Improving Iraq

By Bob Krumm www.BobKrumm.com

Yesterday ended the month with the fewest Coalition casualties since nearly the beginning of the war in Iraq.  There were only about 20 combat-related deaths during the whole of May.  Hopefully portending even better things to come, only about five of those deaths occurred during the final two weeks of the month.

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OHA Land transfers Questioned
by Mililani Trask

When transferring lands and moneys to OHA you have to also ask, you have the fiduciary responsibility to ask, will these properties be cared for in behalf of the beneficiary?

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Czech President Klaus ready to debate Gore on climate change

Washington - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming, as he presented the English version of his latest book that argues environmentalism poses a threat to basic human freedoms.

'I many times tried to talk to have a public exchange of views with him, and he's not too much willing to make such a conversation,' Klaus said. 'So I'm ready to do it.'

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Obama Supporters Single-handedly Solve Native Hawaiian Issue

By Daniel de Gracia, II

I encountered a man in an elevator wearing a shirt that said, "Elect a Hawaiian President" and featured the photograph of Sen. Barack Hussein Obama wearing a lei. It seems like many people here in Hawaii are comfortable with referring to Barack Hussein Obama as "Hawaii's native son" and "a Hawaiian."

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Hawaii Republican Convention backs John McCain
by Adam Deguire

HONOLULU – Hawaii Republicans ended their 2008 State Convention on Sunday after three days of speeches, rallies, and the election of thirty-four McCain supporters as national delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention.

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Helping Welfare Clients Find Jobs, Increase Work Hours

This December, 2007 article describes programs which have now been cut by the Legislature’s elimination of TANF funding.  Let us be clear.  These programs were eliminated precisely because of the large numbers of people they were getting off of welfare and into jobs.

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