hawaii.edu – Kauaʻi Community College is a finalist in the 2013 Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards and is asking people to vote for a video highlighting their sustainability efforts. The video promotes the…
civilbeat.com – The same withering criticism that surfaced about a number of controversial development bills in the 2012 Hawaii Legislature has been raised about a single measure this session. “Dirty,” “unconstitu…
When people hear there is a state-by-state report on happiness, they want to know a few things. Who’s number one? It’s Hawaii. Who changed the most since last year? Alaska took a turn for the worse, and Delaware improved significantly. How did my state do? You can find out here. But anyone who looks at the map above is likely to wonder: why is that cluster of red states so unhappy?
Gallup and Healthways do not offer specific explanations for their results, but it is easy to see how a poor score in one category might correlate with others. Poor access to quality food and healthcare, for example, could lead to poor physical or emotional health. One Healthways researcher suggested lifestyle choices as a contributing factor, emphasizing the likelihood that different categories contribute to and compound on one another. Many potential explanations boil down a lack of adequate resources.
I found this interesting essay online and thought folks might like to read it. I excerpted a piece and you can take the leap to read the whole thingy!
Go here for the full story: The ideological Jiu-Jitsu of the GOP in Hawaii
Ever since moving here I have regarded the political clime as, well, mystifying to say the least. Even for such a Democratic state, the Tea Party/GOP/fearful conservative demographic is exceedingly small but very very vocal, and overly funded. The fact that someone like Linda Lingle could ever become Governor of Hawaii attests to this bizarre dynamic. Two or three times a year (especially on “Tax Protest Day”) I can drive into Kona and see the annoying gathering of Tea Party holdouts, their expensive cars parked close by, shaking signs and waving yellow Don’t Tread On Me flags in anger over how we are not living in 1789 anymore. It is rare that you see a dark face amongst their scrubbed, white and slightly sunburned ones. But occasionally you do, and when that happens you are lured into a true Post Turtle moment. For those not aware of the joke, one guy walking a country road sees a turtle placed on top of a fence post and asks a neighbor what it is. The response is “a post turtle”. He asks again what that means, and is answered that no one knows how he got up there, but he doesn’t belong there and everyone agrees he needs to be helped down.
Without holding a single hearing, Lieberman’s committee wants to pass the “Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012” which strips the independence of a raft of federal agencies: Everything from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Nuclear Regulatory Agency and National Labor Relations Board.
Among its many provisions, the law would require each of the agencies that Congress quite deliberately established as independent to submit all proposed rules to The White House for “vetting” before they could be published. According to a report buried election day afternoon on a back page of Tuesday’s New York Times, the bill would “introduce delays to an already slow process, and would give banks and businesses yet another place to lobby for favorable treatment.”
The Times also notes correctly that bad reviews from The White House would enable industry groups to use an administration’s objections in mounting legal challenges to rules that are eventually put in place.
Lieberman’s bill to defang regulatory agencies has bi-partisan support in the committee – perhaps not entirely surprising given that its Republican members include Tom Coburn, outgoing Senator Scott Brown, John McCain and Rand Paul. But Carl Levin also is a member as is Hawaii’s Daniel Akaka, yet they are supporting the measure even though they should know better.
And finally, New Rule: Since President Obama seems to be having so much trouble defending his record on the economy, the next debate must be held in a mall. Any mall. It doesn’t matter. They’re all packed. There’s one not 100 yards from this studio, with dancing waters and a choo-choo train, and a shirtless gay kid out in front of Abercrombie & Fitch. The parking garage is always full, the Cheesecake Factory is working overtime, and Lady Gaga’s new perfume — with its delightful scent of blood and semen — is flying off the shelves at Nordstrom’s.
What I’m saying is, I know it’s campaign season, but can we all stop acting like the American economy is in complete shambles, where no one has a job or a place to live, and we’re all doing our laundry in the river? (wild audience applause)
Thank you. I mean, folks, I travel this country constantly, all four corners of it. And everywhere I go, I’m always standing in line for 20 minutes to buy hair gel, or batteries, or nipple moisturizer. Traffic is a bitch everywhere. Yes, there are people sleeping on the sidewalk, but that’s to buy an iPhone just like the one they already have! (audience applause)
It just doesn’t feel like Obama has ruined America. Republicans, you know, they used to talk a lot about this thing called the stock market, and how it helped not just the rich, but middle class folks, whose pensions and 401(k)’s depended on it. Well, now they never seem to mention the stock market. Perhaps, because under President Blackenstein, the Dow has doubled. Or as Republicans call it, “devastating economic news”. (audience applause)
Now, there certainly still is poverty in our country, but it’s obviously among the underclass that you don’t see — the very people that today’s Republicans couldn’t give a shit about! So I don’t understand why they’re all so upset about the economy. Except, of course, it’s their big issue. So they have to pretend that America is a rotting compost heap where people are eating cat food and wiping their ass with the pennysaver. (audience applause)
And weirdly, Obama kinda has to pretend that too. Because if he doesn’t, then he’s “out of touch”. So we all wind up living with this fictional picture of America that actually would be more appropriate for the year before Obama took office. Remember 2008? (audience applause) Yeah, I do.
That’s when Lehman Brothers collapsed, and the markets froze, and they were measuring GM for a pumpkin lot. And when you opened your bank statement, you saw the drowned Japanese girl from The Ring, and then you died.
And yes, I am saying we can keep blaming Bush for that. It’s the same as blaming rats for the Black Plague. Just because you’re sick of hearing historians say it, doesn’t mean it stopped being true. (wild audience applause)
George Bush left a flaming pile of dog shit on the White House steps, and now it’s gone, and Mitt Romney has a hell of a nerve running on the idea that “I’m going to fix the economy by restoring the policies of the party that destroyed it”.
12 million jobs. That’s what Mitt Romney promises. 12 million. A number that’s just… waaaaay up there. (reaches into ass to pull it out) Oh, there it is, wow! There it is, 12 million! (wild audience applause) Way up there! Hoo, boy, I feel better.
And about 45% of American voters hear that and say, “I like. Me want good now.”
People are disappointed in the economy? Sorry. I was disappointed in Prometheus. You don’t like the way the stewardess landed the plane after werewolves ate the flight crew? Stop electing werewolves.
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hawaiinewsnow.com – Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 43-year-old Kailua-Kona man wanted for assault and other offenses. Robert Kanuela Tanoai—also known as “Boomer”—is considered armed …
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hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Veterans now have a new tool to help them find work once they’re out of the military. A new agreement between McDonald’s of Hawaii and the Army’s Partnership for Youth S…
hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The sunny weather Saturday was a welcome sight for thousands who lined the streets of Honolulu to take part in a colorful tradition. The 96th Annual King Kamehameha Flor…
hawaiinewsnow.com – KALAELOA (HawaiiNewsNow) – A surfer nearly drowned at White Plains Beach Saturday. It’s unclear what happened, but one witness told Hawaii News Now the man was competing in a surf contest and was …
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cgvi.uscg.mil – HONOLULU – Guy Hagi, a reporter with Hawaii News Now, documents a search and rescue case conducted by the Coast Guard, June 7, 2012. The news feature documenting a SAR case was a collaboration betw…
hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced Colin Kippen as his selection to be the state’s next homelessness coordinator Friday and said a new coordinated approach toward the homele…
hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (AP) – An elderly California couple is suing the landowner of a Waikiki outdoor bazaar, claiming they were injured when a branch from a large banyan tree fell on them. Attorneys for the Ra…
hawaiinewsnow.com – The State Land Use Commission Friday afternoon approved the proposed Hoopili development. The vote was 8 to 1 in favor of the D.R. Horton project. The development would add 11,750-homes on 1,554 ac…
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khon2.com – Neighbors helped put out a house fire in enchanted lake Tuesday evening. It started in a back bedroom about 8 p.m. Two people were inside but were able to get out safely.Four people in all live on …
hawaiinewsnow.com – The NFL and the NFL Players Association announced Wednesday morning that the 2013 Pro Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. The game will be televised live on Sunday, January 27 on NBC …
hawaiinewsnow.com – A 51-year-old Kona man was arrested Wednesday in connection with threatening comments made to the staff of a Big Island Hospital. Kona Patrol Officers responded to a call from Kona Community Hospit…
hawaiinewsnow.com – The Honolulu Fire Department says that a fire that came dangerously close to homes in Kailua on Tuesday was intentionally set. Fire investigators say it appears that the fire was set in multiple lo…
hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu police and CrimeStopppers are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for attempted murder. Police say on Friday night, the suspect pulled out a ha…
hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Allegiant Airlines, which begins to serve Honolulu this summer, adds another city to its pending Hawaii route network – Monterey, Calif. The one flight per week will begi…
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nfl.com – The 2013 Pro Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii for the 33rd time, the NFL and NFL Players Association announced today. The game will be televised live on Sunday, January 27 o…
hawaiinewsnow.com – LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) – Beetles that pose a serious threat to honeybees have been found on Kauai. They were first detected on the Big Island in April 2010 and have since spread to Oahu, Maui and Molok…
hawaiinewsnow.com – The Honolulu Fire Department says that a fire that came dangerously close to homes in Kailua on Tuesday was intentionally set. Fire investigators say it appears that the fire was set in multiple lo…
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huffingtonpost.com – Facebook shares dropped more than 3.2 percent to $37.02 (as of 8:11 a.m) in pre-market action on Monday, according to a Bloomberg report. The drop means that the social network’s stock has dropped …
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thesuiteworld.com – Lindsay Marie gives us a tour through the “Seven Sacred Pools”. Falling off the mountain is fresh mineral water, crashing into the black sand beach, breathtaking! The Pools of ‘Ohe’o (pupularly cal…
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