Palin tries to sound really really smart talking about the Presidents Health Care summit EPIC FAIL

Sarah Palin (AKA Scarah Failin), scarin up a whole new pot of racists, bigots and nay sayers tries to sound yet again like she knows what she is talking about. DId Sarah Pailin come up with any iodeas for healthcare? No.

Is she a glorified armchair quarterback? Yes. Is her carreer getting close to her doing the sports and weather yet? yes. Very close. Is the Presidency close for her? Yes. As close as Aunty Em and home. ALl she needs is the ruby slippers and three clicks of her heels.

What Did George W Bush Accomplish in His first year? Find Out.

With everyone giving our Prez a hard time, lets just back up and look at what he is actually doing right now.

First of all, he is taking care of state dinners, flying all over the world trying to better our image, handling healthcare, and trying to get the war in afghanistan from turning into another 8 years. Everyone is whining. But this isn't done yet, and this isnt done yet. Oh, cut it out, kids. The man has four years you know.  If you ask me he is doing a pretty monumental job. Not only that he is still charming, young, handsome, has a wonderful family and tucks his kids into bed at night and loves his wife, ok? So knock it off.

Look, you could always have another Dubya on your hands. Would you prefer that? I found this great website, here is the link: showing Dubyas accomplishments in his first year in office.

For Your viewing pleasure, I have c and pd it right here, so lets just sit back, relax, and peruse this list, shall we?(Bad stuff is marked with an asterick (*))

 George W. Bush's first year in office (List of 77 accomplishments)
www.redpepper.org.uk ^ | 3/25/02 | Red Pepper staff

Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 8:14:09 AM by LarryLied

In George W. Bush's first year in office he:

1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.*
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.*
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.*
4. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.*
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.*

6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.*
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (please see San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).**
8. Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28% *
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws. **
10. Approved the sending of letters by Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.  *

11. Appointed John Negroponte -- an unindicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador.  *
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rainforest conservation.  *
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance. *
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents. *
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on public lands. *

16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing. *
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters. *
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement. 19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers. *
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property. *

21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work.  *
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).  *
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.  *
24. Appointed Otto Reich -- an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure -- to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.  *
25. Cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $500 million.  *

26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List.  *
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.  *
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety.  *
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming.  *
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds.  *

31. Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach.  *
32. Nominated David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.  *
33. Approved a controversial plan by Interior Secretary Gale Norton to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida.  *
34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling.  *
35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.  *

36. Gutted the White House AIDS Office.  *
37. Renegotiated a free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers's rights and safeguards for the environment.  *
38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.  *
39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior.  *
40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality.  *

41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.  *
42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.  *
44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can.  *
45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.  *

46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit.  *
47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, 43% of which will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.  *
48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.  *
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants." (Meet the Press.")  *
50. Appointed Diana Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. ("There is no gender gap in pay", Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.)  *

51. Appointed Kay Cole James, an opponent of affirmative action, to direct the Office of Personnel Management.  *
52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.  *
53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards.  *
54. Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children.  *
55. Is pushing for development of small nuclear arms to attack deeply buried targets and weapons. This would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.  *

56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton, the attorney responsible for a recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act, to federal appeals court judgeship.  *
57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building. *
58. Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the   Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship.  *
59. Appointed John Bolton, who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the UN, to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.  *
60. Nominated Linda Fisher, an executive with Monsanto, for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency.  *

61. Nominated Michael McConnell, leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship.  *
62. Nominated Terrence Boyle, an ardent opponent of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.  *
63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars.  *
64. Nominated Harvey Pitts, a lawyer for a teen sex video distributor, to head SEC.  *
65. Nominated John Walters, a strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs, to be Drug Tsar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.)  *

66. Nominated J. Steven Giles, an oil and coal lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior.  *
67. Nominated Bennett Raley, who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act, for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science  *
68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the US against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.  *
69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents.  *
70. Reduced the Low Income Home Assistance Program by 40%; it aided low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.  *

71. Nominated Ted Olson, who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton, for Solicitor General.
72. Nominated Terrance Boyle, a foe of civil rights, to a federal judgeship.  *
73. Proposes to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington Post, May 18, 2001.)  *
74. Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines.  *
75. Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve.  *
76. Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions.  *
77. Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist. **


WELL HECK 77 OUT of 77 ARE THINGS OBAMA HAS TO FIX NOW.


WHAT DO YOU NAY SAYERS, WHINERS AND COMPLAINERS HAVE TO SAY NOW? 


I will be posting the other 7 years up here as well.
Ok, then...lighten up.


Its either HOPE or THE DOPE. Make up your minds

The Ballad of Sarah Palin

Anyone for a Sarah Palin "Going Rougue" Bookburning? Ill bring the wood. Moose not included

Call em out!! Sarah Palins Lies

 CALL EM OUT WEBSITE

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Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Thanksgiving message CLICK HERE

A Message from Lieutenant Governor Candidate Gary Hooser:

I have come to believe that much of the hand-wringing and sometimes hysterical rhetoric about civil unions is a bit of a red herring in that it distracts us from what should be our focus whenever we make laws: access to justice for all.

As Americans we pride ourselves on being a nation of laws. And indeed people flock to our shores because they are attracted to a system of laws structured to ensure that all are treated equally. The question of civil unions should not be confused with the sanctification of marriage that religious institutions provide and which indeed should be their domain. The state’s primary responsibility is to provide the legal structure and ensure that the law is applied equally. Would anyone disagree with the very American idea that if all citizens are to be treated equally, all citizens should have access to the same legal structure and the protections that come with it?

The divisive scare-mongering and bombastic hyperbole that fills the airwaves of talk radio are similar to the noise that surrounds any attempt to have any civil discussion of civil unions. Visceral antipathies tend to obscure what should remain a consistent focus on cherished American values, laws and freedoms. Even conservatives like David Keene, Grover Norquist and Bob Barr have, in a different context, called for the "scare-mongering to stop."

Indeed, the misleading rhetoric on civil unions and the divisiveness it fosters need to stop.

This is a time that calls for greater unity, not less. The challenges we face are real and daunting: the need to give our children a quality education, the need for jobs, the need to protect our environment and reduce our dependency on foreign oil, the need to provide healthcare for all. These very large issues of public policy demand our best energies and our most creative solutions. It is to these areas that we should direct our combined efforts as a community. We can do this. We can rise above our parochial, private interests and work for the greater good without denying our neighbor the enjoyment of a private life complete with all the rights each of us expects as Americans.

We can and must find agreement and it is possible by viewing this important subject through the prism of equal rights. I know we can do this. I know it because we are Americans. Our country was founded on these principles, the most basic among them being personal freedom and equal protection under the law.

A recent New York Times article touted Hawai‘i’s healthcare system as a “lesson for lawmakers.” Workers in our state, who work more than 20 hours a week, have enjoyed health care benefits since 1974. A rarity in other states in the union, Congress is looking for ways to incorporate similar initiatives in the new national plans.

Compared to many parts of the country, Hawai‘i has a comfortable climate that promotes healthy living. We have the ability to eat nutritious produce that is grown locally and enjoy the health benefits of fresh-caught seafood. For many, the outdoors is our playground.

Our people enjoy the ocean, hiking on mountain trails and increasingly are taking up cycling and walking as our infrastructure for these activities improves and becomes more accessible. For these reasons and others, Hawai‘i’s Medicare costs are far below the national average. Culturally, our guiding principles reiterate shared responsibility. In the spirit of ohana, legislators, providers and citizens know of the need to work together to provide care for all.

Yet today, nearly 125,000 people in our islands are without health insurance. Amid the economic downturn, newly unemployed workers are watching their benefits dissolve. Employers are also struggling to afford the ever-rising cost of insurance while revenue declines. In recent years, an increasing number of part-time (less than 19 hours per week) employees have been utilized by businesses around our state to keep costs down and avoid health care insurance requirements.

With prices of medication rising faster than inflation, the incomes of seniors, the chronically ill, and the working poor, are suffering. Many of Hawai‘i's people face tough choices about their health, and may go without medication in order to pay for other basic needs. Additionally, our small hospitals on Kaua‘i and throughout the neighbor islands, are facing shrinking budgets and increasing deficits.

I have dealt with this first-hand. My wife’s parents who reside with us in Wailua Homesteads are a living testament to the benefit of our country’s existing “public option.” While not without its shortcomings, if not for Medicare there is no doubt that the challenges of growing old would have bankrupted our family years ago. I know the struggles personally of providing our increasingly ageing population with adequate care within the constraints of a working family’s limited budget.

All Americans have a right to expect affordable, quality healthcare. 
I am in support of a single-payer universal coverage system where no one is denied health care due to lack of income. Legislative action must prevent any cuts or changes that reduce the existing benefits of Medicare/Medicaid and must support efforts to increase reimbursements to health care providers. The health care insurance and pharmaceutical industries have profited from the sick and injured long enough. It is time again to put the customer first and ensure that everyone is provided affordable quality care.

Several initiatives intended to reform and improve our health care system are currently being debated at the federal level in Congress. I am hopeful that our federal leaders will pass a law that gradually expands Medicare and/or Medicaid benefits to more Americans. In addition, support for community-based health centers must also be increased. This is possible without taking away existing benefits from those who desire, and can afford a higher level of service.

Local and national leaders must take charge and adapt the healthcare system to the times.

While today’s budget crisis is temporary, the negative impacts of cutting 17 days of classroom instruction this year will last forever. No one will disagree that as a direct result of this action student achievement will suffer, test scores will fall and the future of an entire generation of young people will be impacted. The disruption to our families as they scramble with the added burden, further multiplies the adverse impacts.

When I speak to community groups around the state, I like to repeat a truism I have learned serving in the legislature; “When they tell you there is no money, what they are really saying is that it is not a priority.”

The future of our children must be our top priority. While we can complain about the quality and bemoan the historical low ratings of public education in Hawai‘i, losing 17 days of classroom instruction will reverse years of effort and plunge our state deeper into educational mediocrity.

It does not have to be this way. We can avoid teacher furloughs and keep our schools open by having the political will and foresight to use a portion of the $180,000,000 sitting now in the Hawai‘i Hurricane Relief Fund.

As someone whose life was shaken by Hurricane Iwa in 1982 and then losing my home and almost losing my business to Hurricane Iniki in 1992, I do not make this suggestion lightly. The physical damage wrought by a hurricane would be rebuilt, with or without the hurricane fund in place. Insurance companies have returned to Hawai‘i since their post-Iniki departure and federal disaster agencies are also ready to help.

With our budget in dire straits funding options are limited. Every state program has already been drastically cut and all public workers face pay cuts, furloughs and even layoffs. The additional funds needed to make our schools whole are too great to achieve by simply cutting state programs even more. Furthermore, our state constitution guarantees the rights of public workers to bargain collectively. Neither the legislature nor the Governor can dictate to teachers or other public workers specific contract provisions or wage cuts.

Although the hurricane fund can provide immediate relief, long-term answers must come in the 2010 legislative session. We must make the hard decisions with regards to streamlining and restructuring all government services, and face head-on the question regarding possible tax increases. If the public supports increasing taxes to support education, we must approach the topic cautiously with the clear goal of improving the status quo, not simply piling on more tax increases.

To be clear, we cannot continue to rely on tourists and high income residents to carry the brunt of the load. Possibilities include reforming the General Excise Tax (GET) by removing this regressive tax from supermarket food, medical services/supplies and rents under $1,000 – while earmarking a modest net increase for education. Other possibilities include what some are calling the “new sin taxes” - a “sugar tax” on soda, a “fat tax” on fast and/or processed food and a “carbon tax” on oil – all of which would serve the dual purposes of raising much needed funds while deterring inherently unhealthy behavior.

In the coming weeks there will be many meetings and briefings where the pros and cons of various ways to deal with this issue will be debated. These discussions are important, but we must speed the process in restoring our children’s access to education. If others have ideas that would resolve the issue in a realistic and bi-partisan manner, I would love to hear them.

The long-term remedies demand an extensive community discussion and thorough evaluation. The short-term solution however I believe is clear. We need to convene a five day special session, utilize hurricane funds for education, cancel the 17 days of furlough and send both parties back to the bargaining table.

Losing 17 days of classroom instruction is just unacceptable.

In 1966, a well-known California political figure, Jesse M. Unruh, coined the phrase “Money is the mother’s milk of politics.” Today in Hawai‘i, the primary measure of a candidate is too often the question “yes, but can he/she raise the money?”

The opening paragraphs of the bi-partisan Common Cause Agenda for Change says it best: The problem is not so much the amount we spend on political campaigns ... as it is who pays for them, what they get in return and how that distorts public policy and spending priorities. Keeping our elected officials dependent on the very same wealthy special interests they are supposed to regulate undermines public confidence in their government and its ability to tackle the tough issues that face the nation.

To ensure the survival of democracy, to re-inspire and re-engage those who have lost faith in government leaders, who’ve opted out of the system and who no longer even show up to vote on election day, the power of big money and big influence must be tempered through comprehensive campaign spending reform.

It is likely to cost $2 million to $3 million or more to get elected governor in Hawai‘i in the upcoming 2010 elections. The successful candidate for the office of lieutenant governor will spend at least $500,000 in the primary election alone.

While the majority of funds are spent on radio, TV and newspaper advertising, there are myriad other expenses such as office rental, yard signs, banners, mailings, brochures and inter-island travel.

Getting your message out to the public, building statewide name recognition, running a year-long effort focused on success at the polls on election day is just plain expensive.

There are only a few basic ways to raise money: go to Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu and ask 100 big dogs for the maximum $6,000, reach out to main street and try to find 6,000 regular people to contribute $100 each, ask Mom or Dad for a loan or dig into personal family wealth (if they have any).

For many good candidates, Bishop Street is a foreign town and accessing family assets is just not an option. These financial realities alone are formidable roadblocks to most who contemplate running for high office. To move higher requires convincing the moneyed elite that you are worthy. Or, one must be very good at organizing at the grassroots level and be able to build a veritable army of people willing to contribute at the $10 to $100 level.

Is this a bad thing? A rhetorical question for the candidate because this is the system we operate under. You have to be elected to serve and you have to raise the money to be elected. For the long-term public interest, it is a real question and the answer in my humble opinion is yes, it is a bad thing. Choosing our public leaders based on their ability to raise large amounts of money clearly does not serve the public interest.

A viable statewide public funding option is needed in Hawai‘i. A system whereby qualified candidates may access public funds to level the playing field against the favorite sons and daughters of established political and moneyed interests is essential to re-instill faith and confidence in the democratic process.

Until a fully funded public option is available in Hawai‘i, it is up to both the moneyed elite and the grassroots, and yes, Mom and Dad too, to carry the very heavy weight of paying the cost of the very core of our democracy — free and fair elections.

Neil AMbercrombie(US Congress) Candidate for Governor, 2010 Hawaii CLICK HERE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The President Pardons "Courage". Why I Am Thankful For Our President.

I am thankful for a lot of things. My kids, a roof over my head, great friends and ohana, help with my health, and trying to get better, and thankful thqat  I can rest and recover from my illness. I am thankful that my girls are growing up, tall and proud, and secure in who and what they are and what they stand for. I'm thankfull that after 30 years of living here, I am still here, lucky live Kaua'i.

But this year there is something a bit extra special to be thankful for as well, and that is being thankful for our President. I was a real "Mama for Obama" during the campaign and I wept before, during and after the inaugueration..tears of joy of course. Yep, I'm a weeper.

When I read the Presidents pardoning of "Courage" the turkey, it just brought home all the reasons I just adore my president. He has kids, two girls, and is bi racial, just like me. His wife Michelle is 5 foot 10 almost as tall as me. He is cool, hip, and someone I can totally relate to. He believs in things that I beleive in too. And he does things exactly the way I would do them, if I were president.

Just read this transcript. All of the wonderful qualities of our President and the First Family come out in this speech. I am thankful for our president. You should be too!

HERE IS THE TRANSCRIPT:

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

November 25, 2009

Remarks by the President on Pardoning of the National Turkey

North Portico

11:41 A.M. EST

     THE PRESIDENT:  Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.  Welcome to the White House.  On behalf of Sasha and Malia and myself, we're thrilled to see you.  I want to thank Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and Joel Brandenberger, its president, for donating this year's turkey.  His name is "Courage," and he traveled here from Goldsboro, North Carolina, where he was raised under Walter's own precious care.

     (Turkey gobbles.)

     THE PRESIDENT:  There you go.  (Laughter.)

Now, the National Turkey Federation has been bringing its finest turkeys to the White House for more than 50 years.  I'm told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys.  You can't fault them for that; that's a good-looking bird.  (Laughter.)  President Kennedy was even given a turkey with a sign around its neck that said, "Good Eatin', Mr. President."  But he showed mercy and he said, "Let's keep him going."  And 20 years ago this Thanksgiving, the first President Bush issued the first official presidential pardon for a turkey.

Today, I am pleased to announce that thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha -- because I was planning to eat this sucker -- (laughter) -- "Courage" will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate.  Later today, he'll head to Disneyland, where he'll be grand marshal of tomorrow's parade.  And just in case "Courage" can't fulfill his responsibilities, Walter brought along another turkey, "Carolina," as an alternate, the stand-in.

Now, later this afternoon, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I will take two of their less fortunate brethren to Martha's Table, an organization that does extraordinary work to help folks here in D.C. who need it the most.  And I want to thank Jaindl's Turkey Farm in Orefield, Pennsylvania, for donating those dressed birds for dinner.  So today, all told, I believe it's fair to say that we have saved or created four turkeys.  (Laughter.)

You know, there are certain days that remind me of why I ran for this office.  And then there are moments like this -- (laughter) -- where I pardon a turkey and send it to Disneyland.  (Laughter.)  But every single day, I am thankful for the extraordinary responsibility that the American people have placed in me.  I am humbled by the privilege that it is to serve them, and the tremendous honor it is to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military in the world -- and I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to every service member at home or in harm's way.  We're proud of you and we are thinking of you and we're praying for you.

When my family and I sit around the table tomorrow, just like millions of other families across America, we'll take time to give our thanks for many blessings.  But we'll also remember this is a time when so many members of our American family are hurting.  There's no question this has been a tough year for America.  We're at war.  Our economy is emerging from an extraordinary recession into recovery.  But there's a long way to go and a lot of work to do.

In more tranquil times, it's easy to notice our many blessings.  It's even easier to take them for granted.  But in times like these, they resonate a bit more powerfully.  When President Lincoln set aside the National Day of Thanksgiving for the first time -- to celebrate America's "fruitful fields," "healthful skies," and the "strength and vigor" of the American people -- it was in the midst of the Civil War, just when the future of our very union was most in doubt.  So think about that.  When times were darkest, President Lincoln understood that our American blessings shined brighter than ever.

This is an era of new perils and new hardships.  But we are, as ever, a people of endless compassion, boundless ingenuity, limitless strength.  We're the heirs to a hard-earned history and stewards of a land of God-given beauty.  We are Americans.  And for all this, we give our humble thanks -- to our predecessors, to one another, and to God.

So on this quintessentially American holiday, as we give thanks for what we've got, let's also give back to those who are less fortunate.  As we give thanks for our loved ones, let us remember those who can't be with us.  And as we give thanks for our security, let's in turn thank those who've sacrificed to make it possible, wherever they may be.

Now, before this turkey gets too nervous that Bo will escape and screw up this pardon -- (laughter) -- or before I change my mind, I hereby pardon "Courage" so that he can live out the rest of his days in peace and tranquility in Disneyland.

And to every American, I want to wish you, on behalf of myself, Malia, Sasha, and Michelle, the happiest of Thanksgivings.  Thank you very much, everybody.  (Applause.)

Happy Thanksgiving. Aloha.

Thanksgiving-Turkey Pardening- Hawaii Style

Pardoning of the Turkey at the White House-A White House Preview-

WATCH HERE-(I wonder if the turkeys name is  George? Or Bush? Or Dubya?)

President Obama transcript pardoning "Courage" The Turkey< CLICK THIS LINK



CHECK THIS OUT: A PALIN PARDON AT A SLAUGHTER HOUSE!!

OK, So here is my take on the whole mainland "Thanksgiving Holiday". Why can't you people just drop the whole Pilgrim/Indian thing and have a national day  of thanks without stirring up that whole "We came, we saw, we conquered" business?  I mean it's like having a "Confederate Slavers Day" or something. Now that we all know what really went down after this whole romantisised "We all sat down to dinner, after Squanto taught us how to plant corn" thing, after which you massacred my relatives, and eventually sold me off after the 60's sweep to a nice white Catholic couple, the whole idea of the "Mainland" style hypocritical "Thanksgiving Day", with its cherubic and innocent looking little Pilgrim and Indian boy and girl cutouts and cute turkeys means absolutely nothing to me.

In fact, it sparks a lot of anger across Indian Country I am sure, to be reminded each year of how, after you gave these illegal aliens, (Who are now standing at the border as Patriots telling the South Americans to get off their continent and go home ) food, shelter and clothing, and taught them how to feed themselves they went off and sucker punched you, took all the land, killed all your people and herded you into reservations and pretty much forgot about you. Yep, I bet that makes Native Americans real thankful.

Now lets look at the way Hawaii does it, local style. We actually have got this whole "Thanksgiving" thing down. After all, most people here aren't Native American, although there are some here but not enough to make a real dent in things. In Hawaii, Thanksgiving Day truly is a day to give thanks for what you have, with aloha, and invite people over, and sit in the garage, and eat a mixture of local food and mainland food, and really and truly be thankful for what we have without the whole Pilgrim/Indian thing over our heads at the dinner table.

Of course we don't need the Pilgrims, we have mainlanders, and the struggle of Kanaka Maoli to be even recognized as a people, after being illegally overthrown. No, we can't celebrate that coming to the table and hanging out as friends yet. The Hawaiians, have given and given, and no one even made a table to share a meal with them yet. So our version of the whole Pilgrim thing can't actually be celebrated yet.

So instead, we sort  of keep Thanksgiving Day, as a real "Thanksgiving Day". We celebrate with everyone together just for the sheer joy of having a holiday and eating a lot, kanikapila, and for the guys usually watching some football.  Yep, in Hawaii, we do it up royal. We got the right idea. We don't think about that whole mess going on on the mainland, mainly because we are in the middle of our own mess.

So let's be thankful for what we have got, and not what we don't. Lets eat until we are tired. Let's all get together as one big happy ohana.

Because come Monday, we will resume where we all left off.

Aloha. and  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I'm the biggest Obama fan! Here are my fave spoofs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBaX9GPSaQ (Homer Simpson tries to vote for Obama)


(This is a hilairous Health Care spoof-I love this.)



What, did you think im an old fuddy duddy? This is a cool, hip blog, ok? And by the way, I Love my Prez, so have a nice day!