Maui News Gives Teabagger Six Paragraphs

Marc Hodges, a Maui Teabagging moron put another man under citizen's arrest at a protest against the furloughs dictated by Lingle. Instead of reporting the protesters in the entirety, the "author," Claudine San Nicolas, focuses on an altercation between the teagbagging prince and another man.
Why would a teabagger show up at a protest against teacher furloughs if he didn't want a confrontation? Hodges says he wants less taxes, but he sure does like to drive on our roads, using the police that is paid for by our taxes.

Just say no to teabaggers.

Why Does Joe Bradley Hate Maui?

Jake Jacobus, dropped at birth

On "Maui Net," Jake Jacobus tries to defend his actions on the County Council floor. Apparently, he was dropped at birth. He writes:

..."I attended the County council meeting on Friday, August 7th. At that meeting, I took extreme offense to Wayne Nishiki's up-side down flag and took the occassion to remove it...."

Ahui ho,
Jake Jacobus

First off, this is how you spell "occasion." Dumb ass. Secondly, it is "A hui hou." Dumb ass. So what does the Hawaiian Flag really mean to you Jake? What is it that offends you so? That it's not plastic and made in China like the one you're holding in the picture I posted a couple days ago? That the Kanaka Maoli had their land stolen from them? You object to someone saying that they sympathize with the Kanaka? Why are you in Hawaii? Dumb ass.

You should be prosecuted for attempted theft. You should have been arrested on the spot. You should move back to Texas. Dumb ass.

http://dontinject.org/?page_id=71

http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2009/08/distressed-hawaiian-flag.html

The "editors" of The Maui News

Do the editors of The Maui News even bother to proof-read their copy before it goes to print?

Emily Bott correctly pointed out that their headline, "Prison mele in Calif. deepens budget worries" changes the entire meaning of the news story. Mele meaning "song" in 'Olelo Kanaka and melee meaning "a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle."

How hard is it to see the difference between mele and melee?

How can we take The Maui News seriously as a newspaper when almost every week, they print enormous factual errors, libelous letters to the editor and can't spot typos in their own headlines?

The Maui News, it's good for compost and not much else.

Pat Kean

Pat Kean writes a ton of letters to the Maui News that always denigrate Kanaka Maoli, The Hawaiian Kingdom, and community activists. But who is Pat Kean? What gives him (or her -It's Pat!) the gall to speak to any Hawaiian issues? Is Pat a Kanaka?

Judging from Pat's blog, I would have to say no, so I don't understand why Pat would involve him/herself with the issues of the Kanaka. In fact, Pat isn't concerned with the issues of the Kanaka, but wants to "Find leaders in the Churches on Maui, that will motivate their members to vote, and find additional leaders to run for office...If we can get 80% of church members to vote, we can change the way Politics are run in Hawaii. "

Pat wants to change Maui politics to reflect his/her idea of what America should be. Christian. Conservative. Pat puts down anyone who works toward Hawaiian Sovereignty. Is that the Christian part, or the conservative part speaking Pat? The history of Christian Missionaries in Hawaii is dubious at best, so for Pat to want to turn Hawaii into a "Christian/Conservative" state is just a continuation of the missionary children's goal to wipe out the Kanaka.

Pat's blog is sponsored, or at least features ads for the Heritage Foundation and the CATO Institute. The Heritage Foundation is a policy group trying to continue Reagan's failed doctrine, while the CATO Institute is basically a Libertarian group. On one of the pages featured on Pat's blog, they plan on disrupting Neil Abercrombie's health care town hall meeting and a few of the comments on the page ask where they can go to disrupt Mazie Hirono's town hall meetings.

Pat Kean is no friend of Hawaii, and judging from his/her blog, is no friend of democracy either.

Hey Jake Jacobus!

Why don't you go back to Texas, you disrespectful moron. (And take your American flag, and shove it up your ass).

Rascals need Opponents

Recently, the Maui News editor published a treatise entitled "Rascals Need Opponents." Of course, in their passive-aggressive way, they managed to stick it to one particular Council Member, the one they have doggedly looked to smear for years, and in this particular smear job, they paint him as a "rascal."

Don't get me wrong, I do agree with the premise, "Rascals need opponents." What I do not agree with is who their supposed rascals are. The main rascal in the debate is The Maui News. Owning six newspapers in such a small market does not allow for an alternative voice. The Maui Time Weekly has become almost completely unreadable and Jacob Shafer, the new(ish) editor seems to want to follow in "big brothers" steps and write sniping comments on council members as well.

The rascals do need opponents. We do need alternative voices in Maui County. Since the line between the Chamber of Commerce and Maui News is so blurred, the only voice is the business community. Obviously, the business community concerns itself with one thing: maximizing profits. But this leaves a plethora of people without a voice! The environmental community is practically voiceless in the Maui News. They are constantly lambasted in editorials and letters to the editors. The music community is completely unrepresented in the Maui News. If you were to read it to find out about local music, you'd be hard-pressed to find any information in the Maui News. And politics? The political makeup of the Maui News is severely right-wing. If a politician in Maui runs on a platform of progressive politics, they are always covered in a negative light. And, if you are don't kow-tow to the Maui News editors/writers, you can be sure that you will never receive a fair shake in their editorials.

So where are the opponents to these rascals? Who is going to say, "enough is enough." If the Maui News cannot put aside its pro-business, anti everything else politics, Maui County will continue to suffer under plantation style politics.

Dear Editors,

Dear Editors of The Maui News,

What does this sentence mean?

"Business are doing, leveraging and contributing much."*

The entire crux of the article written by Pamela Tumpap, a Chamber of Commerce lobbyist and general nosy-nellie is, "It is neither the time for more taxes, fees and regulation, nor are they appropriate." However, in the Chamber of Commerce view, there is never a time for any of these things and they continue to lobby all forms of government to lower taxes and to deregulate even further.

We all know where this has led us, we are currently in this financial crisis in part because of government deregulation. Maui cannot afford to let business (and their propaganda sheet, "The Maui News") do whatever they feel like doing. Without regulation, we would not have the anti-pollution laws, building codes or general business practices we currently enjoy here on Maui and we may not impose strict enough regulations on certain businesses in Maui County. Moreover, The Chamber of Commerce supports council members such as Molina, Victorino, Pontanilla and Medeiros because these council members do not ask for any concessions from the big developers. If the COC and the aforementioned Council members had their way, new sidewalks, water sources and affordable housing would not be built or asked for. In fact, not a single affordable home would be built, if it wasn't for strict regulation.

The business community was the catalyst in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and continues to operate in the same fashion. They seek and destroy any government official that gets in their way and slander them in newspapers such as Maui News. We deserve better than this.

*(c) The Maui News, June 20th, 2009.

Maui News Changes Headline

Yesterday's headlines, when describing George Bush's speech in Pennsylvania read:

"George Bush Criticizes Obama's Polices" News Room America

"Bush Takes Swipe at Obama's Policies"Washington Times

"Bush Breaks Silence, Goes After Obama in Speech" Huffington Post

But what does the Maui News write?

"Bush hopes closing Guantanamo won't risk U.S. Security" and then the sub head reads:

"But he says he won't criticize Obama"

In this particular story, the Maui News adds a new sub-headline to their story, thereby creating a new subtext for their article.

The Maui News

The Maui News is owned by the Ogden Group (the same group that has been accused of election tampering). The Maui News is a right-wing and anti-union paper and uses their bully pulpit to silence any critic of their business community pals. They do not print stories that are favorable to smart politicians. In fact, when Michelle Anderson retired, they refused to print a story on her accomplishments here on Maui nor did they bother to say farewell. The Maui News needs to understand that the community on Maui has had enough -we deserve better than what they are printing and their right-wing propaganda does not reflect our community!

I will be using this blog as a sort of "Media Matters" type of watchdog, where I will retort all their distortions and lies.

Here's some links about the Maui News corporate overlords:

Washington Post

Irregular Times

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