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Hawaii envisions presidential library on the beach
Associated Press ^ | Dec 11, 2014 7:55 PM EST | Audrey McAvoy

Posted on 12/11/2014 6:22:02 PM PST by Olog-hai

Hawaii hopes it has an offer Honolulu-born President Barack Obama won’t be able to turn down.

It hopes to build him a presidential library on the ocean, with a dramatic view of his hometown’s famed Diamond Head volcanic crater. The state’s abundant sunshine would generate solar power and support vegetable gardens on site.

Hawaii officials predicted Thursday that the prime, 8-acre spot on a rocky shoreline between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu, combined with the state’s many tourists, would make the facility one of the nation's most heavily visited presidential centers. …

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TOPICS: US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: honolulu; obama; presidentiallibrary; waikiki
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To: GreensKeeperWillie

In the lava’s path, I hope??


21 posted on 12/11/2014 6:32:36 PM PST by duckbutt (Those who pay no taxes have no check on their appetite for services.)
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To: Olog-hai; Daffynition
...in Kenya?


22 posted on 12/11/2014 6:33:25 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Sasparilla

In Pahoa would be your choice, about to be overrun by lava. Mauna Loa is fairly quiet these days.


23 posted on 12/11/2014 6:33:52 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Typical_Whitey

Actually it should be built underwater; where he put so many of us!


24 posted on 12/11/2014 6:34:05 PM PST by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun free zones?)
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To: kaehurowing

roflmto...absolutely. Surely zero would feel more at home. OR do they want it washed away so they can forget?


25 posted on 12/11/2014 6:34:43 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: Olog-hai

Here’s to hoping for a tsunami.


26 posted on 12/11/2014 6:35:35 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Olog-hai
Surely, we can find locations in Alaska that are even farther away from Washington.


27 posted on 12/11/2014 6:35:37 PM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: a fool in paradise

You, sir, have won the internet post of the day!


28 posted on 12/11/2014 6:37:38 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: logic101.net

And surrounded by sharks?


29 posted on 12/11/2014 6:38:04 PM PST by Kackikat
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To: Olog-hai


Newsflash 2020: The Barry Obama presidential library and Bath House was unexpectedly hit with a well-aimed lava flow.
30 posted on 12/11/2014 6:39:13 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Olog-hai

Kenya?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kenya-won-obama-presidential-library-article-1.1849070


31 posted on 12/11/2014 6:39:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: Olog-hai

then the ground opens up and SLURP


32 posted on 12/11/2014 6:40:56 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Olog-hai
The state’s abundant sunshine would generate solar power and support vegetable gardens on site.

So the entire facility would be fueled by hot air? How appropriate. Or maybe just the Solyndra wing...

33 posted on 12/11/2014 6:41:41 PM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell is not paved with good results.)
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To: Olog-hai

Assuming Obama has succeeded in his campaign pledge to stop the rising ocean.


34 posted on 12/11/2014 6:41:42 PM PST by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s obscene! Eight acres of some of the most expensive property anywhere in America? For that treasonous turd? Obscene doesn’t quite capture it.


35 posted on 12/11/2014 6:41:48 PM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is followed by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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To: Olog-hai

He’s not “from Hawaii.”


36 posted on 12/11/2014 6:45:23 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Olog-hai

Hawaii isn’t far enough away... How about Raratonga?


37 posted on 12/11/2014 6:46:44 PM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: Olog-hai

A presidency built on sand. They couldn’t find a site made of a tissue of lies to build the liebary on.


38 posted on 12/11/2014 6:46:46 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Olog-hai
What HI will get from O'


39 posted on 12/11/2014 6:48:02 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Olog-hai

I’d like to know who told Obama Hawaii was part of the U.S.


40 posted on 12/11/2014 6:48:34 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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