tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60131882012-01-29T18:50:58.615-10:00The official blog of Pablo Wegesend. Nothing written here is an official opinion of any of my past, present and future employers, friends or relatives! Just myself, written only on my personal free time! Contact madtiger99@yahoo.comPablohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545707868260247057noreply@blogger.comBlogger3481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6013188.post-8715476638209792312012-01-20T19:25:00.001-10:002012-01-20T19:25:57.556-10:00

Hello everyone, there has been some changes in my career lately. I've been working with the Department of Education  (DOE) and Macy's. Here's my updates 1) Department of Education In the Fall 2011 semester, I was working part-time as a para-professional tutor (PPT) at Palolo Elementary School. I am no longer employed in that position this semester. Time to start fresh! Don't get me

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I wanted to write this for a long time, but only now I had time! 1) Music My favorite song from 2011 was LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8&ob=av3e The Halloween Lights version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcNoMnKjrY&feature=share It was basically the song that took over the world this year by storm! LMFAO already had some minor hits before that

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This month, the head coach position for the University of Hawaii football team switched from Gregg McMackin (aka Coach Mack) to Norm Chow! 1) Coach Mack Coach Mack was hired as the head coach back in January 2008. Previous coach June Jones left UH for Southern Methodist University (SMU) Jones was the coach from 1999-2007. Back in 1999, Jones took an almost dying program to greatness! It was

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It's almost the end of 2011, and the start of 2012! And so much unfisnished business on my blog! Now that I got time, I can finally blog on the stuff I wish I had time to write about earlier 1) Those who have Passed Away I already wrote about the passing of Steve Jobs, possibly the most popular guy to pass away this year http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/12/

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The same group of women have been arrested for 2 separate thefts, one from a Toys R Us, another from WalMart! http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/136396208.html?id=136396208 Members of a group suspected of hauling items out of a Kaneohe toy store who claim they stole the toys as gifts for their children are also suspects in a theft two days prior of two flat-screen televisions, Honolulu

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Earlier today, I posted the blog post concerning the rude, arrogant, Scrooge-like mid-level manager at Ala Moana Macy's who goes by the name of Michelle Range (aka Scrooge). Well, I did email a few media outlets.  What they did with the info is up to them! But I did get a call from Malia Zimmerman, the head of Hawaii Reporter, a news-oriented website! She posted an edited version of my blog on

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I am a part-time employee at Macy's! I work at the store in Ala Moana, the biggest mall in Honolulu, Hawaii! Macy's is a famous retail store with a strong connection to the Christmas holiday. From the "Miracle on 34th Street", the Thanksgiving parade, holiday seasonal workers, long store hours for the customers and all the Christmas dcorations in the store, it's a fun and magical place. Of

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7 decades ago, Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor and other military sites in Hawaii. Japan was an imperialist power that wanted large territories of colonies, just like many European countries like France and the U.K. While the European powers that held Asian territories (ie. French owning Vietnam, Dutch owning Indonesia, British owning Malaysia and Hong Kong) were too distracted by

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So much to say, so little time to say them. 1) Steve Jobs On October 5 of this year,  Steve Jobs, the founder & CEO of Apple Computers, has passed away.! The younger generation know Jobs as the i-guy whose company gave us the i-mac, i-tunes, i-pods, i-pads and i-phones! But his innovations go way back, before today's young adults were born! Steve Jobs was known for his many innovative

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1) My thoughts on Steve Jobs, Occuppy Wall Street and other similar issues! 2) My thoughts on the recently deceased stars like Andy Rooney and Heavy D!

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These weren't my images, I just copied these images. I was taking a workshop on power-points, and I applied some of my new knowledge (copying & pasting images) to this blog! So I'll have to go find who own the copyright to these images later on! But I won't take credit for the creation of such images!

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The Occuppy Wall Street demand that the rich pay their "fair share". (I'll go over more about Occupy Wall Street in another blog post) But we don't need more taxes. We need the rich of OTHER NATIONS to PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE of their country's defense. Here's what I got in the email from Downsize DC ========= •The U.S. has around 865 overseas bases, NOT counting Iraq and Afghanistan •

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Today is my 31st birthday, and that means it's time for my annual birthday blog post, giving my readers an update on my life! Within the last 12 months there has been some changes in my life! 1) Professional Changes  Last year, at this time, I was working 2 positions in the education systems. I was working a part-time para-professional tutor (PPT) position (2-3 times a week) at Niu Valley

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I do use several online services to send e-mails to Congress and other  organizations. Though I rarely do post those letters to my blog, though I think I should do so more often. This is a letter I sent via Downsize DC (http://downsizedc.org/) on the Food & Drug Administration and it's approval policies on medications. I wrote that the FDA should be more of an advisory agency instead of being

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Today, it's been 10 years since the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by hijacked planes. 1) Me on 9/11/2001 The common question that will be asked will probably be "where were you on 9/11?" I was at University of Hawaii that time, living at the dorms! Because of the time difference between NY and Hawaii, I was asleep when the attacks happened! I first found out about it

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While people tell you "you don't need a gun to defend yourself, just call the police", I have exposed several incidents in which the police were NOWHERE TO BE FOUND during moments of mass chaos. In one blog post, I mentioned how the police either did nothing or were too overwhelmed during mass shooting sprees and riots. http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2008/12/

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This summer, Border's Books and Music has announced that it will be shutting down operations. This has been a big downfall for what used to be the biggest bookstore company in existence. It was once a company that was feared due to draining away business from smaller bookstores. But sometimes, even the mighty fall down, due to inside and outside influences. Some have criticized the way

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Even in 2011, there are still a few people who say stuff like "facebook is a waste of time", "there's nothing positive about it", "your facebook friends aren't real", blah,blah, blah, blah! And 99% of those people have NEVER used facebook! They didn't even give it a chance! Yet, they're just Soooooooooo certain it's all bad! Just like one of my uncles who I mentioned in my unusually short blog

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Earlier this month, Germany had hosted the Women's World Cup! Germany was favored to win it all in front of the home crowd! But as we all know, it wasn't meant to be. They lost to the eventual champion - Japan. Japan was the sentimental favorite, due to the tragedies that country faced from the earthquakes and tsunamis on March 11th of this year. http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/

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Last week's bombings and shootings in Norway was a big surprise for a country that is one of the most peaceful countries in the world! There's a few comments I want to make on this 1) The Police WILL NOT always save you! Especially if they're unarmed. That's right, most of the police in Norway don't have their own guns! I'm not kidding! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/europe/

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If you're a blogger like me, you sometimes find in your past blogs, some predictions that didn't come true! The one that stands out to me the most was this one from February of this year! http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/02/dictators-going-down-in-muslim-world.html What happens next in North Africa or the Middle East will be up to their people. The US is pretty much done invading

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You would think that's common sense, right? Especially if you have a job that pays a MIDDLE CLASS salary, that allows you to afford a middle class home (in places like Mililani, Kapolei, Hawaii Kai, Kaneohe, etc), your own personal automobile, and travel to exotic locations. But certain members of the Hawaii State Teacher's Association (HSTA) think they should be immune from the effects of a

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Do you believe your senator or representative should read the bills before they vote on it? Well, if you're from Hawaii, one of your senators ADMITTED that it's not a good idea that he be required to read the bills before voting on it. Through the Downsize DC website ( http://www.downsizedc.org/), I e-mailed all my Congressional representatives (Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka,

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Today, I want to go over some sports-related statements that has been in the news lately 1) Abercrombie and the Pro Bowl Last week, Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie, has publicly stated that the state government should stop paying subsidies for the Pro Bowl. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/123582634.html Gov. Neil Abercrombie said if he had his way he would stop the $4 million

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It's hard to top the title of a Wall Street Journal editorial named "Eek! A Male" by Lenore Skenazy! That title is even more eye-catching than the title of this blog post! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703779704576073752925629440.html "Eek! A Male" was published in Janurary of this year. I did mention it on facebook, but haven't got around to mentioning about it on my blog until

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Yesterday, some guy was shooting people at random on Honolulu's H-1 freeway. http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110604_shooting_spree_leaves_1_dead.html It lasted less than half an hour and stretched from Kaimuki to Aiea. When it was over, a woman was dead, two other people were seriously injured and the lives of four Oahu families were shattered after a roadway shooting spree that police

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Yesterday was the last day of the 2010-2011 school for all Hawaii public schools. It was also the last day ever for Queen Liliuokalani Elementary School, located in Kaimuki! http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/20110527_tears_fill_final_day_at_liliuokalani_elementary.html One year shy of what would have been its centennial anniversary, Queen Liliuokalani Elementary held its final day of classes

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Parents are supposed to teach their kids courage! That's the ideal. But too many parents don't even bother to teach their kids to show courage. Too many parents don't even teach their kids how to stand up for themselves. I'm guessing that many parents don't want to teach their kids to stand up to themselves, otherwise the kids might stand up to them! But kids aren't going to be kids forever,

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When the 9/11 attacks occurred, President George W. Bush was in a classroom reading a children's book. His critics went bezerk over the fact that he didn't leave the room right away after he was informed of the attacks. Now that the kids in that classroom are now a decade older, many of them feel the critics were the ones over-reacting! (From : The Students with Bush on 9/11: The Interrupted

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I was talking to my uncle who refuses to be on facebook, and he was all negative about it saying nonsense about hacking, scam artists, fake friends, and his non-interest in meeting people from the old days! Then I told him that because of facebook, I interacted with some individuals more now then I did when I was in school with them. Then my pre-historic uncle shut up, LOL!  I mean I don't

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The following were originally intended to be part of the previous blog post, http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-stuff-amy-chua-doesnt-want-you-to.html  but since it was already very long, I just decided to put the following commentary on a separate blog post 1) But her daughter defended her Chua's 18 year old daughter publicly defended her mom http://www.nypost.com/p/

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In my previous 3 posts, I have criticized either Amy Chua, her fans or those who act like her http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/03/stuff-amy-chua-doesnt-want-you-to-know.html (part 1) http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-amy-chua-is-dangerous-to-asian.html (part 2) http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-us-latinos-need-their-own-version.html (part 3) Obviously, there is

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In my previous blog post, I wrote about why Amy Chua's mentality is dangerous for the Asian-American community. I also went over some serious issues within the Asian-American community that is ignored by the "model minority" stereotype promoted by Chua and her defenders. http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-amy-chua-is-dangerous-to-asian.html Now, I'm sure whoever read that must be

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Here is the 2nd part of my blog series on Amy Chua (part 1 at http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2011/03/stuff-amy-chua-doesnt-want-you-to-know.html ) As mentioned earlier Amy Chua had caused a major controversy over her book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom", in which she wrote about her "traditional Chinese parenting style". (Never mind that she was born in the USA, and her parents, while of

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This is a subject I wanted to write for 2 months already. However, these blog posts take time! Plus, other issues like Egypt's situation, Hawaii's tsunami watch and Nate Dogg's death seemed more urgent at the time. The subject today is this Yale Law Professor who goes by the name of Amy Chua. Earlier this year, her new book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom" has been published and been the subject

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I have been spending the last few weeks working on a draft for future blog posts on Amy Chua!Chua had her 15minutes of fame earlier this year over her book which she admitted (WITHOUTH REMORSE)to verbally humiliating her kids for (gasp) not getting straight A's or (gasp) making mistakes while playing a musical instrument!While Chua did recieve some criticism, most of them weren't aggressive

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3 days ago, hip-hop singer Nate Dogg passed away due to a stroke. He was 41 years old.Part 1: History of Nate DoggPart 2: my talent show experiences singing Nate Dogg's songPart 3: links to songs featuring Nate Dogg1) The History of Nate DoggWhile Nate Dogg was a singer and not a rapper, he was an important part of gangsta rap history. He was the background singer for many gangsta rap classics of

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As most of you already know, there was a mega-earthquake in Japan last week. It measured 8.9 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake itself damaged many buildings. But it caused many tsunamis as well. The first tsunami hit the already earthquake damaged Japan without much warning.Tsunami waves also went throughout the Pacific as well. Nearly every country that touches the Pacific Ocean were under a

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So little time to update my blogs, but here are a few belated condolences 1) Mr James Kealoha - He was a Special Education teacher at various schools. His most recent school was Palolo Elementary School. Before that, he was teaching at Niu Valley Middle School (NVMS). NVMS was where I met Mr Kealoha. Back in March 2009. I was called by T-SEAS (an automated calling system hooking up substitute

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It's been a week since the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak resigned from power. Mubarak was in power for 3 decades.The street protests that occurred in the last few months got tons of publicity in the US!However, what inspired the protests in Egypt were the protests in a lesser known North African nation of Tunisia.While Tunisia has been known as one of the more stable African nations when it

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Earlier this week, there was a big food fight at Kaiser High School! The principal reacted by not allowing the students to eat in the cafeteria for the rest of the week.http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/115658864.htmlAnd looking at the online comments, you can sense many have this attitude of "this is just harmless fun"Harmless fun? When innocent bystanders get hit by food? When kids

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It's been at least a month since Linda Lingle's time as Hawaii's governor has ended!Linda Lingle was a Republican governor in a state that usually votes Democrat. So just her election alone was a major change for Hawaii.Since the 1950's, the Republicans had a hard time winning major elections in Hawaii. Sure, some of the candidates won a few elections (ie. Pat Saiki, Frank Fasi) but Democrats won

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Last Saturday, there was a shooting in front of a Safeway in Tucson, Arizona. While the victim that got the most attention was a Congresswoman named Gabrielle Giffords (who survived), there others who got shot! One of them was federal judge John Roll , and a 9-year old girl named Christina Taylor-Greene! Of course, there already so many other controversial topics discussed in reaction to that

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Happy New Year's to Everyone1) My New Year's nightFor my New Year's celebration, I was still undecided where to go until the evening of New Year's Eve!I decided on going to Aloha Tower Marketplace, where they had multiple stages playing different styles of music, and where you can see the fireworks show!There was also a foam pit, where you can party in all the foam spewing out of a machine. I was

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It's a few more hours before 2010 ends, and 2011 begins.This year has been an adventure. This year had some personal struggles, but I was also able to experience some new things as well as experience some things I haven't done in years.-----The biggest event for me this year was my 3-decade birthday! Yep, I turned 30 years old this year, and I wanted to celebrate in the biggest way possible,

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After months of speculation, it was announced earlier this month that UH will leave the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) on July 1, 2012. After that, the football team will play in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), the other sports teams will play in the Big West.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conferencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_West_Conferencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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1) Airport SecurityIn the old days, if you want to get on an airplane, you just buy a ticket and get in the plane!Now, you have to go through all sorts of inspections. You get inspected to make sure you got no sharp objects because the 9/11 hijackers threatened passengers and airline staff with box cutters. Your shoe get inspected because Richard Reid tried to blow up an explosive under his shoe!

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1) Black FridayOf all the people who camped outside of stores for days for Black Friday just to buy stuff, I wonder how many of them are the same ones who say "I don't have time to vote", even though the voting lines are a lot shorter!2) Actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away recently.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_NielsenDon't let the first name fool you, Leslie is a man! A very funny one,

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In a previous blog post, I discussed the election results for Hawaii.http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2010_11_01_archive.html#1592160011337005645Now, I'll analyze the election results for the rest of the nation1) Back when Obama was inaugurated in Jan 2009, people were talking about a "permanent Democrat majority". They were talking about the rise of the non-white vote, and the large support the

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I very rarely reject people from my facebook list. And I don't drop people from that list unless they've had a pattern of being very negative! I have recently rejected some guy named Cris Sison Aban (aka Crisanto Aban) from entering my list. Long story short - very rude, very manipulative, contributes nothing positive to my life! But wants to join my facebook list! I just told him he's been

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Some random thoughts 1) Earlier in the past week, at a school I work at , another teacher mentioned about a time a bunch of kids told him off with "we don't need to learn this, we don't need this later in life". That teacher responded with something along the lines of "one day, you'll have kids and they're going ask you about this topic. It will be embarrassing if you don't have an answer." ----

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Last Tuesday (11/2/10) was Election Day!Hawaii really went in a different direction than the rest of the USA!On the continental US, there was so much anger at Obama & his fellow Democrats over the on-going recession, health reform, cap & trade, and other issues, that the Republicans gained major momentum. They gained more than enough seats to control the US House of Representatives! They did gain

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My analysis of last Tuesday's elections

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This past Friday (October 15) was my 30th birthday. A big milestone for me as I celebrated my 3 decades of life.(and to that guy who keeps telling me that I was alive 9 months before that ...... blah, blah, blah! We only celebrate our life after birth since that is when we're no longer a body part, but a separate human being)1) I wasn't called to work that day.Not so good, since I want to get

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Today, it's official! I have lived 3 full decades since birth!A big milestone for me! 3 decades since I was born in Queen's Hospital in downtown Honolulu!1) My 20's are over!The 20's are when a person comes out of adolescence and into adulthood!Some of the lessons you learned as an adolescence has to be unlearned in adulthood!A lot of the lessons you learned from your peers in your teenage years

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2 more days until I hit 30! I'm already working on a draft for a blog that I'll post on my 30th birthday! It will be a mix of life lessons I learned, and a descriptions of major events of my life! I will also reveal information that even some of my friends and relatives didn't know about me! It will be a classic!

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[note: I completed this post on 9/22/10, but because I started workin on it on 9/20/10, the Blogger system says this was written "Monday, September 20, 2010". If anyone knows how to change those settings, let me know] Last week Saturday (9/18/2010), Hawaii had it's primary elections. That's when people chose who should be their favored political party's candidates! They also had non-partisan

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1) Where was I when the 9/11 attacks happened?I was at University of Hawaii that time, living at the dorms!Because of the time difference between NY and Hawaii, I was asleep when the attacks happened!I first found out about it when my mom called me at 5:45. She mentioned that the World Trade Center blew up. At the moment, I was thinking it would've been similar to the bombing that occurred in the

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Tommorrow would be 9 years after the 9/11 attacks.While there's a whole new generation of kids who were either too young to remember 9/11/2001 or born after 9/11/2001, it is still painful for millions here in the USA, and worldwide.Even 9 years later, there are new controversies involving the 9/11 attacks! I already went over the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" in my previous blog postshttp://

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The college football season starts tommorrow with Hawaii playing Southern California at Aloha Stadium!But the off-season had plenty of action too!1) The Big 10 and the Pac-10 wanted to expand!The Big 10, whose territory stretches from Pennsylvania to Iowa, considered expanding East (adding teams from the Northeast) or West (adding teams from the Great Plains). The Big 10 (which already had 11,

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In my previous blog post, I mentioned multiple ways the anti-mosque protesters are hurting the US War on Terror, by giving out the image of "US is anti-Islam". The idea of "the US is anti-Islam" is what the Islamic Fascists tell people in Muslim countries, riling them up to with anti-US hatred!Then when US conservative correctness activists like Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Glenn Beck protest

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Yesterday, I completed my blog post on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. I started the post on August 14, but didn't finish it until August 17. But because I started it on August 14, Blogger will have "Saturday, August 14, 2010" stated above that blog post!Another great point that I forgot to mention was that this anti-mosque hysteria HELPS Al Quaida!Osama bin Laden loves to rile up people in

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Sometimes, I'm amazed at the level of ignorance out there.There is one woman who was on my facebook list, only because she was a "friend of a friend". Her status updates usually tend to be about nightlife, fashion, entertainment, etc. All of a sudden, she wanted to start commenting on more political things. But she forgot one thing -- getting all your facts straight before making public comments.

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Earlier this summer, the world was entertained by the ultimate soccer tournament - The World Cup!This year's version took place in South Africa! It was the first World Cup to be held in Africa!Even though watching soccer isn't usually an everyday thing for me, I LOVE the World Cup! There's also so many storylines surrounding the games, so much drama, a new controversy to discuss! This year's

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Since the April of this year, the big environmental news is the big oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.On 4/20/2010, one of the oil wells off the coast of Louisiana exploded, causing 11 deaths and a massive oil leak that has caused mass pollution.The massive pollution has shut down the fishing & tourism industry in the nearby coasts. All the sea life within the area has died.And with that, several

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I usually get a daily dose of e-mails from dating advice gurus like David DeAngelo, John Alanis, Shelley McMurty and David Cunningham.OK, some of you might laughing, and wondering "what's wrong with this guy, needing advice from dating advice people?" Continue laughing a few more seconds, then I'll explain.Whether you're single, dating or married, it's still good to get a daily dose of

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Coming soon1) My thoughts on the Big Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.2) Gender differences in Problem Discussion3) After the World Cup, I'll post all my thoughts on it!

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1 year ago today, I started using facebook.I was already on myspace, which I started in 2005. At the time, myspace was a still emerging fad, not yet the subject of controversial news stories on stalkers or kids who revel too much info about themselves. I just started using myspace, because when I tried to look up people I was working with at Palama Settlement online, I discovered one of them had

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Earlier this year, Super Bowl winning quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers) was accused of rape. It wasn't his first time!http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4970050For the second time in a year, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is being accused of sexual misconduct, with police investigating him Saturday for an alleged assault at a nightclub in a Georgia

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1) Here in Hawaii, we had a free-for-all election for the state's US House District 1. This district extends from East Honolulu to Ewa & Mililani!Because the political parties didn't have a primary it was a free-for-all. The Democrats had Ed Case & Colleen Hanabusa. The Republicans had Charles Djou.Hawaii usually votes Democrats, but in this free-for-all, the Democratic voters were split between

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1) As a substitute teacher, I come across so many students at different stages of their young lives. We've seen the good and the bad, sometimes all in one day!Sometimes, we predict the students would make great achievements. But we also worry that many will get into bad situations where they make wrong life-altering decisions!----------Last Sunday (5/23/10), I attended a graduation ceremony for

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More thoughts on the Arizona immigration controversy and related topics1) Mexico's government has put out an alert to its citizens visiting Arizonahttp://www.sre.gob.mx/csocial/contenido/comunicados/2010/abr/cp_121eng.html (English version)U.S. anti-immigration fanatics reacted to this advisory by pointing out that Mexico has really harsh anti-immigration laws!So, while the anti-immigration

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Last week, Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a new law that allows law enforcement officers to stop and question anyone they suspect to be an illegal alien.Brewer claims that she's not encouraging racial profiling, but reality as it is, it's not likely that an illegal immigrant from Norway or Poland would be stopped for questioning!So, most likely it will be a hunt for Mexican illegal

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So many thoughts, not much time to blog it out!1) The controversial Arizona immigration law, allowing police to stop anyone who they suspect to be an illegal alien. This is racial profiling, and despite what some conservative correctness people say, it doesn't reduce crime! In fact, it encourages crimeTrust me, I have tons to write about that! It's just that some of these blog posts take 1-2

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1) President Barack Obama said he wants a world without nuclear weapons.The only thing worse than a world with nuclear weapons is a world in which the bad guys get the nukes but the good guys don't!Even if we get rid of all nuclear weapons now, that won't stop some future dictator from hiring some scientists to make new nuclear weapons, then threaten the world!Here's Dick Morris on Obama's

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In Massachussets, an teenage Irish immigrant who was bullied by her peers committed suicide. Her bullies have been criminally charged! Possible lawsuits are on the way!http://www.salon.com/news/story/index.html?story=/news/2010/03/30/us_school_bullyingInsults and threats followed 15-year-old Phoebe Prince almost from her first day at South Hadley High School, targeting the Irish immigrant in the

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15 years ago today, gangsta rap pioneer Eazy-E died from AIDS. Eazy-E was the the leader of the gangsta rap group NWA, which also featured Dr. Dre, MC Ren and Ice Cube. That group shocked the world by insulting police, rapping tales of violence, and its explicit sexual tales. Eazy-E's talent was his ability to make us laugh at stuff we know we shouldn't laugh at. I mean, not everyone can do that!

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Yesterday, the University of Hawaii's men's basketball coach, Bob Nash, was terminated from his job.Nash was the head coach for the last 3 years. All of them loosing seasons :(Before that, Nash was an assistant coach under Riley Wallace for 2 decades. Nash was also a legendary player for UH, as part of the school's version of the Fab 5 in the early 1970's, and was in the NBA for a few years.1)

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The 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver, Canada, ended over a week ago, and I have a few thoughts on it!1) In the beginning of the Olympics, there were concerns about not having enough snow for outdoor events!Not enough snow in Canada?Ironically, at the same time, it was snowing in 49 states of the US (Hawaii being the non-snow state).Global warming? More like Global Wierding!2) Being that the

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This past Saturday (February 27), Hawaii recieved a tsunami warning! The tsunami was generated by an 8.8 earthquake in Chile!1) It was 6am as I woken up by the tsunami siren!Everyone in Hawaii hears a tsunami siren being tested every 1st weekday of the month at 11:45 am!This sure wasn't a time for testing that's for sure!This wasn't a test. Everything I learned about what to do in a tsunami

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Remember after 9/11, when anti-immigration fanatics screamed that "we better stop letting Middle Eastern immigrants in in order to protect us from terrorism"?Remember a few years back when a Mexican illegal alien in Virginia killed 2 women in a drunk-driving accident, and Bill O'Reilly went nuts at Geraldo Rivera for saying "it's not an immigration issue, it's a drunk driving issue" ?And the

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1) In a recent issue of Newsweek, Christopher Hitchens blamed EVERY social problem on sports!He think sports only have "negative" effects on society. He dismisses any positive that comes out of sportshttp://www.newsweek.com/id/233007?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=ping.fmHitchens said:On the contrary, Mr. Rossi, what we are seeing is the very essence of sportsmanship. Whether it's the

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20 years ago, South African President Nelson Mandela was released from prison. He was in prison for 27 years for opposing the apartheid regime in South Africa. During the apartheid era, the natives of South Africa weren't allowed to vote, and lived under the same types of racist segregation laws that Martin Luther King protested against in the United States!He later became the President of South

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It's been a year since Barack Obama became president. Here's my thoughts on it so far!1) Foreign policyThe Radical Left claims that Barack Obama betrayed them by sending more troops to Afghanistan!Weren't these people paying attention during his presidential campaign?Obama said during his presidential campaign that he was going to reduce the amount of troops in Iraq, and increase them in

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Various things to go over in my 1st blog post of 20101) This past Christmas, another suicide/homicide bomber attempted to blow up a plane! He was tackled once the other passengers sense what he was about to do!This bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to light explosives hidden in his underpants, which gave him the nickname "The Underpants Bomber".Anytime something like this happens, some

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Most news magazine and editorial writers have mentioned that the 00 decade has been a "bad decade", mentioning 9/11, the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, the economic meltdown, and here in Hawaii, worker furloughs!Well, enough with the doom & gloom!There is some positives of the decade ending today!1) The biggest positive in my mind, is the rise of social networking sites, the most

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5 years ago today, I graduated from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. I had earned a bachelor's degree in sociology.I started UH in August 1999, and I graduated in December 2004!Going to UH-Manoa was a childhood dream! So it was a proud moment that not only did I enroll at UH-Manoa, I made it to graduation :) :) :)1) The ceremony itself!The graduation ceremony took place in the Stan Sheriff Center,

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It's been a month since I last blogged here.1) Within the last 2 months, all Hawaii public schools have Furlough Fridays in which schools are closed to save money!I know the kids love it because they get an extra day off!In case some of you guys didn't know already, I'm currently a substitute teacher. We're the only people on earth that don't like long vacations, because that means a long time

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This is a letter I sent to the Honolulu Weekly.You can check the edited version athttp://honoluluweekly.com/letters/2009/11/homegrown-terrorists/Here's what I sent to the editors!-----This is in response to 2 letters on domestic violence, one by Dr. Bouchard, the other by Larry Holbrook.Brouchard is correct to refer to domestic violence as "domestic terrorism".How else would you describe a person

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20 years ago today, the Berlin Wall came down!1) Some historical background!After World War 2, the US, the UK, France and the Soviet Union took over parts of Germany!The parts taken by the US, the UK and France eventually became the independent nation of West Germany! West Germany became one of the most prosperous and freedom-having nations in Europe!The part taken by the Soviet Union became East

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I remember reading an editorial a few years back, mentioning that the younger generation is supposedly more pro-life than the Baby Boomer generation!The conservatives were expressing thoughts "Yes, we will win in the future"!However, I was already skeptical of those reports!My thought was those young pro-lifers don't have much life experience! I mean, if you're 13 years old, it's EASY to repeat

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Let's say you're were born in the African nation of Eritrea!Your parents, wanting to escape the poverty and the war in Eritrea, moved you to the USA at age 12!In your teenage and early adulthood, you were trained in American long distance running programs at the youth, college and professional levels.You also became a US citizen!You won a silver medal for the US in 2004! You became the 1st US

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A hotel owner in New Mexico is telling his Latino employees to adopt English names becuase he has hard time pronouncing their real names!http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33479833/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity?GT1=43001The tough-talking former Marine immediately laid down some new rules. Among them, he forbade the Hispanic workers at the run-down, Southwestern adobe-style hotel from speaking Spanish in

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It's that time of year again. I'm 29 years old today!And it's time for my annual birthday blog post!Here's some thoughts!1) My biggest event of the past 12 months would be my 10-year high school reunion!I've already wrote about it at http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html#8556000882361532709A few more thoughts on itThese days, many people reconnect with each other through

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Anti-immigration fanatics love to tell horror stories of Mexican illegal aliens causing havoc! But the reality is that border cities like El Paso and San Diego have LOW Crime rates! Check out the following articlePART ONEhttp://reason.com/archives/2009/07/06/the-el-paso-miracleEl Paso is among the safest big cities in America. For the better part of the last decade, only Honolulu has had a lower

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A few comments on the current events1) 8 years and a week ago today, the USA was under attack by Al Qaida!For my thoughts on 9/11 check out the following blog posts from the pasthttp://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109497530808413160Take a moment of silence to remember the innocent victims of the attack, to remember those who attempted to rescue those stuck in the buildings,

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PART ONESome Native Hawaiian sovereignty activists love to say that non-native residents "have a place to go back to, Hawaiians don't"Excuse me?I responded to it by writing the following for the Honolulu Star Bulletin.http://www.starbulletin.com/editorials/20090906_Lifelong_Hawaii_resident_has_no_other_place_to_call_home.htmlThe above link is the edited version. Below is what I actually sent to

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Yesterday, it was official : the 50th state was a state for 50 years!1) Back in 1959, the overwhelming majority of those who voted chose statehood for Hawaii.However, some Hawaiian sovereignty activists said that that election was illegitimate because independence wasn't listed as an option on the ballot!So now what?The obvious is that we should have another election for the status: statehood,

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My thoughts on statehood! Today is the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming a state!So many thoughts, so little time to blog it all out!Hopefully, I'll be able to have something tommorrow night!

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This past weekend (August 15-16, 2009), the McKinley High School c/0 1999 had their high school reunion!(10 years already? Damn I feel old!)On Saturday night (August 15th), we had the main event at Bonsai Restaurant! It had 2 floors. Our reunion was in the 2nd floor, with a bar and a few tables.There wasn't much space, which has its pros and cons. The pros is the small space gives us a greater

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