The Unitarian Church and Obama's Religious Upbringing With the media carefully pretending not to notice, Barack Obama's choice to hold a memorial service December 23 for his late grandmother Madelyn "Toot" Dunham at Honolulu's First Unitarian Church underlines one part of the story of Barack Obama's leftist religious upbringing. read more ... Oahu blackout 6:45PM Fri -- Update: Power being restored HONOLULU (AP) - The island of Oahu lost power late Friday in the midst of heavy rain and lightning, leaving some 800,000 residents and thousands of tourists in the dark, as well as the neighborhood where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing....at least 12 hours to get power back and maybe longer. Loss of four lines from Kahe triggered outage A peek at the future end of newsprint? Advertiser unable to run presses, produces Internet edition Sec A Sec B Update SB Update Advertiser read more ... 100 Dan Akaka cronies protest Ceded Lands appeal “It’s not so much the number of people here today but it’s who came out,” said Vicky Holt Takamine, a kumu hula and president of the Ilioulaokalani Coalition,which coordinated the rally attended by roughly 100 people. 25 at Kaua`i rally (plans for Jan 17 rally on Oahu) read more ...
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