tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60094162011-12-30T20:25:00.067-10:00The former blog of "Pablo The Mad Tiger". He has now switched his name to "Pablo the Tiger Warrior"! Send all emails to madtiger99@yahoo.comPablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-2872583148022015822008-03-21T19:20:00.002-10:002008-03-21T19:32:04.045-10:00

1) When I was younger, I was thinking about being a rapper named "Pablo The Mad Tiger"Though I haven't concentrated on any musical careers in the last few years, I still haven't totally ruled out a career in music. I'm getting older, so I might never be the teen idol like Bow Wow! However, Dr Dre, E-40 and Too Short are a lot older than me, and they're still making hits!Anyways, I'm changing my

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Regretably, I don't have as much time to comment on the US Presidential race on this blog, but since today is President's Day, I might as well express a few observations1) Anti-immigration fascists like to say "the majority of Americans want less immigration, more restrictions on immigration, and to deport every illegal alien"If that is true, then why isn't Tom Tancredo or Duncan Hunter the

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Today is officially Martin Luther King Jr. Day. His actual birthday was on January 15.In the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. I want to link on an article in the Honolulu Advertiser about church groups in the Samoan and Micronesian community promoting peace.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/13/ln/hawaii801130365.htmlOn December 26, 2007, Fusitogamala Iosefa Savea (who is

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1) There are some environmentalists who want the government to ban stores from using or offering plastic bags. They claim that those bags will only get wasted and fill our landfills.Some on the Honolulu's City Council want to go along with that idea.Here is my letter to the Honolulu Star Bulletin on ithttp://starbulletin.com/2008/01/17/editorial/letters.htmlPlastic bags reusable, keep things

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This past week, June Jones, the head football coach of the UH football team, has resigned and became the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU)1) June Jones started the coaching at UH the same year I started attending UH. (1999). At the university, you can sense the pride being restored at the school.In the previous year, the football team was coached by Fred von Appen, and

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Obviously, the Sugar Bowl didn't turn out the way I wanted.While the pre-game hype was on whether UH can stop Georgia's running backs, the bigger factor was that UH's offensive line couldn't stop Georgia's defense from sacking Colt Brennan so many times.Other thoughts on the state of UH Athletics.1) Last Thanksgiving, one of my uncles (who is usually pessimistic and can talk for eternity) kept

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People of Hawaii are so obsessed in having outsiders think that everything is perfect here, that there is no major problems, and if there is any major problems, it's all the fault of the outsiders.Another racial incident happened, and yet the calls of denial are ringing loud.At Waiakea Intermediate School in Hilo, a group of Native Hawaiian girls brutally attacked a European-American girl. As

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Last week, the University of Hawaii (UH) football ended the regular season with an undefeated record!This has been an amazing turnaround for Hawaii football.Back in 1998, the UH football team was 0-12! It was the boiling point of 6 straight years of loosing seasons. The coach, Fred von Appen, was fired after 3 loosing seasonsThis was how bleak the situation was during the von Appen years!1) many

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African-American right wingers like Thomas Sowell and Jesse Lee Peterson (as well as some left-wing black supremacists) complain about illegal Mexican immigrants coming to the US to take jobs away from low-income African-Americans.What irony! When many African-Americans were moving from the South to the North and West in the late 1800's/early 1900's , many European-Americans in the North & West

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Dog Chapman, the bounty hunter of European-American ancestry, had a problem with his son dating an African-American woman.This is what he saidhttp://starbulletin.com/2007/11/01/news/story01.htmlChapman: Don't care if she's a Mexican, a whore, whatever. It's not 'cause she's black. It's because we use the word "n_____" sometimes here. I'm not going to take a chance ever in life by losing

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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University researched the graduation rates of various high schools in the U.S.Those whose graduation rates were less than 60% were labeled "dropout factories".My high school, McKinley High School was one of them.http://starbulletin.com/2007/10/30/news/story01.htmlA national report is labeling seven Oahu public high schools as "dropout factories," meaning that no

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At a bookstore, I was looking at Laura Ingraham's book, and it said the usual non-sense of "illegal aliens committing crimes, illegal aliens driving drunk, and if you don't hate illegal aliens, its because you lived in a luxury community with private security guards"Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Debbie Schlussel, Neal Boortz, Thomas Sowell all say the same B.S. that David Duke

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I remember back when I was a freshmen in college (1999-2000), I was introduced to Libertarianism. (actually, I heard of it before, but I didn't pay attention to it).I was politically homeless because the I didn't side with the Republican Party (with it's ties to the Religious Right) or the Democratic Party (which made Hawaii an over-taxed state with regulations that made it hard on entrepreneurs

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Today, I became 27 years old.I kept thinking myself as 27 years old a few months earlier.It's so odd, because during my early 20's, I always felt a few years younger than I really was.Anyways, this is a milestone into adulthood. I feel more adult than I was a few years back. I've been out of school for almost 3 years (I graduated from UH in December 2004).In the last 2.5 years, I've been working

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I have so busy this past month, that only I'm able to blog about the biggest controversy in Hawaii --- The SuperFerry.The SuperFerry is a group of boats that transports people between the different islands of Hawaii. This is something that should've done a long time ago. That way, we're not over-reliant on airplanes to visit the other islands.However, some on Kauai don't want any visitors!

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There's so many issues connected to Michael Vick dog-fighting controversy.1) Because Vick is African-American, many feel that he's being picked on due to his race.Just because someone criticizes Vick, that doesn't always mean they're racist.Animal rights advocates criticizes anyone involved in dog-fighting or other animal abuse, no matter their race.Many African-Americans are embarrased by Vick's

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There has been a lot of controversy over Michael Vick's involvement in dog-fighting.For those who don't know Vick, he was a quarterback for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons. He was known for running ability, his ability to dodge tackles, and sometimes making a great play when he was in danger of getting tackled. He wasn't a consistent passer, but wasn't someone to be over-looked.In college, he brought

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On July 2, I post my thoughts on the 2007 Supreme Court ruling on schools using quotas to make schools "diverse". I think racial quotas are silly, and that people can figure out on their own how to deal with diversity.UH history professor Marcus Daniel wrote an editorial criticizing the Supreme Court decision.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/03/op/FP707030304.htmlI sent him my

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I've worked at Central Middle School as a substitute teacher starting from Fall 2005 to Fall 2006. During the 2005-2006 school year, the principal was Ms Trew and the VP was Mr Ogawa. I got along with them, and they were very helpful.However, they got replaced by Brian Mizuguchi and Cindy Yun-Kim, and things went sour in Fall 2006.Last week, on July 19, 2007, I talked to the Hawaii Board of

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On the recent Supreme Court decision on race & diversity in government (public) schoolshttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html?pagewanted=printWith competing blocs of justices claiming the mantle of Brown v. Board of Education, a bitterly divided Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures that take

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The anti-immigration fascists love to talk about heinous crimes that immigrants have committed. But even when they do that, they only talk about crimes committed by NON-WHITE immigrants.Earlier this week, a French-Canadian immigrant wrestler who goes by the name of Chris Benoit killed his wife and son at his home near Atlanta. Benoit later killed himself.Here is the grisly detailshttp://

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Presidential candidate Ron Paul has been getting a lot of publicity for being the only Republican candidate who opposed the war on Iraq.Ron Paul was once a Libertarian presidential candidate, is known for opposing most government programs.However, Ron Paul wants more restriction on immigration, which will make government bigger & intrusive.Stuart Hayashi sent me a great email on this topic------I

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Kam Bowl's is closing down this coming week.http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/06/news/story03.htmlKam Bowls was one of my favorite eating places , which is across the street from Kam Shopping Center (both places named after King Kamehameha) and right down the mountain from (drumroll, please) Kamehameha Schools. (what an irony, my previous post criticized King Kamehameha!)ANYWAYS!Kam Bowl had a

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I remember back in 2001, I was going to write an article on Kamehameha Day for Ka Leo (U of Hawaii's newspaper). However, the whole thing was delayed by the editor, who claimed to want a longer editorial. I was hoping that it would be run right before Kamehameha Day, but by the time I got the article ready, it was too late.I wonder if then-Opinions editor (Jeremy Pippin) really wanted a longer,

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1) Pat Buchanan, again, is using a tragedy committed by an immigrant to promote his anti-immigration agenda.http://www.townhall.com/columnists/PatrickJBuchanan/2007/05/01/the_dark_side_of_diversityIn that article, he lists all the violent incidents committed by immigrants, then concludes that we should stop immigration.This is idiotic!For one thing, majority of the school shootings in the U.S.

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Like any other tragedy, the mass murder at Virginia Tech 2 weeks ago (4/16/07) has been exploited by the fanatics on the far right and far left!1) Being that the killer, Cho Seung-hui, is a Korean immigrant, many right-wing fanatics have been using this opportunity to promote hatred of immigrants in general.Salon's Andrew Leonard has discussed right-wing fanatic Debbie Schlussel's bigotryhttp://

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Radio talk-show host Don Imus was having a conversation on his show about the recent NCAA women's college basketball championship game between Tennessee & Rutgers. ( Tennessee won that game).Imus was comparing those 2 teams, their image, etc. Then Imus called the mostly African-American Rutgers team "nappy-headed hos".That's where the controversy started!Imus offended African-Americans and women

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10 years ago today, the rapper Notorious BIG, (aka Biggie, aka Biggie Smalls) was murdered. He was leaving party in LA when he was shot in a drive-by shooting. The killer has never been caught by police!Biggie's death came 6 months after the death of another rapper, 2pac (aka Tupac Shakur). 2pac and Biggie didn't get along, and 2pac made insulting Biggie. Some thought Biggie was responsible for

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A lot of people in Hawaii is so in denial when it comes to racism in their islands!I know, Hawaii has more inter-racial marriages than any other state in the US, but that doesn't erase the fact that racism exists in Hawaii.Hawaii hasn't had any large racial riots like LA, Detroit, Miami and other mainland areas.But that doesn't mean Hawaii doesn't have a racial conflictRecently, a car driven by a

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I have known Danielle DeMatta from this one pre-school that I occassionally work at as a substitute teacher.She was a part-time aide, working in the afternoons, with the youngest of pre-schoolers.I have only known her for 2 months, and already she has gone. She was only 22 years old.She was a very nice person and she loved working with the kids.Based on the few conversations I had with her, she

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Congress wants to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25That just sounds so great - those working for minimum wage will have an easier time paying for neccessities right?Not really.Look at it this way, employers will have to pay the workers more. But the money to pay for that is NOT going to come out of nowhere! Prices are going to be raised in order to pay the workers more!So, with

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1) 1st off, much props to the University of Hawaii football team. After early struggles against Alabama and Boise State, the UH team went 11-3.Colt Brennan made many difficult throws and dodged many tackles, Nate Ilaoa brought the running game that was missing from UH the last few years, and defense finally gained more speed and tackled faster than they did the last few years.This was one of the

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Finally, Saddam Hussein has been executed. Hussein was the dictator of Iraq and one of the worst violators of human rightsHussein used poison gas on Kurds and Shiites, tortured his critics, invaded Kuwait, used Scud missiles against Israel, and threatened to acquire weapons of mass destruction!The US did support Saddam Hussein when Iraq fought a war against Iran in the 1980s. However, when Iraq

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The City Council, some bus drivers and bus riders want to ban cell-phone ringtones on the bus.This is what I wrote to the Honolulu Advertiser.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/25/op/FP612250301.htmlBUS BAN ON CELL-PHONE RINGTONES IS RIDICULOUSThe City Council passed Bill 71, which bans cell-phone ringtones on the bus. It has yet to be signed by the mayor.The idea of banning

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Tower Records will soon be going out of business.Part of this is due to the popularity of downloading songs off the Internet. The younger generation prefers to downloads songs from iTunes instead of buying a CD (which might have 2 good songs, and 8 songs to take up space)Still, I'll really miss going to Tower's!I remember when I was attending McKinley High School, I would sometimes walk to

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Here is my letter to the Star Bulletin on the idea of regulating cell phone use on the bushttp://starbulletin.com/2006/11/22/editorial/letters.htmlDon't ban cell phones on city busesThere is a bill in the City Council to regulate the use of cell phones on TheBus. That is a step in the wrong direction, and is out of touch with the lives of average bus riders. If I'm riding the bus and there is a

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Hawaii Results1) Linda Lingle got re-elected as governor of Hawaii. However, the Democrats kept control of the state legislature, as well as Hawaii's entire US congressional delegation. So it means that Hawaii is still mostly Democrat, though a moderate Republican can win if the Democrat candidate is really weak.National ResultsDemocrats took over Congress. That means several things!1) The US

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Because I am working at one of the voting places tommorrow, I did a walk-in vote last week.1) I already re-elected Linda Lingle for governor. Hawaii's economy is a lot better under Lingle than it was under Ben Cayetano2) There's thousands of people who say "why should I vote, it's not like it's gonna matter!"If those thousands of people voted, it could make a BIG difference. You got to be part of

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Yesterday was my birthday. I became 26 years old.My plans yesterday was to go to Kam Bowl's in Kalihi to have my usual birthday breakfast. Kam Bowl's make the best fried rice and scrambled eggs. I was gonna go there with my parents and my grandma.At 7am yesterday, I was about to take a shower, when the building started to shake! At first, I just thought the noise was coming from a car blasting

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In my previous post, I mention about 2 white guys who hated 2pac because of "his attitude". Then I mentioned that those white guys liked heavy metal and punk rock, which promotes the same exact attitude as gangsta rap! After all, those 2 white guys didn't make insulting remarks about Axl Rose, Phil Anselmo, Marrolyn Manson, or that guy from Oasis, all of whom gotten into serious trouble with the

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10 years ago today, the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur (aka 2pac) passed away. He died almost a week after being shot several times. Tupac was riding with Suge Knight (head of Death Row Records) around Las Vegas when he was shot.1) I was a teenager when 2pac was alive and popular! I was in high school when he died! His music brings me back memories of those times! Those of my generation feel the

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Five years ago today, terrorists associated with Al Quaida hijacked 4 planes and flew them into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and one crashed onto a field in Pennsylvania.1) I remember in the few days after 9/11/01, people who were usually cynical had put their trust in government to protect.I remember within the 2 year span before 9/11, my political ideology was shifting toward

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There is this Extreme Right Wing wesbite called www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com and it has a REALLY STUPID article that is against females participation in sportshttp://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/article_1574.shtml1) Why should girls who like to play sports not play them? Let them enjoy sports!2) This article, printed by fundamental Christians promotes the same mentality as those

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Anti-immigration fascists love to quote 26th president Theodore Roosevelthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_AmericanThe term "hyphenated American" was popularized in the 1910s by President Theodore Roosevelt, responding to the increasing fractionalization within the nation along ethnic lines. In an October 12, 1915 speech to the Knights of Columbus, Roosevelt said,"There is no room in this

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Some conservatives who are disgusted by movies with lots of violence and sex have re-edited films to delete such scenes without permission!So ironic, since conservatives (who supposedly hate the entitlement mentality) start claiming that they're entitled to "cleaned-up edited" version of popular films!1) don't like it? Don't watch it!2) you can't always escape ideas you don't like anyways! What

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Right-wing columnist Julia Gorin wrote one of those columns with a few wise-ass remarks against abortion.http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008802Gorin: If Ms. (a feminst magazine) readers hadn't had so many abortions, there might be more Ms. readers. As for the rest of us, here's a petition we could all sign: "I wasn't aborted."Pablo: Yeah, and if my parents didn't have sex about 9

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Brother Greg O'Donnell, the principal of Damien Memorial School (an all boys school in Honolulu) wrote an article that says that boys and girls ought to be segregated in schools.http://starbulletin.com/2006/06/25/editorial/special.htmlO'Donnell: For starters, the natural thing for boys and girls is to be extremely different, including the ways in which they learn.Pablo: An average boy might learn

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The US Supreme Court is going to soon hear 2 cases, one from Seattle, and one from Louisville about public schools that admit only a certain percentage from each racial group for the sake of "diversity".http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/washington/05cnd-scotus.html?hp&ex=1149566400&en=a57b596a5d121bdd&ei=5094&partner=homepageThe idea that schools choose the race of it's students, for any

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So odd, a few years back, some mistaken me for a conservative because I criticized Haunani-Kay Trask, Al Gore, and the Radical Leftists at UH. For that I got viscious smears from people like Tobin Jones.However, if you read my blog posts the last few months, it is something that would give me viscious smears from the Radical Right.Most of political opinions haven't changed, but my priorities on

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As I think about my experiences with P.E. classes as a student, my middle school and my high school had different approaches.At my middle school, all students had to participate in the same team sports as everyone else. The P.E. curriculum is only team sports (ie basketball, flag football, soccer, volleyball, baseball).At my high school, there was a very different approach. Every other week, the

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Here's my editorial published in yesterday's Honolulu Star Bulletinhttp://starbulletin.com/2006/04/30/editorial/commentary.htmlGathering PlacePablo Wegesend Time doesn't stand still and neither can HawaiiIT IS natural for people to reminisce about the old days. I'm only 25 years old, and I already feel nostalgic about the good times of the past. That's totally OK when you're sitting alone at home

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First, who is Thomas Sowell?He is an African-American conservative economist who writes a lot of editorials that have been published in newspapers nationwide.While I used to enjoy his articles on economics, I find him extremely paranoid when it comes to immigrant. He keeps saying that modern-day immigrants (especially the ones from the Middle East and Latin America) refuse to adjust to American

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1) Thomas Sowell, like many other right-wing conservatives, believe that immigrants refuse to adjust to American culture and are taking American jobs. BULL-DUNG!http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/04/11/193239.htmlHere's my message to Thomas SowellYou keep claiming that current-day immigrants aren't adjusting to American culture.Then why do I keep hearing immigrant teenagers

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Here's an email from a friend commenting on the riots in FranceWhen those riots began in France some month ago, and the majority of participants were the teenage children of Mulism immigrants, the "nativist" bigot brigrade of the West, blamed this on the innate evil of immigrants from Muslim countries. They snarled that it was these Muslim immigrants that were imposing their own violent culture

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This past weekend, in LA, Phoenix and other US cities, people were protesting the anti-immigration laws being proposed in the US Congress.Now, the warriors of conservative correctness are again, putting out their lame arguments. I'll break them down here-----------------------------------------------------------------Lame Argument #1 - Illegal aliens broke a law, so they deserve to be

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Thomas Friedman had a great editorial on the Dubai ports controversy. He tells the truth about the United Arab Emirates, and it's main city Abu Dubaihttp://www.iht.com/bin/challenge.php?URI=http://iht.nytimes.com/protected/articles/2006/03/15/opinion/edfried.phpDubai is not a democracy, and it is not without warts. But it is a bridge of decency that leads away from the failing civilization

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1)UAE seaport controversyThere has been all this controversy over a company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) taking over the management of the seaports in New York/New Jersey, Baltimore, Miami and New Orleans.Because UAE is an Arab country, people got hysterical about it! Too many people in the US assume that all Arab countries are run by anti-American Islamic fanatics.However, the UAE is run

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Some folks on the mainland are whining that their immigrant neighbors have a lot of people living in the same house.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/magazine/26wwln_lead.htmlI would tell them "Big F----in Deal!"Ideally, the less people in the home, the better. That is because you'd get more privacy.However, if your family is poor, you'd got to make some sacrifices. That might mean having many of

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Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate in 1996 & 2000 elections, has died on March 1, 2006.http://www.lp.org/media/article_294.shtmlI have learned about Browne through some politically minded friends in the summer of 2000. At the time, I was struggling between voting for Al Gore or George W. Bush. I knew what their political tendencies were, I just don't always agree with

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This is from an advice column from one week ago.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/17/il/FP602170319.htmlTHE ADVICE DIVADon't bring up a hairy situationBy Tara SolomonDEAR ADVICE DIVA:A friend of mine is absolutely adorable, with one exception — she has an abnormal amount of noticeable body hair on her arms, the small of her back, and even along the side of her face, like

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It's been 2 weeks since I last posted on this blog.1) I had a real bad cold at the beginning of this month.The first few days, I was exhausted after work. It wasn't the stress, since there were work days a lot more stressful than that. It was the lack of energy that comes along with having a cold.The following weekend, my head was hot but my lower body was cold. It was bizzare!I dont take cold

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You would think that with women gaining the presidency of a diverse group of nations like Germany, Chile, Liberia -- that all this talk about "women must stay home instead of women" would be as old-fashioned as saying the "world is flat"But even in America, some people still haven't gotten the message. In fact, there's even women who demand that all women be subordinate to men.An example would be

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In my previous post, I mentioned that people are surprised when I tell them that I lived in Hawaii all my life!In most cases, people assume that I'm from California or Mexico. Hey, I have to admit, most Mexicans I know in Hawaii are either from the mainland U.S. or Mexico.But some have also said that I look like I'm from the Middle East.Some kids asked if I was from Iraq or Afghanistan. Other

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Hawaii journalist Peter Boylan says that other people in Hawaii are surprised when he tells them he too is from Hawaii.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/16/il/FP601160310.htmlI understand how he feels.Here's my email to him.I could really relate to your Monday's editorial.I am of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Portuguese and German ancestry and I grew up in Kalihi.However, when I meet

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Last night on ABC, John Stossell had a documentary on the failures of American public schools.http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/story?id=1500338I work in Hawaii's public school system as a substitute teacher, and do I agree with one major fact that's emphasized by John Stossell ------ ONE SCHOOL DOESN'T FIT ALL!1) In Hawaii and most other states, students are required to go to the school of

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An interesting article about who is helping sex workers in Turkeyhttp://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/index.html?blog=/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/28/sex/index.htmlIn May, the UN Organization for Migration set up a hotline, staffed by multilingual operators, for women who have been forced into sexual slavery to call for help. But rather than hearing from desperate women, the operators are hearing from

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Vox Day and other Right Wing fanatics would advise women to rely on their husbands and to not work.Here's a woman who took that advice(From Annie's Mailbox advice column from 1/03/06)http://www.creators.com/lifestyle_show.cfm?next=2&ColumnsName=amaDear Annie: Can someone explain to me how a man can take a 33-year marriage and just walk away? The heck with his children, grandchildren and wife.We

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In my previous post, I discussed how men like Don Fender, who still demand traditional gender roles, are really inscure men trying to hide how soft and weak they are!There's another editorialist who fits that description - Vox Day who writes for World Net Dailyhere's his archiveshttp://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/archives.asp?AUTHOR_ID=175Vox Day title's his editorial page as Vox populi. So the

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Extreme Right Wing Conservative Don Feder applauds the new King Kong movie for portraying stereotypical gender roles.http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20675Here's my response to Don Feder's words------------------------------------------------Feder:Feminism supposedly having liberated us from gender stereotypes, today’s heroines are emotionally androgynous. They compete with

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In my previous post, I mentioned about this Chinese male who said that he "didn't consider Filipinos to be Asians".My friend Stuart Hayashi (who is Japanese American) has this to say----------------------------------------------------------------------------I do not see any problem with Filipinos being considered "Asians,"regardless of whether or not they are generally darker than East Asians

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I remember a while back, some this one Chinese guy said that he didn't consider Filipinos to be Asians, because Filipinos are brown-skinned!That's a stupid thing to say!Does that guy consider Indonesians, Malaysians, and Cambodians to be Asians too? Because that what Filipinos look like!That moron think that only yellow skinned Asians are "true Asians". That would include Chinese, Japanese,

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All the Extreme Right-Wing Christian fanatics are crying about the so-called "War on Christmas".Why?All because some store employees say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas"All because some people believe that the traditions of non-Christian religions ought to be celebrated too!Those Right-Wing Christian fanatics complain about being persecuted because someone said "Happy Holidays", some

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1) Starting this past weekend, there were racial riots in Sydney, Australia.http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/14/australia.racial.unrest.ap/index.htmlIt started when 2 Lebanese men attacked a white lifeguard at a Sydney beach. The Euro-Australians retaliated by attacking those who look Middle Eastern. Then the Middle Eastern youth fought back.I remember reading in a newspaper that one of

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It is natural for people to reminisce about the old days. I'm only 25 years old, and already feel nostalgia about the good times of the past.That's totally OK when you're sitting alone at your home or when talking story to old-time friends.However, some people use that as an excuse to oppose any developments, whether it's a new condo building, a new neighborhood or a new Wal-Mart being built.Many

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On November 22, 2005, an 11 year old girl was raped by 5 boys in Beretania Community Park near Kukui Gardens.http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/27/news/story02.htmlI have been following this story because the victim and 3 of the agressors have been reported to attend Central Middle School, where I occassionally work as a substitute teacher.I dont know the names and even if I did, I'm not allowed to

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Thanksgiving was 2 days ago.What am I thankful for?1) I'm thankful that my home has running water, electricity, and flushing toilets. Stuff that so many Americans consider basic is stuff many people worldwide don't even have. Imagine your life without them. That's the life that millions worldwide have to put up with every day. That's the life our ancestors had to put up with.2) I'm thankful to be

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In the last few years, a lot of Europeans talk about how America is so violent, so filled with inequalities, so intolerant, etc, etc.The Europeans need to look at the mirror before pointing fingers in America.The riots that have been going on in France is proof that the Europe isn't so peaceful, tolerant nor a society of equality.These riots started after a police chase which resulted in two

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You would think that a 23 year old person who lived in Hawaii his whole life would have basic knowledge about Hawaii.But a former friend (profiled in my 9/29/05 post) was so ignorant about some basic things, it can be great comedy to those who know Hawaii wellHere's a sample of his ignorance (by the way - all this was said when he was already in his 20's)1) He thought Waimanalo and Waianae were

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Gun control fanatics look at the USA for being the evil boogey-man for having the nerve to not ban guns.Don't worry, USA has Brazil on it's side.http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1023BrazilGuns23-ON.htmlAssociated PressOct. 23, 2005 03:00 PMRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilians soundly rejected a proposal to ban guns in a national referendum Sunday, striking down the bid to stem one of the

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With all the controversy surrounding the Kamehameha Schools, one Native Hawaiian has an interesting ideahttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/25/ln/FP510250357.html((Kimo) Kelii said the school, founded by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop in the late 1800s, has "done a pathetic job in the education of all Native Hawaiian kids."Kamehameha's trustees, he said, should consider shutting

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This Saturday UH football team will play Fresno State at Aloha Stadium.This is one of the biggest rivalries in the Western Athletic Conference.Reasons for that include1) Fresno State fans are notoriously rude to visiting teams - throwing stuff (including screwdrivers) and yelling nasty insults.2) Hawaii has beat Fresno State when Fresno State thought they were hot shit. You know, Fresno State has

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This past Saturday, I became 25 years old.1) I didn't have time to update this blog that day (I use the public library computers to surf the Internet), but I did have an adventurous day.In the morning, I had breakfast with my parents and grandmother at Kam Bowl's in Kalihi (they got the best fried rice & scrambled eggs). That is my birthday tradition to eat over there.Later, in the noon/afternoon

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1) The Honolulu Advertiser recently had an article about Farrington High School.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/09/ln/FP510090344.htmlHere's what I wrote to the editorsI thought the article on Farrington High School was interesting, but the Tiger in me (I'm a McKinley grad) is a little envious.I think it would be a good idea to do a profile on McKinley High School and put in on

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Today is Columbus Day. It's a federal holiday, but it's not a state holiday in Hawaii.My thoughts on Christopher Columbus ----- while Columbus is important in world history , he DID NOT discover America. America was already settled by Native Americans by the time Columbus came by. So why is it that when the 1st European man comes to a place, he's credited with "discovering" it.There are good and

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Usually, we associate Parent-Teachers Associations (PTA) with elementary, middle and high schools.However, University of Hawaii also has a PTA.This has caused some controversy.http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Oct/02/ln/FP510020331.htmlThe reason why a PTA was started at UH was because some parents were concerned about what was going in the dorms. There incidents at the dorms where

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9/29/2003 is memorable to me for 2 reasons - 1) end of bus strike and 2) end of a friendship1) The bus drivers strike was so stupid. The bus drivers going on strike didn't deserve any sympathy. They didn't even get sympathy from the usually pro-union radio host Larry Price. And they had no sympathy from me.Bus drivers already make more money than cops, fire-fighters and teachers, so they had no

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1) I was so busy on Sunday & Monday, that only now I'm posting comments about the sad events 4 years ago - the 9/11 attacks.You can check my past posts to find out what I think about the politics surrounding 9/11 and the War on Terror.I want to talk about my experiences on that day 9/11/05.At the time, I was a college student living in the dorms at UH-Manoa. Being that I was in Hawaii, I was

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Some of my thoughts on Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans as well as other parts of the Southeast US.1) I never visited New Orleans but always thought it'll be an interesting place to visit. It had the Mardi Gras, jazz festivals, the Cajun culture, the vodoo dolls, and a mix of French and African culture. There is also some immigrants from Mexico, Vietnam and other nations living there.The

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1125709738945307262005-09-02T14:57:00.000-10:002005-09-02T15:08:58.950-10:00

I'm looking forward to start of the U.H. football season tommorow, as the Warriors take on the Trojans of USC.Unfortunately, the folks at Aloha Stadium has done the cowardly thing and delayed the decision on whether to ban alcohol at games.The idea that "getting drunk at games is part of the experience" is stupid. I dont watch sports to get drunk, I watch sports to see the action on the field.I

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1125708937245691172005-09-02T14:47:00.000-10:002005-09-02T14:55:37.250-10:00

We always complain that the price of gasoline is too high.Gas prices in Hawaii are higher than the rest of the US, so people demand that government do something about it. They want government to make gas cheaper. They don't even bother to find out what are the factors that determine the price of gas.Demand for oil is rising because China and India (2 billion people combined) are using more oil

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1125276876142936942005-08-28T14:38:00.000-10:002005-08-28T14:54:36.150-10:00

Conservatives love to talk about horror stories of teen pregnancy.They do this because they want to scare young people from having sex.They say that once a teenage girl gets pregnant, she can no longer live a productive life. BULLSHIT!There is also stereotypes that those born to teen mothers are likely to end up in jail. That has happened in some cases.It ain't easy to be teen parent. I wouldn't

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1124247181164502702005-08-16T16:51:00.000-10:002005-08-16T16:53:01.170-10:00

The Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting over land for 50+ years. This started because during the late 1800's/ early 1900's, many European Jews wanted to go back to their ancestral land. However, at the time, the Palestinian Arabs dominated what is now Israel.After the 1st World War, the British took the land that is now Israel. Some Jews moved in. Then, in World War 2, Hitler invaded

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Everytime something goes wrong in Hawaii, there's always a whiner who say it'll scare away the tourists.For example, when the University of Hawaii football got into a fight with the players from Cincinnati (2002) and Houston(2003), a bunch of letters to the editor said it'll scare away the tourists.Nevermind that fights happen at sports events worldwide.Now, there's this film about transvestite

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1124164371798104402005-08-15T17:52:00.000-10:002005-08-15T18:09:35.426-10:00

Pablo The Mad TigerPhoto taken near my home.You can also see this photo by clicking on "View My Complete Profile" on the right-side of this blog.

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1) There were rallies in Hawaii defending Kamehameha School's one-race admission policy.Why can't everyone just learn to integrate already? This is the 21st Century!2) Honolulu Advertiser had an article on Samoan and Micronesian ministers trying to get the kids to get along. There have been fights between Samoan and Micronesian kids, and the ministers are trying to stop that.http://

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Kamehameha Schools admissions policy is illegal.To be admitted to Kamehameha Schools, one must have some Native Hawaiian ancestry.People already think that policy is a joke. Why?Just check out the Kamehameha Schools yearbook (you can check it out at the main state library in downtown Honolulu, just go to the Hawaii-Pacific section and ask the

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1120967125166532332005-07-09T17:37:00.000-10:002005-07-09T17:48:56.286-10:00

On my 7/1/05 post on Reverend Billy Graham, I mentioned that some conservatives were upset that Graham said the following"I told President Clinton that when he left office, he should be an evangelist because he has all the right gifts for it, and he should leave his wife to run the country."I mentioned that I think Graham was just joking with Bill Clinton, not making an explicit endorsement for

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1120889420677570202005-07-08T19:29:00.000-10:002005-08-16T15:52:51.446-10:00

What a controversial thing to say!However, a powerful Republican senator, Rick Santorium, said some very controversial things about the role of women in his latest book,Here, Bill Press talks about Santorium's idiocy.http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45180And, besides, who needs a college education, anyway? Certainly, not single women trying to better themselves. Argues

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1120885560178132472005-07-08T19:04:00.000-10:002005-07-08T19:06:00.186-10:00

Yesterday, the subways of London was bombed. Total dead is not yet known.There are several possible motives for the bombing.1) To intimidate the G-8 summit taking place in Gerthshire, Scotland. The G-8 summit is the meeting with the leaders of the 8 wealthiest nations on Earth (USA, Great Britain, France, Japan, Canada, Germany, Italy, Russia). The G-8 summit was to discuss topics like Islamic

Pablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6009416.post-1120469880092470842005-07-03T23:36:00.000-10:002005-07-03T23:38:00.316-10:00

As I'm typing this, it's less than a hour from the 4th of July. I wont have time to update the blog tomorrow so I'm writing it now.While some use this day as an excuse to pop fireworks, I avoid doing so. But I will watch a fireworks show near Ala Moana Beach Park.July 4th is the day the USA declared independence from Great Britain. It is the birth of a nation, that while flawed, is the symbol of

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