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What happens when you have one ruling political party: total corruption and incompetence.Charlie99:Lots of judicial activism. Lots of potential claims against the state.
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What happens when you have one ruling political party: total corruption and incompetence.Charlie99:Lots of judicial activism. Lots of potential claims against the state.
"Let's suceed from the Nation"
mrjimboalaska:For the last 2 months I have not seen a "Let's suceed from the Nation" commercial,
Many on the outer Islands are tired of having Oahu priorities shoved down their throats.
Apparently there are quite a few people besides Halemano that fear the ferry will be used to spread depleted uranium around .... here's a quote from one of the protestorshalemano:If you spend a couple hours you might find out that the main Superferry dude was the Secretary for the NAVY under Regan and other HSF big wigs are also involved in Navy projects in the Pacific. Interesting how the ship builder suggested a much smaller ship, but HSF insisted on the current design, almost identicle to the West Pac Express which hauls Striker Brigades and such. There is so much more, like a fuel capacity of nearly 57,000 gallons, but you all should read it for yourself.
It's ironic that another of the big stories on todays TV news is Depleted Uranium rounds found at Hawaii training grounds. The DU possibilities were brought up quite a while ago by the Kauai Superferry detractors.
from http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=34791Hawaii Activist Juan Wilson:“One of our fears is that this would be one way of spreading a toxic form of uranium dust, particularly in powdered form in the back of pickup trucks. It’s not appropriate to move civilians and military equipment on the same deck or on the same boat without the civilians’ awareness. Another thing it does it makes the civilian ferry, a legitimate military target. ”
Yep. Definitely makes the ferry a legitimate military target, just like those families in Kauai whose cars were getting pounded on."The Superferry is definitely for the Stryker brigade," said Ikaika Hussey of the group DMZ Hawaii Aloha 'Aina, which opposes military activity in the Islands. "We're not just opposed to transporting the Strykers, we're opposed to Strykers in Hawai'i."
When plans were first announced for the project, Superferry officials had said the vessel could transport the eight-wheeled military vehicles from O'ahu to training areas on the Big Island.
It's been going on since Hawaii became a State, probably even before that. ~80% of the people live on Oahu, so more than 80% of the State Representatives vote for the interests of the Oahu people. Most of the big money players are on Oahu so most of the campaign contributions, lobbying and bribing is done for Oahu interests.catherine96821:like what?