"My Dollars on Kollar..!" 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

 


My dollar is on Kollar..! Justin Kollar  for Kaua'i county
Prosecutor. No District attorney's on Kauai, they call
them Prosecutors because in the past most candidates
were not attorney's or educated. Justin is not
only educated but a decent guy!
Remember to vote!  I like to say our local race is between
 Justin Time and Justin Sane.
Photo above of Justin Kollar courtesy of the campaign to
elect Justin Kollar


Aloha, Check out my opinion article in the '10-19-12' edition of the Kaua'i Garden island news, "My Dollar on Kollar!

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-oct/article_0900bd32-19c3-11e2-b0c3-0019bb2963f4.html

The  Kaua'i county  primary  for Prosecutor was clearly won by Justin Kollar defeating incumbent Shaylene Iseri Carvalho with 51% of the vote (6883 votes) to Iseri Carvalho's 49% of the vote. (6691 votes) 
Justin Kollar clearly the winner by 50% plus one! 

I am hoping in the future if the  primary winner is decided by more than a 50%  plus one margin to do what Honolulu and many municipalities do,  declare that candidate the winner without  requiring them to partake in  another expensive and stressful election cycle three months later.

Why vote for the exact same thing in the general election? The taxpayers save money with one less ballot and the candidates can concentrate on their jobs vs. waiving signs and  blocking sidewalks for the next 3 months?

 I've got my Dollar on Kollar! Kollar, the best candidate for your taxpaying dollar.


http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-friday-oct/article_0900bd32-19c3-11e2-b0c3-0019bb2963f4.html


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"Fat is different nowadays..." 'Obama da Dog'

Fat is different now,
 we  now call fat woman full figured,
we tell fat men they should play football.

 I was recently watching re-runs of thew classic TV show the Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows.
When I was a kid everyone used to say how fat Jackie Gleason was. Watching the show now he does not seem fat, maybe a little husky but in today's worlds he would look normal, not fat.

Fat was different when I was a kid, someone 30 lbs overweight was considered morbidly obese, now someone is not morbidly obese until they are alt least 100 lbs overweight.

Fat is different now, we  now call fat woman full figured, we tell fat men they should play football. Although there are thousands of diet fads and numerous articles and TV shows on health and diet everyone feels  more comfortable in their skin these days.

Back in the day, not every kid on the baseball team won trophy's , now everyone wins a trophy for something. 

What ever to happen to the good old days when you could call someone a fat slob, or actually award someone a trophy for outstanding achievement? 

It's time everyone take a serious look in the mirror and know that all men are not created equal!

 Hana Hou, (Encore) Shared from Youtube.  "A Hilarious tribute to Jackie Gleason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CgNwBh8vOY


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"Gourmet or Gourmand ..?" 'Michael A. Herr' (Aloha Friday)

Renowned author Michael Herr is back guest-blogging on this awesome Aloha Friday talking about  the difference between  connoisseurs and common sewers.  ;D)... Make sure and check out Michael's website at; http://www.michaelherr.com/



It's Aloha Friday.


Gourmet or Gourmand ? Oh, heck, let's just eat.


Aloha folks,


Contradiction: I love to eat . . . but I have little taste. By that I mean that I am no gourmet. I have taste buds, but my stomach more often dictates my eating.

I enjoy food, but I probably do not appreciate it to the degree that some would say I should. For example, I don't like oysters. Miss Manners says that they are the first course of a dinner. I guess I'll come late to that dinner. I have eaten them barbecued . . . but raw? No thank you.

Truffles? Caviar? Other little fancy things? Forget them, where are the pizza rolls?

I love meat, but while I can tell the difference between chuck steak and fillet Mignon I'm happy to eat either one. As long as the steak is rare, very rare.

Wine? I know there's red and white and in-between. But a great wine versus a merely good wine? It's all the same to me. Though I do love champagne . . . mostly for the bubbles.

Coffee? It’s great, as long as you put enough Splenda and cream in it. But a premium roast or a truck stop brew? All the same to me.No, I'm definitely not a gourmet. I like what I like and I like my servings to be ample.

According to the following definition, I must be more of a gourmand.
"According to some, there is technically no difference in Modern English between the terms gourmet and gourmand. Both have the meaning typically ascribed to gourmet, a person who enjoys and appreciates fine food. However, the two terms differ in their connotative meanings."

Many English speakers feel that gourmand implies a tendency towards gluttony and that a gourmet is a somewhat more reserved individual. The first may be more of a hedonist and the second considered more of a critic, though both are connoisseurs. In older or more conservative usage, gourmand is closer in meaning to glutton."

Glutton? Me? I was going to protest this, but several unpleasant remembrances of time spent in some chilly porcelain bathroom following an evening of excessive eating force me to conclude that, yes, I may indeed be a gourmand. But I prefer that term to glutton.

Okay folks, see you next week.

 

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check out Michael's website at http://www.michaelherr.com/ 

The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this blog site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the Publisher of Dakinetalk the blog, but they could? ;D)

"Politics, skeletons and wrongdoings..."‏ 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

Ann Punaho shows her support for president Obama with a
recent one woman sign waiving  event in Kapa'a town

Politics, especially the presidential race is now about the opposing candidates alleged skeletons and wrong-doings than it is about politicians telling us why they are qualified and what they will do to make this a better country.

Democrats want to see Romney's income tax returns and Republicans want to see Obama's birth-certificate for the 500th time. Obama may have smoked pot in high school and Romney may have bullied a gay kid and tied a kennel with a dog in it to the roof of his car, however what does this have to do with rebuilding America?

I am sure both candidates are good men and both want whats best for America.

What would be best for America is to not vote for either of the major two political parties, vote Independent, vote Green, vote anything but traditional Republican-Democrat, otherwise there will never be change.


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"WEE(d) AND ME..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

Guest-blogger Bettejo Dux is one of Kauai's most delightful  people, she has lived on the cosmic island of Kaua'i for over 40 years... She is an animal lover, people lover and enjoys life to the fullest.  Today is Bettejo's 82nd Birthday, The photo above is from her birthday party this past Sunday where she made delicious ono Ahi Kabobs for  her human friends, animal friends and family. She invites all of you to her Birthday party next year. Keep reading this column for  more details.  and check out the enclosed photo book from Bettejo's 82nd Birthday party this past weekend;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4563176161720.184378.1361088023&type=3&l=46557d32cf

www.bettejodux.com

WEE(d) AND ME

Sometimes when things get as sticky wicket as they are today, the only thing to do is pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and take yourself out to lunch. Well, I had to go shopping anyhow…

… at the metropolitan Kalaheo Post Office where I picked up a zillion catalogs and bills,  I met Helen. She’s a Jehovah’s Witness. Used to walk the street with a Watch Tower in her hand. She tells me ‘they’ now speak about atheists-ouch-and  when she dies she’s not going to heaven but coming back to paradise on earth. That sounds neat. I’d come back too, only I don’t think I’d like to spend all eternity in heaven or planet earth with Helen and the Jehovah's.

When I got to Old Koloa Town and did my shopping at the Big Save, I met a man at the head of the line, a tourist,  who was passing out money like it was going out of style. I asked for some- since I had to go home and feed Ari, my horse-but he, the guy, not Ari, shook his head. ‘Course I had a basket of Chardonnay and Kahlua so guess he didn't believe me. Believers, I tell you. I din’t gets no money. Ari  ate anyways, and I took the booze home.

At this point I hied myself into the darling-est Pizza joint in Old Koloa Town- just beyond the colossal mess the Knudsen’s made-Pizzetta-that’s amore- restaurant, where I immediately dumped the most delicious pizza I've ever eaten on the floor. I was stony cold sober, honest, at that stage. It was replaced and cleaned up-post haste-by the cutest dimpled waitress I ever saw. Met there a guy named Tom-with his two children and a wife-from Alaska. I am not a people collector but I meet people easily-I am legally defined by a shrink as delightful and ongoing even though I am a secular humanist- so when I asked if he was a ‘Palin’ fan, he said, “She embarrasses us.” So I gave him my card and invited him to my house.

So where does the WEE(d) AND ME come in? Well, forty years ago-at least- in Old Koloa Town, which was a wreck but  didn't have the messy black tarps the Knudsen’s erected, or any Pizza joint, fancy or not, when a little hippie friend offered me a toke-is that what you call it?-on a Thai stick. What the hell is a Thai stick, I wondered. But, not caring to appear too super uncool, I replied, Cooley, “Yep” and took a drag. I damn near chocked to death. I’m not a smoker. My throat burned and my eyes watered and I thought I was going to die. Didn't. But I rushed out and killed at least a half a dozen passing tourist meandering up the road towards Spouting Horn. That’s a lie. What I did do was go on a crying jag that lasted three days. Never tried that again.

Well at least I admitted I took a drag. So there Bill Clinton.


For a photo book of Bettejo's 82nd birthday party go to;

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4563176161720.184378.1361088023&type=3&l=46557d32cf

Bettejo celebrates her Birthday with 'Boots' 
one of her many friends...

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Bettejo  also  publishes her own blog column.
You can check it out at ;  http://www.bettejo.wordpress.com .   Besides her blog she recently published and authored the humorous fiction book, "The Scam," check it out at(www.bettejodux.com) or  on Amazon.

http://www.bettejodux.com/

"Social media has changed our way of friendship..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen

Just because we do not agree on everything,
doesn't mean we can't be friends...

 This blog appeared as an  opinion article in the  09-06-12 edition of the  Kaua'i Garden Island news, "We can agree to disagree."  
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-thursday-sept/article_fffd9c1a-f801-11e1-9ba6-0019bb2963f4.html

Society has changed quite a bit since the introduction of social media. people on facebook will unfriend you if you endorse a political candidate they don't like, or support a religion they are not.

 It used to be people could  be friends and have  differences of opinions, not any more. I named my dog Obama and my Republican friends no longer invite me to their weekly potlucks I used to be part of.

Many people have unfriended me on facebook. I support some Democrats, some Republicans , some Green,and some Independents. I consider myself to be an Independent.

It's either think exactly like me or get out of my life.

The following quote from Rick Warren says it all;

"Our culture has accepted two huge lies.

The first is that if you disagree with someones lifestyle, you must fear them or hate them.

The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do.

Both are nonsense. You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate."

And if you don't agree with me I'm never talking to you again! 

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"A First For Everything..."'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Monday)

"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years..." Judith speaks of August showers  bringing some new flowers... ;D) Enjoy...

A First For Everything

This weekend I am about to swim in uncharted waters….just got off the thruway; driving to Poughkeepsie to join my new extended family and attend a shower for my daughter in law to be. I’ve day dreamed about this day along with when my sons would marry; hoping it would some day happen .

Hoping they would some day find someone to share their lives with; first come the showers and the wedding to follow this fall. So many plans to make and so many exciting activities. It is always nice to have happy simchas to enjoy and so many memories to make.

Watch out Facebook friends….you are about to view a flurry of pictures within the next few days.
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