Newsletter

May 2009

Day In, Day Out

An Ode to the Majority in our State Legislature

Hawaii State Legislature

A song by founder Dick Rowland to our State Legislature. (more)

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Newsletter

May 2009

Remembering

The History and Legacy of Memorial Day

Daniel de Gracia, Sr. boarding a Lockheed T-33 aircraft during his early days of Air Force training. He served from 1972 in the Air Force Medical Service Corps and retired as from active duty as a colonel in 2002.

Denis Edward O’Brien was attending seminary at St. John’s in Little Rock, Arkansas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The events of December 7, 1941 moved him to join the Marine Corps at the tender age of 18. As he would later write, “It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag.” ... (more)

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Newsletter

May 2009

Don't Tax Me Bro!

Grassroot Institute Applauds Hawaii's Governor on Tax Vetoes

Governor Linda Lingle

"Finally! It's about time someone in state government stood up for the taxpayer," said President Jamie Story of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii as she watched Governor Linda Lingle veto several tax bills from the State Legislature. (more)

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Blogs




The Mystery of Hawaiian History

Correcting historical revisionism and misconceptions promoted by the Akaka Bill.

Hawaii Spendometer

How Fast Does The State Government Spend Your Money?

$9,122,166,121.47