tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post3889262477971210256..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Laws of Man and NatureJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-26310489911181744462010-02-24T08:17:16.641-10:002010-02-24T08:17:16.641-10:00Leaving Niihau and Kahoolawe out, there are 6 inha...Leaving Niihau and Kahoolawe out, there are 6 inhabitable Hawaiian islands. No reason there can't be a sovereign Hawaiian nation and a US state. Kauai would be nice (separate kingdom and all), but there is probably a much easier transition for Molokai and Lanai. Actually, Maui doesn't have any military installations, so why not create a genuinely viable nation with lots of land.<br /><br />As for the gambling, I've heard that's what always held up previous Akaka bills, and the NV senators always get a say in things. I think it's disingenuous to take gambling out because it shows they're not offering true sovereignty. So I think the gambling would be a great Argument for those opposed to the Akaka bill: they'll never allow it so demand it in order to defeat the bill, whether you want gambling or not. <br /><br />Personally (as a haole who would like to see the Hawaiians succeed in a ntion of their own), I'm split on gambling. Properly managed, it would be a cash cow that would assure the finances of a small sovereign nation, especially on an island with infrastructure like Maui. But it brings so many hard to control ills, and it seems so out of place even in modern Hawaiian culture (and I don't mean to speak for Hawaiians, feel free to correct me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-87847403101911357712010-02-23T17:04:29.469-10:002010-02-23T17:04:29.469-10:00I wonder why the media, including Andy Parx, has n...I wonder why the media, including Andy Parx, has not picked up on the citation that Dr. Becky Rhoades received for having her dog in an unauthorized area of the bike path. Amazingly, she was cited while yelling at a local beachgoer to tie up his dog. Hypocritical in my opinion. Very interesting!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-16276165075678748472010-02-23T10:41:46.122-10:002010-02-23T10:41:46.122-10:00"can’t operate any gambling enterprises"..."can’t operate any gambling enterprises"<br /><br />-- good chance that is the only smart clause in the entire thing<br /><br /><br />"If the feds plan to tell the Hawaiians who is a Hawaiian "<br /><br />-- wonder what the "blood quantum" is<br /><br /><br />"Because they knew there wouldn’t be support and they didn’t want the public embarrassment? "<br /><br />-- probably. so in all of the yrs since that HI sen introduced this bill, no joe blow ethnic hawaiian folks (whatever their view was) have even testified before a subcommittee on this thing? i know there have been plenty of visits and briefings and DC lobbying as to the individual members, so there is informational flow, but never anything formal and on the (congressional) record? if so, not a good foundation<br /><br /><br />"geneticists who draw and analyze the DNA?"<br /><br />-- the prospect is fascinating. it would be accurate, but should that be the only / main thing that governs? seems too brave new world, orwellian. maybe have it as optional? in case some people dont have the paper records going back 100 yrs (assuming such testing is offered to "include," not "exclude" people from the group they seek to be formal part of)<br /><br /><br />hope this thing gets handled right, whatever "right" is<br /><br /><br />dwpsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-19795933327229134602010-02-23T08:55:12.180-10:002010-02-23T08:55:12.180-10:00Under Akaka, the Feds will say who is Hawaiian and...Under Akaka, the Feds will say who is Hawaiian and who is not. <br /><br />If you disagree, who do you recommend make that assessment? Kam schools, who has a "program" in place to make those determinations for their school (it's a sham)? Other Hawaiian groups who are experts in genaeology? Doctors and geneticists who draw and analyze the DNA? Anyone who comes before a gov't body and says "I'm Hawaiian and you all know it, so I don't have to prove it."??<br /><br />Any ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-53934552479290633322010-02-23T08:18:29.402-10:002010-02-23T08:18:29.402-10:00If that "something better" is sovereignt...If that "something better" is sovereignty, it simply isn't in the cards. Off the table. <br /><br />The USA only adds stars to its flag. It doesn't subtract them.<br /><br />Yearn all you want, but it's a total fantasy to think you're going to get anything more than the feds are willing to offer...a "longer leach", that's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com