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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
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SB backs Hawaii Tea-Parties: "Protest their insane plans to increase our already high cost of living"
By Andrew Walden @ 7:51 AM :: 17677 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, DHHL, Maui County, Energy, Environment
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For those who feel they're paying too much and have a yen to vent, there's an event tomorrow just for you (assuming that you're not one of those last-minute procrastinators and have the time to attend). The "Tax Day Tea Party" will be held 4-7 p.m. at the state Capitol.
Here's the call to action from the organizer's Web site, www.overtaxedhawaii.com:
"Many of our elected state legislators in Hawaii are planning to enact massive tax increases in the weeks ahead when the legislative session ends on May 7th. YOU CAN HELP STOP THEM.
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Friday, April 10, 2009 |
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Hawaii Tea Party Update: Hilo, Kona, Honolulu, Kahului, Lahaina, Lihue SEVEN EVENTS SCHEDULED!
By Andrew Walden @ 3:41 PM :: 19342 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, DHHL, Maui County, Energy, Environment, National News
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SEVEN "Tax Day Tea Party" events are scheduled for Hawaii April 15 Here is a news release for the Hilo event as well as contact information and details for each of the seven events.
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Monday, April 6, 2009 |
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Hilo rallies for telescope
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 9246 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
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Supreme Court ruling shields Hawaiian Homelands and ceded lands revenue
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 PM :: 22237 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, OHA
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The high court’s reading of legal precedent gives special protection to a state’s Admission Act. And in the case of Hawaii this means special protection for Hawaiian Homelands and the designation of ceded lands revenues for five specific purposes. The high court thus undermines two of the three key public arguments for the Akaka Bill.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 |
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OHA's Ceded lands grab shifts to Legislature
By Andrew Walden @ 9:39 AM :: 11170 Views :: Akaka Bill, Land Use, OHA
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Here's a complete round up of all the legislative moves and all the lies being told today...a day when almost every "not surprised" Hawaii Democrat is admitting they have been lying through their teeth for the last 15 years...and not a single interviewer is calling them on it.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 |
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Supreme Court 9-0: "The Apology Resolution did not strip (the State of) Hawaii of its sovereign authority"
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 AM :: 14376 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Land Use, OHA
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How wrong is the Hawaii State Supreme Court? Their unanimous decision just got unanimously reversed by the US Supreme Court....How did this case begin? With OHA suing to block construction of affordable housing. Why are Hawaiians leaving Hawaii? Lack of affordable housing.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009 |
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Transcript: Abigail Kawananakoa remarks about OHA, ceded lands, 1994 ka`ai theft
By Andrew Walden @ 1:21 AM :: 13752 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If we can prove that there is an unbroken genealogical line of the royal family we can certainly argue that we should be able to govern monies and not be fettered with State administrations and the United States Constitution.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
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Hawaii Republicans challenge state's open primary system
By Andrew Walden @ 1:04 PM :: 17411 Views :: Office of Elections, Republican Party
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Hawaii County Republicans, meeting Saturday at Waimea have proposed changes to the way that State Republicans select their candidates. The proposals are contained in two resolutions adopted unanimously by the 50 delegates present after extensive discussion. One calls for a shift to a Presidential Caucus System for Hawaii Republicans who now select their Presidential delegates at the State Party convention. The other resolution urges the State Convention vote to shift Republicans from an Open Primary system to a Modified-Closed Primary System and then file a federal suit against the State to overturn provisions of the Hawaii State Constitution which require the open primary system.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
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Hawaii Democrats debate closed primary (backgrounder)
By Andrew Walden @ 11:40 AM :: 16464 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections
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This background file includes news articles, and letters to the editor by leading Democrats, regarding a possible shift to a closed primary system. Also included US Supreme Court rulings on two relevant cases.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009 |
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Ebay's Omidyar: Obama-backing Hamas-talking billionaire in Hawaii, expecting disaster
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 AM :: 28393 Views :: Pierre Omidyar
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Omidyar worries that a pandemic could cut Hawai'i's lifelines and leave it with an 11-day supply of food (or is that 12?). To that end, he has made pivotal donations to local nonprofits dedicated to building sustainable local food supplies. At the same time, he has stockpiled several months of food for his personal use at storage facilities on O'ahu....
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Friday, March 20, 2009 |
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Obama administration ordered AIG bonuses included in 'stimulus'
By Andrew Walden @ 10:38 AM :: 7868 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In a stunning development, Sen. Christopher Dodd said that Obama administration officials asked him to add language to last month's federal stimulus bill to make sure the controversial AIG bonuses remained in place.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 |
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Sen Akaka opposes Obama plan to bill combat wounded for medical care, but backs Shinseki
By Andrew Walden @ 9:03 AM :: 10091 Views :: Environment, National News, Ethics
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"VA's sacred duty is to care for veterans injured in honorable service to our nation, and the department should not turn to wounded warriors' private insurance to pay for combat injures. Under my Chairmanship, the Veterans' Affairs Committee will not advance any such legislation," said Akaka.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
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Superferry Update: A rat, a coward, and thin-skinned pseudo intellectuals
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 AM :: 25251 Views :: Hawaii County , Kauai County, Maui County, Environment, Development
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“After reading the alarming tract, I wanted to know whether Albertini -- who went to prison for a year (many years ago) for trying to block a Navy vessel in Hilo Harbor -- will be putting his life and/or freedom on the line along with the novice activists he is counseling.
“The answer? No. Not only is Albertini not going to protest the Superferry, he claims he didn’t even know his “non-violent” call to arms was even published."
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 |
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Unperplexing Opposition to the Hawaii Superferry
By Andrew Walden @ 7:25 AM :: 20927 Views :: Environment, Greenmail
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As Pacific Business News editorialized January 12, the Superferry opposition and obstruction, “continues to perplex us as yet another group of politicians, this time senators from Neighbor Islands, make noise….”
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Saturday, March 14, 2009 |
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Hundreds of Oahu Republicans pack County Convention
By Andrew Walden @ 8:01 PM :: 13862 Views :: Education K-12, Environment
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Malia Gray, legislative office manager for Rep Lynn Finnegan, faced former Ron Paul Hawaii campaign leader Dan Douglass in the contest for County Chair. Both candidates recruited new Republican Party members and mobilized supporters for the event. Gray reported her team recruiting 300 new Republican Party members and identifying 20 Legislative candidates to run in 2010 during the last few weeks of campaigning.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 |
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Obama's Intelligence Advisor, Chas Freeman, withdraws, blames "Israel Lobby"
By Andrew Walden @ 8:43 AM :: 5079 Views
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"They are low-lives," Charles Freeman writes of his dad's critics. "And if you're among them and by chance read this: I still want to punch you in the face. You'd deserve it, you schmucks."
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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Why Hawaii needs $2 million “for the promotion of astronomy”
By Andrew Walden @ 12:35 AM :: 12562 Views :: Greenmail
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It was such a simple question. Debating earmarks on the Senate floor, John McCain demanded of Dan Inouye: "We're going to spend $2 million for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii….Why do we need $2 million to promote astronomy in Hawaii when unemployment is going up and the stock market is tanking?"
Reporters soon determined the $2 million was for the Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo, Hawaii. But the usual liberally deficient commentators have proven completely unable to answer the question “why”?
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Sunday, March 8, 2009 |
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Obama and the Disunited States
By Andrew Walden @ 8:10 AM :: 19395 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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President Obama's rise caps forty years of building new 'nations' from one America, as America's left adapted to the rise of civil rights, and built a power base from fanning discontent.
Newsweek cheers, "We are all socialists now!" MSNBC's Jim Cramer calls Barack Obama's budget a "radical agenda" and points out "This is the greatest wealth destruction I've seen by a President." None of this should be a surprise to anybody who was paying attention to Obama's Hawaii links to the Communist Party, USA or his years of Chicago work with the Democratic Socialists of America. But many voters -- and most of the media -- aggressively avoided paying attention. Now they are literally paying the price.
One Obama mentor who did get some media attention was ex-Communist Saul Alinsky. Alinsky, a harsh critic of Johnson's "War on Poverty," is not usually tied to gigantic federal spending proposals such as Obama's mis-named ‘stimulus' package. Alinsky's claim to fame stems from gritty street-level community organizing. His books on the subject guided a generation of leftist activists.
But there is a connection. Alinsky died in 1972. Towards the end of his life, American society changed in ways which tore apart the stable communities necessary to Alinsky's community organizing model. For Democrats these changes necessitated the use of federal power to create the entirely new forms of consciousness-based ‘nationalism' which now envelop American culture.
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Friday, March 6, 2009 |
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AP: Abercrombie to enter Governor's race
By Andrew Walden @ 9:21 AM :: 15021 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An official familiar with Abercrombie's plans says the 10-term congressman will make his announcement through an Internet video to be released Sunday.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 |
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Sunday: Rally Against Gay Civil Unions
By Andrew Walden @ 4:12 PM :: 3341 Views
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Sunday February 22 at 2pm at the State Capitol: Rally against HB444. Opponents of gay marriage will protest against the legislature's effort to extend tax cuts to gay couples and give them child adoption rights equivalent to married couples under the aegis of "Gay Civil Unions".
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 |
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Hawaiians denounce OHA settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 AM :: 12760 Views :: OHA
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Testimony in Hilo was 100% opposed to OHA receiving any ceded lands revenue. Speakers were angry and emotional. OHA Trustees and staff left at 7PM to “catch a flight.” In contrast, Rep Mele Carroll said she was staying “all night if necessary.” Said Carroll, “If I gotta hear the raw stuff that’s OK too. We don’t get out enough.”
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Friday, February 13, 2009 |
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OHA plans to “move” Hilo’s Banyan Drive hotels, demolish apartments
By Andrew Walden @ 6:54 PM :: 9306 Views :: OHA
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs plans to “move the hotels to the other side of the road” along Hilo’s Banyan Drive.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 |
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Kamehameha Schools behind $170.4M plastic bag tax and recycling money grab
By Andrew Walden @ 11:59 AM :: 4321 Views
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The details for the story are all there, but they have been hidden in plain sight and need to be rearranged to see what is happening.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009 |
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US Solicitor General backs State in Ceded lands Case
By Andrew Walden @ 3:29 PM :: 8056 Views
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Acting US Solicitor General Edwin S Kneedler, a Bush administration holdover, January 29 filed a motion asking to participate in the oral arguments February 25 before the US Supreme Court in support of the State of Hawaii position in the ceded lands case. He has been granted 10 minutes of Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett’s 30 minutes of oral arguments to present the United States government’s position.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 |
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Malu Motta: “I need one governor so he can pardon me.”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 33542 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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EM: Someone got to win governor that we know, huh? My best friend is an emcee at, he on tonight, he’s on the mic…(unintelligible) ….Hawaiian braddah.
Informant: Yeah, yeah, you gotta be pushing that.
EM: David, they grooming him to be Governor. That’s my best friend, bah. They sign the work tomorrow. He could be governor in 20 years from now. Not tomorrow, you know.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 |
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Mehau associate Brian Schatz files for Lt Governor
By Andrew Walden @ 1:07 PM :: 5132 Views
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Former State Rep Schatz on January 30 filed papers with the Campaign Spending Commission to campaign for Lt Governor in 2010 -- making him the first of two Democrats running. Schatz' campaign chair is Andrew Winer, who led Dan Akaka's 2006 US Senate reelection campaign.
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Monday, February 2, 2009 |
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The Obama-Auchi Connection: First Hawaiian Bank avoids subprime lending, makes record profit
By Andrew Walden @ 12:34 PM :: 9511 Views
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Interestingly, First Hawaiian's ownership structure leads back to BNP Paribas, a large French bank. According to the website of Cipaf, an investment vehicle of Nadhmi Auchi’s General Mediterranean Holdings (GMH), Cipaf is “amongst the topmost investors in the enlarged BNP Paribas.”* Nadhmi Auchi, a former Iraqi Baathist official of Saddam Hussein's government, more recently financed business ventures with now-convicted-felon and Chicago political 'fixer' Tony Rezko creating a condition of "longstanding indebtedness" of Rezko to Auchi's holding company. Rezko funded the political campaigns of impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and President Barack Obama. Rezko also assisted Obama in the purchase of his Chicago mansion.
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Sunday, February 1, 2009 |
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Friendly greeting for Stryker brigade at Pohakuloa
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 AM :: 5705 Views
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Decked out in the uniform of an earlier war for freedom, Robert Williams of Na`alehu joins dozens of Big Island residents Saturday 1-31-09 to greet Stryker Brigade troops returning to once again consecrate the sacred `aina by training at Pohakuloa.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 |
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Kenoi Fundraiser payout? Gotti lawyer on Pali murder case
By Andrew Walden @ 12:53 PM :: 11279 Views
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Update Jan 31: Hear Malu Motta tapes -- "Like, he did them like nothin', know what I mean?"
Admitted Pali Golf Course shooter Ethan “Malu” Motta apparently had a lot of friends in Hilo—including politicians. Nine months after the January 7, 2004 O`ahu murders, hundreds of Motta’s friends gathered at Hilo’s Nani Mau Gardens to raise funds to help pay his legal fees. Billy Kenoi spoke at the event. Stacey Higa says he was given tickets. One source indicates “700 to 1,000 people” were there. The $100 tickets for the October 30, 2004 “Gathering at the Garden” invite supporters “to share this beautiful evening with family, friends and dignitaries in support of a very special man we love dearly.” A ticket obtained by Hawai`i Free Press, says the event was “Hosted by Billy K. Live & Direct.”
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 |
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Kauai police crime roundup: Sergeant dismissed for sex assault, etc, etc, etc
By Andrew Walden @ 1:56 AM :: 6581 Views
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A sergeant was dismissed for “commission of a criminal act,” specified as sexual assault....and much more in this month's Kauai PD news....
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Friday, January 30, 2009 |
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Michael Steele elected Chair, Republican National Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 3:22 PM :: 3568 Views
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Working to seek voters among a 90% Democrat community may seem an exercise in Republican futility, but in a democracy, it is an inherently unstable arrangement for 90% of any electorate to consistently vote one way. Black voters tip the balance in favor of Democrats in Missouri, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, and Maryland. Republicans need only gain 20-30% of the black vote to dramatically shift the balance of power in some or all of these states.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
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Obama, the Akaka Bill, and the abolition of slavery in Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 2:43 PM :: 12444 Views
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As contract laborers their bodies were practically the property of the sugar planters, to be abused and even whipped with black snake whips. In several places the Japanese went on strike to enforce their demand on the planters who were daily violating a US law in keeping them under servitude....
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 |
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Organic food tied to Puna Rat Lungworm outbreak -- more cases reported
By Andrew Walden @ 12:07 PM :: 14584 Views
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Another case or Rat Lungworm disease has been diagnosed in the Kapoho-Kalapana area of Puna and more unreported cases have been revealed. The outbreak has been tied to organic farming.
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Friday, January 16, 2009 |
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Akaka Bill rewrite: Tribal jurisdiction for Hawaii?
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 11255 Views :: Akaka Bill
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If the language imposed by the Bush Justice Department in 2005 is written out of what will become the 2009 version of the Akaka Bill, the changes could impact the dynamics of Senate debate.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 |
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Akaka Bill Reading List
By Andrew Walden @ 5:10 PM :: 29574 Views
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The Akaka Tribe vs Hawaiians and Hawai`i: dozens of articles and informative links
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Monday, January 12, 2009 |
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Fish fight: DLNR to hold public meetings on uhu, weke, and ulua
By Andrew Walden @ 12:22 PM :: 5336 Views
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The public discussion will center on using minimum size rules to protect harvested resource fish that may be at risk of being over harvested, and will focus on at least three main fish families that the DLNR feels may be in need of updated regulations. They are: Parrotfish (uhu), Goatfish (weke), and Jacks (ulua/papio).
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Saturday, January 10, 2009 |
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The day the job market turned
By Andrew Walden @ 1:36 PM :: 3532 Views
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Basically, when Aloha Airlines was closing and Altres helped sponsor a job fair for the employees, from that moment on, it completely shifted.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009 |
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Newly discovered video: Bob Jacobson, other leftists greet Dennis Kucinich
By Andrew Walden @ 4:42 PM :: 7050 Views
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Painfully hilarious: You gotta see this peek into the inner workings of the Hawaii County Council....
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Thursday, January 8, 2009 |
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Hawai`i progressives dump Obama: “How soon can he be impeached?”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:02 PM :: 7942 Views
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Writing at Disappearednews.com, Larry Geller of Kaua`i asks: “How soon can he be impeached?”
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 |
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Hawai`i ceded lands anti-Semitism?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:25 PM :: 9046 Views :: Hawaii County , OHA
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“No anti-Semitism here” insist OHA's admittedly pro-Palestinian protesters January 3 lining Kanoelehua St.
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009 |
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Obama's Church: Millionaire neurosurgeon stops paying for elderly mom's nursing home
By Andrew Walden @ 12:55 PM :: 6278 Views
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This case is being used as an argument in favor of socialized medicine. We're just going to put all these pieces together in one place and let readers explore all the interconnections...
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Monday, January 5, 2009 |
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Ceded lands: OHA’s attack on constitutional rights
By Andrew Walden @ 2:21 PM :: 11402 Views
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All citizens should be alarmed that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is attempting to use political pressure to force the State of Hawai`i to abandon its “ceded lands” appeal to the US Supreme Court. OHA apparently expects to lose out in any Supreme Court decision. In spite of the fact that 32 other states support Hawai`i’s appeal, OHA does not respect the right to have the case heard before the Supreme Court.
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Monday, January 5, 2009 |
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Obama loses Richardson: More pay to play
By Andrew Walden @ 1:44 PM :: 3689 Views
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A federal grand jury is investigating how a California firm that contributed to the political activities of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nominee to head the Commerce Department, won a lucrative government contract.
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Monday, January 5, 2009 |
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News to Puna: Raw Food=Rat Lungworm
By Andrew Walden @ 1:35 AM :: 12067 Views
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Humans have been cooking food since before they were Homo sapiens....but ... There was a raw food festival in Novemeber 20-23, 2008 in Kalapana....and now ... an outbreak of Rat Lungworm disease....
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
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“From Hack to Flack”: the Big Island newspaper-Democrat revolving door
By Andrew Walden @ 3:12 PM :: 10499 Views
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Reporters are eyeing a job in government. Since almost all elected positions are held by Democrats, this creates an unspoken alliance between journalists and Democratic Party candidates and officeholders.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008 |
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Obama’s Democrat Governor Blagojevich arrested, cuffed by FBI
By Andrew Walden @ 4:15 PM :: 3789 Views
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FBI: Was trying to sell Obama’s Senate Seat
Contradictory statements from Obama camp about Obama discussing his replacement with Blagojevich
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Our last print edition
By Andrew Walden @ 4:19 PM :: 5029 Views
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After four years of publication, the December 7 edition will be the last print edition of Hawai`i Free Press.
Due to the high c...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Board of Education: the Transsexual-Libertarian Connection
By Andrew Walden @ 12:04 PM :: 16436 Views :: Education K-12
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If voters are going to have a chance at school reform, they will have to know who their allies are.
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Sunday, December 7, 2008 |
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Stephens Media and stolen newsracks
By Andrew Walden @ 11:31 AM :: 3959 Views
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The Stephens Media purchase of 808 Classifieds has gone completely unnoticed—and the acquisition raises questions about the tactics Stephens will use against competing newspapers....
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