Fear and Hope set out to have a race. The finish line was the beginning of great change. But only if Hope crossed it first.

If Fear won the race, the shame of Hope would be disgrace. Hope, however, led the race. Justice and peace held banners and cheered its way. Hope’s light never flickered, even when the sorcery of deceit and intimidation tried to detour its journey.

Fear hurled insults, lies and ancient intolerances at the streaking Hope, but Hope had the plight of the people in its heart. This, above all else, lifted Hope, enlightened Hope and made it more fleet. Fear moved more slowly. It carried heavy, hidden weapons, which rubbed against its knees and tripped up its feet.

Following its heart, Hope assumed a pace that Fear could not beat. Fear–the poorest of counselors and a bad conductor to boot, believing itself or not, shriveled in the light of truth. Fear always has a pebble in its shoe, while Hope has the wings of prayer and youth.

Behind, but still close, Fear became more bold. It branded Hope an enemy–something foreign to be feared.

But Hope is like a rope of light, which helps us climb the darkest side of the mountain of life. For those who think that change means loss, Fear is the force of the status quo.

– Raphael O’Suna Haiku

Sandwich  Day Day 308 of 2008 58 days left in this year

GOP War On Truth. Today’s Threat Level: RED - Latest Lies >

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Apono: Endorse
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Sapotim: Support
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Hold the breath.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Senator McCain, Governor Palin and assorted surrogates are delusional and breathtakingly corrupt. They disgrace themselves and their country as they lie, smear, slur and write it off as political manner.” – John Cusack

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Washington Post Election Crystal Ball
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Noami Klein & Alan Greenspan on Crony Capitalism
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

SIERRA CLUB & MAUI TOMORROW ENDORSEMENTS FOR MAUI VOTERS
VOTE TUESDAY, NOV 4,  7AM – 6PM (Locate Your Polling Place with Google Maps)

MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL
(Vote for ONE candidate in EACH and EVERY District)

East Maui – Lucienne de Naie
West Maui – Jo Anne Johnson
South Maui – Wayne Nishiki
Makawao – Ha’iku/Pa’ia – Kai Nishiki
Upcountry – Michael Howden
Lana’i – Sol Kaho’ohalahala
Kahului – no endorsement

UNOPPOSED COUNCIL RACES
Wailuku/Waihe’e/Waikapu – Mike Victorino
Moloka’i – Danny Mateo

STATE LEGISLATURE
Senate District 5 – West Maui, South Maui – Senator Roz Baker (D)
Senate District 6 – Upcountry, E Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i – Senator Kalani English (D)

House District 9 – Kahului – no endorsement
House District 10 – West Maui – Angus McKelvey
House District 11 – South Maui – no endorsement
House District 12 – Upcountry – no endorsement
House District 13 – North Shore, Hana, Moloka’i, Lana’i – Mele Carroll (Mele won her seat in an Uncontested Primary race and won’t be on the General ballot.)

STATE OF HAWAII CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
“Shall there be a convention to propose a revision of or amendments to the Constitution?”
NO

EVENTS ON THIS DAY – November 3
1952: Clarence Birdseye begins marketing frozen peas
1953: The first live color coast-to-coast telecast is made (originates in NYC)
1979: Five people are mortally wounded during an anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in North Carolina
1979: 63 Americans are taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Teheran Iran
1998: Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota.
1999: Aaron McKinney was convicted of murder in the beating of gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard. (McKinney and Russell Henderson are each serving life in prison for the 1998 slaying.)
2004: Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s first-ever presidential election.
2005: Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. (Libby was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison; President George W. Bush commuted his sentence.)
2006: Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio), who had pleaded guilty in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, resigned from Congress.

BORN ON THIS DAY – November 3
1713: John Montague, Earl of Sandwich / Captain Cook’s patron
1793: Stephen Austin, colonized Texas
1794: William Cullen Bryant, poet
1903: Walker Evans, photographer
1922: Charles Bronson, actor
1933: Michael S Dukakis, (D-Gov-Mass)
1953: Kate Capshaw, actress
1953: Roseanne Barr, comedienne
1954: Adam Ant, (Stuart Goddard), punk rocker
1959: Dolph Lundgren, actor

DIED ON THIS DAY – November 3
1926: Annie Oakley, champion sharpshooter and former star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, dies of “pernicious anemia”  in the Ohio home of the Misses Broderick and Zemer