Public Comment and Testimony offered by:
Mrs. Barbara M. Lindsay on behalf of the membership of One Nation United (ONU) to the
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
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
Sep 14
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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.
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 »