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AOHE PUA

Posted by Kaapuikinaea on February 8, 2009 at 4:30am
Ua hoike ia iau keia ma lalo iho nei:052_5_005_024_007_01_sml_18960615.pngMai ka nupepa KA MAKAAINANA, ma ka la 15, o ka mahina o Iune, ka m.h. 1896, vol. 5, no. 24. E heluhelu e ka Umiamaka pua, oia hoi o KUULEI, ka helu 8, na inoa o ka moiwahine o Liliuokalani me kana kane, aohe keiki na laua!A keia hoolaha kekahi ma lalo iho nei:052_5_004_015_005_01_sml_18951007.pngThat one too, pili ana i ka hala ana ia Poomaikelani aka nae aohe kakau ia pili i na pua o ia aliiwahine. Sorry to burst your bubble. As the saying goes, Aia pai ka maka, hai ia kupuna nana oe. If I really did slap your face, why aren't you doing what you should be doing? Like I wrote in my last 2 entries...he HOAILONA wale no ia!
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Unconstitutionality of the annexation of Hawaii

Posted by Tane on February 7, 2009 at 5:44pm
The President––not the Congress––has the constitutional authority to act as the representative of the United States in foreign affairs, Congress may proclaim jurisdiction or sovereignty over the territorial sea for international law purposes only if it possesses a specific constitutional power.Congress has the power under Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution to admit new states into the nation.The United States also annexed Hawaii by joint resolution in 1898. Joint Res. 55, 30 Stat. 750 (1898). Again, the Senate had already rejected an annexation treaty, this one negotiated by President McKinley with Hawaii. And again, Congress then considered a measure to annex the land by joint resolution. They, however, neglected one significant nuance: Hawaii was not being acquired as a state. Because the joint resolution annexing Texas relied on Congress’ power to admit new states, “the method of annexing Texas did not constitute a proper precedent for the annexation of a land and people to be retained as a possession or in a territorial condition.” Andrew C. McLaughlin, A Constitutional History of the United States 504 (1936).The constitutionality of the annexation of Hawaii, by a simple legislative act, was strenuously contested at the time both in Congress and by the press. The right to annex by treaty was not denied, but it was denied that this might be done by a simple legislative act…Only by means of treaties, it was asserted, can the relations between States be governed, for a legislative act is necessarily without extraterritorial force––confined in its operation to the territory of the State by whose legislature it is enacted.Representative Ball thus characterized the effort to annex Hawaii by joint resolution after the defeat of the treaty as “ a deliberate attempt to do unlawfully that which can not be lawfully done.” Id.
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Send out your letters NOW to Congress against the Akaka Bill

Posted by Tane on February 7, 2009 at 4:29pm
As a Hawai'i national and a native Hawaiian, I object to the seditious AkakaBill S. 381. We do not deal with your Secretary of Interior; it is a domestic andinternal U.S. Department. Historically, we directly work with your Secretary ofState as a nation to nation.So far since 1893, all U.S. actions have stemmed from internal actions andresolutions rather than treaties. What kind of nation is the U.S.A., that doesn'thonor its treaties nor follow its own internal resolutions that doesn't meet upwith its private agenda?The U.S. has acknowledged its government's complicity and crime in covertand overt actions in destabilizing, invading, belligerently occupying our sovereignnation, the Kingdom of Hawai'i; its government, its territory, and holding its peoplehostage. The U.S.A. has made a mockery of justice, democracy, freedom, whilebringing dishonor and shame upon itself.The Blount Report brought out the truthful facts; the racist Morgan Reportcontradicted the facts to exonerate its government and its people. The TurpieResolution prevented U.S. President Cleveland from righting the wrong nor anyother nation to step up in our behalf; but gave us the choice to choose ourgovernment.The Queen's second protest, the Memorial and Ku'e Petitions of 1897 againstunlawful annexation signed by over 98% of our Hawaiian citizens spoke for thepeople, but went ignored contrary to the Turpie Resolution of 1894 and havemuted our voice ever since that time. Ignoring the conditions set in the TurpieResolution, the U.S. create another internal resolution to continue its theft.The domestic joint-resolution known as the Newlands Resolution over-rodethe people's choice in favor of the U.S. military-protected puppet-Republic ofHawai'i. Another internal instrument, the Organic Act of 1900, furthercontinued the theft without a treaty of annexation.The domestic Statehood Act of 1959 confirmed the seizure of the HawaiianKingdom for the U.S. sole purpose of control; to escape the U.N. mandate;and to claim the dubious ownership of the Hawaiian territory; to once againprevent the Hawai'i nationals' voice in returning our country to us.To add insult to injury, the U.S.A. is asking most of us to comply withanother internal Bill S. 381, known to us as the Akaka Bill, to change ourstatus from a Hawai'i national to one of its Native American tribes whiledisregarding the rest of the bona fide Hawaii nationals not of nativeHawaiian blood.The Reorganization of the Native Hawaiian Government is a fraud; deceitfulmisrepresentation of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. I will not be a part of thiscriminal charade and I hope you won't be either. We will fight this U.S.ipso facto usurper attempting to replace our lawful, internationallyrecognized, legitimate government, the Kingdom of Hawai'i.Free Hawai'i by U.S. belligerent de-occupation.Say, "NO" to the Akaka Bill S. 381.You can use my letter or glean from it in what you want to say. - Tane
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Stuff

Posted by Ululani on February 7, 2009 at 3:30pm
For my family and friends who like KNOW:Someone asked why there are few Hawaiians in the media. It is obvious that the B.S. media builds people up then tears them down. The differential between the high and the low makes for HUGE profits so if and when people wonder why Hawaiians do not speak to any medium... THAT is why and I do not blame them!I know Patrick Kawaiola of Keaukaha and he told me that the local B.S. media misquotes him ALL of the time. I would NEVER grant interviews. EVER!Yet some oiwi insist on speaking to a medium only to get MISQUOTED.One time a videographer rushed me when the plane to HNL was caught in a turbulence scare. He asked if he could interview me on camera. Guess what? I said NO!!!It also annoys me when some people mistakenly think that oiwi have to take crap from other PEOPLE. NO... we can ACCEPT, REJECT, OR COUNTER.We do not have to say Yes. We are NOT obligated to say Yes. It is OKAY for us to REJECT. Thus an inherent problem that I have with Senator Akaka. Don't get me wrong but I live on the very-blunt-and-extremely-RUDE East Coast (which epitomizes the best and the worse of America) so I KNOW how some people can be RUDE but you do NOT under ANY circumstances PUSH other oiwi to do what YOU want them to do or have them think the way that YOU want them to think. That's rude!!!I think that Senator Akaka is rude. You ASK FIRST. You do NOT push it down other oiwis' throat NOR do you tell or even IMPLY that you know what is best for them. That is so rude!!! Instead... YOU ASK!I also notice that some people mistakenly conflate "living among the ho'ohaole" or "speaking/writing in olelo haole" to "being brainwashed against one's kupuna." They are not mutually exclusive. So annoying!!! LOLAnyway latahs!!!

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Navy's tugs fail to pull warship off sea bottom

Posted by Pono Kealoha on February 7, 2009 at 9:37am

Navy's tugs fail to pull warship off sea bottom

The USS Port Royal is just coming back from routine maintenance

By Gregg K. Kakesako

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 07, 2009

Navy divers and a salvage ship were to try again today to free a 9,600-ton Pearl Harbor warship that ran aground Thursday night about a half-mile south of Honolulu Airport's reef runway, the Navy said.

U.S.S. PORT ROYAL

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding

Cost: $1 billion

Propulsion: 4 gas turbine engines

Length: 567 feet

Beam: 55 feet

Displacement: 9,600 tons

Speed: 30-plus knots

Crew: 24 officers, 340 enlisted

Armament: Standard missile; vertical launch missile; Tomahawk cruise missile; Six MK-46 torpedoes; two MK 45 5-inch/.54-caliber guns; two Phalanx close-in-weapons systems

Aircraft: Two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters

Source: U.S. Navy

The $1 billion guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal, skippered by Capt. John Carroll, was transferring Navy officials to a small boat when it ran aground just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday about 1.5 miles from the entrance to Pearl Harbor.

The warship is stuck in about 20 feet of water.

No one was injured. The ship has a crew of about 360.

Around 2 a.m. yesterday, at high tide, Navy tugs tried unsuccessfully to pull the 567-foot cruiser off the rocky and sandy bottom.

The Navy said divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One from Pearl Harbor and the salvage ship USS Salvor would try to tow the warship at high tide at 2:45 this morning.

The grounding and the extent of damage to the Port Royal, which is equipped with a large sonar dome that protrudes below the bow of the warship, are under investigation. Rear Adm. Dixon Smith, commander of Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, made a special trip to the Port Royal yesterday to get a personal assessment of the situation.

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The U.S.S. Port Royal ran aground Thursday night about a half mile from the Honolulu International Airport's reef runway. It remains stuck in place as of Friday night, with investigators determining what caused the incident.

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Grounding of any Navy vessel generally means the end of a Navy career for its commander. Carroll has commanded the Port Royal since October. He also led the frigate Rodney M. Davis in 2002 and deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz strike group.

Navy and Coast Guard personnel are monitoring the surrounding area from shore, from the air and from the sea for any signs of leaking diesel marine fuel, which propels the cruiser's four jet turbine engines. There has been no indication that any fuel leaked. The Port Royal has the capacity to carry 600,000 gallons.

The cruiser, which was commissioned in 1994, had just completed an $18 million five-month stint at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for routine repairs and maintenance and a new paint job.

It had left Pearl Harbor on Thursday for several days of sea trials.

The Port Royal is one of the Navy's premier warships, equipped with the sophisticated Aegis radar system and capable of shooting down enemy ballistic missiles.

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Huge fish kill off Niihau triggers consumer alert - Hawaii News

Posted by Pono Kealoha on February 7, 2009 at 9:36am
Huge fish kill off Niihau triggers consumer alertHummm Sounds like all the Military Bio~chemical Bombs dumped on the islands Reef are starting to erode..are WE NEXT?Huge fish kill off Niihau triggers consumer alertPeople should ask where the catch came from before they buyBy Tom Finneganhttp://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20090206_Huge_fish_kill_off_Niihau_triggers_consumer_alert.htmlPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 06, 2009KAPAA, Kauai » Officials with the state are investigating a fish kill on the island of Niihau and have warned residents to ask where their fresh fish is coming from.The kill of near-shore fish over the past week in the normally pristine waters off Niihau has prompted an investigation led by both the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Health."Can it be passed on to humans? That's what we're trying to find out," said DLNR Aquatic Biologist Don Heacock.Until they have found out the cause of what killed the thousands of fish, officials with the Department of Health ask that the public not consume any fish they catch that seems impaired or sluggish in its movements or has any unusual odor.They also ask that people ask where the fish was caught and avoid consuming fish in the waters off Niihau.Heacock said that the Health Department officials were sending tissue samples of the fish to laboratories yesterday and were hoping for an answer "within a few days."He added that it is the first instance of a fish kill on Niihau, as far as he knows.Niihau, just west of Kauai, is privately owned and is known for its pristine offshore waters teeming with wildlife, including fish, sharks, monk seals and other marine species. The native Hawaiian population on Niihau "eat fish every day," Heacock added, but will be keeping away from the staple until the source of the problem can be found.Heacock, who has investigated numerous fish kills, including the one two weeks ago in Nawiliwili Harbor, said there could be a dozen reasons for the kill. The previous problem at Nawiliwili, which included deep-water lantern fish, does not appear to be related, however.The dead fish off Niihau were reported Monday by the Robinson family, which owns the island, according to state officials. The kill, however, could have occurred as long as a week before its reporting.The majority of the fish were concentrated to the southeast beaches of Niihau, but smaller amounts were found around to the north end of the island and up the leeward coast, Heacock added.Two species of humuhumu (triggerfish) accounted for 95 percent of the density of fish found. Nenue (rudder fish) and a snapper (taape) were also found, but in smaller quantities."We were somewhat surprised on how few species there were" considering the variety of fish near the shores of the Forbidden Isle, Heacock added.Opihi and other crustaceans appeared to be unaffected, but will be tested to help find the cause.Another state team, including Heacock, will return to Niihau today to continue the investigation.
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Yet more signs

Posted by Kaapuikinaea on February 6, 2009 at 8:02am
Regarding my HOAILONA post previously. As ambiguous as I was in that post not really naming too many people, I thought of one person that may come out of the wood works. Is it ironic that that person actually replied in my blog? I never even wrote about that person in my last post, but certainly thought about that person, and now look, replying with anger, just as that person had written with anger in their posts elsewhere. He hoailona!But here is yet more proof. Yesterday I got an email from a woman who was trying to find out if I could point her in the right direction regarding old marriage records. She mentioned that she was a descendant of John Adam Cummins. Not like I knew who that was, but that name seemed familiar. I looked in my database, no name like that.But when I looked through the old newspapers, I found his name, so he was someone significant, at least that's how I saw it. But turns out, she didn't need info. on him, just a way to verify marriage dates for John's ancestors. Anyway, later when I got home I was reading some of the old newspapers (from Ka Makaainana) I was reading through it to see what names came up since I am printing the entire year of the article Mookuauhau Alii. And lo and behold, there was John C. Cummins in there. He hoailona!This morning I was reading through one of my books about Kalakaua and thought of sharing it with my coworker since she inquired about Iolani Palace a few days ago. I was going through that book, yet again, to verify something that sparked my last blog post. And what did I find? John C. Cummins. He hoailona!But last night, as I was reading through the stuff I printed, as always, I'm pulled in one direction then another and ended up looking at what I had under my notes for Benjamin Namakeha, the 1st husband of Q. Kapiolani. I noticed that I had copied & pasted some notations, probably from a website, or some place talking about Namakeha's lineage and I noticed a name in there that seemed familiar. Eia. I looked that up and got that name from a genealogy that was gathered by a woman named Violet and whose last name I'll leave out. Basically what she had went into Kanaina's genealogy and I did see Naea in there too and wondered if it was the same as Namakeha's brother Naea, father of Queen Emma.I got tired of looking at it because I knew that meant cleaning up stuff and was looking through other books to verify what I already had. After I couldn't find anything else, I just continued reading more of the stuff that I had printed out last night and took home. What did I find? Naea and Namakeha's lineage, it actually referred to Namakeha's granddaughter with his first wife. And so now their lineage was verified. He hoailona!I'm very fortunate to have guidance when I do all this and I understand now that there is a reason for it. I may not know it yet, but there is a reason for it.
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HERE'S YOUR FUTURE IF THE AKAKA BILL PASSES

Posted by Free Hawai`i on February 5, 2009 at 8:33pm
Akaka Bill Would Bring Interior Department Nightmares WASHINGTON — As Congress prepared to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters last fall, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties was revealed to be caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal — including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.This is the very same US federal agency that would administer federal recognition on Hawaiians should the Akaka bill pass.
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Mano Surfing in Ka'u

Posted by Robert Ebanez on February 5, 2009 at 5:30pm
We were the first ones in modern surfing to have surfed places in Ka'u on the Big Island in the early 1970's. Honoli'i in Hilo was a good spot, drain pipes in Kalapana,Banyans in Kailua-Kona, and our secret spots in Ka'u. I never had the opportunity to surf on the Kohala coast. During my stay on Oahu I surfed south shore,Kaisers, Duke's, three's, rock piles, Ala Moana bowl, concessions, baby Haleiwa, Kewalos, Ha bush in Ewa, tracks by the power plant and North Shore, Haleiwa, Chuns reef, marijuana's. pipeline,velzy- land etc.The first time we surfed in a secret spot on the Ka'u coast, the local fishermen thought we were crazy. Actually, we were crazy. Remember leashes weren't invented. So, we are from the old school like our ancestors. Swimming is part of surfing. Drowning and being eaten by mano are some of the hazards of surfing. This beach we found is known for turtles, sharks and moi.I was in the ninth grade and hanging out with the older surfers like Cyril Lopez Sr. and Lambert Naboa. Cyril was out of school and working as a bartender at Punalu'u restaurant and bar. Lambert was a senior transfer from Waipahu High School on Oahu and his family were born and raised in Pahala.We were the rippers of Ka'u. Lambert and I were experienced surfers who surfed the North Shore of Oahu. That is were you earn your degree. Big waves on the North Shore of Oahu with no leash. Leashes are for kitten surfers. he he he.This surf spot is somewhere on the Big Island. We were parked on a road and looking at the surf about a mile away. This was our first time here exploring the possibility of this surfing spot. The three of us were stoked because the sea was glassy and a slight off shore breeze was coming from Makanau, for this place is usually rough seas. We walked over heaiu's and tons of petrogs of our ancestors on the lava beds.When we got to the bay we were yelling because we had the whole beach to ourselves and the waves were peeling perfectly both lefts and rights about 4 to 6 feet. We just waxed our boards and jumped into the water. I told you we were crazy. Normally one should study the currents and timing of the sets but who cares. We were in surfing heaven, in a remote part of the island with no life guards around. Well, I guess we were life guards too.I paddled out to the point and caught the larger sets that rolled in. Lambert and Cyril caught a wave in. I remember sitting alone in deep water by the point of the cave, and about 10 feet in front of me a huge shark fin pops out of the water. Well, I did not have time to do do my shorts because the mano was that close and probably a 16 footer.I'm glad braddah mano was not hungry. It swam slowly away and dived. Do you know how it feels to have seen what I just saw while your legs are dangling in the water?. Not a very good feeling. Lambert and Cyril came paddling out to me with big smiles on their faces. Stoked!I thought to myself, why spoil the fun and tell them, what I saw.I told you, we were freakin crazy!.Aloha noBobby E
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He hoailona

Posted by Kaapuikinaea on February 5, 2009 at 8:30am
As always, doing genealogy I am guided in so many directions. I used to think that it was me just being "niele" but I know better now that doesn't seem to be the case because of the constant coincidences and either bridging families together just as I get an email from someone I don't know inquiring about that particular line, or some things are being clarified as I wondered about it but never cared to research it or was doing it passively.Just recently something that was occurring here made me look more thoroughly through the old Hawaiian newspapers, particularly KA MAKAAINANA. Everything happens for a reason and all of these things came in at the same time. While searching, a couple of names were jumping out at me and I knew I've seen them before and knew who was inquiring about them. The names were Kinoole and Pitman. It was a cousin of mine who had a long, lengthy discussion about it, inquiring about it. So finally, realizing that I never entered those names into my database I figured I should look more into it since in KA MAKAAINANA Kinoole's genealogy was listed.I went through my old emails early this morning looking for the email from my cousin inquiring about it. I threw away nearly all of that except the initial email where he specifically asked me if I knew who Kinoole was and if I had her genealogy. Wow, and here was her genealogy that I came across last night while going through KA MAKAAINANA. The thing is, I printed some of the Mookuauhau Alii articles from KA MAKAAINANA but at random. Kinda at random. I picked like the middle of the year and began printing them going forward and backward from the middle of the year. Turns out I was reading through one of them last night, saw the name Kinoole & Pitman, saw Beckley on top of that and i wondered about that b/c I knew I had Beckeley in my database. And so everything came into play for that.Then the other reason why I searched the newspapers was that I knew Liliuokalani did not have any children of her own. Again, it was random when I started printing from KA MAKAAINANA, and what I saw last night of the ones I printed, just so happened listed Queen Liliuokalani and stating her marriage to John Dominis and at the end of that, AOHE PUA. Having no issue!He hoailona, or what? There were other things too, related to what I just wrote (Liliuokalani) and a particular "Princess'" genealogy. Again, from the random ones I printed out of KA MAKAAINANA came the genealogies leading up to that supposed ancestor of that Princess. No relation.Worse, there was claim that this Princess was the one who wrote these genealogies and specifically was a child of Queen Liliuokalani. It may have been that she could've written these, but if that's the case, why didn't she list herself as the child of Liliuokalani? Oh wait, probably b/c Liliuokalani was born in 1838 and this Princess I'm referring to was born in 1841. *rolls eyes*I don't doubt anything I find and it may seem like I'm going in blind and researching people at random, but I definitely don't see it as that anymore. I don't see it (anymore) as me intruding into one's genealogy that isn't of mine. I swear this has been the thing for me to do, beckoned by na kupuna. And if that weren't the case, then I wouldn't be able to find things the way I have and proving people by citing where I get the information from, and verifying that the names I find are who they say they are and not what these other people say they think are of the same person.In other words, my mother Judy Smith is not the same as all the other Judy Smith out there in the world. So don't get confused by one or even two names that just so happen to be the same as your ancestor's. Be careful when doing genealogy. Verify, if you can't get any oral confirmation as to the names of people.Oh yeah, I wondered why that blog post was deleted, the one that got me started to look up & verify these people as that person (who blogged) claimed they were. Seems like their account was deleted too. He hoailona!
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"I could not turn back the time for the political change, but there is still time to save our heritage. You must remember never to cease to act because you fear you fail. The way to lose any earthly k

Posted by Kekaulike ame Kuuleiawapuhi on February 4, 2009 at 10:05pm
"I could not turn back the time for the political change, but there is still time to save our heritage. You must remember never to cease to act because you fear you fail. The way to lose any earthly kingdom is to be inflexible, intolerant, and prejudicial. Another way is to be too flexible, tolerant of too many wrongs and without judgement at all. It is a razor's edge. It is the width of a blade of pili grass. To gain the kingdom of heaven is to hear what is not said, to see what cannot be seen, and to know the unknowable - that is Aloha. All things in this world are two; in heaven there is but One"- Lili'uokalani, 1917Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
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AKAKA BILL REINTRODUCED INTO US CONGRESS

Posted by Free Hawai`i on February 4, 2009 at 7:23pm
US Senate and House sponsors introduced the Akaka bill today which would create a process to legitimize the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.The legislation, if passed, would perfect all land title in Hawai`i, seal the theft of lands seized during the overthrow, and legally cover over all illegal acts by the US both during the overthrow and during the fake statehood vote in 1959.There would be no legal recourse for recovery.The Akaka bill would also designate native Hawaiians as "indians" or wards of the US federal government and place them on reservations.Felons currently incarcerated in US federal prisons also enjoy the status of wards.Typically native peoples who enter into such an agreement with the US federal government end up with less than two percent of their lands, little money and no legal recourse for recovery.
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FREE HAWAI`I TV - "STOLEN LANDS SHENANIGANS"

Posted by Free Hawai`i on February 4, 2009 at 4:56am
FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTSFREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK "STOLEN LANDS SHENANIGANS"Many Are Attempting To Stop The Sale Of Stolen Hawaiian Kingdom Lands.But Not All Are Fans Of A Free Hawai`i.Some Have Their Own Secret Agendas.Who & What Are They? Watch & Find Out.I
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Crabbing at South Point Kalae

Posted by Robert Ebanez on February 2, 2009 at 5:00pm
It was just before my older brother Keli'iKahi's Ka'u High School graduation in 1967. They had to prepare for his graduation party by going Holo Holo (fishing),you not suppose to say fishing just holo holo. I was 10 years old and my nephew Ryan Carlos was 11 years old.Yeah, I was an uncle when I was born in 1957. Imagine that; try explaining this to your hanabata friends while growing up in Ka'u. They thought I was joking. So to avoid a long presentation of how I am an uncle, I would introduce Ryan to my friends as my cuzin. That they understood.It made me feel like a grown man at 10 years old, being an uncle for 10 years. I remember telling mom since I'm an uncle can I drink beer with Uncle J.B. and Uncle Sam. She pulled my ear...it still hurts....We left Pahala in the evening and headed out to South Point (Kalae) it means the point in Hawaiian, my first-born grandson name is KaLae, He is 3 years old today. We were in two vehicles since we had about 12 people. Their goal was to catch a'ama crab. The black crab you see crawling on the rock.The night sky had no moon which means pitch black . They told Ryan and I to wait up at the cliff while they catch crab and fish in the pools below. We had our flash lights as we proceeded to follow them along the top of the cliff as they were fishing and crabbing .Then Ryan and I saw a large stone wall on the makai side of where we were. We shined our flash lights trying to see what this wall was. Then our hairs on our bodies stood up...You know what I mean...Freaking obake....We starting yelling at my brother that we wanted to go down to them. They yelled back at us saying NO. Stay up there, too dangerous down here, they said.Now, what would you do in our situation? Stay and maybe see your ancestors..or run down the cliff and get licking from your big brother. I chose to see my ancestors...Then we heard people talking. It got louder and louder and it was in Hawaiian. Then we heard someone playing the uke...That was it .. licking or not...I'm not hanging around here...I bolted down the cliff and left Ryan crying on top the hill...every man for himself brah...besides he is a city boy visiting Ka'u...I gotta break cuzin into the family..right?..he he.. I'm sorry Ryan...My brother was pissed with me not so much running down the hill but, leaving Ryan on top the hillcrying. He eventually came down and we finished our crabbing and fishing with nets.Driving home full of a'ama crab and some fish for Keli'iKahi's graduation party,we were now on the main highway heading towards Wai'ohinu, something that we saw crossed the road and our car stalled. Now, our other group in the other car behind us also stalled. So here we are stalled on the main highway at 3am heading back to Pahala and no one is on the highway for miles except us.Our head lights was still working,but we could not start the cars. My Uncle John Keliikahi Brown all of his 6 foot 7 body climbed out of the car and started to chant in Hawaiian. It was ire watching all this unfold in time. Uncle JB took some fish and crab and place them on the highway on both sides of the road. Then he came back and pissed around our car. I remember seeing his ding ding..what....that's the truth....that's how I know he was pissing.He got back in the car and told my brother, okay we can go.. he turned the key and the car started and so did the other car. off we went....The lesson here is that we all should pay attention and respect to our aina and our culture...no be kolohe like me...he he..Aloha noBobby E
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WHO'S OPINION ? NOT MINE ! "Ceded lands conflict should be resolved in sovereignty talks"

Posted by Pono Kealoha on February 2, 2009 at 7:30am
WHO'S OPINION ? NOT MINE !HEWA WITH THIS KUKAE AND DA KAKA BILL.First it's 1.8 million2. akaka bill = turning the kanaka maoli into american indians.3. Destroys our SOVEREIGNTY which we still have in place since 1843-2009 ,though we are ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED and RULED by a TERRORIST EMPIRE " USA"4.MEDIA FOLLOWS THE MONEY AND HIDDEN AGENDA'S THAT HELP TO PERPETUATE THESE LIES!!!LEARN TRUTH :http://hawaiiankingdom.orgOUR OPINIONCeded lands conflict should be resolved in sovereignty talksPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 02, 2009WHILE the U.S. Supreme Court considers a challenge of the state's attempted transfer or sale of virtually any state-owned land, some state legislators are proposing to preempt the court ruling by banning such sales to protect native Hawaiian interests. The controversy more properly should be advanced to negotiations following congressional approval of Hawaiian sovereignty.The dispute involves the status of 1.2 million acres of former crown land -- about 29 percent of Hawaii's total land area and virtually all state-owned land -- that was taken over by the federal government at annexation and ceded to the state at admission. The Admission Act provided that one-fifth of benefits from those lands be dedicated to improving conditions for native Hawaiians, and 20 percent of rental income has gone to that cause.The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has challenged development of 500 acres of ceded land on Maui as residential housing, rejecting a check of nearly $5.6 million, a one-fifth share of the land's value. The state Supreme Court ruled a year ago that a 1993 joint resolution by Congress dictated that ceded lands be "preserved" pending resolution of land claims by Hawaiians.The Apology Resolution called for "a proper foundation for reconciliation between the United States and the native Hawaiian people." The issue of land rights properly belongs in negotiations that will following congressional enactment of the sovereignty bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.The Akaka Bill has stalled in recent years because of largely Republican opposition. Democrats now have more than enough command of Congress to assure enactment, and President Obama has given his support.http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20090202_Ceded_lands_conflict_should_be_resolved_in_sovereignty_talks.html
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DID YOU KNOW ?

Posted by Free Hawai`i on February 1, 2009 at 7:16pm
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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Recognition of Hawaiian Independence

Posted by Tane on February 1, 2009 at 3:26pm
Recognition of Hawaiian IndependenceFaced with the quintessential problem of foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory, His Hawaiian Majesty King Kamehameha III deemed it prudent and necessary to dispatch a Hawaiian delegation to the United States and then to Europe with the power to settle alleged difficulties with nations, negotiate treaties and to ultimately secure the recognition of Hawaiian Independence by the major powers of the world. In accordance with this view, Timoteo Ha'alilio, William Richards and Sir George Simpson were commissioned as joint Ministers Plenipotentiary on April 8, 1842. Sir George Simpson, shortly thereafter, left for England, via Alaska and Siberia, while Mr. Ha'alilio and Mr. Richards departed for the United States, via Mexico, on July 8, 1842.The Hawaiian delegation, while in the United States of America, secured the assurance of U.S. President Tyler on December 19, 1842 of its recognition of Hawaiian independence, and then proceeded to meet Sir George Simpson in Europe and secure formal recognition by Great Britain and France. On March 17, 1843, King Louis-Phillipe of France recognizes Hawaiian independence at the urging of King Leopold of Belgium, and on April 1, 1843, Lord Aberdeen on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria, assured the Hawaiian delegation that"Her Majesty's Government was willing and had determined to recognize the independence of the Sandwich Islands under their present sovereign."On November 28, 1843, at the Court of London, the British and French Governments entered into a formal agreement of the recognition of Hawaiian independence.FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Anglo-Franco Proclamation""Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands) of a government capable of providing for the regularity of its relations with foreign nations, have thought it right to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, and never to take possession, neither directly or under the title of Protectorate, or under any other form, of any part of the territory of which they are composed.The undersigned, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty the King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the necessary powers, hereby declare, in consequence, that their said Majesties take reciprocally that engagement.In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.Done in duplicate at London, the 28th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1843.[L.S.] Aberdeen[L.S.] St. Aulaire"As a result of the recognition of Hawaiian independence since 1842 the Hawaiian Kingdom entered into treaties with the major nations of the world and had established over ninety legations and consulates in multiple seaports and cities.Austria-Hungary in 1875Belgium in 1862Denmark in 1846France 1846 and 1857Germany in 1879Great Britain in 1836, 1846 and 1851Italy in 1863Japan in 1871 and 1886Netherlands in 1862Portugal in 1882Russia in 1869Samoa in 1887Spain in 1863Swiss Confederation in 1864Sweden and Norway in 1852United States in 1849, 1870, 1875, 1883, 1884
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Papal Bulls that Formed Manifest Destiny

Posted by Tane on February 1, 2009 at 2:58pm
Papal Bulls that Formed Manifest DestinyThere are three bulls (edicts, or executive orders, if youwill) issued by the Papacy with which we should concernourselves. The Dum Diversas, issued by Pope Nicholas V in1452, authorized King Alfonso V of Portugal to reduce any"Saracens (Muslims) and pagans and any other unbelievers" toperpetual slavery, thereby ushering in the West African slavetrade.The Romanus Pontifex, also issued by Pope Nicholas V in 1455,sanctioned the seizure of non-Christian lands, and encouragedthe enslavement of non-Christian people in Africa and theAmericas. Specifically, it gave the green light to "invade,search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens andpagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ wheresoeverplaced," all for profit, and in the name of Jesus Christ.The Inter Caetera, signed by Pope Alexander VI in 1493,states, "... we (the Papacy) command you (Spain) ... toinstruct the aforesaid inhabitants and residents and dwellerstherein in the Catholic faith, and train them in good morals."This papal law sanctioned and paved the way for Europeancolonization and Catholic missions in the New World.These three edicts opened the floodgates for everything thatfollowed, the raping, pillaging, kidnapping, genocide andenslavement of millions. They established the groundwork forthe global slave trade of the 15th and 16th centuries, and theAge of Imperialism. Speaking of organized crime, at this timeI'm reminded of a famous line from the movie The Godfather,referring to the drug trade: "In my city, we'd keep thetraffic in the Dark People, the Coloreds - they're animalsanyway, so let them lose their souls."[BC Columnist David A. Love is an attorney based in> Philadelphia, and a contributor to the Progressive Media> Project and McClatchy-Tribune News Service.]
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