Can someone- ANYONE- please explain to me just what is it that people see in this president that I’m not seeing? What am I not getting?! What has Barack Obama actually accomplished that warrants so much messianic adulation? I just don’t get it:
Senate President Colleen Hanabusa wants President Obama’s Aug. 4 birthday to be a state holiday, right up there with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole Day, King Kamehameha I Day and even Christmas.
State Rep. Della Au Belatti, D-25th (Tantalus, Makiki, McCully), would like the Jan. 20 date of Obama’s presidential inauguration to be forever known in the Islands as Barack Obama II Ohana Day.
And even Republican state Rep. Gene Ward, R-17th, (Kalama Valley, Queen’s Gate, Hawai’i Kai), hopes to turn 4,124 square feet of overgrown scrub land owned by the state Department of Transportation into President Barack Obama Birthplace State Park.
The land at 6091 Kalaniana’ole Highway was taken over by the state for its highway widening project. The empty parcel sits next door to the modest house at 6085 Kalaniana’ole Highway where Obama was first brought home after his birth at what at the time was known as the Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital.
“We’re all Americans first and then we’re Republicans and then we’re Democrats,” Ward said yesterday as he drove past the vacant parcel on his way into town from Hawai’i Kai. “It’s bare, except for two big HECO transformers and a big rock. It’s there just kind of growing weeds.”
As Obama and his family and friends continue to enjoy a scheduled 12-day vacation in his hometown, the Honolulu City Council has tentatively approved an effort by Mayor Mufi Hannemann to rename ‘Āina Moana Beach Park — more commonly known as Magic Island — to President Barack Obama Beach Park at Magic Island.
But it’s the state Legislature that’s considering resolutions that would bring six new changes in Obama’s honor, such as urging the state Board of Education to rename Obama’s first school — Noelani Elementary School — President Barack Hussein Obama II Elementary School, and to change the name of McKinley High School to President Barack Hussein Obama II High School.
Renaming one or two public schools in Obama’s name makes sense to Rep. Gil Keith-Agaran, D-9th, (Wailuku, Pu’unēnē, Makawao), who introduced the resolution, because “part of his education agenda is to make sure that the next generation has as much opportunity as possible in an economy where we need to compete globally.”
A lot of politicians have wishful thinking and promise a great many things. Where are the schools bearing their names? Has this politician/president actually brought about those changes? No? Well then….
Keith-Agaran also wants Hawai’i schoolchildren to know that it’s true that anyone in the Islands can dare to dream to grow up to be president of the United States.
“That sends the message to Hawai’i kids that it’s true,” Keith-Agaran said. “It’s nice to know that as we’re growing up in America, everyone has the opportunity to be as successful as possible.”
Another resolution would begin the process to place the rental apartment building on Beretania Street where Obama’s grandparents lived on to the National Register of Historic Places.
Someone please pinch me…
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
Well, this goes along with indocrinating school children throughout the US to sing, and praise the great leader.
I’ve seen all this crap before, when Hitler rose into power in 1933, working his way up to becoming one of the greatest evil ever purported on humanity. We all know how this ended.
You see, Hitler was elected in 1933, on the ‘great hope and change’ bandwagon. He used the same words, germans were just awed.
We’ll look back at Obami in about a year or so, and see what excuses those who are so intrigued by this empty shell, and observe their shame, hopefully.
“Can someone- ANYONE- please explain to me just what is it that people see in this president that I’m not seeing? What am I not getting?!”
You aren’t getting any sleep near any strange pods.
Why people subscribe to this? Hmm, could it be that a large portion of the current Generation of mine are wanting to embrace a form of Communism while the MSM shoves more forms of justification for it while attacking the previous Economical Model of America? Could it be the ammount of teachers and professors in public schools and colleges who are trying to shun the ideals found in, “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith as lies yet propping up and supporting the, “Manifesto of the Communist Party” by Karl Marx as truth? Could it be the attempt to re-write American History to blame the Republican Party for leading the Confederate forces during the Civil War or attempting to paint President Johnson as Republican to hide who ultimately placed American Troops into Viet Nam in a war waged by Political Correctness-minded Pundits restricting our fighting ablities?
I don’t think it’s all that deep. Where is the state that didn’t capitalize on some president being born there? Not that Hawaii needs more tourist traps, but it’s perfectly understandable as an excuse for another one.
And the real question, why are non-commercial interests still gushing, it’s like having to admit you made a really bad choice of spouse. The more investment of time and money into the losing enterprise, the harder it is to say “I was a total fool and I contributed to someone who didn’t deserve it and hurt me.” Abused people don’t say that. Clueless people who haven’t yet caught their lover cheating say that. There will always be a core group of people who can’t admit they were idiots to support him, along with the core group that are part of his calculated destruction. The rest, as they see how useless the relationship is, can be expected to turn–I mean, do a hard pivot. 🙂 It is the job of all right-thinkers to make this pivot possible by not giving in to the temptation to smack the Obamanites upside the head.
Another name to add to the “Vote Them Out Of Office List”.
The answer is simple. The government workers want another day off.
Yeah its a bit embarrassing to watch our local politicians fall all over themselves to ride Obamamania. You need to know that Hawaii folks have always had a chip on the shoulder when it comes to people born and raised in Hawaii that make it on the mainland (professional sports, music, acting, business, etc). The newspapers and local businesses bend over backwards for these success stories. Its part self-esteem, part ethnic pride, part racial. Local Caucasians don’t seem to get much play in the media but if the local is Hawaiian-Japanese-Chinese-Philippine-etc, whoa, stand back for the media and political worship. Michelle Wie is a very talented golfer, but when she was having trouble with her play, whoa be to you to criticize her publicly.
What’s laughable is that before then Senator Obama made the speech at the DNC in 2004, no one except some Punahou alumni ever heard about him. Why? Because he wasn’t “local” which means he wasn’t one of the ethnic groups of Hawaii. What he said about his life as a black in Hawaii in those days was true. Very few blacks lived in Hawaii other than the military. I won’t go on about his famous race speech last year during the campaign other to say that is not the experience of most of us who live in Hawaii for all our lives. When I heard that speech, I knew I could never vote for the man …
This deal with naming some schools after him doesn’t bother me, its expected. However creating a state holiday? That’s ridiculous. I’ll be writing my senator about that! Mahalo nui loa.
In order to pay for all these liberal programs and the expansion of those on the government payroll, I propose we the people require anyone who wants to be a politician to have to pay a special “Politician Tax” on their income at the percentage rate of the National Debt to GDP. In addition, for each law or bill proposed by a politician there should be an additional tax or fee based on their income at the percentage rate the legislation, once passed, will add to the current budget. Maybe then, we can get back to responsible government which is for the benefit of all Americans.
Why not put his face on the dollar bill, so that no one can miss seeing his value decline?
I AGREE
Let’s set aside Obama’s birthday as a national holiday, and give everyone a whole week off. And we can even hold a celebration in the capital, Nairobi.
Wordsmit,
Your looking at this backwards. You want the USA to stay a free American republic (it is not democracy). Anyone wanting to keep our freedoms in tact can’t understand why Obama is getting such praise. I still can’t say or write the words Obama and president together because I feel you should EARN the position, not buy it.
Now, let’s reverse the view. If you are one of the many who wants the USA to fail and not be a free republic, then you will agree that Obama deserves all of the attention he is getting, and much more.
I believe Obama wants to be king, not president. You can’t be king in a republic. For Obama to attain his goal of becoming king he first has to turn the USA into a dictatorship. Now you can see why others who want a kingdom and not a free society are giving Obama so much praise. You need to be one of THEM to understand their feelings toward Obama.
Can you think of anyone who has done more to destroy the USA than Obama? What would be an irony is if Obama would get his wish and become king, then, as king, he shuts down the propaganda media that helped him get elected and they become the kingdom’s press. I think some of the media are starting to see the light.