tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post7159577874398929601..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: On Various ThingsJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-62872796652195736762016-06-14T12:08:43.999-10:002016-06-14T12:08:43.999-10:00
Thanks 10:10 , you remind me of a wise Kahu I kno...<br />Thanks 10:10 , you remind me of a wise Kahu I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-78393170300960316722016-06-14T10:10:02.366-10:002016-06-14T10:10:02.366-10:00John California, thanks for your 6:36 p.m. post. ...John California, thanks for your 6:36 p.m. post. Now you starting to see our world on this island. You not from Kauai, but you still want to title yourself as Kauai. You've got to EARN that title. <br /><br />(referring to your second last paragraph) I've asked before in a different format, do you know anyone who died from meth / ice use? I have (a bunch of them). And we have people still yapping about pesticides! Pesticide exposed people are not your night marchers / zombies. Pesticidies will not come to your house in the middle of the night and rip your off. you know the ones you need to protect yourself and belongings from, since you listed it on your post you're starting to recognize what hour political priorities should be on this island. <br /><br />Homeless! Some of them are sad to see because they had life's trama's and couldn't fight though it. others are due to drug abuse. in all cases, we all need to respect their lives and just hope for the best for them in their worlds. I know some of them, I say hi and hold a conversation with them (they deserve this respect). but that's the only thing we can do for them. <br /><br />republicans / democrats; that's only ideology and a title. Here on Kauai, ground zero, it's about friends and family and about giving and earning respecting. Living the life by actions and not words. <br /><br />Someday, you'll learn, it's about reading the character of people instead of listening / reading their words. character deals with honor, integrity, respect and everything else that the dictionary lists as character. <br /><br />Lying and continue to lie to people, that's not right. And since you've been here on this island, you've seen it. Welcome to our world. John California. <br /><br />What's my point! Live the life (actions)! talking the life isn't living it. Flow with the life on this island instead of posing your idea's of what life should be here on Kauai. <br /><br />Have a great day. Hope to get over hump Wednesday to a wild slide to a great weekend. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-59596604892192607172016-06-13T23:14:53.406-10:002016-06-13T23:14:53.406-10:00Or the name of a great horse 7:06!Or the name of a great horse 7:06!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-77338170440095150892016-06-13T21:34:38.079-10:002016-06-13T21:34:38.079-10:00Hey Thanks John for your response.
Now that I und...Hey Thanks John for your response.<br /><br />Now that I understand who you are it is easier to understand where your comming from.<br /><br />Let me wrap my head around this good and fair question and I'll get back at you in a few. Or maybe other smart people like 11:31 can help be solid without the name calling I did. Hey 11:31- that was a fair response I think!<br /><br />As far as Mexicans go!! I feel and wish that their country was part of our country. -- Please allow ME to be crass John,,, when my Mexican friends say they love our freedoms , but theycant understand what seems obvious ,,,Why don't we incorporate Mexico into our country before we all go down by default? Yes I respect a nations sovereign rights, I just have no respect for the Mexican government that will never incorporate freedoms to the much deserving people. And I'm so grumpy that I would not say this about any other country BUT MEXICO that are our are brothers and sisters, and very very much mixed race background precipitated by plunderers from Europe and natives alike that are running a very dirty mafia in old Mex! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-51750354751615031372016-06-13T19:06:49.541-10:002016-06-13T19:06:49.541-10:00"one crass bastard" should be a title of..."one crass bastard" should be a title of something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3540858998798035812016-06-13T18:36:35.982-10:002016-06-13T18:36:35.982-10:00Anonymous@2:39
I accept your apology.
First, it ...Anonymous@2:39<br /><br />I accept your apology.<br /><br />First, it was a six month project. I don't need any employees any longer. I should explain that I have been "insulated" from the "real world". When I hired Mexicans at the Lumber store in Santa Cruz (twice for 6 hours each time), they worked very, very hard and did a really good job. I paid them $15/hour 15 years ago because they were worth it. I have never had to deal with or understand anyone who is so incompetent that they can't dig a hole. I apologize if this comes across as crass. I am just trying to communicate.<br /><br />Anyway, I was truly surprised to find so many "uninspired workers" when working on my project. I have talked to many contractors here on Kauai and they told me stories that I just did not want to believe. But now, I know it is true. The Republicans out there should be rejoicing.<br /><br />Second: I appreciate your advice on how to find good employees. Maybe I'll be able to use it in a couple of years when I think I have the time and need to do another project.<br /><br />My intro into my experience hiring incompetent people was not to solicit advice on how to avoid these guys. I've asked this question many times and no one, absolutely no one, understood what the question was. Even after I explained it to them, maybe 70% still didn't get it.<br /><br />I apologize for having failed to find the way to describe the problem I see. But now that you know I'm not talking about hiring people, perhaps I can bore @5:44 enough to provoke him into posting another comment. :-)<br /><br />The people I'm talking about do not have the ambition, intelligence, experience, education, whatever to hold down a $15/hour job. Yet, I think the minimum wage should be at least $15/hour (if not more in Hawaii). Do you see the disconnect? <br /><br />I cannot imagine any job that isn't worth $15/hour. However there are a lot of people who can't even do a $15/hour job. No one is going to hire them. What are we (all of us as society) going to do about them?<br /><br />I don't like seeing Meth addicts. I don't like seeing homeless. I don't like feeling that many people on Kauai are getting a "raw deal". I don't like the hopelessness that emanates from these people. No one should have to be thrown into such depths of despair. It makes me ashamed of myself, my state, my country, all of humanity. It makes me sad. These people are not going to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. Do we not have a responsibility toward them just because they are Human Beings?<br /><br />I probably got a bit too "touchy-feely". In which case, "never mind".John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-34115358255850748492016-06-13T14:39:50.703-10:002016-06-13T14:39:50.703-10:00John , I'm sorry I said you were "one cra...<br />John , I'm sorry I said you were "one crass bastard" that was out of line. I suspect you're an intelligent man, and I didnt understand your question.<br />I think first off, it demeans a lot of very good people that wished they made fifteen an hour. And this is a subject that me and you would have to dig the holes together until I understand what your standards are.<br />If your going to pay cash under the table, I would explane what I wanted and negotiate a price for that service will be paid upon completion.<br />If you don't want to do the under the table route, call a Licensed professional that has a yelp commenter line.<br />I'm not sure if the root of your question can be answered in a short satisfying way though.<br />apolla JeeZ again.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73967251254552309712016-06-13T05:44:45.897-10:002016-06-13T05:44:45.897-10:00John Kauai, Why don't you pay one of those pe...John Kauai, Why don't you pay one of those people $15 an hour to write your posts for you. The couldn't do any worse or bore us any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-14386640018866002282016-06-12T23:31:38.650-10:002016-06-12T23:31:38.650-10:00John California, answer to your question, 3:03 p.m...John California, answer to your question, 3:03 p.m. Post. Keep on trying and hope for the best. Hire your friends child / church members child, trust someone who you have built a trusting relationships so you will reduce your risk in hiring an incompetent person.<br />One thought could also be that your communicational skills needs to be toned down so you can relate to the employees you hired. <br />Which brings me to think you have a poor ability in judging peoples character in the process of hiring. <br />But then again, in reviewing your past town jumping, you never were there long enough to learn how to judge ones character or techniques to do so. <br />On a national scale, it's called background checks. <br />Investing $15 an hour, yes it's risky and if you're tired of going through the process, then continue to do job on your own. At least you can follow your own instructions, and you know (in your own definition) what's a job well done. <br />All employers goes through this pain in the ass process. That's locally, nationally and worldwide.<br /><br />Final anawer again! Keep trying and work on reading competencies / character judgement. You'll eventually get good at it. It's you who keep on hiring people who isn't worth $15. <br /><br />Hope this helps. Good luck! And have a have week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6753954874585693142016-06-12T14:33:43.834-10:002016-06-12T14:33:43.834-10:00Anonymous@1:33
I do believe you misunderstand my ...Anonymous@1:33<br /><br />I do believe you misunderstand my question. I've been asking it for about 6 months now and most often the response I've received is "don't hire them". <br /><br />How is it crass to ask what society is suppose to do about people who can't hold a job?<br /><br />I guess that throwing them into a volcano is an option, but I would never have proposed it.<br /><br />For years the Republicans have been telling us about people who are too lazy to work. I always thought that it was because the folks the Republicans were pointing at didn't have an opportunity to "crawl out of the hole". But then I had a project I needed to get some people to work on. Yes, I ran into lazy ones. But mostly, I found people incapable of even digging a hole. I cannot tell you how flabbergasted I was and still am. <br /><br />I have never received a satisfactory answer to my question. Either i'm told "don't hire them" or that I'm some kind of elitist for insinuating that there are people (apparently a lot of them in my recent experience) who are incapable of holding down a simple job.<br /><br />What is your proposal? How do you answer the question?<br /><br />I used to ask "what do you do about people who aren't worth $15/hour?" I was accused of not caring about my fellow human beings -- although no one provided an answer about how to take care of these folks.<br /><br />I thought that by expressly making it clear that paying someone $15 to do a job that they screw up so badly that i have to do it all over again myself I'd get around the philosophical BS about how "all human life is sacred". Which apparently is true, until you are the one that has to pay for that "useless, but sacred life." <br /><br />I'm not against ensuring they have a "good life". But I'm sure as hell not going to hire them to screw up the project I'm working on. Do you see the difference? It should be abundantly clear.<br /><br />Just in case it isn't clear, I am searching for someway of proving that America truly subscribes to the idea that "all human life is sacred" beyond empty rhetoric. (Such as the pro-life movement uses. No to abortion, but then NO, NO, NO to providing that kid with an education.)<br /><br />Your solution appears to be to pretend that everyone is capable of doing a $15/hour job. That is manifestly not true. Now, what is your proposal for taking care of them? Or is the current homeless epidemic in Honolulu satisfactory to you. It isn't to me. I don't have a solution for it, but I am seeking one.John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-75543318087977589222016-06-12T13:33:12.618-10:002016-06-12T13:33:12.618-10:003:03 your last sentence is so bizarre--- I know yo...3:03 your last sentence is so bizarre--- I know your a newbie John Kauai but come on man everyone knows we throw em in the volcano!<br /><br />Man dude you are one crass bastard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-60127750673608234282016-06-11T15:03:13.623-10:002016-06-11T15:03:13.623-10:00Interesting that your column supports Pierre's...Interesting that your column supports Pierre's Dairy but is opposed to his media outlet.<br /><br />I've only read section 1 of the DEIS. It appears to me to address all the FOM issues. I do not oppose the dairy.<br /><br />(As an aside, the only place I notice a "certain stench" anywhere on this island is crossing over Hanama`ulu creek while driving on Kuhio Hawaii. Maybe Hammerquist should redirect her attention there? And one should mention the 1.5M gallons/day of effluent processed at Lydgate compared to the 3Mgallons of poop per year for the Dairy.)<br /><br />Every media outlet has its own agenda. To be totally impartial reporters would have to believe that Trump (or Clinton) means what he (she) says and will work toward that stated goal.<br /><br />I too loved living in the Bay Area. And I'm very happy to have left before it started choking on its population increase. Something that one could apply to Kauai and the continuous Mikins/Tolbe demands for more roads -- that no one wants to pay for. (And a council that hasn't the guts to go to where the money is. Which, in turn, shows us why our Presidential choices are between twiddle dum and twiddle dee.)<br /><br />Which brings us back to a question I've been asking for the last year. What do we do about the people who are too incompetent to even hold down a $15/hr minimum wage job?John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-75080882289093815492016-06-11T11:43:42.528-10:002016-06-11T11:43:42.528-10:00Don't worry DLNR is currently being investigat...Don't worry DLNR is currently being investigated. How do you think Tare Low got busted? Who is a Bully more like Bitchy instead.<br /><br />This is where Dirty Pigs get their 2nd retirement while they continue their rackets.<br /><br />No worry about them ice cooler pigs. They never thought that their meth lab was going to be caught and their Pakalolo fields get got but there's a new law dawg on island and he ain't that phony Sgt Yata and his faux Say No to Drugs DARE program. It's just like what has happened to KPAL and why KPD has to wear body cameras.<br /><br />Kouchi and his good ol boys will get got like the Kawakami's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-41278066608750466602016-06-11T10:58:38.030-10:002016-06-11T10:58:38.030-10:00What's the sense of being senate president if ...What's the sense of being senate president if Kouchi can't help his friends?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-542811251651912242016-06-11T07:15:10.686-10:002016-06-11T07:15:10.686-10:00Has anyone investigated (DLNR) the violation of th...Has anyone investigated (DLNR) the violation of the CJM CDPU? <br /><br />The approved trail is NOT along shoreline crossing the stream, which is what they currently traverse and have done in violation of their permit with no ramifications from the State.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55523323999489174292016-06-10T13:59:06.117-10:002016-06-10T13:59:06.117-10:00No one said anything about the Yamane guy running ...No one said anything about the Yamane guy running for Senate a few years back. Why now? Good luck to both candidates. Kauai is not first on the list as the Senate President needs to take care of the 16 other Senators and their districts. He needs to take care of business with those that made him the Senate President. It was the Kim lady that was Senate President before, she made one mistake and her leadership was gone. There was "backstabbing" time and Kauai was able to have the Senate President. If Ahuna is successful, there will be another change of power in the Senate. Again, good luck to both candidates. And Ms. Joan, you don't have to answer to no one. There will "always" be people who like you and otherwise. Reading you blog is so enjoyable. It provides entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-4606806389810519042016-06-10T08:56:19.194-10:002016-06-10T08:56:19.194-10:00Yet no one looks at Da Hooz and questions his busi...Yet no one looks at Da Hooz and questions his business deals running an LLC and banking off real estate? Yeah I hear Hawaii Life and Matt Beall rumors. <br />Who knows what he's up to! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-11468539431084405792016-06-10T08:54:25.430-10:002016-06-10T08:54:25.430-10:00He has nothing to worry about. Those are his frien...He has nothing to worry about. Those are his friends for long time. As why they post positive comments on social media. You'd do the same wouldn't you? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-69509499511732565902016-06-10T08:52:33.207-10:002016-06-10T08:52:33.207-10:00Oh hi BronsonOh hi BronsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6028695503786797152016-06-10T08:51:31.610-10:002016-06-10T08:51:31.610-10:00Learn the basics in a week?....
You obviously don&...Learn the basics in a week?....<br />You obviously don't know how hard these people work and study and smile and lose sleep. There's more to being a senator than just bills. Kouchi has experience and that matters more than a pretty face and intellect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-56179145810538724812016-06-10T08:46:36.872-10:002016-06-10T08:46:36.872-10:00Another pretty face that doesn't have to do no...Another pretty face that doesn't have to do nothing but dress up and put on make up. Guaranteed coworkers and subordinates going do all the work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-67418335945591350932016-06-09T23:29:54.655-10:002016-06-09T23:29:54.655-10:00Joan, not much said about Ron Kouchi's conflic...Joan, not much said about Ron Kouchi's conflict of interest regarding a couple of land transactions involving his former employer. One involves over 6000 acres on the Big Island and the other an affordable housing project on Kauai. The Star Advertiser covered it briefly, but then it went quiet. Why? According to the paper,<br /><br />"Senate President Ron Kouchi has had long-standing and substantial business ties with one of the owners of thousands of acres of South Kona conservation and agricultural land that lawmakers now want the state to purchase and preserve, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser has learned."<br /><br />Pretty questionable deals in my opinion. Maybe this warrants a "Conrow" expose.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-27907318658449375142016-06-09T22:22:45.467-10:002016-06-09T22:22:45.467-10:00@8:36. The Alliance is very clear and transparent ...@8:36. The Alliance is very clear and transparent about both its objectives and its funding, as some nonprofits are. <br /><br />@ 8:39 No, I hadn't planned on disclosing it because I'm not writing about the conference, though I have no qualms in stating it was the Alliance. And I never asserted tourism was the source of the schism between rich and poor. Technology indeed is a factor, especially IT.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73553075867945358132016-06-09T21:18:07.295-10:002016-06-09T21:18:07.295-10:00Ya, she can be as effective as that other pretty f...Ya, she can be as effective as that other pretty face Tulsi Gabbard because when it comes down to it, it's all about good looks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-70875933526672592612016-06-09T20:48:12.410-10:002016-06-09T20:48:12.410-10:00If senate president is as good as advertised, than...If senate president is as good as advertised, than he shouldnt be worried about his race.....read fb posts from the iona's and beth tokioka totally backing senate president kouchi....idk what message they are trying to send, like what the hell you running for? Or you should have gotten experience first on the county level. So angry, or maybe afraid that kanoe has a chance? If i was kanoe, after reading those comments would only make me work harder. Like i said, if he is good as advertised, than senate president kouchi had nothing to worry aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com