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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
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Occupy Wall Street Is No Tea Party
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:47 PM :: 4548 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On September 17, 2011, while Tea Parties and the rest of America celebrated the Constitution’s 224th birthday, Occupy Wall Street began its bivouac....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
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Mainland Suicide Activists Push Agenda on Hawaii
By News Release @ 10:44 PM :: 9548 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Once again, suicide activists from the mainland are here to push their deadly agenda using smoke and mirrors.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
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Lingle not running from RINO label
By Selected News Articles @ 2:12 PM :: 7211 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...Lingle said she expects to be one of the lawmakers called upon to serve in Gang of 12-like arrangements, where bipartisan groups of senators bridge political gaps to tackle the largest problems....
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
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Abercrombie back from Asia: No mention of Cancelled China-Honolulu Flights
By News Release @ 12:05 PM :: 8100 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Read this news release and see if you can identify even one single accomplishment.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 |
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Obama's Misplaced Mideast Optimism
By Daniel Pipes @ 11:45 AM :: 7343 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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But the Middle East teaches caution; much will probably go wrong in Libya and Iraq. Obama, I predict, will rue his rash boasts.
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Monday, October 24, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted October 24, 2011
By Congress.org @ 10:22 PM :: 7215 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill to repeal a 3 percent withholding requirement on government contractor payments.
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Monday, October 24, 2011 |
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Clean Energy's Accounting Gimmick: "Free" Taxpayer Subsidies
By Selected News Articles @ 7:08 PM :: 6026 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...the program which created Solyndra is set to quietly impose billions of dollars of losses on taxpayers, all of which will be hidden from the federal budget thanks to a massive accounting gimmick....
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Monday, October 24, 2011 |
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LifeNews: Lingle Faces Pro-Abortion Mazie Hirono in Hawaii Senate Race
By Selected News Articles @ 5:08 PM :: 6329 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hirono holds a 0% rating from the National Right to Life Committee, indicating she has not cast even one pro-life vote in her entire career in the House.
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Monday, October 24, 2011 |
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Obama's Iraq Failure
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:58 PM :: 9975 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Obama's announcement last week that American troops in Iraq will return by the end of the year is a result of a serious Obama Administration failure that will undermine U.S. security interests in the Middle East
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Friday, October 21, 2011 |
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Enviros decide Hawaii Reefs worth $33B of your money, Design Survey to arrive at Conclusion
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 7573 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...coral reefs provide valuable ecological services for U.S. residents, regardless of whether they actually use them....
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Friday, October 21, 2011 |
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Biden wants you to Feel Like you are Being Robbed
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:39 PM :: 3822 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...he wished conservative lawmakers "had some notion of what it was like to be on the other side of a gun, or [to have] a 200-pound man standing over you, telling you to submit."
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Friday, October 21, 2011 |
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HOPE Probation Expands to Four New Communities
By News Release @ 2:07 PM :: 6084 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The four communities - Clackamas County, Ore; Essex County, Mass; Saline County, Ark; and Tarrant County, Texas - are part of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) project and funded through the Second Chance Act of 2007 ....
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Friday, October 21, 2011 |
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No Gag Order in Hawaii Blind-Deaf School Homosexual Rape Gang Case
By Selected News Articles @ 12:21 AM :: 14093 Views :: Education K-12, Ethics, Health Care
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...Scott O'Neal, the counselor named in the lawsuit, and his lawyer, Randall K. Schmidt, fired back with a request to enjoin Green from making further media statements to ensure a fair trial....
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
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China Cancels Honolulu Flights, Abercrombie calls Asia trip "extremely productive"
By News Release @ 3:22 AM :: 9175 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“It was an extremely productive trip that will benefit Hawai'i as we look to strengthen our economy,” Governor Abercrombie said.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
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Hawaii DoE grabs for another $50M from Race to the Top
By News Release @ 3:08 AM :: 6271 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Office of the Governor is pleased to announce it has submitted its application today for the “Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge” grant competition, a new federal funding opportunity by the Obama Administration.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
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The Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite No Child Left Behind
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 AM :: 5281 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Senate today will begin the markup of Harkin's 860-page proposal to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), now known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 |
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Pro-Assisted Suicide Advocates Falsely Advertise Suicide as Legal in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 7663 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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If the 1909 statute made assisted suicide legal, which it does not, then Hawaii would quickly become a breeding ground for abuse of those at the worst time in their lives – those who are sick and contemplating suicide.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
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Horizon Lines Avoids Bankruptcy, But Delisted by NYSE
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 16643 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Horizon Lines completed a complicated $652.8 million refinancing that saves the largest U.S. domestic ocean carrier from bankruptcy and will leave bondholders with most of the company's stock.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
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Hawaii Poll shows Cain beating Romney in GOP Caucus Vote, 88% of GOPers back Lingle
By News Release @ 4:20 AM :: 7796 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In Hawaii Cain is at 36% to 24% for Romney, 8% for Gingrich and Perry, 6% for Bachmann, 4% for Paul, and 1% each for Huntsman, Johnson, and Santorum.
Lingle is at 88% approval in the GOP Senate Primary.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011 |
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VIDEO Truth In Accounting Presentation at Hawaii Capitol
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 13437 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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Sheila Weinberg spoke in Hawaii Tuesday, Oct. 11 on "Government Accounting: The Seen and the Unseen -- What Needs to be Done?"
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
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Wall Street is the Wrong Place to Occupy
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:20 PM :: 4641 Views :: National News, Ethics
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On Sunday, these anti-capitalist protesters got a helping hand from none other than the President of the United States.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 |
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Cato Backs Suit Challenging DHHL Residents’ Property Tax Discount
By Selected News Articles @ 1:14 AM :: 7141 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The group of taxpayers now seek review in the U.S. Supreme Court. Cato, joined by the Pacific Legal Foundation, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, the Goldwater Institute, and Professor Paul M. Sullivan, filed a brief urging the Court to take the case ....
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Monday, October 17, 2011 |
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Ideology Yes, Hawaii No: Hirono Votes Against S. Korea Free Trade
By Congress.org @ 11:19 PM :: 11889 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Vote Passed (278-151, 4 Not Voting)
The House passed this trade agreement with South Korea. The Senate approved the bill later in the day and the president is expected to sign it into law. (Hirono voted NO.)
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Monday, October 17, 2011 |
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1,000 Days Under President Obama
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:39 AM :: 4115 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Today marks the 1,000th day of Barack Obama's presidency....
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Sunday, October 16, 2011 |
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Why evangelicals must stand up to anti-Mormon bigotry
By Selected News Articles @ 6:07 PM :: 6293 Views :: National News, Ethics
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This is bigotry buttressed by irrelevance fortified with invincible ignorance.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Kaiser’s Non-profit Status: Money funneled to For-Profit Entities?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:57 PM :: 8970 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's former Chief Administrative Officer claims she was fired for protesting that the putative nonprofit was "funneling funds to related for-profit Kaiser entities ... (and) using its fraudulently obtained tax-exempt status to fuel its market expansion/dominance."
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Sunday, October 16, 2011 |
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Kalapa: The Trouble with Borrowing is Repaying the Loan
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 1:42 AM :: 9961 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The bulk of the $14 trillion debt the nation has borrowed is from other nations.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 |
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Honolulu Rated 5th Most Dangerous US Airport
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 PM :: 7719 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We averaged the Runway Incident Rate-the total number of runway incidents divided by the total number of runway operations (takeoffs and landings)-over the five years covered in our survey period.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 |
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Tax on ‘Tax-Free’ Bonds still alive in Congress: Hawaii Public Housing At Risk
By Selected News Articles @ 12:07 PM :: 9547 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Residents of Hawaii’s largest public housing facility began returning to renovated units this month. They enjoyed the fruits of a public-private partnership that supporters worry will not be replicated in the future because of threats to the status of tax-exempt bonds that underpinned the project’s financing.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
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Jobs Plan Fails, but Obama Doesn't Get the Message
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:45 PM :: 4198 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The President proposed permanently raising taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years....
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
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Cook: Hawaii Senate Race a toss-up
By Selected News Articles @ 7:06 PM :: 6740 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...with former Gov. Linda Lingle’s announcement this week that she would run for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Dan Akaka, this race moves from the Solid Democratic column to Toss Up....
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
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Defeat of Obama Jobs Bill Saves Honolulu Rail Millions
By Andrew Walden @ 3:14 AM :: 8286 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Little noticed outside financial circles, a tax increase in the bill would have sharply increased the cost of borrowing for state and local governments nationwide.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
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Hawaii: Second Highest Taxes on Earth?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:04 AM :: 7530 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Latest "millionaire surtax" proposal would put Hawaii tax rates above Denmark, Sweden, California, and New York....
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
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Hanabusa: Lingle resonates with voters
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 7819 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hanabusa calls Lingle an "extremely good politician" and a "formidable candidate" with an uncanny ability to connect with voters.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
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Are Suicide Activists Already Killing People in Hawaii?
By News Release @ 11:55 AM :: 7277 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"Because assisted dying is legal, it won't be a clandestine practice any longer. Physicians will be able to openly discuss the best practices.... Hawaii is a prohibition-free state.”
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
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Obama's Failure to Confront the Iranian Threat
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:35 AM :: 6490 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Yesterday, America learned that Iran conspired to launch a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., with a planned assassination of the Saudi ambassador and bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
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Iranian Assassination Plot Busted
By IPT News @ 2:05 AM :: 7631 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Two men have been charged in what law enforcement officials say was a bombing plot in the United States approved by senior members Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds Force.
The plot targeted the Saudi ambassador to the United States for assassination and may have included other targets including the Israeli embassy,...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011 |
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Lingle Hits Moderate, Bipartisan themes in Campaign Rollout
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 AM :: 6986 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle stressed that one of her strengths is getting people to work together regardless of party affiliation, a concept that she believes is in short supply in Washington.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
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AUDIO: Lingle Announces Senate Bid
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 PM :: 9010 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A Lingle-Hirono campaign would be a rematch from their 2002 gubernatorial face-off. Lingle, who outraised Hirono in that contest, won that race by five percentage points.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted October 11th
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 AM :: 6210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - H.R.3080
The House is scheduled to vote on implementing a trade pact with South Korea.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011 |
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Abercrombie, HTA Leave Tokyo
By News Release @ 12:11 AM :: 9334 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Abercrombie and officials from the Hawai'i Tourism Authority (HTA) ... met with representatives of various Japanese agencies that are key partners in the visitor industry.
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Monday, October 10, 2011 |
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Obama Sends South Korea Free Trade Agreement to Congress
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:43 PM :: 9418 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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it's vitally important to quickly enact the three pending U.S. trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. These FTAs have been sitting on the President's desk since 2007 for no good reason. President Obama has finally made them a priority by sending them to Congress last Monday night....
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Sunday, October 9, 2011 |
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Taking a Step Back on Nation’s Economic Path
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 12:02 AM :: 5578 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Here we go again with another round of spending in an attempt to convince voters that the national leadership knows what they are doing.
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Friday, October 7, 2011 |
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Still Jobless After All These Years
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:29 PM :: 3774 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Yesterday at the White House, President Barack Obama faced the media to once again plug the American Jobs Act--his plan for more stimulus spending, paid for with even more taxes on America's job creators. And this morning, not a day later, America received a reminder of why a continuation of the President's tried-and-failed policies is not a prescription for success....
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Thursday, October 6, 2011 |
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Inouye Slams Ed Case: “I don’t want to deal with a person like that”
By Selected News Articles @ 8:16 PM :: 7414 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“What I am going to do? Am I going to just sit around and do nothing? I was hurt,” he said of his reaction to Case’s challenge to Akaka.
“He hasn’t given me any explanation, and if that’s the way he’s going to deal with me, I don’t want to deal with a person like that.”
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Thursday, October 6, 2011 |
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State of Hawaii to SCOTUS: Protect Property Rights from "Overreaching Federal Regulation"
By Robert Thomas @ 7:42 PM :: 8980 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Precluding pre-enforcement judicial review buttresses a regime where EPA has assumed the authority to enjoin development by issuing unreviewable compliance orders. Such a result is repugnant to the core principle in the Due Process Clause that "[n]o person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
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