Just saw a post on Mastodon neither Hawaii Senator or Representatives or Governor showed any support for todayʻs protests. Out of Touch.
Hawaii showed up. 1500 I’m sleepy Kona. Many many more giving encouragement driving by. We can’t be ignored
Trump has brought out the radical side of my wife. It was always there, just suppressed. She’s half Native American. Whew!
There is a breath so gently breathing So soft, so sweet, by sighing breezes That as it touches my whole being It warms me in my heart
We’ll be attending the last No Kings protest in the country in Kona this afternoon. Mahalo to Guam for kicking everything off
E ku’u morning dew
I won’t be carrying flags tommorow, but my ancestry hails from Italy, Ireland and England. My bloodlines left England a long time ago (well established in N America by early 1700s), the Irish more recent (late 1700s) and Italian still more recently (late 1800s).
Everything the US government has ever done in Hawaii has been bad. If they aren’t going to return sovereignty to the Hawaiians, at least stop doing damage and leave Hawaii’s people be.
On another note, I’ve worked with immigrants my entire life, most legal, many not. Filipino, Samoan, Vietnamese, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Aussies more recently Micronesians. They work, pay taxes, contribute, volunteer. Their kids go to school and play sports with our kids. Nothing to see here
Our communities have functioned just fine without federal intervention. We’ve had protests and just deal with it. Protests about development or the ongoing presence in front of the church about abortion. Crime ebbs and flows. Trump has fucked with something that didn’t need fucking with.
I noticed right away things are a little more zippy with the new router. The old one had periodic drop outs, Time will tell.
New router successfully deployed. To be fair, I’ve done it dozens of times before and I was the IT manager at a private school for a period. Now I’m getting all of message of devices in or home connecting so all must be ok
My wife trying to reason with her MAGA son reminds me of this old quote. Maybe it’s also why past Presidents and the like are kinda quiet
“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” ― George Bernard Shaw
The democrats lack the puuwai to do anythng really meaningful. Make a stand, grind the wheels to a halt.
On another note. There are many advantages to getting older, but one bad one is having to revisit every sports injury I’ve ever had with a side of arthritis to boot.