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James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years. Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka Da Dog! A belated Happy Birthday to Ivanka Da Dog who celebrated her 9th birthday on Christmas!  |
~Happy Anniversary dakinetalk blog~
Publisher/ Blogger-n-chief's forward
I have published 1974 dakinetalk blogs in the last 8 years.
dakinetalk is starting it's 9th year! Our first blog was publish January 7, 2010 and
can be seen at the bottom of this page!
"Jourdan Rodrigue's Kryptonite fails Superman, Cam Newton."
The reason for the huge amount of views is the Cam Newton Fan page let me post the blog on his many fan pages and his fans clicked like crazy! ;-) (Cam Newton is the quarterback for the Carolina Panthers and is known amongst his fans as Superman)
We are also more politically motivated which seems to get us more views. dakinetalk blog no longer publishes guest blogs, with that said a Big Mahalo nui (Thank you) to all the guest bloggers of years past!
It's not easy being in the public eye and being the Publisher and Blogger-n-chief of daknietalk blog. However it is the most fun hobby a retired publisher and photographer could be doing in his spare time on an isolated rock in the middle of the Pacific!
Mahalo Nui Loa for reading and supporting dakinetalk blog.
James "Kimo" Rosen
Publisher/Blogger-n-chief-dakinetalk blog
Kimo's world's #221Blog #1974
Many of us hid behind our Eccedentesiast botox smiles when we heard Mayor Carvalho was not running for Governor and congratulated him none the less when the big day arrived when every major news outlet in the state announced that our leader with support of his family had decided to run for Lt. Governor in lieu of seeking the Governorship. A disappointment for many of Carvalho's avid supporters since they were expecting him to run for Governor, not Lt. Governor.
The Lt. Governor basically does very little unless something happens to the Governor. The Governor can send the Lt. Governor to attend funerals and other functions that the Governor doesn't wish to attend. The Lt. Governor is similar but less stature than the Vice President, however it is someone that the Governor should like and be able to get along with especially in times of crisis.
Why does Hawaii elect a Lt. Governor and not allow the Governor to choose a running mate as does the President? Imagine if we voted separate for a Vice President aside from the President? Donald Trump could've wound up with Pocahontas (Elizabeth Warren a Democrat and arch rival) as his VP.
25 states including Hawaii hold separate elections for the Lt. Governor and in those cases a Lt. Governor can be from an opposing political party and 18 states have the Governor choose a running mate Lt. Governor similar to the way a President chooses a running mate Vice president. (This method seems more logical and makes more sense to me.) The remainder 7 states do not have a Lt. Governor but rather a process should the Governor become disabled. Read what the other states do below;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)
It's high time the Governor and Lt. Governor run as one, on the same ticket in Hawaii. I still believe Bernard Carvalho Jr. can defeat Governor David Ige and his major opponent, Colleen Hanabusa. It's not to late to change.
The race for Lt. Governor is crowded and at one time Mayor Carvalho wanted to work with a few of the candidates he is now running against whom include but is not limited to, State Sen. Josh Green, State Sen. Will Espero, Mayor Alan Arakawa, State Sen. Jill Tokuda and new to the race Kim Coco Iwamoto . Current Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui doesn't plan to run for re-election.
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2017/12/26/hawaii-news/iwamoto-seeks-lieutenant-governor-post/
Many career politicians are vying for the job of Lt. Governor even though it's been charactectured and lampooned as a title with little or no real power because they look at it as a stepping stone to be Governor someday.
I believe Bernard Carvalho Jr. has a better chance at winning the Governor's race than the crowded Lt. Governor's race ,and not only that I believe his style of Government, Aloha and Kokua in helping others for their benefit and not for personal gain would be welcomed in these chaotic times. I also believe a Lt. Governor should be chosen by those running for Governor and not by running on an independent ticket.
This blog also appeared as a guest column in the 01-18-18 edition of the Garden Island News;
Dakinetalk's very first blog which appeared January 7, 2010;
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2010/01/bus-ride-from-hell.html
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2010/01/bus-ride-from-hell.html
The Bus Ride From Hell;
The 11:00 o'clock bus had 2 bikes, two bikes is the maximum the Kauai Bus can accommodate, therefore I missed my bus, I did a few errands and waited for the 12:00 o'clock bus, my bike and I got on board this time in hopes of making it to the doctors office on time.
From Kojima store to Brick oven pizza a normal 10 minute bus ride took almost one hour.I started feeling nauseous, I had the drive heaves, the bus was literally at a standstill across from the Coconut market place, I asked the driver if i could please get off since I was about to loose my insides, she said it's illegal, I asked her if she would please call her dispatch, she complied and dispatch told her she could not let me off until the next designated bus stop at Brick oven pizza, which was a grueling 30 minute drive, something that normally is done in 2-3 minutes.
I pleaded with the driver to call back to dispatch, the driver called again and here is what dispatch told us, I could not get off unless we called emergency 911 and then it would had been a real mess in an already bumper to bumper traffic situation for everyone. Luckily I just had the dry heaves' but being on a bus in traffic, that is going at a snails pace and feeling sick as a dog with no fresh air, (since windows are not allowed to be open on the bus), is an experience I would not wish on anybody, unless of course that somebody is the person behind dispatch.
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I never did make it to the doctors that day..
