“We are all different and we all get along . . . Problems are caused when the government gives another group more or less rights because of their differences.”

June Arunga of Kenya. Quoted by Victoria Hurst, student, Kahuku High School. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2/20/06 page D5.

Does that quote promote any thought about the proposed Akaka bill?

Richard Rowland

Are some Hawaiians more “Equal” than others?

The Akaka Bill would allow ethnic Hawaiians to sign up for the tribe and vote for the tribal council, receiving federal recognition. Other native Hawaiians, who decide not to sign up, would not be able to vote about tribal affairs.

Doesn’t this sound like Animal Farm by Orwell?

Some Hawaiians (those that play the game) are more equal than those who disagree in principle.

“Some animals are more equal that others.”

Link.

Reading Mr. Oz Stender’s letter in Hawaii Reporter in support of the Akaka Bill reminds me of one of those crazy images called a Mobius Strip, where you start off on one side of the ribbon and end up on the other.

See his story here:

“Akaka Bill Corrects Injustices of Past and Accounts for Present”

Mr. Stender starts off talking about inter-governmental relationships between the Monarchy and the United States and ends up talking about righting undisclosed wrongs to Hawaiians.

Is the trick that we are supposed to believe that the Monarchy was a Hawaiian entity? Are we supposed to believe that the overthrow of the Monarchy was somehow a racial wrong?

What is going on here? So many questions, yet just try to get a straight answer from the so-called experts.

Please, please, please can’t we have some straight talk about this crazy legislation?

Imua.

Bill Jardine

Will you accept a research assignment? I hope so. Here it is:

When, if ever, has appeasement ever been effective as a government policy or practice? Why or why not?
How does that relate to the Akaka Bill and all that has occurred before it was introduced? Senator Dan Inouye has said that the Akaka Bill is a “first step.” Is that relevant?

Send the results of your study to this blog, or if you wish to do an essay, send it to the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, grassroot@hawaii.rr.com and we will consider it for publication.

Rowland
President, GRIH