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SUPERFERRY COSTS SINK STATE BUDGET

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 10, 2008 at 9:04pm
A request for $414,284 in repairs to the docking barge for the Hawai`i Superferry to land at Kahului Harbor will exhaust the state harbors appropriation for ferry-related improvements, Deputy Transportation Director Mike Formby said Friday.Funds for additional projects required to modify state harbors to accommodate the Superferry "will come from somebody other than the state," said Formby, who heads the Harbors Division.
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Picture overload

Posted by Ululani on November 10, 2008 at 9:00am


For my family and friends:

These pics include pics from Las Vegas, pics of the Hawaiian food that my mother brought to me in Las Vegas, and a FEW pics that I took at the Kamehameha Schools All Alumni Reunion in Las Vegas which came out okay. I have censored some pics and have not included them here since I know some people who are non-Hawaiian by nationality and/or non-Hawaiian/oiwi by ethnicity who stalk me look here which is kinda creepy and lame.Anyway onto the pics that I took... at least some of them....Pics from Las Vegas:Welcome to Las Vegas:

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Whenever I go to the Luxor I win. Whenever I go to the California Hotel... I lose. Is there a pattern here? LOL

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I am very happy with the way these pictures turned out:

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Hawaiian food that my mother brought to me in Las Vegas which include dried aku, poke, raw crab, and poi yummmm:Mixed poi courtesy of my mother:

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* My husband ate the sardines with poi. Why? Because while he Haole and eats poi... he REFUSES to eat raw fish *LOL*

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Some pictures that I took at the Kamehameha Schools All Alumni Reunion in Las Vegas:General overview though I took some crappy pics with my new digital camera:

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Dr. Michael Chun and CEO Dee Jay Mailer:

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Some keiki in a halau. Their kumu is a 1984 Kamehameha Schools' grad. I'm not sure if I should mention her name though so to err on the side of respect for her privacy... I'm not mentioning her name:

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I took really bad pictures but the lighting did not help me nor did the fact that I JUST bought my new digital camera LOL



Recap of my assessment of the Kamehameha Schools' All Alumni Reunion:I have so many good things to say but I will just post a few highlights:1. I saw two of my classmates, Keith Fukuda KS '85 and Eric Apaka '85. Keith and I sat at the same table. We were discussing our Myspace and they told me their address. They both laughed when I told them that mine isI LOVE AKU PALU LOLKeith didn't recognize me at all though... which can be good or bad. Nowadays I have FAKE long darkish blonde hair though so that MAY be why LMAO2. Dr. Michael Chun came up to my husband and I and I was thinking, "Oh god please do not walk up to me please?!??!!" LOL I get nervous around HUMBLE people like him but I did end up telling him that he is related to my grandmother and he knew he was through his wife who is a Mossman. I cannot rave enough about him but talking to him made me nervous. Why? Because he INSPIRES Hawaiian children and I am in awe of people who CARE so I get NERVOUS LOL He is warm and kind and an epitome of what I think Hawaiians should be to their own cousins since all Hawaiians are cousins through Wakea, Papa, and Haloa but then what do I know? LOL He was so warm and kind though which I knew him to be. (His wife is a Mossman and my paternal grandmother, Kaimuki Grandma, is related to the Mossmans with Maui roots but sometimes I no like tell people because some Mossmans embarrass me with their arrogance. Sorry.. but some embarrass me. I can't help it.)3. During dinner they had a DVD presentation. Okay I have NO problem with listening but the DVD presentation made me cry so imagine me eating a nice dinner with my eyes swelling with tears.4. CEO Dee Jay Mailer made some incredible points. I was in awe when she mentioned that we can NEVER forget the children out there who are still not being helped. I thought to myself, "Cool!!!!" I can see why she gets high marks from many people because so-called leadership comes from the "top"... down and if she thinks this way then that is so cool. I am also very observant. She dressed "down"... not "above" others. Instead it was Hawaiian casual which I noticed to be a great sign. I am not naive to believe that everyone who has hundreds and/or thousands of lives of Hawaiians IN THEIR HANDS is kind though I am VERY observant and she never ceases to impress me. IMO though... there are still MANY Hawaiian children out there who NEED help. I am not naive about that.5. At the end we sang our school song. There were about 500 people in attendance. Imagine that amount of people in a huge circle with one thing in common in that all of us are children of Pauahi and share that bond. Singing the school song while watching and listening OF COURSE made me cry. Again LOLOf course it dawned on me that only people who have money attended. I HAD to show up though out of respect for my kupuna and for everyone who was kind and compassionate to me when I was super poor.I only attended out of respect for my kupuna both oiwi and non-oiwi who took care of me, fed me, and helped to raise me. If it wasn't for them then I would NOT have attended... but I did. I HAD to and I realize that some people just do NOT understand that.Of course during dinner the DVD presentation did NOT help. All it did was make my cry WHILE I was eating *LOL* To be fair though... I STRUGGLED even though some people do not or REFUSE to accept it or see it in my FACE so watching and listening to certain things hit me hard. Personally it was REFRESHING that the CEO and headmaster reiterated the importance of never forgetting that there are STILL less fortunate Hawaiians out there because far too often some Haves Hawaiians mistakenly think that their paradigm is other Hawaiians' paradigm. Of course some people mistakenly think that "Kamehameha Schools' graduate" and "arrogant" are mutually exclusive. They're not. It's on a case by case basis but as usual it's always the few PILAU who ruin it for the rest of us whether it be for Kamehameha Schools' itself or the Republican party to which I belong... the few PILAU ALWAYS ruin it for the rest of us. Arrogance REPULSES me but as usual it's always the ARROGANT people who ruin it for the rest of us and that's partly why I DON'T like to attend social functions of any kine. That is... I don't like to be bothered... with arrogance LOLHowever when it comes to my kupuna I WILL and DO set my dislike of arrogance aside... even though it is EXTREMELY difficult for me to do so *LOL* It's actually very torturous for me. It's excruciatingly painful but then I stop myself from focusing on the pilau and focus instead of why I am there. (I am there out of respect for my kupuna who cared about me and who cared for me.) Thinking about that reduces the pain a little.Anyway there are more pics at my Spyspace which is now locked so now I can post more pics so that non-oiwi stalkers can't see or read what I write *LOL* Of course in my experience most of the non-oiwi whom I know are cool but there are a few non-oiwi who are lame and stalkerish. It never fails but most of the non-oiwi whom I personally know are cool... like my husband (he Haole) and my cop friend who is a top cop and only works murders (he Haole.) Some people though... dey so rude LMAOLast but not least this is the latest pic taken of me by my husband. However I censored out my face since some people are SO rude and lack manners LMAO

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It was about 59 degrees F that day. Brrrr! Note THE Mickey Mouse watch that I won at a hula competition in Orlando... courtesy of my kupuna.Breakdown of what I bought from the thrift store since I'd rather send money to my "causes" before I make:- Vest which was about $4- Leopard print blouse which was about $3- Simple black purse was about $2.50- Black boots which is not shown which was about $4P.S. More personal pics (or some of them anyway) are in my next locked entry here since some people are SO RUDE LOL



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Rating Economic Architects!

Posted by Tane on November 10, 2008 at 12:11am
I can see the obvious problem, abuse and solution to our dilemma. It's the dogmatic practice of "get rich quick" scheme. We've allowed companies to charge exorbitant rates for their products and pay low wages to increase its profits. In pursuit of get rich quick schemes, they began to outsource their product and services to foreign countries to be able to pay slave wages and increase their profits.Rising overhead costs spurred them to raise their prices and suppress the wages and benefits they pay out to their employees. Instead of putting a cap to the prices, the government allowed them to increase their prices without raising the wages of those they hire. Everything became based on how much profit one could muster at everyone's expense. This practice soon got out of hand and continues to escalate as common business practices.Where 40% profit was considered good and decent, it jostled to the point where some businesses now make up to 3,000% profit while the consumers are charged for their taxes inevitably paying the taxes for the businesses. Perks allowed businesses to take illegitimate tax deductions that most taxpayers are unable to.In the end, taxpayers get taxed for all their earnings and every cent they earn, they pay additional taxes and frivolous fees on just about everything they spend. So we pay taxes on everything we earn instead of any profits, whereas business are taxed only on profits; we pay for all the businesses' taxes and perks/benefits; we earn less pro-rata than we have a hundred years ago; the buying power of the dollar is much less; we are charged high interest rates yet we receive much less for our savings and investments.What becomes acutely evident is our earning power is greatly diminished while the cost of living has escalated to unreasonable amounts. If there should be parity between earning power and cost of living, today's wages should be about $35.00 an hour based on a 40 hour week. This is why we give the economic architects a failing grade of "F".
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Find Hawaiian roots in ancestors' petition / Ku'e Memorial 1897

Posted by Tane on November 10, 2008 at 12:08am
Mahalo to Kahumoku for contributing this:Find Hawaiian roots in ancestors' petitionThe ultimate "back to the future" trip for a Hawaiian is finding his or her roots in the greatest Hawaiian document ever found! This document is the 1897 Ku'e: The Hui Aloha 'Aina Anti-Annexation Petitions signed by 21,269 of our brave ancestors and recovered at the U.S. Archives by Noenoe Silva.Mahalo nui loa!Finding my great-grandparent's protest signatures along with relatives on every island reaffirmed why I'm an activist. "We are who we were." Our roots are warriors active in the struggle to make injustices, Pono. "E kupaa mau a hiki i Ke Kanaka Hawai'i hope loa no ke ea o ko kakou 'aina aloha" (Aug. 1898). "Always standfast, down to the very last Hawaiian person, for the sovereighty of our beloved land."Please take this 111-year old trip to find your roots and be awed! The petition is at the main library Pacific section, the Bishop Museum and the University of Hawai'i library. Free too! Ku'e! Ea! Dec 21 02 S. BulletinP.S. Asked Noenoe at the protest, Walmart for reburial of Na Iwi Kupuna, How much she paid for the copies of the petitions? Around $168.....dollar dollar with palapala to reimburse her from the nation? Just idea-ingMahalo and pardon my indulgences,Kahumoku................MemorialTo the President, the Congress and the People of the United States of America.This Memorial respectfully represents as follows:1. That your memorialists are residents of the Hawaiian Islands; that the majority of them are aboriginal Hawaiians; and that all of them possess the qualifications provided for electors of representatives in the Hawaiian Legislature by the Constitution and laws prevailing in the Hawaiian Islands at the date of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Constitutional Government January 17, 1893.2. That the supporters of the Hawaiian Constitution of 1887 have been, thence to the present time, in the year 1897, held in subjection by the armed forces of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and of its successor, the Republic of Hawaii; and have never yielded, and do not acknowledge a spontaneous or willing allegiance or support to said Provisional Government, or to said Republic of Hawaii.3. That the Government of the Republic of Hawaii has no warrant for its existence in the support of the people of these Islands; that it was proclaimed and instituted and has hitherto existed and now exists, without considering the rights and wishes of a great majority of the residents, native and foreign born, of the Hawaiian Islands; and especially that said Government exists and maintains itself solely by force of arms, against the rights and wishes of almost the entire aboriginal population of these Islands.4. That said Republic is not and never has been founded or conducted upon a basis of popular government or republican principles; that its Constitution was adopted by a convention, a majority of whose members were self-appointed, and the balance of whose members were elected by a numerically insignificant minority of the white and aboriginal male citizens and residents of these Islands; that a majority of the persons so voting for delegates to such Constitutional Convention was composed of aliens, and that a majority of said aliens so voting were of then very recent residents, without financial interests or social ties in the Islands.5. That the Constitution so adopted by said Convention has never been submitted to a vote of the people of these Islands; but was promulgated and established over the said Islands, and has ever since been maintained, only by force of arms, and with indifference to the will of practically the entire aboriginal population, and a vast majority of the whole population of these Islands.6. That the said Government, so existing under the title of the Republic of Hawaii, assumes and asserts, the right to extinguish the Hawaiian Nationality, heretofore existing, and to cede and convey all rights of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies to a foreign power, namely, to the United States of America.7. That your memorialists have learned with grief and dismay that the President of the United States has entered into, and submitted for ratification by the United States Senate, a Treaty with the Government of the Republic of Hawaii, whereby it is proposed to extinguish our existence as a Nation, and to annex our territory to the United States.8. That the Hawaiian people, during more than half a century prior to the events hereinabove recited, had been accustomed to participate in the Constitutional forms of Government, in the election of Legislatures, in the administration of justice through regularly constituted magistrates, courts and juries, and in the representative administration of public affairs, in which the principle of government by majorities has been acknowledged and firmly established.9. That your memorialists humbly but fervently protest against the consummation of this invasion of their political rights; and they earnestly appeal to the President, the Congress and the People of the United States, to refrain from further participating in the wrong so proposed; and they invoke in support of this memorial the spirit of that immortal Instrument, the Declaration of American Independence; and especially the truth therein expressed, that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, ---and here repeat, that the consent of the people of the Hawaiian Islands to the forms of Government imposed by the so-called Republic of Hawaii, and to said proposed Treaty of Annexation, has never been asked by and is not accorded, either to said Government or to said project of Annexation.10. That the consummation of the project of Annexation dealt with in said Treaty would be subversive of the personal and political rights of these memorialists, and of the Hawaiian people and Nation, and would be a negation of the rights and principles proclaimed in the Declaration of American Independence, in the Constitution of the United States, and in the schemes of government of all other civilized and representative Governments.11. Wherefore your memorialists respectfully submit that they, no less than the citizens of any American Commonwealth, are entitled to select, ordain and establish for themselves, such forms of Government as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness; and that questions of such moment to the Hawaiian people as are proposed to be settled by said Treaty, are questions upon which said people have the right, in the forum of Conscience, to be heard; and that said Hawaiian people have thus far been denied the privilege of being heard upon said questions.12. And your memorialists humbly pray the President, Congress and the people of the United States, that no further steps be taken toward the ratification of said Treaty, or toward the extinguishment of the Hawaiian Nationality, or toward the absorption of the Hawaiian people and territory into the body politic and territory of the United States of America, at least until the Hawaiian people, as represented by those citizens and residents of the Hawaiian Islands who, under the provisions of the Hawaiian Constitution, promulgated July 7, 1887, would be qualified to vote for representatives in the Legislature, shall have had the opportunity to express at the ballot box, their wishes as to whether such project of Annexation shall be accepted or rejected.13. And your memorialists, for themselves, and in behalf of the Hawaiian people, and of the residents of the Hawaiian Islands, pledge their faith that if they shall be accorded the privilege of voting upon said questions, at a free and fair election to be held for that purpose; and if a fair count of the votes that shall be cast at such election shall show a majority in favor of such Annexation, these memorialists, and the Hawaiian people will yield a ready and cheerful acquiescence in said project.Honolulu, Hawaii October 8, 1897(Signatures unclear and are here copied without assurance of accuracy)J. Kalua KahookanoSamuel K. PuaF.J. TestaC. B. M----------Samual K. KamakaiaJames Keauiluna KauliaPresident of the Hawaiian Patriotic League (Hui Aloha`aina)David KalauokalaniPresident of the Hawaiian Political Association (Hui Kalai`aina)
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HAWAI`I NATIONALS PROTEST NEW U.S. QUARTER

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 9, 2008 at 8:23pm
Illegal US Occupying Force Has No Right To Motto & ImagesHawai`i Nationals say the use of Hawaiian images and the Hawaiian national motto by the US and its agencies on a new US coin is a mockery to the Hawaiian Monarchy, Hawaiian national people and Hawaiian history. Use of Hawaiian monarchical images and the Hawaiian national motto on the coin is an affront to the Hawaiian Kingdom.The adversary US Government has no rights of use.Protests are planned for today's noon launch of the coin at Bishop Square.
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Aloha

Posted by kalanikai on November 9, 2008 at 6:58pm
Aloha i na hoaaloha ma te Ao maoli. E haalele ana wau ma ka la 12 o Nowemapa no Iraq, no ka manawa ekolu. E haohao nui ana i tau ohana, tau wahine ame tau mau keiti i Colorado nei ame tuu mautuahine ame tuu keikuahine mau palala mau kaituahine a'e. tuu mau ohana apau ma Hawaii aku. E hoopomaikai aku nei ia matou, a nana e malama a tiai ana iau ma leila aku no. Aloha a hui hou a Iesu pu me katou iho.Kalanikai
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REMEMBERING OUR BELOVED MO`I WAHINE‏

Posted by Pono Kealoha on November 9, 2008 at 8:32am
REMEMBERING OUR BELOVED MO`I WAHINE‏Liliu.jpgHonoringQUEEN LILI`UOKALANI9/2/1838 – 11/11/1917on her death dayNov. 11, 2008 • 10 am – 4 pm`Iolani Palace Grounds@ the ahuFor more info: kaluamoku@yahoo. com • 783-2313E komo mai!FOODMUSICDISPLAYSSPEAKERSHO`OKUPUREADINGS`AWA CEREMONYMea'ai: pua'a, char siu, pipi lahopipi, crispy moa, laiki palai, 'uala, poi, vegetables, roast pork, pastries, kulolo, juice, water a me 'awa.Queen Lydia Liliuokalani

(September 2, 1838 - November 11, 1917)

Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne.

Queen Liliuokalani was deposed by the advocates of a Republic for Hawaii in 1893. She was born in Honolulu to high chief Kapaakea and the chiefess Keohokalole, the third of ten children. Her brother was King Kalakaua. Liliuokalanie was adopted at birth by Abner Paki and his wife Konia. At age 4, her adoptive parents enrolled her in the Royal School. There she became fluent in English and influenced by Congregational missionaries. She also became part of the royal circle attending Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.

Liliuokalanie married a ha'ole, John Owen Dominis on September 16, 1862. Dominis would eventually serve the monarchy as the Governor of O'ahu and Maui. They had no children and according to her private papers and diaries, the marriage was not fulfilling. Dominis died shortly after she assumed the throne, and the queen never remarried.

Upon the death of her brother, King Kalakauam Liliuokalani ascended the throne of Hawaii in January 1891. One of her first acts was to recommend a new Hawaii constitution, as the "Bayonet Constitution" of 1887 limited the power of the monarch and political power of native Hawaiians. In 1890, the McKinley Tariff began to cause a recession in the islands by withdrew the safeguards ensuring a mainland market for Hawaiian sugar. American interests in Hawaii began to consider annexation for Hawaii to re-establish an economic competitive position for sugar. In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani sought to empower herself and Hawaiians through a new constitution which she herself had drawn up and now desired to promulgate as the new law of the land. It was Queen Liliuokalani's right as a sovereign to issue a new constitution through an edict from the throne. A group led by Sanford B. Dole sought to overthrow the institution of the monarchy. The American minister in Hawaii, John L. Stevens, called for troops to take control of Iolani Palace and various other governmental buildings. In 1894, the Queen, was deposed, the monarchy abrogated, and a provisional government was established which later became the Republic of Hawaii.

In 1893, James H. Blount, newly appointed American minister to Hawaii, arrived representing President Grover Cleveland. Blount listened to both sides, annexationists and restorationists, and concluded the Hawaiian people aligned with the Queen. Blount and Cleveland agreed the Queen should be restored. Blount's final report implicated the American minister Stevens in the illegal overthrow of Liliuokalani. Albert S. Willis, Cleveland's next American minister offered the crown back to the Queen on the condition she pardon and grant general amnesty to those who had dethroned her. She initially refused but soon she changed her mind and offered clemency. This delay compromised her political position and President Cleveland had released the entire issue of the Hawaiian revolution to Congress for debate. The annexationists promptly lobbied Congress against restoration of the monarchy. On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaii with Sanford B. Dole as president was proclaimed. It was recognized immediately by the United States government.

In 1895, Liliuokalani was arrested and forced to reside in Iolani Palace after a cache of weapons was found in the gardens of her home in Washington Place. She denied knowing of the existence of this cache and was reportedly unaware of others' efforts to restore the royalty. In 1896, she was released and returned to her home at Washington Place where she lived for the next two decades. Hawaii was annexed to the United States through a joint resolution of the U. S. Congress in 1898 . The "ex-"queen died due to complications from a stroke in 1917. A statue of her was erected on the grounds of the State Capital in Honolulu.

To the President, the Congress and the People of the United States of America.This Memorial respectfully represents as follows:1. That your memorialists are residents of the Hawaiian Islands; that the majority of them are aboriginal Hawaiians; and that all of them possess the qualifications provided for electors of representatives in the Hawaiian Legislature by the Constitution and laws prevailing in the Hawaiian Islands at the date of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Constitutional Government January 17, 1893.2. That the supporters of the Hawaiian Constitution of 1887 have been, thence to the present time, in the year 1897, held in subjection by the armed forces of the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and of its successor, the Republic of Hawaii; and have never yielded, and do not acknowledge a spontaneous or willing allegiance or support to said Provisional Government, or to said Republic of Hawaii.3. That the Government of the Republic of Hawaii has no warrant for its existence in the support of the people of these Islands; that it was proclaimed and instituted and has hitherto existed and now exists, without considering the rights and wishes of a great majority of the residents, native and foreign born, of the Hawaiian Islands; and especially that said Government exists and maintains itself solely by force of arms, against the rights and wishes of almost the entire aboriginal population of these Islands.4. That said Republic is not and never has been founded or conducted upon a basis of popular government or republican principles; that its Constitution was adopted by a convention, a majority of whose members were self-appointed, and the balance of whose members were elected by a numerically insignificant minority of the white and aboriginal male citizens and residents of these Islands; that a majority of the persons so voting for delegates to such Constitutional Convention was composed of aliens, and that a majority of said aliens so voting were of then very recent residents, without financial interests or social ties in the Islands.5. That the Constitution so adopted by said Convention has never been submitted to a vote of the people of these Islands; but was promulgated and established over the said Islands, and has ever since been maintained, only by force of arms, and with indifference to the will of practically the entire aboriginal population, and a vast majority of the whole population of these Islands.6. That the said Government, so existing under the title of the Republic of Hawaii, assumes and asserts, the right to extinguish the Hawaiian Nationality, heretofore existing, and to cede and convey all rights of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies to a foreign power, namely, to the United States of America.7. That your memorialists have learned with grief and dismay that the President of the United States has entered into, and submitted for ratification by the United States Senate, a Treaty with the Government of the Republic of Hawaii, whereby it is proposed to extinguish our existence as a Nation, and to annex our territory to the United States.8. That the Hawaiian people, during more than half a century prior to the events hereinabove recited, had been accustomed to participate in the Constitutional forms of Government, in the election of Legislatures, in the administration of justice through regularly constituted magistrates, courts and juries, and in the representative administration of public affairs, in which the principle of government by majorities has been acknowledged and firmly established.9. That your memorialists humbly but fervently protest against the consummation of this invasion of their political rights; and they earnestly appeal to the President, the Congress and the People of the United States, to refrain from further participating in the wrong so proposed; and they invoke in support of this memorial the spirit of that immortal Instrument, the Declaration of American Independence; and especially the truth therein expressed, that Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, ---and here repeat, that the consent of the people of the Hawaiian Islands to the forms of Government imposed by the so-called Republic of Hawaii, and to said proposed Treaty of Annexation, has never been asked by and is not accorded, either to said Government or to said project of Annexation.10. That the consummation of the project of Annexation dealt with in said Treaty would be subversive of the personal and political rights of these memorialists, and of the Hawaiian people and Nation, and would be a negation of the rights and principles proclaimed in the Declaration of American Independence, in the Constitution of the United States, and in the schemes of government of all other civilized and representative Governments.11. Wherefore your memorialists respectfully submit that they, no less than the citizens of any American Commonwealth, are entitled to select, ordain and establish for themselves, such forms of Government as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness; and that questions of such moment to the Hawaiian people as are proposed to be settled by said Treaty, are questions upon which said people have the right, in the forum of Conscience, to be heard; and that said Hawaiian people have thus far been denied the privilege of being heard upon said questions.12. And your memorialists humbly pray the President, Congress and the people of the United States, that no further steps be taken toward the ratification of said Treaty, or toward the extinguishment of the Hawaiian Nationality, or toward the absorption of the Hawaiian people and territory into the body politic and territory of the United States of America, at least until the Hawaiian people, as represented by those citizens and residents of the Hawaiian Islands who, under the provisions of the Hawaiian Constitution, promulgated July 7, 1887, would be qualified to vote for representatives in the Legislature, shall have had the opportunity to express at the ballot box, their wishes as to whether such project of Annexation shall be accepted or rejected.13. And your memorialists, for themselves, and in behalf of the Hawaiian people, and of the residents of the Hawaiian Islands, pledge their faith that if they shall be accorded the privilege of voting upon said questions, at a free and fair election to be held for that purpose; and if a fair count of the votes that shall be cast at such election shall show a majority in favor of such Annexation, these memorialists, and the Hawaiian people will yield a ready and cheerful acquiescence in said project.Honolulu, Hawaii October 8, 1897(Signatures unclear and are here copied without assurance of accuracy)J. Kalua KahookanoSamuel K. PuaF.J. TestaC. B. M----------Samual K. KamakaiaJames Keauiluna KauliaPresident of the Hawaiian Patriotic League (Hui Aloha`aina)David KalauokalaniPresident of the Hawaiian Political Association (Hui Kalai`aina)
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ANCIENT SOLUTIONS TO MODERN PROBLEMS ON VOICES OF TRUTH – ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I’S FUTURE

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 8, 2008 at 9:30pm
With many of the world economies in deep trouble, Hawai`i is especially vulnerable, relying almost totally as it has for years on tourism.And yet there was a period, lasting for over a thousand years, when Hawai`i and it’s people not only survived, they thrived – without a single tourist.How can this be? Could we do it again? Watch Free Hawai`i TV this coming Wednesday for answers.And we’ve got prime examples of individuals who reach back into the past to create riches for the future this week on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.MONDAY, November 10th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53“Hidden In The Forest – A Visit With Dr. Baron Kaho`ola Ching”Whatever you do, don’t miss our visit with Baron to Kaniakapupu. One of the most unique places in all of Hawai`i, you’ll go with us hiking through dense rain forest as we discover artifacts of a different era and time that have been left untouched for almost two centuries in this incredible voyage of rediscovery that is sure to take your breath away. Watch It Here.MONDAY, November 10th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, November 14th At 5:30 PM - Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53THURSDAY, November 13th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, November 14th At 8:30 AM – Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52SATURDAY, November 15th At 8:00 PM – O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53“Kawainui Magic – A Visit With Chuck “Doc” Burrows”What is it about Kawainui marsh that’s so irresistible? Certainly the unparalleled beauty and ecological importance, but there’s something else. Join us as we visit with long time Kawainui caretaker Chuck “Doc” Burrows as he explains the marsh’s deep cultural history and reveals why it’s a special place like no other. 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.If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend to help us continue. A donation today helps further our work. Every single penny counts.Donating is easy on our Voices Of Truth website via PayPal.You can watch Voices Of Truth anytime on the web.And for news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
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andre and camille on naue, airs on olelo tonight on channel 53‏

Posted by Pono Kealoha on November 8, 2008 at 3:34pm
andre and camille on naue, airs on olelo tonight on channel 53‏Here is another on NAUE Andre PerezYou can also Watch it online : http://www.olelo.org/whatson_web.htm11/8/08 9:00 pm Sat NATV Issues That Matter: Auwe at Naue, Episode 5711/15/08 9:00 pm Sat NATV Issues That Matter: Auwe at Naue, Episode 5711/29/08 9:00 pm Sat NATV Issues That Matter: Auwe at Naue, Episode 5712/6/08 9:00 pm Sat NATV Issues That Matter: Auwe at Naue, Episode 57
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TROUBLES MOUNT FOR SUPERFERRY

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 7, 2008 at 9:15pm
The Hawai`i Superferry has dismissed Terry O’Halloran, its director of business development, and Duane Kim, manager of Maui operations.Superferry spokeswoman Lori Abe said the company doesn’t “publicly discuss specific personnel actions” but added that it “made some realignments last week in the port, maintenance and engineering, and business development areas that affected a small number of people.”Meanwhile an appeal by Maui opponents of the ferry is scheduled for a Dec. 18 hearing before the Hawai`i Supreme Court. The opponents are challenging the state Legislature’s Act 2, passed in October 2007, which allows Superferry to continue operations while an environmental impact statement is being conducted.
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Kahana residents win a stay of eviction [from The Hawaii Independent]

Posted by Ikaika Hussey on November 5, 2008 at 9:16pm
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Chairperson Laura Thielen announced today that the state will not take any action to evict six Kahana Valley families who are living in Kahana Valley Park, while the 2009 Legislature considers revisions to the law to address this issue. 

“Although we could not resolve this issue with the six families, we are encouraged it will be addressed during the 2009 legislative session,” said Thielen. “We trust the Legislature will continue to respect the basic foundation of the public’s right to access state parks, keep residential areas separated from the public areas and make Kahana Valley a public park that welcomes and enriches all residents and visitors of Hawai’i.” Some of the residents, such as Lena Soliven, had been promised leases by the state and had fulfilled legal and financial requirements to acquire those leases. However, an abrupt shift in state policy in March of this year pulled those leases out of reach. Read more at The Hawaii Independent.
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SUPERFERRY INVESTOR LEHMAN BESET BY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 5, 2008 at 8:16pm
Superferry investor John Lehman’s wealth has probably been cut by a third to half by the recent stock market crash.Money that he had last year to keep throwing at the Superferry, he may feel he doesn’t have to waste anymore.Austal, the Superferrys’ manufacturer, has spoken recently about commercial ferry operators running into difficulties recently on financing.More Info Here
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Kahana residents win a stay of eviction

Posted by Pono Kealoha on November 5, 2008 at 5:08pm
http://www.thehawaiiindependent.com/news/2008/11/05/kahana-residents-win-a-stay-of-eviction/

Kahana residents win a stay of eviction

Posted November 5th, 2008 in News by Ikaika Hussey
Tags: DLNR, kahana, Kahana Valley, Laura Thielen

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Laura Thielen, DLNR Chair

Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Chairperson Laura Thielen announced today that the state will not take any action to evict six Kahana Valley families who are living in Kahana Valley Park, while the 2009 Legislature considers revisions to the law to address this issue. 

“Although we could not resolve this issue with the six families, we are encouraged it will be addressed during the 2009 legislative session,” said Thielen. “We trust the Legislature will continue to respect the basic foundation of the public’s right to access state parks, keep residential areas separated from the public areas and make Kahana Valley a public park that welcomes and enriches all residents and visitors of Hawai’i.”

Some of the residents, such as Lena Soliven, had been promised leases by the state and had fulfilled legal and financial requirements to acquire those leases. However, an abrupt shift in state policy in March of this year pulled those leases out of reach.

The new policy was prescribed by Attorney General Mark Bennett in an opinion on Act 5, a law passed in 1987 that allowed the land board to issue residential leases in Kahana ahupua‘a. The land had been purchased by the state through eminent domain from a private estate in 1970. Kahana ahupua‘a is an important asset because it contains approximately 80% of the island’s water, and is the beginning of the Waiahole Ditch.

A grassroots victory

Soliven credited the community’s support for the successful stopping of the evictions.

“I truly believe that it was a combined effort,” she said.

More than 200 supporters came to Kahana ahupua‘a before the morning daybreak last Monday to prevent the anticipated eviction. Notices posted by state officers ordered residents to vacate their humble, makeshift homes by 6 am. By 5 am, the perimeter of Ahupua‘a o Kahana park was lined with young and old people from throughout the island, carrying signs and flags, calling for a stay on the evictions.

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Pualoke Dela Cerna addresses anti-eviction campaigners early last week Monday morning. (Photography by Meleanna Meyer)

Next: the legislature

Attention now shifts to the legislative branch. State Sen. Clayton Hee (D-District 23), who won his re-election last night with 10,722 votes—beating his opponent, Republican Richard Fale, by a 2-to-1 margin—has promised to pursue a legislative resolution to the Kahana situation.

Hee and the state senate are on record supporting a new bill for Kahana ahupua‘a. The House of Representatives, by contrast, refused to pass Hee’s previous bills.

That may change in January, however. Attorney Jessica Wooley (D) beat incumbent Rep. Colleen Meyer (R) for the district representing Kahana ahupua‘a, which may make the Democratic Legislature more inclined to support taking action on the Kahana issue.

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Don't blame me. I voted for McCain. Also my assessment of the Kamehameha Schools All Alumni Reunion in Las Vegas

Posted by Ululani on November 5, 2008 at 2:30pm

For my family and friends... because I know some people like make any kine:


Not surprisingly many local people voted for Obama. It never ceases to amaze me how BRIGHT intelligent Hawaiians STILL insist that Senator Obama is good to Hawaiians. He's not.Obama would sign the Akaka Bill WHEN he is president.http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/01/22/news/story05.htmlThis differs from President Bush who was set to veto the Akaka Bill which will reorganize our land and thus title which will wreak HAVOC on our MO'OPUNA. Mark my words. (Obviously I work in real estate with hopes of eventually becoming a land and title expert in BOTH residential and commercial... but not a greedy, LAME one... because it is the land -- along with water and language -- that gives us life and some people want us dead so that they can have our land. Blunt... I know :P)So for all the Hawaiians who voted for Senator Obama WHEN he sends our keiki to the wolves in Washington DC it IS your fault. I will blame EACH and EVERY ONE of you (LOL)Do NOT blame me. I voted for McCain. In fact when I found out that Senator Obama is now president-elect Obama I was working out at the 24-Hour Fitness at McCarran Airport near Gate D. While on the elliptical watching television coverage I cried not for ME but for the Hawaiian children and their destiny in his hands. Some people would NEVER understand.As for the Kamehameha Schools All Alumni Reunion... oh my gosh. I have so many good things to say but I will just post a few highlights:1. I saw two of my classmates, Keith Fukuda KS '85 and Eric Apaka '85. Keith and I sat at the same table. We were discussing our Myspace and they told me their address. They both laughed when I told them that mine isI LOVE AKU PALU LOL2. Dr. Michael Chun came up to my husband and I and I was thinking, "Oh god please do not walk up to me please?!??!!" LOL I get nervous around HUMBLE people like him but I did end up telling him that he is related to my grandmother and he knew he was through his wife who is a Mossman. I cannot rave enough about him but talking to him made me nervous. Why? Because he INSPIRES Hawaiian children and I am in awe of people who CARE so I get NERVOUS LOL He is warm and kind and an epitome of what I think Hawaiians should be to their own cousins since all Hawaiians are cousins through Wakea, Papa, and Haloa but then what do I know? LOL He was so warm and kind though which I knew him to be.3. During dinner they had a DVD presentation. Okay I have NO problem with listening but the DVD presentation made me cry so imagine me eating a nice dinner with my eyes swelling with tears.4. CEO Dee Jay Mailer made some incredible points. I was in awe when she mentioned that we can NEVER forget the children out there who are still not being helped. I thought to myself, "Cool!!!!" I can see why she gets high marks from many people because so-called leadership comes from the "top"... down and if she thinks this way then that is so cool. I am also very observant. She dressed "down"... not "above" others. Instead it was Hawaiian casual which I noticed to be a great sign. I am not naive to believe that everyone who has hundreds and/or thousands of lives of Hawaiians IN THEIR HANDS is kind though I am VERY observant and she never ceases to impress me. IMO though... there are still MANY Hawaiian children out there who NEED help. I am not naive about that.5. At the end we sang our school song. There were about 500 people in attendance. Imagine that amount of people in a huge circle with one thing in common in that all of us are children of Pauahi and share that bond. Singing the school song while watching and listening OF COURSE made me cry. Again LOLOf course it dawned on me that only people who have money attended. I HAD to show up though out of respect for my kupuna and for everyone who was kind and compassionate to me when I was super poor.I have some pictures. I may post some later.I also hung out at the California Hotel and the Main Street Station with my husband and my parents. I love seeing local people.. but I stayed at the Fiesta Henderson off of 215 because it's off the beaten path as in HIDDEN LOLWhich reminds me when I picked up my parents from Terminal 2 there were some local people paying for parking and I told my dad, "Dad... no worry I get em." I have dark blondish hair so I look VERY Haole. My mom always tells people that I look Haole LOL Well all of them turned around in shock when I spoke some pidgin though HAOLEFIED pidgin LOL When we drove off they all waved at us which was cool. Das local style das why. My mother asked me how I can deal with rude people on North America. She is surprised that I can handle it so she asked me how I can handle it. I laughed LOLLatahs!


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FREE HAWAI`I TV - "BETTER NEVER THAN LATE"

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 4, 2008 at 9:02pm
FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTSFREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK "BETTER NEVER THAN LATE" With A Second Superferry Canceled & The Remaining One Losing Money, How Soon Will It End?What Could They Have Done Differently?What Are The Lessons For Hawai`i?Watch & Find Out.

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STEWARDS OF WAIMEA VALLEY ENDORSE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS CHALLENGERS

Posted by Free Hawai`i on November 4, 2008 at 12:42pm
Call For Forensic Audit Of OHA WrongdongsUntil recently, the Stewards of Waimea Valley had respected OHA as "a Hawaiian organization" but having also observed "OHA's culture of secrecy, OHA's political patronage system masquerading as an open and fair grant and procurement process, and OHA's manifest neglect of the needs of the Hawaiians they were created to serve", the Stewards now take the position that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a State Agency and that the trustees must begin to conduct its business as such."We believe that the election of Colin Kippen and Robert Waipa Purdy as Trustees would begin to remedy this unfortunate situation.We also believe that OHA's use of taxpayer's money to lobby against legislation calling for an audit was an illegal act and we will be calling on the 2009 State Legislature to indeed support a forensic audit of this rogue state agency."
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