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Sunday, May 29, 2011
New Normal on Questions of Life
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:51 PM :: 5197 Views :: National News, Ethics

Just six months ago, the settled view was that Americans were putting social issues on the back burner.... As a New York Times headline in March 2010 put it: “Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues."  Some avoidance. Since the beginning of this year, according to a count published by the liberal Alan Guttmacher Institute, state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pro-life measures. Most alarming to the institute and its allies, an unprecedented number of such measures are being passed, many by wide margins, and made law. 

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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Israel Day Hawaii Celebration May 29
By News Release @ 6:11 PM :: 12595 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

This spring, on Sunday, May 29, 2011, we will again create a festive environment to commemorate Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israel's Independence Day....

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Friday, May 27, 2011
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies protests subpoena of Maui Time online Commenters’ IDs
By News Release @ 2:13 PM :: 10350 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Association of Alternative Newsweeklies CONDEMNS the attempt by Maui authorities to force this disclosure, and SUPPORTS the right of Maui Time and Tommy Russo to oppose this subpoena and CALLS ON the district attorney of Maui to immediately withdraw this subpoena and cease all efforts to chill the free speech rights of Maui Time readers.

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Friday, May 27, 2011
189 Properties in Rail’s Path: Myths about Eminent Domain
By Robert Thomas @ 11:51 AM :: 10349 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...legal issues that the rail project will involve, include eminent domain, environmental questions, and the relationship with the newly-created Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit (HART), an agency within city government to oversee the project....

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Study: Hawaii Drivers rank 50th in Driving Skills
By News Release @ 11:21 PM :: 11616 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaii is 50th
Average Score 73.0%
32% of Hawaii drivers failed the National Drivers Test

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Hawaii Government agencies are tops in DC lobbying
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:56 PM :: 7358 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

in the first quarter of the year, government agencies in Hawaii spent more money lobbying in Washington, D.C. than private business did....  Hawaii state and local government spent about $185,000 on D.C. lobbying, compared to about $122,500 from Hawaii's private businesses over the same period.... the biggest state spenders were the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (which continues to push for the Akaka Bill) and InfraConsult, Inc. (which lobbies on behalf of Honolulu's rapid transit project). 

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Naming names: Who are the alleged Sovereignty-mortgage scammers?
By Andrew Walden @ 8:00 PM :: 39653 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, Ethics, Law Enforcement, OHA

This scam is tied to several well-known sovereignty activists—which perhaps explains why the Advertiser’s two recent articles have included so little information about the alleged perpetrators.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers Study Shows Higher Health Care Costs under Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 8743 Views :: National News, Ethics

Even steeper rises in the cost of private insurance are possible, due to Obamacare’s reductions in Medicare payment rates and its expansion of the Medicaid program.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Heritage Myth Buster: Ryan Budget saves Medicare for those 55 and over
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:09 PM :: 7684 Views :: National News, Ethics

Myth #5: The House budget balances the budget on the backs of seniors.

Fact: Current and near-retirees are exempt from reforms.

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Akaka, Inouye join in unanimous Senate rejection of Obama Budget
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:00 PM :: 7679 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Instead of offering solutions, the left is resorting to smear tactics. The prime example this week surrounds a special congressional election in western New York, where Democrat Kathy Hochul defeated Republican Jane Corwin, who supported Ryan's budget. Hochul attacked the plan, falsely claiming that it was an attempt to end Medicare.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Gallup: Hawaii residents are Least-Stressed in US
By Selected News Articles @ 1:34 PM :: 7891 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Hawaiians were the least likely in the United States in 2010 to say they felt stressed for much of the previous day, at 30.2%. Residents of Utah were the most likely to report experiencing stress, at 45.1%, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Abercrombie’s Medical Homes: Global Budget to control your Healthcare
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 9859 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The American Medical Group Association, representing medical groups that provide care for roughly 1 in 3 Americans, said that 90% of its members would not participate in the new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model the Obama administration wants to impose on Medicare providers.  

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Hirono launches Campaign by misleading public on education reform, clean energy
By Selected News Articles @ 1:53 AM :: 7104 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Governor’s Administration played a pivotal role in developing the Race to the Top public education program that was awarded $75 million in Federal funds and won praise from President Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan....  Hirono either purposely failed to acknowledge Governor Lingle’s landmark, community-based effort known as the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI), or she has been away from Hawaii so long she is out of touch with the progress that has been made in this critical area. President Obama’s Dept. of Energy has lauded the HCEI as a model for other states.

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Monday, May 23, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 23
By News Release @ 12:33 PM :: 5045 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Senate: Motion to Proceed; Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act
Senate: Motion to Proceed; Offshore Production and Safety Act of 2011
Senate: Cloture Motion; Nomination of Goodwin Liu to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

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Monday, May 23, 2011
Gov. Tim Pawlenty announces Presidential Campaign
By Video @ 4:57 AM :: 6825 Views :: National News, Ethics

“We need a President who understands our problems are deep and has the courage to face them. President Obama doesn’t. I do.”

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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Bloody Primary: Hirono vs Case vs Hanabusa for Senate?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:06 PM :: 9566 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Phoning it in from a black-tie event in Washington, DC, Rep Mazie Hirono blessedly informed Hawaii that she will not be a candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in 2012.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Aiona vs. Hannemann for CD2?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:24 PM :: 7859 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

POLL Daily Kos March 22: Aiona 42% – Hannemann 42%

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Friday, May 20, 2011
Heritage: Standing Strong with Israel
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 6768 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

In a speech yesterday on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East following the "Arab Spring" uprisings, President Obama broached the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Notably, he stated that, as part of finding peace between Israel and Palestine, the two parties should return to their 1967 borders.

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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Djou responds to Hirono Campaign Announcement
By Rep Charles Djou @ 6:06 PM :: 7664 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"I wish Mazie well in her effort to seek higher elective office. It was my pleasure to have served with her in Congress and to have represented her as a congressman and city councilmember."

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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Larry Mehau Associate Mazie Hirono Announces Campaign for US Senate
By Video @ 3:14 PM :: 7804 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

 PHOTO: Mazie Hirono Campaigns for Congress at Aug, 2006 rally at Larry Mehau's Honokaa home.

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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Hawaii Judges Cannot Be Impartial About Rail Project
By Selected News Articles @ 1:43 PM :: 8801 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

All nine federal judges in Hawaii have recused themselves from hearing the latest complaint, of a long string, that challenges a major transportation project in Honolulu.  With each judge stepping back from the case, 9th Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima will step in, according to an order filed Friday....

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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Your Private Information Public? HHS Audit finds massive Security Gaps in Electronic Medical Records
By Selected News Articles @ 11:32 AM :: 9210 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

As HMSA and the Abercrombie administration push forward with electronic medical records in Hawaii—a key requirement for any medical rationing system—the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has today released two audits of electronic medical records security systems….

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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Hawaii WW2 vet to Obama: “Shape up and start acting like an American”
By Selected News Articles @ 11:23 AM :: 9432 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The Late Harold B. Estes' letter to Obama: "One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes....

"You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: "We're no longer a Christian nation" "America is arrogant" -- (Your wife even announced to the world, "America is mean- spirited." Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.)"

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
To Rule over Hawaii: Obama nominates former Planned Parenthood Board member for 9th Circuit
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6907 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The head of the Alaska Family Council -- a Christian pro-family, anti-abortion group -- urged Palin to pick Smith, not Christen. The group objected to Christen's membership on the board of Planned Parenthood in the mid-1990s. The organization, which didn't provide abortions in Alaska until 2003, opposed a Palin-backed bill to require girls under 17 to get parental consent for an abortion.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Not to Rule over Hawaii: Obama's 9th Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu heading for Defeat Thursday?
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:52 PM :: 9895 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

So here is a look at what Hawaii would be suffering under if Liu makes it onto the 9th Circuit.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Courthouse News: Watchdogs & Ex-Hawaii Officials Aim to Shelve Mass Transit Project
By Selected News Articles @ 1:33 PM :: 8470 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

In April, the Obama administration lost $1.5 billion of $2 billion budgeted to improve America's antiquated transportation systems, with high-speed rail projects. Though the funds will now likely go toward deficit reduction, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a defendant in the Hawaii rail lawsuit, has asked for $53 billion over the next six years.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Billionaire Soros Pours $48M into Media Organizations
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 AM :: 4132 Views :: National News, Ethics

...And that number is an understatement. It is gleaned from tax forms, news stories and reporting. But Soros funds foundations that fund other foundations in turn, like the Tides Foundation, which then make their own donations. A complete accounting is almost impossible because a media component is part of so many Soros-funded operations....

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Abercrombie’s Medical Homes scheme rejected by Mayo Clinic, other top clinics
By Andrew Walden @ 11:50 PM :: 10970 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"I look at the ACOs coming out as almost fluff and distraction on the side.... We're way past it."

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
RTTT: Teaching Obama a Lesson on Education
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:31 PM :: 4983 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

... the President's strategy isn't about empowering teachers and communities. It's about increasing the federal government's authority over schools....

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Medicare’s Deteriorating Financial Condition
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:13 PM :: 3562 Views :: National News, Ethics

The just released 2011 Medicare trustees report: Medicare poses enormous challenges for patients and taxpayers alike, and its financial condition continues a downward slide....

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Monday, May 16, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 16
By Selected News Articles @ 5:31 PM :: 6760 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Cloture Motion; James M. Cole to be Deputy Attorney General
  • House: Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act
  • House: Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
  • House: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Myth-Busting the Debt Limit
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:24 PM :: 3930 Views :: National News, Ethics

The United States today hit an all-time high debt, passing $14 trillion, according to Associated Press reports. And with $45,300 of debt for every man, woman and child in the United States, it's clear as day that spending is the problem. Yet Washington has yet to come to an agreement on a way forward, either in the short term or the long term, though the budget plan passed by the House of Representatives would fundamentally alter this debt-ridden path the nation is on....

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Monday, May 16, 2011
Hawaii GOP sets March 13 for GOP Presidential Caucuses
By Andrew Walden @ 12:12 AM :: 14135 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

 The opportunity to directly vote on the Republican nominee is expected to bring out thousands of Hawaii Republican voters who have never before had a chance to directly participate in choosing the Republican Presidential nominee.

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Sunday, May 15, 2011
VIDEO: Huckabee announces he is not running for President
By Video @ 1:10 AM :: 5590 Views :: National News, Ethics

See the Video...

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Friday, May 13, 2011
The truth behind Oil Subsidies
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 3961 Views :: National News, Ethics

...if those senators were truly serious about cutting the deficit, they wouldn't stop at just cutting subsidies for oil companies. They would also call for the elimination of subsidies for the president's pet projects such as renewable fuels, electric vehicles, wind and solar. Throw in clean coal and natural gas, too. That would be the right move for the American taxpayers. But good policy isn't their goal -- vilifying an industry is their end game.... 

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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Plaintiffs Seek Injunction to block Honolulu Rail Construction, Contracting
By Selected News Articles @ 2:44 PM :: 8634 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to ensure that Defendants do not implement the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project...before complying fully with federal environmental laws.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Psychiatrists Boycott Honolulu Meeting Over Desmond Tutu Invitation
By Selected News Articles @ 1:48 PM :: 14352 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

In a speech in Boston, Mr. Tutu directly attacked the Jewish supporters of Israel as being in effect traitors to America, controlling U.S. foreign policy for the benefit of Israel and to the detriment of America. In that speech he compared American Jewish supporters of Israel to Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, Milosevich, Stalin, and Pinochet.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Only 60% of “classroom spending” actually reaches classroom
By Selected News Articles @ 11:25 AM :: 3854 Views :: National News, Ethics

School districts very often define spending categories in unexpected ways, making it difficult to distinguish classroom spending from operational costs....

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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Open Society? Over 30 major news organizations linked to Billionaire George Soros
By News Release @ 10:18 AM :: 8394 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

Prominent journalists like ABC's Christiane Amanpour and former Washington Post editor and now Vice President Len Downie serve on boards of operations that take Soros cash. This despite the Society of Professional Journalist's ethical code stating: "avoid all conflicts real or perceived."

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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Honolulu’s Frieda Takaki to head US Employee Stock Ownership Foundation
By News Release @ 1:03 AM :: 9347 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Ms. Takaki is active in the Hawaii Chapter of The ESOP Association has served on the Executive Committee's State & Regional Chapter Council. From 2007 – 2009, Ms. Takaki served as Chair of The ESOP Association.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
VIDEO: Newt Gingrich announces Presidential Campaign
By Video @ 3:11 PM :: 6006 Views :: National News, Ethics

"I'm Newt Gingrich, and I'm announcing my candidacy for President of the United States because I believe we can return America to hope and opportunity, to full employment, to real security, to an American energy program, to a balanced budget."

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Heritage Unveils “Saving the American Dream Plan” to Fix Nation’s Debt, Cut Federal Spending and Restore Prosperity
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:38 PM :: 3738 Views :: National News, Ethics

With the nation’s spending and debt problems on the verge of destroying the American dream for future generations, the Heritage Foundation today released a comprehensive plan to balance the federal budget, reform entitlement programs and recast the tax code to promote long-term economic growth. 

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Monday, May 9, 2011
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 9
By News Release @ 5:19 PM :: 6520 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Confirmation John J. McConnell, Jr. of Rhode Island, to be U.S. District Judge
  • House: To repeal mandatory funding provided to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges
  • House: To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction
  • House: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
  • House: Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Obama’s NLRB trying to Block Manufacturing Expansion
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:46 PM :: 4451 Views :: National News, Ethics

You might think that a U.S. company's decision to expand its manufacturing facilities and create 1,000 new jobs here at home -- rather than overseas -- would be hailed by the Obama Administration as a step in the right direction, especially with nine percent unemployment. You'd be wrong....

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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Medical Homes: Will Medicaid patients suffer to save HGEA, UPW?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:05 PM :: 10738 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The real savings Medical Homes could give to HHSC do not come in the emergency room but in elder care and neo-natal care....

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Friday, May 6, 2011
Feds may prosecute State employees who carry out Medical Marijuana Program
By Andrew Walden @ 8:47 PM :: 7820 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Says Washington’s Gregoire: “(Change in marijuana laws) must first come at the federal level."

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Friday, May 6, 2011
Abercrombie Imposes Obamacare: Medical Homes are future of Health Care Delivery
By News Release @ 7:14 PM :: 8240 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

...a shift towards whole-person health rather than focusing primarily on the treatment of illness....

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Friday, May 6, 2011
Unemployment back up to 9% after jobs report ‘beats expectations’
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:56 AM :: 3702 Views :: National News, Ethics

Despite the good news this week about Osama bin Laden's demise, all is not rosy for President Barack Obama -- at least in the eyes of the American people. The approval of his handling of the economy hit an all-time low with only 34 percent of Americans giving him a thumbs up, according to a CBS/New York Times poll.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Top Six Reasons We Got Osama bin Laden
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:53 AM :: 6844 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family

President George W. Bush put the correct policies in place, including the PATRIOT Act, Gitmo and increased intelligence gathering. President Barack Obama was wise to continue executing many of the same strategies.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 12809 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

For five and a half years, the US has hunted for Ahmed Hashim Abed--code-named "Objective Amber." Abed is the alleged ring-leader of an Islamist mob which murdered four US military contractors--including Pa`auilo resident Wesley Batalona--in Fallujah, Iraq on March 31, 2004.

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