Looking at this... I think that I was a bit harsh LOL:

"I have three uncles who proudly served in the armed forces ( Read more... )

Unfortunately people like Jere Krischel, Ken Conklin, and "Harry the Ignorant American" like to spew inaccurate information about Hawaiians. Their latest ploy? Well they inaccurately assert that Hawaiians receive government funding solely based on race. Hmmmm... nice try but Hawaiians are not the ONLY ones who receive race-based funding. The ( Read more... )

I really like this letter and shows how people are not easily fooled by Jere Krischel. In addition the person behind this is Thurston Twigg-Smith who allegedly lent his copy of the Morgan Report to Jere Krischel. Nana i ke kumu... or "look to the source" and the source (i.e. Thurston Twigg-Smith) is a descendant of one of the rich Haole dudes who ( Read more... )

I am brief and to the point when responding. Typically I respond in a few sentences... or less. In this case this is my review of Thurston Twigg-Smith's "Hawaiian Sovereignty: Do the Facts Matter?"


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In today's paper, Edwin Ramos wrote in response to Rolf Nordahl, Bob Gould and Thurston Twigg-Smith's attempts to try to twist the truth to fit their paradigm. I like this letter and agree with him. Here is his letter:

COLOR THE DEBATE RED, WHITE AND BROWN

Being part-Hawaiian, I didn't want to get involved with the Akaka bill debate because I ( Read more... )

I don't see nor read Ken Conklin nor Thurston Twigg-Smith mentioning the Augustine Educational Foundation latest award of $350,000 in tuition scholarships to 336 Hawaii Catholic school students. Oh that's right. They only discuss Hawaiians. Seriously... the Augustine Educational Foundation has presented more than $3.1 million in scholarships since ( Read more... )

Seen in today's newspaper... a letter addressing Thurston Twigg-Smith's kernels of truth which he subsequently uses to try to revise Hawaiian history:

U.S. FORCES COMPLICIT IN QUEEN'S OVERTHROWThurston Twigg-Smith, in a Nov. 3 letter, stated that the overthrow was not conducted under the auspices of the United States. Perhaps it was not ordered ( Read more... )

This was written in the Honolulu StarBulletin on July 24, 1998:

Twigg-Smith family has long opposed monarchyKnowledgeable students of Hawaii's history know that Thurston Twigg-Smith's grandfather, Lorrin A. Thurston, was a founding father of the Honolulu Rifles, that forced the Bayonet Constitution upon David Kalakaua in 1887. He was a leading ( Read more... )

Lie:

noun.

A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.


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