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Occupy Honolulu, Thomas Square, 2012—a location chosen perhaps for its proximity to Honolulu Police Headquarters in an effort to create test cases and affect the legality of policies designed to pressure the homeless to accept shelter. As one set of tents was tagged under Honolulu’s 24 hour warning system, they were removed and replaced with a different set of tents—ones with yellow, green, red, blue or grey trim--so city workers could not seize them--leaving Occupy with lots of matching tents in storage somewhere.

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When I lived in Hawaii, I was shocked by the number of 'homeless' people there. Most are drug addicts, mentally ill or alcoholics hanging in the parks near Waikiki. However, there is a large number of 'homeless' who choose to live in tents and make-shift shelters along the beaches. Some work full time. They pay no rent. Others get government assistance and live a pretty decent life style, at taxpayer expense.

1 posted on 04/06/2014 8:09:37 PM PDT by Islander7
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To: Islander7

Are they on Travelocity?


2 posted on 04/06/2014 8:11:59 PM PDT by Calusa (Were going to have that person arrested.....that did the video, said Hillary Clinton.)
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To: Islander7

That’s one I’d join, depending on how close it is to the beach. Sure beats Fargo, especially in winter.


3 posted on 04/06/2014 8:13:16 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Islander7

I have a question. Just what makes these idiots think it is going to be any here in Honolulu?


4 posted on 04/06/2014 8:14:14 PM PDT by Jean2 (i)
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To: Islander7

I can see pressuring the tourist industry, but Chinatown sounds a bit risky, and I can’t see a happy ending for folks trying to squeeze the Koreans.


5 posted on 04/06/2014 8:15:16 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Islander7

Obamavilles.


6 posted on 04/06/2014 8:17:28 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Islander7
When I lived in Hawaii, I was shocked by the number of 'homeless' people there. Most are drug addicts, mentally ill or alcoholics hanging in the parks near Waikiki.

And that's just the politicians.

7 posted on 04/06/2014 8:18:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Islander7

The ‘homeless industry’ is one of the more interesting liberal scams...


10 posted on 04/06/2014 8:34:40 PM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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To: Islander7

The obamanonics recovery by any other name would still mean depression.


11 posted on 04/06/2014 8:34:47 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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And the bathrooms are located where? Oh, maybe I don’t want to know.


13 posted on 04/06/2014 8:40:19 PM PDT by azishot
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To: Islander7

Beats the heck out of being homeless in Detroit.


14 posted on 04/06/2014 8:44:27 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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To: Islander7
If the homeless go on strike,how will anyone know?
15 posted on 04/06/2014 8:49:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: Islander7

A few years ago there were a bunch living in a park near the Waikiki Hilton, you could see the campfires at night and of course we were told to not go there at night (duh).

There’s some sort of special Pacific Islander visa that allows certain people entry with no apparent requirement for support etc. Many of these vagrants are not Hawaiians.


16 posted on 04/06/2014 8:58:04 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Islander7

Communists and the freaks who pimp for them are some of the sickest vermin to ever crawl across the face of the Earth.


17 posted on 04/06/2014 9:17:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The debate, ANY DEBATE, is NEVER OVER!)
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To: Islander7

A democrat is in office. There are no homeless people.


18 posted on 04/06/2014 9:22:26 PM PDT by jughandle
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There are thousands of homeless, they are everywhere in Honolulu, many dumped from the Mainland.

Ironically, here’s a cartoon from today’s paper?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=781784425166113&set=a.180641711947057.46996.112299605447935&type=1&theater

They are referred to here as “zombies.” You can’t go more than a couple hundred feet in most parts of the city without running into at least one.


20 posted on 04/07/2014 12:46:54 AM PDT by kaehurowing (FIGHT BULLYING, UNINSTALL FIREFOX)
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Many stateside homeless folks save up their pennies for a one-way plane ticket to Oahu.

The weather and the political conditions are awesome for a homeless person in Hawaii.

That may end up being my retirement plan since Barney Frank tanked my 401K back in 2008.

21 posted on 04/07/2014 12:51:43 AM PDT by Washi (Stop Obama's War On Jobs)
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To: Islander7

One small propane torch would take care of the problem; most of those tents are made of nylon and will burn like gasoline once you get them started.


22 posted on 04/07/2014 1:16:41 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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