THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS IS CAUGHT ONCE AGAIN FABRICATING THE TRUTH ABOUT FEDERAL RECOGNITION VS INDEPENDENCE
Akaka Bill Survey's Claim Unsupported
Honolulu Advertiser - Tuesday, July 27th
Mr. Clyde Namu'o's assertion that there is not overwhelming opposition to the Akaka bill in Hawai'i is weak and supported with statements that to the un-analytical reader can seem to be reasonable claims (Letters, July 17).
Namu'o states: "The most recent statewide survey conducted by an independent research firm shows there is overwhelming support for the effort to provide federal recognition for Native Hawaiians, as the Akaka bill would do."
Well, what "independent" firm, how many people were surveyed, what area of the island(s) was the research conducted within, and was the overwhelming support for "recognition" via the Akaka bill or for simple re-"recognition" of the inherent sovereignty of the Hawaiian Islands? Pretty crafty way of glazing the donut for the un-analytical reader of his letter.
I believe the vast majority support recognition of the truth by the U.S. government if that is the federal recognition that is being spoken of here. I suspect it is not. I would like to know exactly the questions asked in this alleged survey. The question still remains, do those surveyed actually support the pseudo-recognition that is being sold to them via the Akaka bill or recognition of the truth by the U.S. government?
Namu'o stated: "It shows the vast majority of people in Hawai'i believe an injustice was committed by the U.S. government, and it is time now to help Native Hawaiians regain our sovereign right of self-determination."
Namu'o's last sentence is the most truthful sentence in his whole letter. The problem is that his concept of the sovereign right of self-determination is incomplete. He needs to look up those words in a dictionary and then re-examine exactly what it is the Akaka bill is about. But he won't because he is being paid to tell it the way he does.
Patrick Fishell
Kanaka Maoli, Arizona
