Are there fifty states in the Union? I'd say most of us living here in these fine United States would agree that in 1959 we finally got a round number of states and commonwealths, a number easily remembered by the sleeping and nodding heads of little children.
Most of us are completely unfamiliar with the dubious circumstances under which America aquired the Kingdom of Hawaii. Luckily, Stephen Kinzer is here to rectify what is otherwise a grevious omission. In his book, Overthrow : America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, he details a laundry list of U.S. takeovers and interference of democratic government systems over the course of 100 or so years. Certain peoples of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government certainly agree. They've been lobbying on behalf of the overthrown monarchy for, well, 100 years.
I challenge all of you to consider who the U.S. government is trying to protect. Is it the interests of people, i.e. you and me, or the interests of legal persons, i.e. corporate entities.
Old habits die hard.
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