maxparrish
05-26-2006, 08:09 PM
Lindsay Graham and his buddies are at it again, this time they are re-introducing a Senate bill to create a race-based government for Hawaii and American Polynesians from Hawaii. An odious racist measure to grant group rights, land, etc. and a blood testing program (with racial idenity papers) it should be found unconstitutional - but don't count on it.
It's Baaaaack!
by Mary Katharine Ham
May 26, 2006 01:15 PM PST
That's the Native Hawaiian bill, also know as the Akaka bill, also known as the race-based government bill, or the apartheid bill. By any name, it stinks.
Ramesh Ponnuru and Sen. Lamar Alexander spoke on the bill at The Heritage Foundation today, in an event you can see over the web, here. (http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev052606a.cfm)
Ramesh posts at The Corner: (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjhiMDU3MjMyNmZmZTQ3NWQxNmI5ZTZiMmVmMDc0OGU=)
A new poll for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii finds that only 56 percent of native Hawaiians—the ethnic group for whom the bill would create a new government—favor the bill. Among all Hawaiians, 67 percent oppose the bill. If Congress enacts this bill, D.C. will be imposing racial separatism on a state that doesn't want it. Most Republican senators will probably vote against taking up this bill. But too many of them are for it. Stevens, Murkowski, Graham, Smith, and Coleman are co-sponsoring it. McCain is said to be leaning in favor. And we haven't heard firm "no"s yet from Allen, Brownback, DeWine, Enzi, Grassley, Hatch, Talent, or Warner. .
Tim Chapman wrote about the bill when it came up last summer, calling it "The worst bill you've never heard of." (http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/TimChapman/2005/06/23/155537.html)
Michelle Malkin also covered it extensively last year. (http://www.google.com/custom?q=akaka&sa=Search&cof=AH%3Acenter%3BLH%3A124%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmich ellemalkin.com%2Fgraphics%2Fmm_logo.gif%3BLW%3A750 %3BAWFID%3A816d74a6ad07d72e%3B&domains=michellemalkin.com&sitesearch=michellemalkin.com)
It's race-based government. The United States of America would be creating a sovereign race-based government, which could operate outside the protections of the Constitution....
www.hughhewitt.com (http://www.hughhewitt.com)
It's Baaaaack!
by Mary Katharine Ham
May 26, 2006 01:15 PM PST
That's the Native Hawaiian bill, also know as the Akaka bill, also known as the race-based government bill, or the apartheid bill. By any name, it stinks.
Ramesh Ponnuru and Sen. Lamar Alexander spoke on the bill at The Heritage Foundation today, in an event you can see over the web, here. (http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev052606a.cfm)
Ramesh posts at The Corner: (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjhiMDU3MjMyNmZmZTQ3NWQxNmI5ZTZiMmVmMDc0OGU=)
A new poll for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii finds that only 56 percent of native Hawaiians—the ethnic group for whom the bill would create a new government—favor the bill. Among all Hawaiians, 67 percent oppose the bill. If Congress enacts this bill, D.C. will be imposing racial separatism on a state that doesn't want it. Most Republican senators will probably vote against taking up this bill. But too many of them are for it. Stevens, Murkowski, Graham, Smith, and Coleman are co-sponsoring it. McCain is said to be leaning in favor. And we haven't heard firm "no"s yet from Allen, Brownback, DeWine, Enzi, Grassley, Hatch, Talent, or Warner. .
Tim Chapman wrote about the bill when it came up last summer, calling it "The worst bill you've never heard of." (http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/TimChapman/2005/06/23/155537.html)
Michelle Malkin also covered it extensively last year. (http://www.google.com/custom?q=akaka&sa=Search&cof=AH%3Acenter%3BLH%3A124%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fmich ellemalkin.com%2Fgraphics%2Fmm_logo.gif%3BLW%3A750 %3BAWFID%3A816d74a6ad07d72e%3B&domains=michellemalkin.com&sitesearch=michellemalkin.com)
It's race-based government. The United States of America would be creating a sovereign race-based government, which could operate outside the protections of the Constitution....
www.hughhewitt.com (http://www.hughhewitt.com)