‘Magical thinking’
‘Magical thinking’
Ms. Sherlette Shiigi wrote to complain about adults tossing sticks into the lava flow (Tribune-Herald, Your Views, Aug. 20).
Rather than explain to people not to mess with molten lava because it’s dangerous and unpredictable, you warn them not to incur the fiery wrath of a supernatural being (magical thinking), and then you wonder why people don’t respect Hawaiian culture.
More than half of local keiki can’t make the grade in math and science, and there’s never been a Polynesian Nobel Prize winner.
Elijah Greenleaf
Hilo
Blindly biased
I want to point out a few simple facts.
First, the White House told us the $400 million cash payment was not for hostages. Then, it says it was a payment for release.
The many homes destroyed in Louisiana are less important than Katrina, while President Barack Obama is playing golf and we are told he is keeping an eye on it, and his schedule is so busy, but he has time to play golf and go to Asia?
Now, the Clinton family foundation is only going to take donations from the U.S. instead of countries that sponsor terror activities and do not allow women and LGBT people simple human rights.
We must all wake up to the hypocrisy.
Look what leading from behind has done. The worst refuge crisis since Word War II. How can so many be blind and not see the double standard?!
Race relations have not been worse, and Obama said he was going to bring the country together. What is he waiting for?
Has your health insurance gone up? What a mess.
David R. Blouse
Keaau
Count late ballots
Regarding “Big bunch of ballots in the mail Monday,” Tribune-Herald, Aug. 19: In every jurisdiction I have knowledge of, ballots are considered valid based on the date they were mailed, not the date they were received.
Why is it different here, Mr. Stewart Maeda?
This means the Hawaii County Office of Elections allowed the U.S. post office to effectively disenfranchise almost 800 people. With the low voter turnout we had Aug. 13, these votes will surely affect the outcome of at least one election.
Is this right? Is it fair? Is it legal?
Let Mr. Maeda know what you think. And for the lawyers who read this, please enjoin Mr. Maeda from destroying those ballots until after they are counted.
And for the rest of my friends and neighbors, contact Mr. Maeda and tell him he must count those ballots, and make them count in the election results.
Francine Pearson
Hilo