September 26, 2008
Raphael O'Suna
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I am fascinated by the wealthy old people, the Southerners and the Establishment-types who are saying: “I will not vote for a black man for president and neither will America.”
Some of these people have gone further and added: “I don’t want a black woman in the White House.” It doesn’t matter that the Obamas are elegant, eloquent, intelligent and inspirational. Or maybe it is because of that!
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September 26, 2008
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Wai: Fresh water
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Wara: Water
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “Drink the waters of the distant sky in Hilo.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Filthy water cannot be washed“ – African proverb
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK —
A Blizzard of Lies
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK —
McCain, Stop Lying
NETCAST OF THE WEEK —
Crooks and Liars
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK —
Livestrong.com – Lance Armstrong Foundation
YESTERDAY: Historic Decision Restores Water to East Maui Streams. The Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management voted unanimously yesterday to restore at least 12.21 million gallons of water per day to 8 East Maui streams that have been reduced to a trickle
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EVENTS ON THIS DAY — September 26th
1542: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo “discovers” California, leading the first European expedition of the U.S. west coast in his flagship the San Salvador
1907: New Zealand becomes a dominion
1986: William Rehnquist becomes the 16th chief justice of the U.S, while Antonin Scalia joins the Supreme Court as its 103rd member
1990: The Motion Picture Association of America creates a new NC-17 rating for movies to keep moviegoers under the age of 17 from seeing certain films
1991: Four men and four women begin a two-year stay inside the sealed structure, Biosphere 2, in Oracle Arizona, a project intended to develop technology for future space colonies
2001: In Boston, memorial ceremonies are held by pilots and other airline employees for the crew members lost aboard the two airplanes used in the attack on the World Trade Towers (Bett Midler sings “You Are The Wings Beneath My Feet”)
2005: Army Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury on six counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. (She was later sentenced to three years in prison.)
2006: Former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow was sentenced by a federal judge in Houston to six years in prison for his role in the fallen energy company’s bankruptcy.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — September 26th
1888: T S Eliot, poet/dramatist/critic
1889: Martin Heidegger, Existentialist
1914: Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul
1925: Marty Robbins, singer
1926: Julie London, actress
1945: Brian Ferry, rocker
1946: Christie Todd Whitman, EPA head/fromer NJ governor
1946: Mary Beth Hurt, actress
1948: Olivia Newton-John, actress/singer
1981: Serena Williams, tennis pro
