The whole country was dazed, frightened, paralyzed and uncertain. But amidst all of the gloom, anger, humiliation, indignation and fear, there was both a glimmer of light and a willingness to move toward it.

The whole country held its breath on that cold day in 1933, hoping, listening, uncertain about the man who would soon be president. The moment reminds me of a scene in a Jack London short story, wherein a man freezing to death has but one match left, with which to start a fire and save his life.

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Nat’l Spicy Hermit Day Day 320 of 2008 46 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Luna’apoli: Censor
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Klos: Clothes
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A waste of effort to care for another’s semen.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “A dirty book worth rerading” – Ezra Pound

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WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Democracy Now!
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — President-elect Obama in Chicago
NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Left Wing Conspiracy
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Media Matters

Author Henry Miller and friend

MAUI NEWS ARCHIVES – November 15, 1961
The best way to censor anything is to make sure it doesn’t get to the public in the first place, which is what happened this month when Honolulu police, obviously with lots of time on their hands, confiscated copies of Henry Miller’s classic novel “Tropic of Cancer.” Miller first published the novel in Paris in 1934, but for nearly 30 years, no U.S. publisher had the guts (and enough money for the legal battles) to publish the book, which was thick with lust and sex and the usual ingredients of human interaction.

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