For my family and friends who like know:Today even though the U.S. Supreme Court has no jurisction over the Hawaiian Kingdom, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on the so-called "ceded" lands case:http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1372.pdfI know it is ONLY the beginning but I am extremely kaumaha and disappointed today. Do not misunderstand me but I am still an American out of respect for my paternal grandfather who was also American through his mother who was from the United States. I believe in ALL of the GOOD and I believe in everything that is GOOD about the United States so today comes along and makes me so kaumaha and disappointed.Some people mistakenly think that I am somehow "brainwashed" to be American. Sorry to disappoint some people but it is my CHOICE out of respect for my kupuna kane who took CARE OF ME, FED ME, and HELPED TO RAISE ME in Kaimuki when we had NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. He was the best grandfather to us. He used to take my twin sister and I to see boxing at HIC... in our pajamas LOL He is the reason why I love boxing so much. To me he was a GREAT man and epitomized how a man should be:Well today I read the U.S. Supreme Court decision... and I uē-d even though at the bottom of page 15 of 15 it states:"The judgment of the Supreme Court of Hawai'i is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion."Some people have been viciously trying to protect the rights of the alii'i but the ali'is had makaainana and some of them refuse to associate with those who exclude their makaainana. However I HOPE that other people in land and in title help ALL Hawaiians and their legal heirs defend and protect their title because if they do not then our mo'opuna not going have anything. I once asked someone why she is fighting because what's the sense of fighting for herself??? LOL I don't want to disappoint some people but we are NOTHING without each other. Nothing! So why fight with each other. At one of THE most damaging moments in our history WHY FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER WHEN THEY TRYING TO KILL ALL OF US? Yeah... no make sense.But to me it is not the end. IMHO it is only the beginning. To me this means that more litigation will ensue and in the end the keiki o ka aina lose as usual which makes me kaumaha. It is only the beginning though not just for one of THE worse things to happen to us in our lifetime (i.e. losing some of our land thus losing some of our roots) it is also a beginning to perhaps work together against this epitome of evil.I hope that other people in land and in title help ALL Hawaiians and their legal heirs defend and protect their title because if they do not then our mo'opuna not going have anything.Someone joked that their decision is not a surprise but to ME it is. As much as some people want to bash the U.S. while accepting and/or using their tools I am one of those people who appreciate the GOOD so of course I SEE THE GOOD while some people only see the BAD. Some people see what THEY want to see and I see the GOOD... despite having a really terrible socio-economically disadvantaged childhood as well as being RUN OVER when I was six years old, stabbed in the back by another Hawaiian who has YET to pay me back, and having some pilau people do and/or say some pilau things TO ME LOL Despite everything... I STILL see the GOOD.Well when I read it (please see link above and read it too) I uē-d and cannot stop uē-ing actually.... This is one of those times when I wish I could run to Homelani Cemetery:Morbid I know but it is where my Hilo Grandma (Dorothy Moniz DeSilva) is buried because she wanted to be buried near my Hilo Grandpa (Charles DeSilva) so to ME it's very peaceful there. Obviously THAT is where I like to run to. I also like to gaze at my great grandfather's (John Moniz's) headstone then walk by the Mary statue where some of my other ohana are but while my twin sister and I were born on O'ahu, O'ahu seems to be full of hate directed towards Hawaiians so I like to run to Hilo. When I go home though I don't "announce" it. I just GO! Of course I don't post some things out of respect for cultural privacy. That includes pictures.ANYWAY along the way I have realized that I should continue to gain more experience with real estate on the SALES side then later with real estate law and land law. One of my cousins Paul DeSilva once told me that he thinks I'm brave. I don't think I am brave. I just don't like it when people are mean to Hawaiians. Real estate law and land law will be difficult for me though because I WILL uē when it comes to Hawaiians.However along the way I uē and I uē about certain things like with this kinda stuff like today. THAT is why I don't think I will do well in a court room because I uē whenever someone does mean things to Hawaiians like THIS. In fact I once made a speech about Bernice Pauahi Bishop on Founders' Day and ended up making alot of people cry so I try not to make any speeches or else I will make other people cry and I don't like to do that. I'm very blunt and VERY STRONG... but when it comes to harmful and hurtful things like THIS that hurts ALL Hawaiians it makes me uē and uē... and uēLatahs!
I feel the same today. Hard to express my feelings, yet words can never describe what our kupuna did when they signed the Ku'e Petition. We will look onward and keep our kupuna in our heart!
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I feel the same today. Hard to express my feelings, yet words can never describe what our kupuna did when they signed the Ku'e Petition. We will look onward and keep our kupuna in our heart!