What a time to be a Republican in the United States. It’s the first open election since 2008, general voting doesn’t take place for 10 months and the party’s nomination process has already become a reality TV circus in which the star attraction is a world-famous billionaire who decided to run on a platform that could have been written by Benito Mussolini. Not that the other … [Read more...] about Are we ready for the Hawaii Republican Presidential Caucus?
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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Let’s Remember 9/11 By Starting Yet Another War In Iraq
Before Sept. 11, 2001, the darkest and arguably most important reason anyone would remember that particular date is because on Sept. 11, 1973, a coup toppled Salvador Allende's democratic government in Chile. The CIA–at the behest of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger–had spent three years destabilizing the Chilean economy, creating exactly the kind … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator Brian Schatz: Let’s Remember 9/11 By Starting Yet Another War In Iraq
Thanks To Gov. Abercrombie, Feb. 6 Is NOT Ronald Reagan Day In Hawaii
Looks like Governor Neil Abercrombie has gone and done something right. Or rather, he went and did not do something right. Specifically, join with 40 other governors to declare today, Feb. 6, "Ronald Reagan Day." To be helpful, this Daily Caller story lists all 50 U.S. governors and whether they were for making today Ronald Reagan Day. The Caller also trotted out reliable … [Read more...] about Thanks To Gov. Abercrombie, Feb. 6 Is NOT Ronald Reagan Day In Hawaii