Welcome Home Barack!!

ALOHA!

Air Force 1 from a previous visit

Aloha from the temporary
power spot of the world!
The Obamas landed late last night.

Our normally busy skies
were still in hushed expectation.
[flight restrictions]
Then a lone light over the Pacific,
and the sweep around
to Joint Base
Pearl Harbor/Hickam.
No ceremony last night.Just a tired family
ready
to get to bed![ We got to see them on local TV ]
The girls looked tired
and relaxed;
The First Lady waited
patiently in another car
while the President
talked at length
with an admiral.

The two First Dogs
were clearly eager
for the patch of lawn
they pulled their human
over to.
[Yes, cameras panned
away when...]


Then
10 minutes over the spine of
Oahu, over temporarily
closed highways,
with police escort.

Don't you wish YOU
could get home from
a long flight so fast?

We are used to it,
especially the Kailua neighbors
who say that the Secret Service
people are very considerate.

I have it on good authority
from someone vetted
out the yin-yang
to provide services
to the President
while here,
that there are 
lots of new, young,
eager Secret Service agents
this year.

Shhhhhh!

It's a SECRET!



I bet the President 
worked out today
at Kaneohe Marine Base,
or played golf.

Good for him!
He looked strong
at yesterday's press conference
where he called on women
reporters only,
raising something of a fuss
among the Talk-er-ati.


Michelle enjoys a restaurant
practically under my window.
[2 visits last year]
Let's see if they return!
More gossip later!

For now,
here is a photo
of  the parking lot
at Ala Moana Shopping Center
two nights ago
at 10pm:

Click on the cars to see the jollity!

Thank You 

for looking in!

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feels like a let-down when they leave. . . . . 

Don't Bother with Blundering Blusterers

A     L     O     H     A    !

"Strange as it seems,

 no amount of learning

can cure stupidity,

and higher education

 positively fortifies it. "

Stephen Vizinczey

" A fanatic is 

one who can't 

change his mind 

and won't 

change the subject. "

 Sir Winston Churchill

Navatek "Swath Hull Technology"  LINK

" He who establishes 

his argument 

by noise and command, 

shows that 

his reason is weak. "

Michel de Montaigne

" Never wrestle with pigs.

You both get dirty

and the pig likes it."

George Bernard Shaw

" If your enemy is hungry, 

give him bread to eat;

And if he is thirsty, 

give him water to drink;

22 

For so you will 

heap coals of fire 

on his head,

And the Lord 

will reward you."

Bible, Proverbs 25

[ Sounds more satisfying

 than arguing! ]

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Every issue has two sides to it.

Through discussion & debate
we all arrive at a 
better understanding.

That's how it's
Supposed to Work!

I no longer 
argue with,

- or long listen to -

aggrieved loudmouths

who do not yet

understand this.

They do not care 

to learn

possible flaws

in their lack

of reasoning,

but believe 

what they often hear,

and hear only

what they believe.

I agreeably refuse
to take notice,
to engage or respond
to their tirade
while remaining
friendly,
and open to
other topics and
activities.

I'm simply 
"Over It"

How about YOU?


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Obama's Hawaii: Ko`olau Mountains to Kawai Nui Marsh

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Nu`uanu Street

 in Downtown Honolulu

Rises into the

 Ko`olau Mountains,

Becoming the Pali Highway.

Near Queen Emma's Summer Palace

" Every truth 

has two sides; 

it is as well to 

look at both, 

before we 

commit ourselves 

to either. "

Aesop 

 Kailua Town, Windward O`ahu 

Kawainui Marsh

I wish you could hear

the birds, waterfowl,

gently lapping waters,

and the breezes.

Yes, the Obama family

 is vacationing in Kailua.

If you paddle down this marsh

toward the beach,

you will meet Navy seals

before you get to see the Coast Guard cutter

and the other armed vessels lurking 

out of sight near the First Family's

 beach-front resting place.

The Obamas RENT the property.

There is no family compound.

Barack grew up in rental and

UH faculty housing.

During High School years,

 he lived in a modest apartment

(walking distance from here)

with his grandmother "Toot"

and WWII vet grandfather,

 Stanley.

Stanley Dunham is buried

at in Punchbowl Crater,

National Memorial Cemetery

of the Pacifc (Military)

(Below)

Punchbowl, Above Honolulu

Resting Place of Heroes

“ The most powerful

 weapon on earth 

is the human soul 

on fire. ”

Ferdinand Foch

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Roots of Current US Political Divide

America continues to deal with race.

 Frankly, old subliminal attitudes are at the root

 of much of the demonizing of our amazing president.

 Check out this 3 minute preview.

 It will all begin to make more sense.

 Films like Lincoln, 12 Years A Slave, 

and Django, further a conversation 

that includes Trayvon Martin,

Stand Your Ground, and the bible 

(which was used to both fight and defend slavery - 

as in the marriage equality fight today)

Attitudes of opposition to the federal government 

are quite ingrained in parts of the US,

yet significant numbers of US military volunteers, and 

our presidents, have come from the South 

(the old rebel confederacy that lost the Civil War).

They continue to see things differently. 

As the British Empire, 

and much of the civilized world 

recognized slavery as unsavory 

(to say the very least)

southern plantation owners promoted 

images of happily singing "darkies" 

thriving under the protection 

of benevolent owners, er, masters 

(sounds so much nicer, like with pets).

Their motivations were financial,

yes -

but not solely,

and the entire US

made lots of money

on slave labor

(they partially built

our US Congress building

with it's famous dome)

I see an inspiring (if not always perfect) 

president who mostly 

effectively supports 

what I believe in 

They see, 

well, it would be distasteful 

to share some of the 

disrespectful crap 

I've seen thrown at this man

 and his family!

Now Europe seems to be facing up

to the Roma (Gypsy) in their midst.

China has her Uighurs

and Tibetans. 

(The Uighurs & Roma

are both unrecognized

nationalities

to Spell Check!)

SO

What is going on

with group relations

in YOUR place?

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President Obama: a Boy in Hawaii

Keep GOING

"A  L  O  H  A !

" I have reached an age

 when, if someone tells me

 to wear socks,

 I don't have to." 

Albert Einstein

 (1879-1955)

“ Any great change
 must expect opposition 
because it shakes
 the very foundation 
of privilege.” 

 Lucretia Coffin Mott

Keep GOING,

Mr. President!

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Commitments We Make To Each Other

A  L  O  H  A !

"Keep your power 

just in the day 

that you are living 

on the Earth, 

and not on

 how to maneuver

 tomorrow." 

Gary Zukav

" The commitments we make 

to each other

 — through Medicare,

 and Medicaid, 

and Social Security — 

these things do not sap our initiative;

 they strengthen us. 

They do not make us a nation of 

takers;

 they free us to take the risks

 that make this country great.”

President Barack Obama

Second inaugural speech

" As for me,

 except for an occasional

 heart attack,

 I feel as young 

as I ever did. "

       
Robert Benchley

" Happy is he

 whose own faults

 prevent him 

from castigating 

the faults of

 others. "

Turkish Proverb

YOUr Visit

Means the World

to me.

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American DNA

A  L  O  H  A     & Congratulations

                        USA

" In our DNA

 Barack and I 

see a future

 where no American

 lives

 in the shadows

 of

 intolerance."   

Joe Biden

Congratulation Barack

from your friends

in your

 Birth Place !

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History of Sales

A  L  O  H  A !

In the beginning

was pure barter,

sharing, clan.

The first salesmen

came along,

selling ideas;

Nothing else

needed selling.

" I am chief "

was an early favorite.

" Believe

in my gods."

Was closely related.

 One who is selling

 uses what works.

Any motivator

will do

if it succeeds.

" Convert or die "

worked.

 And any " Facts"

a salesman uses

are just that:

Being used,

pimped-out,

just the way you like

to hear them;

Tilted just so. 

I'm tired of being 

pitched, sold, convinced,

misdirected

by slant.

How about 

Y O U ? 

 So if Honesty sells,

what is it selling?

Perhaps:

" Win - Win " 

&

" Sustainability "

in place of very few

winners-taking-all?

 But the selling

and convincing

rolls, rolls along: 

" Up UP!

with those who fleece

and disrespect us,

 driving us to be wolves

at our neighbors door

and fools

at our own.

 And those with a heart,

a voice,

a talent to help?

Put the blame on THEM!

[Ask Socrates or Jesus]

While shysters laugh

behind golden doors

in their thinning,

artificial

pompadours.

(Yeah; I'm looking at YOU

trump!)

Thanks for listening

to my rant.

We now return you to the world-as-it-is,

already in progress.

Your comments are like drugs to me,

help me out, Man!

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