Comments on: Welcome to the Next Floor of Opression http://shadywaters.wordpress.com/2006/06/13/welcome-to-the-next-floor-of-opression/ Slightly deranged but on the whole ok. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Aaron http://shadywaters.wordpress.com/2006/06/13/welcome-to-the-next-floor-of-opression/#comment-1 Aaron Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:45:28 +0000 https://shadywaters.wordpress.com/2006/06/13/welcome-to-the-next-floor-of-opression/#comment-1 i suppose i <em>am</em> a <strong>Stevieker</strong>! (thanks (?) for that!) on a coincidental note, i had checked your wp page yesterday and noticed the [abrupt] layout change - good to read a "Steph Post." re: Akaka Bill - my own trip to Hawaii impressed me with the Japanese population in the Honolulu area (40% of the Asian American population in the State of Hawaii identified themselves as Japanese in the last census - and <em>all</em> live in Honolulu. impressed so much so that it became the focus of a project for my Bus. Japanese class. anyway, one of the "local boys" (ロコボーイ) was explaining to me how he wasn't eligible to receive State-granted land on account of how he traced his ancestry to 1/8 Native Hawaiian, and the laws had been changed recently to 1/5 being the new dividing line between what was and wasn't Hawaiian. some of the same people help operate a really fun <a href="http://www.irukahawaii.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">dolphin tour </a>aimed towards Japanese tourists. i suppose i am a Stevieker! (thanks (?) for that!)
on a coincidental note, i had checked your wp page yesterday and noticed the [abrupt] layout change – good to read a “Steph Post.”

re: Akaka Bill – my own trip to Hawaii impressed me with the Japanese population in the Honolulu area (40% of the Asian American population in the State of Hawaii identified themselves as Japanese in the last census – and all live in Honolulu. impressed so much so that it became the focus of a project for my Bus. Japanese class. anyway, one of the “local boys” (ロコボーイ) was explaining to me how he wasn’t eligible to receive State-granted land on account of how he traced his ancestry to 1/8 Native Hawaiian, and the laws had been changed recently to 1/5 being the new dividing line between what was and wasn’t Hawaiian.
some of the same people help operate a really fun dolphin tour aimed towards Japanese tourists.

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