Posted by Free Hawai`i on March 24, 2009 at 3:43am
By Leon SiuWhat was intended to be the big 50th anniversary celebration at the State Capitol on March 18 sent the exact opposite message than the State of Hawai`i intended.The fifty or so demonstrators who went to the capitol with messages of “FAKE STATE,” “A HISTORY OF THEFT,” “HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE,” in orderly, peaceful protest completely stole the show.When they got there, the demonstrators found that the state’s only planned public celebration of the 50th anniversary of statehood had retreated into the house chamber, leaving the capitol, the rotunda, the steps, the entire exterior, open to the voices of opposition.Thus, to the public — the tourists visiting the capitol grounds, the people in passing cars, the legislative staff peering over the railings, the deputy sheriffs, the local and international press looking for pictures and sound bites — the only visible message delivered in the clear light of day was: “the State of Hawai`i is a Fake State.”It was all over the internet, MSNBC, even in far off India; “Hawai`i is a Fake State.”Leon Siu is the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ke Aupuni O Hawai`i, the Hawaiian Kingdom, and has served in that capacity since 2000.
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