June 26, 2009
Maui Curmudgeon
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Let Them Fail or Take Them Over
By Maui Curmudgeon
The Curmudgeon has been quiet of late, letting events work their way out, at least to some degree. Paul Krugman, the Nobel prize winner for economics last year, has written that the government’s response to the current economic crisis brings him to despair, and I feel his pain.
In a recent economic round-table in New York City, Krugman said, “This crisis has been so large and the political response so sluggish that the difficulties have been greater than expected. Things are getting worse more slowly, but we have not managed to head-off a crisis that could turn out to be self-reinforcing, and leave us in this trap for many, many years.”
I would go further.
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June 26, 2009
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 Forgiveness Day
Day 177 of 2009
188 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Ho’okani: To make music
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Renbo: Rainbow
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anyone unintentionally. If I insult you. you can be goddamn sure I intend to.” (John Wayne)
June 26, 1997: A GIANT DIES — Hawaiian musician Israel Kamakawiwo’ole dies at the age of 38. At 758 pounds, he dies of complications from obesity, and instantly becomes a beloved singer and ukulele player nationwide. A gentle giant in the true sense of the word, Israel has many times the number of albums since his death than before. Perhaps his most well-known song is his version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which you can hear/see on YouTube.
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