"Mahalo-Until we meet again...‏" 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

This sign is the sign you see upon leaving Kaua'i's main airport in Lihu'e.
It reads, Mahalo, Until we meet again. The sign should read. A Hui Hou, (Until we meet again)

Mahalo-Until we meet again...‏

There is a sign upon approaching the Kauai airport that reads in big bold Type, "Mahalo, and underneath it reads , "until we meet again."

This is confusing since Mahalo translates to Thank you and Until we meet again translates to A Hui Hou.

This  reminds me of the visitor that thinks Mahalo translates to garbage can, since they see Mahalo written on most rubbish containers.

The signage   makes our Visitors Bureau and County  look like  they think 'Mahalo' translates to, 'Until We Meet Again." The sign should be  replaced with "A Hui Hou, Until we meet again."

May I say to everyone reading this Aloha, Thank you very much.

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One day a little boy woke up and sat down at the table expecting breakfast. However, his mother says, "You don't get any breakfast until you do your chores."

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A little pissed off, the boy goes out to do his chores. When he goes to milk the cow, he kicks it. When he goes to get eggs he kicks a chicken, and when he goes to feed the pigs, he kicks a pig.

When the little boy sits down his mother gives him a bowl of dry cereal. "Where is the bacon, eggs and milk?" asks the little boy. His mother replies, "I saw you kick the cow, so you don't get any milk; I saw you kick a chicken so you don't get eggs; and I saw you kick a pig so you don't get any bacon!"

Just as she finishes saying this, the boy's father comes down the stairs and kicks the cat. The little boy looks up at his mother and asks, "Do you want to tell him, or should I?"

" The Modern Age of Airline Courtesy..." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the

 ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years...
Today she talks about f;lying the unfriendly skies 
and how flying ain't what it used to be.
   Enjoy...  ;D)

The Modern Age of Airline Courtesy

I am old enough to remember the way flying the friendly skies used to be; recently taking a trip out west, flying on Southwest...the no frills flight, we came upon a very unfriendly flight crew both coming and going to California.  What are the chances to have the same crew both ways?  

Years ago flying used to be a very enjoyable experience. The flight crews fed you a nice meal with choices, played games with you on the flights, cards, etc and the pilots were more than happy to show you the cockpit and give you a pair of flight wings for a memento...

  The stewardess which is what they were called back then, were friendly and well kept and more than happy to serve you.  today...a different story, the days of the hot towel to freshen up are long gone. Now you enter the plane  with  a heard of people, hopefully you got an A list seat or its the back of the plane for you, you get little to eat, just a few snacks, and many of the flight attendants make it clear they are just doing their job.  Many don't even crack a smile and are almost rude when asked a question.  The days of full service are a thing of the past but one thing remains the same....the high price of flying.  

There are some deals out there but you better make it your full time job to search then out.  The prices change daily for the same flights and better pack light ..there is a fee for suitcases on board now for all airlines except Southwest.  Suitcase too heavy?? extra fee for that too.  Flying is essential at times so welcome to the year 2013; the days of full service and friendly skies are over.

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"Kauai Bus Testimony For County Council..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

The Kaua'i Bus is a great alternative, with gas at almost $5.00 a gallon
and traffic at all time stress levels, it's time for all of  us  to ride Da Bus!

Aloha  Kaua'i County Council, Let this act as my public  testimony in favor of free bus rides not just for County council members, county employee's and the Mayor, but for the community at large!

 County council members  can ride the bus for free and still  receive from  us (The taxpayer) $500 a month car allowance along with a very generous $58,000 salary, great health Insurance  for what is deemed a part time job.   

Councilwoman Yukimura in her recent TGI article asked for testimony concerning Kauai Bus. 

 Here's my testimony;
 We  should all be granted the perk  of riding  the bus for free, why  are the ones with generous salaries allowed to ride the bus for free while others on limited budgets and those  working 2 and 3 jobs must pay?

 There is a solution for more revenues and allowing every citizen to ride the bus for free.

The bus could  sell advertising, in essence the bus becomes a traveling billboard  with large ads on the outside and smaller ads on the inside. This way everyone could ride for  free, or option #2, Kamaaina  with local ID ride for free while visitors pay.

 Many periodicals do the same thing, they give the magazines and newspapers away free since  they rely on advertising verses subscription revenue. 

 Please allow this blog to act as my public testimony as a way to generate more revenues which in turn will allow for  more bus routes and more buses.  

I am proud yet humbled to say I lobbied for the recently added bus stop at the fruit stand in Moloaa, it took a few years of letter writing but eventually became a reality.


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"Facts About Sex..." 'Chester "Unc" Lau' (Source)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

is back talking about a another one of his favorite subjects, SEX!

"Unc" is a retired cinematographer currently living 

on the Hawai'ian Island of Oahu.& giving the politicians a bad time...

I have not Snoped this information and I am not sure how such information is compiled, but I am sure you will be interested

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SEX:
Global Facts
At Any Given Moment:

FACT:
79,000,000 people are engaged in sex - right now

FACT:
58,000,000 are kissing.

FACT:
37,000,000 are relaxing after having sex.

FACT:
1 old timer is reading this blog.

You hang in there.  

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An old lady offers the bus driver some peanuts…so the driver happily munches them. Every 5 minutes she gives him a handful more peanuts..

Driver: Why don’t you eat them yourself?

Old lady: I can’t chew. Look, I have no teeth..

Driver: Then why do you buy them?

Old lady: Oh, I just love the chocolates around
them!

"The Patriarchs..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

Bettejo Dux  with her Irish cane called a Shillelagh.
They say you shouldn't talk about religion or politics if you want
peace. Well today the talk is on religion... Enjoy!
Bettejo  has lived on Kauai over 30 years and is a people lover,
animal lover and lover of life.... 
www.bettejodux.com

The Patriarchs

I don't like them.  They don't like me.

Actually they usually stay out of my way, as I stay out of theirs. They know better than to  storm my gates. They'll get my shillelagh across their broad behinds.

Nevertheless,  a truly deep concern for women, little children, the future, keeps me in the game.

Their harangue, their harassment, their fear and guilt and sin and hate peddling simply cannot be ignored. The American ones-the worst in the world- stand in the pulpits and TV screens and rant and rave and froth. They parrot, in mind, deeds and action  the god they created some fourteen hundred years ago.

Fourteen hundred years ago? What's that?

...and here we are  back to Emperor Constantine, the Church of Rome, the Pope with a direct line to the great Jewish horror, Jehovah,  the Inquisition, witch burnings, the plagues, the Dark Ages begin here.  The whole sick sick sick shebang. I think if I were today's version, I wouldn't take much pride in 'my' history.

And it certainly is 'his' story.

The incredible delight of the pagan gods, these powerful, very human fantasy creatures were done in by them like enemys of the state. The pagan gods loved sex, nudity, war,  but they had  balance, a saving grace.  Gods and goddesses of nature, peace. hearth and home,  the great god Pan and his pipes, replaced with a father, an abused son, a holy ghost -come on- and one insipid virgin who took the place of  a panoply of gorgeous, glorious, powerful  women.

Most people have never even heard of them. Except  on those rare occasions when the word 'pagan' comes up and it is bad mouthed, regaled and banished from a state of human experience. Understand, I am not 'selling' paganism, but I am suggesting you at least peer into these historical times.

Venus Rising by Botticelli-she looked like Julia Roberts-Leda and the Swan by Reubens,  Yeats' poetry, mythology and wonder  were disappeared. Hung in museums, buried in esoteric university libraries and studies. The Greek and Roman and Norse gods and goddesses shoved down the memory hole to be replaced by : let me quote Richard Dawkins, "The God of the Old Testament,  arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction, jealous and proud of it, a petty unjust unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive blood thirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynist, homophobe; racist, infanticidal, genocidal, felicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capricious malevolent bully."

Humankind has been living with this nut case for how many years? Raise your hands if you know the answer.

I do hope you're aware that in the past-even the recent past- voices like Richard's did not for long remain attached to bodies.

Today there is still a stigma-an orthodoxy, as Hedges might say-against speaking out against religion. Religious criticism was verbose. It was not nice, in polite society, to expose religious beliefs, no matter how nutty, hateful, gaunt, greedy, stupid and childish it was.

To dare suggest it is a fierce, powerful, disgusting  force to contend with, expose and bring  down is naughty.

Well naughty is as naughty does. Dawkins and Hitches and Harris are fighting back.

Let the games begin.

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A Funny Joke...


Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, 'Esther,I'd like to ride in that helicopter.' Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that Helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars' 

One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, 'Esther, I'm 85 Years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.' To this, Esther replied, 'Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.' 

The pilot overheard the couple and said, 'Folks I'll Make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word, I won't charge you! But if you say one word, it's fifty dollars.' 

Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word. 

When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, 'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!' 

Morris replied, 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!':)

"Filibuster, Smilibuster,Democracy is a nebulous creature..." James "Kimo" Rosen'

If your Senator (s) did not vote in accordance with 91% of Americans
who favored stricter  background checks on purchasing guns
do not, I repeat do not re-elect them, they represent the NRA and the almighty dollar and not the people.

Filibuster, Smilibuster,Democracy Is A Nebulous Creature

Democracy is a nebulous creature. The recent gun reform legislation favoring stricter background checks was defeated in the senate even though it won a majority of 56 yeas to 46 no's.

Ninety one percent of Americans favor stricter background checks yet the bill was defeated even in the aftermath of the Sandyhook massacre where 20 children and six adults were slaughtered with an assault rifle.

We are the only Democratic nation that requires 60 % of the vote verses 51% when a bill is filibustered. This is a political tactic  challenging a bill with long tireless debates that go on for hours, 60% of votes are then required.

Since  president Obama became president nearly every bill is filibustered, a scheme by Republicans to try and make  President Obama fail verses what's best for our great nation.

To any Republicans and 4 Democrats who voted against stricter background checks, imagine if one of the children gunned down at Sandyhook elementary school was yours ?

If your Senators did not vote in accordance with the 91% in favor of stricter background checks, by all means do not re-elect them. I am proud to say both my Hawai'i Senators, Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono voted with the president on this crucial matter. 

May God Bless America, we surely need it.

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"The Beauty of Disasters..." 'James"Kimo" Rosen

"When you awake, acknowledge G-d for giving you a soul with the
extraordinary power and versatility to endure despite trying challenges..."
Check out my opinion article in the 04-23-13 edition of the  Honolulu Staradvertiser,"Humanity does well in face of disaster."  I am copying and pasting since the Staradvertiser has a paywall.
http://staradvertiser.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

The Beauty of Disasters

The Boston marathon will forever be  damaged goods from now until eternity. No matter how anyone wants to not think of the tragic day even if not in their immediate thoughts will hang on subliminally.

During the crisis in Boston total strangers were opening their homes to runners not able to get home, offering free food and shelter to total strangers.

A few restaurants offered free  WiFi and just a gathering place to hang out and were told to  order what you like, pay what you can, even if that's nothing.

There is a beauty In  the face of disaster.On Kaua'i during the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki the true meaning of aloha was ever present. People become human  among all the chaos and evil of disasters , while  the true meaning of humanity comes to light.

If only we could only learn to act like this in the reality of everyday life.


Check out my opinion article in the 04-23-13 edition of the Honolulu Staradvertiser,"Humanity does well in face of disaster."  I am copying and pasting since the Staradvertiser has a paywall.
http://staradvertiser.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

The Boston Marathon will forever be damaged goods. No matter how anyone wants to not think of the tragic day, it will be present subliminally, if not in our immediate thoughts.

During the crisis in Boston, total strangers were opening their homes to runners not able to get home, offering free food and shelter. A few restaurants offered free Wi-Fi and a place to gather. Customers were told to order what they liked and pay what they could, even if was nothing.

There is a beauty in the face of disaster. On Kauai during the aftermath of Hurricane Iniki, the true meaning of aloha was ever present. People become human among all the chaos and evil of disasters, while the true meaning of humanity comes to light.

If only we could learn to act like this every day.


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