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Saturday, December 24, 2011 |
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Fed Once-Secret Central Pacific Bank Loan Data Released to Public
By Selected News Articles @ 11:51 AM :: 8899 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The day-by-day, bank-by-bank numbers...formed the basis of a series of Bloomberg News articles this year about the largest financial bailout in history....
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa Vote Against One Year Extension of Payroll Tax Cut
By Congress.org @ 4:40 PM :: 7210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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With this vote, the House rejected the Senate's two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax reduction and requested a conference to consider a yearlong extension....
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Our Christmas Wish - The Gift of Gratitude
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:44 PM :: 4850 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The politics of resentment has characterized much of 2011. It's been fueled by an entitlement mentality that "threatens not only the spirit of Christmas but the very fabric of a just and prosperous society," Messmore says....
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Friday, December 23, 2011 |
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Pacific Command studying negative attitudes toward Hawaii's public schools
By Selected News Articles @ 3:15 AM :: 9428 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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After determining that 9,000 of the eligible 24,000 school-age students in military families were not attending public schools, top military leaders commissioned Johns Hopkins University researchers to focus on attitudes and opinions about the Hawaii education system.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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Heritage: Defending Liberty and Security in Wartime
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:50 PM :: 3967 Views :: National News, Ethics
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One of the most important intellectual and policy battles, which remains relevant today, is over how to defend both civil liberties and security in time of war....
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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National Journal: Hawaii Democrats Running Scared Through Primary Minefield
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 PM :: 6746 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle's fundraising report is going to scare Democrats when it comes out in January....
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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NYT: Lingle is Change Candidate
By Selected News Articles @ 2:10 AM :: 7184 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... one thing here that might give Ms. Lingle hope, short of a meltdown in the Democratic primary, would be the governor. “How Abercrombie does will matter,” he said, “and affect the Senate race. And affect the future of the party.”....
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Thursday, December 22, 2011 |
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Big Victory for HSTA: Obama Admin Seizes Control of Hawaii RTTT Funds
By News Release @ 12:55 AM :: 9453 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...without a revised contract, the State cannot fully implement many initiatives in its approved Race to the Top plans.... (Now you know why the HSTA has been stalling.)
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
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Senators, Do Your Job and Get to Work
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:52 PM :: 4091 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...the U.S. Senate is home for the holidays already, celebrating with family while Washington sits in a stalemate....
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
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Are Progressives for the Little Guy?
By John Goodman @ 12:46 PM :: 5128 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...most people on the left who use the word “progressive” are actually reactionaries....
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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Medicare Fraud: FBI Investigating Failed HMC Buyer
By Center for Investigative Reporting @ 2:57 PM :: 9514 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Low Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements are a key cause of HMC’s financial difficulties. Now it appears that Prime’s solution to the low reimbursement problem is simple—just cheat.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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Biden Says Taliban Is Not Our Enemy
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:48 PM :: 6762 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical. There is not a single statement that the president has ever made in any of our policy assertions that the Taliban is our enemy because it threatens U.S. interests."
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011 |
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PolitiFact Lie of the Year 2011: 'Republicans voted to end Medicare'
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 4722 Views :: National News, Ethics
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PolitiFact debunked the Medicare charge in nine separate fact-checks rated False or Pants on Fire, most often in attacks leveled against Republican House members. Now, PolitiFact has chosen the Democrats’ claim as the 2011 Lie of the Year….
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 19, 2011
By Congress.org @ 5:39 PM :: 6492 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Upcoming Congressional Bills
- House: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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The Death of Kim Jong-il
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 7644 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...the surprise development raises concerns about its impact on Pyongyang's ongoing leadership transition, regime stability, and North Korean security and foreign policies....
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Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Obama’s “Path To 270” Is Full Of Roadblocks
By Selected News Articles @ 3:20 PM :: 4268 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It is a hopeful vision of the future of broad prosperity.’ But it's hard to see how voters are going to see any hope at all.” (John Dickerson, “Obama’s Victory Plan,” Slate, 12/13/11)
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Saturday, December 17, 2011 |
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Federal Funding Rejection Reveals DoE Scheme to Profit by Labeling More Children “Special Needs”
By Andrew Walden @ 5:46 PM :: 7931 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics
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...Comments on page 23 of the 71 page-long Technical Review of the Hawaii DoE proposal point to a previously unknown DoE scheme to link up with Abercrombie’s much maligned Medical Homes proposal and use federal Medicaid money to screen—and therefore designate--even more children as Special Needs or High Needs....
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Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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Inouye: I Dumped Akaka Bill in Last Minute Horse-Trading
By News Release @ 12:34 PM :: 8167 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Unfortunately, it was opposed by members of the House, who wanted a variety of devastating anti-environmental riders which, if the Senate accepted, would have set back our nation’s air and water protections for many years to come.
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Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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An 11th-Hour Spending Deal That Comes Up Short
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:48 AM :: 4697 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Rather than produce a timely budget by way of standard operating procedure, congressional leaders again butted up against the deadline and reached a deal on a trillion-dollar "mega-omnibus" nine-bill appropriations package that sadly is yet another disappointing failure to rein in government spending.
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Friday, December 16, 2011 |
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The Welfare State Neutralizes Opponents by Making Them Dependent on Government
By NCPA @ 11:43 AM :: 4848 Views :: National News, Ethics
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No matter how powerful or pervasive a regime is, it can still be overrun by the sheer superior numbers of the people it governs. However, this traditional political framework has been undermined by the development of the modern welfare state ....
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
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Roll Call: Hanabusa Refuses to Endorse Hirono
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 AM :: 10750 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case said he just finished a six-week swing across the islands and spoke with 5,000 people. He said he’s using that as his poll guidance for now. “They will not vote for the status quo, period,” Case said ....
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 |
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It's Time to Kiss the Tax Code Goodbye
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:11 AM :: 4453 Views :: National News, Ethics
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America's tax code needs reform, plain and simple. The current tax system discourages saving, investment, and entrepreneurship. It's a drag on productivity, job growth, international competitiveness, and wages. It's complicated beyond belief, and it needs to change....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Education Week: If Hawaii Doesn’t Lose its Race to the Top Money, Something is Wrong
By Selected News Articles @ 12:58 PM :: 9071 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Already, education policy experts who are watching progress in Race to the Top states are urging the Education Department to make an example out of Hawaii for its lack of progress—real or perceived—on its teacher-evaluation component.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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1000 Days since US Senate Last Passed a Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:11 PM :: 6493 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In case you’re not keeping track, it has been nearly 1,000 days since the United States Senate passed a budget. Meanwhile, America’s fiscal nightmare keeps growing, and those on the left—including Members of the Senate—keep advocating for even more spending ....
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 |
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Household Electricity Bills Skyrocket as Green Energy Bubble Swells
By NCPA @ 12:00 PM :: 4895 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Electric bills have skyrocketed in the last five years, a sharp reversal from a quarter-century when Americans enjoyed stable power bills even as they used more electricity, says USA Today.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Inouye Donors Score $99M in Earmarks with Only $166K in contributions—But He’s not #1 in Pork
By Selected News Articles @ 11:42 PM :: 8393 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...media outlets and opposing politicians in other states have a tendency to start jumping up and down, hollering and pointing fingers when an incumbent’s contributor receives an earmark. Strange, but true....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Government Says Hezbollah Profits From U.S. Cocaine Market Via Link to Mexican Cartel
By Selected News Articles @ 9:24 PM :: 8264 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Federal prosecutors Tuesday charged Ayman Joumaa, an accused Lebanese drug kingpin and Hezbollah financier, of smuggling tons of U.S.-bound cocaine and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars with the Zetas cartel of Mexico....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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As rooftop solar surges, states hit brakes
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 10459 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When it comes to solar power, Hawaiians are in a race. And for a small but growing number, the competition is already over....
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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$149M: Inouye Makes Hirono #1 Sponsor of Earmarks in US House for 2010
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 8552 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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This proves that Inouye has been grooming Hirono to look like she’s actually doing something by letting her co-sponsor his earmarks for an entire year now.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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What to Do about Drug Shortages
By NCPA @ 12:42 PM :: 8121 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Attempts to solve drug shortages with more regulations could actually worsen the problem ... the only way to alleviate the drug shortage is to make generic drugs more profitable.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 |
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Why Would Obama Veto Job Creation?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:39 PM :: 4231 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last week, President Obama announced his intention to veto the bill when he warned, "Any effort to try to tie Keystone to the payroll tax cut I will reject."
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:59 PM :: 4697 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The documentary showed a former Iran senior official accepting a plan to launch from Mexico a cyber war on the United States, one that would cripple U.S. computer systems, including the White House, the FBI, the CIA and several nuclear plants....
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 12, 2011
By Congress.org @ 11:52 PM :: 5803 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Cloture on the Nomination of Richard Cordray to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Temporary Tax Holiday and Government Reduction Act
- House: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011
- House: Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Supreme Court asks for Federal Input on Challenge to Hawaii Admission Act, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
By Robert Thomas @ 3:13 PM :: 8265 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Today was the day we were to have found out whether the Supreme Court would review Corboy v. Louie....
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Flood of Money Pours into Lingle Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 7638 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“I’ve been to events that have already raised in excess of six figures for her,” Republican Jewish Coalition President Matt Brooks said. “This is going to be a real priority race for the organization.”
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Monday, December 12, 2011 |
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Poll of Hard-Core Hawaii Democrats gives Hirono 18-pt Lead over Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 PM :: 8324 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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… and yet, oddly, Inouye & the AFL-CIO have been dead set against switching to a closed Democratic Primary ….
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Sunday, December 11, 2011 |
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Saturday, December 10, 2011 |
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Gone with the Wind Subsidies
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:33 AM :: 7916 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The federal renewable energy production tax credit, which allows wind producers to take a 30 percent investment tax credit or receive a 2.2-cents-per-kilowatt-hour production tax credit, has been around since 1992. The tax credit expires at the end of 2012 ....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Hirono Camp: Case Unworthy of the People of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 6898 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“It’s just unfortunate, and unworthy of the people of Hawaii, that Ed Case lets those frustrations with his own candidacy get the better of him,” Nielsen said.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Osawatomie: Whitewashing History, Obama Style
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:05 PM :: 4195 Views :: National News, Ethics
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If U.S. history is a painting on giant canvas, President Barack Obama's speech this week in Osawatomie, Kansas, is a thick coat of whitewash layered all over it, and the failure of the last three years lies underneath.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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The Root Cause of Market Failure in Higher Education
By NCPA @ 1:58 PM :: 4093 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Any program in which 60 percent of the graduates failed to find work for two consecutive years would face funding reductions ....
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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It Begins: Army to Cut 8,700 Civilian Jobs in 37 States
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 6653 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Thirty seven states will be affected by these reductions with the majority of personnel cuts occurring in those states with the largest military and Army civilian populations.
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Friday, December 9, 2011 |
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Pay to Play Fines Unpaid: Hirono for Governor Campaign Closes Owing State Elections Fund Over $98,000
By Andrew Walden @ 11:00 AM :: 18927 Views :: Democratic Party, Ethics, Development, Politicians
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The assessments were levied after the Campaign Spending Commission investigators uncovered thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, contributed to Hirono as a part of Hawaii's extensive "Pay to Play" scandal....
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Ed Case: “Mazie's been selling her candidacy to DC insiders”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 6650 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Case fired back. "While Mazie's been selling her candidacy to the DC insiders, I've taken mine straight to Hawaii's voters, who aren't too interested in Washington telling them how to fix Washington."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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State Sues to Get Back $39M Looted from Graves by John Waihee
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 PM :: 15097 Views :: Akaka Bill, Ethics, Politicians
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"Waihee was instrumental in planning, facilitating, and effectuating the misappropriation of funds from the trusts...."
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Full Text: Holder Letter Basis for New Hawaii Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 PM :: 5112 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Two women claim Hawaii unconstitutionally denies them the right to marry, in violation of Attorney General Eric Holder's February letter to Congress stating that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act "is unconstitutional as applied to same-sex couples married under state law".
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Thursday, December 8, 2011 |
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Pearl Harbor, WWII, and a Lesson for Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:26 AM :: 7393 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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On this day 70 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress and requested a declaration of war against Japan following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor the day before.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Another E-W Center Conference: Pearl Harbor Day at the NEH
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 9066 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We have now filed a Freedom of Information Act request ... and will update this story as appropriate.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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Obama cancels Hawaii trip after Romney hit
By Selected News Articles @ 12:44 PM :: 9096 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...President Obama is not vacationing in Hawaii with his wife and children while the extension of the payroll tax holiday remains in limbo....
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