November 22, 2008 Critics fault Inouye’s stay-the-course approach By DENNIS CAMIRE Advertiser Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, the incoming chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, doesn’t plan to make any major changes in its operations, quashing hopes of watchdog groups seeking more openness in the way tax dollars are spent. Two… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Nuclear survivors of Rongelap
http://counterpunch.org/johnston11212008.html Weekend Edition November 21 / 23, 2008 The Voices of Rongelap Cautionary Tales From a Nuclear War Zone By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON and HOLLY M. BARKER John Anjain, Alab of Rongelap, Marshall Islands: Early in the morning of March 1, 1954, sometime around five or six o’clock, American planes dropped a hydrogen bomb on… Read more »
Japanese missile defense test fails off Hawaii
Reuters, Thursday November 20 2008 (Recasts, official blames Raytheon missile glitch) By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – A Japanese naval destroyer failed to shoot down a ballistic missile target on Wednesday because of a glitch in the final stage of an interceptor missile made by Raytheon Co, a U.S. military official said. The… Read more »
Missile test off Kaua’i fails at the ‘very end’
November 20, 2008 By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer A missile fired by the Japanese destroyer Chokai yesterday failed to intercept a ballistic missile target off Kaua’i in a second test of Japan’s ship-based Aegis ballistic missile defense system. The $55 million exercise paid for by Japan was intended to knock down a simulated ballistic… Read more »
Henry A. Giroux | Against the Militarized Academy
http://www.truthout.org/112008J Against the Militarized Academy Thursday 20 November 2008 by: Henry A. Giroux, t r u t h o u t | Perspective Defense Secretary Robert Gates has announced an effort to increase the militarization of higher education. While there is an ongoing discussion about what shape the military-industrial complex will take under an Obama… Read more »
Army settles Hawaii culture lawsuit
The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 6:09:54 EST HONOLULU — The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Army announced Monday that they have settled an OHA lawsuit filed in 2006 over the establishment of a Stryker brigade and its impact on Native Hawaiian cultural resources. OHA representatives and a neutral archaeologist accompanied… Read more »
Mauna Kea plan blasted
The University of Hawai’i (UH) has overdeveloped Mauna Kea in violation of previous management plans and Kanaka Maoli religious beliefs. Now it seeks to build the Pan-STARRS, an Air Force telescope, and a giant Thirty Meter Telescope. Furthermore, UH is seeking to become the managing entity for Mauna Kea, which would be the proverbial fox… Read more »
DoD wants to limit the number of Kanaka Maoli groups it consult with
The Department of Defense has been meeting with Kanaka Maoli organizations over several years to develop a protocol for handling cultural issues that impact Kanaka Maoli. This is really a process to LIMIT Kanaka Maoli input into military decision making by designating “legitimate” Kanaka Maoli organizations that must be consulted. Of course, we can anticipate… Read more »
Marines seek expansion in Pohakuloa
The Hawaii Tribune Herald reports that the Marine Corps seeks expanded training facilities in Pohakuloa: The proposed upgrades are designed to simulate conditions that Marines face in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other trouble spots around the world. A draft environmental assessment set for release Sunday, prepared by the Marine Corps, proposes that the Marines develop… Read more »
Settlement lets OHA access some Stryker training areas
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Army have settled OHA’s 2006 federal lawsuit claiming the Army failed to protect Native Hawaiian cultural resources when it brought the Stryker brigade to the state.
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