This website is dedicated to King Kamehameha for his bravery, foresight, and determination in unifying the Hawaiian islands; to Queen Lilioukalani for her kind-heartedness, wisdom, and intelligence and her life-altering efforts to restore the islands to their rightful people; and to Haunani-Kay Trask for her beautiful spirit and commitment to her ancestors in fighting for the rights of the native Hawaiian people.
I am Clyde McClain "Mac" Lewman. (In the above collage website picture, wearing a green T-shirt and white cap).
Mr Lewman ran for governor of Hawai'i in 2022 and is now on the Manoa Neighborhood Board, a delegate on the Manoa District 22 Democratic Council, and on the 2024 Hawaii ballot, running for the United States Senate.
Ignoring facts is not justice!
Liking something does not make it right!
Time does not turn a wrong into a right!
Hawai'i is not America!
Hawaii is not Hawaii!
Live in the Present! Remember the Past! Prepare for the Future!
I am Clyde McClain "Mac" Lewman
I will fight for greater native Hawaiian rights, including sovereignty, which would include dual citizenship. I also advocate for unicameral legislatures for both Hawaii and the United States, similar to Nebraska. The U.S. two-party political system has devolved into low-productive parties of hatred.
January 17, 1893, is the official date Hawai'i was stolen by 13 mostly white, American-descended businessmen with the help of 162 armed and bayonetted US Marines from the USS Boston.
NOW BEING STOLEN THROUGH GENTRIFICATION FOR A SECOND TIME
World changes are apparent! Chaos is spreading. Many will not survive. Every day, 25,000 people, including 10,000 children worldwide, die from starvation.
Hawaii has a year round growing season: Thousands of acres of agricultural land is set aside by the military, the state and the federal government that is not growing food. The state annual budget allocates a fraction of one percent for agriculture. Roughly only 8% of the state's agricultural lands are growing food. This must change! Good farming land takes several years to develope healthy soil and to produce healthy and bountiful crops. We need thousands of more fruit trees to be planted over the next few years, which take five to ten years to become productive. We must do our best to stop relying on the mainland as our primary food source. We need more private garden boxes and we should begin where practicable turning yards into vegetable gardens.
I was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, and have always loved America. Everyone is responsible for standing up for truth and justice: “Although you are responsible for promptly obeying all legal orders issued by your leader, you are obligated to disobey an order to commit a crime.” Participating in overthrowing the legitimate Hawaiian Monarchy was a crime and remains a crime!
WE ARE LIVING ON STOLEN LAND
The Committee of Safety backed by the US Marines, with approval from the United States, illegally overthrew the sovereign Hawaiian Monarchy. As a member of the United States Congress, every decision I make will be based on maintaining justice and restoring righteousness to United States of America wherever, whenever and however possible, which includes resolving the sovereignty issue.
"1893 (Newspaper Headlines)
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE cml
"Lili’uokalani, Queen of Hawaii, sent this memorial to the U.S. House of Representatives protesting U.S. assertion of ownership of Hawaii. On July 7, 1898, the Hawaiian Islands had been annexed with a joint resolution of Congress.
"Queen Lili’uokalani wrote this letter to earnestly and respectfully protest against the assertion of ownership by the United States of America of the so-called Hawaiian Crown Islands amounting to about one million acres," (Actually 4 million acres) and to "call upon the President and the National Legislature and the People of the United States to do justice in this matter and to restore to me this property, the enjoyment of which is being withheld from me by your Government under what must be a misapprehension of my right and title."
In 1887, Lili’uokalani's brother King Kalākaua had been on the throne. A group of non-native U.S. businessmen with sugar interests forced the king to sign a new constitution under the threat of violence. It stripped him of his power and many native Hawaiians of their rights. It came to be known as the "Bayonet Constitution" because Kalākaua signed it under duress.
When King Kalākaua died in 1891, Lili'uokalani succeeded him. She introduced a new constitution that would restore her power and Hawaiian rights. The move was countered by the "Committee of Safety," a group of non-native U.S. businessmen and politicians with sugar interests. Led by Sanford Dole, they had monetary reasons for doing so – they feared that the United States would establish a tariff on sugar imports, endangering their profits, and wanted to protect Hawaii's free-trade status.
The Committee overthrew Queen Lili'uokalani in a bloodless coup on January 17, 1893, with support from the U.S. Minister to Hawaii and a contingent of Marines. The Committee of Safety proclaimed itself to be the Provisional Government.
When President Grover Cleveland came into office, he appointed special investigator James Blount to look into the events. The Blount Commission found that Lili’uokalani had been overthrown illegally, and ordered that the American flag be lowered from Hawaiian government buildings.
Lili'uokalani never regained power, however. Sanford Dole, leader of the Committee of Safety and the president of the Provisional Government of Hawaii, refused to turn over power. Dole argued that the United States had no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Hawaii. The Provisional Government then proclaimed Hawaii a republic – the Republic of Hawaii – in 1894, with Dole its first president.
For the next several years, Queen Liliuokalani struggled to reinstate the monarchy and to restore the rights and customs of native Hawaiians, with letters like this and a petition from native Hawaiians. Nevertheless, the U.S. annexed Hawaii easily with an American-run government already in power, making it the U.S. Territory of Hawaii in 1898."
CREATE A KINGDOM-NATION WITH A NEW SOCIAL ORDER
Consider that the socially democratic and unicameral-governed Nordic Countries are the happiest-rated countries in the world.
Consider that Hawaii can have its own foreign policy that includes peace, unity, and equality for all; Hawaii can represent these values and ideals without the baggage of another country's historical negative precedents.
Consider that Hawaii can have an immigration policy, controlling and regulating growth and expansion in directions that benefit the people and the islands.
Consider that Hawaii can create an economic policy that can include it's own currency and minimum basic income, health care and free education.
Consider that Hawaii has a year-round growing season with the potential for Hawaii becoming completely self-sufficient.
Consider an interactive international donation platform to subsidize the tax base and offset the income tax.
Hawaii is known and cared for worldwide. As a free sovereign kingdom-nation without the dark overhead clouds of criminal, colonialist, or military background, Hawaii will never be alone or isolated from the world.
Hawaii will inspire other people everywhere, as Palestine is inspiring most of the world right now. Will the ways of the Israel-Palestinian genocide become a more acceptable form of colonialism?
I am a creative visionary! Everyone must take the righteous risk of participating in the islands' future by representing truth and justice for Hawai'i.
As a sovereign Kingdom nation, I believe the wealthy living in Hawai'i will be willing to invest more financially in the future of Hawai'i. Being part of something internationally important is invaluable: A revised Hawaiian kingdom-nation.
King Kamehameha (c 1758, I'm guessing October), Captain Cook's First Lieutenant, wrote (January 1778) about this young Hawaiian as being one of the first to come aboard their ship, and describing in the boat log, of this tall, striking and muscular young man with an intense personality and a seriousness in observing everything. They had no idea what awaited his future, but it all made sense when he united the islands as the first king of Hawai'i. That said, there always seems to be something about your youth of who you become, after you become it. He and I are connected in spirit.
Princess Ka'lulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalpa Cleghorn - "The royal sacred one" (October 16, 1875) was named after Queen Victoria. Princess Ka'iulani was named Heir Apparent to the Hawaiian Kingdom by Queen Liliukolani, and after her mother's death, she was sent to England at the age of 13 and returned 9 years later in November of 1897 via Washington D.C. in a futile attempt to have the Islands given back. She died March 6th 1899 from pneumonia after catching cold while horseback riding on the Big Island. Some say she died of a broken heart. It is my belief should would have established a government similar like in the United Kingdom. There was spiritual energy from the islander's encounter with Captain Cook that has never dissipated.
Haunani-Kay Trask (October 3, 1949 - July 3, 2021.) "We will die as Hawaiians. We will never be Americans."
She was a Native Hawaiian activist, educator, author, poet, and leader of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She was professor emerita at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
After reading her book shortly after I arrived to live in Hawai'i in late November 2016, I tried to meet with her just to be in the same energy space, but it was not meant to be. In my heart, we are connected.
Born September 2nd, 1838, Honolulu, Hawaii, died November 11, 1917. Was the first and only reigning Hawaiian queen. Ten days beyond Libra.
Her brother, King Kalakaua, the Happy King, was forced to sign a revised constitution, the Bayonette Constitution, which gave power and authority to the Committee of Safety. Queen Lilioukalani was revising that constitution when the Committee of Safty along with 162 armed and bayonetted U.S. Marines took over the palace and locked the queen in her bedroom for with months while Sanford Dole wrote a new constitution giving him and the committee full power and control of the islands.
In her letter to President William McKinley 1875:
"I declare such a treaty to be an act of -wrong toward the native and part-native people of Hawaii, an invasion of the rights of the ruling chiefs, in violation of international rights both toward my people and toward friendly nations with whom they have made treaties, the perpetuation of the fraud whereby the ...:"
“This action on my part was prompted by three reasons: The futility of a conflict with the United States; the desire to avoid violence, bloodshed, and the destruction of life and property; and the certainty which I feel that you and your government will right whatever wrongs may have been inflicted on us in the premises.” ("Hawaii’s Story", page 395)
I am with my beloved Bruno (2006), rebuilding the deck of my Yacats, Oregon cabin that was in my family for more than 50 years. I was forced to sell it during my second divorce. I left everything behind to live here. I'm in touch with my sister but no other family.
Memorable statements from my two wives: First wife - "Your greatest ideas have cost us almost everything." Close. In the mid 80's I was making 225k per year exporting wood products to Wester Europe. But!?
Second Wife: "You have to make a joke out of everything." Not quite true, but close enough. I replied, "why not?"
Now, I talk mostly to dogs.
My maternal grandmother was Helen Elizbeth Lyon, third generation of Queen Elizabeth the first. Also, I'm told, related to Henry Loyd Lyon.
The United States Government needs to make amends and negotiate a settlement with the native Hawaiian people or simply give it back. Purchase all privately held land based on tax-assessed values and lease it back to the owner in perpetuity. Money goes first to the property owner's mortgage or directly to the owner if free and clear. The land becomes a part of the revised Kingdom-nation and as stated, is leased back to the owner in perpetuity.
Farmland owned by the city, state, federal government, and military could be leased at low rates to food-growing communities and coops. Private party food boxes, lawn-to-garden programs, and planting more fruit trees with city, state, and county assistance in growing, harvesting, purchasing, and processing would be promoted.
The federal government could evaluate each island for additional moorages, creating several thousand low-priced liveaboard boat spaces. There would be security and parking, along with marine supply sales, grocery shopping, and complete bathroom facilities. High schools and trade schools should offer sailboat and ship building, fisheries, and courses in navigating by the stars and ocean currents. Hawaii needs to take greater advantage of its geology, geography and history.
Private, church, and charter schools are divisive. I prefer one public school system with federal assistance: Kamehameha Public Schools or homeschooling only, with parents participating as hall monitors and friends of the students. "Together we stand, divided we fall."
In some areas, one million dollars is entry-level housing. Condominiums cost less but have high maintenance fees. If Hawaii becomes an independent kingdom nation, the United States would be obligated to give back the land to the kingdom nation, which means buying back all private land at its current tax-assessed value, thereby reducing the value of existing properties.
A-I is expected to eliminate 40% of the existing jobs. Some new jobs will be created because of AI, but not enough to compensate for the 40% loss. Therefore, homelessness will increase. Small, 20-30 site-secured campgrounds with centralized bathrooms and cooking and eating areas could work well. Registration and a commitment to participate in general cleaning and upkeep could be required. Residents could register for community projects, like picking up litter and helping out in other areas, with credits going to food cards or car or scooter purchases based on their work.
If the most difficult person in the Republican Party got together with the most difficult person in the Democratic Party, without party affiliations, they would most likely get along and resolve any issue presented to them. The United States did not start out with two parties; they've run their course and are now simply rivals. A unicameral legislature does not necessarily have party affiliations. Some forms do, but even still, those affiliations are outside of the legislative process. Committees are formed, issues discussed, and once a conclusion is reached, the committee secretary presents it to the legislative body. Typically, twice, but this could be adjusted. Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral legislature that has been effective since the 1940s. I spoke with a courthouse receptionist who mentioned that the senators to whom members are referred are typically closer to their constituency. There is greater accountability because no other party is to blame for a bill not passing.
Imagine a two-party business model with competing boards of directors or sports teams with two sets of rival assistant coaches. This would be insane, and that's what our two-party system has become.
The United States Military is the greatest in the history of the world, with the possible exception of Genghis Khans's army. Whatever the outcome relating to Hawaii's sovereignty, the US Military has no intention of leaving, and we need to accept that. However, I would argue for the military to replace the Red Hill tanks. Move them up to Schofield Barracks, where there is greater ground separation to the Oahu aquifers. Modern storage systems are much safer than when Red Hill was established. We are presently at a dangerous risk of contaminating and destroying our drinking water supply, which would be devastating.
As mentioned, I would also want to evaluate the agricultural land under military jurisdiction and negotiate a farming use. As a U.S. Senator, I will reevaluate a reliable water and land lease agreement with the military. I am sure there are hundreds of acres they might be willing to give back or allow farming on.
I want to mention that I typically go to the North Shore at least once a week, and I often encounter military personnel in coffee shops and in various outdoor locations, where I have often enjoyed friendly conversations. I feel the thousands of soldiers here are decent, considerate, and respectful.
In spite of the United States history of colonialism, it is the only country in history that has given millions of dollars to rebuild countries it has defeated in war - to the very countries that started the war. In light of this exceptional compassion and consideration, it should be easy to simply give Hawai'i back and assist with their new beginning.
Because the island of Oahu is being destroyed by development and is a necessary base for the U.S. military, Oahu could remain a state, and the outer islands could become sovereign first. All Hawaiian citizens of Oahu and all outer island citizens would have dual citizenship. Non-Hawaiian Oahu citizens could apply for dual citizenship based on specific criteria. The Hawaiian government is overly interested in growth, which is reaching its capacity. We need alternatives.I have a college graduate friend who is now cleaning swimming pools and tells me that of the 400 pools under contract, 70-80% are not lived in. One wealthy couple living in a mansion-type home owns 3 or 4 other mini-mansions where he cleans pools. I've been told foreign money pays asking for Kakaaka condos they don't live in or even see. Just a way to move money from their country to the United States. This is also a reason for higher real estate prices.
I was born in Eugene, Oregon, on October 4th, 1946. I graduated from North Eugene High School in 1964 and the University of Oregon in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and minors in Philosophy and Economics. My wife, two children, and I moved to Portland, where I had earlier agreed to work for a plywood wholesale company, Hearin Forest Industries. My first position was Inventory Controller for two substantial dry kiln facilities, one in Eugene and the other in Eureka, California. I was also responsible for confirming all log truck tallies and all stages of production at the dry kilns, and at four lumber mills, we owned or were contracted with. The country was in a bad recession in the late fall, and we sold all but the Eugene dry kiln/planning mill facility. I was offered a job at the Eugene plant or could go onto the trading floor on a thirty-day trial. If I did not make it there, I was out. Close to the end of the trial period, I sold my first order to Jerome, Idaho, a complete, highly mixed truckload of plywood. My trial period was extended. At the end of four years, I was the top salesperson out of eleven-floor traders, all of whom had years of experience over me. Good money if you can survive every day, waking up with little to no idea if you would make any money that day. Cold calling and knowing your mills and customers was an absolute necessity.
The people I dealt with were older, experienced, and often the owners of small and large companies, not to be fooled. After five years, I started a company with a partner, Ridgewood Forest Products. Larry was older and got us into trouble with over $200k in uncollected receivables. We had an accountant silent partner who, with me, went to the S. Cal customer and set up a payment plan and collected all our money over the next six months. Larry was older and more experienced than me, but with the encouragement and insistence of our silent partner, I became the company CEO. I did not like having to do this, which was humiliating to Larry, so after another year, I resigned and made a weak settlement for myself. I worked for Ridgewood a few years later, importing plywood from China and Chile, but they never fully recovered from the split-up and closed their doors after ten-twelve more years. I went to work for Wood International Corporation, exporting plywood and lumber to Western Europe. Before exporting, I tried commodity trading for a couple of years. Because of my wood experience, another person, Glen, and I were allotted eight million to basis trade the plywood and lumber commodity contracts. Eventually, I started my own Mico LLC business, which I sold eight years ago, and moved to Hawaii (Doulgasfirflooring.com and douglasfirusa.com). I still help out part-time with sales, purchases, and consulting. Most sales agreements like this do not work out but I am sure Kevin will answer any questions about me at, mico3llc!@gmail.com
I became an avid tai-chi student in 1979. World-renowned Gregory Fong, deceased, wearing the black t-shirt in the above-featured picture, was my teacher for 10 years. We became very close friends, and we both knew at about nine years our relationship was winding down. After one Saturday class, he approached me privately so no one else would hear, and said, "If you go away for ten years and when you come back, I recognize your tai chi, you aren't doing tai chi. This was a statement I at first did not take to heart, but over time, it became one of the most profound things anyone has ever said to me. His point was that you follow your teacher as best you can, but eventually, you need to practice on your own. The purpose of life is to become your own self.
In 1990 I came to Hawai'i to stay one week in a Taoist,Tai-Hsuan Temple. I arrived with a sleeping bag, rented a convertible, thinking I would sightsee the island. Late the first day here on a Friday afternoon I met Dr. Lily Siou who happened to show up unexpectedly at her Pucs Alley acupuncture clinic where I had been instructed to meet with a student who was to explain things and show me around. She and I made an instant connection, and I left with a plan where I was to show up at her clinic around 10:00 am every morning where I was assigned a small treatment room where she would come in between treating patients and teach me sections, one at a time, until around 4:00 and 5:00 pm each day. Over the next seven days, I learned the entire sitting style of chi-kung and was taught a sacred Taoist healing practice for healing myself and others. Over the years, there were times she led a group or me in the first Blooming of Spring form and would talk intermittently throughout the short form, with her favorite saying being, "Water runs to the lowest places and nourishes.
In 1998, I went through a very painful separation from my second wife, and one day, in abject suffering, I called Dr. Siou and asked if I could stay at her temple for a few months. I arrived in late September and ended up studying one semester of acupunture, which turned out not to be for me, mostly because as doctors they work inside all day. I could not live like that here in Hawaii. Everyday after practicing chi-kung in the temple I would go to Kapiolanin Park where after a few weeks met a very remarkable Yoga teacher, Barat Das, who's in the picture above, wearing a black t-shirt and sitting in a prayer mudra. I was just sitting down for class when I snapped this pretty cool picture. We got to be good friends and although I went back to Oregon in February, I continued to come to Hawai'i two or three times a year to see these teachers, to stay and do volunteer work at the temple and to practice chi-kung, tai-chi and yoga with Das at 5:30-7:00 pm every week day and 8:00 am to around 11:00 am or later Saturday and Sundays. Maybe fifteen years ago on a visit, he, Boo Boo and I were walking to the parking lot and I said to him, "I think I've figured out that the purpose of the universe is to create life, but I dont know what the purpose of life is." After a few seconds he responded, "The purpose of life is to pray." In the moment, pretty boring, but like Gregory Fong and Dr. Lily Sou's statement, I've never forgotten and all three statements have grown in significance to me.
A few months after moving to Honolulu in November of 2016, I had an experience late at night after an empowering yoga class earlier that evening. I felt the need for a deeper spiritual experience so at 2:00 am I found myself searching for yoga retreat centers. In the process, I remembered in the middle 80 I had been interested in and had taken a one-year response course (after reading Autobiography of a Yogi for the first time) from The Self-Realization Fellowship Center Southern California. In looking them up I came across another Yogananda community I'd not heard of, Ananda Village, located outside of Nevada City, California. They offered a work participation retreat at thousands less than the other yoga centers I had seen, so they next day I called thinking there prices were a mistake. They weren't, and I signed up for a one month retreat. Over the next twenty-four months, I went to Ananda for a total of three months. At the end of 2017, I became a Yogananda Devotee, and have not been back since. The three books I read as my bibles are: Autobiography of a Yogi (5 times), The New Path by Swami Kriyananda (4 times), Swami Kriyananda - Lightbarer (2 times). Autobiography of a Yogi is the book Steve Jobs read once a year and had a copy of that book placed on every chair at his funereal.
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a) If you go away for ten years and when you come back I recognize your tai-chi, you arent doing tai chi. Gegory Fong - deceased (Pictured in black t-shirt in tai chi movement)
b) Water runs to the lowest places, and nourishes. Dr. Lily Siou - deceased. (Black taoist cap and yellow top next to Lao Tzu)
c) The purpose of life is to pray. Barat Das - still here. (Black t-shir and prayer mudra)
d) Autobiography of a Yogi, The New Path and Swamiji- the Lightbarer. Authors: Yogananda, Swami Kriyananda, and Asha Nayaswami.
Comment: For almost two year and partly during coved I attended a chrisitan church on Oahu. I loved the congregation but avoided listening to the sermons that I found to be mostly judgemental. Years ago I read the bible cover to cover but did not understand most of it. I believe Jesus was real and significant, but everything about him is way to old for me to follow or feel connected to.
That said, I respect all religions as everyone is trying to get to the same place. I have slept in Buddhist Temples and have had several Buddhist friends, but I am not a Buddhist, even though I love their intentions. I have lived for weeks and months at a time in a Taoist Temple here in Hawaii and I have Taoist friends, but I am not a taoist perse. I have many Christian friends but I am not a Christian. I believe Jesus, Mohamad and Buddha and others like them were all God Realized persons, yes, even Buddha himself. I only talk to God. I put my attention in my chest and feel connected to God. It does not matter to me what anyone believes as long as they do no harm. I believe all human beings in one way or another are searching for God. Even the atheists. It is my opinion that God does not care what we read think or belive. All that matters to God is what is in our heart. Our bain and mind are more about the body and this world, the mind and heart more about the soul and other worlds. We are here to love and be loved and to search, (not believe), for God.
In my life, I have broken a few hearts and have had my heart broken a few times, and I can honestly say I prefer to have my heart broken. I wrote and created this comic book story after having my heart broken. You can see pictures of the real Spike and Lucy (not their real names), on the featured website picture above. Spike is sitting up front on the turtle's back, and Lucy is checking out the turtle's back. They were seven when I saw them last, and now they must be 14 or 15. It's an interesting story about how the kung-fu hiking stick came about, which led me to write this comic story. There's a second fun story coming up with comic book names for the girls: For several days, I struggled with this when I barely recalled an incident from the summer before when we were on a family outing driving north to Newport, Oregon. It was a fairly warm day for Oregon, and we were getting near our lake destination, and the girls were getting cranky. I suggested they think of a pretend name they would like and right away one shouted, Spike! I want to be called Spike. My wife (their grandma) and I looked at each other like, where did that come from? The other (they are twins) said, "I like my name - I dont want to change my name," and was close to tears. I said, "You dont have to change your name - its only pretend. She repeated, "I'm not changing my name, I like my name." "Ok, ok, dont get upset, you don't have to change your name." A few minutes went by with their grandma and me talking with Spike, when suddenly a shout - , "Lucy! I want to be called Lucy." I was very happy that I remembered that funny summer incident on happy and warm Oregon summer day.
It could be fun (nothing wrong with fun) getting the islands back to the Hawaiian's and for everyone to participate in helping restore and create a new and better way forward. There are a lot of smart people here and by joining together with the Hawaiian people we could make a better Hawai'i world. It is my belief and experience that the Hawaiian people are smart and kind. They are often kinder than I expect, and I believe they would be generous in considering everyone else more than they have been considered.
The world comprises individuals who function within groups and communities through collaboration.
I am proposing a collaboration within the Hawaiian community that is more relevant to Hawaii's needs and wants, and that may very well benefit the entire world.
The same holds for the continental United States, so I am promoting a more collaborative rather than competitive unicameral legislative process.
Capitalism (materialism) has run it's course. The future does not have enough work for everyone. Everyone deserves a right to life and not be cast out or made to feel worthless or inadequate. Some people just do not fit in to what is happening. A minimum livable income is due everyone. Capitalism results in mass accumulation of wealth by a few. Money needs to be spread out amongst everyone in one way or another. Materialism needs to shift towards spiritualism for the world to survive, or we will continue genocide practices like in Palestine. For instance, if we can form an independent Hawaiian Kingdom Nation with a government similar to the UK, except with a unicameral legislature, we can progress peacefully and spiritually and move beyond greed formulas and goals of pure capitalism. When people are at peace within themselves, money loses its attraction. When people learn to love life, themselves, and God, they lose interest in money, as being the primary objective of life, and it becomes replaced with happiness.
"HUNGER/STARVATION FOLLOW CLOSELY BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE"
The planet's survival zone is shrinking. Hawaii is in the survival zone and all potential food-growing land should be turned into food-growing coops and communities.
HOUSING
The next generation will be renters at the mercy of investors.
There are affordable housing (apartments) projects in Honolulu with rent schedules of $2,300 - $2,800 per month. Capitalism is failing the majority.
A HAWAIIAN KINGDOM-NATION
The kingdom is the land and the land is the kingdom, not to be owned. It could be repurchased at tax-assessed value and leased in perpetuity. The kingdom will control all the land. The land should no longer be an investment for the wealthy. Capitalism is not working for the majority.
LAHINA - A TURNING POINT
Let Lahaina inspire and empower a new direction towards true human values and solidarity. Let's not allow what happened in Lahaina to have been in vain!
A KINGDOM-NATION
Right here, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the center of the world, facing into the universe and into the eyes of God.
I will strongly argue the United States has an obligation to give back Hawaiii, including buying back all of the privately held land based on tax-assessed values. The land could be leased back to the previous owners in perpetuity based on lot and house sizes, value, and a personal situation formula. Selling leases for a profit will not be allowed. There could be penalties and lease rate increases when properties are sold for profits or above the cost of living increases.
This will inject money into the new Hawai'i economy, propelling the revised kingdom-nation forward. Hawai'i could have its own currency and become a self-sustaining peaceful nation-kingdom.
As an independent kingdom-nation, Hawai'i can control immigration and stop island gentrification.
For the sake of the children, we must realize the world will not change for the better on its own. If you have children you should be overly concerned about the future of Hawaii. Hawaii can stand on it's own. We do not need to be tethered to America. The world will support Hawaii like it is now supporting Palesitine!
The population of Hawai'i is 1.442 million as of 2021. 260,000 Hawaiian resident children are under the age of 15.
Again, worldwide, 25,000 human beings, including 10,000 children, die from starvation.......every day!
Give it Back
Hawai'i should simply and peacefully be given back. No voting. It is illogical and wrong to take over a sovereign monarchy nation and then hold a "Free and Fair" election to determine if that stolen nation should become a territory and a state of the United States, especially when the majority of the voters were not native to the Kingdom. This is not democracy!
The islands were stolen by a small group of greedy, mostly white American descended businessmen with the help of 162 armed and bayonetted marines from the USS Boston. Hawai'i was later voted into statehood, mostly by people from whom Hawai'i was not stolen.
We can obtain:
1) Sovereignty.
2) Universal health care.
3) Self-sustaining agriculture.
4) Basic minimum income.
5) And a Hawaiian currency and Central Bank.
CAPITALISM IS NOT DEMORACY
The present capitalistic model will not sustain future generations.
Corporate Greed
Verizon..................143 Billion net worth.
Costco...................245 Billion net worth.
Lows......................134 Billion net worth.
Home Depot...........318 Billion net worth.
Walmart.................440 Billion net worth.
Tesla......................891 Billion net worth.
Microsoft.............2,297 Billion net worth.
Apple...................2,299 Billion net worth.
Amazon............... 1.5 - 3 + Trillion net worth.
JACK LONDON
From Stories of Hawai'i - 1915 (Spoken by a local at the time):
"They came like lambs speaking softly........today all the islands are theirs, all the land, all the cattle - everything is theirs.........They who had nothing now have everything."
QUEEN LILIUOKALANI
To avoid an outbreak of violence, Queen Lili‘uokalani abdicated the throne. She explained her decision in a statement to President Benjamin Harrison:
“This action on my part was prompted by three reasons: The futility of a conflict with the United States; the desire to avoid violence, bloodshed, and the destruction of life and property; and the certainty which I feel that you and your government will right whatever wrongs may have been inflicted on us in the premises.” ("Hawaii’s Story", page 395)
Joint Resolution Apology Bill Public Law 103-150 Nov 23, 1993
"President Bill Clinton signs legislation apologizing for the U.S. role in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy."
SURVIVING INTO THE FUTURE
The survival of the human race requires that we move away from materialism and toward spiritualism and move away from land by making living on the water more accessible. Personal and universal peace and happiness can exist without defeating, competing, conquering and winning. We need to consider the ways of the ancients and put our attention on becoming a community of like minded individuals and take up activities like building sailing vessels, cleaning the beaches and oceans, managing our fisheries, gardening, educations and other meaningful activities. Everyone should have inexpensive access to the ocean, including living on board boats with safe and secure harbor shopping and facilities. The oceans are rising and we will be losing more oceanside lands. We can learn to live more on the water.
"Individually
we are separate
together
we are one!" Kevin James
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I began the collage featured picture above 8 years ago for a tai-chi/chi-kung/yoga web site of people I've been inspired by. I added Haunani-Kay Trask after her death. Me in the green t-shirt and white hat. Gregory Fong in a black t-shirt, my tai chi teacher (deceased), Dr. Lily Siou my chi-kung teacher, next to Lao Tzu wearing a black Taoist hat (deceased), Barat Das in prayer mudra, my yoga teacher, Kahuna Hale Makua (deceased) to the right of surfer girl. Haunani Kay Trask (deceased) my teacher of courage for standing up for truth and justice regardless!
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In 2022 we surpassed the unsustainable 8-billion people alive on planet earth.
1800, 1 billion (Took 250,000 years to reach 1-B)
1900, 1.5 billion.
1950, 2.5 billion.
2000, 6 billion.
2022, 8 billion.
2055, 10 billion
2090 11 billion
Scientist and author Stephen Emmott concludes in his book Ten Billion, "I think we are F-d."
The world population will surpass 10 billion by 2065. Population experts say it will level at 11 billion and never surpass 12 billion.
This does not and will not work, especially with climate change, environmental degradation, global fires, all leading to global choas.
How will it end?
It will end in chaos, including wars, fires, divisiveness, meanness, disease, hunger and starvation, like we are seeing in the world today!
Capitalism will collapse without population growth. This is why the Supreme Court Republicans, are all being supported by the capitalist Koch Brother's and their organizations, outlawing abortions.
This is why Elon Musk says we need more children to be born. This is why he says we do not need to go to college, because he realizes the educated will not settle for wealth leadership and control.
Intellegent critical thinking is a threat to the true Republican agenda, no matter what they say. Today's Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in the history of the world. Denying climate change is leading to global distruction.
Sooner or later we will all pay and suffer because of over population and climate change and the dying of capitalism. Bill Gates says we need to reduce population by at least 50%. Capitalism and population reduction can be managed with much less distructive results than by denying it.
We must suffer in order to lose weight and we must suffer in order to reduce worldwide population. Acknowledging and creating a scaling down population plan will allow the world to make changes peacfully rather than violently.
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* 785 million people lack basic drinking water.
* 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces. Contaminated water can transmit diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio.
* Globally about 9% of the world population, 700 million people go to bed on an empty stomach each night. By 2030 it will be 850 million.
* The population of the United States is 330 million, meaning more than twice the US population goes to bed hungry every night and 2-1/2 times the US population lacks basic drinking water and up to 5 times the US populations drinks water contaminated with feces.
IMPACTS OF A WARMING PLANET
• Loss of farmland and drought threatened food supply.
• Rising sea levels with flooding beach side properties.
• Deadly heatwaves and worldwide fires.
• Extinction of plant and animal species."
• Migration of plants, animals and people.
Overpopulation + Climate Change = World Chaos!
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In deciding to run for governor of Hawai'i I imagined the island people coming togther as one community for survival into the future. The entire world, along with Hawai'i is facing an imminent food crisis...." Food is Freedom!"
One World - One People! Where is the purpose and benefit of a two-party political system constantly at odds?
A unicameral congress, such as in Nebraska since the 1940s, results in less arguing and greater accountability, with members taking responsibility for their votes. The American two-party experiment has descended into parties of hatred.
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One world, one people!....Food is Freedom!....Lawns to Gardens!.... Fruit Trees Make a Difference!
• The world cannot survive with racism. We are human beings first.
• In the face of rapidly increasing artificial intelligence (AI) we need a new monetary system that provides a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for everyone.
It's possible; read, Outgrowing Capitalism, by Marco Dundi.
CML
Hawai'i is unique in that it is not a continent. The Hawaiian islands are formed from a continuously erupting 30-plus mile diameter sea floor magma vent nearly 16,000 feet below the sea's surface, taking hundreds of thousands of years to reach the surface and beyond. From the moment the islands begin to form at the bottom of the sea, they also begin their northwesterly migration, crossing over the sea floor vent and eventually eroding back into the sea, followed by a subduction process taking them back into the earth at the edge of the Eurasian continent nearly 4,000 miles northwest.
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Some consider Hawai'i to have been a small area of the upper southeast corner of the large ancient continent of Lemuria. Lemuria was heart-based, whereas Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean was science-based.
The sovereign Hawai'i kingdom-nation of the future = Heart + Science.
It is the responsibility and obligation of the people who consider the islands to be their "Home" to participate in the island's destined journey of fullfilling it's unique purpose beginning with various ethnicities becomming one people. We are first of all, Human Beings. Anything else, comes afterwards.
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We are suggesting a King or Queen elected by the Hawaiian people and a state unicameral legislature elected by all citizens. All bills would be approved by the parliament and the monarchy, which represents the heart of Hawai'i.
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We are suggesting an Hawaiian currency and central bank that would issue loans to commercial banks. The Hawai'i currency would be pegged to the US Dollar. Hawai'i has the potential to be financially independent and sovereign and to create a minimum wage income economy along with a guaranteed minimum income. The kingdom could borrow 1 or more trillion dollars from the central bank to purchase all island private land at tax assesed value with a perpetuity lease back agreement based on value of improvements and ability to pay. The lease income would pay back the loan and reduce land values to near zero. You can sell your lease but your lease payments will increase proportionately or more. CMLit.
Homeownership will be facilitated by the Kingdom purchasing all private land based on land tax values and leasing back in perpetuity. Leases based on the ability to pay and on the improvements. If outsiders pay higher prices their lease will go up proportionately or more. The kingdom will do what it can to prevent home values from increasing more than building materials and construction costs.
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Private, charter, and church schools are divisive and unhealthy, causing children to feel superior or inferior. One school system would be infinitely superior to the present one: King Kamehameha's public school system, with accommodations for foreign students. Schools will encourage parent participation as Hall Monitor Friends of the children. And special teaching arrangements for bullying and bad behavior.
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Transitioning to an independent Kingdom-Nation will take several years. A comprehensive plan will include dual citizenship for Hawai'i residents for a period of 100 years or longer. This plan will be presented to all citizens with change options as we proceed.
We are prisoners to our mainland food source with around 80% imports. With 4x8 garden boxes and converting yards to gardens where practicable, and with state (Kingdom-Nation) support for farm coops on all state agricultural land, we can not only survive, Hawaii can become self suffecient. Hawii has a year round growing season!
The island of Oahu has 6 nuclear weapon targets coming from China, North Korea and Russia, "The entire Island of O'ahu would be obliterated if a nuclear attack were to take place with few survivors." We need a better plan in order for the US military to maintain forces here. The Hawai'i "purpose" is to promote world peace and become the world center for solution conferences.
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Homelessness is talked about with very little being done about it. We propose professionally managed camp grounds and tiny house communities where residents are monitored and treated for drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness and dangerous behaviors. Violent persons and those who will not accept treatment will be relocated to more strictly controlled facilities. Homeless communty persons can earn money by being part of each Islands garbage pick-up groups. Professional oversight but community managed by Homeless. CML it.
A primary reason for becoming independent is so Hawai'i can create it's own immigration policy. An independent Hawai'i will establish an immigration policy for people visiting and for those wanting to live here. The kingdom of Hawai'i will also create outside investor policies where there will be required benefits to the islands equal to or greater than to the corporate investors.
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The kingdon nation of Hawai'i will be able to provide mostly free medical and prescriptions as well as do everything possible to help make hospitals more effecient and convenient for doctors, nurses and staff. Hawai'i will strive to become a world leading medical care and research center.
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Each island to create it's own unique programs that should be specific to each island. For instance we envision the rail circling Oahu with stops Ala Moana, Waikiki, Down town, UH. A line out and back to Hawai'i Kai and over the Pali stopping in Kailua and Kanehoe then several stops to Hale'iwa, down through Wahiawa, Mililani Mauka, Waipi'o, Waikele and connecting with the main line at Waipahu where there will be a line out to Ocean Point and around to Kapolei and another line to Makaha and back. We calculated 1.5 million commercial grade solar panels, open air rail cars equiped for bicycles and surf boards. Also, island trails like the El Camino de Santiago in Spain, with rest areas with bathrooms, showers and food courts.
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Hawai'i is to become a world-leading solution conference center where all world leaders are welcome to come and participate as long as they come in peace. Each island will develop their own unique conference center programs.
Barack and Michelle Obama topped the "worlds most admired" list for men and women, according to a 2020 YouGov poll. The poll surveyed over 45,000 people in 42 countries.
This is the type of world wide approval for the Hawai'i Kingdom nation.
(Sorry, no women in this picture - we will keep looking because the future of Hawai'i depends on women in leadership roles). CMLs.
Hawai'i - "The Courage to Change."
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