M, Jul 20, 2015, new deadline for public comments on Red Hill Fuel Tank Administrative Order of Consent (AOC). Via email or snail mail. Details here or here.
This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776: the freedom to govern themselves.
SCOTUS Assoc. Justice Antonin Scalia in same-sex marriage dissenting opinion
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Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience.
Israel’s Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] is well-placed to explain to the U.S. Congress the alleged danger of a nuclear Iran. After all, it was Israel and its allies in Washington who fabricated this issue to begin with.
There are millions of Christians in America’s churches that couldn’t tell you what’s in the Bible to save their lives. They couldn’t quote the Ten Commandments; they couldn’t quote the Golden Rule; they couldn’t name Christ’s apostles; they couldn’t quote five verses of Scripture from memory if their lives depended on it.
In all ages the people of the world, equally with individuals, have accepted words for deeds, for THEY ARE CONTENT WITH A SHOW and rarely pause to note, in the public arena, whether promises are followed by performance.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. —Shakespeare, British playwright But four times he who gets his blow in fust. —Josh Billlings, American writer
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MIT economist Jonathan Gruber’s factually impoverished testimony on Obamacare [before the House] didn’t get nearly the attention it should have, as congressional Democrats cleverly decided to release a report on CIA torture abuses on the same day.
[Obamacare] was written in a tortured way to make sure that the CBO did not score the mandate as taxes. If CBO scored the mandate as taxes, the bill dies.
First mayoral debate, hosted by the West Oahu Economic Development Association (WOEDA). July 9, 2010.
Kirk Caldwell introduces himself
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "As Mayor, how would you plan to support area development and developers so approvals can be obtained in a timely fashion to keep our trades moving forward?"
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "Do you support shutting down the Waimanalo Gulch, or if not, what is your alternative plan?"
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "Should the City Council choose to approve a ban on personal use of fireworks, what would you do if Mayor? Would you veto or sign the measure?"
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "What would you do to ensure that the rail project continues to move forward?"
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "What is your solution to the growing homelessness problem?"
Kirk Caldwell answers the question "How do you plan to balance the budget in an uncertain economic environment?"