Kaleikoa Kaeo of Maui on the Akaka Bill - powerful and compelling, PLEASE FORWARD to all your friends.
Despite only 1 hearing on 1 island, 10 years ago where the majority of testimony was opposed 9 to 1 against the bill and whereafter all subsequent hearings were immediatley canceled, the Akaka Bill has been pushed by a few powerful Hawaiian organizations and politicians and is supposed to represent self determination for Hawaiians. Nothing could be further from the truth. Today, about an hour ago, a new version of the Akaka Bill that was just introduced yesterday, passed in the house and will now go to the senate. (It has passed in the House before, it has stalled in the Senate for good reason).
This is unprincipled, NO HEARINGS = NO SELF DETERMINATION. The Akaka Bill and self determination should never, ever be used in the same sentence.
andre perez
http://www.youtube. com/user/ Puukukui# p/a/u/2/M2F09- Ov8Fg
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