Demonstrations grow

In the recent wake of the unrest in Egypt, many other countries are beginning to experience similar problems. Each of them are having various degrees of success. Sudan seems to be on a turn for the better with the announcement that its leader on 20 years,President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, will not run for reelection. While this is suppose to be in support of democracy, we will need to wait till after to see in anything changes. The situation in Libya is getting worse. It appears that the president,  Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi will defend his rule till the end. This also impacts the rest of the world as oil prices continue to rise, nearing $4.00/gallon.

News

The situation in Egypt has just been resolved and it has already lost importance in the news. It was major importance when the protests were actually going, however now that the situation has played out not much more has been heard. How is the military doing with the governing of the country. In general, the military does not always know what is the best for the people. With the success in Egypt, protests have spread out as people see a chance for change for their own country. What will happen?

Aloha,

The weather is good again after a dreary day over on windward. It is amazing that it can be great in downtown Honolulu, with pouring rain on the other side of the mountain. And it was not the light mist like quality that there normally is. Rivers where running down the sidewalk by early evening.

Since the Superbowl was this Sunday a comment should be made about it. After the first half it was clear the only thing worth watching was the Advertisements. The best one, in my opinion, was the one for coke.

Till next time...

Movie: Act of War

I belive that this documentary over the the History of Hawaii was informative. However, just because they present good ideas do they have to be accepted at face value. While the truth may be their, it only really focises on the side of the oppresed. The side of the governing (white) party is not really addresses. However, they do do a good jod of playing on your emotions.

The use of old speeches and interviews, as well as voice over narration makes it effective. The interviews shows how the feeling currently are. The old speeches, while how they were presented was slightly annoying, were good in setting the tone for how it was back then. AAn additional downside that i think is that it film was to long. While it was not to bad I did begin to lose interest nearing the end.

The most effective part I think of the film were the current footage. Even though I do not think it was done in the best manner, it is some of the strongest proof that these issue are still surging.
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