Posted by Pono Kealoha on October 16, 2008 at 9:20am
MAKUA E.I.S. Nanakuli High School, 10-6-08 @ 530pm-930pmMakua E.I.S.Part 2part 3part5Aloha kakou...Just a reminder, Makua SDEIS public meetings on Oahu will be held tonightOct 6th Monday and tomorrow night Oct 7th Tuesday starting with open house from 5:30pm - 6:45pm with the Army providing info on the SDEIS, followed by a public comment session from 7pm to 9:30pm.Locations -October 6 MondayNanakuli High School caferteria89-980 Nanakuli AvenueWaianaeOctober 7 TuesdayWahiawa District Park Recreational Center1129 Kilani AveWahiawaWAIMANALO - Air Force says Bellow Beach stretch is closed to the publicBELLOWS" The area belongs to the Air Force and is used for training, said Air Force public affairs spokesman Master Sgt. Robert Burgess.Security forces patrol the boundaries during training and randomly at other times for safety reasons, said Capt. Tamara Duke, Bellows commander. Signs again have been posted to inform people, Duke said."ARTICLEOctober 6, 2008Bellows beach policy a surpriseAir Force says stretch some assume is open to public is off limitsBy eloise aguiarAdvertiser Windward WriterWAIMANALO — For decades the public assumed that Bellows Air Force Station beaches were open to local residents on weekends, but an encounter with military police there has revealed otherwise and community leaders are studying the situation.Kim Falinski of Kailua said she was walking on the beach between Waimanalo Bay State Recreation Area and the public campsites on Bellows when she and other people were approached by a military man in uniform riding a four-wheel drive vehicle. He asked for identification and told her the beach was closed 24/7, Falinski said, adding that she asked for a contact person she might talk to but was brushed off. Rather than confront the man, she said she left."I'm not a community activist," she said. "I'm just a community member. I'm told it's closed 24/7 and I'm told by someone with a gun."Bellows is used by the Marines for training and is primarily a recreational area for military personnel. On weekends when there is no training the public is allowed on the base to camp, swim and picnic. Camping is by permit only. On weekends the main gate guard station is unmanned, allowing free access to the public up to the inward guard post.Initially Marine and Air Force public affairs offices were surprised about the statement but upon further research the Air Force said there is a stretch of land between Waimanalo Bay State Recreation Area, and the first stream before the Bellows campsites, which is dry most of the time, that is closed 24/7.The area belongs to the Air Force and is used for training, said Air Force public affairs spokesman Master Sgt. Robert Burgess.Security forces patrol the boundaries during training and randomly at other times for safety reasons, said Capt. Tamara Duke, Bellows commander. Signs again have been posted to inform people, Duke said."The patrols are instructed to politely inform people who attempt to enter or have entered the training area to immediately exit the USAF property," she said in an e-mail.Waimanalo Neighborhood Board Chairman Wilson Ho said the public has been going there for 20 years and there has never been a restriction. His understanding was the beach was open from Waimanalo Bay State Recreation Area all the way to the inside gate."Somewhere along the way the policy changed and we weren't informed as a community," Ho said, adding that he would try to sort out the confusion with the base commander.
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 15, 2008 at 5:57pm
The Hawai`i Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal seeking to invalidate a state law that allowed Hawai`i Superferry to begin operation last year without an environmental impact statement.The court said it was transferring the case from the lower Intermediate Court of Appeals and would schedule oral arguments because it involves a matter "of imperative or fundamental public importance." A date for arguments was not announced.The Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow and the Kahului Harbor Coalition requested the transfer as part of their appeal of a Maui Circuit Court ruling in November that upheld the new law known as Act 2.The last time the three groups were allowed to present oral arguments before the Supreme Court, they won an uncommonly swift judgment that brought a halt to Hawai`i Superferry service.Read more…
Posted by Pono Kealoha on October 15, 2008 at 10:11am
NOHO HEWA wins HIFF award... and reminder about free screenings on Friday and Sunday PLEASE FWD (fwd)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URxtA2eIhQwNOHO HEWA: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'iA documentary about the militarization of Hawai'i, desecration and forcedremoval of Hawaiian people received the Hawaii International Film Festival'shighest award in the documentary film category, The Halekulani Golden OrchidAward For Best Documentary!I am shocked and pleased and very, very grateful, and I accepted it onbehalf of ALL OF US, especially the people in the film and others who are onthe front lines of all of these issues working to take back our homeland.There are still two more screenings and I am hoping people will come out.Not sure yet how the ticketing will work, but the festival will be showingit for free on Friday, Oct 17th at 3:30 pm and Sunday, Oct 19th at 6:45 pm.HIFF is doing this to make up for the trouble with the limited capacitytheater the film found itself in on Monday. Let's take 'em up on it andtalk story about this story.Hopefully by tomorrow we will know if people can get those free ticketsonline or if they have to show up first.Please tell people to come out. It's important to see Hawaiians in Hawaiianworld on the big screen when possible and the subject matter is immediateand dire. I can't believe this little movie won the award, but it stillneeds all of us to show up, if possible, and take the opportunity to talkstory about what's happening here.KealaBIG PSâ?"Kupuna need to have priority, so please help me with this, in caseIam distracted by the technical stuff. If folks come with kupuna, let's allput them at the front of any line, if there is a line. It about broke myheart to see Uncle Mel standing outside trying to get in and then notgetting in. Hey... here's an idea, let's all bring kupuna!
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 14, 2008 at 6:55pm
FREEHAWAII.INFOPRESENTSFREE HAWAI`I TVTHEFREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"Should They Be Fired?"Why Does The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Spend $45 Million A Year & Have 170 Employees Yet Provide Direct Services To No One?Why Do They Run For Cover When Questions Are Asked?What Can You Do? Watch For Answers.Read more…
Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 13, 2008 at 7:10pm
ALOHA MAI KAKOU!WELCOME IF YOU'RE VISITING FREEHAWAII.INFO FOR THE FIRST TIME!Free Hawai`i means returning the Hawaiian Islands back to an independent nation status, as it was before it was illegally overthrown by US marines and rich sugar barons in 1893.In 1993, President Clinton formally apologized for that act and publicly acknowledged the illegality of the overthrow.DID YOU KNOW -98% of all Hawaiians living at the time opposed the illegal overthrow!Today, less than 20% of all land in Hawai`i is in Hawaiian hands.Over 60% today is in non-Hawaiian hands!A few individuals, who are non-Hawaiian, lease an amount of land in Hawai`i that is greater than all land leased to all Native Hawaiians!Currently, only 72 landowners control 95% of all land in Hawai`i.Native Hawaiians make up the largest percentage of homeless in Hawai`i today.Native Hawaiians have the worst social, educational and economic indicators compared to any ethnic group in the US.Native Hawaiians currently have the worst health profile compared to any ethnic group in the US.Descendants of the Hawaiian Nation want their country and land back so they can grow their own foods, become healthy once again, and control their own destiny.Hawai`i Was A Free Nation - But Never Free For The Taking!Read more…
Yesterday, about 20 people gathered at Wal-Mart on Keʻeaumoku Street to demonstrate against the continued incarceration of iwi kupuna under the parking ramp. The iwi are held hostage there because of a legal argument. We were demanding their immediate re-burial.Tony Castanha, who is the leader of the annual burning of the papal bulls that sanctioned genocide by Columbus and the other conquistadors, brought the papal bull burning to Wal-Mart. We spoke out about that genocide in the Caribbean and the Americas, and the related genocides, displacements, and dispossessions, and the ongoing attempt to commit genocide by such acts as treating our iwi kupuna as if they are not human remains.The Wal-Mart security guards were both African-Americans who don't know the history--either ours or their own--or they would have joined our protest. Instead, they kept demanding that we leave and they struck one of the camera people from ʻŌlelo. They called the police, who basically told them to calm down. The police did not allow the person struck to file an assault charge.Mahalo to Hilary Mei-En Chen for the photo.Noenoe Silva
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 12, 2008 at 7:30am
Yesterday on FreeHawaii.Info we posted video footage of Kanaka Maoli patriot Andre Perez confronting an arrest warrant resulting from an attempt to prevent desecration of ancestral graves on private property at Naue, Kaua`i.Andre’s action in Honolulu was taking place at the same moment fellow protestors were in a Kaua`i courtroom.As the entire world is now witnessing the utter failure of the US financial system, that of placing profits before people, the moral bankruptcy of the illegal occupation of Hawai`i is also exposed by brave patriots such as these who continue to stand up for the Hawaiian Kingdom and it’s citizens, both past, present and future.Tomorrow FreeHawaii.Info is proud to present part two of Andre’s action.We highly value and respect the patriotic actions of all those committed to a Free Hawai`i here on Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.MONDAY, October 13th At 6:30 PM –Maui – Akaku, Channel 53“The Health Of Our Nation – A Visit with Dr. Kawika Liu”Native Hawaiian pediatrician, Kawika knows the people’s health is directly tied to the health of the land. Talking about the direct physical effects of the illegal US occupation, Dr Liu shows how a Free Hawai`i is such a large part of the solution. Hear what a truly healthy Hawai`i and it’s people could be like. Watch it here.MONDAY, October 13th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, October 17th At 5:30 PM -Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53THURSDAY, October 16th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, October 17th At 8:30 AM –Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52SATURDAY, October 18th At 8:00 PM –O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53“Hawaiian Superman – Remembering Kanalu Young”Superman really does exist. Kanalu was not only quadriplegic, but professor of Hawaiian history at the University of Hawai`i and Director of the Masters Program at the Center For Hawaiian Studies. See for yourself why this remarkable Kanaka Maoli warrior was Hawai`i’s Superman. 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.Read more…
From the Suffolk Gazette Newspaper 1806 published in Sag-Harbor, Long Island New YorkA late voyager to the Sandwich Islands, immortal by the fate of Captain Cook, informs us, that in one of these remote Islands he found the ambition which has given extensive conquests and glory to ancient and modern heroes of Europe. By arms and persuasion, a hero named Tamahama, had extended his power over the surrounding islands. Only one still refused submission, and in that the inhabitants, almost wild with despair, had contemplated to construct a vessel upon which they might trade to the ocean, and find another abode for their independence, which they no longer hoped to support by courage and arms. But this ambition has given progress to society, in the allied Islands, and their necessities have furnished arts which they cultivate and advance in peace. The hero had already prepared a fleet, and had purposes of commerce with the continent of Asia. Abandoning savage manners, an opportunity is given for the milder doctrine of European nations. The resemblance in the language of these Islands, even such as are most remote is now fully ascertained.
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Who are the true mavericks? Those candidates running for office that have been blotted out by the media."The NationWho You Callin’ a Maverick?By JOHN SCHWARTZPublished: October 4, 2008There’s that word again: maverick. In Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself and her running mate, Senator John McCain, no fewer than six times, at one point calling him “the consummate maverick.”BRAND Samuel Augustus MaverickBut to those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.“I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,” said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants.In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it, Ms. Maverick said; unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean an yone who didn’t bear another’s brand.Sam Maverick’s grandson, Fontaine Maury Maverick, was a two-term congressman and a mayor of San Antonio who lost his mayoral re-election bid when conservatives labeled him a Communist. He served in the Roosevelt administration on the Smaller War Plants Corporation and is best known for another coinage. He came up with the term “gobbledygook” in frustration at the convoluted language of bureaucrats.This Maverick’s son, Maury Jr., was a firebrand civil libertarian and lawyer who defended draft resisters, atheists and others scorned by society. He served in the Texas Legislature during the McCarthy era and wrote fiery columns for The San Antonio Express-News. His final column, published on Feb. 2, 2003, just after he died at 82, was an attack on the coming war in Iraq.Terrellita Maverick, sister of Maury Jr., is a member emeritus of the board of the San Antonio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas.Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”“It’s just incredible — the nerve! — to suggest that he’s not part of that Republican herd. Every time we hear it, all my children and I and all my family shrink a little and say, ‘Oh, my God, he said it again.’ ”“He’s a Republican,” she said. “He’s branded.”"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?em
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Honolulu MagazineNovember 2007The ProcessWHAT HAPPENS WHEN HAWAIIAN BURIALS ARE FOUND AT DEVELOPMENTS?It depends on whether they're found before or after construction begins.A simplified version of the process:Before ConstructionSTEP ONE:A developer submits a permit application for a project to a county or state agency.STEP TWO:The agency forwards the application to State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) for review.STEP THREE:SHPD determines if there’s a potential impact to historic or cultural sites.STEP FOUR:YES—SHPD asks the developer to hire a consultant to conduct an archaeological inventory survey, which includes identifying historic sites and burials on the property. Burials found during this phase or earlier are considered previously identified.STEP FIVE:The consultant creates a burial treatment plan, recommending whether the burials should be preserved in place or relocated. The document includes comments from any known descendants of the property as well as the developer’s plans for protecting the burials and ensuring descendants’ access to them.STEP SIX:The Island Burial Council has 45 days to decide whether burials should be preserved in place or relocated. The council gives higher priority to preserving in place remains that are in a concentration, associated with important individuals or events, lie in a context of historic properties or have known lineal descendants, i.e. people who can prove they’re related to the remains.STEP SEVEN:SHPD approves all other details of the burial treatment plan.STEP EIGHT:The developer either accepts the council’s determination or appeals it within 90 days.During ConstructionSTEP ONE:Burials discovered after construction has begun are considered inadvertently discovered.STEP TWO:An archaeologist or medical examiner determines whether the burial is over 50 years old.STEP THREE:[YES] SHPD orders all activity in the immediate area to cease.STEP FOUR:If the burial is on Oahu and contains a single skeleton, SHPD has one working day to determine whether to preserve it in place or relocate it. In that time, SHPD also contacts a Burial Council member and the Office of Hawaiians and gathers information about the burial site. If there are multiple skeletons, SHPD has two working days. If this occurs on the Neighbor Islands, SHPD has three or four days.STEP FIVE:SHPD ascertains whether the burials are in imminent harm.STEP SIX:SHPD uses the same criteria for preserving remains in place as the Island Burial Council. It also considered whether the burials could be damage if left in place.
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aloha e nā hoaaloha,On Sunday, Oct. 12, at 11:30, there will be a gathering at Wal-Mart on Keʻeaumoku St. to protest the continued delay in re-burying iwi kupuna disinterred when Wal-Mart was built 5 years ago. Please come out and defend these kūpuna.The protest is in conjunction with the annual burning of the papal bulls, the Pope's decrees in the 15th century that sanctioned the genocide in the Americas.We'll be meeting on Keʻeaumoku near the Makaloa St. ramp.
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aloha nō kākou,More good news, essential in the midst of all the bad news we get every day. RaeDeen Keahiolalo-Karasuda successfully passed her dissertation final orals last week! She will graduate with her doctorate in Political Science in December. Congratulations, Dr. Keahiolalo-Karasuda.Letʻs count em up: last summer and fall both Leilani Basham and kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui got their doctorates; then Kanoe Nāone; then Sydney Iaukea; and now RaeDeen!And, early next month, Nov. 6th, I believe, Keanu Sai will have his final orals.Way to go e nā Kānaka!Changing our world, one by one. Na wai hoʻi ka ʻole o ke akamai, he alanui i maʻa i ka hele ʻia e oʻu mau mäkua?
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 9, 2008 at 6:44pm
Thoughts About The Global Situation & Hawai`i'sRelationship With Old & New SuperpowersRecent news points to the rise of China and Korea, and possibly Russia, as economic giants, while the US seems to be faced with imminent collapse.How might an independent Hawai`i situate itself? What might constitute a best course of action?PRESENTER - Jim Dator, Political Science / Futures StudiesUniversity of Hawai`i - ManoaWHERE - Palolo `Olelo Studio, Honolulu- Next to Jarrett Middle School CafeteriaWHEN - Sunday, Oct. 26, 5 PMThis event is free and open to the public.Seating is limited, so come early.Part of a series of occasional forums sponsored byKa Lei Maile Ali`i Hawaiian Civic ClubRead more…
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/10/09/local/local08.txtCouncil bans GMO taro, coffeeby Jim QuirkWest Hawaii Todayjquirk@westhawaiitoday.comThursday, October 9, 2008 10:59 AM HSTHILO -- The genetic modification of taro and coffee on the Big Island is now a banned practice.The Hawaii County Council voted 9-0 Wednesday in favor of a bill from North Kona Councilman Angel Pilago on its second reading to ban genetically modified taro and coffee.It was a circus-like atmosphere Wednesday in Hilo's Ben Franklin building, where the meeting was held. Children played in the hallways outside of the council chambers waiting for their chance to speak along with their parents. A man standing in the hallway corner sang as he strummed the strings of a guitar.The council, meanwhile, listened to a different tune, one delivered by the seemingly endless convoy of residents who took turns at the microphone to give their two cents on the proposed ban.About 70 residents testified in Hilo, while about 30 testified via teleconference from the council offices in Waimea and Kona. There have been no major complaints about banning genetically modified taro, but with coffee it's a different story.On one side of the debate are those who believe genetic modification of coffee could eventually spell disaster for the island's coffee industry. Off-island buyers would not be interested in Kona coffee that has been purposely or accidentally genetically modified, the proponents believe.Then there are residents who believe, among other things, without genetic modification of coffee, there will be no scientific answers when disease strikes and destroys Big Island coffee.A vast majority of residents who spoke Wednesday said they were in favor of the ban.Dr. Hector Valenzuela, a vegetable crops extension specialist with the University of Hawaii at Manoa, said he -- unlike all of his peers at the college -- supports the bill.He said the scientific community should be concentrating on aspects of agricultural research, such as teaching farmers how to sustain crops without having to rely on chemicals, rather than genetic modification.Bill proponent Chuck Moss, a Kona coffee farmer, said one potentiality of genetically modified coffee is that experiments in creating coffee trees without caffeine could spread to other trees. If that happened, it would be hard to market Kona coffee, he said."How can you tell the difference from a regular tree from a decaf tree, or a regular bean from a decaf bean?" Moss asked.Hamakua Councilman Dominic Yagong furnished results of a poll he conducted recently that shows 82 percent of 89 Big Island coffee farmers support the bill.He said during a separate interview that his office identified isle coffee farmers using the phone book, Internet and personal knowledge.During a previous meeting, representatives of the Hawaii Coffee Council indicated a majority of island coffee farmers are against the bill, Yagong said, which is why he wanted to conduct a poll to find out for sure.Hilo Councilman Stacy Higa, who voted against the bill on its first reading, said Yagong's survey changed his mind.Mayor Harry Kim, who is still not back to work full time because of his recent heart attack, made an appearance early in the meeting and expressed concerns that the bill wouldn't allow genetic testing of coffee in the lab setting.He requested the council consider developing a system where research at places like the University of Hawaii at Hilo would be able to continue.Kim could attempt to veto the bill, but it seems unlikely it would succeed because of the unanimous council vote Wednesday.
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Remember, we already have sovereignty and this is not about koko; it is a nationality issue. We are Hawai'i nationals living within a mainstream Polynesian Hawaiian society. We're like any other sovereign nation in the world with external sovereignty which doesn't determine on ethnicity or race. Kamehameha is a private trust with its own policies it is not a governmental instrument; what the Princess chose to do with her money is her business. There are other ethnic groups out there that have philanthropists who have a similar trust for their own ethnic people but not as wealthy as the Bishop Estate. Other trusts are of special interests as well. None of them have anything to do with government nor national demands for purposes other than legal guidelines imposed. When one puts it in the right context, then many questions become moot.It's a misnomer to keep harping on sovereignty where it is a nationality issue. The U.S. misleads everyone into thinking the opaque definition of sovereignty is a quest we need to validate who we are and to protect ourselves within the U.S. system. Since we aren't part of them legally, our inherent rights as sovereign Hawai'i nationals are secured. They would like for us to believe otherwise and comply with their mythological posturing for control over us, our lands, resources, and governance. In truth, we are belligerently occupied by the U.S.A. who continuously violates the laws of occupation and who disregards our neutrality status. Thus the issue is the U.S. de-occupation of our country; to make restitution and reparations of its insidiously criminal actions.
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Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 9, 2008 at 1:55am
Fake State Government Tries To Keep Truth Of Land Ownership HiddenHawai`i state attorney general Mark Bennett should be careful in pursuing that route of the resolution (the Apology Bill) being symbolic. It may turn around and bite him on the arse!If a resolution is symbolic or a non-binding wish-list, then the Newlands Resolution (internal US law used to illegally occupy Hawai`i) is also non-binding and symbolic.The Ku`e Petitions on the other hand, would be considered a plebiscite or referendum of the Hawaiian Subjects which holds more strength and power than a foreign resolution.I send my personal resolution of best wishes and eviction notice for the US to de-occupy our country, the friendly, neutral, sovereign nation of the Kingdom of Hawai`i.Aloooha!TanePearl City, O`ahuRead more…
Posted by Free Hawai`i on October 7, 2008 at 6:29pm
FREEHAWAII.INFOPRESENTSFREE HAWAI`I TVTHEFREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"Please Help Us!"What Trouble Is The Fake State Of Hawai`i In?Why Do They Need The US Supreme Court To Bail Them Out?Watch & Find OutRead more…
