REV. JEREMIAH A. WRIGHT

IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, MANY LEARNED AND INFORMED PEOPLE, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE SAID THE SAME THINGS PEOPLE FIND OFFENSIVE ABOUT REV. WRIGHT.




JEREMIAH
18:18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”




Words by Fredrick Douglas

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.

YOURNS & MINES

DELLA AU BELLATI



WHILE DOING WHAT I GUESS SHE WOULD CALL PRO BONO WORK, FOR LEGAL AIDE, DELLA TEACHES ME HAWAIIAN, TELLING ME, "IT'S NOT OUR KULIANA"

............You can’t champion equality for your own people when you tolerate discrimination against any people because of who they are. Freedom is indivisible. You cannot grant it to some and deny it to others. It is either for everybody or it is for nobody. -- Christine Chavez, UFW

BE PATIENT

If You've Got 60 Years, Akaka Will Perceive The Unjustice.

We owe a great debt of gratitude to all veterans who sacrifice for our country," Majority Leader Reid said. "This bill finally and formally honors the service of all Filipino veterans of World War II and corrects an injustice more than 60 years old. We are grateful for the service of these brave men and are proud to ensure that all, not just some, Filipino veterans can enjoy the equal benefits they have earned."

The Akaka Bill - What Does The Future Hold?

If Passed, I Hope The Akaka Bill Does Not Result In This Type Of Insidious Activity Being Legislated and Reinforced.




Are You Sitting Next To An Hawaiian?




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From: yinsay@aol.com
To: Obama_Casework@obama.senate.gov
Sent: Wed, Jun 6 4:46 PM
Subject: Ms. Mason

Thank you for the assistance you have given. Please, do not contact Senator Akaka's office again, on my behalf. Unless there is some neccessary secrecy to an investigation he is doing, all I have received from his offices is a letter in response to my inquiring about funds for the Hawaii State Library. My concerns extend much further than this. Hopefully, the light being shed on activities in the Justice Department will lend itself to some justice for me. Otherwise it will be nothing but justice delayed and denied.


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Re: From Jennifer Mason
From: yinsay@aol.com
yinsay@aol.com To: Obama_Casework@obama.senate.gov
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 2:01 pm

Thank you so much for your correspondence. It has not been the norm in this situation. In fact, the great majority I have contacted here in Hawaii and outside, which is now in the tens of hundreds, have not responded at all. I will follow your directions and contact Sen. Akaka's office directly. What follows is what has transpired recently. I do not expect a response. It just seems no one here is interested, although in a place this small and "closed", there are few secrets or situations that remain unknown.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Obama_Casework@obama.senate.gov
To: yinsay@aol.com
Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 9:57 AM
Subject: From Jennifer Mason


Dear Mr. Balmer,

Thank you for your continued correspondence to the Chicago Office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama. I appreciate the reasons you explained for why you contacted our office, despite the fact that Senator Obama represents Illinois and not Hawaii. However, it is outside of our jurisdiction to become involved in out of state issues such as yours. Furthermore, I cannot offer any insight into what Senator Akaka’s office will be able to do on your behalf. I am hopeful that they will address your issues to the best of their abilities, but beyond that I cannot say what their course of action will be. I recommend that you contact Senator Akaka directly and seek their help in this matter.

Again, thank you for your letter. I wish you luck.

Sincerely,


Jennifer Mason
Director of Constituent Services






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By Bill Burgess

The over 400,000 Native Hawaiians counted in Census 2000 were found in all 50 states and in all the about 50 census tracts of the state of Hawai'i, thoroughly blended in with the rest of Hawai'i's intermarried multiracial population. Such a widely scattered group could never qualify for recognition as a tribe under the mandatory criteria applicable to Native Americans.

NO BREAK

City makes wise move with recycling project



5-year term in Hawaii's first copper-theft felony case







Homeless Hawaii copper thief sentenced to 5 years

THE POWER OF GROUP THINK

What talent lacks, Ohana makes up for - Or, as Cynthia Yamasaki would say, "SYNERGY"

"Jasmine, you'd better hope that every household in Hawaii has at least five telephones, because you're going to need all the support you can get," he said.

While Verizon could not verify the number of phones in each isle household, the telephone company announced yesterday that the Aloha State set a new mark for land-line attempts to vote in the show.


"Any way you want to look at it, one out of 10 (Verizon) calls came from Hawaii," noted Verizon representative Kevin Laverty.



Verizon's records show that calls from Hawaii to "American Idol" numbers actually increased last Tuesday to 1.43 million from just less than 927,000 the previous week