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November 09, 2006

Meet The Congress You Voted For, America - The Most Corrupt, Ever!

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These are the crooks we already know about, the new leadership. Look at what they have accomplished before they were given Absolute Power in Congress.

Way to go, America, and there's certainly more to come.

Posted by Richard at November 9, 2006 09:13 AM

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Subject: Democrat Victory Signals Moral Decline
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Democratic victory signals moral decline

As I watched the election returns, I could not help but wonder what a Democratic- controlled House and Senate would look like. Then I quickly realized that I already see the results when I watch TV on any given night; shows that lure young kids into the enticing web of immorality by having adult actors play the roles of adolescents, making adult decisions as though all young children should be making the same decisions so easily; "news reporters" showing one-sided views of controversial issues that nearly always skew toward liberal ideals, while giving barely a snippet to conservative views; and the list can go on.

Watching the hand-over of power to the Democrats made me appreciate the four Eagle Scouts who were honored the same evening for upstanding citizenship, dedication to a noteworthy cause and keeping themselves "physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."

I embraced the evening not because the Democrats won the House, but because with Democrats controlling the House and possibly the Senate, I don't know how much longer we will have programs like the Boy Scouts -- wasn't it at the DNC during 2004 that the scouts were booed during their presentation of the flags and colors? Isn't it this Democratic Party that wants to ban Boy Scout activities from public meeting houses? Isn't it this Democratic Party that wants to allow gay men to be leaders to the boys? And isn't it this Democratic Party whose spokesman for being "morally straight" is Bill Clinton?

If the answer to these questions is "yes," then we will see the sharpest decline of moral values that this country has ever seen.


Michael Meli
Honolulu

With Aloha,

# Posted by harry at 11/09/2006 12:17 pm - reply- forum

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http://starbulletin.com/2006/11/09/news/story02.html

Groups across U.S. hail isles' election of transgender

Iwamoto advocates more school autonomy and promoted student safety and diversity

By Alexandre Da Silva
adasilva@starbulletin.com

Kim Coco Iwamoto's successful run for a Board of Education seat is being hailed by transgender groups here and on the mainland, with one organization calling her the top transgender elected official in the nation.

Iwamoto, a 38-year-old civil-rights attorney, beat two former state lawmakers and an incumbent on Tuesday to take an at-large Oahu seat on the board. She joins 13 other members who will oversee the statewide Department of Education and set policies for public schools.

With her win, Iwamoto, who was born on Kauai, reached the highest office ever for an elected transgender, said Denis Dison, of the Victory Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based group that monitors races involving lesbian, gay and transgender candidates.

Currently, Dison said, the only two other elected officials in the United States who are open transgenders are a city alderman in Missouri and a city councilmember in Georgia.

"This would be a first," he said. "It's a pretty rare feat."

Eduardo Hernandez, executive director of the Center, a Hawaii organization that helps lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, said Iwamoto's triumph will make the school board "more representative of the people."

"It's exciting," Hernandez said. "Now transgender kids at schools will have someone they can look up to. She presents a positive role model."

Iwamoto did not immediately return calls seeking comment yesterday. Her parents, Linda Toshiko and Robert Iwamoto Jr., owners of the tour bus company Roberts Hawaii, were traveling in Las Vegas and also could not be reached. In one of Iwamoto's campaign fliers, Robert Iwamoto praised his daughter for "always helping others" and "making a difference."

"As a father, I am proud of all my children when they set goals for themselves that are life-affirming and benefit a greater good," he wrote in a statement yesterday. "I feel that same sense of pride in Kim Coco."

Although her Web site shows that Iwamoto attended both public and private schools -- including Saint Louis School, a Catholic school for boys -- her gender was not mentioned in her campaign or brought up by her challengers.

Board of Education voters rely mostly on name recognition and policies when casting ballots, but Iwamoto's background could have cost her some points if it had been publicized, said Neal Milner, a political scientist at the University of Hawaii.

"It probably would have been a distraction, and it might have hurt her, though it shouldn't have," he said. "It might have made some people nervous. Others could have made it an issue of her trying to keep it secret."

A popular face who often testifies in board meetings, Iwamoto has backed giving schools more autonomy and promoted student safety and diversity as a member of the board's Safe Schools Community Advisory Committee. Among her goals is to become a board advocate in the Legislature.

On Tuesday, Iwamoto edged out former Democratic state legislators Terrance Tom and Brian Yamane as well as incumbent Darwin Ching, who was appointed by Gov. Linda Lingle in August 2005. Other winners were former board member Donna Ikeda; incumbent Karen Knudsen; John Penebacker, a former basketball star; and Eileen Ishihara Clarke, a 63-year-old retired vice principal of Mililani High School.

Board Chairman Randall Yee said yesterday he was pleased with the new group, noting that the transition should be smooth because most of them are familiar with the board. He had predicted Iwamoto's win and welcomed her aboard.

"I expected her to be way up there," Yee said. "Having Kim on the board will provide a very good perspective and viewpoint."

With Aloha,

# Posted by harry at 11/09/2006 12:21 pm - reply- forum

Subject: Republicans Fail to Launch
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http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?657cf35e-6093-469c-ab56-9571c9162714

Lingle Republicans Fail to Launch

By Eric Ryan, 11/9/2006 7:54:07 AM

After the 2006 general election, the Hawaii Republicans are now more poorly represented in the State Legislature than before Gov. Linda Lingle squandered more than $6 million in campaign money on her own re-election.

Notwithstanding being flush with money, Lingle and the Hawaii GOP “leadership” wasted the opportunity of a lifetime to increase Republican ranks in the State Legislature, given the Democrats record of 50 years of failure dominating those two chambers combined with the last 4 years of shameless opposition to reform of any kind. Instead of trying to capitalize on these dynamics, or utilize the vast resources available to Hawaii Republicans, Lingle and party leaders utterly failed to make the case for increasing the number of Republican state senators and representatives. Worse than that, Republicans didn’t even break even in 2006 . . .Republicans actually lost seats.

Don’t blame the war in Iraq or Bush’s unpopularity for the Hawaii GOP’s woes, otherwise Lingle couldn’t have received a whopping 62% of the vote. Campaign advertising by Randall Iwase, the Democrat Party and labor unions desperately tried but failed to drag down Lingle with Bush and Iraq. To be sure, the 2006 campaign disaster for Hawaii’s Republican has everything to do with the absence of any decent campaigning by the GOP whatsoever . . . and that’s just the way Lingle wanted it. History reveals clearly that a series of incompetent and self-interested politicians from Pat Saiki to Andy Anderson to Frank Fasi to Jane Tatibouet to Linda Lingle have consitently and resolutely, together with their incestuous stable of minions and hacks, run the Hawaii GOP into the ground.

On election night, according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lingle downplayed the GOP's minority status in the Hawaii State Legislature.

"It is not going to be that big a difference," Lingle told reporters at her victory celebration. "We will continue to work as we have in a bipartisan fashion." Clearly, this is someone who cares more about her own political fate than that of the dozens of Republicans on the ballot in 2006. Worse, she has such contempt for Republican values that she can’t recognize the difference between the potential of a Republican majority in the State Legislature and continued Democrat dominance.

While you can blame GOP candidates for losing their respective House and Senate races, a reasonable and fair assessment must require asking whether Lingle, party leaders, and party staffers REALLY operated over the past year or two like they were trying to increase Republican numbers at the Legislature with vigorous marketing, organizing and get-out-the-vote efforts, or if GOP substantial resources were prioritized instead for Lingle’s easy re-election and eventual U.S. Senate run. Did the Hawaii GOP under Lingle and her supporters in key party positions do their job to make the party’s message attractive while working to make the Democrat record seem dismal and appalling? Were Hawaii voters in 2006 REALLY given reasons to vote Republican? Were Democrats that dominate the State Legislature being hammered in commercial after commercial run by the GOP or Lingle, making it possible for Republican challengers (not to mention Republican incumbents) to successfully make the case for their candidacies?

Clearly, the answer to these questions is a resounding "no." That’s why it’s no surprise that the typical percentage of votes cast for Republican challengers in State House and Senate races was around 20%. With this in mind, if the goal really was to try and increase the numbers of elected Republicans, then this miserable percentage is the most important gauge of success or failure on the part of Lingle and the Hawaii GOP in 2006. 20% is a failing grade because all you have to do is put your name on the ballot in Hawaii as a Republican and you’ll get 20% without even trying. By all accounts, this failure to deliver higher typical vote percentages for Republicans occurred not because voters in Hawaii were unwilling to vote Republican but because they just weren’t effectively asked to do so.


But nothing has changed in 25 years or more. The same people are controlling the Hawaii GOP now as then. For things to change, the Hawaii GOP has to stop being an obstacle to Republican victory and has to stop being a useful tool for ambitious, self-centered politicians like Saiki, Anderson, Fasi, and Lingle. It needs to spend 12 months per year doing nothing but making a winning case for Republicans and making an irrefutable case against the status quo.


Why is this important? Well, if you want reform in Hawaii’s politics and governance, then a weak GOP -- which is kept weak through mismanagement, exploitation and possible malfeasance -- will keep reform from ever happening in Hawaii. As a result, all the well-intentioned essays, well-articulated arguments, and prescriptions for improvement will remain wholly irrelevant, purely academic, and completely out of reach. And all the Republican candidates on the ballot in 2008 will be on a tragic path to certain defeat. Let’s hope for a revolution at the Hawaii GOP.


Eric Ryan, a Republican and resident of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, can be reached via email at mailto:eric@studioryan.net


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Comment: Linda Lingle (R) carried over 60% of the 52% of the voters who turned out for the 2006 Election in the Shogunate of Hawaii.

With Aloha,

# Posted by harry at 11/09/2006 01:12 pm - reply- forum

Quote: It's exciting," Hernandez said. "Now transgender kids at schools will have someone they can look up to. She presents a positive role model."

My God! Transgender kids in school??? Most children are not even much aware of their sexuality other than by following role models, and this is the role model and what we are encouraging them to be??? Transgender???

Not even a page from the Annals of Sodom and Gomorrah would read like that!

Althor

# Posted by Althor at 11/09/2006 02:02 pm - reply- forum

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