For my family and friends who going spock this out:Preface: Kalani recently wrote about how some people are translating documents written in olelo oiwi when they do not have a knowledge and/or fluency in olelo oiwi:http://www.maoliworld.com/profiles/blogs/some-hints-on-doing-hawaiianOne thing that is bad style is to translate something that one does not understand. Unfortunately like he pointed out... it happens. For me I ONLY comment on things that I KNOW about which include but is not limited to math, title, and land. Das it! It's not good practice to translate what one does not know.In any case I know about politics (LOL)... title, and land just to name a few. However you will NEVER see me translate documents written in olelo oiwi and try to pass myself off as a "researcher." A researcher who researches documents written in OLELO OIWI and TRANSLATES OLELO OIWI... yet does not KNOW olelo oiwi is only lessening the LEGITIMACY and INTEGRITY of everything and EVERYONE who has worked on what they have been working on for the last 200 YEARS or so.For example with the Princess Ruta ordeal.I can understand if people feel hurt that Ruta was chosen based on her LINEAGE. It's like one child being chosen while the other was not to inherit title. However an inherent problem is when a so-called "researcher" uses documents written in OLELO OIWI and translates them when they do not speak or KNOW HAWAIIAN.A person of CLASS would accept their fate out of respect for their kupuna. Instead some people are translating documents written in OLELO OIWI when they do not UNDERSTAND and are not FLUENT in olelo oiwi. During the process they are dissing the following types of people:- Hawaiians at UH-Manoa and at UH-Hilo due to pilau words like "textbook Hawaiian"- Everyone whether ali'i or makaainana who has some connection with the Kamehameha Schools because other ali'i whom I KNOW do not appreciate their relatives being dissedWORSE is that some of these people who diss do not understand olelo oiwi yet translate documents that were written in olelo oiwi and make ANY KINE.With all of that stated LOL... I understand politics, title, and land even though they are diametrically opposed to EVERYTHING that I believe in. In fact I amaze myself being able to understand and how during the middle of my current negotiation I have managed to translate thousands of pages in English into a few sentences LOLHere is my translation of how senators voted on S.Amdt. 1014 to S. 896 (Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009) :In my work I see lots of families who cannot afford to pay their mortgage. Sometimes to no fault of their own.Well on April 30, 2009 the U.S. Senate rejected this amendment. The Senate roll call is as follows:http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00174This is an article that was posted at MSNBC.com:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30503750/Note a few things:1. Akaka and Inouye voted FOR it... which is good.2. In the local and national B.S. media they are trying to portray President Messiah Obama as the "good" guy while trying to portray the politicians as the "bad" guy trying to deflect blame on a party that is also responsible. This is typical in MENTAL WARFARE LOLWhat did this do?It removed about 15,000,000 homeowners from the retail, real estate, education, travel, AND consumer markets. Again, Congress AND President Messiah Obama are creating more of a mess for our typical homeowners (i.e. the middle class whether Hawaiian or American... CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE.)This also rewarding BANKS for THEIR mortgage mess by denying consumers the ability to move, sell, move up, move away, sell their property, or do much of anything except pay about 50% or more of their monthly gross and/or net income to their mortgage company. Obviously Congress and President Messih Obama are SO quick to bail out corporations yet not help bail out PEOPLE who NEED and/or WANT help.Congress AND President Messiah Obama are responsible and should be held for their decisions and actions. (I realize that some Hawaiians have already renounced their American citizenship so when I state "our country" it only applies to those like me who choose to maintain both!) Our country is getting in MORE debt which will be passed on to your great grandchildren. THIS is NOT good. Whether we like it or not... whether we realize this or not... it affects HAWAIIANS and NOT in a good way.How does this affect Hawaiians? Instead of holding Congress and President Messiah Obama accountable for THEIR decisions and actions some people will continue to BLAME Hawaiians and make them scapegoats for EVERYTHING that is going wrong. You watch!Like with the Akaka Bill which they try to use to play mind games but it is really the Native Hawaiian LAND RE-Organization Act. Some people are quick to BLAME... but instead of blaming the TRUE culprits like Congress AND President Messiah Obama for this clusterf*ck knowing that Hawaiians and/or their legal heirs do NOT agree and did NOT SIGN... they blame HAWAIIANS.Some of you folks have asked me what does it matter to ME? Why do I state that? Why do I think this way???? LOLIt should be obvious LOL If and when people blame HAWAIIANS they are also blaming HAWAIIAN CHILDREN in the process though covertly. THAT is why LOLLatahs!!!


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  • Noelani is cool. I knew her when she went by "Denise." She was in some Honors and AP classes at Kamehameha. She's one year younger than Kalani and I. I think she grad the same year as you.

    Personally I am bombarded with English and the Haole Mentality. I always try to make time for olelo oiwi whether it be talking to my dogs in Hawaiian, listening to Hawaiian music, or independent language lessons.

    But the person who Kalani wrote about does not have that level of fluency to be able to translate. Not like how she (and others) with her fluency can.
  • E Kalani yeah... we are all pieces of da kalo... just as long people lidat no make any kine and translate documents written in olelo OIWI yet LACK FLUENCY in olelo oiwi LOL
  • 50% (usually more) of their monthly income usually goes towards housing. In Ko Hawaii Pae Aina it is much worse. Lately I have been watching some websites tauting extravagant homes in the $700K plus range. Monthly income has to be over $10,000 + per month. Sad.
  • Sorry but most Hawaiians whom I know do not "own" their own home. They are renters when they are often legal heirs to the land that sits beneath the apartment building lol

    So ironic and upsetting.
  • Yes, I do agree with Lana. I asked a friend to do a translation for several obituaries in Hawaiian. I had somewhat know some of the translation, however I asked someone else who is more knowledgeable in translation! I thank Noelani Arista for taking the time to assist with translation. I leave it to people who know their stuff!
  • And that's my weakness...land titles, etc. I don't understand that stuff at all and anything related to it, like mortgage, etc. I can't comprehend it. This is why we're all important, and in a typical Hawaiian fashion, we all make up a community and the community benefits from all of us sharing our manao. But I'm addressing the first few lines of your post. :)
  • I know this hurts everyone! How does the net to income work?
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