HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Protest Economic Injustice!

 Join the 99% concerned about justice, peace and the earth.
Saturday, December 31, 2011 from 10AM till 1PM
fronting Kukio 15 miles north of Kailua Kona, just south of the Four Seasons/Hualalai Resort.

Kukio is a vacation subdivision of the 1%

    The 1% park their multi-million dollar private/corporate jets for cheap at the Keahole Airport. Over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday, dozens of private and corporate jets are parked at Keahole and other airports throughout Hawaii.

The 1% also own multi-million dollar residences in the Kukio/Kaupulehu development and other exclusive sites along the Kona/South Kohala “Gold Coast”. An example: A building contractor reported that the actual cost of a vacation house in Kukio was $169 million, but to pay lower taxes, the owner listed the house with the county tax office as costing “only” $20-25 million.  That’s tax fraud and shorting the county on taxes over $140 million valuation on a single residential property.

It’s time to say to the 1% — PAY YOUR SHARE!   At a time when 26% of children on this island are food insecure, and there is a growing homeless population, this kind of extravagant wealth of the jet setters is SHAMEFUL!

In the U.S. it is reported that 1.6 million children were homeless last year, 42% under the age of six.  Meanwhile, income inequality in the U.S. is now greater than in the Ancient Roman Empire’s economy based on slavery, and growing as the rich in the U.S. vastly increase their incomes.

Local, national, and international policies must change.  An increasing number of people view government working for the corporations and the top wealthy 1% rather than serving ordinary people, the 99%.  This corruption must end. It will be a “Happy New Year” when we put an end to U.S. imperial wars, when justice rolls down like water, and righteous like a mighty stream, when the super-rich 1% pay their fair share, children have enough to eat, everyone has a roof over their heads, and we all respect the earth. Let us commit our lives to this common purpose for the common good. All life on this planet depends on it.

    1% – Have You No Shame?  Share the Wealth!

1. Mourn all victims of violence. 2. Reject war as a solution. 3. Defend civil liberties. 4. Oppose all discrimination, anti-Islamic, anti-Semitic, etc. 5. Seek peace through justice in Hawai`i and around the world.
Contact: Malu `Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action P.O. Box AB Kurtistown, Hawai`i 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622.  Email ja@malu-aina.org   http://www.malu-aina.org
Hilo Peace Vigil leaflet (Dec. 30, 2011 – 536th week) – Friday 3:30-5PM downtown Post Office

Aloha friends– part of the 99% concerned about justice, peace and the earth,

Please pass this on to other friends who may be interested!

Please join all Hawai’i Island Occupy groups this Saturday (31st) – on the highway, 15 miles north of Kailua Town – the road just SOUTH OF the Four Seasons/Hualalai Resort, (Kukio – vacation subdivision of the 1%) 10AM – 1pm.
The 1% park their multi-million dollar private jets for cheap at the Keahole Airport, not much more than it cost  residents to park their holoholo car overnight at the airport.
The 1% also own multi-million dollar residences in the Kukio/Kaupulehu resort. An example:  A building contractor reported that the actual cost of a house in Kukio was $169 million, but to pay lower taxes, the owner listed the house with the county tax office as costing “only” $20-25 million.  That’s tax fraud and shorting the county on taxes over $140 million valuation on a single property.
It’s time to say to the 1% — PAY YOUR SHARE!   At a time when 26% of children on this island are food insecure, this kind of extravagant wealth of the jet setters is SHAMEFUL!

If you have a pop up tent please bring it to honor OWS! (plus water, snacks. chairs, etc. . …and umbrella for shade, if needed)

Ring in the New Year with friends who care for the people and the planet!

Mahalo to all the people who helped in pulling together information for this effort.
People leaving from the Hilo side will meet at 7AM across from Merrill Lynch for car pooling

Jim Albertini
966-7622
ja@malu-aina.org

Map – 15 miles N. of Kailua Kona (27minutes)
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Kailua-Kona,+HI&daddr=Hualalai+Resort,+Kaupulehu+Drive,+Kailua-Kona,+HI&hl=en&ll=19.733745,-156.009979&spn=0.292782,0.543823&sll=19.734421,-155.992671&sspn=0.292781,0.543823&geocode=FeywKwEdXLKz9ikBtJFqsg5UeTGnpS2Igx2RBw%3BFZeNLgEdQ8Cz9iFdwJ56ovfolg&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=11 <http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Kailua-Kona,+HI&daddr=Hualalai+Resort,+Kaupulehu+Drive,+Kailua-Kona,+HI&hl=en&ll=19.733745,-156.009979&spn=0.292782,0.543823&sll=19.734421,-155.992671&sspn=0.292781,0.543823&geocode=FeywKwEdXLKz9ikBtJFqsg5UeTGnpS2Igx2RBw%3BFZeNLgEdQ8Cz9iFdwJ56ovfolg&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=11>

Aloha Peace Ohana and Happy holidays,

Please join one or both Hilo peace vigils:

Friday, Dec. 23rd from 3:30-5PMt the downtown Hilo Post Office
Saturday, Dec. 24th from 4-5:30 fronting Walgreens and Walmart on Highway 11

There will also be a peace organizing meeting on Monday, Dec. 26th from 7-9PM at the Keaau Community Center
Everyone’s input is important to make the promise of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all” a reality.

Mahalo and blessings of the season to you and your ohana.
Jim

Help Make the Promise a Reality

“Peace on Earth, Good Will to All”

This past week marked the forced exit of U.S. combat troops from Iraq after more than a Trillion dollars spent in 9 years of war and over 4,000 American lives lost.  While U.S. troops have come home from Iraq, thousands of U.S. mercenaries will remain there.

Journalist, Chris Floyd, put the true cost of the war this way.  “In March 2003, the United States of America launched an entirely unprovoked act of military aggression against a nation which had not attacked it and posed no threat to it. This act led directly to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. It drove millions more from their homes, and plunged the entire conquered nation into suffering, fear, hatred and deprivation.” See Chris Floyd’s full article  http://alturl.com/j77xg [Chris Floyd]

President Barack Obama, this week declared the Iraq war “an extraordinary achievement.” He spoke to troops in North Carolina commending them for their effort in a “fulfilled mission” that led to “this moment of success.”  The only suffering, sacrifice, loss, and enduring pain Obama talked about was for U.S. troops and their families.  Not a single word about the suffering of Iraqis from the U.S. war of aggression and 9 years of occupation.

What has happened to our sense of empathy for our fellow human beings?  Instead of “Peace on earth, good will to all,” the U.S. wages wars of empire without end.  The U.S. official phase of overt combat in Iraq may be over, but the U.S. continues to wage endless war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and threatens war with Iran.

In the U.S. it is reported that 1.6 million American children were homeless last year, 42% under the age of six.  Meanwhile, income inequality in the US is now greater than in the Ancient Roman Empire’s economy based on slavery, and growing as the rich in the U.S. vastly increase their incomes.  An increasing number of people in the U.S. view government working for corporations and the top wealthy 1% rather than serving ordinary people, the 99%.  This corruption leaves homelessness and hunger growing in the richest nation on earth.

Words are cheap.  The promise of “Peace on earth, good will to all” must become a reality.  Local, national, and international polices must change.  Instead of advancing militarism, wars of aggression and concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, a new sense of justice, peace, and respect for the earth must prevail.  Help make this Christmas promise our new reality.  Let us commit and dedicate our lives to this common purpose for the common good.  All life on this planet depends on it.

Hawaii House Congress representatives  Mazie Hirono and Colleen Hanabusa both voted for the bloated military budget that included the provision for preventive detention of suspected terrorist.  The U.S. is on the downward spiral of a police state.  Shame on Hirono and Hanabusa.  What happened to human rights, not to mention the Christmas spirit of peace on earth, good will to all.

The Senate will likely vote tomorrow.