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A HEARING ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS ISLAND
WILL "ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" TO ACCEPT
MONEY IN ORDER TO MAKE WAR ON IT'S OWN
PEOPLE.
AN INHUMANE LEVEL OF ECONOMY, SEEPED IN
HYPOCRISY---WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON. FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS EVERY NIGHT
TIME POLITICAL RALLY THAT I HAVE
ATTENDED, FROM THE HILO BAND-SHELL,WHEN
OUR GOVERNOR CAME OVER TO ASK FOR OUR
SUPPORT, TO THE TENNIS STADIUM, WHERE
HIS G.O.P. OPPONENT HAD A RALLY, AND
EVERYWHERE IN UPPER AND LOWER PUNA WHEN
``THE CANDIDATES HAD THEIR NIGHT-TIME
r _FUND RAISERS, UP TO AND INCLUDING GARY
~SAFARIK'S "EVERYTHING FOR FREE VOTE FOR
~~ME" GALA GATHERING AT THE PAHOA
II,,x,,~~~~COMMUNITY CENTER, MARIJUANA WAS THERE,
I'~~`VERY DISCREETLY, OF COURSE, BECAUSE AS
WE ALL KNOW, JUST LIKE ALCOHOL WAS,
~8 MARIJUANA NOW IS, AGAINST THE LAW. NOW
I ASK THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TWO QUESTIONS.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO PARTAKES IN
MARIJUANA, OCCASIONALLY, FOR
RECREATIONAL ENJOYMENT AND WHEN YOU ARE
ENTERTAINING, ON A POLITICAL LEVEL,
EITHER AT HOME OR AT SOME LARGE COUNTY
FACILITY, WHERE THERE ARE MANY OF YOUR
SUPPORTS PRESENT DO YOU FEEL THAT THE
DISCRETE USE OF MARIJUANA IS PRESENT.
HYPOCRITE--DEFINITION--TO PLAY A PART.
KNOWING THAT EVERY HUMAN HAS THEIR OWN
CHEMICAL CODE AND THAT "ONE MAN'S MEAT
I S ANOTHER MAN ' S POI SON " . cam. N0. J az., ~
FSIe No. POL
Rsf. TwPres~rNsd FC
Ref. Hate MAR 2 1oRi
WE MUST START ASKING THE QUESTIONS,WHY?
WHY ARE DESIRES PROHIBITED ? WHY ARE WE
ALWAYS PASSING LAWS TO LEGISLATE
MORALS? WHY WAS THERE ALCOHOL
PROHIBITION ? WHY WAS IT SWITCHED OVER
TO MARIJUANA ? THE ANSWER HAS BECOME
QUITE APPARENT--ONLY TO CREATE THE
AUTHORITY OF PUNISHMENT AND AN INDUSTRY
FOR CONTROL. AN INDUSTRY THAT IS ONE OF
AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING, FOR PROFIT,
INDUSTRIES. THIS COUNCIL HAS SEVERAL
(MORE THAN 2) LAW & ORDER ADVOCATES AND
WILL VOTE TO CONTINUE THE "WAR" FOR HOW
BETTER TO CONQUER THAN DIVIDE.
PUTTING THE "ASSESSMENT OF BEING" THE
BURDEN--THAT IS OF THE UTMOST OF
IMPORTANCE------INSTEAD OF THE--------
PLEASURE AND JOY OF BEING
IT IS TOO BAD THAT THIS HEARING IS NOT
ON OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE SEEING WHAT HAPPENED
ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL LEVEL AND HOW
POWER WAS GAINED. THE NATIONAL PICTURE
ON THE "DRUG WAR" WILL ONLY INTENSIFY
SAME OLD GAME JUST DIFFERENT PLAYERS
AND AS IT BECOMES MORE APPARENT THAT
OUR SOCIETY HAS A FAILED SOCIAL POLICY
IT WILL ALSO MOBILIZE THOSE IN POWER TO
FORCE UPON SOCIETY THEIR ECONOMIC AND
MORALISTIC VALUES, BY WHICH THEY DERIVE
THEIR FINANCIAL SECURITY.
IT IS BECOMING QUITE OBVIOUS TO MANY
HOW HYPOCRITICAL THIS "LAW & ORDER" WAY
OF LIFE REALLY IS AND IF THE SOCIAL
PROBLEM OF MARIJUANA WERE BEING
ADDRESSED ON ANY OTHER LEVEL WE WOULD
NOT BE HERE TODAY AND AS I HAVE SAID
BEFORE--IT IS TIME TO GIVE OUR POLICE A
DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE EDUCATION OF OUR
CHILDREN,WHAT ABOUT "DRIVERS EDUCATION"
JUST LAST WEEK THERE WAS A NATIONAL TV
DOCUMENTARY ON HOW THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM
IS FAILING. STATING THAT MORE KIDS
EXPERIMENTED WITH MARIJUANA AFTER
TAKING THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM THAN THOSE
KIDS THAT DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM. THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM HAS
BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN A LEVEL OF
ECONOMY THAT SUPPORTS QUITE A FEW AND
HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE MORE OF A
HINDRANCE THAN A DETERRENT. IT IS A
PROGRAM OF INDOCTRINATION RATHER THAN
EDUCATION. IT IS TIME TO GET OUR
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS INTO THE SCHOOLS
AND TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE TRUTH ABOUT
ALL THE DRUGS THAT W ILL BE WAITING FOR
THEM, ESPECIALLY THE LEGAL ONES, WHICH
WE ALL KNOW ARE LIQUOR AND TOBACCO.
THROUGH EDUCATION THERE WILL BE NO
FURTHER NEED FOR BAD LAWS THAT TURN ONE
AGAINST THE OTHER. WE MUST EDUCATE NOT
INCARCERATE OR OUR SOCIETY WILL CEASE
TO EXIST UNDER ANY CONCEPT OF
CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS, AND CONTROL
WILL BECOME THE RULE OF THE TIMES,
ALONG WITH GREED IT WILL TRULY BE
HYPOCRISY THAT WILL BRING DEMOCRACY TO
IT'S KNEES
AND LET US NOT CONDEMN ALL OUR
POLICEMEN, EVEN THOUGH 3 YEARS AGO IN
THIS VERY ROOM AN ELDERLY WOMAN GAVE
TESTIMONY TO THE FACT THAT THE
HELICOPTERS CAME DOWN AND GATHER UP THE
MARIJUANA PLANTS, AND IN THE PROCESS
SHE SAW TWO BAGS BEING PUT INTO THE
BUSHES, AND WHEN THE HELICOPTERS FLEW
AWAY, SHE WENT OVER TO SEE WHAT THEY
HAD STASHED IN THE BAGS THAT THEY
DELIBERATELY, PUT INTO THE HUSHES,
SURPRISE I T WAS NOT THE PLANTS , I T WAS
THE BUDS OF THE PLANTS, WHICH BY THE
WAY OUNCE FOR OUNCE, IS WORTH MORE THAN
GOLD . SO YOU SEE ON EVER~!? LEVEL WE W T LL
FIND THE BAD AS WELL AS THE GOOD.
IS THERE ANY HOPE, PROBABLY NOT TOO
MANY PEOPLE MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY THE
WAY IT IS----MONEY ALWAYS TAKES
PRECEDENCE OVER HUMANITY.
ON THIS ISLAND, HOWEVER, IN THIS DARK
TIME OF MONEY, MARIJUANA AND MADNESS
THERE IS A FAINT FLICKER OF LIGHT FOR
WHEN OUR NEW MAYOR, HARRY Kii~i WAS ASKED
THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE Mc~ST SERIOUS
PROBLEM FACING HAWAII COUNTY TODA~ ?
OUR NOW MAYOR ANSWEREi, " 1 HE i iv T vLERAi CE
AND DISRESPECT OF OTHER IDEAS AND LIFE
STYLES" AND IF THIS "GRANT" IS NOT JUST
THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. YOUR HONOFc
REFUSE IT AND SEND THE WORD TO
WASHINGTON THAT "ENOUGH IS E~:~UG A;~v
GET A GRANT TO SERVICE i iir, C~,vSr, , r un
THE EFFECT GAME IS INHL'iiii~£ iitiv :"T
WORKING--I WILL CLOSE WITH TuLcE ;~nnL.S
"WHAT YOU NEED IS MORE LAW & ORDER,
MORE LAW & ORDER'-` ;;HO ~i3ID I
ADOLF HITLER (GERi~ii-~ivx iy37 j
3,~0
Can we handle the
Truth about Marijuana?
MYTH: Marijuana is a gateway drug.
FACE. For every 104 people who have used marijuana, (here is only
one regular user of cocaine and less than one heroin addict. (1)
MYTH: Marijuana is addictive.
FACE. Less than one percent of people who consume marijuana do so on
a daily er near daily basis. An even smaller minority develop dependence
on marijuana. Withdrawal symptoms, if experienced at all, are mild. (Z)
MYTH: Marijuana lowers motivation.
FAC1li For twenty five years, researchers have searched for amarijuana-
Induced amotivational syndrome and have Palled to find It. Of course,
peeple who are fwnstantty intoxicated, no maHer what the drug, are
not likely to be productive. (3)
' MYTH: Higher concentrations of THC make marijuana
more dangerous.
FACi'r There is no possibility of fatal overdose from smoking marijuana,
regardless of potency. Nigh potenry marijuana may be less harmful to
the lungs because people can use less to achieve the desirod effects. (4)
MYTH: Marijuana causes brain damage.
FACT: No medical test used fe determine brain damage has indicated brain
damage in humans who use marijuana -even aNer long-term use. (6)
So, why fiid we arrest 642,000 Americans
last year for marijuana offenses? ~
SOURCES: (I) DeparlmeM of HHS, Edmnd NoutelpH Story on Dnp Alias, 1997 (4) DepaHment d HHS, Na6and HataalpN fasroy m Drug Abusq 1997, Jonet, rl N al,'dmiui Pelewne
d CannaWs Tdronre and Dperdeue; !assn! of Qnrol Plsmso[dopy4l 113-546 (1981) (3) Pope, H G el al,'Drvp Use and Ede Style Among Eo8e8e UnderproduNn In 1989 A rnmpadsm
Wxh 1969 and 1978, Amsnran lauudd fSyrhoAy 117 998-081 (1990), 1(ondel, D N al,'The Impact of Drup Use on Eammps A lde-Span FMspsahe,' SoddFaces 71213-278 (1995)
(1J OyamrM d HsaBh and Human SaMms,'Morljuona and de Cannah6srlds; pp, 131411n Oruy Aduse andOnp Abuse Eeseady Thad Lsennal pepon to raa0rsss Irom the Ssmtary (1991)
(5) Namwa, J and H6dmorls, I'Neurobpiml and Nsurorodmkpkal Emmmaean al Gronk rannabh Snntart; Armah d Naurolapf 13407-10 (1963), SNre, FA artd Shaumann, JJ,
'Elemortmplnb8raphk and Eroled FbeMwl AMlod+h Human Alarljuam Rsseardr Hntarxd Furrow and Futwe Lends,' Omg Igrds 40 36948 (1990)
A complete discussion of the effects of marl(uana Is available from MarfJuana Myths / Marl
Juana Facts. A Review o/the
Sclenflpc Fvldenre by Lynn Zimmer, ph.D and John Morgon, M D available Irom Flookworld Services 7-800-444-2544
Visit Drug War Facts at: www.drugsense.org
Common Sense for Drug Polley Faundatton Kevin B Zeese, President, 103-354-5694, 703-354-5695 (fax), csdp@drugsense org
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~ v N?aN PAHOA'S ANNUAL "WINTER/CHRISTMAS PARADE"
I was asked to CHAIR this year's PARADE by Lauana Jones the Pahoa
High & Intermediate School's PCNC Fac>_litator and I ACCEPTED it
as an HONOR, knowing that UNCLE ROBERT KELFFHOOMALU was to be
the PARADE'S GRAND MARSHAL. I did however ask for two
stipulations. One the "Theme". I wanted something that would
create a feeling of "COMMON HUMANITY". Thus, thanks to both Luana
and Uncle Robert, "IMUA KAKOU"---"FORWARD TOGETHER AS ONE". And
two I asked for a CO/CHAIR and was applauded for thinking of and
getting GARY SAFARIK to come on board and along with BJ SNYDER
and BOB WILLIAMS the hard work began, with Pat Rocco filling in
where needed. They doing all the hard work and me having all the
fun getting the PAHOA BUSINESSES involved. (95~) and you know
who you are, thanks PAHOA it was great gett>_ng to know you on
this level.
In choosing a "COMMON HUMANITY" Theme "IMUA KAKOU" I was hoping
that the "PAHOA PARADE" would give this Island a good look
at the CULTURAL AND POLITICAL factors and FACTIONS that make
up our Society. And because of Puna's ETHNIC DIVERSITY >_t was
agreed upon to make it an all inclusive "WINTER PARADE" leaving
the "SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS" up to the Churches and the People on
how they wanted to protect same. All Announcements and Parade
Applicat>_ons were sent out under the heading "1998 PAHOA WINTER
PARADE", but when the Posters 6 Flyers were handed out "WINTER"
had turned into "CHRISTMAS", accepted, but also NOTED by quite a
few. As brought to the Public's attention by Aaron Anderson, Bob
WJlliams and Gary Safarik (Which I feel is very DEMOCRATICALLY
HEALTHY) there were d>_fferences and I submit the following to
strengthen this Island's RESOLVE.
It was I who asked Aaron Anderson to get involved, knowing that
our Governor >s look>ng at the HEMP & MEDICAL MARIJUANA
possibilities, knowing it >.s better to EDUCATE than INCARCERATE,
and knowing, most of all, the HYPQCRISY and INHUMANITIES
surrounding this TRAVESTY. I am not sorry nor will I apologize
for trying to re>ntroduce our Constitutional Rights back into
our Society. I also tried to get "OUR SKATEBOARDERS" Assimilated
into our commun>_ty, but two days before the PARADE I was told "In
no uncertain terms" by a very IRATE PHONE CALL from MY CO-CHAIR,
GARY SAFARIK that "any Skateboarder would be arrested for it was
against "THE LAW" to do same on the Street." It could have been
argued that the Parade "PERMIT" made >_t a Parade ROUTE instead of
a Street, but by that time the Skateboarders decided to RISE
above it and become consp>_cuous through their absence, even
though Graham of "The HJ.ccup Circus" offered to let them
Join his group which had many STILT-WALKERS and UNICYCLES wh>_ch,
under ordinary STREET circumstances, is also against "THE LAW".
Let us change some Rules, change some LAWS and change som
AttJ.tudes towards each other, for through CHANGE we may find so
ANSWERS. IMUA KAKOU--FORWARD TOGETHER AS ONE, C1
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