The Terrorists Have Won

July 24, 2009 Maui Curmudgeon Comments Off

Part 1 of a multi-part series: Notes From a Wayward Mauian

By Maui Curmudgeon

Leaving Maui is always a treat, not only because from time to time everyone needs to escape the lonely rock in the middle of nowhere, but because, more than nearly anywhere else, it’s too easy to become complaisant about how life flows.

Take, for example, after shave lotion.

I have a small bottle – or rather I had. It passed through no less than 12 TSA screenings at airports on every island in Hawaii. It went through TSA on Maui five times in just the past eight weeks. It was taken away from me in Phoenix because it was bottle larger than 3.4 ounces. (It was 3.6 ounces.)

Yes, we have become a nation afraid of 0.2 ounces of after shave. Yes, the terrorists have won.

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Swine Flu Beats the DOW

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Day 205 of 2009
160 days left in this year
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kalai‘aina: Politics
 PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Politsen: Politician
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —  “Truth comes from the night.”
 HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “POLITICS, n: The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” (Ambrose Bierce)

TODAY: Hawaii Swine Flu victims at Over 1000 - The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Hawaii’s swine flu count has risen to 1,424. In all, the CDC said that there are been 43,771 cases, including 302 deaths across the nation since the disease was first identified in April. The first case in Hawaii was confirmed in early May.

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