11-17-2015, 12:26 PM
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Originally posted by pahoated
Emotion-blinded predetermined scapegoating isn't any assistance to the community. It has been repeatedly pointed out that Hawaiian Electric came about because of the situations of the times, not a grand master plan by Satan through his faithful followers, the faceless demon "corporation". One thing about forming and reinforcing such child-like biased views of corporations results in total ignorance about how they actually operate. They are only as good or as bad as the people within them, the same with any human invention. Having to constantly regress over very basic knowledge that should have been acquired in elementary school is probably a bigger problem for Puna than whether Nextera takes over Hawaiian Electric.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
I am not being emotional. I am telling a story about a business and a king who was trying to take care of business by starting a public utility but some haole businessmen hijacked the king's vision and the kingdoms investments and started a company called Hawaii Electric. I think it is high time that it was given back and no matter of ridicule or falsification of history and fact can make it more than what it was corporate thievery. These men put a gun to the king's head and stole his power and his kingdom. I think America owns them more than an apology and America can start by giving them back their utility's of gas and electric.
We need to work it out and not put our heads in the sand and act like it never happened. We owe it to the future generation to generate our own power just like the king intended. It's the people's business not theirs. Long live DG (decentralized generation)
P.S. Pahoated don't get so emotional. [8D] All I was doing was saying happy birthday to the King in Hawaiian and calling attention to the fact that Nov.16th is also an anniversary date to his palace being electrified in 1886 and tieing it into the HECO story. November 16th is also an anniversary date of his last public appearance at his birthday celebration before he left for San Francisco in 1890. And as to the rest? Why that's just history and it all has to do with HECO and it all has to do with W.W. Hall and how he stole the utility from the Kingdom of Hawai'i with the help of some west coast individuals that would soon be known as PG&E.