Posted on 01/30/2008 8:10:30 AM PST by ECM
A government department of the State of Hawaii is demanding the retraction of a political cartoon published Jan. 18 on the satirical web site http://www.zeroshibai.com/ The demands come in response to images and text ridiculing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Kau Inoa campaign as "Cow Inoa." Kau Inoa, Hawaiian for "place your name" is building a roll of Hawaiians to participate in a Hawaiian tribal government. Haunani Apoliona, writing in her capacity as "Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs" (OHA) in a Jan. 24 statement demands: "The cartoon should be pulled and the secret author publicly identified."
Apoliona -- and OHA -- apparently believe the First Amendment has been repealed and government now has the right to censor local media. The saving grace is OHA's inability to enforce this demand. OHA is a Department of the State of Hawaii created by a 1978 amendment to the State Constitution and funded by legislative appropriation. It has an elected Board of Trustees not subject to appointment by the state's Republican Governor or Democrat-controlled Legislature.
Apoliona's response to the cartoon indicates she is speaking in her capacity as OHA Chair, not as a private citizen. In addition to signing the letter with her government title, and sending it to Hawaii Reporter from her OHA email address, Apoliona's statements indicating she is speaking as a representative of her department include:
*"OHA and all those raised in Hawaii don't find it funny at all."
*"The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will continue to fight to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians."
Disturbingly, Kua also indicates that OHA believes it can determine what is and is not a "legitimate" news organization.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Should be a 1st Amendment salm-dunk when it hits the courts, but today you never know now.
There’s no fascist like a liberal “identity politics” fascist!
Pretty funny.
Pretty darn funny. The “Native Hawaiian” radicals will get along great with the Aztlaners in the Southwest. No gringos or haoles allowed!
Well, except John McCain, GOP nominee for president, that is ...
Thin-skin. Life is a lot easier and happier when one has a sense of humor.
I’m of Hawaiian lineage and I find this to be very funny.
Funny. But, I’m a Haole.
When liberals are in charge, the Constitution is meaningless.
"One Hawaii Reporter reader pledges to protest racism by refusing service to "haole" (white) customers
Horse no kau-kau cow kau-kau, COW kau-kau cow kau-kau!
*"OHA and all those raised in Hawaii don't find it funny at all."
Talk about breathtaking arrogance to claim to speak for everyone raised in Hawaii, as if she is the Queen speaking on behalf of her subjects! For all she knows, the author of the cartoon is a native of Hawaii, LOL.
OHA's attack on free speech should be alarming to all Americans, native Hawaiians most of all.
I'm John McCain and I approve of the limitation on political speech.
What's next, beheadings atop Diamond Head?
Aloha indeed.
They don’t behead. They throw you into the volcano.
How muslim!
Nahhhhhh, just throw him (or her) into the volcano...
Now, 'Hawaiians' are starting to do the same thing.
And, we already have censorship when it comes to certain words and blacks.
And, we have elected officials like McLame censoring free speech with McLame/Feingold.
We have other elected ignorant buffoons...er...officials that will attempt to institute the ''fairness doctrine' again to destroy talk radio and put another stake into the heart of free speech.
Next, every stinking little (liberal) group will be demanding the same: GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP.
Talk about a 'slippery slope'.
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