Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.
Exploitation was rampant before statehood, and various factions actively tried to eradicate the roots of Hawaiian culture in the process of converting the natives to European religious beliefs. Some of the results can never be undone. We try to honor what is left.
The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.
I'm interested only in buying land in my native Hawaii so that one day I can live there and have the space to rescue animals.
A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.
It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.
When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
The voters of Hawaii have said loud and clear that it's not money that wins elections.
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.