Many thanks for the choice of Native Books/Na Mea’s Maile Meyer as your spokesperson on Native Economics [Nov. 16: “Native Economics”].

The state leaves out crucial evidence against the parent being accused. The Constitution says you have the right to confront your accuser.

[Oct. 19: “From Sen.

[Nov. 23: The Descendants”] Breakout performance by Woodley.

As a proud citizen of Oahu, yet, incarcerated as a Hawaii-based prisoner in Arizona, I am dying to get back home to Oahu to share my condolences over the torture and abuse, which we citizens experience from the state’s neglect to focus on the future of our people. It’s an honor to have the Weekly still published.

I am writing to you with regards to the article [Oct. 12: “Co-branded Kingdoms”].

[Nov. 9: Nuclear Guinea Pigs”] The Marshallese people are enduring a holocaust every bit as horrific as the experiments conducted by Nazi Joseph Mengele on unsuspecting victims.

[Nov. 9: Nuclear Guinea Pigs”] “14 percent of the number of tests, but 80 percent of the tonnage”…’nuff said.

[Nov. 9: “Occupy HPD”] We are in the midst of the first ever global protest against corporate greed and their molestation of our government.

[Nov. 9: Nuclear Guinea Pigs] Lying 3,000 miles west of Hawaii, the Marshall Islands served as experimental grounds where the US detonated nuclear weapons and tested delivery systems in the transition from conventional bombers to intercontinental missiles.

[Nov. 2: “Occupying a position”] I appreciate your comment, but one thing caught my eye that I believe is a major flaw in how we view history.

It doesn’t make sense! The APEC promoters tell us “let ‘em see us as we are!” Oh?

[Oct. 26: Hoopili Hearings] Public testimony went until 2:45!

There are high expectations for APEC, but will it actually bring jobs and industry to Hawaii? Elements of magic underlie the conference.

[Oct. 26: “Keep Occupied”] I have only loosely monitored the cross-talk about Occupy Honolulu in the Weekly or outside of it being more focused on what are to me more important ecological issues we face.

First Hawaiian Bank is owned by BNP Paribas, which is the world’s largest bank by deposits at an unfathomable amount. And it is owned wholly by the Rothschild family, which has an estimated net worth of over $500,000,000,000,000 (five Hundred Trillion Dollars).

[Oct. 19: “Occupy Honolulu”] “Gathering of Caucasians” is funny because this whole “occupy” business obviously has nothing to do with brown people, Polynesians, or even Asians.

This is not good reporting. I knew the week before that the Saturday gathering was in Ala Moana, not at Bethel Street.

I’ve grown accustomed to Jane Callahan’s uninspired prose on really interesting stories like media consolidation, medical marijuana and using undeveloped space for gardens, but I’ve always fought to keep the heavy eye lids for what generally were good basic construction and decently-researched stories. She’s obviously against the OWS movement, but is that reason to patronize and label?

Although race isn’t a issue with occupy Honolulu, it feels to me that not everyone is represented. Keep in mind, the movement calls for solidarity, which I interpret as being united.

The Event on Bethel on the 15th was never an Occupy Honolulu event, it was a [moveon.org] event. Furthermore there was no four hour discussion on jazz hands it was about the name Occupy Honolulu.

1) I am not against OWS. I am for it to a degree.

Hardly Hawaiian [Re: Letter to the Editor, Oct. 19: “How Hawaiian Can It be?

[Oct. 12: “No Man’s Land”] The purpose of Act 55 is to establish public-private partnerships in our rural and urban communities in order to create a thriving economy.

[Oct 12: “Picture Perfect”] Early photography was largely or typically taken of alii or notable figures, not exclusively [as the article suggests]. The statement that our photographs are “open for public use” may suggest to many that they do not require a formal permission for usage (which we do require) or are in the public domain.