McCain is an Angry Ghost

August 15, 2008 National Election, Raphael O'Suna No Comments

If sitting in prison for five years, after killing Vietnamese civilians makes one both a hero and qualified to be president, then knowing what the backseat of a police car smells like, should qualify one to be Head of Homeland Security.

Some of our worst presidents promoted their military careers, even though some of these committed crimes against humanity. It is not an obedient one that we want to be president. We want someone who is capable of disobedience in order to change things.

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Hawaii Admission Day

August 15, 2008 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Moku‘aina: State
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Kamap: Arrive
 HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —  “A commoner is dark; a chief isa darker still.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Adversity is the midwife of genius.” (Napoleon)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — WOZ.ORG
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Obama Comes Home to Hawaii
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — TruthDig.com Podcast
 GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Project Gutenberg
Hawaii state sealHawaii Admission Day: The third Friday of August is a state holiday celebrated each year to commemorate Hawaii’s admission to the union on August 21, 1959. Statehood bills for Hawaii were introduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Hawaii’s non-voting delegates. Additional bills were introduced in 1935, 1947 and 1950. After Congress finally approved the statehood bill in 1959, it was followed by a referendum in which Hawaii residents voted overwhelmingly in support of statehood. On August 21, 1959 (the third Friday in August), President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state.
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 15th
1057: Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was slain by the son of King Duncan.
1935: Humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.
1947: India became independent after some 200 years of British rule.
1948: The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was proclaimed.
1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.
2001: Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own – two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
2005: Iraqi leaders failed to meet a key deadline for finishing a new constitution.
2006: Israel began withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 15th
1769: Napoleon, First French Consul & Emperor
1771: Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet, historian, biographer
1887: Edna Ferber, American novelist & short-story writer
1926: Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist
1936: Vernon Jordan, civil rights activist
1939: Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice
1945: Linda Ellerbee, author/journalist
1947: Jimmy Webb, songwriter
1951: Princess Anne, British royal family
1965: Debi Mazar, actress
1969:Debra Messing, actress
1971:Anthony Anderson, actor
1973: Ben Affleck, actor