I have been working on the
Barack Obama book project for months. All are trying to make the package as exciting as the subject. Working now with more intensity as news breaks faster in new electronic media time. The outlook for the election is upredictable. I promised
Kini Popo to be pau on deadline. Kini Popo is the book's
publisher. He was the first person to appear on Honolulu televison, 1952. He owns and run Trade Publishing Co., Ltd., which has been in Kalihi since this was the Territory of Hawaii. I selected Popo--his real name is Carl Hebenstreit--I picked his firm for OBAMALAND, ultimately, because it is located on Mokauea Street, between Democrat and Republican streets.
The enterprise is of such consequence that I'm Sunday blogging in the Fifth Week of the NFL 2008-09 season. Anything posted today, of consequence, was probably written by pros (who do so for fun),
professionals (for money and more) and Ken Levine, who can blog and savor the Dodgers at the same time. And who knows what reads what, and when, as the blogosphere is on course to envelope the Big Election For President.
Our scheduled publication date is November 5, 2008. The thing is being Made In America. But, on Oahu, where slow is sometimes cool. Living here, who can resist the ocean, the sun, the surf .... know what I mean?
We citizens of the youngest state sometimes call ourselves Hawaiians. Actually, there are Native Hawaiians and there's the rest of us fortunate--lucky-- to he here. I see out the window, as I type this, the home of the largest Marine base outside of North America, (amongst all members of the U. S. Armed Forces stationed in Hawaii, who we all feel are being given a rotten deal for their heroism.) Indeed, if anyone feels no Aloha here, then someone with some, can drive you to Honolulu International Airport.
There goes the last weekend to relax. Rams can't lose when they don't play. Barack Obama ... All the Way!
I predict that on January 20, 2008,
Barack Obama will be elected the first
Hawaiian President of the United States.
One thing is guaranteed:
Hauoli La Hanau ... Happy 50th Birthday
H A W A I I
August 21, 2009
Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono