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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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Fingers point at Self-styled “King of Hawaii” in Tucson shootings
By Andrew Walden @ 10:22 PM :: 11905 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...finger pointing by those seeking to assign blame has reached a fever pitch. In articles today, Slate magazine, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Ben Smith of Politico attempt to tie alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner to a strange website promoting a self-styled “King of Hawaii.”
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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Alleged Tucson Shooter: Flag-burning Leftist, dope smoking atheist
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 PM :: 10576 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy."
"He was a political radical & met Giffords once before in '07, asked her a question & he told me she was "stupid & unintelligent"
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Sunday, January 9, 2011 |
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UK Lib-Dems push for end of “libel tourism”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 PM :: 8076 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Threats of libel actions in UK courts were used to silence coverage of the financial connection between Barack Obama, Tony Rezko, and Iraqi ex-Baathist billionaire and lifelong Saddam Hussein associate Nadhmi Auchi during the 2008 campaign. Hawai’i Free Press was one of the few news sources anywhere on Earth willing to defy the threats.
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Friday, January 7, 2011 |
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Stalemate Broken: House Republican Caucus backs Calvin Say for Speaker
By Andrew Walden @ 9:10 PM :: 6658 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Rep Gene Ward: "The eight of us have heard directly from our constituents, from Oahu to Maui, about the importance of not raising the general excise tax (GET), providing favorable pro-small business initiatives that will create jobs and ensuring improvements are made to state infrastructures."
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Monday, January 3, 2011 |
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Robert Iwamoto trust sued over Maui Ponzi scheme
By Andrew Walden @ 8:31 PM :: 27144 Views :: Hawaii County , Maui County, Ethics, Law Enforcement
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Lloyd Kimura, a Democrat donor, gambler, and brother of Hawaii County Prosecutor Jay Kimura, pled guilty December 28 in State Court to operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme known as Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Co. or Maui Finance Co. (MFC). He could face up to 20 years in prison. But Kimura’s admission of guilt is just the beginning....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Republican Tom Berg wins Council Special Election
By Andrew Walden @ 11:18 PM :: 9684 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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The results are in. With 100% of the votes counted in the all-mail in special election for Honolulu Council District 1, covering Ewa and Leeward Oahu, Republican Tom Berg has been elected.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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2011 Legislative Agenda: ERS benefits to be slashed, “all eligible members to retire”
By Andrew Walden @ 9:59 PM :: 8764 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawai has an unfunded pension liability to the government Employees Retirement System estimated by the American Legislative Exchange Council in excess of $5 billion dollars. But a September 9, 2010 Procurement exemption request filed by State vendor KMH LLP suggests that liability will be cut by reducing benefits during the 2011 legislative session.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Theme of Prison Audit lifted from Kat Brady commentary
By Andrew Walden @ 9:01 PM :: 10695 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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With the UPW desperately hoping to somehow magically repatriate the Hawaii convicts being held in mainland prisons, State Auditor Marion Higa has graciously obliged with an audit of Hawaii’s private prison contracts....
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Audit fuels “clinically psychotic” HGEA effort to strangle tax collection
By Andrew Walden @ 8:17 PM :: 15418 Views :: Health Care, Labor, Taxes
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The inevitable failure of DOTax to replicate CGI’s tax collection frenzy should cut revenues by about $27M per year. How many government union jobs will be lost or furloughed due to the bumbling HGEA leaders’ choice of targets?
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 |
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Hawaii’s Leftist Governor Seeks Birther Revival
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 PM :: 10258 Views :: Republican Party, Obama
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Birtherism was almost in the grave, but only three weeks into his term, Hawaii’s newly elected Democrat governor Neil Abercrombie is scheming to resurrect it....
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Sunday, December 26, 2010 |
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Abercrombie: Hawaii business leaders are ideologically rigid and cliche-ridden
By Andrew Walden @ 2:23 PM :: 9067 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"In off the record conversations, business leaders expressed concern—even fear—about what Abercrombie might do if elected. Their focus had been less on the specifics of his platform than on how he might treat the business community."
Abercrombie’s response? Hawaii business leaders have nothing to fear and if they think otherwise they are just ignorant knuckle dragging Neanderthals.
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Friday, December 24, 2010 |
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Federal Cash Giveaway: Wind Energy Developers get one-year extension
By Andrew Walden @ 6:12 PM :: 9198 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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December 31, 2010 might have been “lights out” for wind energy, but when President Obama on December 17 signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, the bill did more than extend the Bush Tax cuts and unemployment benefits.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
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Malama Solomon’s meth connection
By Andrew Walden @ 6:29 AM :: 27369 Views :: Hawaii County , Politicians, Drugs
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At his March 5 sentencing in the Honolulu Federal District Courtroom of Judge Michael Seabright, convicted methamphetamines importer Shawn Aguiar was greeted by over 100 supporters, including failed 2006 Democrat Lieutenant Governor candidate Malama Solomon. While methamphetamines ravage the Big Island, Solomon urged the judge to minimize Aguiar’s sentence because his imprisonment might reduce the profitability of Solomon’s 1000-acre Honoka`a cattle ranch.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010 |
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In the rubble of 2010, Hawaii GOP finds “foundation for future success”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:33 AM :: 6873 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In spite of Gubernatorial and Congressional losses, Hawaii Republican leaders see their party’s 2010 campaigns laying a foundation for future success.
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Monday, December 20, 2010 |
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Honolulu is #2 on Erin Brockovich hexavalent chromium hit list
By Andrew Walden @ 3:11 PM :: 19476 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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... blame the military and use this as a basis to prepare to scam a billion or two from Congress the next time Democrats take over....
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Thursday, December 16, 2010 |
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UPDATE: Inouye earmark sets goal of developing a mechanism for Hawaii “Indian Tribe”
By Andrew Walden @ 5:33 PM :: 10976 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It isn’t quite the Akaka Bill sneak attack that many have warned of in recent days, but on page 809-810 of the 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Senator Dan Inouye has slipped in a mandate to the US Department of the Interior....
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Sunday, December 12, 2010 |
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Hawaii Legislators’ favorite child molester claims he is the victim
By Andrew Walden @ 1:42 PM :: 16916 Views :: Ethics, Family, Law Enforcement, Politicians
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With the defeat of Rep Bertram, convicted child molester Leon Rouse has become a demonstrated electoral liability to his employers. Will he still be rehired by Baker or Cabanilla for 2011? It is likely this question which has caused Rouse to pop up and try to spread his self-serving justifications and denials in the pages of the Maui News.
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Friday, December 10, 2010 |
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Reward for backing Tax Compromise? Obama Cabinet officials call for passage of Akaka Bill
By Andrew Walden @ 9:25 PM :: 8093 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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US Attorney General Eric Holder and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have written to Senate leaders to “express the Administration’s strong support for … S 3945 .” S3945 is the latest version of the Akaka Bill.
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010 |
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010 |
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Abercrombie’s first-day furlough fakery
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 10339 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It was all fake and it cost the General Fund $10M dollars. Governor Neil Abercrombie’s “first gubernatorial action” to abolish furloughs did no such thing. In fact Abercrombie’s release undid parts of a May 25 agreement between Governor Lingle and the BoE/DoE/HSTA which DID abolish instructional day furloughs. But politicians and every single media outlet in Hawaii went along with the scam.
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Monday, December 6, 2010 |
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Cayetano on DBEDT Pick: “Dobelle thought Richard Lim was trying to intimidate him”
By Andrew Walden @ 2:55 PM :: 15139 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Just as with International Savings and Loan and City Bank, Mr Lim may once again manage to get off the elevator at the top floor—just before the cables are cut.
Will he use DBEDT to launch his next ride to the top?
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Monday, December 6, 2010 |
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Gaming Industry Lobbyist, Progressive activist screen Abercrombie cabinet picks
By Andrew Walden @ 2:50 PM :: 15705 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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Progressive Democrat Keneko, and lobbyist Radcliffe sitting around in an “union hall in Kalihi” determining whether Clayton Hee will head DLNR or DHHL. Will anti-Superferry protester Gary Hooser get a cabinet position? It is an exercise in self-parody. The image of the corporatist one-party State could not be any clearer.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010 |
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As debate looms, Honolulu Council Special Election residency challenges multiply
By Andrew Walden @ 7:39 PM :: 11185 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12
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Charges and counter charges over carpet-bagging and eligibility are proliferating in the December 9-29 Special Election for the Honolulu Council District 1 seat being vacated by Todd Apo.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010 |
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Hawaii GOP State Senate results underline importance of community commitment
By Andrew Walden @ 5:32 PM :: 7418 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In spite of the GOP’s losses at the top of the ticket, re-integrating faith-based voters into the GOP has produced gains at the ballot box for legislative campaigns and made all the difference in 2010 candidate recruitment.
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Friday, November 19, 2010 |
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In face of opposition, lame duck Maui Council punts on property tax hike
By Andrew Walden @ 8:48 PM :: 9284 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL
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According to Council committee agenda, “The purpose of the proposed bill is to lower the home exemption from $300,000 to $200,000, for tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2011.”
The result of such a move would be to sharply increase residential property tax bills. Calculated as a percentage, the tax hike would fall disproportionately on those whose homes have lower real estate values.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 |
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Honolulu Council Special Election: Mel Kahele, Waimanalo Gulch, and other baggage
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 PM :: 14582 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Labor, Politicians
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In the formally non-partisan winner-take-all race, Kahele, a Democrat, will face former GOP State Rep Bob McDermott, and Democrats Matthew LoPresti and Christopher Lewis. But Kahele’s chances may hinge on voters, media, and opposing campaigns not having time to do research. Kahele carries a lot of baggage, including a metaphorical steamer trunk loaded with the fragrant burden of Waimanalo Gulch.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010 |
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FULL TEXT: New version of Akaka Bill introduced in US Senate
By Andrew Walden @ 8:06 PM :: 12894 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A new version of the Akaka Bill was introduced yesterday in the US Senate by Sen. Dan Akaka (D-HI). In accordance with Senate rules, the new bill, designated S. 3945, was read twice on the Senate floor and then referred to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. A text of S. 3945 is not yet available.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 |
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Gary Okino forced to resign from Democratic Party
By Andrew Walden @ 8:49 PM :: 10066 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Volcanic Ash columnist David Shapiro describes Hawaii Democrats as “a party where the sun rises and sets by civil unions these days.” If there is any doubt, take a look at what happened to gay marriage opponent, former Honolulu Councilman Gary Okino....
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010 |
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Maui Victims of Sovereignty Mortgage Scammers may lose home
By Andrew Walden @ 10:27 AM :: 18857 Views :: DHHL, Maui County, Ethics
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"There is an awareness all over Hawaii Nei that Mahealani Ventura-Oliver of Ko Hawaii Pae Aina-Hawaii Loa Foundation has made the Hawaiian people victims of her fraud and selfishness…." -- Br. Christopher Fishkin, Franciscan Hermitage, Wailuku, Maui
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Monday, November 8, 2010 |
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Church-based voter drive brings 15,000 to polls, powers GOP House gains
By Andrew Walden @ 12:00 AM :: 11091 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Contrary to most of what is being reported in the media, efforts to register voters at Hawaii churches powered a substantial increase in voter turnout by church-goers. The drive produced swings in favor of Republican House candidates of 5% or more in 16 out of 51 house districts. The GOP gained a total of 15,322 new Republican votes in these 16 districts....
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Saturday, November 6, 2010 |
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Senate Democrats announce Committee Chairs
By Andrew Walden @ 12:22 AM :: 6313 Views :: Energy, Environment
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It appears that the Kim/Baker Senate Democratic faction has gained ascendancy.
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Friday, November 5, 2010 |
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Rail funding in jeopardy as key House sponsor ousted by Americans
By Andrew Walden @ 4:30 AM :: 8492 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The new Transportation Chair will probably be Rep. John Mica (R-FL). KGMB asks: “He says he's in favor of cost effective rail transportation but Republicans campaigned on cutting costs and smaller government, so where does Honolulu's $5.5 billion rail fit into that?” It doesn’t.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010 |
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Full District by District Results: Djou wins 5 Districts, Aiona wins one
By Andrew Walden @ 12:33 PM :: 6803 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Republican candidate won outright in only one House District HD40 Kapolei. Aiona effectively tied Abercrombie, losing by only a handful of votes each in HD 46 Schofield-N Shore and HD43 Ewa Beach.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Inouye: “Odds of passing the Akaka Bill are bad”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:32 PM :: 9622 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Republicans in Hawaii may have taken a drubbing Election Day, but the sudden reassertion of Republican control of Congress means that Hawaiians and Hawaii may be saved from the Akaka Bill.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 |
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Democrats: Hawaii is different, suckers
By Andrew Walden @ 3:44 PM :: 6189 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Even in defeat, Republicans have laid an organizational foundation for future victories. The Democrats are working to convince Republicans to dig that foundation up.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Final Read: Hawaii General Election Results -- Abercrombie, Hanabusa win
By Andrew Walden @ 10:21 PM :: 7480 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Republicans win Maui Mayor's race, one Hawaii County Council seat, and add two State House seats -- while losing the Governor's seat, the First Congressional District Seat, and one State Senate seat.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Everything you need to know about Abercrombie and Hanabusa
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 AM :: 11438 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Click a link and find out what the rest of Hawaii media has not been telling you....
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Hawaii GOP: Election shaping up “just like 2002”
By Andrew Walden @ 8:02 AM :: 6987 Views :: Energy, Environment
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John Peschong describes a tight Governor’s race with the Aiona-Finnegan campaign's ongoing internal polling consistently running about 45%-44%, “just like 2002”—the year Linda Lingle swept into the Governor’s office.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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VOTE TODAY til 6PM Find your polling place
By Andrew Walden @ 6:30 AM :: 12969 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Election Day is Tuesday, November 2
Nov 2 Polling Place Locator: http://www4.honolulu.gov/vote/
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
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Christian leaders push back against smears from Abercrombie campaign
By Andrew Walden @ 9:18 PM :: 11505 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians, Religion
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The effort is very similar to the smear campaign run in 1998 and 2002 against then-candidate Linda Lingle. Progressive activists then claimed that the Jewish Lingle would abolish the Christmas Holiday for government employees and insinuated she was a lesbian—a smear which can be heard to this day.
Whether it is Judaism or Christianity, it seems that attacking the Religion of GOP gubernatorial candidates is stock-in-trade for Hawaii Democrats.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010 |
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The Segregated Sisterhood of Neil Abercrombie and Nancie Caraway
By Andrew Walden @ 11:47 PM :: 20025 Views :: Democratic Party, Higher Education, Politicians
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"Well, yes, there are crucial times when loquacious white mouths need to stay shut...." -- Segregated Sisterhood P197
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Friday, October 22, 2010 |
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Ethics Violation? UH Manoa helps Democrats build get out the vote rally
By Andrew Walden @ 12:05 AM :: 8629 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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Groups and individuals backing Democrat Rep Neil Abercrombie for Governor and Democrat State Senator Colleen Hanabusa for Congress are holding a “Use Your Voice, Use Your Vote” rally on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus Tuesday. The event is being promoted with UH resources including an official UH Manoa news release.
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 84 clearly prohibits “using state time, equipment, supplies, or state premises for campaign activities or campaign purposes.” Use of state computers and email accounts is specifically prohibited.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
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Aberzombies haunt Manoa
By Andrew Walden @ 7:33 PM :: 4956 Views :: Politicians
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Monday, October 18, 2010 |
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Obama has difficulty citing any Abercrombie accomplishments
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 7806 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We couldn’t help but notice Obama's reference to the “Small Business Credit Card Act”—HR 3457 . The bill was introduced in Congress by then-Rep Abercrombie on July 31, 2009. But even with a Democrat-controlled House and Senate, and Dan Inouye’s seniority, Abercrombie’s bill has gone exactly nowhere.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
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Slumping in the polls, Abercrombie now says Nazis are after him
By Andrew Walden @ 9:53 PM :: 14379 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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In a shocking report, Neil Abercrombie denounces his opponents as Nazis and enemies of civil rights. He points to ousted Broken Trust Trustee Dickie Wong as an example of “people coming together.”
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010 |
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“Gall, spin, and breathtakingly misleading information”: Hanabusa on GM bailout debts
By Andrew Walden @ 6:38 PM :: 9324 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The April 26 Denver Post agrees:
Exhibiting quite a lot of gall, General Motors is trying to spin the public with an ad campaign launched last week based on breathtakingly misleading information.
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Monday, October 11, 2010 |
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Abercrombie campaigns to shield DoE from Audit
By Andrew Walden @ 10:20 PM :: 8805 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Hawai`i State Auditor Marion Higa's February, 2009 Procurement Audit of the Department of Education looked at only a small part of the DoE procurement budget and found millions of dollars wasted by what she termed "fraudulent unethical behavior." In a single $160 million project, Higa’s auditors identified $21 million in waste. But Neil Abercrombie doesn’t want anybody to dig any further.
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Monday, October 11, 2010 |
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Democrat Poll: Silent on Gubernatorial race, claims Djou slipping behind Colleen “Broken Trust” Hanabusa
By Andrew Walden @ 8:18 PM :: 9696 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Democrats and the AFL-CIO have been flooding the airwaves and the mailboxes with debunked claims labeled “false” by FactCheck.org and mocked by the Washington Post. The leftist KOS poll and the Democrat poll would make up a polling trend which indicates that these Democrat lies are working. But neither poll is independent, so it is impossible to know whether these poll numbers are merely atmospherics to go along with the barrage of lies.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010 |
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Neil Abercrombie's slavery problem
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 22840 Views :: Democratic Party, Labor, Politicians
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...when it comes to the civil rights violation known as slavery, Neil Abercrombie has remained silent as his key supporters organize and lead the defense of Democratic donors Mike and Alec Sou of Aloun Farms entangled in the "largest human trafficking case in US history."
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 |
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KOS Poll UPDATE: Aiona, Abercrombie statistically tied
By Andrew Walden @ 12:48 AM :: 15289 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The leftist Daily KOS has released results of a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling October 2 and 3 among likely voters in Hawaii. The poll shows Republican Gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov Duke Aiona statistically tied with Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Neil Abercrombie.
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