LILI`UOKALANI ON THE 1881 PANDEMIC
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Thursday, November 08, 2018
HEREʻS THE ARTICLE MENTIONED ON FREE HAWAI`I TV YESTERDAY
NEA Today - October 1, 2018 - By Chris Santomauro
In his message to the Congress on December 18, 1893, President Grover Cleveland acknowledged that the Hawaiian Kingdom was unlawfully invaded by United States marines on January 16, 1893, which led to an illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government the following day. The President told the Congress that he “instructed Minister Willis to advise the Queen and her supporters of [his] desire to aid in the restoration of the status existing before the lawless landing of the United States forces at Honolulu on the 16th of January last, if such restoration could be effected upon terms providing for clemency as well as justice to all parties concerned (U.S House of Representatives, 53d Cong., Executive Documents on Affairs in Hawaii: 1894-95, p. 458).”
What the President didn’t know at the time he gave his message was that Minister Willis succeeded in securing an agreement with the Queen that committed the United States to restore her as the Executive Monarch, and, thereafter, the Queen committed to granting amnesty to the insurgents. International law recognizes this executive agreement as a treaty. The President, however, did not carry out his duty under the treaty to restore the Queen, and, consequently, the Queen did not grant amnesty to the insurgents. The state of war continued.
On July 3, 1894, the insurgents renamed themselves the Republic of Hawai‘i and continued to seek annexation with the United States. Article 32 of its so-called constitution states, “The President, with the approval of the Cabinet, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to make a Treaty of Political or Commercial Union between the Republic of Hawaii and the United States of America, subject to the ratification of the Senate.” The insurgents always sought to be annexed by the United States.
After President William McKinley succeeded President Cleveland in office he entered into a treaty of annexation with the insurgents on June 16, 1897, in Washington, D.C. The following day, Queen Lili‘uokalani, who was also in Washington, submitted a formal protest with the State Department. Her protest stated:
Additional protests were filed with the State Department by two Hawaiian political organizations—the Men and Women’s Hawaiian Patriotic League (Hui Aloha ‘Aina), and the Hawaiian Political Association (Hui Kalai‘aina). President McKinley ignored these protests and was preparing to submit the so-called treaty for ratification by the Senate when the Congress would reconvene in December of 1897.
This prompted the Hawaiian Patriotic League to gather of 21,169 signatures from the Hawaiian citizenry and residents throughout the islands opposing annexation. On December 9, 1897, Senator George Hoar of Massachusetts entered the petition into the Senate record.
Under the Queen’s instructions, the delegates from the two Hawaiian political organizations who were in Washington began to meet with Senators who supported ratifying the so-called treaty. Sixty votes were necessary to accomplish ratification and there were already fifty-eight commitments. By the time the Hawaiian delegation left Washington on February 27, 1897, they had successfully chiseled the fifty-eight
Senators in support of annexation down to forty-six.
Unable to garner the necessary sixty votes, the so-called treaty was dead by March, yet war with Spain was looming over the horizon, and Hawai‘i would have to face the belligerency of the United States once again. American military interest would be the driving forces to fortify the islands as an outpost to protect the United States from foreign invasion.
Three days later in Washington, D.C., Congressman Francis Newlands submitted a joint resolution for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 4. On May 17, the joint resolution was reported out of the committee and headed to the floor of the House of Representatives.
On June 15, 1898, Congressman Thomas H. Ball from Texas emphatically stated, “The annexation of Hawai‘i by joint resolution is unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unwise. …Why, sir, the very presence of this measure here is the result of a deliberate attempt to do unlawfully that which can not be done lawfully (31 Cong. Rec. 5975).”
When the resolution reached the Senate, Senator Augustus Bacon from Georgia sarcastically remarked that, the “friends of annexation, seeing that it was not possible to make this treaty in the manner pointed out by the Constitution, attempted then to nullify the provision of in the Constitution by putting that treaty in the form of a statute, and here we have embodied the provisions of the treaty in the joint resolution which comes to us from the House (31 Cong. Rec. 6150).” Senator Bacon further explained, “That a joint resolution for the annexation of foreign territory was necessarily and essentially the subject matter of a treaty, and that it could not be accomplished legally and constitutionally by a statute or joint resolution (31 Cong. Rec. 6148).”
Despite the objections from Senators and Representatives, it managed to get a majority vote and President McKinley signed the joint resolution into law on July 7, 1898. The military buildup began in August of 1898 with the first army base in Waikiki called Camp McKinley. Today there are 118 military sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands and it serves as the headquarters for the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
Many government officials and constitutional scholars could not explain how a joint resolution could have the extra-territorial force and effect of a treaty in annexing Hawai‘i, a foreign and sovereign state. During the 19th century, Born states, “American courts, commentators, and other authorities understood international law as imposing strict territorial limits on national assertions of legislative jurisdiction (Gary Born, International Civil Litigation in United States Courts, p. 493).”
In 1824, the United Supreme Court explained that, “the legislation of every country is territorial,” and that the “laws of no nation can justly extend beyond its own territory (Rose v. Himely, 8 U.S. 241, p. 279),” for it would be “at variance with the independence and sovereignty of foreign nations (The Apollon, 22 U.S. 362, p. 370).”
In violation of international law and the treaties with the Hawaiian Kingdom, the United States maintained the insurgents’ control until the Congress could reorganize the insurgency so that it would look like a government. On April 30, 1900, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the Republic of Hawai‘i to the Territory of Hawai‘i. Later, on March 18, 1959, the U.S. Congress, again by statute, changed the name of the Territory of Hawai‘i to the State of Hawai‘i.
In 1988, Acting Assistant United States Attorney General, Douglas W. Kmiec, drew attention to this American dilemma in a memorandum opinion written for the Legal Advisor for the Department of State regarding legal issues raised by the proposed Presidential proclamation to extend the territorial sea from a three-mile limit to twelve (Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel, vol. 12, p. 238-263). After concluding that only the President and not the Congress possesses “the constitutional authority to assert either sovereignty over an extended territorial sea or jurisdiction over it under international law on behalf of the United States (Id., p. 242),” Kmiec also concluded that it was “unclear which constitutional power Congress exercised when it acquired Hawaii by joint resolution. Accordingly, it is doubtful that the acquisition of Hawaii can serve as an appropriate precedent for a congressional assertion of sovereignty over an extended territorial sea (Id., p. 262).”
Kmiec cited United States constitutional scholar Westel Woodbury Willoughby, who wrote in 1929, “The constitutionality of the annexation of Hawaii, by a simple legislative act, was strenuously contested at the time both in Congress and by the press. The right to annex by treaty was not denied, but it was denied that this might be done by a simple legislative act. …Only by means of treaties, it was asserted, can the relations between States be governed, for a legislative act is necessarily without extraterritorial force—confined in its operation to the territory of the State by whose legislature enacted it (Id., p. 252).”
In 1910, Willoughby wrote, “The incorporation of one sovereign State, such as was Hawaii prior to annexation, in the territory of another, is…essentially a matter falling within the domain of international relations, and, therefore, beyond the reach of legislative acts (Willoughby, The Constitutional Law of the United States, vol. 1, p. 345).”
“As a professor of international law, the former Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee, co-author of book, The United Nations Human Rights Committee Case Law 1977-2008, and currently serving as the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, I have come to understand that the lawful political status of the Hawaiian Islands is that of a sovereign nation-state that is under a strange form of occupation by the United States resulting from an illegal military occupation and a fraudulent annexation. As such, international laws (the Hague and Geneva Conventions) require that governance and legal matters within the occupied territory of the Hawaiian Islands must be administered by the application of the laws of the occupied state (in this case, the Hawaiian Kingdom), not the domestic laws of the occupier (the United States).”
A state of peace between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States was transformed to a state of war when United States troops invaded the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 16, 1893, and illegally overthrew the Hawaiian government the following day. Only by way of a treaty of peace can the state of affairs be transformed back to a state of peace. The 1907 Hague Convention, IV, and the 1949 Geneva Convention, IV, mentioned by the UN official regulate the occupying State during a state of war.
NEA Today - October 1, 2018 - By Chris Santomauro
In his message to the Congress on December 18, 1893, President Grover Cleveland acknowledged that the Hawaiian Kingdom was unlawfully invaded by United States marines on January 16, 1893, which led to an illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian government the following day. The President told the Congress that he “instructed Minister Willis to advise the Queen and her supporters of [his] desire to aid in the restoration of the status existing before the lawless landing of the United States forces at Honolulu on the 16th of January last, if such restoration could be effected upon terms providing for clemency as well as justice to all parties concerned (U.S House of Representatives, 53d Cong., Executive Documents on Affairs in Hawaii: 1894-95, p. 458).”
What the President didn’t know at the time he gave his message was that Minister Willis succeeded in securing an agreement with the Queen that committed the United States to restore her as the Executive Monarch, and, thereafter, the Queen committed to granting amnesty to the insurgents. International law recognizes this executive agreement as a treaty. The President, however, did not carry out his duty under the treaty to restore the Queen, and, consequently, the Queen did not grant amnesty to the insurgents. The state of war continued.
Insurgency Continues to Seek Annexation to the United States
President Cleveland acknowledged that those individuals who he sought the Queen’s consent to grant amnesty were not a government at all. In fact, he stated they were “neither a government de facto nor de jure (p. 453).” Instead, the President referred to these individuals as “insurgents (Id.),” which by definition are rebels who revolt against an established government. Under Chapter VI of the Hawaiian Penal Code a revolt against the government is treason, which carries the punishment of death and property of the convicted is seized by the Hawaiian government.On July 3, 1894, the insurgents renamed themselves the Republic of Hawai‘i and continued to seek annexation with the United States. Article 32 of its so-called constitution states, “The President, with the approval of the Cabinet, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to make a Treaty of Political or Commercial Union between the Republic of Hawaii and the United States of America, subject to the ratification of the Senate.” The insurgents always sought to be annexed by the United States.
After President William McKinley succeeded President Cleveland in office he entered into a treaty of annexation with the insurgents on June 16, 1897, in Washington, D.C. The following day, Queen Lili‘uokalani, who was also in Washington, submitted a formal protest with the State Department. Her protest stated:
“I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, by the will of God named heir apparent on the tenth day of April, A.D. 1877, and by the grace of God Queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the seventeenth day of January, A.D. 1893, do hereby protest against the ratification of a certain treaty, which, so I am informed, has been signed at Washington by Messrs. Hatch, Thurston, and Kinney, purporting to cede those Islands to the territory and dominion of the United States. I declare such a treaty to be an act of wrong toward the native and part-native people of Hawaii, an invasion of the rights of the ruling chiefs, in violation of international rights both toward my people and toward friendly nations with whom they have made treaties, the perpetuation of the fraud whereby the constitutional government was overthrown, and, finally, an act of gross injustice to me.”
Additional protests were filed with the State Department by two Hawaiian political organizations—the Men and Women’s Hawaiian Patriotic League (Hui Aloha ‘Aina), and the Hawaiian Political Association (Hui Kalai‘aina). President McKinley ignored these protests and was preparing to submit the so-called treaty for ratification by the Senate when the Congress would reconvene in December of 1897.
This prompted the Hawaiian Patriotic League to gather of 21,169 signatures from the Hawaiian citizenry and residents throughout the islands opposing annexation. On December 9, 1897, Senator George Hoar of Massachusetts entered the petition into the Senate record.
Under the Queen’s instructions, the delegates from the two Hawaiian political organizations who were in Washington began to meet with Senators who supported ratifying the so-called treaty. Sixty votes were necessary to accomplish ratification and there were already fifty-eight commitments. By the time the Hawaiian delegation left Washington on February 27, 1897, they had successfully chiseled the fifty-eight
Senators in support of annexation down to forty-six.
Unable to garner the necessary sixty votes, the so-called treaty was dead by March, yet war with Spain was looming over the horizon, and Hawai‘i would have to face the belligerency of the United States once again. American military interest would be the driving forces to fortify the islands as an outpost to protect the United States from foreign invasion.
Annexation by Legislation
On April 25, 1897, one month after the treaty was killed, Congress declared war on Spain. The Spanish-American War was not waged in Spain, but rather in the Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean, and in the colonies of the Philippines and Guam in the Pacific. On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.Three days later in Washington, D.C., Congressman Francis Newlands submitted a joint resolution for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 4. On May 17, the joint resolution was reported out of the committee and headed to the floor of the House of Representatives.
On June 15, 1898, Congressman Thomas H. Ball from Texas emphatically stated, “The annexation of Hawai‘i by joint resolution is unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unwise. …Why, sir, the very presence of this measure here is the result of a deliberate attempt to do unlawfully that which can not be done lawfully (31 Cong. Rec. 5975).”
Despite the objections from Senators and Representatives, it managed to get a majority vote and President McKinley signed the joint resolution into law on July 7, 1898. The military buildup began in August of 1898 with the first army base in Waikiki called Camp McKinley. Today there are 118 military sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands and it serves as the headquarters for the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
Many government officials and constitutional scholars could not explain how a joint resolution could have the extra-territorial force and effect of a treaty in annexing Hawai‘i, a foreign and sovereign state. During the 19th century, Born states, “American courts, commentators, and other authorities understood international law as imposing strict territorial limits on national assertions of legislative jurisdiction (Gary Born, International Civil Litigation in United States Courts, p. 493).”
In 1824, the United Supreme Court explained that, “the legislation of every country is territorial,” and that the “laws of no nation can justly extend beyond its own territory (Rose v. Himely, 8 U.S. 241, p. 279),” for it would be “at variance with the independence and sovereignty of foreign nations (The Apollon, 22 U.S. 362, p. 370).”
In violation of international law and the treaties with the Hawaiian Kingdom, the United States maintained the insurgents’ control until the Congress could reorganize the insurgency so that it would look like a government. On April 30, 1900, the U.S. Congress changed the name of the Republic of Hawai‘i to the Territory of Hawai‘i. Later, on March 18, 1959, the U.S. Congress, again by statute, changed the name of the Territory of Hawai‘i to the State of Hawai‘i.
In 1988, Acting Assistant United States Attorney General, Douglas W. Kmiec, drew attention to this American dilemma in a memorandum opinion written for the Legal Advisor for the Department of State regarding legal issues raised by the proposed Presidential proclamation to extend the territorial sea from a three-mile limit to twelve (Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel, vol. 12, p. 238-263). After concluding that only the President and not the Congress possesses “the constitutional authority to assert either sovereignty over an extended territorial sea or jurisdiction over it under international law on behalf of the United States (Id., p. 242),” Kmiec also concluded that it was “unclear which constitutional power Congress exercised when it acquired Hawaii by joint resolution. Accordingly, it is doubtful that the acquisition of Hawaii can serve as an appropriate precedent for a congressional assertion of sovereignty over an extended territorial sea (Id., p. 262).”
Kmiec cited United States constitutional scholar Westel Woodbury Willoughby, who wrote in 1929, “The constitutionality of the annexation of Hawaii, by a simple legislative act, was strenuously contested at the time both in Congress and by the press. The right to annex by treaty was not denied, but it was denied that this might be done by a simple legislative act. …Only by means of treaties, it was asserted, can the relations between States be governed, for a legislative act is necessarily without extraterritorial force—confined in its operation to the territory of the State by whose legislature enacted it (Id., p. 252).”
In 1910, Willoughby wrote, “The incorporation of one sovereign State, such as was Hawaii prior to annexation, in the territory of another, is…essentially a matter falling within the domain of international relations, and, therefore, beyond the reach of legislative acts (Willoughby, The Constitutional Law of the United States, vol. 1, p. 345).”
United Nations Acknowledges the Occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom
In a communication to the State of Hawai‘i dated February 25, 2018 from Dr. Alfred M. deZayas, a United Nations Independent Expert, the UN official acknowledged the prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He wrote:“As a professor of international law, the former Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee, co-author of book, The United Nations Human Rights Committee Case Law 1977-2008, and currently serving as the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, I have come to understand that the lawful political status of the Hawaiian Islands is that of a sovereign nation-state that is under a strange form of occupation by the United States resulting from an illegal military occupation and a fraudulent annexation. As such, international laws (the Hague and Geneva Conventions) require that governance and legal matters within the occupied territory of the Hawaiian Islands must be administered by the application of the laws of the occupied state (in this case, the Hawaiian Kingdom), not the domestic laws of the occupier (the United States).”
A state of peace between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States was transformed to a state of war when United States troops invaded the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 16, 1893, and illegally overthrew the Hawaiian government the following day. Only by way of a treaty of peace can the state of affairs be transformed back to a state of peace. The 1907 Hague Convention, IV, and the 1949 Geneva Convention, IV, mentioned by the UN official regulate the occupying State during a state of war.
Tuesday, January 02, 2018
2017 - A BANNER YEAR & MUCH PROGRESS
The 174th anniversaries of the national holidays Lā Hoʻihoʻi Eā and Lā Kūʻokoʻa were widely and more intently celebrated throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The events reminded us of the sovereign and equal status attained by the Hawaiian Kingdom among the great powers of the earth.
The celebrations of the life of Queen Lili`uokalani — her 179th birthday in September and the 100th year since her passing in November — both served to emphasize her grace, wisdom and courage, making all the more heinous, the hewa committed against her and the people of her Kingdom. The wrongful taking is coming more into focus to a broader audience and with it, better understanding of the need to Free Hawai`i.
The Kū`e intensified — with actions against the TMT project on Mauna Kea and the solar telescope on Haleakalā; with high profile questions over land titles (particularly on Kaua`i with issues involving Zuckerberg, Wainiha, Coco Palms…); with uncovering judicial abuse of Hawaiian nationals (such as the wrongful detention of Robert Warren Jr.); and so forth.
And social media was ablaze with alerts, calls to action, information and discussions, getting people more maʻa to our condition and more committed to making things pono.
Meanwhile, significant progress was made in arenas not so visible… such as in international legal and diplomatic venues.
2018 Will Be Even Better! A Year Of Breakthroughs…
January 17 is the 125th anniversary of the real "Day of Infamy" in the Hawaiian Islands, when the peaceful Hawaiian Kingdom suffered a sneak attacked by U.S. armed forces in collusion with insurgents to cause a regime change.
This year, 2018, starting with the 125th anniversary of the “overthrow,” is a great opportunity to heighten awareness locally and globally of our situation and our resolve to Free Hawai`i. Besides using ʻOnipa`a Kākou to engage the press, the general public, the visitors, the state legislature (coincidentally opening its 2018 session on the same Day of Infamy) and the media, we will be working to gain coverage by the international press/media of our efforts to Free Hawai`i.
There are many other key dates this year that we plan to utilize to amplify our story, gain exposure and rally support to Free Hawaii.
Also, Hawaiian nationals will be pressuring the "State of Hawai`i” on a number of issues. One is to stop the Stateʻs blatant discrimination in its maltreatment and persecution of Hawaiian nationals due to our national origin. This form of discrimination is strictly prohibited by state, federal and international law. We will be mounting several other challenges to the legitimacy of the State of Hawai`i.
This is also the year we will be projecting our vision forward by discussing and starting in earnest to plan what Hawaii will be like as a sovereign, independent country.
Itʻs going to be a great year! Stay tuned!
Malama pono,
Leon Siu
The 174th anniversaries of the national holidays Lā Hoʻihoʻi Eā and Lā Kūʻokoʻa were widely and more intently celebrated throughout the Hawaiian Islands. The events reminded us of the sovereign and equal status attained by the Hawaiian Kingdom among the great powers of the earth.
The celebrations of the life of Queen Lili`uokalani — her 179th birthday in September and the 100th year since her passing in November — both served to emphasize her grace, wisdom and courage, making all the more heinous, the hewa committed against her and the people of her Kingdom. The wrongful taking is coming more into focus to a broader audience and with it, better understanding of the need to Free Hawai`i.
The Kū`e intensified — with actions against the TMT project on Mauna Kea and the solar telescope on Haleakalā; with high profile questions over land titles (particularly on Kaua`i with issues involving Zuckerberg, Wainiha, Coco Palms…); with uncovering judicial abuse of Hawaiian nationals (such as the wrongful detention of Robert Warren Jr.); and so forth.
And social media was ablaze with alerts, calls to action, information and discussions, getting people more maʻa to our condition and more committed to making things pono.
Meanwhile, significant progress was made in arenas not so visible… such as in international legal and diplomatic venues.
2018 Will Be Even Better! A Year Of Breakthroughs…
January 17 is the 125th anniversary of the real "Day of Infamy" in the Hawaiian Islands, when the peaceful Hawaiian Kingdom suffered a sneak attacked by U.S. armed forces in collusion with insurgents to cause a regime change.
This year, 2018, starting with the 125th anniversary of the “overthrow,” is a great opportunity to heighten awareness locally and globally of our situation and our resolve to Free Hawai`i. Besides using ʻOnipa`a Kākou to engage the press, the general public, the visitors, the state legislature (coincidentally opening its 2018 session on the same Day of Infamy) and the media, we will be working to gain coverage by the international press/media of our efforts to Free Hawai`i.
There are many other key dates this year that we plan to utilize to amplify our story, gain exposure and rally support to Free Hawaii.
Also, Hawaiian nationals will be pressuring the "State of Hawai`i” on a number of issues. One is to stop the Stateʻs blatant discrimination in its maltreatment and persecution of Hawaiian nationals due to our national origin. This form of discrimination is strictly prohibited by state, federal and international law. We will be mounting several other challenges to the legitimacy of the State of Hawai`i.
This is also the year we will be projecting our vision forward by discussing and starting in earnest to plan what Hawaii will be like as a sovereign, independent country.
Itʻs going to be a great year! Stay tuned!
Malama pono,
Leon Siu
Sunday, November 12, 2017
PROUD HAWAIIAN KINGDOM ROYALISTS ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
"A Foot In Both Worlds - A Visit With Michael A. Lilly"
Most people know Michael Lilly as a former Hawai`i attorney general as well as the lead attorney for Judicial Watch and Grassroot Institute in the recent Na`i Aupuni US Supreme Court Case. Very few however realize that Mike is also a fifth generation Hawai`i resident and a direct descendant of Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals. Even more astounding is that several of his ancestors were advisors and confidants to Kamehameha V, Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani. Join us in our amazing visit with Michael as he brings Hawaiian Kingdom history alive telling us the story of his family before the overthrow, their loyalty and deep dedication to the government and its rulers and why all of them forever remain Hawaiian Kingdom Royalists - Watch It Here
MONDAY, November 13th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, November 13th At 5:30 PM & FRIDAY, November 17th At 4:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
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TUESDAY, November 14th At 7:30 AM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 11:30 AM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 54
TUESDAY, November 14th At 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, November 16th At 7:30 PM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 5:30 PM – Kaua`i - Ho`ike, Channel 52
Sneak Peek! -
"A Hand Up - A Visit With Twinkle Borge"
A hand up, not a hand out is what Twinkle Borge, leader at Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae offers those who come to her for help. One of O`ahuʻs largest encampments for houseless individuals, Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae is a safe haven for those living on the street yet want to recover their lives and re-enter society. As someone formerly living on the street herself, itʻs no wonder sheʻs helped countless others to get back on their feet. Join us in our amazing visit at Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae and youʻll see why Twinkle Borge inspires others to become successful every day of their lives - Watch It Here
FRIDAY, November 17th At 8:00 PM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 5:30 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
Now you can become a fan of Voices Of Truth on Facebook by clicking Here and see behind the scenes photos of our shows and a whole lot more.
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth now airs on local access stations in over 90 cities across the US and throughout the world. Check your local listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
"A Foot In Both Worlds - A Visit With Michael A. Lilly"
Most people know Michael Lilly as a former Hawai`i attorney general as well as the lead attorney for Judicial Watch and Grassroot Institute in the recent Na`i Aupuni US Supreme Court Case. Very few however realize that Mike is also a fifth generation Hawai`i resident and a direct descendant of Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals. Even more astounding is that several of his ancestors were advisors and confidants to Kamehameha V, Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani. Join us in our amazing visit with Michael as he brings Hawaiian Kingdom history alive telling us the story of his family before the overthrow, their loyalty and deep dedication to the government and its rulers and why all of them forever remain Hawaiian Kingdom Royalists - Watch It Here
MONDAY, November 13th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, November 13th At 5:30 PM & FRIDAY, November 17th At 4:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
NEW! - Now More Na Leo O Hawai`i Air Dates -
TUESDAY, November 14th At 7:30 AM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 11:30 AM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 54
TUESDAY, November 14th At 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, November 16th At 7:30 PM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 5:30 PM – Kaua`i - Ho`ike, Channel 52
Sneak Peek! -
"A Hand Up - A Visit With Twinkle Borge"
A hand up, not a hand out is what Twinkle Borge, leader at Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae offers those who come to her for help. One of O`ahuʻs largest encampments for houseless individuals, Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae is a safe haven for those living on the street yet want to recover their lives and re-enter society. As someone formerly living on the street herself, itʻs no wonder sheʻs helped countless others to get back on their feet. Join us in our amazing visit at Pu`uhonua o Wai`anae and youʻll see why Twinkle Borge inspires others to become successful every day of their lives - Watch It Here
FRIDAY, November 17th At 8:00 PM & SATURDAY, November 18th At 5:30 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
Now you can become a fan of Voices Of Truth on Facebook by clicking Here and see behind the scenes photos of our shows and a whole lot more.
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth now airs on local access stations in over 90 cities across the US and throughout the world. Check your local listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
Please share our Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Mahalo.
Monday, November 06, 2017
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Sunday, November 05, 2017
HIS ANCESTORS SUPPORTED THE MONARCHY ON “VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`IʻS FUTURE"
"A Foot In Both Worlds- A Visit With Michael A. Lilly"
Most people know Michael Lilly as a former Hawai`i attorney general as well as the lead attorney for Judicial Watch and Grassroot Institute in the recent Na`i Aupuni US Supreme Court Case. Very few however realize that Mike is also a fifth generation Hawai`i resident and a direct descendant of Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals. Even more astounding is that several of his ancestors were advisors and confidants to Kamehameha V, Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani. Join us in our amazing visit with Michael as he brings Hawaiian Kingdom history alive telling us the story of his family before the overthrow, their loyalty and deep dedication to the government and its rulers and why all of them forever remain Hawaiian Kingdom Royalists - Watch It Here
MONDAY, November 6th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, November 6th At 5:30 PM & FRIDAY, November 10th At 4:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
NEW! - Now More Na Leo O Hawai`i Air Dates -
TUESDAY, November 7th At 7:30 AM & SATURDAY, November 11th At 11:30 AM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 54
TUESDAY, November 7th At 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, November 9th At 7:30 PM & SATURDAY,November 11th At 5:30 PM – Kaua`i - Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, November 11th At 5:30 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
Now you can become a fan of Voices Of Truth on Facebook by clicking Here and see behind the scenes photos of our shows and a whole lot more.
Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.
Voices Of Truth now airs on local access stations in over 90 cities across the US and throughout the world. Check your local listings.
For news and issues that affect you, watch Free Hawai`i TV, a part of the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network.
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"A Foot In Both Worlds- A Visit With Michael A. Lilly"
Most people know Michael Lilly as a former Hawai`i attorney general as well as the lead attorney for Judicial Watch and Grassroot Institute in the recent Na`i Aupuni US Supreme Court Case. Very few however realize that Mike is also a fifth generation Hawai`i resident and a direct descendant of Hawaiian Kingdom Nationals. Even more astounding is that several of his ancestors were advisors and confidants to Kamehameha V, Kalakaua and Queen Lili`uokalani. Join us in our amazing visit with Michael as he brings Hawaiian Kingdom history alive telling us the story of his family before the overthrow, their loyalty and deep dedication to the government and its rulers and why all of them forever remain Hawaiian Kingdom Royalists - Watch It Here
MONDAY, November 6th At 6:30 PM – Maui – Akaku, Channel 53
MONDAY, November 6th At 5:30 PM & FRIDAY, November 10th At 4:30 PM – Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
NEW! - Now More Na Leo O Hawai`i Air Dates -
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TUESDAY, November 7th At 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, November 9th At 7:30 PM & SATURDAY,November 11th At 5:30 PM – Kaua`i - Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, November 11th At 5:30 PM – O`ahu - `Olelo, Channel 53
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Monday, July 28, 2014
KOANI FOUNDATION PRESENTS SECOND ANNUAL HAWAIIAN KINGDOM PATRIOT AWARD
AT LA HO`I HO`I EA
Sarah Peggy Ha`o Ross & Terrilee Napua Keko`olani Honored
Liliu`okalani, left, daughter of Sarah Peggy Ha'o-Ross, accepts the award presented posthumously to her mother by Leon Siu, center. The second awardee is Terrilee Napua Keko`olani, right.
The Koani Foundation annually recognizes those who have devoted their lives to a Free Hawai`i.
AT LA HO`I HO`I EA
Sarah Peggy Ha`o Ross & Terrilee Napua Keko`olani Honored
The Koani Foundation annually recognizes those who have devoted their lives to a Free Hawai`i.
Monday, December 23, 2013
HAWAIIAN NATIONALS TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA?
Obama Urged To Return Hawaiian Kingdom
The Committee of Hawaiian Nationals and other Hawai`i independence leaders are planning to meet with US President Obama while he is here in Hawai`i on holiday to urge him to fulfill the United States’ 120-year-old obligation to return the governance of the Hawaiian Islands to the Hawaiian Kingdom.
For the past 115 years, beginning with the fake annexation (1898) through the fake statehood vote (1959), the United States has tried to obliterate the standing of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent nation-state.
But in recent years, the United States’ presence in Hawaii has been exposed—in terms of international law—as an illegal foreign occupation.
This means the Hawaiian Kingdom, though greatly impaired and obscured, continues to stand; continues to exist. Furthermore, under international law, its people (subjects/citizens/nationals) have the right to reclaim, reactivate and run their own country.
Specifically, the Committee of Hawaiian Nationals and other independence advocates wish to remind President Obama about the Lili`uokalani-Cleveland agreement of 1893, whereby the United States became lawfully obligated to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
President Obama can implement the United States’ part of the agreement by simply issuing a Presidential Executive Order.
This would activate negotiations to settle the 120-year-long dispute and 115-year –long occupation, and put the Hawaiian Kingdom on the road to restoration, healing, reconciliation and building for the future as a productive member of the global community.
Obama Urged To Return Hawaiian Kingdom
The Committee of Hawaiian Nationals and other Hawai`i independence leaders are planning to meet with US President Obama while he is here in Hawai`i on holiday to urge him to fulfill the United States’ 120-year-old obligation to return the governance of the Hawaiian Islands to the Hawaiian Kingdom.
For the past 115 years, beginning with the fake annexation (1898) through the fake statehood vote (1959), the United States has tried to obliterate the standing of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a sovereign, independent nation-state.
But in recent years, the United States’ presence in Hawaii has been exposed—in terms of international law—as an illegal foreign occupation.
This means the Hawaiian Kingdom, though greatly impaired and obscured, continues to stand; continues to exist. Furthermore, under international law, its people (subjects/citizens/nationals) have the right to reclaim, reactivate and run their own country.
Specifically, the Committee of Hawaiian Nationals and other independence advocates wish to remind President Obama about the Lili`uokalani-Cleveland agreement of 1893, whereby the United States became lawfully obligated to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
President Obama can implement the United States’ part of the agreement by simply issuing a Presidential Executive Order.
This would activate negotiations to settle the 120-year-long dispute and 115-year –long occupation, and put the Hawaiian Kingdom on the road to restoration, healing, reconciliation and building for the future as a productive member of the global community.
Friday, December 20, 2013
WILL THE US SUCCEED AT TURNING HAWAIIANS INTO AMERICAN INDIANS?
The Bait & Switch Game -
The Clinton Apology of 1993 was a 'bait-and-switch' gambit to cover up and avoid ever having to fulfill the 120 year-old Cleveland-Lili`uokalani agreement.
Based on the Clinton Apology, tens of millions of dollars and untold resources—human and otherwise—have been expended by the US and its puppet "State of Hawai`i" government agencies (like the Office of Hawaiian Affairs) to offer decoys like the Akaka Bill, Kau Inoa, Kana`iolowalu, and other nefarious schemes to "Indian-ize" Hawaiians.
The ploy is to lure Hawaiians (with a nice t-shirt) into signing up to form an American/Hawaiian tribal nation. In essence, joining helps the US deny any obligation to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The good news is the bait-and-switch gambit has backfired.
The monumental failure of Kana`iolowalu shows that Hawaiians are ma`a (familiar) to the tribal nation trick.
Hawaiians are not buying it, and do not trust those US government agencies, quasi-government organizations and corporations that are trying to lead them down the road to captivity.
The Obama Card -
Since they have not succeeded in getting Hawaiians to walk into the trap, the 'powers that be' are preparing to play the Presidential Executive Order card. That is, to have President Obama "Indian-ize" Hawaiians by simply decreeing (creating out of thin air a la Republic of Hawai`i), a Native-Hawaiian-American-Indian tribe with lots of government enticements (not just t-shirts) to attract the masses.
But opening up the deck to play the Obama Executive Order card, will expose (especially if we scream bloody murder) that there is only one card in that can be played. And that is the 120 year-old Cleveland-Lili`uokalani agreement.
Where Do We Go From Here? - The Answers Tomorrow...
The Bait & Switch Game -
The Clinton Apology of 1993 was a 'bait-and-switch' gambit to cover up and avoid ever having to fulfill the 120 year-old Cleveland-Lili`uokalani agreement.
Based on the Clinton Apology, tens of millions of dollars and untold resources—human and otherwise—have been expended by the US and its puppet "State of Hawai`i" government agencies (like the Office of Hawaiian Affairs) to offer decoys like the Akaka Bill, Kau Inoa, Kana`iolowalu, and other nefarious schemes to "Indian-ize" Hawaiians.
The ploy is to lure Hawaiians (with a nice t-shirt) into signing up to form an American/Hawaiian tribal nation. In essence, joining helps the US deny any obligation to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The good news is the bait-and-switch gambit has backfired.
The monumental failure of Kana`iolowalu shows that Hawaiians are ma`a (familiar) to the tribal nation trick.
Hawaiians are not buying it, and do not trust those US government agencies, quasi-government organizations and corporations that are trying to lead them down the road to captivity.
The Obama Card -
Since they have not succeeded in getting Hawaiians to walk into the trap, the 'powers that be' are preparing to play the Presidential Executive Order card. That is, to have President Obama "Indian-ize" Hawaiians by simply decreeing (creating out of thin air a la Republic of Hawai`i), a Native-Hawaiian-American-Indian tribe with lots of government enticements (not just t-shirts) to attract the masses.
But opening up the deck to play the Obama Executive Order card, will expose (especially if we scream bloody murder) that there is only one card in that can be played. And that is the 120 year-old Cleveland-Lili`uokalani agreement.
Where Do We Go From Here? - The Answers Tomorrow...
Thursday, December 19, 2013
WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY 120 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY?
Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the FIRST U.S. confession and apology for aiding and abetting in the seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom government in 1893.
That first "apology" (by US President Grover Cleveland) was more accurate and comprehensive than the one given 100 years later (by US President William Clinton), and it came with a binding commitment to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Here's What Went Down -
December 18, 1893 – US President Grover S. Cleveland in an historic address to the US Congress, fully admitted that the US violated international law when its diplomatic representative and military forces interfered in the affairs of a foreign country (the Hawaiian Kingdom) and enabled a handful of insurgents to usurp the lawful government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
President Cleveland admitted that the United States' actions constituted an unwarranted, unlawful, unprovoked “act of war” against the Hawaiian Kingdom, a fully recognized, sovereign, neutral, friendly nation.
Cleveland unequivocally stated that the US actions made the US directly responsible for the wrongs committed against the Queen, the government and the people of the Hawaiian Kingdom and therefore, the US should take immediate action to repair the offense by restoring the Queen and lawful government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Meanwhile, In Hawai`i -
On that very same day—December 18, 1893—Queen`uokalani, the monarch and sovereign head of state of the Hawaiian Kingdom and H.E. Albert S. Willis, the US Foreign Minister (Ambassador) to Hawai`i, after weeks of negotiations, agreed to the terms of a settlement to repair the violation.
The terms of the agreement were - the US would implement the actions necessary to restore the Queen to govern the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Queen, in turn, would grant amnesty to those individuals who had committed treason and sedition by their unlawful seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom government.
It is a binding agreement between two sovereign nations and although the US in the 120 years since, has failed to follow through, it is still incumbent upon the president, as chief executive of the US to execute.
The question is - Will the sitting US President Barack Obama, execute the agreement that was made in 1893?
Tomorrow - Part Two - The Bait & Switch Game...
Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the FIRST U.S. confession and apology for aiding and abetting in the seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom government in 1893.
That first "apology" (by US President Grover Cleveland) was more accurate and comprehensive than the one given 100 years later (by US President William Clinton), and it came with a binding commitment to restore the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Here's What Went Down -
December 18, 1893 – US President Grover S. Cleveland in an historic address to the US Congress, fully admitted that the US violated international law when its diplomatic representative and military forces interfered in the affairs of a foreign country (the Hawaiian Kingdom) and enabled a handful of insurgents to usurp the lawful government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
President Cleveland admitted that the United States' actions constituted an unwarranted, unlawful, unprovoked “act of war” against the Hawaiian Kingdom, a fully recognized, sovereign, neutral, friendly nation.
Cleveland unequivocally stated that the US actions made the US directly responsible for the wrongs committed against the Queen, the government and the people of the Hawaiian Kingdom and therefore, the US should take immediate action to repair the offense by restoring the Queen and lawful government of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Meanwhile, In Hawai`i -
On that very same day—December 18, 1893—Queen`uokalani, the monarch and sovereign head of state of the Hawaiian Kingdom and H.E. Albert S. Willis, the US Foreign Minister (Ambassador) to Hawai`i, after weeks of negotiations, agreed to the terms of a settlement to repair the violation.
The terms of the agreement were - the US would implement the actions necessary to restore the Queen to govern the Hawaiian Kingdom and the Queen, in turn, would grant amnesty to those individuals who had committed treason and sedition by their unlawful seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom government.
It is a binding agreement between two sovereign nations and although the US in the 120 years since, has failed to follow through, it is still incumbent upon the president, as chief executive of the US to execute.
The question is - Will the sitting US President Barack Obama, execute the agreement that was made in 1893?
Tomorrow - Part Two - The Bait & Switch Game...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"IN ARREARS FOR YEARS"
Are You Hating That Youʻre Still Waiting?
Whatʻs More, Did You Just Ask “What For?”
Well, Itʻs Nice They Did It Twice, But What They Agreed To Is Still On Ice.
Youʻll Be Excused If Youʻre Now Totally Confused, But Watch This To See What Was Bestowed So Very Long Ago That Once You Learn, You Too Will Want Returned.
Then Share This Video With A Friend Today.
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"IN ARREARS FOR YEARS"
Are You Hating That Youʻre Still Waiting?
Whatʻs More, Did You Just Ask “What For?”
Well, Itʻs Nice They Did It Twice, But What They Agreed To Is Still On Ice.
Youʻll Be Excused If Youʻre Now Totally Confused, But Watch This To See What Was Bestowed So Very Long Ago That Once You Learn, You Too Will Want Returned.
Then Share This Video With A Friend Today.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
FREE HAWAI`I TV
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"PLEASANT PRESENT"
Hereʻs An Early Gift To Give You A Holiday Lift.
Youʻll Be Stunned When You Discover What OHA Now Plans To De-Fund.
They Want Out Is What Weʻre Talking About.
So Watch This & Youʻll See Why This Year Surely Christmas Is Coming Early.
Then Share This Video With A Friend Today.
THE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK
"PLEASANT PRESENT"
Hereʻs An Early Gift To Give You A Holiday Lift.
Youʻll Be Stunned When You Discover What OHA Now Plans To De-Fund.
They Want Out Is What Weʻre Talking About.
So Watch This & Youʻll See Why This Year Surely Christmas Is Coming Early.
Then Share This Video With A Friend Today.
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