"War is just a racket." - Major General Smedley Butler, USMC, 1933 Smedley Darlington Butler is famous for two things. First, winning two–TWO!–Medals of Honor, as well as 14 other medals in his 34-year career in the Marines. Second, for loudly denouncing U.S. military policy as a mere agent of Big Business. In 1933, he laid it all out in nauseating detail: "I helped make … [Read more...] about Hawaii General Says U.S. Marines Defending Chevron; Smedley Butler Rolls Over In His Grave
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Chub Chasers, Pizza Coupons and Protests Gone Bad
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Kevin Walters, 21, staged an emotional, though unsuccessful, one-man, chained-to-the-door protest in March to prevent the closing of a commercial rest stop along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway near Des Plaines, Ill. Ultimately, the Des Plaines Oasis, housing shops and fast-food restaurants, will be demolished as part of a highway-widening project. Walters … [Read more...] about Chub Chasers, Pizza Coupons and Protests Gone Bad
Port Town Chevron Expands Spam Musubis from Paia to Lahaina
One of my daughter's favorite breakfast foods is the Spam musubi. I know it's not politically correct to feed my kid canned meat saturated with chemicals, but when it comes to sharing my local food favorites–which is pretty much a Hawaii culinary treasure–with my daughter, the tastebuds win out every time. In fact, my girl has developed such a taste for Spam musubi that she … [Read more...] about Port Town Chevron Expands Spam Musubis from Paia to Lahaina
What I (Wish I Wasn’t) Eating: Canned Kona Black
The midnight oil isn't oil at all, it's coffee. Cold, canned coffee, when the brewhahouses are closed and the gas station is best you can do. * But don't grab at the refrigerator racks blindly! Royal Mills' Kona Black might sound good (like the Iced Cappuccino actually is) but it tastes like I'm drinking out of an ashtray. No similie -- straight up fact. I think the cans are … [Read more...] about What I (Wish I Wasn’t) Eating: Canned Kona Black