Things to know about Hawaii: [View all]

Last edited Tue Dec 8, 2020, 02:52 PM - Edit history (2)

(inspired by liberalmike27)
Update: probably better to wait till the pandemic is pau.
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Our Queen was beloved, was overthrown at gunpoint, and yes, it is still painful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliuokalani

Citizens of the Kingdom of Hawaii were from all nationalities. One of the greatest patriots, Robert Wilcox, was hapa haole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Wilcox

Many songs you hear on the radio and sing today are from or about that era http://www.huapala.org/Ka_Mamakakaua.html

(mahalo Israel and Skippy)

Those shell leis they give away at Hilo Hatties don't make you look local. We don't care if you are or not anyway.

If you're staying in a hotel, bet you a million bucks they aren't actually recycling those plastic bottles, though they say they do. If you put them in the rubbish cans on the street, the homeless will recycle them. On Oahu, Big Island and Lana'i, better just get a glass and drink the water from the faucet. It's wonderful. Maui, too bad, the water tastes junk.

Though Democrats have a huge majority in our state legislature, (only one republican state Senator), that doesn't mean they are all liberal, even remotely. I'm sure you knew that already.

If you come here and want to really plug in to our community, read Ian Lind's blog http://ilind.net Kanu Hawaii http://www.kanuhawaii.org/ check out Common Cause Hawaii http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846213 Hokule'a and the Polynesian Voyaging Society too http://pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu/ just for starters.

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Don't go hiking after it rains! Too slippery! Don't go in the ocean after it rains! Too dirty! Wait a bit...

Though we have some amazing teachers ( I did anyway), our education system is terrible and everything is nutso expensive and yes, housing too. Spiffy website: http://www.oahure.com/InstantSearch.php?&MyPropertyType=1 (I don't know those people but it's a pretty handy tool)

This community is woven together with generations of relationships, and yet new residents find welcome in countless community groups and efforts. New people bring us fresh streams of inspiration and ideas, when joined with traditional knowledge and wisdom, good things happen all over the islands!

Our violent crime rates are pretty low, except for domestic violence, which is heartbreaking.

We really do want you to come visit! (Except Molokai. They don't want you there. They don't want me there either, bless them.)

Expensive hotels are not the best or even the a good way to go.

Aloha is real. Very real! http://www.lifeintheseislands.com/2009/01/20/aloha-more-than-a-greeting-a-way-of-life-a-state-law/

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Uncle Moe Keale was a wonderful kind and gifted man who's music and aloha is still with us
Hui hou-