Dairy Gets Milked

May 17, 2008 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments
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Day 138 of 2008
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Waiue: Milk
 PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Bulmakau: Cattle
 HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The food hidden in the bosom.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought, I’d rather dance with the cows until you come home.” (Groucho Marx)

WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — We Can Solve It
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Voter Watch
 NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Podango Podcasts
 GOOD DEED OF THE WEEK — Feed the Hungry at FreeRice.com
HeptachlorMay 17th,  1982: Pesticide Maui Milk Recalled
Heptachlor, that nasty pesticide that Maui Cane & Pineapple used for years on its pineapple fields, gets into cattle feed, and the milk the cows produced, poisoned the milk supply on Oahu. All Maui milk was pulled off shelves, and residents were told to destroy all containerts in their homes.The use of Heptachlor was fully discontinued by 1987 and no poisoned feed was served to bovines thereafter on Maui.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 17th

  • 1620: The first merry-go-round is seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 
  • 1804: Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase 
  • 1970: Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on the reed raft Ra 
  • 1973: The Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 
  • 1987: In what the U.S. and Iraq later call “a mistake”, an Iraqi fighter fires missiles at, and hits, the Naval frigate USS Stark (37 sailors die) 
  • 1989: Nelson Mandela receives a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Africa 
  • 1996: Preident Clinoton signs “Megan’s Law” into effect, requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in (the law is named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994) 
  • 2000: Two former Ku Klux Klansmen are arrested on murder charges in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama 

BORN ON THIS DAY — May 17th

  • 1444: Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birti of Venus) (564 years ago) 
  • 1749: Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination (259 years ago) 
  • 1900: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s spiritual leader (108 years ago) 
  • 1911: Maureen O’Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress (Pride & Prejudice) (97 years ago) 
  • 1912: Archibald Cox, first Watergate special prosecutor (96 years ago) 
  • 1936: Dennis Hopper, actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider) (72 years ago) 
  • 1942: Taj Mahal, NYC, singer/songwriter (The Real Thing) (66 years ago) 
  • 1956: Bob Saget, comedian/actor (Danny-Full House, America’s Home Videos) (52 years ago) 
  • 1963: Brigitte Nielsen, actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino) (45 years ago) 

Obama Is the Only Hope

May 17, 2008 Raphael O'Suna No Comments

Republicans are saddened. Everything attempted by their leader turned into a reflection of his immature and chaotic mind. Both domestically and internationally, President Bush proved inadequate. And now, they have a nominee who cannot win.

But Democrats, realizing the pickle the country is in cannot be too happy either. All of the corruption, mess and ill-will that will be left behind will have to be cleaned up by a new Administration. We need Rooseveltian daring and solutions. Not the kind of change which could be inspired by McCain or Clinton.

If things had not gotten so bad under Bush, we would not need such a radical change. But we do need it. We need a new way of thinking and relating. We need new response-attitudes. We need intelligence.

Obama must remember the old fairy tale about the giant who was made fun of, because of his size and differences. Finally, he answered: “I can always bend down to see and help, but you must be lifted up to get your head above the clouds and to breathe the finer air of inspiration, intuition, courage and imagination.”

– Raphael O’Suna,   Haiku