tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post2950376270288311887..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Act LocalJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-43792812920055064762008-10-16T14:49:00.000-10:002008-10-16T14:49:00.000-10:00We're soulmates and we're here to take over your i...We're soulmates and we're here to take over your island and state. You can either go quietly or loudly, but you will go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-42061409641841278752008-10-16T10:33:00.000-10:002008-10-16T10:33:00.000-10:00Anonymous Oct. 15 8:54 p.m.?Meet Anonymous Oct. 14...Anonymous Oct. 15 8:54 p.m.?<BR/><BR/>Meet Anonymous Oct. 14 8:30 a.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-11862648941637346422008-10-15T20:54:00.000-10:002008-10-15T20:54:00.000-10:00People come here and bring their standard of livin...People come here and bring their standard of living with them.<BR/><BR/>I don't want to pay higher prices for the same goods that I can get at the big box stores.<BR/><BR/>Let 'em come. It's good for everybody. You don't want your little island to like one big quaint tourist town, do you?<BR/><BR/>Here on the big island we welcome Target, Circuit City, Petco, etc in our new mall...second biggest in the state!<BR/><BR/>I love it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-50445115743430605692008-10-15T17:45:00.000-10:002008-10-15T17:45:00.000-10:00Ashes to ashesThe bones turn to dustLet life go in...Ashes to ashes<BR/>The bones turn to dust<BR/>Let life go in living <BR/>Let the past turn to rust<BR/><BR/>Anonymous October 11, 2008 1:13 PM said... <BR/>"I can go to Foodland any time of the afternoon."<BR/> <BR/>So we spent all that effort to keep the mainland big boxes out of here at true cost to our standard of living, yet because you are malahini, you don't realize that Foodland put the Kaua'i Mom & Pops out of business and takes its profits to Oahu. If you're going to do something right, learn about it, think about it, and do something other than being a waste of time.Manawaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14534748612454568095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-2781586775527970222008-10-15T12:51:00.000-10:002008-10-15T12:51:00.000-10:00I've got news for ya. The whole world is circling...I've got news for ya. The whole world is circling the drain, and there's no stopping it. I'd be surprised if there's 1 generation of time left.<BR/><BR/>May as well get a good seat for the apocolypse in first class and enjoy the show until "lights out" time. That's where I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-90154257200395744312008-10-14T10:53:00.000-10:002008-10-14T10:53:00.000-10:00> Of course, I'm the guy who had some of th...<I>> Of course, I'm the guy who had some of the ashes of a "dear departed" relative molded into an acrylic toilet seat.<BR/><BR/>I have no reverence for the dead and damn little for the living. <</I><BR/><BR/>...And people wonder why Western culture is going down the crapper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-81631158153051756192008-10-14T08:30:00.000-10:002008-10-14T08:30:00.000-10:00I'm all for it! Building over bones is OK with me...I'm all for it! Building over bones is OK with me.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm the guy who had some of the ashes of a "dear departed" relative molded into an acrylic toilet seat.<BR/><BR/>I have no reverence for the dead and damn little for the living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-74669870482122165762008-10-14T08:07:00.000-10:002008-10-14T08:07:00.000-10:00> The past is just that, the past. <Sure. Fe...<I>> The past is just that, the past. <</I><BR/><BR/>Sure. Fegiddaboutit!<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>> Let the dead bury the dead. <</I><BR/><BR/>And let the living build their castles on the corpses. After all, we forgot about those past times -- and people. Right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-33314094901054072882008-10-14T07:12:00.000-10:002008-10-14T07:12:00.000-10:00Tell it to the hand.It's the story of European and...Tell it to the hand.<BR/><BR/>It's the story of European and American, not to mention those fun-loving Pacific Islanders who took over the Hawaiian Islands.<BR/><BR/>"Homeland" is whatever you happen to own fee-simple and call "home" in the present.<BR/><BR/>The past is just that, the past. Let the dead bury the dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-63192845067699943682008-10-13T19:19:00.000-10:002008-10-13T19:19:00.000-10:00> As opposed to myself, who bought in and curre...<I>> As opposed to myself, who bought in and currently live here full time and do not consider myself anyone's guest in anyone else's home. <</I><BR/><BR/>As opposed to people who don't consider a fistful of money justification for buying someone else's homeland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-74864667599483221072008-10-13T18:28:00.000-10:002008-10-13T18:28:00.000-10:00As opposed to myself, who bought in and currently ...As opposed to myself, who bought in and currently live here full time and do not consider myself anyone's guest in anyone else's home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-59136555642099865152008-10-13T12:15:00.000-10:002008-10-13T12:15:00.000-10:00> Tourists who think they're not tourists. ...<I>> Tourists who think they're not tourists. That's rich. <</I><BR/><BR/>Tourists who know they're visitors to someone's home. That's the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73970065143057939452008-10-12T21:44:00.000-10:002008-10-12T21:44:00.000-10:00Tourists who think they're not tourists. That's ri...Tourists who think they're not tourists. That's rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-12932688089028049942008-10-12T19:36:00.000-10:002008-10-12T19:36:00.000-10:00Maybe some of us low-profile mainlanders who visit...Maybe some of us low-profile mainlanders who visited year after year in the 70's and 80's, but who couldn't take the crazy pace and the boomtown buildup of the last 15 years, will quietly sneak back.<BR/><BR/>(Want to get more respectful visitors? Get rid of the <I>tourists!)</I><BR/><BR/>;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-70547987293329042072008-10-12T16:29:00.000-10:002008-10-12T16:29:00.000-10:00uh,ron kouchi who asks: where are we going? how wi...uh,ron kouchi who asks: where are we going? how will we get there?<BR/>is that the clue phone ringing?<BR/>hello, anybody home?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-53696419368859397672008-10-11T13:13:00.000-10:002008-10-11T13:13:00.000-10:00Ah, the beauty of a state wide slow down. I can tu...Ah, the beauty of a state wide slow down. I can turn left, I can go to Foodland any time of the afternoon. <BR/>I wonder how the people who have to feed their families, pay the rent and electric bills feel.<BR/>Now is when the drug use escalates, family abuse intensifies and educational funds dry up.<BR/>Where is the balance and who will leads us there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com