For my family and friends who know how blunt I can be. Everyone who knows me already knows that I am strongly anti-Akaka Bill, anti-Kau Inoa "Native Hawaiian Registration" Program, and anti-development at La'au Point and PRO-choice and PRO-gay marriage. Also my husband stated it best... that some people are more concerned about their resumes than they are about Hawaiian children and/or helping other Hawaiians. I agree with him. Fortunately there are exceptions like Mrs. Gerry Johansen who GENUINELY cares about other Hawaiians more than about her "resume." Props to her and people like her for dat. For me it comes down to my kupuna (and their/our mo'opuna.) ALWAYS. Irrelevant of what other people think about me *LOL* No one else's opinion(s) of me matters to me. I ONLY "answer" to my kupuna and only care what THEY think about me. Obviously.I know that the local media is biased. They have tried to portray us Hawaiians as MONSTERS. As though we are less than human. Their bias against Hawaiians does not surprise me. They also try to portray Republicans as evil, greedy, and RUDE. Yes SOME Republicans are evil, greedy, and RUDE but a few Republicans' actions do not conflate to ALL Republicans. I am also PRO-choice and PRO-gay marriage. I am not the ONLY Republican who thinks this way but it does NOT surprise me how the local media tries to TWIST information in favor of Obama when Obama is the ONE who is preparing to send OUR KEIKI to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.What surprises me is how some Hawaiians are voting for Senator Obama. They RAVE about him when ironically a vote for Obama is a vote to send our keiki to be eaten alive by WOLVES:http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/22/news/story05.htmlWhen I tell some people that I am voting for McCain. Actually I voted for him already via absentee ballot but it's not a surprise considering that he strongly opposes the Akaka Bill and WON'T send our keiki to be eaten alive by WOLVES:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26633576/IRONICALLY President Bush was set to veto the Akaka Billhttp://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20080405/NEWS01/804050341/-1/SPECIALOBAMA08Ironically some Hawaiians bitched about President Bush yet he was set to STOP our keiki from being eaten alive by the wolves.Ironically some Hawaiians still will vote for Senator Obama.Ironically they will also be sending our poor keiki to be eaten alive by the WOLVES.Ironically it's President Bush and Senator McCain who are anti-Akaka Bill which IMHO is why I think more Hawaiians SHOULD be voting for Senator McCain.Ironically some know this yet they STILL vote for Senator Obama. The very one who will send our keiki to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.Ironically a vote for Senator Obama is a vote FOR the Akaka Bill... the very thing that will send our keiki to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.Yet some Hawaiians INSIST on voting for Senator Obama as though he is the messiah... for the Hawaiian people. No.. he's NOT the messiah for the Hawaiian people. He supports the Akaka Bill which clearly shows that he will send our keiki to the WOLVES in Washington DC.Well when our keiki are eaten ALIVE by the wolves THEY are partly to blame and yes I blame THEM if and WHEN our keiki are eaten alive by the WOLVES in WASHINGTON DC I. BLAME ALL OF THEM FOR ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.I blame EACH and EVERY Hawaiian who votes for Senator Obama. If and when they are eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES in WASHINGTON DC... our keiki-s' lives in the hands of the WOLVES in Washington DC are on YOUR HEADS.So while boasting about "Change" now... later on IF Obama wins this election and he pushes for the Akaka Bill like the other Devil-crats do... then our keiki-s' lives in the hands of the WOLVES in Washington DC are on YOUR HEADS since YOU helped send them there.As for intra-Hawaiian relations, * SOME of my personal choices for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in no particular order and chosen for their fairness and REASON and for their respect for our kupuna and/or for the iwi which are VERY important to me:Terry KekoolaniPaul deSilva (non-oiwi)Lehua KalimaManu BoydKehaulani WatsonTodd ApoEhu CardellNainoa ThompsonKekuewa KikiloiLynn Maunakea (non-oiwi)Leona KalimaPatrick KawaiolaWalter RitteBumpy KanaheleJust to name a few ;)Conversely I do not want Haunani Apoliona speaking for me. I think she does a disservice to ALL Hawaiians by not taking her fiduciary duty as a single agent representative seriously and lacks LOYALTY and OBEDIENCE to HAWAIIANS which are required of single agents. She also seems to lack FULL disclosure which is shady. I do not want the power hungry people and/or people who abuse their power when they have the lives of thousands of Hawaiians in their hands. Instead I want NEW blood in there who will have the lives of thousands of Hawaiians in their hands, RESPECT their LIVES instead of laughing at them and/or IGNORING them, and who share my mana'o that EVERY HAWAIIAN MATTERS. IMHO Apoliona's actions are diametrically opposed to this.*This is not a conclusive list nor should it be construed as conclusive. This is just a few of those people who I personally want on the board at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.* For those whom I have mentioned it CAN be construed that I think highly of these people in some way. Trust is VERY important to me. To me it is a very high compliment for ME to think highly of ANYone LOL... because I am not easily impressed :P
For my family and friends who know how blunt I can be. Everyone who knows me already knows that I am strongly anti-Akaka Bill, anti-Kau Inoa "Native Hawaiian Registration" Program, and anti-development at La'au Point and PRO-choice and PRO-gay marriage. Also my husband stated it best... that some people are more concerned about their resumes than they are about Hawaiian children and/or helping other Hawaiians. I agree with him. Fortunately there are exceptions like Mrs. Gerry Johansen who GENUINELY cares about other Hawaiians more than about her "resume." Props to her and people like her for dat. For me it comes down to my kupuna (and their/our mo'opuna.) ALWAYS. Irrelevant of what other people think about me *LOL* No one else's opinion(s) of me matters to me. I ONLY "answer" to my kupuna and only care what THEY think about me. Obviously.I know that the local media is biased. They have tried to portray us Hawaiians as MONSTERS. As though we are less than human. Their bias against Hawaiians does not surprise me. They also try to portray Republicans as evil, greedy, and RUDE. Yes SOME Republicans are evil, greedy, and RUDE but a few Republicans' actions do not conflate to ALL Republicans. I am also PRO-choice and PRO-gay marriage. I am not the ONLY Republican who thinks this way but it does NOT surprise me how the local media tries to TWIST information in favor of Obama when Obama is the ONE who is preparing to send OUR KEIKI to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.What surprises me is how some Hawaiians are voting for Senator Obama. They RAVE about him when ironically a vote for Obama is a vote to send our keiki to be eaten alive by WOLVES:http://starbulletin.com/2008/01/22/news/story05.htmlWhen I tell some people that I am voting for McCain. Actually I voted for him already via absentee ballot but it's not a surprise considering that he strongly opposes the Akaka Bill and WON'T send our keiki to be eaten alive by WOLVES:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26633576/IRONICALLY President Bush was set to veto the Akaka Billhttp://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20080405/NEWS01/804050341/-1/SPECIALOBAMA08Ironically some Hawaiians bitched about President Bush yet he was set to STOP our keiki from being eaten alive by the wolves.Ironically some Hawaiians still will vote for Senator Obama.Ironically they will also be sending our poor keiki to be eaten alive by the WOLVES.Ironically it's President Bush and Senator McCain who are anti-Akaka Bill which IMHO is why I think more Hawaiians SHOULD be voting for Senator McCain.Ironically some know this yet they STILL vote for Senator Obama. The very one who will send our keiki to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.Ironically a vote for Senator Obama is a vote FOR the Akaka Bill... the very thing that will send our keiki to be eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES.Yet some Hawaiians INSIST on voting for Senator Obama as though he is the messiah... for the Hawaiian people. No.. he's NOT the messiah for the Hawaiian people. He supports the Akaka Bill which clearly shows that he will send our keiki to the WOLVES in Washington DC.Well when our keiki are eaten ALIVE by the wolves THEY are partly to blame and yes I blame THEM if and WHEN our keiki are eaten alive by the WOLVES in WASHINGTON DC I. BLAME ALL OF THEM FOR ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.I blame EACH and EVERY Hawaiian who votes for Senator Obama. If and when they are eaten ALIVE by the WOLVES in WASHINGTON DC... our keiki-s' lives in the hands of the WOLVES in Washington DC are on YOUR HEADS.So while boasting about "Change" now... later on IF Obama wins this election and he pushes for the Akaka Bill like the other Devil-crats do... then our keiki-s' lives in the hands of the WOLVES in Washington DC are on YOUR HEADS since YOU helped send them there.As for intra-Hawaiian relations, * SOME of my personal choices for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in no particular order and chosen for their fairness and REASON and for their respect for our kupuna and/or for the iwi which are VERY important to me:Terry KekoolaniPaul deSilva (non-oiwi)Lehua KalimaManu BoydKehaulani WatsonTodd ApoEhu CardellNainoa ThompsonKekuewa KikiloiLynn Maunakea (non-oiwi)Leona KalimaPatrick KawaiolaWalter RitteBumpy KanaheleJust to name a few ;)Conversely I do not want Haunani Apoliona speaking for me. I think she does a disservice to ALL Hawaiians by not taking her fiduciary duty as a single agent representative seriously and lacks LOYALTY and OBEDIENCE to HAWAIIANS which are required of single agents. She also seems to lack FULL disclosure which is shady. I do not want the power hungry people and/or people who abuse their power when they have the lives of thousands of Hawaiians in their hands. Instead I want NEW blood in there who will have the lives of thousands of Hawaiians in their hands, RESPECT their LIVES instead of laughing at them and/or IGNORING them, and who share my mana'o that EVERY HAWAIIAN MATTERS. IMHO Apoliona's actions are diametrically opposed to this.*This is not a conclusive list nor should it be construed as conclusive. This is just a few of those people who I personally want on the board at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.* For those whom I have mentioned it CAN be construed that I think highly of these people in some way. Trust is VERY important to me. To me it is a very high compliment for ME to think highly of ANYone LOL... because I am not easily impressed :P
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In my ten year old son's class, It was boys against girls on the issue Obama vs. McCain....the girls wanted McCain and the boys wanted Obama..they got into a yelling match about it and I asked my son why and he said because Mc Cain is going to draft them all into war when they get to be that age. I thought it was interesting so I asked him why did the girls want McCain and he said because there lives aren't on the line....if you ask me, the teacher should have moderated a debate about it. Instead, she sent them to the office and got them all into trouble about it.. So I go to pick up my son from school and she (the vp) walks up to my car, and tells me she wants to talk to me. I told her, I already know about the yelling match and that I told my son, to stand firm on his point and don't apologize. lol! So she said, ok...it is just opinions anyway...So I told her, "actually,. it is not only an opinion of the boys....there lives are on the line so I can see why they were having a yelling match over their lives...If they didn't care they would just go with the flow. It was stupid that they didn't follow up on the issue. They treat our kids in school like they don't matter. It is horrible.
So after we were talking about Pailin my friend tells me, "we can't have Obama for president (granted she doesn't vote cause she isn't interested in voting) and I said, "why?" so she said. "cmon now, with a name like "hussein?" so I said ya what about it? She said, that is terrorist...how lame of a comment. Not all people named mohamed, hussein, or alibaba are terrorist. I don't see him as terrorist at all. If he is a muslim I respect that and do not hold anything against a whole religion. So after our conversation....I wanted to vote for Obama more. I'm going to be turning in my absentee voter too cause I will be off island for the elections.