Nat’l Public Health Week Day 98 of 2008 268 days left in this year

PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Drai: Heal
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY

 WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Maui Hero Project
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — Iraq War Veterans Speak Out
PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Slate.com Podcasts
 BLOG OF THE WEEK —  BoingBong.com

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 7th

Beer Can Appreciation Day Day 24 of 2008 342 days left in this year

Pia: Beer
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Bia: Beer
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY

January 24th, 1973: The Del Monte Corporation announces that it will stop pineapple production on the island of Molokai, putting more than 75 people out of work, after the company struggled for decades to acquire land for pineapple development, all the while when several agricultural experts warned that the island was not well suited for the crop. The announcement followed Castle & Cooke’s similar announcement that it would phase out pineapple production on Molokai in favor of trying to increase tourism and tourism related facilities.

January 24th, 2005: Mother Marianne’s exhumation begins. The skull of a Catholic nun who helped care for leprosy patients on Molokai was exhumed Monday as part of the process of being proclaimed a saint. Read more …

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — January 24th

Shenanigans Day 347 of 2007 18 days left in this year

HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “This is a pig strangling.”

December 13th, 2004:
Maui firemen work to clean up the mess begun by  Maui policemen in the central valley near Kihei. Yesterday, in an effort to rid the island of an illegal fireworks facility, the police set off the inventory of said facility.

People in Kihei thought the island was under attack. Reports came in from north Kihei about incessant gunshots, kids screaming, etc.

After about an hour, the noise was over. Oh, and the cane field fire had begun. Several acres were burned before the fire was brought under control.

Typical of Maui official shenanigans, neither the Maui fire nor police departments said they could say who was in charge of the demolition, and no one ever answered the question.

First day of Superferry arrival (currently Thursday, December 13)
Give Back our Harbor rally 9am at Ka’ahumanu and Pu’unene. If they change, then the rally changes too.

First Saturday of Superferry operation (currently December 15)
Rally For Maui 9am, same place. Again, if they cancel, we move the rally to the new Saturday.

 On the day the Superferry arrives cars are supposed to go out Pu’unene St. and pedestrians out Wharf Street. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they snuck the cars out of Hobron St. So we’ll need some spotters to call in if they reroute the Superferry cars.

 Up-to-date information is available at SaveKahuluiHarbor.com. Let’s remember that no matter what, we aloha our law enforcement and Coast Guard who are most likely sympathetic to us even though they’re ordered to arrest anyone who commits civil disobedience.

FROM: Save Kahului Harbor Coalition  (savekahuluiharbor.com)

Sat 12/1:  East Side Hui’s Ku’e ‘O Maui Meet at Ah Fook’s parking lot at 8am
Thur 12/6:  Give Back Our Harbor Rally Meet at Ka’ahumanu & Pu’unene, 9am
Sat 12/8:  Giant Rally for Maui Meet at Ka’ahumanu & Pu’unene, 9am

Their delay was so that the Feds could shut down the entire Kahului Harbor for an hour prior to Superferry arrival to 10 minutes after it leaves.

Lingle, Bush & Cheney ordered us banned from our own harbor even though there was not one hint that anyone was planning to commit civil disobedience.

In fact we were all working with Law Enforcement to be sure that the Rally for Maui was law abiding.

So this is Maui’s reward for following the rules - to be deprived of the use of our harbor. Our fishermen cannot use the small boat ramp, our canoes cannot go outside one small area, our surfers cannot surf a popular winter break.

We are expected to give up our harbor for the arrogant Superferry. And give it up for even longer when the planned second, third, fourth and fifth ferries arrive.

We warned law enforcement that we could not keep a lid on civil disobedience if they closed the harbor to us.

We are reminded of 114 years ago when our Queen, believing in the rule of law, did not resist the illegal takeover of the greedy American businessmen backed by the military. She trusted the U.S. government to right that wrong.

The U.S. Government betrayed her.

And here it is again. We on Maui worked through the system. And then even when the Governor and Legislature passed an illegal law, still we said, “We’ll play be the rules.” We will trust that this wrong will be righted.

And the U.S. Government betrayed us.

Mistaking our law-abiding behavior for lack of resolve, the U.S. government has escalated its unlawful acts against Maui.

The Superferry will try to land on Maui Thursday December 6th. We’ll be there at 9am.

– Ku‘e

Martyr’s Day (Cuba) Day 331 of 2007 34 days left in this year

November 27, 2005: State Sen. J. Kalani English has paid a $1,000 fine but admitted no wrongdoing as part of a settlement with the Hawaii State Ethics Commission over free flights and other gifts he accepted from a private air ambulance company in 2002. Read more in the Maui News …

November 27, 1973: The U.S. Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned while under a criminal investigation. Ford would become president two years later when Richard Nixon resigned under threat of imepachment.