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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Could Djou Challenge Akaka?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:19 PM :: 8824 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) all but swore off elective politics in his recent farewell address, but the former congressman recently penned an article that is sure to ignite speculation among the state's political observers over whether a 2012 bid against Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) is in the offing.
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Monday, February 7, 2011 |
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Feb 7, 2011: How Hawaii’s Congressional Delegation Voted
By News Release @ 3:57 PM :: 6344 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Health Care Repeal - Vote Rejected (47-51, 2 Not Voting)
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Sunday, February 6, 2011 |
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Harvard Study explains how Inouye’s pork kills business
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 PM :: 6813 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In the years that followed a congressman's ascendancy to the chairmanship of a powerful committee, the average firm in his state cut back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to their working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?"
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Sunday, February 6, 2011 |
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Hawaii's Governor Manipulates Birthers
By Andrew Walden @ 1:48 AM :: 8041 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii's newly elected "DSA-er Democrat" Governor Neil "I am not a socialist" Abercrombie is the birthers' best friend -- and many commentators in Hawaii and across the nation are becoming increasingly annoyed by his antics.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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VIDEO: 100th Birthday of Ronald Reagan
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:29 PM :: 5813 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This Sunday is President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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Djou: Hawaii bets on Machine Politics for the 21st Century
By Rep Charles Djou @ 7:50 PM :: 9624 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Obama-style politics and the youthful 2010 class of freshmen Republicans in the U.S. House might be a passing fad or it might become a lasting trend. Hawaii has sent a congressional delegation that is betting the modern movement toward a much quicker internet dominated system of governing, based on transparency rather than pork, is temporary and our nation will eventually return to the 20th Century seniority centric system of quiet machine based power-dealing. The American people will render the verdict on Hawaii’s bet in the next couple of years.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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Sen Schumer Demands Investigation: Reusable Bags Contain Harmful Chemicals and Harbor Bacteria
By News Release @ 10:33 AM :: 17094 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Senator Charles Schumer and other congressional leaders have called on government safety agencies to investigate why such elevated levels of lead are coming into contact with our food and leaching into the environment. Perhaps even more alarming, a University of Arizona study found fecal coliform bacteria and E. coli in some of the bags.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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KTA, Safeway, Walgreens: Excessive Amounts of Lead Found in Reusable Grocery Bags
By News Release @ 10:29 AM :: 20159 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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EPA standard for lead in packaging materials is 100ppm. Safeway tests 6.72 times the EPA limit. Walgreens is 2.98 times, KTA Superstores 2.85 times, and Defense Comissary Agency tests 2.35 times the EPA standard.
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Saturday, February 5, 2011 |
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U.S. Supreme Court Requests a Response from Hawaii in Nader Ballot Access Case
By Selected News Articles @ 1:28 AM :: 6787 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When the U.S. Supreme Court asks for a response from the side that had won the case in the lower court, that is a sign that the Court is thinking that it might possibly take the case. The response from Hawaii is due March 2.
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Friday, February 4, 2011 |
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Inouye introduces Felony Fishing Bill
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:10 PM :: 7279 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Certain violations of S. 52 would subject a person to up to five years in prison, a fine of $500,000, or both.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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CAGW warns Inouye against “Phonemarking or other underhanded techniques”
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 6838 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hopefully, every member of Congress will recognize by then that earmarks are a wasteful, unnecessary part of the budget process that should never be restored. CAGW will also be monitoring how members of Congress may attempt to circumvent the moratorium, through ‘phonemarking’ or other underhanded techniques.”
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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A Medicaid Rebellion? How states can work together to force changes in the program
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 5300 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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What would you call a health-insurance program that has worse health outcomes for cancer and heart disease than Medicare or private insurance, that pays doctors and specialists so little that they often refuse to see patients, and that’s driving state budgets into bankruptcy? If you’re the Obama administration, apparently, you call it a success and make it the cornerstone of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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Obamacare: Will Obama obey Federal Court ruling?
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:38 AM :: 5446 Views :: National News, Ethics
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According to Heritage legal expert Robert Alt, Judge Vinson’s declaratory judgment binds the parties to the suit, which includes 26 states, the National Federation of Independent Business and the federal government. This means that, absent a court-issued stay, Obamacare cannot be further implemented as it pertains to these 26 states. So the White House now faces a simple choice: Will President Obama abide by a valid decision by a federal district court, or will he unilaterally ignore the rule of law? If the past is any indicator, the rule of law is in for a continued beating.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 |
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US Senate repeals part of Obamacare: Inouye, Akaka left out in cold among 17 bitter-enders
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 PM :: 8199 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The US Senate voted 81-17 to repeal the Obamacare "1099-MISC" tax hike and information reporting requirement. Hawaii Senators Dan Akaka and Dan Inouye were among a rump group of 17 Obamacare bitter-enders.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 |
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Roll Call: Akaka offers no indication he will run in 2012
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 7018 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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…others on retirement watch, including Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.), offered no indication they will run again in 2012.
Akaka, 86, raised less than $2,000 in the fourth quarter and had just $66,000 in the bank as of Dec. 31....
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011 |
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Obama, Not Egypt, is Biggest Threat to U.S. Energy Prices
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:22 AM :: 6809 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu responded to a question about the situation in Egypt, saying: "Certainly any disruption in the Middle East means a partial disruption in the oil we import. It’s a world market and [a disruption] could actually have real harm of the price. The best way America can protect itself against these incidents is to decrease our dependency on foreign oil, in fact to diversify our supply." This is a nice sentiment. Unfortunately, everything the Obama Administration is doing is only increasing our dependence on foreign sources of oil.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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Gallup: 70% say Congress should listen to TEA Party
By News Release @ 10:17 PM :: 3517 Views :: National News, Ethics
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PRINCETON, NJ -- About 7 in 10 national adults, including 88% of Republicans, say it is important that Republican leaders in Congress take the Tea Party movement's positions and objectives into account as they address the nation's problems. Among Republicans, 53% rate this "very important."
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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Inouye will not accept Earmark requests for Next Two Years
By Selected News Articles @ 7:13 PM :: 8416 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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“The President has stated unequivocally that he will veto any legislation containing earmarks, and the House will not pass any bills that contain them,” Inouye said in a statement. “Given the reality before us, it makes no sense to accept earmark requests that have no chance of being enacted into law.”
The move also comes after House and Senate Republicans have agreed not to seek earmarks for the two years of the 112th Congress.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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Senate set to vote on Obamacare Repeal
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5501 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It looks as though Sen. McConnell has determined a way to force Sen. Reid to allow a full repeal vote in the Senate today or tomorrow.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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ProPublica evaluates Honolulu Medical Examiner
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 10889 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In detective novels and television crime dramas like "CSI," the nation's morgues are staffed by highly trained medical professionals equipped with the most sophisticated tools of 21st-century science. Operating at the nexus of medicine and criminal justice, these death detectives thoroughly investigate each and every suspicious fatality.
The reality, though, is far different. In a joint reporting effort, ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR spent a year looking at the nation's 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices and found a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011 |
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Another Victory on the Road to Repeal
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 5288 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"It is difficult to imagine that a nation which began, at least in part, as the result of opposition to a British mandate giving the East India Company a monopoly and imposing a nominal tax on all tea sold in America would have set out to create a government with the power to force people to buy tea in the first place. If Congress can penalize a passive individual for failing to engage in commerce, the enumeration of powers in the Constitution would have been in vain for it would be ‘difficult to perceive any limitation on federal power’ and we would have a Constitution in name only."
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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Wanna-be Dearborn Mosque bomber was mentally ill Wikileaks supporter
By Andrew Walden @ 5:07 PM :: 9362 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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It isn’t the first time around for Roger Dale Stockman, arrested in the parking lot of a Dearborn, Michigan mosque last week. Stockman, allegedly caught with illegal fireworks after making threats against Arabs at a Dearborn bar, has a long criminal and psychiatric record. At least two of his previous federal arrests involved threats. In 1985 he was sent to a Federal Prison psychiatric ward after placing a pipe bomb in the Reno, NV airport.
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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Jan 31, 2011: How Hawaii Congressional Delegation Voted
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 7037 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Secret Holds Elimination
- House: Non-Security Discretionary Spending Limit
- House: Presidential Campaign Fund Termination
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Monday, January 31, 2011 |
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Secrecy, Conflicts of Interest permeate Oregon Assisted Suicide system
By News Release @ 12:15 PM :: 8335 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The most important message is what it doesn't tell us. It doesn't tell us whether the person who died consented when the lethal dose was administered.
Further to that, the physician is rarely present at the time the lethal dose is administered. If the person does not consent, who would know?
The reporting system has a conflict of interest, whereby the physician who wrote the lethal prescription submits the report. The physician will not admit to abuse.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
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Rep Michele Bachmann to speak on Oahu, Maui
By News Release @ 3:02 PM :: 13141 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics
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Oahu: Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, 11:30 am to 1 pm
Maui: Wednesday, February 2nd, 5:30 to 8pm
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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Inouye becomes Useless: Democrat leader says “Senate is out of the business of Earmarks”
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 8659 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...that could imperil a cherished practice of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. Inouye, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has long defended earmarks as a constitutional prerogative. He once called himself the "No. 1 earmarks guy" in Congress.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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Heritage: Conservatives Must Lead Where Obama Has Failed
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:47 PM :: 5492 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that our nation simply can’t afford President Obama’s failed leadership for much longer. This new CBO 10-year budget baseline shows an unprecedented $1.5 trillion deficit for this fiscal year—an increase of $95 billion over their last estimate. This will be the third consecutive year of trillion-dollar deficits.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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Alaska Native Firms Shift Stimulus Work to Outsiders
By Selected News Articles @ 1:42 PM :: 8751 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This information also applies to Native Hawaiian firms, many of which are doing exactly the same thing.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
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Congress debates State Bankruptcy plans
By Selected News Articles @ 11:43 AM :: 6850 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Republicans expect states and local governments to beg Congress for relief from their underfunded pension programs sometime soon. But unlike Congress' haphazard, expensive responses to the Wall Street and automaker crises, GOP lawmakers intend to be ready this time.
Their plan has three parts: First, a nonbinding resolution that Congress will not bail out the pension programs; second, a bill to codify that into law and require transparent public pension accounting; and finally, a managed bankruptcy bill for the states.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
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Heritage: More Government investment is the key to Losing the Future
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:39 AM :: 4586 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last night, in his State of the Union, President Barack Obama claimed, “We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business. ... That’s how our people will prosper. That’s how we’ll win the future.” This is true. But then he went on to say: “We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time.” No. No, he doesn’t. The rest of the President’s speech made it very clear that he has no idea what makes America the best place on earth to do business.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Full Text and Video: Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) response to State of the Union
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 6294 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In this very room, the House will produce, debate, and advance a budget. Last year — in an unprecedented failure — Congress chose not to pass, or even propose a budget. The spending spree continued unchecked.
We owe you a better choice and a different vision.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Full Text and Video: Obama’s State of the Union Speech
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 6149 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...for many, the change has been painful. I've seen it in the shuttered windows of once booming factories, and the vacant storefronts on once busy Main Streets. I've heard it in the frustrations of Americans who've seen their paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear -- proud men and women who feel like the rules have been changed in the middle of the game.
They're right. The rules have changed.....
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Epic Fail: After giving away $1.3B in Tax Credits, Hawaii ranks 36th in High Tech
By News Release @ 8:28 PM :: 10222 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii scores high in categories which measure money spent and low in categories showing the results of those expenditures. Notably Hawaii scores 6th in “Net Formation of High-Tech Establishments per 10,000 Business Establishments 2002”—this reflects the large number of fake “hi-tech” companies being formed to sop up ACT 215/221 tax credits.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
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Ceded Lands Decision Author Justice Samuel Alito to speak at Hawaii Supreme Court Wednesday
By Robert Thomas @ 7:25 PM :: 10369 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Justice Alito's most "Hawaii-centric" opinion was in Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 129 S. Ct. 1436 (2009), where he authored the opinion for a unanimous Court. In that case, the Court held that the United States held "absolute fee simple" title to Hawaii's ceded lands, and that Congress' 1992 Apology Resolution had no legal effect.
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Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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Obamacare: How Hawaii’s Congressional delegation voted
By News Release @ 10:29 PM :: 7487 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Vote Passed (245-189, 1 Not Voting)
The House voted to repeal the 2010 health care law. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has vowed to block the bill in the Senate.
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Monday, January 24, 2011 |
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National School Choice Week is Underway
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:23 PM :: 5988 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The first-ever National School Choice Week is underway! This week, January 23rd - 29th, school choice advocates from across the country will host events and highlight the benefits of educational freedom. More than 150 organizations are hosting events in nearly every state.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Analysis: Hanabusa’s glorious DC MetroRail would leave Rida Cabanilla stuck in traffic
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 10351 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Rep Rida Cabanilla last October told the audience at a candidates’ forum: “You ride the rail so I can drive my car.”
In DC, 106 miles of subways have been built--how do the regal V-8 carriages of Cabanilla's DC bretheren fare now that the the peasants have been removed from underfoot?
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Full Text: House Republicans Propose $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
By News Release @ 1:44 PM :: 4063 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“The Spending Reduction Act gives us a $2.5 trillion head start in the race to preserve the fiscal stability of the United States,” said Garrett. “This bill represents the first step in the process, not the last. To achieve long-term fiscal stability, we must finish the race by making the tough decisions Congress has put off for far too long. Only after we tear down barriers to job creation and make reforms to our entitlement programs can we truly resolve our debt crisis.”
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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Obamacare: The Start of the Debate
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:37 AM :: 5232 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Many will tell you that yesterday’s bipartisan vote of 245 to 189 was an exercise in futility—an empty, symbolic measure. Liberals in Congress, the White House and their echo chamber in the media all insist, as NPR has duly reported, that "this measure will go no further."
Don’t believe this for a single minute. The vote last night was an important step in the democratic process of protecting and conserving our constitutional freedoms.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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National Alliance for Public Charter Schools: Hawaii Law still needs Significant Improvement
By News Release @ 11:44 PM :: 10058 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii's law still needs significant improvement in several areas, including completely removing its caps, strengthening the requirements for both charter application, review and decision-making processes and renewal, non-renewal, and revocation processes, and ensuring equitable operational and categorical funding and equitable access to capital funding and facilities.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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Hanabusa admits failure to get Appropriations Committee seat
By Jonah Ka`auwai @ 10:21 PM :: 9928 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii GOP Chair Jonah Kaauwai release a statement on Rep. Colleen Hanabusa's announcement that she was unable to secure the Hawaii seat on the House Appropriations Committee that her campaign had promised.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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Freedomworks: Obamacare Repeal is Real
By Matt Kibbe @ 5:42 PM :: 4508 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As its first major act, the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives voted today on a bill promising the complete repeal of Obamacare. The bill passed with a unanimous Republican vote along with the support of 3 House Democrats, proving that the demand to repeal Obamacare is a real, bipartisan fight that will lead to a serious debate in the Senate.
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 |
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Obamacare: Administration Report “wildly misleading” on pre-existing conditions
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:00 PM :: 8735 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This debunked HHS report was recycled as Hawaii Democrat talking points, and shoveled onto the pages of the Star-Advertiser this morning >>> Democrats warn of harm if health care reform is repealed
It didn't work, The US House today passed HR2 to repeal Obamacare 245-189 with unanimous GOP support plus three Democrats. But the study will be kept on hand in order to manufacture future campaign commercials.
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Monday, January 17, 2011 |
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Martin Luther King Jr held these truths. Do you?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:59 AM :: 6814 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and admonished America to return to its First Principles. In his I Have a Dream Speech, he announced his dream that “one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” He longed to see a day when all “would be guaranteed the ‘unalienable Rights’ of ‘Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’" Dr. King did not talk about remaking America. His dream was one which, in his words, was “deeply rooted in the American dream.” It hearkened back to the principles upon which our country was founded. It was not a rejection of our past, but a vision of hope based on the principles of our past.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
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Tucson Shooting: Progressive activist who blamed Palin flips out, held for psychiatric evaluation
By Andrew Walden @ 11:15 AM :: 7692 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...something happened to Eric Fuller on the way to his 15 minutes of fame. It took about one day for this very typical and average Progressive activist to implode and he did it in front of dozens of people during the taping of an ABC News Town Hall....
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Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
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Comprehensive List of Tax Hikes in Obamacare
By News Release @ 1:05 AM :: 6546 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Obamacare is one of the largest tax increases in American history. Below is a comprehensive list of the two dozen new or higher taxes that pay for Obamcare’s expansion of government spending and interference between doctors and patients.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
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Honolulu Grand Jury charges two more in human trafficking case
By News Release @ 1:12 PM :: 11597 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Honolulu has returned a 10-count superseding indictment charging defendants Joseph Knoller and Bruce Schwartz, both of Los Angeles, as co-conspirators in a scheme to hold 400 Thai nationals in compelled service as agricultural workers in the District of Hawaii and elsewhere.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
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650% return on Inouye: $1.9M in contributions, $1.25B in earmarks
By Center for Public Integrity @ 6:16 PM :: 9019 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Perhaps because at different points in the past four years he chaired commerce and appropriations, he got significant campaign contributions from players in the communications industry and from government defense contractors. Both Boeing and Northrop Grumman, among Inouye’s largest PAC contributors, each received millions in 2010 defense earmarks....
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Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
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Flashback: Obama defends Christian Invocation at Inaugural
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 8183 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Since the majority of the Hawaii Senate Democratic Caucus has gone brain-dead on the subject of religious invocations before Senate sessions, here is a taste of reality from their lord and master, the world’s highest-ranking Manoa liberal, Barack Obama....
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
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'Great Garbage Patch' Not So Great After All
By Selected News Articles @ 1:05 PM :: 11684 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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It's been called the Great Garbage Patch and "the most shocking thing" Oprah has ever seen: a massive island of plastic in the Pacific Ocean that, according to many reports, is twice the size of Texas, outnumbers plankton, and has killed millions of sea birds.
But many of those claims, according to a new analysis, are huge exaggerations. Others are downright false.
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