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Thursday, October 6, 2011 |
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Steve Jobs and American Exceptionalism
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:52 PM :: 7553 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Steve Jobs, who died yesterday at the too-young age of 56, was a living refutation of all what liberals constantly tell us about our country ....
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011 |
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Is the Postal Service Doomed?
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:16 AM :: 3874 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat is supposed to stop the United States Postal Service (USPS) from delivering mail, but can it be saved from mounting debt, plummeting volume, and the not-so-slow-motion postal train wreck coming quickly down the road?
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Lingle at Djou Fundraiser in Manoa
By Dylan Nonaka @ 11:03 PM :: 9425 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In case you missed it, the campaign got some great media coverage on Sunday. Governor Lingle helped us with a successful fundraiser and Stacey shared an update on what Charles is doing in Afghanistan.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 |
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Back to the Future: Hilo Girl leads 12 Army Cooks replacing 84 Contractors in Iraq
By News Release @ 10:41 PM :: 10126 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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As the United States Army's mission in Iraq winds down, soldiers find themselves giving up progressively more of their creature comforts. At Contingency Operating Station Garry Owen, Iraq, Soldiers from 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division are “getting lean” in preparation for that day.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 |
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Special Education Vouchers reduce Over-Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities
By NCPA @ 2:33 PM :: 4200 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...why has the incidence of disability diagnosis increased so drastically in 25 years? Several studies suggest that this increase has occurred because schools are incentivized to do so....
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 |
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Solyndra, Fast and Furious: Come Clean and Cut Funding
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:07 PM :: 4245 Views :: National News, Ethics
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What did the President know and when did he know it, goes the old Washington adage. Thus did the American people learn yesterday in separate but equally startling revelations that the Obama Administration knew more about two scandals than it has been revealing. The first is regarding the Operation Fast and Furious gun running disaster and the second is the now-bankrupt, Obama-backed Solyndra solar power company.
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Sunday, October 2, 2011 |
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The Inside Story Behind the Awlaki Assassination
By IPT News @ 1:29 AM :: 8222 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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U.S. intelligence officials, aware of other planned attacks, had arrested several Muslim American converts who returned here after "studying" in the Sudan....
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Sunday, October 2, 2011 |
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US Supreme Court Asked to Decide: Is Hawaiian Homes Property Tax Exemption Racial Discrimination?
By Robert Thomas @ 12:02 AM :: 7447 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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In a cert petition filed September 15, five Hawaii taxpayers argue that they have standing to challenge the constitutionality of property tax exemptions conferred on lessees of Hawaiian Homesteads.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011 |
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Council of State Governments Looks at Hawaii Justice Reinvestment
By News Release @ 3:43 AM :: 7231 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...a data-driven justice reinvestment strategy to bring out-of-state prisoners back to Hawaii, reduce spending on corrections, and reinvest savings generated in strategies that would reverse recent crime trends....
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Saturday, October 1, 2011 |
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The Legal Battle Over Honolulu’s Train to Nowhere
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 AM :: 9833 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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It appears likely that Honolulu and FTA failed to consider reasonable alternatives and accurately assess the alternatives’ environmental consequences in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, as required under NEPA.
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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For Sale Cheap: One Slightly Used Honolulu Rail Contractor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:35 PM :: 14415 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Orsi said Sept. 20 that there were no parties in advanced talks to buy AnsaldoBreda and that the unit’s newly appointed CEO, Maurizio Manfellotto, is working on an updated business plan.
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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The Solyndra Legacies
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:41 PM :: 4242 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Solar Reserve lists PCG Clean Energy and Technology Fund (East) LLC as an investment partner. Ronald Pelosi, brother-in-law of the House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, is an executive with PCG. Another investment partner: Argonaut Private Equity, is the employer of Steve Mitchell, who served on the Solyndra LLC Board of Directors....
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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Archbishop Warns Obama: You’ll Cause 'Conflict Between Church and State of Enormous Proportions’
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 PM :: 4073 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has written a letter to President Barack Obama warning him that his administration will “precipitate a national conflict between church and state of enormous proportions” if it does not “end its campaign against DOMA, the institution of marriage it protects, and religious freedom.”
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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US Born Al-Qaeda Bosses Anwar al-Awlaki, Samir Khan Reported Dead in Yemen
By IPT News @ 12:24 PM :: 7461 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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American-born al-Qaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday by a U.S. airstrike in Yemen, administration officials say.
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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Berg pushes for China Visa Waiver
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 11717 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“The recent inclusion of the Republic of Korea in the Visa Waiver resulted in double number of visitor arrivals from Korea,” said Councilman Tom Berg....
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
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Obamacare's Soaring Price Tag
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:42 PM :: 4533 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"The average premium for single coverage in 2011 is $452 per month or $5,429 per year ... The average premium for family coverage is $1,256 per month or $15,073 per year."
What's driving those costs? In large part, Obamacare.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
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Stop Rail Plaintiffs Respond to City, FTA “Nonsense”
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 9714 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"The Defendants’ effort to remove some of the Plaintiffs from this case is a waste of the court’s time and the taxpayers’ money."
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
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General Fund Deception: Hawaii operating at 9.2% Deficit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:05 PM :: 10162 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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While the general fund budget may be balanced, the total fund budget is often far off the mark. To make matters worse, neither the state's general fund budget or its total fund budget take into account unfunded pension liabilities....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
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Green Profiteers and Plastic Bags
By Selected News Articles @ 4:06 AM :: 6582 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...they claimed that “a reusable bag needs only to be used eleven times to have a lower environmental impact than using eleven disposable bags.” They were close. It was actually 393 times or roughly 7.5 years to replace reusing a plastic bag just three times....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
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Time for Action on Pakistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:55 AM :: 6856 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...Mullen declared that the military intelligence service of this supposed U.S. partner is directing the Haqqani network, a militant group responsible for attacks on Americans, including the 20-hour assault on the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, that left 27 dead....
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
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Herman Cain’s 999 Plan for Jobs, Economic Growth
By News Release @ 5:00 PM :: 5560 Views :: National News, Ethics
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"Production drives the economy, not spending."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
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GOP Presidential Race: Herman Cain Leaps into Lead
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 5035 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Rick Perry has tumbled by more than 20 percentage points over the past month among Republican presidential primary voters and is now second to Herman Cain, who leads the field with 28%.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
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National Journal: Good News For Hawaii Republicans?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:44 AM :: 7913 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"I hope everybody can come together and move forward to win elections," said Dylan Nonaka, the former GOP executive director under Kaauwai. "We've got a lot of big opportunities next year, and it's time to move on and focus."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
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How Harry Reid Manufactured a Crisis Over Disaster Aid
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:05 AM :: 6633 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Yesterday, with Reid on the brink of forcing a government shutdown, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced things aren’t so dire. The agency has $114 million on hand for the remainder of the week, enough to get through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
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Monday, September 26, 2011 |
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Hawaii's Congressional Delegation: How they voted September 26, 2011
By Congress.org @ 10:29 PM :: 6449 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011
- House: Short-Term Continuing Appropriations
- House: Cumulative Regulatory Analysis
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Monday, September 26, 2011 |
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Catholic Bishops on Obamacare Reg: 'Unprecedented Attack on Religious Liberty'
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 4549 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In an "urgent" call to action distributed as a bulletin insert at Catholic churches across the country on Sunday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said that a new federal regulation proposed under President Barack Obama's health-care law "poses an unprecedented threat to individual and institutional religious freedom."
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Monday, September 26, 2011 |
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NCLB: Obama Circumvents Congress on Education Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:31 PM :: 5310 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...on Friday, Obama doubled down, and did so by circumventing Congress and rewriting the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law unilaterally in the White House.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street–Preview of APEC Protests?
By Andrew Walden @ 2:54 PM :: 8938 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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How many professional protesters will be flown in by the well-heeled socialists who fund this circus?
Perhaps this would be a good time for airlines to adopt strict body odor rules on Hawaii-bound flights.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 |
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APEC Hint for Realtors: Top of Chinese wealthy's wish list? To leave China
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 12425 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Among the 20,000 Chinese with at least 100 million yuan ($15 million) in individual investment assets, 27 percent have already emigrated and 47 percent are considering it, according to a report by China Merchants Bank and U.S. consultants Bain & Co. published in April.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011 |
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Disney Re-starts some Aulani sales after Hawaii approves 33% fee increase
By Selected News Articles @ 1:04 AM :: 8850 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Disney must now submit updated consumer-disclosure materials to regulators and other states. The company will begin with Florida, California, New York and Illinois, its most-important sales markets....
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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VIDEO: So Long Solyndra
By Video @ 8:19 PM :: 4663 Views :: National News, Ethics
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“The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra.” – Barack Obama
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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If GE Tax were a Sales Tax, It would be among Nation's Lowest
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 10616 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii's, South Dakota's and New Mexico's sales taxes have broad bases that include many services....
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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Fact Check: Are the Rich Taxed Less than Secretaries?
By NCPA @ 12:12 PM :: 5543 Views :: National News, Ethics
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President Barack Obama makes it sound as if there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than their secretaries. The data tell a different story, says the Associated Press.
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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No CLASS: Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program Imploding
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:43 AM :: 4953 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...federal health experts told them via email that CLASS would result in an "insurance death spiral." Congress passed it anyway....
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
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Nonprofits Targeted: Obama Bill Cuts Deduction for Charitable Giving
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:33 PM :: 6644 Views :: National News, Ethics
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President Obama proposes to pay for his $447 billion jobs bill mainly by limiting tax deductions for wealthy Americans. Unfortunately, if enacted, this policy will likely dampen charitable giving....
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
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Obama Admin gives Hawaii $3M to help Process “Increased Volume” of Insurance Rate Hikes
By News Release @ 2:38 PM :: 7092 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“(Under ACA) the price of individual health insurance coverage might rise about 55% to 85%, excluding the impact of medical inflation….”
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
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Obama Falling Short on Israel
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:03 PM :: 8120 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The President's words yesterday come after nearly three years of being weak on Israel, failing to condemn those who threaten the country's existence, and failing to draw a distinction between a freedom-loving nation and those who seek to wipe it off the map.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
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Gallup: More Voters Considering Romney Than Obama, Perry
By Selected News Articles @ 11:53 AM :: 4444 Views :: National News, Ethics
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More registered voters say they would definitely vote for Mitt Romney or might consider doing so (62%) than say the same about his two main rivals in the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama (54%) and Republican Rick Perry (53%).
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
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Parent Company of Honolulu Rail Contractor Ansaldo tied to Prostitution Ring
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 13196 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“If something goes haywire, say so.” – Sen Dan Inouye, August 25, 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
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The Obama Investigations
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:59 AM :: 4470 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The Obama Administration is smack in the middle of several growing scandals: the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running debacle and the crony capitalism wrongdoing involving Solyndra and LightSquared.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
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$1.5 Trillion in New Taxes
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:49 PM :: 4009 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Two years ago, as the United States was coming out of the last recession, President Obama was asked how raising taxes on anyone would help with the economy. The President's answer? "Normally you don't raise taxes in a recession, which is why we haven't, and why we've instead cut taxes."
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
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Monday, September 19, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted September 19, 2011
By Congress.org @ 5:47 PM :: 5617 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Senate: Emergency Supplemental Disaster Relief Appropriations Resolution, 2011
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Senate: Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011
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House: Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act
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House: Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act
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Monday, September 19, 2011 |
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Obama Announcing Plan for $1.5T in New Taxes
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:46 PM :: 4460 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It's a "glut the beast" strategy the President has employed before--increase spending as much as possible, and then argue that the only answer to the massive deficits is to increase taxes.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011 |
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Peak Oil Debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 1:39 PM :: 10128 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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This is actually the fifth time in modern history that we've seen widespread fear that the world was running out of oil.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011 |
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Retirees, Tourism make Hawaii 10th Wealthiest in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 PM :: 6899 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Hawaii has one of the healthiest economies in the country, bolstered by a large number of wealthy retirees and a robust tourism industry....
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Friday, September 16, 2011 |
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Solyndra Scandal Ends Green Jobs Myth
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:27 PM :: 5463 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"[W]e can see the positive impacts [of the stimulus] right here at Solyndra." -- Barack Obama
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Friday, September 16, 2011 |
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Summer Snow Falls on Mauna Kea after Al Gore’s “24-Hours of Reality” broadcasts from Hawaii
By Andrew Walden @ 4:29 AM :: 16847 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Al Gore treated the globe to “24 Hours of Reality” Wednesday and Thursday, but before the finale, Mother Nature stepped in with a show of her own.
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