Statehood protest; Star-Bulletin ignores statehood bill
anniversary
Rec'd via email... pretty interesting that S-B
ignored the anniversary today, times have
changed...From: ASH-AntiStatehoodHui
<info@killstatehood.com>Date: March 12,
2009Subject: STATEHOOD On This Day 1959-Star
Bulletin ignores it! First, ASH
ANNOUNCEMENTs:PROTEST the 50th
ANNIVERSARY on STATEHOOD CELEBRATION of Dwight Eisenhower's signing of
STATEHOOD.THIS WEDNESDAY, March 18, 2009 at
the State Capitol Building. Assemble at Queen Lili`uokalani's statue-
Noon-1:30pmgo to www.killstatehood.com
email: info@killstatehood.com
Aloha,MEDIA
WATCH:On March 12, 1959 both the
Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Honolulu Advertiser ran historic
FRONT PAGE stories announcing "STATEHOOD".
The treatment of these stories seemed to
PUBLICLY PROCLAIM that HAWAII had become a state of the USA, thus
unduly influencing the discussion and outcome of the statehood vote
(or plebiscite) which would come on June 27,
1959.Now, It is interesting to see
that the Star-Bulletin has totally ignored the anniversary of
their earth shattering headline on this day in 1959. Perhaps they will run
a feature on the weekend or do something big around the 18th when the state
celebrates statehood at the Capitol. I
doubt it, they haven't been promoting such a thing. Their "50
Years.." hardcover pictorial book released earlier this year in conjunction with
the state's 50th anniversary hardly mentions statehood.
It is more than likely that the paper
is embarrassed by events 50 years ago and besides, the issue only
brings up more investigation and questions by a more educated
and discerning public !! In 1959 they could get away with
gross propaganda and rabble rousing. Now, the propaganda is more
a matter of suppressing it.The
Honolulu Advertiser has recognized the day today, and will run a feature on
Sunday. Perhaps, in so far as the business people of the Advertiser
remain enemies of the Kingdom of Hawaii, they are mistakenly going down the
statehood path.The Honolulu
Advertiser: When
statehood came calling
go to www.killstatehood.com
email: info@killstatehood.com
michael
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Posted: Thu - March 12, 2009 at 07:19 PM