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1-6-2009
Testimony of Tim Rees: (808) 959-5023 P.O. Box 1787 Pahoa,
Hawaii 96778 on Comm. 8 in support of the Principles, Goals and
Objectives of the Reinstated Government of The Hawaiian Kingdom.
Testimony: My name is Tim Rees. I testify on behalf of myself
and my Ancestors today. I speak in support of the Reinstated
Government of the Hawaiian Kingdom's Principles, Goals and
Objectives.
Attorney General Mark Bennett's position in the so-called "ceded
lands" case before the U.S. Supreme Court can only be described
as a Scalawag's attempt to destroy the future negotiating
positions of the Kanaka Maoli and their Progeny to all
successive Ancestral Rights and Claims. His position disgraces
the legacy of all Americans.
This action has been commenced by one Politically Appointed
State Attorney against the unanimous decision of five Hawaii
Supreme Court Justices after the solemn U.S. Apology Resolution
of 1993, when Congress Recognized the existence of
Unrelinquished, Uncompensated Claims while speaking on behalf of
the American People. Mr. Bennett and his hired guns would have
the U.S. Supreme Court believe that our duly elected National
Representatives, Senators and 280 Million Americans had their
fingers crossed behind their backs when the Joint Resolution
became United States Public Law. They now style it as a mere
"Symbolic Resolution" and pretend no Offense should be taken.
Even if the Hawaii Supreme Court committed errors in their
findings such as sloppy nomenclature and verb usage or too much
reliance on the Federal Apology Resolution rather than the
History and Legal Issues it describes, it is minor. They came to
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the right conclusion which was that the Kingdom Lands should be
preserved whole until un-relinquished claims to the same are
resolved. This finding in no way prevents the State as Co-
Trustee from responsibly managing the lands for all of Hawaii's
residents; in fact it helps insure this.
This issue certainly is about Race and Imperialistic Design.
There's no question. It always has been. In fact Bennett's
argument is identical to Sanford Dole's in 1893 when he
responded to Grover Cleveland's Order that the Monarchy be
reinstated. Dole's denial and legal analysis was a classic case
of demented logic being used to create monumental absurdity and
hypocrisy. But it worked under the circumstances and political
atmosphere developing then. It was basically a "Simon Says"
doctrine where he argued that once the U.S. acknowledged the
Provisional Government (P.G.) through the actions of Minister
John Stevens it could not then retract or interfere with the
newly claimed "sovereignty" of the P.G.
Bennett takes this absurd premise two steps further. He claims
once the U.S. Congress declared the Kingdom Lands from the mis-
named Republic of Hawaii to be free and clear of all claims in
absolute fee, it was a done deal regardless of any illegalities
committed during the acquisitions. He also argues that once
these same Kingdom Lands were granted to Hawaii State in the
Admissions Act, Congress could then do no more to affect Hawaii
State's so -called "sovereign" authority over them.
His arguments fail in many respects but it should be first noted
that Congress has no explicit or implicit Constitutional
Authority to arbitrarily declare Land Titles Free and Clear. We
can't function like Somalia. Congress was never empowered to
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acquire property through Mistake, Fraud, or Accident. President
Cleveland, in his December 18, 1893 speech to Congress stated in
part:
"...Our country was in danger of occupying the position of
having actually set up a temporary government on foreign soil
for the purpose of acquiring through that agency territory which
we had wrongfully put in its possession. The control of both
sides of a bargain acquired in such a manner is called by
familiar name when found in private transactions." my note:
"FRAUD".
Following are two excerpts from then Senator, President-elect
Barack Obama's speech given on March 18, 2008 at the
Constitution Center in Philadelphia shortly after tapes were
released showing his friend and pastor Jeremiah Wright spewing
Race-laden invectives and Offensive remarks damning America:
working together we can move beyond some of our old racial
wounds, and that in fact, we have no choice. We have no choice
if we are to continue on the path of 'a more perfect union'.
"The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that
he spoke about Racism in our Society. It's that he spoke as if
our Society was static; as if no progress had been made. As if
this Country - a Country that has made it possible for one of
his own members to run for the highest office in the land, and
build a coalition of White and Black, Latino, Asian, Rich, Poor,
Young and Old is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past.
( pause) What we know; what we have seen; is that America can
change. That is the true genius of this Nation. What we have
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already achieved gives us Hope; the audacity to Hope, for what
we can and must achieve tomorrow.
Attorney General Mark Bennett's Mistake and Ignorance is as
profound as Reverend Wright's was. He would have us believe that
the political and legal landscape of 2009 is irrevocably
stagnated and beholden to the immoral, unlawful acts committed
by thieves, liars, and cheats back in 1893. In contrast to these
flawed holdings hear what the people of Hawaii adopted in the
first operational clauses of their Constitution:
"We reserve the right to control our destiny, to nurture the
integrity of our people and culture, and to preserve the quality
of life that we desire.
We reaffirm our belief in a government of the people, by the
people and for the people, and with an understanding and
compassionate heart toward all the peoples of the earth, do
hereby ordain and establish this constitution for the State of
Hawaii."
It doesn't say "with an understanding and compassionate heart
toward all the peoples of the earth- except Native Hawaiians"!
Someone please tell Mr. Bennett and his hired gun, Seth Waxman.
They claim they are operating under the authority of this
Constitution on behalf of "the people".
It is now up to the American People to see to it that our
Constitutional Legacy is upheld. That all Human Beings are held
to be equal in their Inalienable Rights. That with an
Understanding and Compassionate Heart we treat all Peoples of
the World with Rightful Dignity including those of the First
True Nation of Hawaii, the Kanaka Maoli and those they accepted
as Citizen/ Subjects
There can be no second Theft or Betrayal of National and
Ancestral Rights allowed.
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The Hawaii County Council should support the Hawaii Supreme
Court and O.H.A. that in this matter has taken the high ground
on behalf of all Hawaiians so that whatever form or entities
future negotiations are conducted under at least there will be
no further alienation of the Lands these negotiations will be
centered around. The injunction also preserves the most
meaningful base upon which efforts towards appropriate
reconciliation and/or reinstatement of National rights of
political self-determination can be founded.
Thank You for your Consideration of this Testimony and Request.
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