture Appropriations, FY2012
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks to Republican Leaders
By Video @ 1:53 PM :: 4636 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Here is complete video of Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaking today at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans. When he finished, the crowd was on their feet chanting, "Run, Rick, Run!"
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Sunday, June 19, 2011 |
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Fathers Matter: Involved Dads Impact Children’s Lives and Civil Society
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:25 AM :: 6051 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Given the tremendous personal, social, and economic costs of broken families, national leaders should seek ways to promote the importance of marriage so that more children can grow up in a stable household and experience the unique benefits of a married mother and father.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 11068 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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what happens when sea level in the real world does not rise nearly as much as alarmists predict? If you are a NASA-funded gatekeeper of sea level data, you merely doctor the data....
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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Feds: U.S. travel and tourism industry on pace for record-setting year
By News Release @ 12:37 AM :: 7773 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced international visitors spent an estimated $12.3 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during April. This represents a 19 percent increase from April 2010. Travel and tourism-related exports have increased, on average, nearly $1.4 billion a month in 2011.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Greek Crisis: Moody’s warns of possible First Hawaiian Bank downgrade
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 12358 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Moody's Investors Service placed the stand-alone bank financial strength rating of First Hawaiian Bank on review for possible downgrade....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Free Trade Agreements Deliver More Trade
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 AM :: 8624 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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the agreements appear to boost manufacturing exports above the overall trend while having no discernable impact on manufacturing imports....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Do Film Tax Credits Live Up to Their Promises?
By Selected News Articles @ 9:53 AM :: 5032 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Film tax credits fail to live up to their promises to encourage economic growth overall and to raise tax revenue....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Health Insurance Doesn't Mean Access to Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 9:51 AM :: 5145 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Expansions of Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are designed to extend access to high-quality medical care to all U.S. children. However, evidence suggests that the 37 million children covered by Medicaid-CHIP are less likely to receive specialty care than children covered by commercial insurance....
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Al-Qaeda hit list names US writers, generals
By IPT News @ 7:53 PM :: 12498 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Columns and articles by several of the writers and researchers named by al-Qaeda have been and will continue to be posted on HawaiiFreePress.com.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Heritage: Victory in Wisconsin
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:19 AM :: 4325 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the state's new collective bargaining law, reversing a lower court decision that sought to stamp out the will of the people, the authority of the legislature, and a major movement toward fiscal reform. And at three this morning, following a nearly 13-hour floor debate, the Wisconsin Assembly approved a budget aimed at wiping out the state's $3 billion structural deficit.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Fire from the Heartland: The awakening of the Conservative Woman
By Video @ 10:35 AM :: 3704 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The first-ever film to tell the entire story of the conservative woman in her own words, "Fire from the Heartland" is a powerful statement about America at a crossroads and the women who have awakened to the crisis.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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A Showdown over the War in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:25 PM :: 9055 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...President Obama failed to consult Congress in an appropriately deliberate manner. The President has ill-served Congress, and there is no reason Congress should stand for it. As it responds, Congress should be mindful of its obligations: to uphold the Constitution, act in America’s interests, and not unduly put the lives of American allies at risk....
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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Honolulu Alliance forms to block Federal Control of Hawaii Capitol Area
By News Release @ 4:14 PM :: 8988 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The ahupua'a of Honolulu and Kapalama have been proposed as a future National Heritage Area (NHA) site, a permanent federal designation which was introduced in Congress as S. 359 and H. 1297.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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After stock craters 64%, Feds to dump 5.6M shares of Inouye’s Central Pacific Bank
By News Release @ 1:00 PM :: 9614 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Treasury acquired the shares this year as part of the Hawaii-based bank holding company's recapitalization. The stock was trading around $29 a share at the time of the Treasury's investment...and closed Tuesday at $14.13.... The stock is down 64% in the past year.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Everything you've heard about fossil fuels may be wrong
By Selected News Articles @ 7:58 PM :: 4413 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As everyone who follows news about energy knows by now, in the last decade the technique of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," long used in the oil industry, has evolved to permit energy companies to access reserves of previously-unrecoverable “shale gas” or unconventional natural gas.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Boehner on Libya: Obama will be in Violation of War Powers Act in 5 days
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 6761 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Five days from now, our country will reach the 90-day mark from the notification to Congress regarding the commencement of the military operation in Libya, which began on March 18, 2011.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Google to fund Kuhio Park Terrace rehab project
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 10911 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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According to Christoph Gabler, Senior Vice-President for AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, the Towers at KPT are the first phase of a 1,025 community being redeveloped by the Michaels Development Company in partnership with Vitus Group and the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Unemployment Is No Laughing Matter
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:16 AM :: 4232 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As President Barack Obama swung through North Carolina yesterday, he did all he could to show that he cares about the U.S. economy, its 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and the 13.9 million Americans who remain out of work. Well, that is, until he let a bit of honesty slip off his tongue....
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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VIDEO: I am an American, not a “bump in the road”
By Video @ 11:20 PM :: 4685 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the unemployed are not just economic statistics, but are real Americans looking to support themselves and their families....
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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Renewable Energy and Hybrid Cars Still Only at 1%
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:39 PM :: 10176 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Despite governmental mandates for renewables, if their electricity production is converted to equivalent tons of oil, then their share is only 1.3% in 2010....
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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75% of Schools could lose Federal Funding in 2014
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:15 AM :: 6040 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Under the law, all children are required to be proficient in math and reading by 2014—a standard that could leave three-quarters of U.S. schools labeled as failures, leaving them at risk of losing federal funding.
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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Fannie Mae ends use of non-judicial foreclosure in Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:02 AM :: 9811 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Effective immediately and until further notice, all new Fannie Mae foreclosures in Hawaii must be commenced as judicial foreclosures.
- Effective immediately, all pending Fannie Mae non-judicial foreclosures in Hawaii that have not proceeded to sale should be dismissed and converted to judicial foreclosures.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011 |
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TSA Announces Results of Internal Investigation in Honolulu
By News Release @ 10:44 AM :: 6978 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that it has proposed the removal of more than 30 Honolulu International Airport (HNL) TSA employees following an extensive investigation into allegations of improper screening of checked baggage.
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