I think I am back.

Aloha;  Thanks to my oldest daughter I got my user name and password so now I will be able to vent about the distruction of the rule of law and the lost moral and ethical base of the United States of America.  We shall see what we will see. 

It's Sunday again.

Aloha: Another Sunday has come and is about to be gone. We have our mo'opuna this weekend so while my wife is giving him a shower I will try to get this done. He likes to use the computer that is being used by whoever.

Rain was just a trace for the week. The volcano is SOS. I hope to get my truck back this week. Topher is off this week so I will get to spend at least 3 days home this week. Well, that will have to do. God bless and take care. Love to all.

Happy 4th of July.

Aloha: Today we celebrate the "birthday" of our country. Too bad we were unable to do as Ben Franklin suggested. I have been trying to watch Glen Beck every day. On Friday's his program is called "Founder's Friday". He sources everything back to the original through the Library of Congress. This idea of changing history is really a very old idea. Would you believe I finished high school in 1962? The American History textbook we used then was published in 1942, before I was born. I have been made aware that even then, the textbooks were "slanted" so as to convey a "political" message. Even in the 60's we were taught politically correct half-truths, from books that were 20 years old. That means that even our teachers were taught these half-truths. That is why Beck and others are going back to the "source"; old books in the Library of Congress. I know most, if not all, of my readers don't care so will go no further.

We had 0.4 inches of rain this past week up here in God's country. The volcano is doing its thing so all is SOS. Sometimes I think the HVO staff just changes the date every morning. My wife and eldest daughter are having a very long weekend. Furlough Friday and a holiday on Monday make for a four day weekend. The county is on furlough Friday on the first and third Friday's of every month.

May God bless you all and keep all of you safe. Love to all.

Aloha: The other week I went on craigslist. I want to buy "junk silver" (pre-64 dimes, quarters, halves and dollars) for their melt value and got 3 weird replies. I am willing to pay 10x face for the coins. There is a guy who puts full page ads in the local paper and sets up shop in the Naniloa Hotel and pays 5x face for the coins. Too bad the shipping from the mainland is so high; makes the cost of the coins higher to get them to Hilo.

Right now I am sitting my mo'opuna and he wants to sit where I am sitting. When I am on the computer he wants to be on the computer; when I play with his Lego's he wants to play; when I watch TV he wants to watch TV. Too bad my friend, Author Itis, keeps bugging me so I can not chase him or turn my legs so I am limited as to what I can do outside. I go to see my bone doctor later this month, hopefully he will be able to give me a magic bullet and fix my knees and right hip so I can run and play. I would settle for just being able to walk for more than a few hundred feet.

I got a call from the issurance company and my truck will not be ready for about 2 more weeks. More damage was found when they started repairs, so had to order more parts. Oh well, they are paying for the Charger.

The volcano is SOS. We did have a nice 3.6 earhtquake the other day that some people felt, but not me. That's it for today. Love to all and may God bless.

SOS Sunday

Aloha: We had 0.35 inches of rain this past week and the volcano is doing it's thing, so all is SOS. My wife's brother, "Small Fry", is here till July 5th then he is off to the mainland to do his "bomb" thing. If you just happened on this blog and don't know, he works for a ordinance disposal company and goes all over the place looking for unexploded bombs so the military can blow them up. He has been as far east as Cuba, west to Japan, north to Alaska, but not below the equator yet.

Thing here on the home front are, like out volcano, SOS. Our truck is still not fixed so we are still "tooling" around in the red Dodge Charger. We live off road so have to be careful not to scrape bottom when we come and go. I think we will have to wash it before we turn it in.

God bless and take care. Love to all.

Kelo vs. New London

Aloha: Auwe, tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of one of the most dangerous decisions of the SCOTUS. It is the one referenced in the title of this posting. We have all been taught about the concept of "eminent domain". The highway needs to be widened so government can take your land for the public good, after just compensation at fair market value. Up till 5 years ago it had to be for the government's use. A highway, hospital, expand a park, whatever. In Kelo vs New London, the SCOTUS ruled that any government (fed, state, local) can take your property and resell to a private entity for the purpose of increasing the tax base. In the New London case, a lower middle class neighborhood was destroyed so that a drug company could build a factory. The neighborhood was destroyed, the land was rezoned and sold at a profit and the factory was never built. No factory, no jobs, no homes for the displaced. Just a great big eyesore. God help us all.

Happy Father's Day

Aloha: I hope all you father's out there have a very Happy Father's Day. My wife went to Honolulu for Red Cross training this weekend so this father is able to sleep late, eat what he wants, and watch what he wants all day. She returns at 5p tonight so maybe we will go to Nori's for pork chops. Speaking of pork chops, when in Kona go to Manago's and have pork chops. Great stuff. Cooked on an old cast iron grill, fantastic!!!!!

It appears that the lava pond in the Pu'u 'O'o crater is no longer active. Halema'uma'u, on the other hand, is chugging along. The volcano report is SOS. The rain report is 0.1 inches for the week. When I checked the rain gauge I ate a bunch of green beans from my wife's garden and I must say, fresh vegetables from the garden taste a whole lot better then in the house. Crisp, crunchy and sweet. My mother would tell us that when she was a child her dad would have her mom start to boil the water and when the water was ready he would go into the garden and pick the corn, husk it on the way back to the house and put it in the pot. My grandfather had quite a garden, at least half an acre. I do not think they ever bought any vegetables, even in the winter.

That will be it for today. God bless and take care. Love to all.

Pau Ka'a Part 2

Aloha: It seems that I did not make clear that after our little "fender-bender" all protocols were followed and both the fire and police departments had their representatives on scene. Yesterday I got in touch with the "villains" carrier and today took our "wheels" (blue boy) to be looked at. There appears to be a lot more damage than at first glance, so for the next two weeks we will be tooling around in a red Dodge Charger.

The insurance rep was looking at the truck and asked one of the workers over to check out what the rep thought was a "ding" and the worker looked at the drivers side and back and forth. He went and got another worker and they measured the distance between front and back tire on the passenger side and on the drivers side and the drivers side was 1.5 inches shorter. Hence the red Charger. Just looking at the wheel and tire and tail pipe the rep thought about $2,000. Now the truck will have to be put on the rack and really checked out.

That will be it for today. God bless and take care.

Sunday. Again?

Aloha: I just realized that I did not do my duty to my readers this past week. No posting for 7 whole days. How did you all survive?

I do nave some news to report. On our way home yesterday we got into a little fender-bender. We were number 3 in a line of cars and number 1 decided to stop in the middle of the road. Number 2 stops in time, I stop in time, but the Ridgeline behind me swerved to avoid me and his passenger front tire and my driver rear tire make like cymbal's and he gets a broken tire rod and a flat and is stuck in the middle of the road. Part of his tire is embedded between my tire and wheel. The car that started the whole thing disappeared as did everyone else who saw what happened. A friend on my wife's from JC's and the driver of the car that hit us changed out tire and now I have to go to my insurance and see what has to be done. My alloy wheel is damaged so will have to be replaced. So much for the excitement of the day, week, month and maybe the year.

We got 0.25 inches of rain for the week. The volcano is SOS. And all is beautiful in God's country. God bless and keep you all.

Aloha: The year is half gone and it still feels like it just turned 2010. Today's rain report is for 2 weeks and it is only 0.15 inches of wet. Boy, does time fly. The only thing moving faster then time is my waist line.

Not much to report today. The volcano is SOS and it is a beautiful day in Hawaii nei. I guess that will be all for today. I still have not heard if I will be sitting this week so no news is good news so I will be going down on Monday. Love to all and may God bless.

Swimming lessons.

Aloha: In my last post I said YMCA when in fact it is the YWCA that has the pool and the swimming lessons. I checked out the YWCA and Anakam will have to join the YWCA before I can take CJ for lessons. He is only 4 and the County of Hawaii pools have lessons at $10 per and the start age is 5. I guess I will have to take him to the pool and teach him myself. The only trouble with that is that he does not take the "tickle monster" seriously.

The view from the Pu'u 'O'o webcam is quite good at night. Too bad there is no way for the public to get into the area to see it first hand. But then the rim of the crater has a tendency to collapse; that is the reason they have a new (and better) camera at Pu'u 'O'o.

Yesterday my wife went to Maui for the day for a meeting with the Maui FD. She goes on so many trips that I am having trouble getting them all right in my head. She went from Hilo to Maui and the return was Maui to Honolulu to Hilo. She told me that the security in Hilo was much higher than the other two airports. She was patted down twice in Hilo, at the checkpoint where you take off your shoes and again at the gate to get on the plane.

Things here in Hawaii nei are, as always, beautiful. I think that we will go to the Zoo today. Anakam is off so it will be the three of us. I guess that will do it for today. Love to all and may the Good Lord bless and keep all of you safe. May God bless America!

I'm back! (Lucky you)

Aloha: I am back from a very nice weekend in Kona. The company was great and the Holua Resort was very nice. We went to dinner at the King Kamehameha Hotel and Anakam wore her "stretchy" pants; boy, can she put the crab away!!! It seems that I can not eat as much as I used to (all that food, so little time) but I still get heavier and heavier every week. My wife and I spent a lot of time in pool with our mo'opuna and also a lot time in stores. (There were 3 women.) On Monday we went to see a lady about outfits for my wife and I and Topher's mother to wear at Anakam and Topher's wedding in Oct. The lady sent me to "Omar, the tent maker" for my shirt.

I was looking for swimming lessons for my mo'opuna and he is too young for the classes I found. On Friday Anakam is off so she and I will check out the YMCA and county pools. Anakam asked me where she learned to swim and I can not remember. I know that my wife took her older sister to the YMCA, but I can not remember where Anakam went.

I only got one bite on my "Food For Thought" posting. He suggested that politicians like to spread your money all over the place so that they can get re-elected. Perhaps we would have a better system if we did not have any politicians but rather go back to the idea of "public service", How about a bumper sticker "Outlaw Career Politicians"!

The volcano has been busy while we were away. There is now a lava pond in the Pu'u 'O'o vent. That means there are now two active lava ponds. Both can be seen via webcams. All else is SOS.

I am sitting and my mo'opuna wants me to pay attention to him so I will have to go. May God bless you all and may he protect the USA.

Food For Thought.

Aloha: I believe one of our Founding Fathers, James Madison, said that Charity is not the function of Government. The Jaycee Creed says it quite clearly: "Economic justice can best be won by free men through free enterprise." May God have mercy on us all.

Updates

Aloha: If you check out my last post you will see that I got a comment. It is from, I think, a lawyer. I guess they are looking for business. No luck as the manager at the local AT&T store, who is very nice, resolved the problems and things are normal, for now. I think that phone, and tower, technology are not progressing at the same pace. The only problem is that you kinda lose confidence that the technology will work when needed.

We just had a special election for the 1st Congressional District. You may have heard about it as the Republicat won over the 2 Demipublicans. The weird thing is the D's do not reside in the district. Then yesterday I read about the guy losing the primary in Idaho, for the Senate, who has never been to Idaho. At least Hilliary moved to New York. I was taught, a long, long time ago, that you had to, at least, live in the district you wanted to represent. How about, at the very least, living in the State!

I am sitting my mo'opuna today. School is out so I will have a full time job for the summer. Tomorrow we all go to Kona for a long weekend. I know you all will miss my Sunday Report. I guess I will have to do it on Tuesday. For today the reports are all SOS. May the good Lord watch over the United States and protect it from "fundamental change".

Cell Phone Blues 2

Aloha: As you can see by the title, my cell phone blues are/is back. (See post of April 29). My cell phone carrier is AT&T Mobility. My new phone is/was a Nokia 6350. It is a really nice looking phone with features I will never use (More to go wrong?). As stated in my April 29 post, the phone lasted 8 days. Got a new one and it lasted 23 days. After about 2/3 hours at the AT&T store I got another phone yesterday and it does not work this morning. I took the sim card out of the new phone and put it into an old phone and it works fine (for now). The old phone is a Nokia 6085. I have had other Nokia phones over the years and they have all served me well. The new one; incoming calls go the voice mail; outgoing call get the message "Error In Connection". A full charge (battery full) last 8/12 hours. I am not looking forward to tomorrow.

This week is the last week of school for my mo'opuna. On Friday my wife and I, with our daughters, their "other halves" and CJ will be going to Kona for a long weekend. We have been doing this for, maybe 5, years now. It is a great, relaxing weekend. Do not expect a Sunday Report next Sunday. Sorry to disappoint.

We got 0.15 inches of rain this past week. The volcano is doing its thing and all is SOS. Time for me to go. May God's love be with you always.

Volcano Update!

Aloha: Just a short update for today. Today is the 10,000 day anniversary of the current eruption of Kilauea. That's if for today. May God be with you all.

It's Sunday again.

Aloha: It's Sunday again and time for all the reports from God's country. Here is how the HVO reported on the volcano this morning. Auwe!!!! My cut and paste did not work!!! I guess I will just have to sum it up. SOS. Rain for the week was 0.25 inches. I have not heard from Anakam yet so no news is good news and I will be going down to sit tomorrow. I guess that will be it for today. God bless and take care.

May Day Program.

Aloha: Today was the day for my mo'opuna's May Day program at Haili Christian School. The theme of the program was "Na Keiki O Ka Lahui E Hoike; Ke Akua Kou Aloha". Each class represented a Nation, my mo'opuna's class was Puerto Rico. (I know that Puerto Rico is a part of the USA as is Hawaii, which was represented by the 4 Pre class). Basically each class would sing a Hymn in English then in the language of the Country they represented. The 6th graders sang "Jesus Loves Me" in Chinese. My mo'opuna's class sang the same song in Spanish. Have any of you been in charge of 25 or so of 3 year olds? It is like herding cats! All that energy from so little food.

The volcano is still SOS, the weather is always great, sometimes wet, sometimes dry but always great. That's all folks! God bless.

Happy Mother's Day.

Aloha: Happy, happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there. We had a very nice day. Too bad Anakam had to work so we went out to brunch with Ka'iulani and Burida. Topher and CJ went to his mom's place for Mother's Day. We got home early enough for the "mother" in the house to go outside and play in her garden. I think I will have green beans to pick and eat in about 2 weeks. They sure do taste good right off the "vine".

Topher will be working this week so I get to sit my mo'opuna. So now for the reports; rain, 0.2 inches of rain. Volcano is SOS. God bless and take care.

Friday Post.

Aloha: My daughter, Anakam, told me today that she misses my posting. When I started a million years ago I used to write 6 times a week. Typing SOS is getting very old. The basic concept of this blog was twofold. One: keep mainland relations up to date on what is happening here in God's country, and secondly; air my views on what is happening in the news of the day. On item #1 it gets very boring as I type SOS. On item #2; nobody wants to hear what is happening. This country is in deep "DOODOO". This past week, Biden(the VP) suggested that all 401(k)'s be taken over by the government to create another government pension plan. This administration, in the GM takeover, repealed the 4th amendment to the Constitution so what the hell; the government owns all the money anyway. Maybe that is the plan; if the United States becomes like Mexico the illegals will all go back where they belong. Aloha oe and may God bless.