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Monday, March 8, 2010 |
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“Poi Pounder” smashes competition: Waialua HS wins big in San Diego Robotics meet
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 8167 Views :: Maui County, Energy, National News
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HONOLULU – The Waialua High School Robotics team won the 2010 San Diego Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics) Competition held this weekend at the San Diego Sports Arena.
The Waialua team, also known as The Hawaiian Kids, was part of a three-team alliance that took the top prize at the regional event that featured a total of 49 student robotics teams from around the country. By winning the regional, Waialua has secured a spot for the seventh time in the 2010 FIRST International Championships that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia in April.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 |
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Was the Pentagon Shooter an Obama-approved Pothead?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:32 PM :: 4932 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Bedell was not only a heavy marijuana user and had been busted for possession and growing the drug, but dedicated much of his life to glorifying the substance.
He had declared cannabis "to be one of the most useful plants known to humanity" and said that he looked forward to the day when "billions and billions of carefully cultivated, highly valuable cannabis plants [are] growing throughout the United States with complete security of property." He said he envisioned "the use of cannabis as a monetary system."
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 |
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American al Qaeda captured in Pakistan: Not Gadahn
By Selected News Articles @ 2:01 PM :: 8109 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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CBS News: U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Incorrect--Confusion Over Militant's Identity Sparked Reports of Gadahn Arrest; Some Media Say It is Another U.S.-Born Terrorist
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 |
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In Congress, Hawaii now represented by Lorraine C. Miller
By Andrew Walden @ 1:32 AM :: 11692 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Lorraine C. Miller
According to the Associated Press: “Shimizu testified in writing that Hawaii will be represented in the U.S. House by Rep. Mazie Hirono in the 2nd District while Abercrombie's seat is vacant.”
This is not accurate. Hawaii’s First Congressional District is being represented by Fort Worth, Texas native Lorraine C Miller.
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Friday, March 5, 2010 |
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Ousted Zoning Chair Rod Tam is secret partner in $1 Billion North Shore development hui
By Andrew Walden @ 4:21 PM :: 18255 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Headed by Maryland investor James Hawkins, Ko`olau Loa seeks $500 million in investment and projects $623 million in profits. The development is planned for the Kahuku area of Oahu's North Shore.
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Friday, March 5, 2010 |
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36,000 more unemployed: So, How's That Pivot to Jobs Going?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:28 AM :: 4902 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If out economy is losing fewer jobs this time, then why is our unemployment rate so much higher under President Obama's stewardship of the economy? The answer: job creation. Or actually the lack thereof. Back to the BLS data: through the first six quarters of the 2001 recession 47.6 million jobs were created, while only 40.3 million jobs have been created through the second quarter of 2009. That's a 7.9 million jobs gap.
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Friday, March 5, 2010 |
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Djou: Tam should resign and be prosecuted
By News Release @ 1:22 AM :: 9329 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Tam was cited today by the Ethics Commission for fraud in abusing his City expense account.
In 2003, when he first entered the City Council, Tam was cited by the Ethics Commission for abusing his office by selling City permits.
In 2008, Djou led the fight to censure Tam for calling Hispanics “wetbacks.”
Before entering the City Council, as a State Senator, Tam was sanctioned by the State Ethics Commission for using his official state offices for campaigning.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Mess Cleaned Up: After 10 years Hawaii public housing passes HUD inspection
By News Release @ 7:32 PM :: 6692 Views :: Energy, Environment
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HONOLULU – For the first time in 10 years, all 5,245 public housing units managed by the State of Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority (HPHA) have passed the rigorous physical inspection standards established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Churches Are Key to Creating Two-Party Political System for Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 6:23 PM :: 9076 Views :: Environment
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There is a simple reason for Hawaii’s one-party system: Hawaii labor unions have a highly organized get-out-the-vote (GOTV) effort directed at ensuring their 141,000 members vote. This presents an obstacle to any candidate challenging the existing cozy labor-management elite which runs Hawaii.
In the absence of a ban on union dues being used for political activity, the only way to counterbalance the bloc of union voters is to create a second bloc of voters. Only Hawaii church-goers are large enough to become this second block.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Heritage: Obamacare's Kabuki End Game
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:27 PM :: 5494 Views :: National News, Ethics
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There is one huge difference between the Senate bill and what the President kept referring to as my/our proposal: the Senate bill actually exists. For all the talk in Washington about Democrats in the Senate using reconciliation to pass a final version of Obamacare, one key fact has been overlooked: no reconciliation bill exists. Not in the House. Not in the Senate. Nowhere. It simply has not yet been written, and there are plenty of reasons to believe it never will.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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HSTA WINS ROUND ONE! Hawaii denied “Race to the Top” funds, reform, accountability blocked
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 7677 Views :: Energy, Environment
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PRECISELY AS PREDICTED: In order to shield themselves from the accountability that comes wth RTTT, the HSTA, DoE, and BoE have successfully sabotaged Hawaii's application for RTTT funds. Their methods: Furloughs, and the continuing cap on start-up charter schools.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Rep Gene Ward: 15 job killers advancing in House
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 10056 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward (R-Hawaii Kai-Kalama Valley) pointed out 15 "Job Killer" bills in debate on the House Floor yesterday. The taxes and fees will draw up to $500 million from Hawaii's economy and potentially force more layoffs. At $30,000 per employee, $500 million removed from the economy is over 16,000 jobs.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Will Hawaii take TWO House votes away from Senate Obamacare?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 8554 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Neil Abercrombie has finally stepped up to do something great for the American people—he resigned. Rep. Mazie Hirono has pledged not to support the Senate version of Obamacare because it is not socialist enough for her taste. So with your help, Hirono can stand strong in her rejection of Senate Obamacare (which is a huge giveaway to insurance companies) and Hawaii will produce a double win for freedom, justice and the American Way.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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Obama voters a no-show at Hawaii Democratic caucuses
By Andrew Walden @ 12:30 PM :: 8568 Views :: Democratic Party, Obama
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Two years ago, 37,000 people showed up to vote in the Democratic caucuses.... This year, if the House District 2 and 3 attendance is reflective of the whole, fewer than 2,000 people will have shown up Statewide.
It takes skill to drive away that many people, and the old-boy faction of Hawaii Democrats definitely has that kind of skill. They don’t want idealistic liberal types interfering with their power games.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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Lingle hands down first veto of session
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 12:41 PM :: 5600 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A permit allows a privilege conveyed to individuals or agencies to perform an activity not normally available to the general public. A permit carries a responsibility to uphold high standards that will benefit society and protect our environment. To exempt a single State agency, in this case the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, from this obligation is inappropriate and conveys to them disproportionate powers without adequate public accountability.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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Retaliation: Legislature votes to keep Lingle appointees from returning to civil service
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 5856 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Pearl Imada Iboshi, the current Deputy Director for the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, was presented as an example of the kind of people that would be prohibited from returning to a civil service position for one year. She was appointed by Gov. Linda Lingle. But as soon as Lingle's term is over, Iboshi will automatically lose her position.
Imada served as the state's chief economist since 1995 and has been a member of the Council on Revenues since 1997. Her highest level of education is a doctorate in economics from the University of Hawaii. Ward described her as an archive of information.
"Because of HB 1868, she won't be able to return to be the state's chief economist when Lingle's term is over," Ward said. "For a year, we're all going to lose her institutional knowledge and expertise. And it'll all be because of a silly, partisan rule that goes against logic and the best interests of the public."
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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Obamacare: No Votes Until the People Speak
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:14 AM :: 4821 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On March 5th of last year, firefighter Travis Ulerick, of Dublin, Indiana, introduced President Barack Obama at a White House summit on health care. Upon hearing the first rumblings of dissent about the President's plan, Ulerick tells USA Today he thought at the time: "I definitely think it's going to have to be a huge consensus."
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Advertiser shoots “arrogant” Abercrombie in foot
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 7707 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Concerned about continued liberal anguish over Neil Abercrombie’s abandonment of Obamacare, today’s Honolulu Advertiser instructs its readers not to discuss Neil Abercrombie’s “arrogance”, his “bad planning” or his “putting his own ambitions ahead of his constituents.”
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Akaka Tribe “eligibility guidelines are essentially meaningless”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 6927 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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While still fixated on race, national commentators are getting a little closer to understanding that the Akaka Bill will create a tribe which has nothing to do with representing Native Hawaiians. Here are the latest examples of the conflicting description of the Akaka Bill as “race based” and the realization that because it has no blood quantum, the Akaka Tribe—or is it the Abercrombie Tribe--will exclude the vast majority of Native Hawaiians while admitting non-Hawaiians who just happen to be property developers.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Flag pole bill passes House unanimously
By Andrew Walden @ 4:48 PM :: 9372 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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After protests by veterans and exposure of the false vote counting, Cabanilla was forced to change her position. On February 24 the bill passed the House Housing Committee and today was approved by the full House.
The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration.
Rep Cabanilla’s office manager Leon Rouse is a convicted child molester and leading gay marriage advocate.
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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Warren Buffett: Scrap Senate Obamacare Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:45 PM :: 5742 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obama promised to “cut taxes for 95% of workers and their families,” expand the Army by 65,000 and the Marines by 27,000, and enact “a net spending cut” for the federal government. Obama promised lower taxes, a strong defense and shrinking the size of government. No wonder independents in nine states that went for President George Bush in 2000 and 2004 switched their vote to Obama in 2008 (CO, FL, IN, IA, NV, NM, NC, OH and VA). But now those independents are beginning to reassess. Public Policy Polling (a liberal polling firm) notes that Obama now has a negative approval rating in every state that he flipped from the Bush column to his in 2008.
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Monday, March 1, 2010 |
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Ed Case in Congress voted 72 times for higher taxes, fees
By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 10732 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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According to his campaign website, Ed Case "understands what excessive taxes and unnecessary regulation can do to our economic engine especially in tough times.” But his voting record from 49 months in Congress shows that Ed Case voted 72 times for higher taxes or fees—on average one vote every 21 days. Case claims to be an independent "Blue Dog" Democrat, but most of the 72 votes were cast in lockstep with Rep. Nancy Pelosi's “progressive”-controlled House Democratic Caucus.
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Monday, March 1, 2010 |
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Abercrombie farewell gift: “redistribute an entire state's wealth” --WSJ
By Selected News Articles @ 1:01 PM :: 8961 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In an effort to dispel concerns that the creation of a race-based tribe violates the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, Mr. Abercrombie added a six-page list of membership criteria that could include non-Hawaiian state residents. But the provision contains a self-destruct clause—as soon as the tribe is officially recognized, it can extend and deny membership based on any criteria it sees fit.
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Monday, March 1, 2010 |
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Climategate: Al Gore Speaks, The Edifice Falls
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:06 AM :: 7786 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The latest attempt to force the U.S. economy to turn away from readily available, affordable fuels and leaving it to the tender mercies of untried, experimental and expensive technologies is a bipartisan effort by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT). A legislative package from them, according to The Washington Post on Saturday, would individually cap how much traditional energy the main pillars of the American economy would be able to use. This would of course cripple our economy....
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
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Pohakuloa: Double defeat for anti-DU scammers
By Andrew Walden @ 5:14 PM :: 18554 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Big Island elected officials arriving to meet with Army representatives at Pohakuloa Training Area got a eye-opening surprise Wednesday morning In addition to the usual gaggle of anti-Semites and 9-11 trooothers protesting against the military, they were greeted at the front gate by a dozen Big Island residents rallying to support the troops.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
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Koller: State’s “horse-and-buggy” system is labor-intensive, costly and slow
By News Release @ 11:39 AM :: 9504 Views :: Energy, Environment
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With EPOD, in-person interviews would no longer be required, and customers could submit applications online or by phoning a new DHS call center. Customers could still fax or mail applications, if they prefer, and receive in-person help at community social service agencies, health facilities and remaining DHS offices across the Islands.
Before long, the demand for in-person contact with DHS would diminish significantly as residents realize they can receive benefits faster and without spending time in offices.
Other EPOD advantages include:
- Reducing the complexity of work and risk of error or fraud;
- Creating a highly efficient “production” type atmosphere;
- Equalizing workloads among eligibility staff; and
- Eliminating the “silo” approach that interferes with efficient teamwork to get the job done.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
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Hawaii’s corporatist model imploding?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:18 AM :: 7638 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Encyclopedia Britannica defines corporatism as: "The theory and practice of organizing society into 'corporations' subordinate to the state. According to corporatist theory, workers and employers would be organized into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political representation and controlling to a large extent the persons and activities within their jurisdiction."
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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Photos: Tsunami surge in Hilo, Kahului
By Andrew Walden @ 3:59 PM :: 9236 Views :: Energy
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Time lapse photos from five minutes of tsunami surge in Hilo Bay
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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Chile Earthquake: Tsunami estimated arrival in Hawaii 11AM NOAA warning “High Severity”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:29 AM :: 11497 Views :: Energy, World News
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Previous Chilean earthquakes have produced deadly tsunami on the Big Island. A 1960 Chile 9.6 magnitude quake caused a 30-foot wave in Hilo while a magnitude 8.0 quake in Chile in 1946 prompted 60 foot wave that devastated Laupahoehoe, sent wreckage into downtown Hilo, and destroyed the railroad along Hawaii’s east shores.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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Djou, Aiona, Lingle joined by Karl Rove to rally 1000 at Hawaii Lincoln Day dinner
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 9134 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Hawai'i traditionally hosts the largest Lincoln Day Dinner in the nation. Attendees heard from Charles Djou, Candidate for Congress, Lt. Governor Duke Aiona and Governor Linda Lingle. The keynote speaker was Karl Rove, former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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VIDEO: Environmentalists allowing millions of barrels of oil to leak into ocean off California
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:18 AM :: 5725 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Stop Oil Seeps California has a documentary on the problem of natural oil seepage, which, according to the Natural Resource Council, is a far bigger source of oil emissions into the ocean than man-made oil spills. Allen’s group contends that along with more drilling for oil would come more control over these natural seepages. Their film, which was screened this week at The Heritage Foundation, is called A Crude Reality.
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Friday, February 26, 2010 |
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Heritage: Someone Needs to Tell the President His Health Care Plan is Dead
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:15 PM :: 5312 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The day before yesterday's White House health care summit, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) told reporters: "The only way this works is for the House to pass the Senate bill and then, depending on what the package is, the reconciliation provision that moves first through the House and then comes here." When Conrad was reminded that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has repeatedly insisted that the House will not pass the Senate bill until the Senate passes a second bill that fixes the first, Conrad replied: "Fine, then it's dead."
This was the dynamic that President Barack Obama was trying to alter with his eventually-seven-hour meeting. And judging by pretty much every major news outlet, he completely failed.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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Senate Committees to hear Unemployment Tax Relief Bill Friday
By News Release @ 1:25 PM :: 4963 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A hearing (Hearing Notice) before the Senate Ways and Means Committee and Labor Committee has been scheduled on HB 2169 HD2, the Unemployment Insurance Tax bill, for this Friday, February 26, at 10:00 a.m. at the State Capitol in Room 211. This is the last hearing on the bill and the final chance for you to submit testimony.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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House Finance Committee Advances 12 Tax Bills
By News Release @ 1:07 PM :: 6985 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Honolulu, Hawaii. The House Committee on Finance this evening advanced major tax and revenue generation bills that propose to raise needed revenue for the state and to help balance the state budget as required by law. The committee deferred bills that propose to raise the General Excise Tax and to raise income tax for higher-income individual taxpayers.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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Statements: Abercrombie, Hanabusa back new Akaka Bill over Governor’s objections
By News Release @ 12:58 PM :: 9037 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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First Congressional District candidate Colleen Hanabusa praised the U.S. House of Representatives today for approving H.R. 2314, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009.
Also Abercrombie floor speech, news release and media roundup of coverage on Akaka bill.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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Heritage: A Sham of a Summit for a Sham of a Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:15 PM :: 5363 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today's White House-sponsored health care summit is an insult to the intelligence of every honest American. President Barack Obama's communications minions are still trying sell his plan as an "opening bid" in the health care debate. But as Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus asks: "With whom is he bidding?
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Hawaii Congressional special election “expected” for Saturday, May 22--Djou "ready"
By Selected News Articles @ 10:36 PM :: 16061 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The election will be mail-in with a proposed ballot deadline of Saturday, May 22, 2010. This tentative date is included in bid sheets issued or voting equipment by the Hawaii Office of Elections.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Abercrombie: Mufi personally threatening my donors (VIDEO)
By News Release @ 4:51 PM :: 12210 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Democratic candidate for governor of Hawaii Neil Abercrombie told KITV-TV that Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is personally calling business owners to warn them against contributing money to Abercrombie’s campaign.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Doc Hastings: “Rewritten Akaka Bill strikes at the heart of the State of Hawaii’s authority”
By News Release @ 1:11 PM :: 9847 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There’s nothing more troubling about the House voting on a fundamentally rewritten bill than the position made public by the Governor of Hawaii. Something is very wrong when that Governor, a longtime vocal advocate of Native Hawaiian recognition, feels compelled to issue a statement last night, that she can’t support the rewritten bill.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Doc Hastings: Hawaii deserves to vote, not just Congress
By News Release @ 12:57 PM :: 7326 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Fifty-one years ago, 94.3 percent of Hawaiian residents voted to join the United States of America, surely this Congress owes the citizens of the State of Hawaii the ability to cast their vote on whether or not to create a new race-based governing body within their own state. Hawaii voted to join the union as one unified state, if Congress is going to divide them, then the people of the State of Hawaii deserve to have their say.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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Heritage: President Obama's "Pro-Business" Policies Are Killing the Free Market
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:39 PM :: 5782 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The President told BusinessWeek: "[T]he irony is, is that on the left we are perceived as being in the pockets of Big Business. And then on the business side, we are perceived as being anti-business."
What the President fails to understand is that there is no irony here. It is entirely consistent for big government policies that favor select and politically connected big corporations to hurt the economy as a whole.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 |
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DeMint: “I will use all the tools available in the Senate to ensure that Akaka Bill does not become law”
By News Release @ 12:12 PM :: 9571 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"The House vote this evening is deeply disappointing. We should stand together in opposition to racially divisive and discriminatory laws like this. The Native Hawaiian bill is unconstitutional and violates the national unity of E Pluribus Unum. I will use all the tools available in the Senate to ensure that this bill does not become law."
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Akaka Bill passes House 245-164
By Selected News Articles @ 7:20 PM :: 11628 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Akaka Bill passes House (again). Passage in Senate is doubtful as several GOP Senators have placed "holds" on bill or have pledged to do so.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Can They Make Obamacare Worse? Yes They Can!
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:12 PM :: 5633 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Flacking for President Barack Obama's "new" health care plan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters assembled for yesterday's press briefing: "The president posted ideas of his on the White House website today. We hope Republicans will post their ideas either on their website, or we'd be happy to post them on ours, so that the American people could come to one location and find out the parameters of what will largely be discussed on Thursday." And this might have been a small bit of successful Obama administration gamesmanship on health care and transparency in government except for one small problem: reality. Not only do House Republicans already have their own health care plan, not only is it already available online, but the White House's own website already links to it!
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Analysis: Fundamental Changes in Final Text of Native Hawaiian Bill
By News Release @ 12:14 PM :: 8308 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- New, Undefined Sovereign Powers
- Immunity from lawsuits
- New Membership Criteria
- Lack of Definitions
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Developers could become Akaka tribal members while Hawaiians are excluded
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 PM :: 7902 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Once Washington formally recognized the fledgling Native Hawaiian governing entity, that entity would have . . .
“inherent power and authority to determine its own membership criteria, to determine its own membership, and to grant, deny, revoke, or qualify membership without regard to whether any person was or was not deemed to be a qualified Native Hawaiian constituent under this Act” (emphasis added)
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Lingle: “HSTA’s legacy will be that money comes first; children come second”
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 11:17 AM :: 6446 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“The HSTA’s latest action proves once again that the union leaders care more about money than educating Hawai‘i’s children. Instead of accepting the generous offer of $50 million I proposed last November that will allow the immediate return of children and teachers to the classroom, the HSTA is spending their time on frivolous complaints."
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Flag Pole bill hearing Wednesday 9:10AM
By News Release @ 10:25 AM :: 11041 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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A hearing for House Bill 2311, The Flag Bill, has been scheduled for this Wednesday, February 24 at 9:10 a.m.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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VIDEO: City takes funds from non-profits to seize land for Hauula fire station
By News Release @ 10:16 AM :: 6520 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Should the Hauula Fire Station Relocation project siphon funds from the Community Development Block Grants to build this $10M project when those funds could go to help support Oahu’s struggling non-profits? Is this the right priority in today's economy?
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