Another Windy Maui Day

August 5, 2008 > MAUI TODAY 1 Comment
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HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —  “Go away like a gust of wind.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “To live to benefit mankind is the first step.” (Buddhism)
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Dean Christener windsurfing Maui
Northshore trade winds make Maui one of the world’s best locations for the sport of windsurfing.

BORN ON THIS DAY — August 5th
1850: Guy de Maupassant, author
1899: Conrad Aiken, poet/short story writer/critic
1906: John Huston, flm director/writer
1930: Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot/first astronaut to walk on the Moon
1944: Loni Anderson, actress
1947: Rick Derringer, rock singer
1959: Pete Burns, rock musician
1964: MCA, rapper

U.S. Presidents - Rutherford B. Hayes

August 5, 2008 Maui Curmudgeon, U.S. Presidents No Comments

By the Maui Curmudgeon (19th in a 43-part series)

How do the U.S. Presidents stack up? I thought I’d find out by reading biographies of all 43 presidents, in the order of their administrations. Here are briefly the pros and cons of my discoveries, the interesting bits, and how I’d rank him. For comparison, I give you the 1982 Murrary-Blessing ranking, a survey of hundreds of leading historians who ranked each president by number. This survey is the gold standard of presidential rankings and is most cited when this kind of thing needs bringing up in media.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: 1877-1881  ~ 19th U.S. President

A Republican candidate is severely behind in the popular vote and needs Florida (as well as Louisana and South Carolina) to win enough electoral votes to win the election. The Republicans control Florida and the vote count, and turn those states, which had originally come in Democratic, into Republican wins, barely giving the candidate the 185 electoral votes needed for election. Democrats cry foul.

Yes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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