We will remember
Dear Gov. Abercrombie: This letter is a reminder to you, sir, that newspapers, television and radio are all indicating that the economy is on the mend. Hiring is up, as is the stock market, consumer confidence and all leading economic indicators.
So it would seem of utmost importance to you that you expedite your political attack on the middle class of our beloved Hawaiian Islands. Soon, you will no longer be able to use the economy and our empty state coffers to con public opinion to advance your political agenda.
What will you do? How many more promises will you break? How many more lies and half-truths will you tell?
Perhaps, because we are an uncomplicated society whose mantra is simply to love and to be loved, you thought you could bully your way through our lives using your political sleight of hand. For the past two years, we have stood by and watched in disbelief at how you have attempted to slice and dice the lives of the very people who elected you into office — those who trusted you with their livelihoods and with their future.
To blame the teacher, the clerical worker or the janitor on the fiscal dilemma we have endured the past several years is ludicrous. No, sir. We all know that it is the policies of the self-serving politician that are the instruments of our problems.
Hawaii may be a very small state, but it is very large on memory. And I, as well as all those hard-working people whom you have treated with such disdain since taking office, am patiently waiting for the next election when we will gladly show you the door … with aloha, of course.
Paul Scappechio
Keaau
Whose side is he on?
In 1952 President Truman established one day a year as a National Day of Prayer. In 1988 President Reagan designated the first Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.
In June 2007, (then) presidential candidate Barack Obama declared that the U.S.A. was no longer a Christian nation. This year, President Obama canceled the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of “not wanting to offend anyone.”
But on Sept. 25, 2009, from 4 a.m. until 7 p.m., a National Day of Prayer for the Muslim religion was held on Capitol Hill, beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims in D.C. that day. He prays with the Muslims.
I guess it doesn’t matter if Christians are offended by this event. We obviously don’t count as “anyone” anymore.
The direction this country is headed should strike fear in the heart of every Christian, especially knowing that the Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be converted, they should be annihilated. If this doesn’t scare you, what will it take?
If he gets re-elected, it’s all over but the crying. One has to wonder on which side the president is leaning and what goals he is truly trying to establish.
McWarren J. Mehau
Mountain View
