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Old Jan 9, 2007, 10:00 am   #1 (permalink) (top)
GHook93
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Occupation of Hawaii!

Is Hawaii Really a State of the Union?

Hawaii became the 50th state of the Union in 1959 after a vote by the people "living" in Hawaii.

What was on the ballot? --> To become a state or to remain a US territory! no 3rd option of becoming a free independent nation.

Quote:
Shall Hawaii immediately be admitted into the Union as a state?"
Yes or No? Become a state, or remain a territory?
Who voted? --> Here is the catch? US citizens voted!

Quote:
Any U.S. citizen who had resided in the islands for a year was allowed to vote, which included large numbers of American military servicemen and their families, who were essentially the occupation force that had illegally held Hawaii since the admittedly unlawful annexation in 1898

Therefore didn't every American displace a native Hawaiian and unlawfully take their property, such as PatrickHenry did? Is his views on the Palestinian and Israel, exactly what he did metaphorically to the Hawaiians?

Food for thought! We all seen the pictures he is as white as day.
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