Aloha Dump

I was suprised to see that my complaint about the noise nuisance actually prompted a favorable response and not a blast of negativity. Perhaps I am just stating what everyone already thinks but does nothing about? Or, more likely, what most people do complain about but that the police ignore. Here is the link to today's Honolulu Advertiser LTTE page. Scroll down to the topicline that says NOISE . Coincidentally, I snapped this shot of a teenager as he is getting out of his modified P.O.S., although I used "modified" to mean his exhaust is ripped out, as he raced up and down my street yesterday. I can hear him 2 blocks away. Called the police but, he was back at it dropping kids off at my apartment building later that day.

I was talking politics, something I don't really like to do (yeah, right), with some friends and someone mentioned an article by LAT columnist Joel stein entitled "Warriors and Wussies". I did some research and finally found the article along with some blogs with some discussion. A good hub is Hugh Hewitt's blog, a radio talk show host whom I listen to on my way home from work. The basic premise of Stein's article is that you cannot support the troops AND be against the war in Iraq. It would have been an interesting article had he stopped there but in the article he just keeps digging himself a hole. Hewitt's blog post covers some of the highlights of Stein's article and has some good links to other blogs that covered the story. I'm really starting to be suspect of any periodical with the word "Times" in it. Here is the link.

It only took a week from the time the local paper called me until they finally printed my letter , but I must say this is the first time I actually received a phone call from someone about a letter I've had printed. Through a mutual friend, the State Director of the Hawaii Chapter of Street Bikers United got my number and proceeded to explain his organization's position on my blurb about the noise that comes from "vehicles/motorcycles". Wow, we talked for almost 52 minutes about how the state doesn't have an approved MSF course for civilians, the corruption and monopoly on motorcycle safety courses by Leeward Community College, and helmet laws. I must say that I am flattered to get all this undeserved attention- I was just bitching about how the loud mufflers piss me off. The President of the organization even commented to the State Director that I am a motorcycle guy when he went to this blog and saw my picture of me in Waikiki a few posts down. The Director told...

I hvae been watching the same ad for a local kids and teen club for at least 3 years, that I can recall, however I think these same ads have probably been running longer than that. I have been meaning to write a letter to the cable company who sponsors the clubs to update their ad campaign. Here is the letter: This message is to the advertising individuals who think the commercials for My TV and OKC are a good idea. We have been forced to watch these outdated commercials for years now and I think it is time to move on. The MyTV commercial is an obvious and pathetic ripoff of an investment company whose commercial showed kids asking about mutual funds and IRA's in a playground. The little girl in the OKC commercial looks a Down's kid and the boy can't say "mutual funds", an obvious dig on the Hawaiian school system whether you realize it or not. The MyTV ads are worse as they use teens, that are not doing anything but loitering, admonishing viewers to use the club ...

As much as this place can get on my nerves I do have epiphanies as to why I have spent the last 13 years here. I went for a motorcycle ride with some friends off my boat on Sunday, nothing special or too long, just a ride across the mountains via H-3 then around the eastern part of the island followed by a cruise through Waikiki. Although I wear my protective gear on the highway I cannot bring myself to keep it on once I get off- the salt spray in my face as I ride next to the ocean, the sun on my face, the smells of backyard BBQ's and roadside flowers are all just too overpowering to be wearing a helmet and jacket. It was a fun trip that started with a light lunch at Dixie Grill, the usual spot for our outings. I will really miss days like that once I get back to the mainland. Here is shot of us stopped at a police pullover spot next to Waikiki Beach. No, we weren't the ones getting pulled over it was just rare that a spot is open so we took advantage of it.

Although I don't 100% agree with every point below, the following list is very revealing about the leaders of the Democrat party. 1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand. 2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity. 3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists. 4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding. 5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's. 6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural. 7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding. 8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can’t teach ...

Friendship Between Women: A woman didn't come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew about it. Friendship Between Men: A man didn't come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.

Of all the ridiculous and obnoxious things I have witnessed from my 8th floor apartment, tonight I saw one of the most sad and reprehensible acts the local pieces of shit around could do. An Asian couple was walking their dog, probably a Jack Russell judging by the shape of the dog. The dog was unleashed and it ran out in front of a car. The car screeched to a stop as it hit the dog. The lady ran to the dog as the car raced off down the street with the man in chase. The man came back as the crying woman laid their dog down on the few places of grass that can be found in this neighborhood. It took about 20 minutes for the police to show up and I watched for a little while as they just stood over the grieving couple. Cops here in Hawaii don't know what to do when there is an accident so I didn't expect much to happen during this accident. I started thinking about my two childhood dogs that were shot by a neighbor who lived next to us because they crossed his land one Sunday morni...

My monthly letter to the editor of the Honolulu Advertiser: Not a day goes by that a loud muffler from a motorcycle or car interrupts a television show, a conversation, or my sleep. The interruption lasts longer than just the passing by of the vehicle because car alarms usually follow. Short of shoving potatoes in the tailpipes there really isn’t much citizens can do except complain to the police, and complain I do. Nothing happens because I see the same pieces of junk drive by with the mufflers echoing through my neighborhood- 5 blocks away. Hawaii has strict ordinances for noise offenders to include animals, construction equipment, and even boom boxes. When is the state going to get serious and start cracking down on the automotive/motorcycle noise offenders? Sadly, Hawaii’s muffler problem has gained national attention, as the state is now the butt of a Miller Lite beer commercial saluting the Hawaiian ‘Loud Muffler Guy’. A quick Internet search showed that the Honolulu Police Depar...

There was an article on Military.com yesterday entitled Troops Get 'No Paying For Sex Order' . My present command sent out an email to everyone saying that the Navy JAGs are looking into that order to see if the Navy falls under its cognizance. Leave it to sea lawyers to try and find a loophole! I had mixed feelings about this order and I read the comments left by readers of the article. The responses ranged from the typical arguments against the order on ground of Naval tradition to arguments against falling under the morality/readiness issues. although buying prostitutes because "That's what sailors do overseas" is a weak argument, the fact that hookers, or 'buy-me drinkie girls' (BMDG) in the Pacific Fleet, are everywhere in Thailand, Korea, Philippines, etc., cannot be ignored. Prostitution is a part of their culture and lifestyle. The Navy recently issued a mandatory training session on trafficking in Persons (TIP) in response to a sting operation on ...

Looking back at my blogging history I noticed that I have been woefully neglectfull of writing in this thing, the last entry being almost a month old. In my defense, I have been off island for 2 weeks now on vacation and the holiday traveling lends no time to update your life online. A week in Albuquerque and a week in Northern CA have left us spent, sick, and anxiously awaiting my August 2007 retirement date. The New Year is here and as Baby New Year's ass is recuperating from its arrival into 2006 I look around the streets of my neighborhood in disgust as the fireworks debris sifts slowly in the rain puddles. The park across the street is in shambles and it will take forever for the exploded papers and spent cones to be swept away. Actually, "swept" is a misnomer since no one will actually come to clean it up. How nice for the assholes to light-off all their pyrotecnics and leave the aftermath for someone else to clean. Many residents of Hawaii complain every year about...