At 0900 on Monday December 7th Chief U.S. District Judge David Ezra will hear a motion for preliminary injunction to lift excessive restrictions on shipping to and from Hawaii that substantially increase the cost of living in Hawaii. The hearing will be held in his courtroom on the fourth floor [...]
This revolution will be one of decentralization and some form of operational secession. I don’t think states are actually going to break away from the union. I believe that the governors and mayors are not going to bother to get Federal grants, because the money is either not available or [...]
John Carroll
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Media Contacts:
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Gubernatorial Candidate, John Carroll, Former State Senator and Former Chair of the Republican [...]
Aloha Family, Friends and Colleagues:
A mass email was recently distributed to friends, colleagues and contacts of mine. It was a smear on Hawaii gubernatorial candidate John Carroll and more pointedly, me. Whether you’ve received it or not, I’m compelled to make these comments.
1) The individual who [...]
It was the first Fourth of July since the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The name ‘Liberty House’ is well known to Hawaii’s old-timers and kama’ainas, a department store whose very name evoked one of America’s most cherished values. Those [...]
Aloha Hawaii Liberty lovers:
This Saturday is our nation’s 233rd year since declaring independence from the crown’s tyranny. In the middle of your activities, I encourage you to make some time this weekend to read or re-read the Declaration of Independence. Maybe a gem of insight about courage or justice will [...]
Sam Slom, President of Small Business Hawaii, launched an economics education program twenty years ago that has been changing the world. Begun as a dramatic radio series in Hawaii, The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey, has now been published in 58 editions in [...]
By Paul Smith
Did you know that our City spends more on DEBT SERVICE than any other single expense category except for public safety? Imagine, the City spends almost as much on interest as it spends for all our public safety - fire, police, ambulance, etc!
The Mayor [...]
Why does industry and commerce based on importing and exporting in Hong Kong and Singapore flourish while Hawaii spirals downwards?
Why do we pay so much more in Hawaii for everything shipped in when our central location should be a tremendous contribution to boom our economy?
Former State [...]
By Ron Paul
With a faltering economy, and skyrocketing costs, healthcare continues to be a critical issue for all Americans. Unfortunately government encroachment into the doctor/patient relationship is poised to exacerbate our problems with healthcare.
As an OB/GYN with over 30 years of experience in private practice, [...]
In the coming weeks, Congress will vote on a bill that will increase transparency of Government in the most crucial of areas, money creation. H.R. 1207, the Audit the Fed Bill, will require the Federal Reserve Bank to disclose where it distributes newly created [...]
By Jon Yamasato
This month’s Oahu Real Estate Report covers sales and median price numbers for April 2009, and also features how interest rates affect your buying power.
Over the past three-month rolling period, February to April 2009, sales numbers were down compared to the same period [...]
Kauai’s, “Ron Paul Hawaii Walker” and “Ron Paul Rider” turned “Liberty Rider”, Michael Maresco on Fox’s Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Related:
[www.hawaiilibertychronicles.com]
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Date: Sunday May 17, 2009
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
Speakers/Topic: GRIH Chairman of the Board Dr. Jeff Crawford is giving an opening presentation:
“Guns, Drugs, and Roses: Rethinking Drug Policy”
followed by lively discussion.
Cost: $5 monthly (or $40 annual) membership donation. Heavy pupus.
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By Kenli and Ken Schoolland
The Polish American Foundation for Economic Research and Education (PAFERE) hosted us for presentations at 17 schools, universities, and public events in 5 cities around Poland over Spring Break. Interviews were provided to radio, television, and newspaper journalists and meetings were held with The [...]
H.C.R. 100 Does Not Honor Extreme Terrorists
Republican State Rep. Kymberly Pine says State Senator Sam Slom’s statements on Islam Day are insensitive and wrong. Rep. Pine said, “Slom equated the Legislature’s passage of H.C.R. 100, entitled “House Resolution Proclaiming September 24, 2009, As [...]
Government Should Get Out of the Marriage Business
There has been continued debate in Hawaii over has sparked debate from both sides of the aisle. One side insists that marriage is an institution that must be protected by the government, while the other believes that [...]
On February 8, 2009 Rubellite Kawena Kinney Johnson addressed Hawaiian Sovereignty and the implications of the Akaka Bill.
Ruby Johnson is a native Hawaiian scholar who established the Hawaiian Studies program at the University of Hawaii. She was named a “Living Treasure of Hawaii” for her work in translating early Hawaiian-language [...]
What is a political party? Are there any differences between political parties? What purposes do political parties serve? Is a two party system all we have? This month’s Li Zhao’s Intellectual Salon, Idea Exchange topic is “Party Schisms”.
Ken Schoolland will moderate this forum with Q&A to [...]
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Note the root of the problem at 1:25.
[...]Powerful, free website empowers citizens to track activity of state legislature and individual lawmakers
March 24, 2009 — Citizens now have a powerful, online tool to track the actions of Hawaii’s state legislature and individual legislators. HawaiiVotes.org is a free website that provides concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill, amendment [...]
“Mom, there’s nothing good on TV!” “How come we never go out?” “Why can’t we ever find a good movie to go see?” If your family has been saying things like this, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has the answer with its new Family Brain Gain Seminars. Each month we [...]
With recent international rumblings in Russia and neighboring nations, Shota Mkheidze from the Republic of Georgia will address “The New Cold War” followed by an open question and answer session.
“Shota is from the Republic of Georgia and is an excellent and very knowledgeable speaker. I’ve heard [...]
By Russell Pang
HONOLULU – Governor Linda Lingle today submitted to the State Legislature the Administration’s plan to meet a projected $650 million revenue shortfall for the remainder of the current fiscal year (FY09) and biennium budget fiscal years 2010 through 2011.
The Administration’s plan balances the budget without raising taxes, [...]
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
~ Patrick Henry
[...]The U.S. Supreme Court released the full transcript from this morning’s hearing.
[...]Hat tip to former Maui resident now in Arizona, Warren Woodward, for sending this.
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says: “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.”
However, in government, education, and in corporate America [...]
The real reason behind Obama’s bank bailouts are paybacks to bankrolling politicians as exposed in this Richard Ebeling article. Hat tip to Ken Schoolland for forwarding this article.
[...]Republican Governors in several states give reasons for rejecting parts of the $787 billion stimulus while others give reasons for accepting the full package in this Reuters article by Alan Elsner.
[Socialists] promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office.
~ Ludwig Von Mises
The streets grew quieter as Jonathan trudged down yet another row of drab houses. He noticed a group of poorly dressed people gathered in front of three tall buildings labeled BLOCK A, BLOCK B, and BLOCK C. BLOCK A was vacant and in appalling [...]
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his [...]
Two Hawaii State Capitol insider blogs, The Notebook and Poinography have generated the most activity on the subject of the Civil Union (HB444) legislation over the past several days with state and even city officials weighing in both in pseudonym and in name. Proponents and now opponents near [...]
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.)
~ Kamehameha III, amid the uncertainty of surrendering the Hawaiian kingdom to the British crown (1843).
By Reason.tv
2008 was an apocalyptic year for the American car industry, with sales of Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler cars all falling by 25 percent. Supporters of the Big Three automakers argue that the government needs to provide Detroit with at least $50 billion in taxpayer money in order [...]
