Of the 40,000 non Kingdom subjects in Hawai`i at the time of the illegal 1898 overthrow, only 1,928 or so were U.S. nationals as documented by the 1900 census.
They represented less than 3% of the entire population.
The rest of the non U.S. aliens were not supportive of the illegal annexation of Hawai`i by the US.
This means that less than 3% of the population, all U.S. aliens, hijacked the Hawaiian Nation against the wishes of almost everybody else.
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Dear Ms. Gora,
With the Rice v Cayetano Opinion guiding the fakeState, it looks as though the maka'ainana will face another 1959 experience.
If "democracy" is the guiding light in the formation of "the governing entity" by the withering Office of Hawaiian Affairs, then the notion that the present inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands would accept political rule by the Hawaiians, an alien elite, is far- fetched. Yet this is the argument that "Free Hawai'i" is discussing. The reinstatement of government by Hawaiians will be loved by almost everyone.
Truthfully, we all live and breathe every day the rule by "alien elite" !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_minority
With all the trappings of "democracy", our daily lives run into the fact that a small minority MAKES the final decisions at every turn.
So how rational would it be, for the Hawaiian politicians to be accepted by the present inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands as a "dominant minority" ??
Big Islander Joseph Nawahi would ask: "Are the present inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands READY to accept a "dominant minority" made up of Lei- Stand maka'ainana ??"
This is a mouthful !! Thank Sweet Jesus for providing the UH Manoa "Brain Trust" to help us understand these problems.
The Nationalists was one of the THREE Political Parties.................. see the evidence here:
The Nationalists is a NON-Hawaiian /NON Kanaka Maoli issue:
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Here ! Have a good laugh or two.
http://www.democracyweb.org/majority/principles.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_minority