While it is appropriate to question the Obama team’s bailout policy, much of the current criticism against Timothy Geithner and the administration by current pundits– specifically the ideologues on the right– would rather find the country in economic collapse than stand behind this administration’s attempt to stave off this crisis. It is one thing to [...]

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Hawaii Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Statehood
Written by KGMB9 News – news@kgmb9.com
March 18, 2009 05:22 PM
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Fifty years ago Wednesday, Pres. Dwight David Eisenhower signed into law the bill that would allow Hawaii to become the 50th state.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Hawaii Admission Act, political leaders, old and [...]

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Hawaii’s diversity applauded at statehood celebration
By Pat Gee
Gov. Linda Lingle called Hawaii’s unique racial and cultural diversity one of its most resonant contributions to the world during a celebration yesterday of the signing of the Hawaii Admission Act, which paved the way for statehood 50 years ago.
50 years ago [...]

State commemoration of 1959 Admission Act
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By Mark Niesse
Associated Press
The state that gave America its first black president was hailed as a model of tolerance and diversity on the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s signing of the bill that eventually led to Hawai’i becoming the 50th state.
The pen Eisenhower used was on display [...]

Letter to John Foster Dulles, from Francis O. Wilcox. 17 July, 1956
Possible Procedure and Arguments for Cessation of Reporting on Alaska and Hawaii to the United Nations
“If you disapprove our recommendation that we should continue to report to the United Nations on Alaska and Hawaii, and decide that we should cease transmitting information, the following [...]

By Michael Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
March 15, 2009
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The 50th anniversary of Hawai’i’s admission to the United States will be marked not with fireworks and parades, but with a series of thought-provoking commemorations to both emphasize the state’s cultural diversity and encourage the conversations necessary to move forward as one.
That’s the plan, at least.
Since it [...]

50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission commemoration officially begins on March 18th, 2009 with “TRIBUTE THROUGH MUSIC – 50 YEARS OF STATEHOOD”
According to a draft agenda, here is the schedule of events:
Location:  Capitol Rotunda
11:30 am  Military Band
11:55 am  Two F-15s fly over of the Capitol by the Hawaii Air National Guard 
Location:  House Chambers
12:00 pm  Joint House/Senate [...]

From top left: Kaulana Chang, Ka’iwi Pang, Cheryann Henderson, Likeke Clowes, Andy Ah Po, Ku’uipo Paulo, Joel Jacinto, Margaret Sanborn.
On March 7th 2009, at Banning’s Landing at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, CA, there was a panel discussion on topic of Hawai’i statehood.
Between 10:30 and 12:30 Puni Patrick with the assistance from Visual [...]