Very few people think about the great mysteries of life. Thinking of this sort is an abandoned activity.
It never was an easy one; few people ever made money on such things; and such thinking required no new and exciting technology. Still, one’s attitudes, behaviors and temperament will reflect one’s tacit assumptions about such things, or one’s ignorance of the possibilities.
My list of mysteries, include these seven: Read the rest…
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mo’olelo: Myth PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Lotu: Religion HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — 
February 28, 2008: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life releases the results of an extensive survey of Americans and religion and the results are startling. 44% of Americans are NOT the faith of their parents, having left that religion for something else — or nothing all together. That’s right, the fastest growing “affiliation” for religion in America is NO affiliation (just like political parties). Could it be that Americans are finally beginning to understand that religious myth, while effective and even helpful 2,000 years ago, is not only a detriment to modern living but destructive today?
Sadly, no. It will be a long time — or as Catholics first said, a cold day in hell — before Americans catch up to Europe in bullshit detection and rejection. The “religious churn” is merely a sign that Americans are shopping around for something which, apparently, current religions cannot give them.
Many modern philosophies offer a solution to that search: common sense and science. Americans thus far are having none of it. i.e. a majority of Americans do not believe evolution, while nearly 90% of Europeans do. It seems that the worthlessness of American ideals is catching up to the worthlessness of its currency.
– Maui Curmudgeon
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kekake: Jackass PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Man nogut: Criminal HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The gall bladder has burst.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “Resolve and thou art free.” - LongfellowBush the Elder leaves Iraq in such a mess, and under the dictatorial thumb of Saddam Hussein (his advisers pressed him to complete the push to Bagdad and dispatch Hussein but Bush the Elder nixed the plan), that 12 years later, his baby boy — Bush the Younger — sends thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians to their deaths to “right the wrong.”
In perhaps the most misplaced and disgusting display of hubris by any “president” (Bush the Younger was never legally elected), on May 1, 2003, George W. Bush declared Victory in Iraq, a declaration followed by five more years of death and devasatation … and still counting.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahalo: Thank you PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Tenkyu: Thank you HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The gift is sounded.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide.” – Johnny Cash
February 26, 1998: A federal court orders Mahalo Airlines into bankrupcy. The third and smallest interisland air company is grounded for good.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Hanini: Spill PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Wel: Oil HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Fish poison should be used in the daytime.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “Gossip is the Devil’s radio.” - George Harrison
February 25,th 1977: An oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Waiu: Milk PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Susu: Milk HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Milk – The food hidden in the bosom.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” - Steve Jobs
February 24th, 1984: Safeway Stores sues the state of Hawaii for preventing the grocer from bringing in milk from the mainland, attempting to have declared illegal the Hawaiian Milk Act. As anyone who shops for dairy products today on Maui can see, the suit fails.That Safeway thought it could purchase mainland milk, and ship it all the way to Hawaii and still make a profit on a lower-cost gallon is somewhat amazing. Some may argue, however, that Hawaiians paying upwards of $6 a gallon for milk at all, is even more perplexing.
Safeway runs three stores on Maui. The new Kihei store is currently the corporation’s largest in the world.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kahe ke koko o ka ihu: Nosebleed PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Maunten: Mountain HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY —
February 23rd, 1935: 304 cars struggle to be the first visitors to the 10,032-foot summit of Mt. Haleakala after the new road is officially opened. The dedication ceremony is broadcast nationally via NBC Radio. One newspaper calls the road the prettiest way to “the worlds highest parking space.” The 28,000-acre national park today receives more than one million visitors annually, or about half of the annual average number of visitors to Maui.
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mana’olana: Hope PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Hop: Hope HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY —
February 22, 2008: Maui and Hawaii voters turned out in record-breaking numbers on February 19 to participate in Tuesday’s Democratic Party caucuses, which gave Barack Obama an overwhelming victory by a 3-1 margin. Read The Maui News story …
Today: One year later, the future of some insolvent U.S. banks is hopeless. The possibility of nationalizing them is discussed by both Republicans and Democrats. Read more >
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