Archive for September, 2007

USCCR Testimony from One Nation United

Public Comment and Testimony offered by:

Mrs. Barbara M. Lindsay on behalf of the membership of One Nation United (ONU) to the Hawaii State Advisory Committee and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

August 31, 2007

Aloha!

My name is Barb Lindsay. I am National Director and Spokesperson for One Nation United. I’m writing to you on behalf of the Board and Membership of One Nation United to oppose the Akaka bill because of the severe harm it threatens to do to property owners throughout America. I’m also writing to you to warn you of the severe damage the Akaka bill would cause to the civil liberties and constitutional rights of most Native Hawaiians – - based upon the experience of thousands of tribal members who currently suffer under the “plenary power” of Congress over tribal property and the experience of thousands more individual Native Americans who have suffered greatly under the unchecked political power of tribal government leaders over the lives of individual enrolled members.

One Nation United (ONU) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)4 public educational umbrella group dedicated to the defense of private property rights, our free enterprise system, and the rule of law – - ALL of which are seriously threatened by the Akaka bill. Read the rest of this entry »

Deliberately further dividing America – Wes Vernon

Wes Vernon’s column about the Akaka bill needs no introduction. This article was first published on the Renew America web site and is reprinted with permission.   

Some forty years ago when the civil rights movement eliminated legally enforced segregation (Jim Crow), we were told repeatedly that this would end ethnic and racial divisions in America. We were all Americans, and we would all share in the benefits of our unique society.

There are some who did not get that message. For years, they have perpetrated and relished the politics of “ethnic identity.”

The 50th state

When Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, there were those who warned that Hawaii’s multiple ethnic makeup would make it difficult, if not impossible, for that territory to assimilate into American society.

They were wrong — at least for the first 41 years of Hawaii’s statehood. Every year, Hawaiians would mark the anniversary of statehood with parades, fireworks, speeches, and American flags flying high. In 2000, then-Governor Ben Cayetano put an abrupt halt to all that.

In more recent times, John Fund of the Wall Street Journal visited the Hawaiian Islands and found a totally different attitude. Instead of a celebration of the islands’ Americanism, the streets there have been taken over by demonstrators crusading for “Native Hawaiian rights,” and for the Akaka bill (more on that below). Read the rest of this entry »

JP Muntal: HAUNANI APOLIONA. HOLY MACKEREL, THERE SHE GOES AGAIN!!!!

JP Mutal, local radio personality comments on Haunani Apoliona, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Sunday, 9/9/07 Honolulu Star Bulletin opinion piece.

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JP Muntal: HAUNANI APOLIONA. HOLY MACKEREL, THERE SHE GOES AGAIN!!!!

USCCR Testimony from Grassroot Institute of Hawaii

Public Comment and Testimony offered by:

Mr. Richard O. Rowland for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii (GRIH) to the
Hawaii State Advisory Committee and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights September 11, 2007

I am Dick Rowland, President of Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, a non-partisan, non-profit public policy analysis and educational institution based in Honolulu. Thank you for this opportunity to address this panel. It is understood that there have been several verbal attacks on Grassroot Institute of Hawaii before this panel in the last few days. I have come to clear the air by giving you the five key concerns we have regarding the proposed Akaka bill.
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Civil rights committee — Akaka bill testimony

The Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has been holding hearings regarding the Akaka bill.


The best testimony on September 5 was presented by Mr. Jere Krischel. His remarkable, compelling arguments in opposition to the Akaka bill are available at

http://tinyurl.com/ypa63y

A roundup of all major testimony is at

http://tinyurl.com/2bbfy6