"Banned In Boston And Elsewhere..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Monday Surprise-by popular demand!))

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic garden island
of Kaua'i over 30 years. She is an animal lover, people lover and lover of life.
She will be 83 years young on August 15th and still active in life and community.
Today she talks about being banned on a local talk comment board. this week
we will publish 2 blogs by Bettejo due to popular response...  Enjoy!


You can order a copy of her Novella "The Scam "below.www.bettejodux.com

Bettejo will be 83 on August 15th!

Banned In Boston

There can’t be anything less attractive than a man who has a tantrum. I feel fortunate I’ve not had one in my-real-life. Met these curiously warped ‘male?’ creatures often on the web.

In print, they are usually no namers or silly namers. They are always chronically addicted name callers. They scream with caps and are often so long winded you fall asleep before you hit the second semi-colon.

Kurt Vonnegut, one of my favorite atheists, said “Don’t never use a semi-colon. It only proves you been to college.”

I met these tantrum riddled blokes daily on a small web site I was invited to join after the new editor-Bill Buley, a darling man-of the The Garden Island newspaper closed it’s discussion site. It was really getting silly stupid out there.

Before Bill, the Garden Island Island made it mandatory responders use real names. That got rid of a lot of the loons. No rabid ‘no name or silly namer’ would dare use his or her real name in such pathetic antics.

There is almost always-in fact I’d dare say ‘always’- a close connection between bible thumpers and the military mindset. Devout ‘believers’ in the authoritarian and critical god. It is a patriarchal thing they follow in  the goose-step order-thump, thump, thump-of that dreadful god of the Old Testament they invented, worshiped and mimicked.

These sillies know one book cover to cover. At least the relative good parts. They drag out the bad stuff when they need to scare the pants off some male bullied chattel or guilt or fear immersed male (?) follower.

I love to quote Richard Dawkins, “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction, jealous and proud of it, a petty unjust, unforgiving control freak, a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser: a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” The only reason  he isn’t dubbed narcissistic is ’cause  he never fell in love with anybody. Anyhow Narcissus was mythical Greek.

I once said to this tangled web of  religious buffoons, “If this critter were to come back to earth today and find himself in an American Court of Law, he’d end up on death row.”

That went over like fire in a circus tent.

So I, the outspoken non believer-I’m not chattel-end up banned. Forbidden from entering hell ever again. I wept. I wailed.  I tore my hair The stench of hells fire, the taste of  escharotic, blistered my good sense. As it was supposed to do.

Then sanity and reason returned. The force was with me.. Well these blokes talk to themselves, or to others just like them and begin to believe their own lies. Talk back and “you’re screwed”.

I remembered a wag once said, during the Anthony Comstock censorship era, “If you want to write a best seller get banned in Boston.

Scam hasn’t been banned in Boston-yet-but the words I dared to speak were banned in TG**alk. I’m off to a good start.

Editors note, you can visit the site Bettejo was banned from at
www.tgitalk.com    Please note, this site is Independent and not affiliated in anyway with The award winning Garden Island news.

b 

P.S. "If we could see in other people's heart."
This makes you humbled, please watch;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtOgE2s2xI

P.S.S. 
Hawaii's Senator Schatz is all over the internet, just Google "Schatz, Sheep." 
This is really BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! This is pure sensationalism.
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/10312/Hawaii-senator-Brian-Schatz-involved-in-simulated-sheep-rape-rituals.aspx?utm_source=August+11%2C+2013+News+From+Hawaii+Free+Press&utm_campaign=August+11%2C+2013+Email&utm_medium=email

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"Family Reunion..." '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...We take a break from the controversy of GMO's and a Racially based court trial in Hawai'i to guest-blogger Judith Whitehead's upcoming family reunion! Enjoy Inspiration Sunday! ;D)

Family Reunion

On only a few short weeks a year do I have my entire core family together; this weekend is one of those weeks. As we anticipate my youngest visiting from the West Coast I am stocking the refrigerator with his favorites and preparing for commotion this week.  

We usually make a few trips out west during the year to visit with him and share in his lifestyle but since his brother lives here, we are never all  together but for a few weeks a year.

It’s so quiet in the house during the year, I forget how the house comes alive with visitors and laughter when he comes home to visit.  Along with him comes all the local friends to stop over and visit and catch up on the years happenings.  

At times I miss the banter during the year but have settled down to a quiet home where everything looks the same in the house when I return home from work…less cleaning, less cooking, etc. 

I do enjoy getting a few extra hugs and squeezes in that I miss all year and I know the week will fly by along with a few extra  miles he will put on the car. 

It’s hard when family is spread across the states; be prepared…pictures will be posting soon.


P.S. A silent message for us all!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1g3Y2y89EU

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Now this is what I call news! 'Obama Da Dog'

Obama Da Dog is back summarizing  blog #1085, the blog
her master James "Kimo" Rosen wrote titled,
"To Pee Or Not To Pee, That Is The Question."
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-pee-or-not-to-pee-that-is-question.html

Now This Is What I Call News

The most popular  story for the week of  August 5, 2013 was Leo Azambuja's " To pay a fee, or not, to pee,"in the Garden Island news according to their website.
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/to-pay-a-fee-or-not-to-pee/article_d42e64b8-fd99-11e2-aa6c-0019bb2963f4.html

I find this quite amusing  with all  that's going on statewide and locally with GMO's , The Christopher Deedy trial, Sears closing and  so many other real news that this story gandered  the most interest of any article in the paper?

The article basically told the story of the Bistro restaurant in Kilauea's Kong Lung shopping center  that charges non patrons  $10.00 to use the restroom and those  shopping at Kong Ling center  but not eating at the restaurant can pay $8.00, while customers that eat there can use it for free! The shopping center  currently has septic problems and have brought in porta potties as a temporary fix, yet everyone is still up in arms.

Dakinetalk blogged about this  and received many comments  from, "what's next, charging for the  fresh salted ocean water we breathe, to charging extra if you use the toilet paper." 

The best  comment about this whole scenario was,"I believe use of restroom is free if you eat there. So you could get the cheapest thing on the menu which is probably less than $10."

To pee or not to pee, that is the question on Kaua'i's  north shore city of Kilauea,  it's all up to you. Maybe just purchase a coffee to go, then if you have to pee, you can wee for free!  Now this is what I call news!

Photo courtesy;
Leo Azambuja, Kaua'i Garden Island News

P.S. Enclosed is another  version of the above sent  to the Garden Island News for possible publication as an opinion article;

To pee or not to pee, that is the question on Kaua'i's  north shore city of Kilauea? 

The most popular story of the week in the online edition of TGI according to their website  was Leo Azambuja's, " To pay a fee, or not, to pee.

This is  why,
1- Leo is an excellent writer. 
2-This is what  people crave to read.
3- The story  makes you laugh, think, and scratch your head, it's not always about breaking news that wins our hearts.

The article told the story of the Bistro restaurant in Kilauea's Kong Lung shopping center that charges non patrons $10.00 to use the restroom and those  shopping at Kong Ling center  but not eating at the restaurant $8.00, while customers that eat there can use it for free! 

The shopping center currently has septic problems and have brought in porta potties as a temporary fix, yet everyone is still up in arms.

 The best  comment  on Facebook about this whole scenario was,"I believe use of  the restroom is free if you eat there, therefore you could purchase  the least expensive  item on the menu which is most likely under $10."

Purchase a coffee to go, then if you have to wee, you can pee, for nearly  free, say that ten times fast. Now that's what I call news!


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"To Pee or Not to Pee, That Is The Question..?" 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

Photo of sign at the Bistro restaurant on the North shore of Kaua'i,
you can't make this stuff up...
Photo courtesy ; Leo Azambuja- Kaua'i Garden Island News

To Pee or Not to Pee, That Is The Question

To pee or not to pee, that is the question on Kauai''s  north shore city of Kilauea .

"To be, or not to be" is the famous opening phrase of a soliloquy in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. In the soliloquy, Hamlet questions the meaning of life, and whether or not it is worthwhile to stay alive when life contains so many hardships. He comes to the conclusion that the main reason people stay alive is due to a fear of death and uncertainty at what lies beyond life."

 Like the play Hamlet visitors and locals alike are questioning whether it's worth staying alive if you have pay to pay 10.00 to a local restaurant  to urinate  or defecate while visiting Kilauea  , a city on  the North shore of Kaua'i.

Ten dollars can buy one  a decent lunch even on the overpriced island of Kaua'i but to have to pay another $10.00 to relieve oneself is totally insane?

A recent article in the Kaua'i Garden Island News by Leo  Azambuja   titled, "To-pay-a-fee-or-not-to-pee."  tells the story of a restaurant  owner  trying to come up with a permanent solution to restroom problems but laws have gotten in the way. She was having  the septic tank pumped every week, and now has installed porta potties. If the county opened the neighborhood center's restrooms it would alleviate the problem....  Read Leo's story;
http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/to-pay-a-fee-or-not-to-pee/article_d42e64b8-fd99-11e2-aa6c-0019bb2963f4.html

My friend Chuck Lasker recently posted on his  Facebook wall  something I think says it all concerning this scenario,  "How to overreact and lose business out of spite: After reading the article, my opinion, right or wrong isn't what matters. What matters is, if I was planning on eating at Lighthouse Bistro and I saw that sign, I'd walk away. It's massively rude, regardless of the reasons. The tenants at Kong Lung need to demand that Patricia Ewing install/maintain sufficient restrooms for the entire need, regardless  if it's homeless, tourist or patrons. If it's too expensive, then close it up - that's how business works. To anger your customers while you wait for government to come solve your business problem is a uniquely Kaua'i thing. To put it all on homeless people is not only offensive, it's unconstitutional by the Hawai'i state constitution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kānāwai_Māmalahoe  

"It's ironic really, because if you ask anyone where the "bleeding heart liberal" part of the island is, they'd say the north shore. But if you look at north shore businesses regarding the homeless, etc., they're often cold as ice."

At  least guys have an easier time finding a bush.... I say if you plan a trip to the north shore of Kaua'i, men  remember to  bring a portable urinal like us old guys over 55  keep by the side of our beds, woman bring a 5 gallon bucket, your guy may need it too.  By law  restaurants must have wheel chair accessible restrooms, now imagine if someone in a wheelchair is turned down because they do not have the ten dollars?The ADA would be all over them with lawsuits coming out the butt (excuse the pun) (Cha Ching)

A  sign at the restaurant  in the future might read; one slice pizza $5.00, one drink $2.00, restroom use $10.00 and $15.00 to breathe our AC, or $20.00 for fresh salted ocean air! For our loyal patrons coffee is on the house, literally on the roof of the house! 

Photo courtesy; Leo Azambuja,
Kaua'i Garden Island News

A restaurant that charges ten dollars to use it's toilet right or wrong must realize many will be offended by the sign alone and never come in the doors.They have even posted a sign as seen above that violators will be prosecuted? Prosecuted for using a restroom?

 It looks like this would be a good restaurant for Chef Gordon  Ramsey's show, "Kitchen Nightmares."
http://www.fox.com/kitchennightmares/

 This  restaurant is most definitely number one in the number two business! 
You can't make this stuff up! ;D)

Epilogue:
A conversation between  a visitor and the restaurant owner might go like this;
Restaurant owner- "Sir, will there be anything else besides your $10.00 fee to poop and shishi?"
Visitor-"Yes please give me some of that fresh salted ocean air for $20.00 and a fake smile for $30.00."
Restaurant owner-"Will there be anything else?"
Visitor- "No Thanks"
Restaurant owner- "OK then,  that will be $ 60.00, did we mention toilet paper is an extra 25.00 plus tax?...And let us say ALOOOOOOOOOOOOHA!"

P.S. Bathroom Humor by Youtube, dis funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCFuwJPwUTM

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"Friends..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

An early birthday for Bettejo as she blows out the candle
on a freshly picked organic Mango. Happy early Birthday Bettejo! 

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic garden island
of Kaua'i over 30 years. She is an animal lover, people lover and lover of life.

Today Bettejo blogs about  her friends at Talkstory Bookstore...Enjoy!

She will be 83 years young next  week and is still active in life and community.

You can order a copy of her Novella "The Scam "below.www.bettejodux.com

Friends

My grandfather taught me, “True friends are like diamonds, precious but rare, false ones like autumn leaves found everywhere.” Does anyone remember autograph books? I used to quote  this little ditty in all the books I signed.

I’m not a people collector. Many writers are not. I was born a wordsmith-it’s the Irish in me.. My mother said I was “…born with my tongue tied in the middle and wagging at both ends.” It’s lucky for the world there’s ink and paper, otherwise you’d all be deaf.

But I love friends. I’m very proud of the friends I’ve made. So many wonderful people. New ones keep popping in. Old ones- not false ones-often take another path. We meet.  We smile. Exchange tid- bits. Wave. Move on.

I’m thinking of a wonderful  pair, Cynthia and Ed Justus at the Talkstory Bookstore in Hanapepe. Cynthia with her glorious  red hair is almost like a new one. She ‘s gorgeous. Always was, but today, holy moly. The last time I saw her, my hear skipped a beat.  I thought Ed had got himself a new wife.

These two started collecting awards for their book store years ago and never stopped. They need  a new wall and some more shelves to hold all the framed documents and  trophies.  I love sitting in Talkstory on a Friday Festival and Art Night.   I call it a ‘people’s party’. To sit there, signing books is a treat. People come from all over Kauai, all over Hawaii, all over the world. If you love and need to collect people-for a moment-take this in. Starts about 5:30.  Ends about 9:00.

The food. The aroma. Those scrumptious pies and the-I’m running out of adjectives- delicious girls who bake and sell them.  The fish photographer. The folk art.  The music. The sheer joyful moments that surround the place, like frosting on a cake, are to be devoured by the senses. It’s an emotional high that youngs the heart and the mind. Hanapepe is still old Hawaii. Roosters are a feature. Part of nature’s wonder. Artists paint them. Sweet, wonderful dogs- some free, some leashed- are part of this remarkable scene.

It’s like the old song, “Oh give me a street where the lap doodles meet, and the young and the old folks abound…”

Occasionally we even get a celebrity. On Kauai we smile and let them roam free, too.

I’m waiting for George Clooney. When his hat and his wig fall off, I’ll never tell. There’s a perfect part for him in "The Scam." There’s even a swig of white wine in a honey bottle to quench his thirst.
(order your copy  Bettejo's best selling book "The Scam" at www.bettejodux.com )

I could watch The Men Who Stare at Goats until I go blind. My favorite line, I can’t even write about it-it wasn’t George’s-”…the silence of the goas,” always cracks me up.

It’s  rare to  see a film about the killing machine that’s full of humor, magic, fun.

Come to Hanapepe any Friday night and enjoy the humor, magic, fun and friends that are there.  For free.

You can check out and like "Talk Story" on Facebook at;
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Talk-Story-Bookstore/262372823808772?fref=ts

P.S.

"Have you ever noticed...when you put the words "the" and "IRS" together, it spells "theirs."     


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"Hell of a Day..." Chester "Unc" Lau (Source)

Dakinetalks favorite Uncle (Chester Lau)

Unc talks  about what really is a bad day...

"Unc" is a retired cinematographer currently living 

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

Hell of a Day

There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a large, trouble-making biker with a "vote George W.Bush"T-shirt steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig.
"Well, whatcha' gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly, as I burst into tears. 

"Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can't stand to see a man crying." 

"This is the worst day of my life," I say. 
"I'm a complete failure. I was late to a meeting and my boss fired me. 
When I went to the parking lot, I found my car had been stolen and I don't have any insurance. 
I left my wallet in the cab I took home. I found my wife with another man... and then my dog bit me." 

"So I came to this bar to work up the courage to put an end to it all, I buy a drink, I drop a capsule in and sit here watching the poison dissolve; and then you show up and drink the whole damn thing!
"But, Hell, enough about me, how are you doing?"

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"Random Acts Of Stupidity..." (Bettejo Dux) (Monday Surprise, more of Bettejo!))

Bettejo Dux has lived on the "Cosmic Garden Island"
of Kaua'i over 30 years. She is an animal lover, people lover and lover of life.

Today Bettejo blogs about stupidity & obesity.? Bettejo's blogs are
so popular we decided to run them more often than just
 on Wednesday's as we have done in the past. Enjoy!
Bettejo will be 83 years young in two weeks and is still active in life and community.

You can order a copy of her Novella "The Scam "below.www.bettejodux.com

RANDOM ACTS OF STUPIDITY

This is actually a continuation from Bettejo's last blog;"Obesity."
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2013/07/obesity-bettyjo-dux-classic-wednesday.html

As we grow older, we recognize them. They stand out in the territory of being human.

The debate as to whom is responsible for these acts is gaining momentum. The arguments are sincere and often passionate but the truth is we cannot assume the responsibility for all of them. I remember- years ago- my husband and I on a beach on Oahu witnessed, swaggering out of the brush and onto the beach, some young sailors off Bill's sub. One of the guys, , the biggest, the leader of the pack, had a heavy Aqualung strapped on his back, black flippers attached to both feet, a mask  and a breathing tube stuck in his mouth. 

With great courage, and utter stupidity, he strode out into a heavy surf, his friends, tagging along behind, cheering him on. Bill and I took off running, waving and shouting, trying to head him off. The first wave he encountered picked him up like a flounder in a tsunami and planted him so deep in the sand we despaired we'd ever be able to dig him out. All of us got busy, risking our lives as the waves crashed on top of us to haul the guy out. If he hadn't had the hose stuffed in his face he'd probably have died of suffocation.

Who's to blame?  The publisher who printed the ad about Aqualungs in the paper? The guy who sold him the lung? He no doubt had to take a course, maybe in a pool, on how to use the thing, but who, in his right mind, would think the kid would try to walk out into crashing surf with the thing strapped to his back?

Bill was an excellent sailor, a yachtsman, and, after he died, I sailed with guys on their fancy yachts. I saw dollar signs instead of seamanship.  I  admired their yachts and assumed they knew what they were doing. How could I know, until I got out there, they didn't know a halyard from a sheet, the bow from the stern, a jibe from a tack or starboard from port? Should I have sued them for putting my life at risk? I don't think so. My answer :I think I'll stay ashore and watch from the bar to see if you make it out the harbor.

Today's fuss about obesity and diet is almost as stupid as the people who indulge in the fat feast. Maybe we should sue every four star hotel for those all- you –can- eat buffets.  Some of the plates their diners carry are heaped so high with calories one could suffer a heart attack just looking at them. With some people  the fat around their middle seem to match the fat inside their heads. They seem to think these  elegant  gastronomic events are nothing but pig outs.

It's a sadness in our country that people have become so stupid. Who shall we blame? Who shall we sue?

P.S.
I looked up my family tree and found out I was the sap.

..................................... Rodney Dangerfield

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