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Entries for 'Andrew Walden'
| Saturday, September 14, 2013 |
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Anti-Aquarium Nuts Attack Big Isle Fisherman For Catching Delicious Tiger Shark
By Andrew Walden @ 4:40 AM :: 9459 Views :: Environment, Second Amendment
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...a few weeks ago the puppy-murdering phonies of "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) hounded a Kauai fisherman whose close call with a giant ahi was captured on video. Now the national spotlight is focused on a Big Island youth...
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| Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Bill Violates First Amendment
By Andrew Walden @ 11:23 PM :: 10670 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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Gay marriage on the line in the October 28 special legislative session, but apparently Governor Neil Abercrombie is willing to risk losing the vote for a crack at imposing government dogma on Hawaii's religious believers....
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| Thursday, September 12, 2013 |
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HMSA 'Dumping' Thousands of Policies, Blames Obamacare
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 10925 Views :: Health Care
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"The Affordable Care Act...is bringing many changes.... Your plan is among those that won’t meet ACA requirements."
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| Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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| Sunday, September 8, 2013 |
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Geothermal: How to Divide Hawaiians from their Money
By Andrew Walden @ 10:31 PM :: 8030 Views :: Energy, OHA
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How to Divide Hawaiians from their Money? Put the charges on their electric bill....
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| Saturday, September 7, 2013 |
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Bones at the Convention Center: Mark Twain vs Mike McCartney
By Andrew Walden @ 3:53 PM :: 6662 Views :: First Amendment
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"...we rode a considerable distance over ground so thickly strewn with human bones that the horses' feet crushed them, not occasionally, but at every step...."
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| Wednesday, September 4, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Risks Losing Vote in order to Force Gay Marriage into Churches
By Andrew Walden @ 5:28 AM :: 5648 Views :: Family
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Lambda Legal began preparing the ground for Abercrombie’s proposed gay marriage “religious exemption” as far back as 2007....
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| Sunday, September 1, 2013 |
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Gay Divorce: Abercrombie Special Session for Arizona ‘Pregnant Man’?
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 7558 Views :: Family
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Abercrombie’s draft gay marriage bill would make Hawaii the only state in the nation to claim legal jurisdiction over divorces in which neither party is a resident of the state....
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| Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Lech Walesa: “Gays should not impose themselves on the majority”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:59 PM :: 5407 Views :: Family
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Like the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr, Walesa does not believe in the gay agenda. Here are the quotes....
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| Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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Dalai Lama: “They want me to condone homosexuality…a relationship between two men is wrong.”
By Andrew Walden @ 4:07 PM :: 24215 Views :: Family, Religion
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As with everything else, gay activists have been desperately working to make the Dalai Lama their own....
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| Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
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Martin Luther King Jr Recommends Gay Conversion Therapy
By Andrew Walden @ 11:53 PM :: 13464 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...this is the only recorded comment by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr on homosexuality....
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| Saturday, August 17, 2013 |
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| Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Star-Advertiser Gets it Wrong: Obama Cannot Act on ‘Sovereignty’
By Andrew Walden @ 1:58 AM :: 7879 Views :: Akaka Bill
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...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe. And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....
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| Sunday, August 11, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe “Disenrollment” -- 75% of Hawaiians “will not be acknowledged”
By Andrew Walden @ 9:00 PM :: 8785 Views :: Akaka Bill
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The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....
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| Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Not Just Hawaii: Insurance Companies Reject Obamacare Exchanges--Reid Predicts Single-Payer Coming
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 4890 Views :: Health Care
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Just as in Hawaii, the Obamacare Exchanges in other states are not attracting insurance competitors....
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| Tuesday, August 6, 2013 |
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Act 268 Hawaii Unfunded Liabilities Plan: Pot of Gold for Corrupt Union Leaders
By Andrew Walden @ 9:29 PM :: 11002 Views :: Ethics, Labor
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OPEB-related corruption has been in the news for years. For instance....
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| Saturday, August 3, 2013 |
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Ashford Nomination Challenged on Ethics
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 9116 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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The ethical response is to try again, not to proceed in violation of Hawaii law and court rules....
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Skeletons in the Closet of the Wind
By Andrew Walden @ 8:44 PM :: 13985 Views :: Energy
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| Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Hanabusa: Obama Considers Creating Akaka Tribe Without Congressional Approval
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 10171 Views :: Akaka Bill
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"We know he will seriously consider our request to use his executive branch authority to achieve this elusive goal."
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| Sunday, July 21, 2013 |
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Solar Scam: DoE Overpays $612M for Athletic Supporter?
By Andrew Walden @ 12:27 AM :: 9047 Views :: Education K-12, Energy
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“I don’t think you understand the gravity of the situation as it now stands.”
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| Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Ikaika Anderson forms Congressional Campaign Committee
By Andrew Walden @ 3:26 PM :: 6739 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Anderson is not obligated to resign his Council seat to run for Congress....
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| Sunday, July 14, 2013 |
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After Receiving Campaign Cash, OHA Trustees Give $1.25M to Insolvent Geothermal Company
By Andrew Walden @ 1:12 AM :: 12316 Views :: Energy, OHA
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If OHA were more skilled at 'due diligence' it would have spotted the million dollar loan IDG's New Zealand partner wrote off last year....
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| Tuesday, July 9, 2013 |
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Sen David Ige to challenge Abercrombie for Governor
By Andrew Walden @ 2:04 PM :: 8199 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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Ige will not be running for reelection to the Senate....
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| Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
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Voting Rights: Hawaii Moves to Top of Enforcement List?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:40 PM :: 6598 Views :: Office of Elections
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Why? Hawaii's consistently low voter turnout....
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| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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NCTQ Report: UH Education Departments Among Nation's Worst
By Andrew Walden @ 9:52 PM :: 7294 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Higher Education
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the National Council on Teacher Quality 2013 Teacher Prep Review has bad news for Hawaii Universities' Schools of Education....
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| Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Hawaii Gambling Machine Contract Guaranteed ‘No problem from Vice-Squad’
By Andrew Walden @ 2:41 AM :: 10134 Views :: Gambling, Law Enforcement
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Despite this assurance, the record also reveals that the parties also made jokes about being “locked up” because of these games....
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| Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders More Pay Hikes, Publishes HGEA, UPW Contracts
By Andrew Walden @ 1:24 AM :: 4969 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped three more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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| Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
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Email Chain Reveals Hawaii Obamacare Leaders Debating “Inevitable Failure”
By Andrew Walden @ 12:32 AM :: 8976 Views :: Health Care
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... HHA continues to meet, without a budget, working on developing a universal, cost-effective health care system that will be ready for implementation when the Affordable Care Act inevitably fails....
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| Sunday, June 9, 2013 |
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Bottled Water Battle: A Decade of OHA Harassment Continues
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 8445 Views :: OHA, Small Business
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OHA has served as the agent of an Oahu-based bottled water company seeking to destroy its tiny Kauai-only competitor, Kauai Springs....
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| Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
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Abercrombie Quietly Orders Pay Hikes
By Andrew Walden @ 12:17 AM :: 4721 Views :: Labor
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Abercrombie’s office quietly slipped two more executive orders onto its webpage this week....
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| Wednesday, June 5, 2013 |
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Ed Week: Hawaii DoE Dropout Rate Jumps to 32.8%
By Andrew Walden @ 11:02 PM :: 10173 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics
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...according to Education Week, the Hawaii DoE is 7th best in the nation when it comes to changing the numbers....
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| Sunday, June 2, 2013 |
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Feds Bust Sandwich Isles Com: $25M/year Funneled to Hee Company
By Andrew Walden @ 9:16 PM :: 19106 Views :: Akaka Bill, DHHL, National News, Ethics
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The FCC order exposes more information on Hee than has ever before been made public....
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| Sunday, June 2, 2013 |
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HIRA Candidate for GOP Chair Stars in Gay Pride Parade
By Andrew Walden @ 5:37 PM :: 7426 Views :: Family, Republican Party
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...Hayes, Miss Gay Pride 1987-88, "has been coming here to fight for a quarter century."
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| Saturday, June 1, 2013 |
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.05% Solution: Abercrombie Quietly Appoints DUI Taskforce
By Andrew Walden @ 4:11 PM :: 4640 Views :: Law Enforcement
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...a mandate to cut the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.08% to 0.05%.....
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| Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Census looks at 2012 Elections: Hawaii Worst Voter Registration, 2nd Worst Voter Participation
By Andrew Walden @ 9:51 PM :: 6294 Views :: Office of Elections
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Hawaii will improve voter participation when Hawaii has a politically competitive two party system....
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| Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Honolulu Muslim Leader Accuses Radical Muslim of Two Local Attacks
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 AM :: 15685 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?
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| Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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Filipino Veterans Equity Act Celebrates 20 Years of Pretending
By Andrew Walden @ 1:43 PM :: 6964 Views :: National News, Politicians
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The idea is to talk about it, not to pass it....
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| Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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Neighborhood Board Election Results Announced
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 7510 Views :: Honolulu County
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Voting for Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections ended Friday. The Neighborhood Commission Office today released the results....
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| Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 12988 Views :: Judiciary, Politicians
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Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....
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| Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Hints from GOP: Aiona for Governor, Djou for Congress
By Andrew Walden @ 4:52 PM :: 7419 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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It was Duke Aiona's day at the Hawaii State Republican Convention....
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| Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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IRS to Maui TEA Party: "Provide details of your relationship with Dylan Nonaka"
By Andrew Walden @ 4:08 AM :: 9770 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Among the questions sent from the National IRS office in Cincinnati was this item referencing Dylan Nonaka....
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| Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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Mitsunaga Launches New Attack on Kobayashi
By Andrew Walden @ 9:53 PM :: 7948 Views :: Ethics, Higher Education
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...Abercrombie crony Dennis Mitsunaga senses the opportunity to displace Inouye crony Bert Kobayashi....
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| Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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Atheists Attack HGEA, UPW Contract: Demand Unions Give Up Paid Holiday
By Andrew Walden @ 2:58 PM :: 6218 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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sponsored by gay ‘marriage’ activist, convicted thief Michael ‘Bitchbear’ Golujuch, Jr....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Database Reveals Hawaii MDs and the Drugs They Prescribe
By Andrew Walden @ 9:26 PM :: 7078 Views :: Health Care
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... a new-media, information age repressive technique aimed at physicians ....
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| Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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Akaka Tribe: Frankenstein Bill to Create a Frankenstein Tribal Roll
By Andrew Walden @ 12:58 AM :: 7905 Views :: Akaka Bill
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Since so few signed Kana’ioluwalu, they will just graft 108,000 Kau Inoa signers onto the Roll....
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| Sunday, May 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii Health Connector Funded by Cutting off Coverage for Cancer Patients
By Andrew Walden @ 3:10 PM :: 3792 Views
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...the $128M was paid for by cutting off funding and closing the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP) program which provided coverage for seriously ill patients who were otherwise denied overage due to 'pre-existing conditions.'....
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| Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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Deadline for Public Comment on Rail AIS May 30
By Andrew Walden @ 7:48 PM :: 4572 Views :: Rail
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...SHPD and HART have made only the most minimal public mention of the new deadline....
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| Sunday, April 28, 2013 |
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As CEO Pay Hits $5.8M, Hawaiian Electric Flunks Executive Compensation Scorecard
By Andrew Walden @ 12:51 AM :: 5264 Views :: Energy
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... Do HEI execs have their own private "decoupling" scheme?
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| Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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Stanley Chang Running for CD1?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 AM :: 11958 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
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Dan Inouye was barely in the grave when Honolulu Councilmember Stanley Chang signed Federal Election Commission documents....
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| Monday, April 22, 2013 |
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Oahu Biofuel Plant: Honeywell CEO to Face Questions
By Andrew Walden @ 3:27 PM :: 4639 Views :: Energy
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...the $25 million taxpayer gift was specifically allocated for a biofuels demonstration plant to be built on Oahu....
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