
Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, From left, Robin Puanani Danner, Mahealani Wendt, Na'alehu Anthony, Lei Kihoi and John Waihe'e III Front: Governor Neil Ambercrombie.SEE THE SITE HERE

Joan Conrow knows EVERYONE that's ANYONE and wants YOU to know what a crack reporter she is, especially about Native Hawaiian Issues! Never mind, that she regularly not only gives cracks to Native Hawaiians on her blog, but allows racist commentators hiding behind anon posters to do so as well. Way to ream em from both sides, Joan. Really says something for your credibility. She also, then has the nerve to beg donations on her blog, but doesn't reveal any documentation to prove that she can, legitimately ask for donations. Joan is so good at this! We, the three muses of the Kauai Snarklectic team are in awe, of Saint Joan of Loam and Snark. We have an alter set up to her in our office, and we weep at its feet every morning!. Saint Joan of Snark, pray for us sinners!

JOHN KERRY "Joan Conrow? Never Heard of her."

The Story of the Muses by Encyclopedia Brittania since Joan hates google scholars. and wikipedia.

The Three Muses, Muse reporters, Marita Blaclalan,Tani Safoaffasafoatata, and Sassamito Tasanakamoto

Marita Blaclalan

Tani Safoaffasafoatata,

Sassamito Tasanakamoto

OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: The names and faces here are fictitious. This also includes the CHARACTER of Cheston Waiwaha from yesterdays blogpost. This is a work of fiction, about non fictional crap, crapped by a real person, that we are parodying,dissing,raging and snarking on. with. If you don't understand the concept of "characters", and "fiction", please turn off the comp, and back away. These are not even people. They are computer generated, and live solely in the world of 3D animation. The coincidence of them looking like anyone you know is just that. They are not meant to be anyone living, dead, or zombie. So get over it. -sincerely, The kaua'i Snarklectic publishing team

Today, we are "musing" over things. Mostly because we have a hangover, and we always contemplate life a bit more deeply, when we have a hangover. It's really important to get musing s out of your head , or they stay in there, and the little voices start talking to you. So, we safely get them out of our heads, by spilling them out here. Other people also have musings as well. In fact, musings were started by the MUSES. That's why most musers are women. So, we figure that's why Joan Conrow and our new reporters, Marita Blaclalan Tani Safoaffasafoatata, and Sassamito Tasanakamoto are having mirror musings today, since there were three muses, each musing report will be done by our very own, three muses..

Good morning, kids, and welcome to another edition of "Pandering to Native Hawaiians, while dissing them", written by the ever fabulous Empress of Snark, Diss, and the Regina of Reamers Joan Conrow herself.

But first, let us begin our epic blogpost, of considerable length, and stuff Hawaiians knew already but Joan and her readers really don't, with a wonderful trip through the local jungles of Kauai, while carefully tripping over banyan, and Java plum roots, we greeted the morning sun with a GMO container filled with GMO coffee, and swqeetened with GMO sweetener, laced with GMO milk, and swallowed it down a GMO infused throat, while we listened to the GMO Grateful birds, fluttering in the GMO enhanced trees above our heads. Oh, did we mention GMO's yet? They are very healthy for you and in everything. And weare environmentalist too. Oh, wait, who are "we"?

We are the new Musings Reporters for the Kaua'i Snarklectic team. We are Marita Blaclalan.Tani Safoaffasafrittatta and Sassamito Tasanakamoto We hope you enjoy our first post for the KS blog.

So, lets begin by posting Joan Conrows blogpost, hot off the press without any comments yet. Then, as comments come along, we will update this blog with them, so you don't miss any of their chocolaty goodness.

**AAS PROMISED BLOGPOST UPDATES: EVEN MORE RACIST THEN WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE> JOAN DOES NOT STOP THE POSTING OF THESE> SHE KNOWS WHAT THEY SAY YET SHE IS PROUD TO SHOW THEM ON HER BLOG> CLEAR RACISM AGAISNT NATIVE HAWAIIANS> THERRE IS NO DOUBT> READ ON>THEN LET HER KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF HER ALLOWING THIS CRAP ON HER BLOG> FANNING THE FLAMES OF RACIAL TENSIONS>

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Anonymous said...: Kane Pa and Henry Noa and the Reinstated Government has been saying this all along. Gotta look to international law. They had an expert at the Kahoolawe trial testify about the same thing.

May 13, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Anonymous said...: OHA on sovereign nation : Don't ask don't tell.

May 13, 2014 at 2:08 PM
Anonymous said...: How would the Indians feel about the Hawaiians being a sovereign nation in the Sate of Hawaii? Many Hawaiians are standing on false hopes. What are the Hawaiians willing to give up on what they have now(benefits, livelihoods, rights, educational opportunities, protection under the US Constitution, etc) as US citizens to be a nation by itself. Will they be able to exist as a nation to rule its people. The reality is it will never happen not now or in the future. Running a Nation is a complicated endeavor. There are too many self appointed Hawaiians who want to build their own nation and not have the ability or qualified to to step-up and govern a nation of Hawaiians! OHA? Hawaiian Sovereignty is full of false hopes, tell me another joke! Hawaii is already the 50th State how can you not accept that?

May 13, 2014 at 4:01 PM
Anonymous said...: 4:01 with the usual racist theme that "those people aren't sophisticated enough to run a nation". Never mind that "those people" ran their nation here before the overthrow by american guns.

As for losing constitutional protections, might it occur to you that the Hawaiian Nation's constitution might actually grant its people more protections that its US counterpart? It might not even have domestic surveillance.

The Reinstated government is a democracy so your concern about self appointed leaders is based on misplaced.

And one might think the American Indians would want the Hawaiians to avoid suffering some of the same subjugation and lack of true sovereignty imposed on them. You seem to imply that the Native Americans want the Hawaiians to suffer the same fate. I can pretty much assure you that among educated Native Americans, the sentiment is exactly the opposite.

May 13, 2014 at 7:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Hawaiians and fake Hawaiians you should be very careful with what you wish . Think about a fish that was born and raised in a fish tank and then is released into the ocean.... It won't last long.

May 14, 2014 at 12:53 AM

*All pics are screen-capped, to ensure accuracy of content
Here are the Pics of the Name Dropped people in Joan's blogpost.

Colette Machado pictured here amicably with Walter Ritte. Oh, so That's why! Diss one Hawaiiian, and Diss another Hawaiian, and then pretend like you are all for Hawaiians! Got it, Joan. We Three Muses are so impressed! Lucky for you, the readers, we aren't three blind mice! We bring you the faces of the dissings, right here on Kaua'i Snarklectic. SEE THE CONNECTION HERE

Kamanaopono Crabbe

Na'alehu Anthony, who Joan wants you to know, that she is so so "in" with the Hawaiians, that she gets personal facetime with him, to answer Joan the Lams questions, so she can bring you exclusive reporting, as she panders shamelessly to Hawaiians, then disses them right after. Excellent reporting Joan, and oh so snarkily slimy!


Former Governor John Waihee whom Joan has often dissed and snarked about. Yeap, ream one, and praise the other. Way to conquer and divide, Joan. That's how you show your loyalty, and togetherness with the Hawaiians. Joan allows any racist ranter to post about native Hawaiians on her blog, but then writes articles about it, seemingly to be on their side, and then reams them the next day. Joan, a non native person of pure Caucasian ancestry with absolutely no ties to any Hawaiians anywhere, by birth, marriage, or paternity, seems to think its her job to report about Hawaiians as a friend, and diss Hawaiians that don't pander enough to Joan's intentions. Which are, of course, to raise funds for HERSELF, on her blog, with the "donation" button to an undisclosed "charitable" organization. Yap, way to expose corruption Joan.

Now, lets get to the real nitty gritty, shall we? If you read Joan's post, it would seam that she is all gung ho for Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian Sovereignty, Hates John Kerry, and thinks that the "system" and OHA, aren't doing right by the Hawaiian people. Now that doesn't sound too bad, does it? Well, regular people everywhere, we have a few smoking guns for you on that one. And here they are. Collette Machado, is from Moloka'i and NOT an enemy of Walter Ritte. Which, of course puts Collete in the fire-aim-shoot category for Joan, of course. And then, we have the Current Governor, and the Former Governor, and that will never do for Joan, since they are both Democrats. Does anyone think that Joan is anything but a conservative Republican no matter what she professes? Come on, people wake up. The woman is no lover of the Hawaiians Freedom Movement! How do we know? Well, its obvious isn't it? She eviscerates the very man who helped to start it, Walter Ritte.

Joan, like conservative pundits everywhere, loves pomp, circumstance, and people with tittles and money. And, like conservative pundits everywhere, Joan also loves to let others know that she is in good with them. Also, Joan will turn on a dime, one day, praising a Native Hawaiian or a local born and raised Kauai citizen, and the next day, roasting them in a steaming emu of chocolaty goodness. Come on, is this even stable? It certainly isn't "reporting", its just schizophrenic all over the map trying to push a conservative ideology wrapped in fake empathy for a group of people she couldn't give a rats ass about no matter what it is you see her write one day, the next day its a different story.

Here are some pics that Joan has rabidly and viciously gone after that are part Hawaiian, half Hawaiian or full Hawaiian, uder the guise of "I ream people equally, I am fair, I am reporting honestly".

Kaipo Asing, Hawaiian

Mason Chock Hawaiian

Dustin Barca Hawaiian

Fern Anuenue Rosentiel Hawaiian


Walter RItte Hawaiian and one of the original Freedom Fighters and started the Hawaiian Renascence

so, How can we believe Joan's approach to reporting about Native Hawaiian affairs? We really aren't arguing some of her points, which we agree with, but it is "safe" writing, ie, "preaching to the choir". Writing about, how we should "feed the poor the hungry and the starving, and OMG those poor native Hawaiians they should have their land back, iI write good stuff about them", is negated, by Joan's viscous writings attacking many prominent native Hawaiians involved in the very things that she seems to try and make us believe she supports in this blogpost. don't believe us? ok, then lets look at the kind of comments that she allows onto her blog. Now remember, Joan regularly blocks and remove and reams others on her blogs, such as the persons shown above, yet allowed racist comments and comments in particularly aimed ant native Hawaiians .

Is that credible right, fair, or PONO? Nope. So, can we believe that Joan is the champion of anything save her own skin, and agenda? yeap.

Here are some RECENT postings on Joan's blog, which she REGULATES and ALLOWS, so you know that she saw these first.

And then has the NEVER to pretend that she is "for the Hawaiians". Joan is for HERSELF.

HYPOCRICY, DO AS I DO NOT AS I WRITE, RACIST RANTING POSTS AGAINST NATIVE HAWAIIANS , AND OTHERS, ALLOWED AFTER BEING MODERATED BY JOAN CONROW ON HER BLOG, MOST OF THEM HER OWN CONFLICTING COMMENTS with veiled references to intelligence, and being on welfare, ect, ect. If you supported 2491 as a Kanaka, then realize that JOAN IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE NO MATTER WHAT SHE WRITES: direct blogpost comments are in green

Anonymous said...

California contributes way more than Kauai does to the betterment of society. Kauai is a military base that also has a tourist industry. Hawaii would be a total shithole without America .

May 11, 2014 at 9:57 AM

Anonymous said...

Yes, you should join California in bettering society and leave this military base to the rest of us. LA loves you, darling.

May 12, 2014 at 9:26 AM

Anonymous said...

"Hawaii would be a total shithole without America"

What an idiotic comment. Evidence of the incredibly insular mindset that the blogger admirably seems to rage against - whether coming from the left or right.

May 12, 2014 at 9:57 AM

Anonymous said...

9:26 & 9:57. What has Hawaii done to better the world ? What has a Hawaiian ever invented ?

May 12, 2014 at 1:28 PM

Anonymous said...

1113
Molokai is 88 percent government entitlements.
If you want to see change, stop food stamps, section 8, welfare and every other gov program that pays people to not work....Molokai antis control water, zoning and almost all economic activity. Not a model for inspiration.

Anonymous said...

I'd love to know how a GMO Free group is only about the right to know? That is hilarious. Maybe if that was the true intent, the group's name should have been changed.

Why do people like to stay anonymous? Hmm... When you're out there, you get death threats, hate mail, nasty messages. That includes Dustin Barca sending some of them himself.

Such a highly regarded and respectful group those GMO free folks are. Can't forget how they want to burn down crops or destroy equipment!

April 24, 2014 at 10:08 PM

Anonymous said...

Pile on the brown man's burden,
compel him to be free;
Let all your manifestoes
Reek with philanthropy.
And if with heathen folly
He dares your will dispute,
Then, in the name of freedom,
Don't hesitate to shoot.

-H. Labouchère.
...a dreadful person but insightful poet.

April 24, 2014 at 12:38 AM

Joan Conrow said...

You say you don't appreciate my "constant harpings" on the failings of the "leaders" of the movement. Well I don't appreciate people who didn't know WTF they were doing trying to run a movement of this importance. Especially those who were using it for self-aggrandizement. And no, I'm not gloating over their failures, because GMO labeling and pesticide control are where my own sympathies lie. But I'm not going to ignore them, either, because there is that part of me that can't resist saying "I told you so."

March 21, 2014 at 7:27 PM

Joan Conrow said...

8:28-- By "ridiculing" the "leaders" I am hoping to expose them so people stop following and supporting them. And by "harping" on the mistakes I am hoping people learn from them and also realize these tactical errors have closed many doors and will impede the movement for a long time to come.

March 22, 2014 at 1:00 AM

Anonymous said...

March 21, 2014 at 6:20 PM,
I can't speak for Joan, but my problem with the anti-GMO activists is that they think the end justifies the means. They simply make stuff up, relying on the general scientific illiteracy in our society to ensure that nobody will question their propaganda of hysteria. But inventing "facts", contorting (not just twisting) data, preying on people's fears, and leveling false accusations are not ethical behaviors. They are throwing science and reason under the bus, creating a monster that will come back to haunt us all.

March 22, 2014 at 9:58 PMAnonymous said... Methinks that if you want to eat GMO eat GMO. If you don't want to eat GMO don't eat GMO.
Just shut up and get off of the social agendas and get the Gov to fix the roads, schools, jails, parks, etc.
On another note, can you observe Councilman Chock always looking at Council Hooser for approval? Check his searching eyes. Such love.
Kauai has only 2 council guys that are focused on improving Kauai

Like when Council Chair Jay Furfaro — responding to a comment about JoAnn Yukimura and “three Caucasians” recessing the 2491 vote to bring in a new member to vote their way — pulled out a piece of paper and said, “this is a document that makes of my family...a petition to William McKinley to reinstate the Kingdom of Hawaii. We are Americans.” Oh. OK. Thanks, Jay, for making it clear you're not just another haole. For a heart-stopping minute there, I thought you were going to declare yourself a Hawaiian national. Shucks.

Or when new member Mason Chock, happy and eager as a puppy, spoke earnestly of “how deeply honored I am to be amongst mentors across the table who voted on my behalf.”

Yikes. The Council as mentors. That's a scary thought. And now for the next phase of Mason's education: how to swim with political sharks. Because really, what kind of people would intentionally create a situation that causes a decent guy like Mason to start his political career with a taint?

Which leads to how JoAnn said, at the meeting where Mason was voted in to override the mayor's veto, “We've seen so much leadership in the past few days on Bill 2491 and that's why we're a very exceptional island.”

Or when I got this mean flash of deja vu seeing the same trio — Jay, JoAnn and Tim Bynum — that gave us half-baked TVR laws opposed by the Administration following the same path with 2491. I can just see the tee-shirt slogans now:

Finally, a few readers have suggested I stop allowing anonymous comments. Though the section is often uglier and more inane than it might be if folks owned their words, I made the decision at the onset to allow anonymous comments because I know how little Kauai operates. Lots of folks are afraid to put their names on their thoughts, for whatever reason. Even more love to make kissy face while talking stink behind someone's back. Why shouldn't comments reflect that very real dynamic of our island? Because they're being left by your friends, ohana, neighbors and colleagues, after all. Think of it as the Kauai antithesis of Brand X, as in Uncivil Bleat. If you don't like the comments, don't read them. Enter at your own risk.

Posted by Joan Conrow at 9:04 AM

Anonymous said...: I suggested that you get rid of the anonymous comments not for us, but for you. The hate spewed towards you has to get to you sometimes.; November 18, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Joan Conrow said...: Thanks, high noon.

Maybe we should get rid of all comments?; November 18, 2013 at 12:05 PM
Joan Conrow said...: Dear 2:24,
It's true that following the 2491 campaign left me feeling more jaded than usual about politics, which I have come to see increasingly as a conflict-driven, ineffective tool for social change. I don't plan to cover politics so closely anymore.

It's also true I have been critical of the pro-2491 movement, which I would have loved to whole-heartedly support. Some of it came from confidential info I can't reveal publicly, and some from seeing the pro-2491 camp use many of the same tactics as the biotech guys.

I'm truly heartened that so many people, especially youth, got involved in this issue. My disappointment lies with those who chose to advance what I think of as a progressive movement by using regressive tactics like T&A, fear-fanning, disinformation, dirty political tricks. etc. — and then claiming "this is an emergency" or the ends justify the means. I've also heard people justify it by saying, yeah, but the biotech guys are bad and we're good – reasoning that I feel is flawed.

Like you, I fully support GMO labeling, and for the same reasons. However, I do not think it is the most important issue facing Hawaii, nor do I think Hawaii, with its small population, is the most effective arena for that national debate to play out.; November 18, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Anonymous said...: In reference to 3:18, hypotheticals may be enlightening, or they could be as crazy as we choose to be, or which side of choir we want to preach/sing to.

The most important debate is population and the carrying capacity of this little planet.; November 18, 2013 at 3:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Thanks for your honesty Joan. I have 3 mo'opuna and for me I worry about the health implications they face concerning what is in our food supply. My daughter is a frazzled Mom who may not have the time or financial ability to buy non-gmo. Labeling would make it easier for all of us who distrust the safety of GMO. My granddaughter contracted a. staph infection that ended up being MRSA. I truly believe antibiotics couldn't help her because of antibiotics used in GE crops and the industrial food system in general. We almost lost her. A big reason why l take labeling seriously.

Big Ag is tied to land issues like tvrs are on the north shore. I agree with your sentiments about the hypocrisy of realtors who have sold out ag lands. Fact is there are many urgent issues and it makes me weary.

This process has taught me that working within the system is ineffective most of the time. I do have to chuckle at Jay and his Hawaiian Kingdom spiel, wtf?; November 18, 2013 at 4:18 PM
Anonymous said...: I agree with 2:47 pm---i couldn't have said it better! The use of pesticides is directly related to gmo crops! Joan, for us in Waimea, it is an emergency! I also welcomed
the help we got from the anti-gmo folks. You say it's not an important issue facing Hawaii----why not? It's important everywhere on planet earth and we do have the
right to know what we are consuming.Now i am curious to know what junk the redshirts threw around. Isn't it good for us locals to know if we are being used and deceived by people who we believe to be in the same camp? About that realtor in the picture, yes it's stinks, but how many more of them are doing and thinking on the same lines---is she really that hungry to get rich(er)? Oh well, i'm just an average person who loves this island, the land and most of the people around me. Keep informing us, even if it upsets me, i want to know the facts!; November 18, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Anonymous said...: Joan- I admire your frankness, fearlessly naming names. Most people if they are still in business would NOT put their name to any thing, one way or the other. I predict there may be some difficulty for some real estate firms getting timely responses to paperwork from the County. Bali Hai and Hawaii Life, especially. Hypocrisy paramount. The bill was about GMOs. Lies and more lies thrown as dust to the wind. To label or to Libel that is the question///The West Side side is indeed, thrown under the bus. The Chemicide companies will comply with the State good neighbor agreement and may if possible till the land when Trades are down. But the Agricultural companies will sue and they will win, the circus will begin anew, but the State will step up and hardline the Agricultural laws. One thing is certain, we need a sweep of this council with the exception of the only 2 members who put Kauai first.
BTW- The chem companies must have been here for centuries at least since 1778, Waimea means REDDISH Water.; November 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Anonymous said...: sadly these non-GMO foods are way too expensive for most Kauai folks-I try to shop the Farmers Markets but it is radically less expensive to shop the big box stores and either way how can we be sure they are what they say?
Most Farmers Markets on the mainland are so much cheaper than here-what's wrong with this picture?; November 18, 2013 at 5:42 PM
Anonymous said...: I can understand your being tired of the hypocrisy but please don't stop covering politics. Otherwise Beth will have to rely on the Garden Island and Andy Parks for her information.; November 18, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Anonymous said...: If labeling were passed statewide and nationally, more and more people will go non-gmo or organic and our food industry will be forced to comply with consumer demand. Prices will drop accordingly.

I won't hold my breath on the state hard lining agricultural practices. Too much resistance to change and complacency in the system. The next budget crisis will see positions cut again and we're back to where we started.

To those on the west side, the big ag model is obsolete and unsustainable. Ever tied to the chemical treadmill. There was a model that worked very successfully before kanaka were wiped out. We can learn many lessons from indigenous practices and there is a trend nationally for more local, smaller farming. Not just "gourmet farms" as some proponents of big ag claim. More and more people are looking to buy locally, start their own home gardens and support local farmer's markets.; November 18, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Anonymous said...: How fucking condescending can you get? Local people have gardens. People on the westside who work for the seed companies aren't worried about "big ag models". They're worried about basic shit like a roof over their heads or food on the table. This preachy, presumptive, "just do as we say and the world would be so wonderful" bullshit is part of what Joan has been writing about. And I would love to see a clean, green economy on the westside, but really, give me a break.; November 18, 2013 at 6:59 PM
Anonymous said...: What's good for you is not necessarily what's good for another, nor what another WANTS in their OWN life. Im sick of people, especially these anti-gmo people saying what Kauai should be eating and farming. If you so desperately want a GMO FREE Kauai, maybe you people should be looking into moving to your own uninhabited island and creating your hippy oasis there.; November 18, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Anonymous said...: I scan all news sources on a daily basis - including Joan's blog. While I don't always agree with Joan, her analysis is usually thought-provoking and helpful to me in seeing issues from an alternate and knowledgeable point of view. She does her homework before she writes, and she's quick to admit when she's gotten something wrong or clarify if necessary. And if I've missed something in her blog relevant to County government, I can count on at least two or three people to ask "have you read Joan today?"

Aloha,
Beth Tokioka; November 18, 2013 at 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's good for you is not necessarily what's good for another, nor what another WANTS in their OWN life. Im sick of people, especially these anti-gmo people saying what Kauai should be eating and farming. If you so desperately want a GMO FREE Kauai, maybe you people should be looking into moving to your own uninhabited island and creating your hippy oasis there.

November 18, 2013 at 7:35 PM

It is posts like this, with the whole "Anti-GMO", "You hippies should go live somewhere else" comments that really rile up peoples feathers. First of all, why is it a "Hippie" thing, to want to not be sprayed by pesticide, and covered in pesticide laden dust? Why is it a "Hippie" movement, when an equal amount of people that are in favor of pesticide regulation for Industrial Seed harvesting companies, are born and raised kaua'i residents? Why is it a "Hippie" thing, to want to have actual crops here, that can feed people and are sustainable?

Are you aware that thousands of people were fed here, pre-contact, using sustainable organic farming practices? Yes! Gasp! Before this place ever even heard of the word "Hippie". In fact, sugar was already on its way out, when hippies arrived here. The idea of sustainable food production was around long before Taylor camp. Seriously, this racist stuff is ridiculous.

You have no idea who each and every person is, just because they may be a haole, they could be a cuacasion, like Beth Tokioka who came here, married a local boy,had a couple of kids, and got into county government. She is an awesome person.

But I have heard the same thing said about 2491 supporters said in an ugly, derisive and prejudiced way. It is too bad such nastiness has to come out all of the time. Enough already. Stop it. The bill passed. get over it, and get on with your life.

Go ahead and eat GMO food, and breath in RUP's to your hearts content. This bill was never about stopping the GMO companies. It was a pesticide restriction and disclosure bill. Nobody started squawking about getting rid of the companies until they refused to be good neighbors, and disclose what they were spraying.

Then people were like "Ok, then they wanna come here, and be rude, and spray us and try to tell our government what to do, heck then they gotta go!". That was just poeple's frustrations.

The moratorium was to stop the GMO's from grabbing anymore public land, and go into even more populated areas while the study was going on. It was meant to be temporary, and it had nothing to do with trying to stop the GMO companies from operating. It came about to stop them from doing in larger tourist areas what they were doing in Waimea.

Honestly I think half the posters here, have never even been to our island. They seem to know so little about how things work here. We LOVE our island. All of us. Doesn't matter where we come from. What about the tourists? Huh? They don't come from here. But they were for 2491 too. You saying that you can live without tourist dollars? Now I know you don't live here.

I think it is you that should leave and go to some paradise where you can RUP everything to death, and eat Roundup and Bacteria laden food until you end up in an emergency room yourself. Then you will see what it is like to be a west side resident for a change. But now, we have a choice on wither the rest of us want to or not.; November 18, 2013 at 8:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Nobody is stopping you from having sustainable ag right now. There is a lot of land available. What are you waiting for? If you can't do it now how will you do it on the 12,000 acres in seed?; November 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM
Anonymous said...: And I'm sick of ignorant assholes calling everyone who is against gmo's as "hippies". FYI, seed companies have already moved east ward. This is an island issue and your community isn't the only one struggling for survival. Kauai was GMO free up until the mid 90's when the Bush Administration pushed it through without safeguards, this is not a new concept but GMO's definitely are. On the other hand, farming with out GE crops and chemicals is as old as time.; November 18, 2013 at 8:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Pioneer has been farming on Kauai for 40+ years.; November 18, 2013 at 9:45 PM
Anonymous said...: 7:35
Sustainable Ag is a joke. The boutique farmers can feed a few fellow star gazers and curious tourists. But the real deal is after you finger out what to grow, who will buy the product, which will be expensive - start up capital, lease, water, labor, transport, spoilage, weather etc. Can you supply good product on a consistent basis. No can do, there are over 200,000 meals needed per day on Kauai. Yep- there is a market- but cost is important.
I thimk some locals are little perturbed (maybe right out furious) by the high-nose altitude many of the No-GMOs have and how they talk down to the poor villagers, who are in so much need of the guidance and direction, by the oh so, enlightened and worthy.; November 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Anonymous said...
Nobody is stopping you from having sustainable ag right now. There is a lot of land available. What are you waiting for? If you can't do it now how will you do it on the 12,000 acres in seed?

November 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM

Yes, I have also been wondering the same thing. It seems like there is plenty of farmland that is currently available, yet not many induviduals wanting to be actual career farmers.

Why not start this kauai food sustainability movement right now? Maybe all the people spearheading this movement should test out being a farmer and see how it goes on just a few acres...if it pans out, then scale it up to 12,000 acres. Would be awesome!!; November 18, 2013 at 9:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Ms Tokioka is a class act. She is sounding smarter and smarter--especially compared to the last few yahoos!; November 18, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Aha. Thatʻs what wrong with county functions; Tokioka is ʻscanningʻ blogs and ʻnews sourcesʻ.

Geez, that takes a lot of time. I work and can barely keep up with these things.
I think I need a county job so I can surf the web like George Costa too. Spends HOURS emailing and blogging ON county time. And now Tokioka is admitting to it after all this time.

Joan, please donʻt fall for the bootlicking she just dumped on you so you donʻt start looking into her.; November 19, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Agreed 8:37 PM.; November 19, 2013 at 12:06 AM
Anonymous said...: Most of us would love to farm, and have a lot of experience. But the truth is, most of us have worked in ag as a farm worker, and never had land of our own. our biggest problem with experienced farmers on kaua'i, is money. We simply do not have the money to take over thousands of acres of land. First and largest blocks for most of us is fencing in the land it's very expensive. The second biggest obstacle is water. Third biggest obstacle is equipement. If you actually lived here, and were a llocal, or a kama'aina at least, you would know those three simple facts. Clearing the land here can be very difficult and expensive. The biggest problem in clearing land here is rocks. Big ones. Another problem is ammending the soil. Most of the soil is highly acidic from past farming practices here, such as pineapple, of which there was a lot before. Pineapple is a highly acidic product. It takes tons of lime, and several rounds of sunhemp to ammend that soil back to a more balanced PH level. Of course, there are crops that do well in a more acidic variety.

The number one organic product that grows fantastic here, is kale, and sells very well. There are also hydroponic crops here, that could be more cost effective to grow, since you wouldn't be needing the soil to produce the crop, such as lettuce, tomatoes, and sprouts. But, as I said, virtually all farmers, real ones, that are from here, would need to be subsidized. An idea, would be to entice some of the larger organic farm production companies to move to kaua'i, and operate much as the seed companies have done, but instead of growing GMO expiramental corn, they would be producing organic produce.

I think this is a win win, have them come in, and underwrite the operations, and then subsidize smaller farmers to produce for them. It takes thinking out of the box. But then, real farmers here know what needs to be done, and what they would need to produce and be successful. Bottom line is dollars. Sad to say, but true.; November 19, 2013 at 5:22 AM
Anonymous said...: And don't forget much of the "organic" farmland being farmed now has a chemical legacy. Heptachlor, a persistent pesticide, was widely used on Kauai's pineapple fields and those fields were today's organic farms of Moloaa.; November 19, 2013 at 5:54 AM
Anonymous said...: Some of you keep referring to the anti-gmo people as haole hippies. What do we call the biotechs haoles from the mainland who run the companies and live here? The upper ups for these companies are not from here, and they are white skinned. So, are they here to protect the people and the land or are they here to use the aina, make big bucks and leave the land barren (like in so many other countries) and the people sick--(like in so many other places they have been). These people are like the realtors who do the same@!*&!! Oh Joan, I saw the beautiful moon with the pink skies this morning---here in Waimea--my response was GASSHO!!!!!; November 19, 2013 at 7:26 AM
Anonymous said...: Of course the mainland organic farms would love to subsidize Kauai growers. They are not in business to make money.; November 19, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Anonymous said...: Gmo crops have only been approved since the mid-90's. Pioneer wasn't "farming" 40 years ago the way they are today.; November 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Anonymous said...: just label GMOs. For me, personally, I don't care if I eat GMOs or not so the labeling doesn't matter to me, but at least it will be there for the people who would like it.

I like McDs, I like medicine when I get sick, I like GMOs. But that's just me.

Labeling still allows us who don't care about GMOs still consume them, and allows those who don't like GMOs to know.

Simple.; November 19, 2013 at 10:57 AM
Anonymous said...: "Some of you keep referring to the anti-gmo people as haole hippies. What do we call the biotechs haoles from the mainland who run the companies and live here?"

Fucking haole hippies (condescending assholes who think they know everything) or just plain old fucking haoles (biotech/pesticide or realtor/developer assholes). As opposed to plain old haoles aka plain old Joe or Jane.; November 19, 2013 at 6:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Joan (15:39),
To draw a moral equivalence in the behavior of those in support of and in opposition to Bill 2491 is a bit much. Fear mongering, hysteria, hyperbole and outright lying were attributes far more correlated with red than with blue. Even the seed companies themselves were more transparent in their motives and positions than the mainland groups behind the bill. You are smart enough to know this, which is probably what bothers you.; November 20, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Joan I love your blog. You share such a great perspective and with such clarity. The politics surrounding this is atrocious! The anti GMO people are bullies, even after their stolen victory. The fruits of their labor in the name of "truth" are rotten! Ive lost friends and sleep over this issue just trying to bring a balanced perspective. Been personally attacked for speaking my mind about it just because I didnt jump on the bandwagon of worshipping Gary and 2491 as the way the truth and the light. And the real work is just beginning. Im sure these people will continue to be irrational and critical and point fingers and cry at every turn of the way just as they have been doing. And they will never take responsibility that Hoosier wrote a lemon of a bill. They will make the Mayor, or county attorney the black sheep. They dont get how things really work and never will. I dont have much faith in Mason and have completely lost respect for all council members except Mel and Ross. And get this, I was originally and Anti-GMO! I would never want to be a red shirt now. Beyond disappointing! I hope people start to see things clearly and see through Gary, and other council members intentions. I hope all the truth comes to the light. Kauai has had enough! Thanks again for your insightful blog Joan!; November 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM

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