AKAKA BILL - R.I.P.
Hawai`i Embarrassed by Akaka Bill Fiasco, Time to Move On
Hawai`i Reporter - June 13, 2006
It is truly unfortunate that Hawai`i embarrassed itself in front of a nationwide audience as its Senators attempted to pass the controversial Native Hawaiian Recognition Act S.147 also known as the Akaka Bill.
This bill was defined as "racist" and "divisive" by no less than the United States Commission on Civil Rights, the United States Justice Department and the President of the United States.
Ignoring these organizations and the President were Hawai`i's Democrat Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka, who vainly tried to mislead their colleagues into believing that creating a nation of one race based on ancestry was not racist....
It is time to put the Akaka Bill to rest and work on restoring the trust and unity among all races that Hawai`i's leadership has purposely devalued.
It's time to stop the politicians looking for swing votes, the OHA employees trying to hold on to their jobs, attorneys on the dole from OHA making a fortune on the spinning of the U.S. Constitution, the overpaid OHA lobbyists eagerly accepting money that should have gone to native Hawaiian benefits and above all else it's time to stop the victimization of a great race of people....
One has to ask how many more millions of OHA and state dollars will be spent pursuing a nationalist agenda when the money should be going to benefit native Hawaiians.
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