I can honestly say I was disappointed and even upset that the Statehood Bill was passed.
I knew my country existed and I was a Hawai`i national.
The smug US Americans celebrated in triumph and were callous of the rights of the Hawai`i nationals.
There were no choices of independence or commonwealth but to remain a territory or become a state.
Many Hawaiians didn't vote or were barred from voting. Only US Americans could vote; including the military and their families that qualified their residency within our Kingdom.
Today we find that there was no treaty of annexation and the the statehood voting processes were unlawful. I look forward to the day the US de-occupies our nation-state of Hawai`i.
Our citizens spoke through the Ku`e Petitions against annexation as the Turpie Resolution indicated that we had a right to do.
The fake annexation and fake Statehood speaks for itself. Conditions haven't improved for us since the US invasion and its belligerent occupation.
God Bless the Kingdom of Hawai`i forever and down with the US.
