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That's where the argument began, by the difference in opinion of history versus pre-history. He even consulted wikpedia (not a reliable source) to which I did see how history was defined versus pre-history. Prior to consulting wikipedia, he argued that history began with writing, he mentioned Mesopotamia, cuneim (sp) form of writing, etc.
I explained that history doesn't begin with writing, unfortunately it did mention that in wikipedia and he said that he was right. I assured him that this is a "western", definitely a "European" concept, and I even asked him if he was into anthropology to which he didn't reply. This is evident in our own language, I guess you could make up a word for pre-history but our word mo'olelo is just that.
But these people just don't see it. They use words like history and pre-history to actually put a date on things. I explained how that's not the case for indigenous people and he mentioned those in the rain forest and how he feels sad for them. I asked this guy why did he feel sad, was it because he felt they weren't as intelligent? I mean this guy made up all kinds of excuses bringing up "technology" so I had to ask him it depends on how he defines what that is really.
To him, technology only meant conveniences. And I said that's exactly what it is, but if we were to give clothing to these people in the forests whom he feels sorry for, and even taught them how to manufacture the clothing themselves, that alone in itself is technology. I know he didn't understand where I was going with that analogy, but basically we can't put a time stamp on these things, especially attached to words.
He denied that this doesn't mean the indigenous people aren't smart, but just the fact that he already said he feels sorry for them because he feels they aren't as comfortable as he is, just wreaks of Eurocentrism.
I'm getting sick & tired (my favorite phrase) of encountering people who really feel they are better than us because of their definition of certain words, technology & in their minds as with this guy I spoke to today, feel that history begins from a certain point, and in his case, it begins with writing.
New Arizona
Immigration Laws
Immigration Laws
Mexicans
here and in Mexico are rather upset by the
recent
enactment of stricter anti-illegal alien laws by
Arizona
's
governor.
In
light of the following, that position
demonstrates the
typical double standard used by race-hustlers
and
assorted something-for-nothings. Read on, and read
it to the end.
New Immigration Laws:
Read to the
bottom
1 There will be no special bilingual programs in the
schools.
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2. All ballots will be in this nation's
language.
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3. All government business will be conducted in our
language.
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4. Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no
matter
how long they are
here.
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5 Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold
political
office
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6 Foreigners will not be a burden to the
taxpayers. No
welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or
other
government assistance programs. Any burden will
be
deported.
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7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it
must be an
amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily
minimum
wage.
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8. If foreigners come here and buy land... options
will be
restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront
property are reserved for citizens naturally
born into
this
country.
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9... Foreigners may have no protests; no
demonstrations, no
waving of a foreign flag, no political
organizing, no
bad-mouthing our president or his policies.
These will
lead to
deportation.
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10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will
be
actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail
until
your deportation can be arranged. All assets
will be
taken from
you.
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Too strict?......
The above laws are the current immigration laws of MEXICO
!!!
By the Time I get to Arizona-- Public Enemy says it best...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijeXGv9QLRc
It's typical that whites resent non-white intrusion on theirWASPmainstream society. Non-whites are expected to assimilate withintheir ethnocentric society despite the country they establishedthemselves in is not a WASP country. Any diversion isoffensive to them and they are more than resentful of others thatdonot embrace their invasive WASP society.
When a countryprofesses to be an ethnic melting pot but demand everyone toassimilate totheir colonial society and screen, restrict, or ban an ethnicgroup because they don't resemble them as the U.S. has done; thenitis hypocritical and bigotted of that country; especially when itisn't the"host" culture, the culture of the people who were there beforethem.
The U.S. is still struggling with its racist,ethnocentric issue and it all stems from its Manifest Destinydoctrinesimbued in its WASP mainstream society. They are under pressure tomaintain its superiority; while others have to overcome thatarrogancebefore they can participate as an equal, unfortunately under thepressureto conduct themselves like the WASP in that mainstream society.Themore they look, think, dress, speak, and conduct themselves like aWASP;the more they will be acceptable as an equal with hope of successandhappiness in life.
Some are able to become an "imitationoflife" and some find it impossible to fit in no matter how muchtheytry. The WASP-type person can go on through life without thatpressure; the non-WASP person lives constantly under the pressuretoassimilate to be acceptable by surrendering their ethnicity,culture, andheritage that comprises who they are and where they come fromwhichvalidates their existence.
Tane
Press release: May 16, 2010
Peace Activists threatened with arrest at Hilo Armed Forces Day events
further contact: Jim Albertini 966-7622, ja@interpac.net
"Over a dozen peace activists were threatened with arrest for offeringpeace leaflets and peacefully sign holding at Armed Forces Day eventsin Hilo on Saturday, May 15th. The activists held signs reading"Rescue the troops from War", "Stop the War", "End U.S. Occupation",etc. along Hilo's airport road fronting the Civil Air Patrol Area ofHilo Airport from 10-11:30AM," said Jim Albertini of Malu 'Aina.
Albertini said "head of Hilo airport security Steven Satiago calledpolice and wanted the protesters arrested if they did not leave thearea where they were holding signs visible to those arriving for theArmed Forces day events and flights in and out of Hilo airport."According to Albertini, "Santiago, wearing an Army cap, also wantedpeace activists arrested for offering peace leaflets to people walkingfrom their parked cars toward the military displays."
Albertini said "peace activists stood their ground and refused to leavethe area to a more remote designated "free speech zone" citing theirfirst amendment free speech rights. Higher ups in both the policedepartment and State transportation were called and eventually theprotesters' rights were recognized."
(Copy of the peace leaflet below)
Peace Activists threatened with arrest at Hilo Armed Forces Day events
further contact: Jim Albertini 966-7622, ja@interpac.net
"Over a dozen peace activists were threatened with arrest for offeringpeace leaflets and peacefully sign holding at Armed Forces Day eventsin Hilo on Saturday, May 15th. The activists held signs reading"Rescue the troops from War", "Stop the War", "End U.S. Occupation",etc. along Hilo's airport road fronting the Civil Air Patrol Area ofHilo Airport from 10-11:30AM," said Jim Albertini of Malu 'Aina.
Albertini said "head of Hilo airport security Steven Satiago calledpolice and wanted the protesters arrested if they did not leave thearea where they were holding signs visible to those arriving for theArmed Forces day events and flights in and out of Hilo airport."According to Albertini, "Santiago, wearing an Army cap, also wantedpeace activists arrested for offering peace leaflets to people walkingfrom their parked cars toward the military displays."
Albertini said "peace activists stood their ground and refused to leavethe area to a more remote designated "free speech zone" citing theirfirst amendment free speech rights. Higher ups in both the policedepartment and State transportation were called and eventually theprotesters' rights were recognized."
(Copy of the peace leaflet below)
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1. A majority of Americans says the war in Afghanistan is notworth its costs, the Washington Post reports. 56 percent ofindependents say it is not worth fighting, up from 47 percent inDecember. Among Democrats, 66 percent say it's not worth it, includinghalf who feel that way strongly.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2010/05/on_afghanistan_a_negative_shif.html
2) Shootings of Afghan civilians by American and NATO convoys and atmilitary checkpoints have spiked sharply this year, becoming theleading cause of combined civilian deaths and injuries at the hands ofWestern forces, American officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/asia/09afghan.html
Jim Albertini
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O.Box AB
Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760
phone: 808-966-7622
email: JA@interpac.net
Visit us on the web at: www.malu-aina.org
Rescue the Troops from War!
It's not just the troops that need rescuing from war. It's all ofus -- all of humanity, and the earth itself. The world is spendingTrillions of dollars on wars and militarism which is contributing toour global crisis with unprecedented human and environmental needsgoing unmet. The U.S. spends almost half of the world's total militaryspending. www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending
Besides the current wars consider the following: :The ongoing globalfinancial crisis threatens global economic collapse; there is aglobal environmental crisis that threatens the sustainability of lifeon the planet; an uncontrolled oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has noend in sight. Trust in religious institutions and governments to solveproblems appear at an all time low. Amid unprecedented concentrationof wealth in the hands of a few, billion dollar bonuses and bail outs,ordinary people are hurting. Look at the number of unemployed,foreclosures, homeless, and mounting debt. People are afraid, angry,and confused. Many don't know where to turn.
In the face of such crises, we need a new local and global vision ofjustice, peace, and caring for the earth, a vision that rejectsviolence as a solution to problems, a vision where the means we usemust be in line with the end we seek. The choice is now betweenembracing non-violence or non-existence. And a big question locallyand globally is can we recognize and end our addiction to war? Or willwe remain in denial?
The U.S. is now in its 9th year of war in Afghanistan, 7th year in Iraq, and now war in Pakistan.
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged)In America's War On Iraq: 4,715 icasualties.org/oif/
Many troops are in their multiple year deployment.
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan $992,517,275,108 http://www.costofwar.com/
The Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,366,350"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
The number of casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan are increasingdaily and there is an increasing threat of a US/Israel attack on Iran.
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged)In America's War On Iraq: 4,715 icasualties.org/oif/
Many troops are in their multiple year deployment.
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan $992,517,275,108 http://www.costofwar.com/
The Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,366,350"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
The number of casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan are increasingdaily and there is an increasing threat of a US/Israel attack on Iran.
1. A majority of Americans says the war in Afghanistan is notworth its costs, the Washington Post reports. 56 percent ofindependents say it is not worth fighting, up from 47 percent inDecember. Among Democrats, 66 percent say it's not worth it, includinghalf who feel that way strongly.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2010/05/on_afghanistan_a_negative_shif.html
2) Shootings of Afghan civilians by American and NATO convoys and atmilitary checkpoints have spiked sharply this year, becoming theleading cause of combined civilian deaths and injuries at the hands ofWestern forces, American officials say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/world/asia/09afghan.html
Cut off the war funds! Bring the Troops Home Now!
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3.Defend civil liberties. 4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic,anti-Semitic, etc.
5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Contact: Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & ActionP.O.Box AB Kurtistown, Hawai`i 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email ja@interpac.net http://www.malu-aina.org
Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (May 14, 2010 - 452nd week) - Friday3:30-5PMdowntown Post Office
1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3.Defend civil liberties. 4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic,anti-Semitic, etc.
5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Contact: Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & ActionP.O.Box AB Kurtistown, Hawai`i 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email ja@interpac.net http://www.malu-aina.org
Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (May 14, 2010 - 452nd week) - Friday3:30-5PMdowntown Post Office
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Jim Albertini
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
P.O.Box AB
Kurtistown, Hawai’i 96760
phone: 808-966-7622
email: JA@interpac.net
Visit us on the web at: www.malu-aina.org
British writer/director Marc Forby’s movie Princess Kaiulani, about the last heiress apparent of the Hawaiian kingdom, has generated controversy in Hawaii and raises a number of complex issues.
What are filmmakers’ responsibilities to historical accuracy, especially when portraying actual historical personages? How obligated are non-indigenous artists to the people they are depicting? What say does an ethnic group have in how it’s portrayed – especially by others from the dominant majority culture?
Even before its release the reportedly $9 million indie co-starring Barry Pepper and Will Patton stirred outrage in the Aloha State, and an outcry from Native Hawaiians forced Forby, who reportedly married a non-Native who grew up in Hawai`i, to change the original title of the film, from Barbarian Princess to Princess Kaiulani....
...Some Hawaiians expressed concern that their beloved royal highness would be depicted by a non-Hawaiian, Q’orianka Kilcher, an actress of Peruvian, Alaskan, Swiss, and other mixed European heritage, who partially grew up in O`ahu. Kilcher portrayed Pocahontas in Terrence Malick’s 2005 The New World, and has participated in Native and environmental protests at South America....
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Hawai`i’s overthrow is told but with historic accuracy taking a back seat with a completely made up love story within the film.
Moviegoers leave with an inaccurate picture of what really happened in the days leading up to the illegal US takeover of Hawai`i. Even the movies’ original title, Barbarian Princess was changed.
This coming Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV, we’ll tell you the five most important facts the movie leaves out. Don’t miss our report on what should have been in this movie – but is not.
Meanwhile, visit BarbarianPrincessMovie.com for the real story of Princess Ka`iulani and her part in attempts to save the Hawaiian Kingdom.
History repeats itself as present day Hawaiian patriot Jon Osorio continues his fight to save Hawai`i’s stolen lands. Find out why the state’s so determined to defeat him this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.
MONDAY, May 17th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, May 17th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, May 21st At 5:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
THURSDAY, May 20th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, May 21st At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, May 22nd At 8:00 PM – O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53
“Last Man Standing – A Visit With Jon Osorio”
What if you suddenly found yourself as the only person left between protecting something and losing it forever? That's Jon Osorio and Hawai`i's stolen ceded lands. Two million acres set aside for native Hawaiians stolen by the US during Hawai`i's illegal overthrow about to be sold because today the state is broke. Will they get away with it? Find out if Jon's the man to stop their plan - Watch It Here
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
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It started with a kanaka saying how sad it was to see on the Merrie Monarch that not many people who dance hula speaks Hawaiian, and opted for the "White man's language." Apparently it caused one Haole girl by the name of Jenny, who claims to be part Shawnee or something, to quickly speak out claiming that English is not a White Man's language, it has no race color attached.
I had to explain that what that statement really meant is how the English language which originated from a European country, managed to make its way throughout the world. And of course with the global market today, English has become the dominant language, to a point where so many Americans are very arrogant about it and use that claim to validate why other languages should have no preference. I also made it clear on how important it is to understand, especially when people want to learn a language like Hawaiian, that this is a fact that all must understand in order to see the bigger picture.
Jenny didn't like not so much what I said, but the fact that I had said anything at all. Why? Because, these people really feel they have the right to say what they need to say and most importantly feel that we are not right at all. Our opinion really doesn't matter.
The conversation quickly turned into her romanticizing Hawaiians, and I said to her I've heard it so many times and was sick and tired of people like her romanticizing us, creating this faux image of how we are docile, subservient creatures willing to do their bidding and have no common sense, lack knowledge to think for ourselves. This happened back in 1820, and continued ever since then, was the root behind the Bayonet Constitution, and STILL continues today in people like Jenny.
They'll say things like they are part Native American, as if to validate that what they say is gold because, they can relate on some "indigenous" level. If that were the case, she shouldn't have been offended. She was only offended and quickly attached "race" to the other person's comment about "White Man's language" because she obviously sees herself as white. She is immediately judged for being white, receiving any white privileges, therefore she is white! She didn't like the way I cussed at her because I was just sick and tired of her trying to say how one bad apple in a BEAUTIFUL barrel always has to cause problems. I again told her to stop doing that, stop making us out into these so called "beautiful" people whom she believed we are.
That's the problem with these people. They romanticize us so much, they really believe that we are subservient, ignorant natives running around willing to do their bidding and awaiting their counsel JUST TO PLEASE THEIR EGO!
Then she deleted her responses, then came another guy by the name of Lee Rogers who was offended by the fact that a white 82 year old man who claims Shawnee, Cherokee, French & Dutch ancestry was offended by the use of "White Man's language" in this forum. But Lee, typical Haole, demanded that I:
1) apologize to the 82 year old KUPUNA who wrote that he wanted to learn the language his mother spoke, what she taught him
2) apologize to the owner of that forum
What's wrong with this picture? Again, these people really think we're idiots. I told him that in the past, people like him have the audacity to tell us what to do and that we do have our own minds and can think for ourselves. I told him that they need to stop dictating to us what to do and what not to do. If the administrator/owner of the group has a problem with me swearing at Jenny who removed her posts, then I'll do it. But for now, Lee Rogers isn't the administrator. And that if the 82 year old man was offended by me, so be it, he should know that this is only a reaction coming from a Hawaiian, if that 82 year old man really is Hawaiian which, according to that man's site, didn't say that at all.
In the end, Lee Rogers said, as others have said to me before when I reiterate that they cannot dictate to us how to do things, especially concerning anything of our culture, that I cannot dictate to him to NOT dictate to us. How fucked up is that?
So to translate, Lee and all these other people who think they know it all and know more than we do feel that only they can make these demands on us, that they can learn our language according to their own needs & wants because they create these so called rules as to what should be learned with the language and what isn't allowed, but most importantly, we can't speak up and say that we don't like it for any reason, especially to say that THEY can't tell us what to do because in return they'll say I'm (or we are) the hypocrite because I'm doing just that, telling them what to do.
Did I miss something here?
Basically, they STILL believe they have the right to dictate to us. That's what it comes down to. They get to impose their rules, regulations, language and most importantly thoughts, but we can't do it for ourselves, definitely not speak up against that unjust thing that they're doing because we would be hypocritical at that.
Friday, May 14, 2010 Honolulu Advertiser
Let 'Princess Ka'iulani' Tell Its Tale In Style
"Princess Ka'iulani," the movie that opens today in limited release, is historical romance. When the temptation arises to get worked up over the artistic license the filmmakers took here, it helps to remember both words in that phrase.
This is the story of a historical character, one beloved by Hawai'i, in a romanticized cinematic setting. As for the romantic part, well, who can blame director Marc Forby for injecting a little extra into the story, the wholly made-up tale about the princess's love match in England? Romance wins hearts and rakes in ticket revenue.
This flourish is forgivable because it merely embellishes a narrative already endowed with elements that are, remarkably, true: a princess who happens to be beautiful and living in one of the loveliest places on Earth.
Reviews of the film have been mixed, but there are reasons to celebrate the fact of its production in any case.
The first is that the producers jettisoned the original title "Barbarian Princess." Yes, that slur was applied to Ka'iulani by 19th-century know-nothings and it still turns up in the film, but if the aim is to sketch a dimly understood piece of history in this short-attention-span world, choosing that as a title confuses more than it clarifies.
But the deconstruction of the film, a critique sparked by the title controversy, goes too far.
Those who complain that the actress in the title role, Q'Orianka Kilcher, is an indigenous Peruvian, not Native Hawaiian, don't credit the actress for her outspoken support of native issues.
She is an actress, after all, a professional who specializes in studying and portraying other people.
One website, barbarian princessmovie.com, picks apart the departures from history in great detail. That would be fine, had this been a documentary.
But it's not. At least one of the trailers includes a brief sequence displaying the words "based on the extraordinary true story." So at least they're honestly disclosing the fictional aspects. The better instinct may be to sit back and enjoy the fact that a film is at least delving into depictions never even touched in other popular treatments of the Islands.
In exchange for its indulgence of cinematic liberties, Hawai'i gets a wider audience to appreciate one of its strong, intelligent and cultured young women who showed courage and love for her people.
Considering that far too many of the uninitiated dismiss Hawaiian culture and history with a wink and a wave, that is not a bad bargain at all.
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After playing Pocahantas in “The New World,” Q’orianka Kilcher has moved about 5,000 miles west and three centuries ahead for her next feature, “Princess Kaiulani,” thereby cornering the market on indigenous American princesses who sojourned in England, while also dangerously typecasting herself.
At least her role as the pampered, Westernized niece of Hawai`i’s last king in the late 1800s does not require her to dance expressively in buckskin, though there are a few uncomfortable moments involving hula.
The film is an odd hybrid. At times it’s the sort of ridiculously anachronistic period film in which historical characters act like 21st-century teenagers who happen to be wearing hoop skirts.
This is especially true during the long middle section, in which the Hawaiian scion goes to Victorian England for her education and has a giddy, entirely fabricated romance with her hosts’ son, Clive Davies (Shaun Evans).
Over all, though, “Princess Kaiulani” plays like an old-fashioned, stiff but plushly upholstered costume drama, swaddled in gauzy cinematography and swelling strings.
Barry Pepper and Will Patton ham it up as American businessmen scheming to push aside the Hawaiian monarchy. And Ms. Kilcher, having mastered the noble savage in “The New World,” adds the nature-girl aristocrat to her repertory, jutting her chin to assert her moral authority and superior breeding....
What Did The Movie Leave Out? - Find Out Here - BarbarianPrincessMovie.com
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Find Out Here - BarbarianPrincessMovie.com
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The truth is: the current government, the “State of Hawai`i,” is a corporate construct of the United States that resulted from a series of unlawful acts stemming from the 1893 unlawful takeover of the recognized, peaceful, civil government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The government of the United States has twice officially acknowledged (in 1893 and again in 1993) that its participation in the takeover of a friendly, neutral nation was an unprovoked unlawful act of aggression.
Suppose someone stole your car, forged documents and sold it to someone else. Does that new “owner” own the car? Suppose the new “owner” gave it to someone else. Does that new “owner” own the car?
Now suppose the original thief confesses to the crime of how he unlawfully obtained (stole) the car. Who owns the car now? Is it the person most recently in possession of the car, or you, the person from whom it was initially stolen?
Of course, according to common sense and common law, the answer is: You. Since you never gave your consent, the title of the car never lawfully changed hands to anyone else. You are still the lawful owner.
The United States claims it possesses the Hawaiian Islands. But the facts show that at no time did lawful title to the Hawaiian Islands actually transfer from the Hawaiian Kingdom to the United States either directly or indirectly.
To continue the analogy, the thieves who stole the Hawaiian Kingdom “car” fenced it to the United States, who has been driving it around as its own.
The takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom violated the Hawaiian Constitution, the US Constitution and the Law of Nations.
According to the governing principles embodied in those documents, the only lawful means to peacefully change a government is by the consent of the people.
There was no consent of the people for the 1893 takeover, nor for the 1893 Provisional Government for Hawai`i, nor for the 1894 formation of the Republic of Hawai`i, nor for the 1898 Annexation to the US (which was not even legitimate according to US law).
And finally, the 1959 conferring “statehood” to Hawai`i was based upon the previous illegitimate acts and did not conform to the criteria or procedures required by international law under the United Nations Charter.
The “statehood” plebiscite constituted fraud and thus, “the State of Hawai`i” is an unlawful entity - a fake state.
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State struggles to help residents, newcomers expecting paradise
Robert White came here about two years ago after living on the streets in Sacramento, Calif. He figured if he was going to be homeless, he might as well live in Hawai'i.
"I wanted to be in an area ... that wasn't too cold or hot," said the 49-year-old yesterday, as he headed to K-Mart in Iwilei from the Institute for Human Services' men's shelter on Sumner Street, where he pays $90 a month for meals and a place to sleep.
For service providers, White and others like him present a perplexing problem: Should people who come here homeless, often with misconceptions of the Islands, be allowed free access to the same services as residents who fall on hard times?
How can providers stop people from abusing the system, while not turning away people who need help? And how can they help them get home if they want to go back?
These touchy questions have become more pressing in recent months, as pro-viders say they're seeing the ranks of newly arrived homeless swell, especially in parks and beaches in the urban core — a situation some are attributing to big cuts in homeless programs nationally and Hawai'i's reputation as a place with robust social services.
"The numbers are growing," said Connie Mitchell, executive director of IHS.
Some 22 percent of the approximately 1,400 people who stayed at the IHS men's shelter last fiscal year were nonresidents. That's down from 31 percent in the previous fiscal year — a drop Mitchell attributes not to fewer nonresidents seeking help, but to the shelter's decision to charge shelter residents $90 a month after three months.
Late last year, IHS again amended its policy: Nonresidents are charged $90 regardless, while residents pay the fee after three months.
"We don't want people to think of it as a free hostel," said Mitchell. "It actually has made people think twice."
The discussion comes as the city is trying to clamp down on illegal homeless campers in parks and other public areas. Last month the city banned shopping carts and tents in parks, in some of the toughest measures yet to deter illegal camping.
Providers stress that the newly arrived homeless, most of whom are single men, represent one relatively small part of the homeless population in the Islands and point out that most homeless are still longtime residents who can't afford a place to live.
significant drain
The most recent Homeless Service Utilization report, from the University of Hawai'i's Center on the Family, showed that about 20 percent of adults staying in homeless shelters in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008, and about 14 percent of adults in homeless shelters in fiscal year 2009 had lived in the Islands for a year or less.
By comparison, last fiscal year 44 percent of adults in shelters had lived in Hawai'i all their lives.
Still, providers say those newly arrived Hawai'i residents living in shelters or accessing other services represent a significant drain (to the tune of millions of dollars a year) on an already-overtaxed safety net that has seen big cuts during the recession.
Darlene Hein, director of community services at the Waikiki Health Center, said Hawai'i has long struggled with what to do with people who come from the Mainland anticipating they'll live in shelters or ending up in them because they don't know what to expect — a high cost of living and a shortage of affordable housing — when they arrive.
But she said the problem has worsened at a time when providers have fewer resources to help people get off the streets. And she added that though the issue has historically been controversial — and muddied by accusations that other states are paying for homeless to come to Hawai'i — it still deserves serious consideration.
"This issue is real. They do end up taking a lot of services," she said, adding that newly arrived homeless are all different, and that not all of them come here looking to bilk service providers or the state. "People come to Hawai'i for all sorts of reasons."
Some come imagining they'll be able to live happily on the beach, she said.
Sometimes, all they know about the Islands is what they see on travel posters.
So far, Hein and other advocates aren't quite sure what could be done to stop homeless from coming to the Islands.
"We've never had an anti- 'Come to Hawai'i' campaign," Hein said.
But she also said it might help to send out the word among providers on the Mainland that Hawai'i is expensive and its nonprofits are struggling to help people already here.
house bill
State Rep. Rida Cabanilla, D-42nd (Waipahu, Honouliuli, 'Ewa), chairwoman of the House housing committee, did attempt to address the situation in 2009 with a bill that would have set up a voluntary program to send newly arrived homeless back to whatever state they came from.
The bill died, but Cabanilla hopes to revive it next year.
She said Hawai'i needs countermeasures to deter homeless from coming here.
"Otherwise, we're just going to be a ... homeless paradise," she said.
Just outside the IHS men's shelter yesterday, several people who live there were milling around after eating lunch.
John Falatko, 53, came to Hawai'i about a month ago after his family bought him a one-way ticket here from Illinois, where he was living with them. He said they thought he would be able to get better medical care in Hawai'i. So far, though, he said that hasn't panned out. Shortly after arriving, he said, he was robbed while staying on the beach in Wai'anae.
He has been living at IHS for about a week.
"I thought it'd be easier," he said.
IHS shelter resident Jeff Nicholas, 48, came to Hawai'i six months ago from Las Vegas and has been homeless for two months, after losing his job and his home when a bad fall left him in the hospital for two weeks. Nicholas said he didn't know how expensive Hawai'i would be.
He wants to get back to Las Vegas, but can't afford the one-way fare.
"I guess," Nicholas said, "it is a perfect place to be stuck in."
Hawaii TV is Broadcasting Live Right Now! Today we will be addressing the different "Hang Ups" and "Misunderstandings" of what Office of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government has the internal, foreign, and executive powers to continue the "Continuity of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government."See me at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hawaii-tv to learn more.
MAHALO to ALOHA HARVEST for beverage and food donations.
Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance sends a warm ALOHA for helping our non-profit organization help those in need!!
Uncle Willy, Aunty Zenaida, Keapoi, Szilard and Catherine appreciates your kokua for feeding the homeless population we service.
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Sightings from The Catbird Seat
~ o ~
May 3, 2008
Dole puts 5,000 acres
in Wahiawa on market
in Wahiawa on market
By Andrew Gomes, Honolulu Advertiser
Dole Food Co. has expanded its effort to raise cash by selling Hawai'i land, and isputting 5,000 acres in Wahiawa on the market two months after agreeingto sell 2,000 acres on O'ahu to an unidentified buyer.
The California-based firm with deep roots in Hawai'i said it has hired commercial real estate firm CBRichard Ellis Inc. to market theproperty for sale.
Dole spokesman Marty Ordman and CB Richard Ellis officials declined to identify the property except to say it is inCentral O'ahu.
Most, if not all, of Dole's Central O'ahu land is in Wahiawa, according to county property records.
Ordman said the land is primarily zoned for agriculture and is leased to farmers growing crops or raising cattle, though some isfallow.
None of the land being put up for sale is farmed by Dole, which grows pineapples on 2,700 acres, and coffee and cacao on anadditional 195 acres.
The company owned by billionaire David Murdock has said it intends to continue itsagricultural operations in Hawai'i, but is shedding nonstrategic orunderperforming assets around the world.
O'ahu land held for sale by Dole represents roughly 25 percent of what the company owns on the island, most of which ispastureland, part of the forestry reserve or leased to others largelyfor farm use.
According to the most recent information from the state Data Book in 2006, Dole was the seventh-largest Hawai'i privatelandowner with 28,472 acres.
Dole's presence in Hawai'i dates back more than a century as the place where James Dole founded the companyin 1901 as Hawaiian Pineapple Co. and made pineapple productionHawai'i's second-largest industry.
Today Dole is still the second-largest pineapple producer in the state. Dole was also once a major sugarcane grower on O'ahu, butit exited the business when its Waialua Sugar Co. closed in1996.
Dole's land sale plan on O'ahu will add to thousands of acres of agricultural land in the state that has been on the market orsold in recent years.
Much of the prior selloff was the result of major pineapple producer FreshDel Monte Produce Inc. shutting down localoperations in 2006.
After Florida-based Del Monte quit pineapple production in Hawai'i, it returned 5,100 acres of leased land in Kunia to locallandowner JamesCampbell Co.
Campbell has sold or received bids for much of the property, including a $31.3million sale of 2,300 acres last year to Monsanto Co. for seed crop operations.
About 850 acres of Campbell's Kunia land is listed on the market for $9.2 million by CBRichard Ellis.
In 2004, Del Monte also quit farming pineapple on about 2,000 acres in Wahiawa leased from the George Galbraith Trust withan estimated value of $30 million to $50 million that thestate has proposed buying.
Hawai'i's largest pineapple producer, Maui Land & Pineapple Co., also has been sellingpieces of "noncore" land in recent years. The company, which owns morethan 25,000 acres on Maui and grows pineapple on roughly 4,000 acres,sold nearly 3,000 acres of mostly agricultural land in the past fewyears.
Dole disclosed in December that it intended to sell Hawai'i land, and in March agreed to sell 2,000 acres on O'ahu to anundisclosed buyer for $39 million in a deal expectedto close between July and September. That property also was notidentified by Dole but is leased to a seed corn producer.
Dole's move to sell land also is occurring outside Hawai'i and would help the financially struggling company pay off whatBloomberg News calculated to be $350 million in bonds maturingnext year.
A diverse food producer with global farming operations, Dole is the world's largest producer and marketer of fresh fruits,vegetables and cut flowers, and also markets a growing line of packagedand frozen foods.
Last year, the company reported a net loss of $58 million onrevenue of $6.9 billion, down from a $90 million losson revenue of $6.2 billion in 2006.
To raise cash, Dole last year sold $41.7 million of assets, and at the end of last year held another $76.2 million inassets for sale — including a fresh-cut flowerdistribution facility in Florida and more than 4,000 acres in Californiaproducing almonds, olives, citrus and grapes.
Queen KALAMA, H. Alii Award
Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili
(Hakaleleponi/Hazaleleponi = BiblicalHaz-elel-poni)(I Chronicles:4:3)
MAHELE BOOK 146-147 (152-153)
Relinquished:
All of the following lands are listed as in the ili Wailuku, Kalana IIPuali
Kom. II["Puali Komohana/West Isthmus"], Maui:
Halekou Waiaka
Kahua Auhaka
Kalihi Naloiehiku
Kapalaalaea Makaoku
Kaupali Kaulupala
Kawakeo Pohoiki
Kumuwiliwili Lamalii 1.2
Lelemako Kukuialaimaka
Makalalaukalo Holu
Paakukui Kahewa
Pohauli Pohakupukupu
Pukea Kemuki .
Puki Kaluaoiki
Waiau Kahiki
LCA 4452
[and] two remaining lands, names unknown, on Oahu.
(Signed) Hazaleleponi
Kapakuhaili
Received:
Kula, ahp. in kalanaof Puna, islandof Hawaii
.Kapalaalaea, ahupuaa, Kona, Hawaii
Kalahuipuaa, ili of Waimea, Kohala, Hawaii
Anaehoomalu, ili of Waimea, Kohala, Hawaii
Waipio, ahupuaa, Hamakua, Hawaii
Kaohe, ili of Wailuku, "Puali Kom. II[West Isthmus], Maui
Puhiawaawa, -ditto-
Lemukee, -ditto-
Puuohala, -ditto-
Manienie, -ditto;.
*Waikahalulu, Hiof Honolulu, Kona, Oahu
Kailua, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko, Oahu
Kaneohe, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko, Oahu
Hakipuu, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko, Oahu
Above lands exempted from division and commutation (Indices 59).
[Note: Kalama's husband, KamehamehaIII, also bequeathed the above lands
to her in his Will as her dower; Kalamaprotested, saying she had received
them in the Mahele.
See court recordsat Archives]
LCA 4452 (Award Book 10: 469-472)
RP 7483 Kula, ahp. Puna, Hawaii (ahp., Ap.l) 2902 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:467; /ndice.'i 152)
170
No RP; by name only. Kapaalaea, Kona, Hawaii (ahp.)
(Aw. Bk. 10:467; Indices 118)
RP 7522 Kalahuipuaa, S.Kohala, Hawaii 359 ac/1 ap.
(Aw. Bk. 10:468;Indices 149)
RP 7523 Anaehoomalu, S.Kohala, Hawaii 866 ac/l ap.
(Aw. Bk. 10:468; Indices 148)
RP 7529 Waipio, Hamakua, Hawaii (ahp., Ap. 5) 5800 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:469; Indices 85)
RP 7299 Kaohe, Wailuku, Maui (Ap. 6) 118.62 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:469; Indices 253)
RP 7300 Puhiawaawa, Wailuku (Ap. 7) 2.54 ac
(Aw, Bk. 10:469; Indices 253)
RP 7301 Lemukee, Wailuku (Ap.8) 3.98 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:470; Indices 253)
RP7302 Puuohala, Wailuku (Ap. 9) 45.98 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:470; Indices 253)
RP 7303 Manienie, Wailuku (Ap. 10) 8.50 ac
(Aw. Bk. 10:470; Indices 253)
RP 7983 Kailua, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko, Oahu 11,885 ac.
(Aw. Bk. IOL471; Indices394)
RP 7984 Kaneohe, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko,Oahu 9,500 ac.
(Aw. Bk. 10:472; Indices 394)
RP 7482 Hakipuu, ahupuaa, Koolaupoko, Oahu 1,165.5 ac.
(Aw. Bk. 10: 472; Indices 394)
*Waikahalulu, iIi of Honolulu, Kona, Oahu
*Note on Waikahalulu, from Awards Book 2:356:
Government takes makai portion of Waikahalulu. Land Board decides
'Kalama has no right in makai portion because:
1. "land has been under the control of the Public Authorities from ancient
times, and that since the organization of His Majesty's Government, that
control was undisputed until the year 1850, when Mr. Charles Kanaina raised
an objection on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Kalama after the King in
council had granted a part of said land to the North Pacific Steam
Navigation Company. "
2. "because it appears that at the time of the Mahele in 1848 in which the
Hi of Waikahaluluis said to have been given to the queen that she was to
have only the mauka portion, the makai part being clearly regarded as being
set apart for the use of the Government. "
LCA 4452
(RP 7516) Waikahalulu, Honolulu
(Aw. Bk. 10:471; Indices 326)
(RP 7255) Waikahalulu, Honolulu
(Aw. Bk. 10:471; Indices 326)
(RP 7220) Waikahalulu, Honolulu
(Aw. Bk. 10:471; Indices 327)
(RP 5683) Waikahalulu, Honolulu
(Aw. Bk. 10:471; Indices 327)
Claim 4452 (cont'd.)
NT 187.10 Copy of Queen Kalama's land division 11 Feb. 1848
by S.P. Kalama
1.06 ac/1 ap.
1.48ac/5 ap. .
.58 actl ap.
0.10 ac/l ap.
171
NT 358.10 "True copy" of Mahele Book
HOUSELOTS: *Pamoo, I-Ialehala, and Aienui in Honolulu;
Waiokama in Lahaina, Maui
*Note on Pamoo: from Nakookoo #6756 [This is not the K/A Nakookoo, but
Nakookoo the widow of Kapokini; see KIA Kalaeokekoi 601]
NT 194.10: J. KekauahaoappearsbeforeKing IIon behalfof Nakookoot s
.claim to Pamoo in Honolulu here. The King has explained that Nakookoo has
no claim there, he [the King] had given the remaining land to H. Kalama
after a sale with the foreigners. This remaining parcel is the land
Nakookoois trying to claim.II "See p. 249"
NT 249.10: [reads "6576" instead of 6756]
liThe written rejection by the king for my claim in Pamoo is valid
because the place had been from the king to my husband, then it was passed
on to me; however the king has said it is his place; so be it. I shall
never object and I have no claim there. II Nakookoo.
LCA 4452
(RP 7427) to Kalama: Pamoo, Honolulu 0.36 acll ap.
(Aw. Bk. 10:546; Indices 327 "Pamoo, Nuuanu St. ")
(RP 7213) Halehala, Honolulu 3.12 act 1 ap.
(Aw. Bk. 10:557; Indices 327 "Beretania St. ")
(RP 7530) Aienui, Honolulu
(Aw. Bk. 9:690; Indices 327 Aienui, Nuuanu St.) [makai King
St., ewa of Nuuanu; see KIA Kaapuiki on Aienui, former residence
of Isaac Davis]
Waiokama, Lahaina, Maui:
FT 81.16 Kekai, sworn, says he knows the"House Lots of Queen Kalama at
Lahaina, Maui:
The first Lot is in the Ahupuaa of "Waiokama" and is bounded Mauka by
the Konohiki's land; Olowalu side by Kaheana's land; Makai by the Public
Road; Kaanapali side by the Loko called "Mokuhinia. to Clt. received this
Lot from the King about the year 1836, and her retainers have occupied it
ever since, without dispute.
The second Lot is also in "Waiokama, IIand is bounded Mauka by the
Public Road; Olowalu side by the KOl1ohiki'sland; makai by land of A. PaId,
Kaanapali side by the Loko called II Mokuhinia. liCIt. ree. this lot from the
King at the same time as the first Lot and has held it ever since.
Keawehano, sworn, says he knows these two Lots and confirms in full the
testimony of Kekai.
LCA 4452
(no RP) Waiokama, Lahaina, Maui I rood/3 ap.
(Aw. Bk. 10:579; Indices 232)
Claim 4452 (contd.) [FF trans.]
NR 605.3 C. Kanaina for Kalama Honolulu 1/19/1848:
I. Pahale of Naopala and Kauwila at Kamanuwai in Honolulu. It was
unused land and her makuakane built and improved it before sailing with
King Liholiho (this was the year 1822) [sic; Liholiho sailed November 27,
1823]
172
2. Lot of Kekai, maukaof Pelekanein Honolulu. Unused until time of
Kaomi, when sheand her people made the improvements.
3. Lot of Noi [? Koi] at Kaanaanain Honolulu. It was for Timothy
Haalilio and it becamethe King's, who gave it to KaJama.
4. Lot of Keawehano, beyond Aienui. "This is mine and Kalama's...when
we returned here with King Liholiho in the year 1821, we and our people
made the improvements on it."
5. Lot to Kekukahiko beyond Mokuhinia at Lahaina, MauL She and her
people made the improvements in 1839.
6. Lot of Kekai, beyond Mokuhinia, makai of the Govt. road. She and
her peoplemadetheimprovementsin 1839. .
NT 445.l0Dec. 23, 1854, W. P. Leleiohoku #9971 kue Kalama #4452
Dispute is over a pahale in Waipio, Hamakua [Pakaalana]. Witness
KanehoasaysJ.A. Kuakini [whose heir was W.P. Leleiohoku] had no kuleana
at this place, and did nothing about the making of the wall/fence. It is
the place where the ancient chiefs lived, called Pakaalana.
10, witness, confirms.
Claim 2038:
NR 333.3
H. Kalamaclaims house lot in Puuhale, makai of Kalihi, Honolulu. Claim
was established in the time of KamehamehaI, until the present.
Signed "Chiefess H. Kalama X Her mark, by Ohule"
FT 248.3
Puleoll, sworn: knows land, a house lot with a stone fence around it, in
the Hi of Puuhale, Kalihi, Oahu; 6 houses on it Clt. received it from
Ohule in 1830. Ohule, sworn: I gave the land here claimed by the Queen, to
.theQueen in 1830.
NT 583.3 Jan. 2, 1850
PUkOll,witness, knows houselot at PlIuhale in Kalihi, surrounded by a
stone wall. Mallka,Kaunllohua'sland; Honolulu, the sea for Kaunuohua;
makai, Kaunuohlla; Ewa, John Ii. Ohule gave her this houselot in 1830.
Ohule contirms.
LCA 2038 (RP 7537) Puuhale, Kona, Oahu .19 acll ap
(Aw. Bk. 6:476; Indices 327)
PROBATE 1562 (1st CC; 1870) Hakaleleponi Kapakuhaili Kalama died in
Honolulu September 20, 1870.
[Kalamadied intestate;her uncle Charles Kanaina was declaredher
heir. In after years, the matterof her "rightfulheirs"becamethe
subjectof dispute in the Courts.]
[The original Kalama Probate 1562papers were stolen from the Archives
some time in the 1960s. Agnes Conrad, then Archivist, retrieved a xerox
set that had been made for "a lawyer" and copied it. This is the set of
Probate 1562papersnow in AH.]
Kalama's birthdate:
from Paulo Kanoa's testimony in Probate 1562:says he came to Honolulu
in 1821, at the age of 17 [=b. 1804] "Kalama was born then. She was small
when I came here--2 or 3 years old." Therefore, she was born ca. 1818.*
*HAA 1930in "Holiday Observances "gives Kalama's birth date as "about
1820." AH record: 1817,at Kaelehuluhlllu,N. Kona. Korn("Lettersfrom
Molokai"No. 51, note 3) follows AH (1817).
173
601: KALAMA HAKALELEPONI KAPAKUHAILI (a 'Palena' and a 'Moana')
BM 1:188, 199: .
Keakealanikane Kaleimakalii Keawekuikekaai
Keawekuikekaai Kihawahine Kaaloaikanoa
Kaaloaikanoa Umihuillmaka Palena
Paia
Luahine
Kauhiwalea
Kalaikapuainui
Akahi, w.
Hanakahi
Naihekukui
Kalua, w.
KALAMAHAKALELEPONI
Keaweawe .
[d. in infancy]
Palena
Kauhiwalea
Kaleikapuainui
Kamakaikia
Hanakahi
Naihekukui
Kauikeaouli (Kam. III)
Kaneiaulukahonua
Kelei
Kahiwakaumu
Akahi
Piipii
I a.k.a. Kepooku
KALAMA
601 (Moana Gen., through 3Moana, w.)
AH 14:36; BM:1:3
Keakealanikane
Moana
Kauhi-a-Haki
Palila (Nohomllalani)
*Eia
Naihekukui
Kauikeaouli (K-III)
Kaleiheana
Piilaniwahine [III]
IIiki-a-Moana
Moana
Kauwa
Kepooku [a.k.a. I]
KALAMA
*Eia (see also K/A Kanaina 601]
[Makakaualii II Kapalaoa
Eia Kauwa
Moana
Iliki-a-Moana, w.
Lono-a-Moana
Kapuni-a-Moana
Kahanaumalani
Heioholani
Moana, w.
Koialiipuheelani
Huapualani
Kauwa,w.
Naea
Kepooku(a.k.a. I)
K/A Chas. Kanaina
KALAMAHAKALELEPONI
Keaweawe
Eia
Naea ma
