WE MARCHED
We raised ours hand with others
And shared the grand hurrah.
We marched with them if we could
Amazed at what we saw.
Sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers
Half a million in the demonstration
A solemn gathering of protest
In the capitol of a grieving nation.
We came together, raised our voice
In major cities, and small towns.
This time we would not allow
The corporations to shout us down.
We carried signs that told the truth
In a fewest words we could write
That enough was enough and this was
A battle we had just begun to fight.
We shouted our children deserved
Not to die in their childhood school
And demanded that the government
Changed their wrongheaded rules.
We let them know across the land
The many of us were voting soon
And we would throw them out if they
Didn’t dance to a different tune.
We told them it was time they knew
That we saw through their faults
And that this country needed to
Outlaw weapons of mass assault.
We let them know we were through
With what they called leadership
That we would gladly send them home,
A much needed one-way trip.
Brent Kincaid, Kalaheo
Cats, rats and tourists, too
Thank you, editors. I love Douglas Slain’s column, wherever you found him, keep’em coming.
I agree that Kauai is “the extinction capital of the world.” Seems like almost every other day we find a new animal to do in. I find it interesting that feral cats are now high on the list of critters that need immediate extinction.
Seems we like rats better than cats, which is curious. I mean cats don’t carry rat lung disease and — correct me if I’m wrong— I don’t think they’ve ever carried a plague or any other deadly disease that I know of. But then, what do I know?
Response to Dr. LaBedz comment about Ag versus tourists: Doctor LaBedz, the problem is, we can’t eat tourists. Well we can, or could, but we don’t, or haven’t for a long time. The Hawaiians ate Captain Cook, who wasn’t exactly a tourist but he’ll do.
Bettejo Dux, Kalaheo
cats carry toxoplasmosis., deadly to unborn children and implicated in neurological disorders.
Hey betejo, I know you are like 100, but toxoplasmosis is spread by cat feces and is just as serious as lungworm. Arm students kill cats, simple as that!!
Typical of BJ. You can’t believe a word she says. The queen of fake local news.
No – the Hawaiian Islanders who killed Captain Cook were not cannibals. They believed that the power of a man was in his bones, so they cooked part of Cook’s body to enable the bones to be easily removed. It was the cooking of his body which gave rise to the rumor of cannibalism.
Fortunately Bettejo can’t eat tourists; but, you know she’s wondering what they taste like!
One word Bettejo………taxoplasmosis
Oh the hardcore is leaving so much out. They so often do, don’t they?
Ttaxoplasmosis is very common and has many sources. It is avoided by some simple, basic precautions everyone should be doing and not just in the third trimester (the serious time of risk).
Check with the Mayo Clinic,
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/toxoplasmosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20356249
instead of ruthann, Katie, and Lfm.