10-10-2019, 02:15 PM
And re-written on social media.
Social media is not "history". I was referring to "everything more than 100 years ago", during which time different races came to the islands and displaced those who were already here, up to and including the sugar plantations (where displacement is more driven by economic factors than racial differences).
We are so far down the rabbit hole at this point I can't even guess which parts will matter.
As but one example: our prosecutor is before the ethics board discussing whether it's a conflict of interest to charge lawbreakers with their violations of the law, despite the fact that he did not write the law or issue the citations, and before any prosecution has actually taken place in a court of law. Blocking a public road is a fairly overt act; I don't see where it's subject to a biased interpretation. Those charged have indicated they intend to raise Constitutional issues; if the case is therefore removed to a Federal court, the opinions of mere State or County legal machinery are no longer relevant.
Meanwhile, the costs (that we know of) are around $9M. This is more than half the budget allocated by Governor Ige. I want to believe this means things will be wrapped up in another couple of months, but most likely Ige will just throw more money at the problem, because it's no big deal to just raise taxes again.
Now back to your regularly scheduled drivel...
Social media is not "history". I was referring to "everything more than 100 years ago", during which time different races came to the islands and displaced those who were already here, up to and including the sugar plantations (where displacement is more driven by economic factors than racial differences).
We are so far down the rabbit hole at this point I can't even guess which parts will matter.
As but one example: our prosecutor is before the ethics board discussing whether it's a conflict of interest to charge lawbreakers with their violations of the law, despite the fact that he did not write the law or issue the citations, and before any prosecution has actually taken place in a court of law. Blocking a public road is a fairly overt act; I don't see where it's subject to a biased interpretation. Those charged have indicated they intend to raise Constitutional issues; if the case is therefore removed to a Federal court, the opinions of mere State or County legal machinery are no longer relevant.
Meanwhile, the costs (that we know of) are around $9M. This is more than half the budget allocated by Governor Ige. I want to believe this means things will be wrapped up in another couple of months, but most likely Ige will just throw more money at the problem, because it's no big deal to just raise taxes again.
Now back to your regularly scheduled drivel...
