Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin set to torpedo Sonia Sotomayor

ContrarianCommentary.com sets news conference to release "The Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor"

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Andy Martin
Executive Editor

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Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK

ANDY MARTIN SET TO DISCLOSE THE "SECRET LIFE OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR"

(NEW YORK)(May 29, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin has scheduled a Monday news conference to deliver his latest column, "The Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor." Martin's column is expected to cause a firestorm and may torpedo her nomination. Martin also plans to release a letter to President Obama.

"Everyone has been looking in the wrong places to discover who Sonia Sotomayor really is," says Martin. "This 'barrio' tale is as complex as any New York drama you could imagine.

"First, it will probably come as a surprise to both my supporters and detractors to learn I have been an urban educator, and actually taught college courses in the Bronx, at BCC. I became deeply steeped in New York's Puerto Rican culture, which I greatly admire.

"Second, last October Barack Obama panicked and sent his hapless mouthpiece Robert Gibbs out to smear me on 'Hannity & Colmes.' Gibbs tried to dredge up lies from a 25 year-old lawsuit involving Sotomayor's 'mentor.' Gibbs' smears and the lapdog New York Times' front-page echoing of those outrageous attacks on my integrity are about to bite them in Gibbs' amble buttocks; they had no idea in October they would have to regurgitate their words in June.

"That old lawsuit involved Joe 'Crazy Joey' or 'Cocaine Cabranes,' a cocaine-addled federal judge who went ballistic when I exposed he was using his personal divorce lawyer in cases appearing before him as a judge. 'Crazy Joey' tried to destroy me, and used his friends in the Court of Appeals to demonize me, to protect a bankruptcy fraud ring in New Haven federal courts involving the law firms of Irving Perlmutter, Richard Belford and Coan Lewendon & Royston. He even recruited Rudy Giuliani, who plays a cameo role in this theater of the absurd. We have the FBI records to document these outrages.

"As a result of my battles with the arrogant and corrupt judges of the Second Circuit, including the real anti-Semite Irving Kaufman, I became the 'undertaker' for Supreme Court nominations from the Second Circuit, and derailed both Cabranes' and Judge Jon R. Newman's nominations to the Supreme Court during the Clinton administration.

"Newman and 'Cocaine Cabranes' have continued to use their public offices to retaliate because of their personal grievances against me. So I know Sotomayor's 'mentor' and that creepy court as no one else does.

"My column Monday, however, does not deal with the past. It deals with Sotomayor's present. I bear her no personal ill will but her life has been a lie, and she should start telling the truth about whom she really is.

"To date, no one has really laid a glove on the mysterious Ms. Sotomayor. Monday we will reveal the 'secret life of Sonia Sotomayor.' That is, unless Sotomayor withdraws her nomination before then," Martin states. "This is the latest round in my 25 year-old battle to fight arrogance and corruption in the federal courts, and in America's most corrupt and incestuous court of appeals, the Second Circuit.

"People will not be looking at Sotomayor in the same light when I am through telling the truth about her. She should 'fess up to Obama, and withdraw as a nominee. As my regular readers are aware, I have a passionate commitment to 'finding the facts' and 'telling the truth.' My weekend will be spent in the Bronx."

NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO:

Internet powerhouse and Obama Author Andy Martin

WHAT:

Internet warrior Andy Martin exposes "the secret life of Sonia Sotomayor"

WHERE:

909 Third Avenue, public sidewalk in front of FDR Station, New York

WHEN:

Monday, June 1, 2:00 P. M.

MEDIA CONTACT:

(866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329

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Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

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Hawai'i lawsuit on Barack Obama's birth certificate featured in news report

Hawai'i Attorney General begins to turn over Obama freedom-of-information (Hawai'i Uniform Information Procedures Act) materials.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin reports on Barack Obama

"Obama: The Hawai'i Years" and
Operation Aloha Obama II are
historical research projects of
ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

(NEW YORK)(May 29, 2009) Our Hawai'i lawsuit was mentioned in a news story:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=99437

See our earlier trailer and interviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEygm9cmvck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwON6dKHks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKSq2oJ0W1c&feature=related

The full video of the Washington Birth Certificate Conference should be posted on the Internet shortly. I apologize for the delay in posting but there were, as always, budgetary problems.

The Washington Conference video will provide a valuable reference point. You can see some of the original documents at:
http://nationalconferenceonobama.blogspot.com/

The Conference blog, however, is no longer active. For continuing updates, please look at:
www.ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com, www.ContrarianCommentary.wordpress.com,
www.ContrarianCommentary.com

Our movie, "Obama: the Hawai'i Years," is being edited and should be ready for viewing soon. We think it is going to be a blockbuster. Lots of new insight and information from our location shooting in Honolulu. We are raising money to finish the post-production.

Please remember that while you may agree with us on Obama-related maters, we sometimes take controversial positions on other issues in the news.

Finally, more good news: We received yesterday an e-mail from the Hawai'i Attorney General. They have mailed us a package of freedom of information materials (though not the birth certificate itself). We have been pursuing these records for months. We will be reporting on the contents after the paperwork is received. The FOIA/UIPA documents were paid for by a generous contribution from an anonymous donor to the Committee of One Million (see below).

Subject:
Obama document request
Date:
5/28/2009 5:50:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From:
Russell.A.Suzuki@hawaii.gov
Reply To:

To:
Andymartinradio@aol.com

The documents are being mailed to you at your New York P.O. Box 1851 address.

Our "slow but steady" approach is working. We are fighting for the facts; we are searching for the truth. Nothing more. Nothing less. It is a shame that Robert Gibbs is not committed to the same high standards. More on him later.

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.
www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Obama birth certificate brief filed in Hawaii' appellate court

Law professor Andy Martin is asking the Hawai'i Intermediate Court of Appeals to order the release of Barack Obama's original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate. "This is a historical document," says Martin. "Why is Obama hiding the details of his life? Unless he has something to hide? I can assure Obama that the mysteries he likes to generate create a continuing firestorm of paranoia on the Internet about his birth, family and education. Ironically, if there is really nothing to hide, my lawsuit would actually benefit Obama by saving him from his own reflexive, self-destructive secrecy by putting his birth certificate out in the open." Another format of the brief can be found at www. ContrarianCommentary.com.

No. 29643

IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF HAWAI’I

ANDY MARTIN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

vs.

LINDA LINGLE, in her official
Capacity as Governor, et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

APPELLANT'S BRIEF


ANDY MARTIN
P.O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
Plaintiff Pro se – Appellant




INDEX

Statement of the Case 3

Points of Error 5

Standard of Review 6

Argument 6

I.
THE CLAIM THAT THE CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED
BECAUSE APPELLANT "FAILED TO SERVE THE DEFENDANTS"
IS AN INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE AND REFLECTS
BIAS AND HOSTILITY 6

II.
HAWAI'I OFFICIALS WAIVED SECRECY BY PUBLICLY
DISSEMINATING INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT
A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT 7

III.
THE CIRCUIT COURT MISCONSTRUED THE STATUTE 9


IV.
APPELLANT HAD STANDING TO SEEK ACCESS
TO HAWAII' HISTORICAL RECORDS 13


V.
WHY DID THE TRIAL COURT DELIBERATELY AND REPEATEDLY APPLY THE WRONG STANDARD OF LAW? 15


VI.
THE TREATMENT APPELLANT RECEIVED WAS
SHAMEFUL AND HOSTILE 16


CONCLUSION 17

Table of citations


Carlisle v. One (1) Boat, 118 Haw. 107, 185 P.3rd 855 (Haw. ICA 2008)

Estate of Campbell, 106 Haw. 453, 106 P.3rd 1096 (Haw. 2005)

Great American v. Aetna Casualty, 76 Haw. 346, 876 P.2d 1314 (Haw. 1994)

Honolulu Advertiser v. Takao, 59 Haw. 237, 580 P.2d 58 (Haw. 1978)

Ikeoka v. Kong, 47 Haw. 220, 386 P.2d 855 (Haw. 1963)

Uncle John's vs. Mid-Pacific, 71 Haw. 412, 794 P.2d 614 (Haw. 1990)

STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On October 17, 2008 Appellant Andy Martin (hereinafter "Appellant") filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment with the Circuit Court (R01-R16). Appellant also filed an Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause (R21-R24).
The Complaint sought access to the original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate of Barack Obama, then a candidate for president of the United States. The Emergency motion sought a ruling because "time is of the essence" to the impending presidential election.
The circuit judge acted on the emergency motion by setting a hearing date after the presidential election (on November 7, 2008, a ruling that is not in the record because that hearing became moot).
After this lawsuit was filed, the defendants, through respondent Fukino, disseminated information that they had examined the "original" birth certificate and it was valid (R50-90, Exhibit A).
The Attorney General ("AG") filed an opposition to emergency relief, which was already moot, on November 10th (R43-R49). On November 5th the AG filed a Motion to Dismiss (R25-R30) on the grounds that (i) Appellant lacked standing and (ii) Appellant failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted and (iii) Appellant had failed to serve the defendants.
The Appellant filed his proof of service on November 19, 2008 (R93-R95) having hand served the defendants on the same date.
The court conducted a hearing as rescheduled on November 18, 2008. On January 12, 2009 the circuit court filed an order denying the request for "emergency" relief (R113-R116) and dismissing the complaint "with prejudice," (R117-123) on the grounds that Appellant lacked standing and had failed to state a claim for relief.
Appellant had moved for reconsideration (R96-104) based on the original minute order of denial, and that motion was denied on January 27th (R124-R125). For good measure the circuit judge "sanctioned" appellant because his motion was "unsigned;" in doing so, the court violated its own rule by failing to give prior notice and an opportunity to cure the technical defect.

POINTS OF ERROR
The claim that the president of the United States is entitled to "privacy" of his Hawai'i birth records is an insult to historical scholarly research.
The claim that Plaintiff as an acknowledged expert and author of a book on President Obama, lacked "standing" to conduct historical scholarly research was legally erroneous.
The claim that Appellant had "failed to state a claim" to seek access to Hawaii's historical records was bizarre.
The claim that Appellant's lawsuit should be dismissed because he had "failed to serve" the defendants in less than thirty days was abusive and indicative of bias against an out-of-state litigant.
The imposition of a "sanction" by a judge who was violating the very rule he was sanctioning under was further indication of bias and hostility in the trial court.
The trial court deliberately and persistently applied the wrong standard of review the standard of an injunction, to this civil lawsuit.

STANDARD OF REVIEW
Because all of the rulings by the circuit judge were legal, the standard of review is plenary.

ARGUMENT
I.
THE CLAIM THAT THE CASE SHOULD BE DISMISSED
BECAUSE APPELLANT "FAILED TO SERVE THE DEFENDANTS"
IS AN INSULT TO THE INTELLIGENCE AND REFLECTS
BIAS AND HOSTILITY

Appellant would like this Court to rule in his favor on the historical issue, namely that Hawaii's historical records concerning a president of the United States are indeed historical records and should be open to scholarly research and review. Nevertheless, Appellant would be engaging in false pretenses if he suggested that he felt anything less than the cold chill of bias in the way this case was handled in the trial court.
This lawsuit was filed on October 17th by an Illinois resident.
A month later, the trial court dismissed the action because the Appellant had "failed to serve the defendants," even though the defendants were served twice, first by the Appellant when he sought emergency relief in October,and then personally served in November long before the court entered any dispositional order.
Unlike Rule 4 of the Federal rules, Hawai'i Rule 4 does not contained a 120-day limit on initial service. Nevertheless, Hawai'i courts have looked to federal rules for guidance. Punishing the Appellant with a dismissal "with prejudice" for not serving the defendants in less than thirty days is abusive and reflects contempt for the appearance of impartiality on the part of the local court.
II.
HAWAI'I OFFICIALS WAIVED SECRECY BY PUBLICLY
DISSEMINATING INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT
A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT

This lawsuit represents an example of manipulation by the Appellees. On the weekend before the presidential election, defendant Fukino disseminated a de facto "endorsement" of candidate Obama's birth certificate, saying she had examined the document and it was "valid," while continuing her refusal to release the actual record so her claims could be examined in context and while refusing to discuss the actual contents and information contained in the document.
With due respect, public officials are not free to manipulate records under their control, playing cat-and-mouse with the public by discussing the document while saying "I can see it but you can't." Such behavior constituted a waiver under Hawai'i law.
Hawai'i law clearly recognizes the principle of waiver in civil matters, Uncle John's vs. Mid-Pacific, 71 Haw. 412, 794 P.2d 614, 616-617 (Haw. 1990), Great American v. Aetna Casualty, 76 Haw. 346, 876 P.2d 1314, 1319 (Haw. 1994). The best analysis of the definition of waiver that falls squarely on the convoluted issues of this case, however, is found at Ikeoka v. Kong, 47 Haw. 220, 386 P.2d 855, 870 (Haw. 1963) in a concurring opinion by Justice Lewis:
'The question of whether or not a given state of facts brings the case within principles of the law of waiver is not always an easy one to determine. In Pabst Brewing Co. v. Milwaukee, 126 Wis. 110, 116, [105 N.W. 563] a statement of the principles which should govern in such cases, and which meets with our approval, is as follows: 'It would seem that the more satisfactory ground on which to support the doctrine of waiver is that it is a rule of judicial policy, the legal outgrowth of judicial adhorrence, so to speak, of a person's taking inconsistent positions and gaining advantages thereby through the aid of courts,--a rule by which, regardless [47 Haw. 249] of absence of any element of estoppel or consideration as those terms are popularly understood, the maxim that one shall not be permitted to blow hot, then with advantage to himself turn and blow cold, within limits sanctioned by long experience as required for the due administration of justice, has been prohibitively applied. * * *'' Scott v. Pilipo, 25 Haw. 386, 391.
Dr. Fukino should not be allowed to play "now you see it, now you don't," with the public. Her discussion and her direct personal efforts to seek worldwide publicity for her manipulation of the historical record constituted a waiver of secrecy in the mind of any fair-minded and impartial observer.
III.
THE CIRCUIT COURT MISCONSTRUED THE STATUTE
The AG's submission to the trial court cited the relevant statutory language out of context and sought to turn the broad statutory language in exactly the opposite direction from the express language in the law itself. This legerdemain is unacceptable and should raise the eyebrows of any reviewing court.
Any time a public official cites a statute's language out of context, a question is raised as to "why?"
The critical statutory language of HRS §338-18(b) that the AG omitted from its Motion to Dismiss states:
(b) The department shall not permit inspection of public health statistics records, or issue a certified copy of any such record or part thereof, unless it is satisfied that the applicant has a direct and tangible interest in the record. The following persons shall be considered to have a direct and tangible interest in a public health statistics record:

The statute then goes on to enumerate the list of persons cited by the AG to the trial court. The AG's omission of the introductory language to the section cited, when coupled with the AG's attempts to alter the context of the statutory language, was a serious distortion of the law's plain language.
Section 338-18(b) merely provides a list of persons who ipso facto are entitled to have a direct interest; by no reasonable reading can this language support the AG's argument in the trial court that the list following the preamble is exclusive instead of exemplary.
The term "direct and tangible interest," moreover, is not defined in the statute even though other critical terms are, see HRS §338-1. The omission of a definition of the term "direct and tangible interest," when considered in the context of 338-1, shows conclusively that the legislature did not intend for the exemplars provided in the statute to be a self-limiting and exclusive list of persons entitled to access.
Indeed, the statute itself provides an open-ended opportunity for access in 18(b)(9) by vesting a state court with untrammeled and unrestrained authority to order access to any person on such terms as the court considers just and appropriate. No one can reasonably argue that 338-18(b)(9) in any way constrains or places any limiting language on the common law and common sense authority of a court to grant relief.
In the absence of a statutory definition for "direct and tangible interest," this court is left on appeal to fashion a definition or interpretation out of common language and common sense. As this Court stated in Carlisle v. One (1) Boat, 118 Haw. 107, 185 P.3rd 855, 860 (Haw. ICA 2008):
A. Statutory Interpretation-Civil
Questions of statutory interpretation are questions
of law to be reviewed de novo under the right/wrong
standard.
Our statutory construction is guided by the following well-established principles:
[When construing a statute,] our foremost obligation is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, which is to be obtained primarily from the language contained in the statute itself. And we must read statutory language in the context of the entire statute and construe it in a manner consistent with its purpose.
When there is doubt, doubleness of meaning, or indistinctiveness or uncertainty of an expression used in a statute, an ambiguity exists.
In construing an ambiguous statute, the meaning of the ambiguous words may be sought by examining the context, with which the ambiguous words, phrases, and sentences may be compared, in order to ascertain their true meaning. Moreover, the courts may resort to extrinsic aids in determining legislative intent. One avenue is the use of legislative history as an interpretive tool.
This court may also consider the reason and spirit of the law, and the cause which induced the legislature to enact it to discover its true meaning.
Lingle v. Hawai‘i Gov't Employees Ass'n, AFSCME, Local 152, 107 Hawai‘i 178, 183, 111 P.3d 587, 592 (2005) (internal quotation marks, brackets, and ellipses omitted) (quoting Guth v. Freeland, 96 Hawai‘i 147, 149-50, 28 P.3d 982, 984-95 (2001).
Is the underlying Health Act ambiguous? Appellant would argue that it is not. The statute clearly provides a list of persons or entities that are automatically entitled to access, but nowhere does the law state that the list is exclusive.
The statute itself contains in Subsection (9), a wide-open grant of jurisdiction to order access to records based on any terms the Court finds just and reasonable. Nowhere is the court's power under Subsection (9) limited or confined. Clearly, the legislature was anticipating precisely such a case as this one, where a legitimate author and columnist seeks access to what have now become vital records in American history.
The Hawai'i Supreme Court decided an issue similar to the instant one, namely how to construe a general statute, in Estate of Campbell, 106 Haw. 453, 106 P.3rd 1096, 1101 (Haw. 2005)("Campbell"). where the Court stated:
Whether Appellants constitute "interested persons" as defined in HRS § 560:1-201 is a matter of statutory interpretation and therefore a question of law subject to de novo review. Ing v. Acceptance Ins. Co., 76 Hawai'i 266, 874 P.2d 1091 (1994). As oft-stated, "our primary duty [when interpreting statutes] is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, which is obtained primarily from the language of the statute itself." Id. at 270, 874 P.2d at 1095. We have also noted on several occasions that "where the language of the statute is plain and unambiguous, our only duty is to give effect to its plain and obvious meaning." Id. (citing AIG Hawaii Ins. Co. v. Estate of Caraang, 74 Haw. 620, 634, 851 P.2d 321, 328 (1993)). In this case, the language of the relevant statutes is plain and unambiguous.
Plaintiff submits that the statute sub judice is equally "plain and unambiguous" in (i) placing no limits on the categories of persons entitled to access to records and merely providing an exemplary list of persons who receive automatic a priori access, and (ii) allowing a court to exercise its general jurisdiction concerning access determinations, as provided by Subsection (9).
For purposes of this lawsuit, the Supreme Court also noted that the general grant of jurisdiction under HRS §603-21.9 could be read in pari materia with Subsection (9) of the Health statute. 106 P.3rd 1107 fn. 21.
Any reasonable construction of the statutory language would yield ineluctably to the conclusion that the legislature has provided broad powers to any court to allow access on terms the court believes are just and reasonable. The arguments advanced by the AG and accepted by the trial court shut the doors on historical research in Hawaii's government archives.
IV.
APPELLANT HAD STANDING TO SEEK ACCESS
TO HAWAII' HISTORICAL RECORDS

The appellant is a recognized authority on Barack Obama. He has written a book that is in the record (R for November 17, on "bulky shelf"). Appellant's work is so highly regarded he has been cited by other bestselling authors.
Bona fide members of the media and authors such as Plaintiff enjoy a qualified constitutional and common law right to access vital public records. That general principle applies a fortiori to historical records concerning a president of the United States.
The common law/constitutional right to access vital public records was explicitly set forth in two directly applicable Hawai'i Supreme Court cases, Honolulu Advertiser v. Takao, 59 Haw. 237, 580 P.2d 58 (Haw. 1978)("Takao"), and Estate of Campbell, 106 haw. 453, 106 P.3rd 1096 (Haw. 2005)("Campbell").
Because the term "direct and tangible interest" is not defined in the statute (see Part IV, supra), this Court can look to Takao, where the Court stated that "We construe the phrase 'any party' to mean any person who seeks the transcript for a legitimate and proper purpose." 580 P.2d 61. Here, Plaintiff seeks access to the original typewritten 1961 COLB for what are facially "legitimate and proper purposes."
Takao establishes an unequivocal common law right to copy public records, 580 P.2d 61. The common law right is critical because in Campbell the Supreme Court underscored that its decision rested on the common law and did not need to go to the extent of making a constitutional determination, 106 P.3rd 1108 fn. 26:
Additionally, inasmuch as our policy of judicial openness is rooted in the common law, see Takao, 59 Haw. at 239, 580 P.2d at 61 (concluding that the "public does generally have the right, established by the common law, to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records"), we need not reach the issue of whether the right of access is also protected under both the federal and our state constitutions.

To claim that Appellant lacks "standing" to conduct historical research about the president of the United States in Hawai'i archives demeans this state and makes the state and its government officials look petty and provincial.
V.
WHY DID THE TRIAL COURT DELIBERATELY AND REPEATEDLY APPLY THE WRONG STANDARD OF LAW?

On October 17th, the Appellant sought issuance of an "order to show cause" (R21-R24) based on an upcoming election. The election passed. Despite the fact that the election was over, and the trial judge himself corrected his own rulings to state "president-elect," the judge steadfastly refused to apply a normal standard of review and persistently insisted on applying to this lawsuit a standard concerning issuance of an injunction.
At no time did Appellant ever seek an injunction. The mere request for a pre-election "order to show cause" obviously became moot after the election. Despite that fact, this entire lawsuit was deliberately decided under the wrong standard of law, i.e. the standard applying to injunctions, when this lawsuit never sought an injunction.
Why did the trial court persistently apply the wrong standard of review?
VI.
THE TREATMENT APPELLANT RECEIVED WAS SHAMEFUL AND HOSTILE
This lawsuit and this appeal are about access to Hawaii's historical records about the president of the United States. It is not a recusal battle. Nevertheless, when a judge imposes a "sanction" because appellant failed to sign a motion, and the rule the judge was sanctioning under required prior notice to a party before imposition of a sanction, the utter hostility of the trial court is painfully, and embarrassingly apparent.
Because this appeal involves pure statutory construction and review of a legal, as opposed to factually disputed, record this Court need not remand. The Court should decide the issues presented, as this Court is authorized to do, and direct release of the records in question.

CONCLUSION
Barack Obama is president of the United States. His records while living in Hawai'i are the now records of American history (as they were on November 19, 2008 when the "hearing" in this case was conducted). To claim that Hawai'i wants to protect the "privacy" of presidential records is an obviously absurd position that brings the judicial system into disrepute.
Secrecy laws were intended to protect the privacy of private citizens, not presidents. As a newspaper article submitted separately to this Court through the Clerk suggests, the president does not have traditional or standard privacy rights. Even if those privacy rights existed as to intimate matters, such as a loathsome disease or other issues traditionally taught in law school, "privacy" as a concept cannot logically be stretched to include restriction of historical access to a neutral and objective document: a birth certificate.
Most respectfully, this Court is asked to reverse the action of the trial court, and to decide the merits of Appellant's claims by directing prompt release of any and all Hawai'i records concerning the president of the United States.

Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN

U.S. policy towards Iran is nothing more than an Israeli charade

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin blows the roof off the New York Times' refusal to disclose which "allies and domestic constituencies" are blocking abandonment of a failed Iran policy. "What are the identities of these 'allies and domestic constituencies,' that the New York Times refuses to print?" asks Martin. Martin, who was in Iran in 1979-1980 during the hostage crisis, is internationally regarded as America's most respected independent Middle East/Asia expert.

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HOW THE ISRAELI REGIME IS ENDANGERING AMERICA AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

ANDY MARTIN SAYS A NUCLEAR IRAN IS INEVITABLE, AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS KNOW THAT; RATHER, ISRAEL IS REALLY USING "IRAN" AS ITS LATEST FOIL TO DELAY AND DEFLECT PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD.

THE NEW YORK TIMES TAP DANCES AROUND THE "ISRAEL LOBBY'S" MALIGNANT INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

(NEW YORK)(May 25, 2009) If you want a glaring example of how the "Israel lobby" strikes fear in the hearts of the New York Times and U. S. foreign policy experts, an article in Sunday's New York Times is a golden classic:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/
24leverett.html?ref=opinion

The article speaks of "positions that some allies and domestic constituencies won’t like." Who are these secret opponents that are blocking abandonment of a failed strategy? The "Israel Lobby," of course. The "Israel Lobby" became notorious after an academic exposé that in turn created a firestorm of criticism directed against the authors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_
Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy

What is the real policy agenda of the Israeli government? Do Israelis really want to start World war III by attacking Iran? Or is Iran just a foil? A charade? A distraction. I believe that "Iran" is only the latest in an endless list of diversionary tactics employed by the Israeli regime to delay and divert Palestinian statehood. Follow me on this.

Just before President Bill Clinton left office in 2001 Israel and the Palestinians were close to an agreement. That 2001 understanding ultimately will form the basis of a future Palestinian state.

President George Bush succeeded Clinton, and Ariel Sharon became head of the Israeli junta. Sharon focused on confusing Bush and creating a pretext for Bush to abandon the nearly completed statehood arrangements. Instead of preparing for the tenth anniversary of Palestinian statehood today, and peace, Israel still occupies Palestine and occupies the U. S. government's foreign policy as well.

How did Israel succeed? By using the same tactics in 2001 that it is using in 2009: creating a bogeyman as a "barrier to peace."

But there is a change in 2009: even Israel's staunchest supporters are beginning to see through the Israel game plan even IF they cannot publicly admit the fact:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/23/AR2009052301536.html

What did Sharon do in 2001-2003?

Sharon sent two types of people to the U.S. He sent professional intelligence people to discuss critical issues (all of which the Bushies ignored) about a potential invasion of Iraq; he also sent clowns to the White House, to scare Bush with claims of an "existential" threat to Israel's existence. 2002 was so 2009.

Israel always has to have an "existential" threat because this "threat" is used to justify delaying statehood to Palestinians. Lacking any foreign policy expertise of his own, Bush turned to his advisers, who were mostly Israeli sympathizers. These men served Bush badly and ultimately betrayed his administration. They launched the invasion of Iraq.

In 2001-2003 Israel was trumpeting that Saddam Hussein was "paying money to suicide bombers." Saddam's behavior was proffered as a pretext to invade Iraq. Bush was buffaloed with false claims of an Al Qaeda-Iraq liaison, and "terrorists" receiving medical care in Baghdad. WMDs anyone? Many of these claims had superficial validity. But none of them individually and none of them collectively furnished any basis to invade Iraq, to squander a trillion dollars, to demolish Bush's presidency and to endanger America's economy.

I am not suggesting that Israel is ultimately responsible for the Iraq mess. I blame Bush and his junta of jerks for invading a nation that was no "existential" threat to anyone. Iraq had been effectively contained with an American policy that had cost only a handful of lives and pocket change in the federal budget. The Israelis may have duped and deceived Bush, but I hold Bush, not Israel, responsible for his own stupidity and incompetence.

The invasion/occupation imbroglio Bush created served as a basis to delay Palestinian statehood and to perpetuate the Israeli occupation and terrorization of the Palestinian people.

In 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu is again making the same "existential threat" claim. This time the "threat" is Iran. He came to Washington saying "no action in Palestine until Iran is solved." People laughed at him. Once again, Israel is making noises about unleashing bombing attacks on Tehran the same way it previously threatened Baghdad. Once again we hear Israelis boasting in the house organ of Israeli propaganda, the Wall Street Journal, that the regime is committing kidnapping, murder and arson in support of its national policy.

Only this time, while Israelis are selling the same "existential" hokum, Americans are not buying. In a curious reversal of reality, the "pro-Israel" Democrats are refraining from self-destructive action where the previously "pro-Arab Bush Republicans" stepped into the Iraq mess. Maybe someone has learned something.

As David Ignatius of the Washington Post put it, there is no "magic bullet" solution to the Iran situation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052202591.html

Iran can read the newspapers just as we can, and see that Israelis are boasting of kidnapping, murders and arsons all directed at the Iranian people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124243059842325581.html

Likewise, the U. S. has been undermining the Iranian government:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/washington/11iran.html

The U. S. has appointed an Israeli supporter, Dennis Ross, as "negotiator" to Iran. He's not neutral. Ross works to advance Israeli interests.

In addition, Obama is repeating another one of Bush II's major mistakes: "secret agreements" with Israelis. According to the Washington Times, the U. S. and Israel are creating a clandestine "working group" to "assess the progress" of U. S. Policy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/20/
us-israel-forming-working-group-on-iran/

Since when does the U. S. need Israeli assistance to evaluate U. S. foreign policy? And they wonder why people ridicule us and hate us in the Middle East. Despite this cloak-and-dagger drama, however, Israel is still employing Iran as a foil to delay and disrupt Palestinian statehood.

The bottom line: Israel is using Iran the same way it used Iraq, as a charade to delay Palestinian statehood. The increased secrecy may indicate that the "allies and domestic constituencies" who cannot be named by the New York Times, namely the "Israel lobby," may finally be losing influence within the executive branch while they visibly continue to impound the U.S. Congress.

Is Iran a "threat" to Israel? No more than Israel is a threat to itself. Israel's forty-year occupation of Palestine, after a concocted 1967 war based on phony claims, including the murderous attack on U.S. sailors aboard the U. S.S. Liberty, is the greatest threat to world peace.

I am not suggesting choirboys lead Iran. Obviously that is not the situation. But Israelis focus on Iranian rhetoric rather than Iranian deeds. Iran has never attacked any of its neighbors. Israel constantly does.

Do Iranians have a reason to dislike Israel? Well, yes. Israelis are world-class experts in torture. Israelis tutored the Shah of Iran's Savak on how to torture Iranian citizens, and especially mullahs. So, yes, if someone had tortured me, and I knew who that person's teacher was, I would not be friendly towards the torture teacher. Anyone disagree? Iran clearly has a basis to hate Israel. Just ask the Iranians who were tortured under Israeli supervision.

What about the bugaboos of U. S. politics, "Hamas" and "Hizballah?" Iran does indeed mentor and supply and finance these anti-Israel institutions. There is no doubt of that fact. But these organizations will diminish when the occupation ends and peace begins. These organizations have never targeted Americans and represent a local, homegrown response to Israel's occupation of Palestine.

Over the past decade I have sketched how "peace" will come to the Middle East. Once peace is formally approved, hostilities will not end all at once. Extremists on both sides—Israelis who claim a mission from God and Muslims who claim an equally God-given mandate—will continue to snipe at each other. "Peace" in the Middle East will not immediately look the way it does along the streets of Chicago or New York or Washington. A level of violence and terrorism will persist.

But as both Israelis and Palestinians recognize, and they will, that they have more to gain from peace than war, Israelis and Palestinians will take control of their own destiny and eventually wipe out their own extremists, the military warmongers in Israel and the resistance in Palestine.

Today racists and extremists who support ethic cleansing as Israeli national policy manage the Israeli government. Avigdor Lieberman is "foreign minister" for the regime; he wants to eject Arabs and seize Palestine as "God-given" Israeli land. He lives in an illegal settlement on occupied land. The "regime" (and I call it a regime for that reason) does not condemn racism, or ethnic cleansing or occupation or torture. The United States tolerates thuggish claims in the Israeli government that it condemns in the Iranian leadership.

Mr. Lieberman, meet Mr. Ahmedinejad.

Torture and occupation have become part of Israel's national DNA. No one can disengage from his or her DNA without external actors. Israel needs a big dose of international chemotherapy before it can legitimately be called a civilized state. Symphony orchestras in Tel Aviv and Nobel Prizes are used to mask torture and occupation. No one is fooled, except American politicians who have their palms out and pretend not to see the Israeli atrocities while scooping up pro-Israel campaign donations.

In the meantime, writers and editors at the New York Times live in fear of naming the unmentionable "allies and domestic constituencies" whose names cannot be printed. Why is the Times afraid to name these unmentionables? Fear of being branded "anti-Semitic." False screams of anti-Semitism are used to silence America's media.

Please do not be intimidated by or misled by Israeli propaganda masquerading as U. S. Government policy. Israelis are the existential threat to Israel, not Iranians. The U. S. should settle the Palestinian question, which the United States crated in 1948, and peacefully resolve its differences with Iran. As for the Israel lobby? You be the judge of what punishment fits the crime of having tortured U. S. foreign policy for over sixty years.

Pro-peace Israelis believe Obama represents a break with past U.S. policy. In'shallah. On this issue, I hope they are right.

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“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He has over forty years of experience in Asia and the Middle East, and is regarded overseas as America’s most respected independent foreign policy, military and intelligence analyst. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

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U.S. policy towards Iran is nothing more than an Israeli charade

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin blows the roof off the New York Times' refusal to disclose which "allies and domestic constituencies" are blocking abandonment of a failed Iran policy. "What are the identities of these 'allies and domestic constituencies,' that the New York Times refuses to print?" asks Martin. Martin, who was in Iran in 1979-1980 during the hostage crisis, is internationally regarded as America's most respected independent Middle East/Asia expert.

Why U.S. policy towards Iran is nothing more than an Israeli charade

Is Iran stupid, or what? Not likely

ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

HOW THE ISRAELI REGIME IS ENDANGERING AMERICA AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

ANDY MARTIN SAYS A NUCLEAR IRAN IS INEVITABLE, AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS KNOW THAT; RATHER, ISRAEL IS REALLY USING "IRAN" AS ITS LATEST FOIL TO DELAY AND DEFLECT PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD.

THE NEW YORK TIMES TAP DANCES AROUND THE "ISRAEL LOBBY'S" MALIGNANT INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

(NEW YORK)(May 25, 2009) If you want a glaring example of how the "Israel lobby" strikes fear in the hearts of the New York Times and U. S. foreign policy experts, an article in Sunday's New York Times is a golden classic:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/opinion/
24leverett.html?ref=opinion

The article speaks of "positions that some allies and domestic constituencies won’t like." Who are these secret opponents that are blocking abandonment of a failed strategy? The "Israel Lobby," of course. The "Israel Lobby" became notorious after an academic exposé that in turn created a firestorm of criticism directed against the authors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_
Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy

What is the real policy agenda of the Israeli government? Do Israelis really want to start World war III by attacking Iran? Or is Iran just a foil? A charade? A distraction. I believe that "Iran" is only the latest in an endless list of diversionary tactics employed by the Israeli regime to delay and divert Palestinian statehood. Follow me on this.

Just before President Bill Clinton left office in 2001 Israel and the Palestinians were close to an agreement. That 2001 understanding ultimately will form the basis of a future Palestinian state.

President George Bush succeeded Clinton, and Ariel Sharon became head of the Israeli junta. Sharon focused on confusing Bush and creating a pretext for Bush to abandon the nearly completed statehood arrangements. Instead of preparing for the tenth anniversary of Palestinian statehood today, and peace, Israel still occupies Palestine and occupies the U. S. government's foreign policy as well.

How did Israel succeed? By using the same tactics in 2001 that it is using in 2009: creating a bogeyman as a "barrier to peace."

But there is a change in 2009: even Israel's staunchest supporters are beginning to see through the Israel game plan even IF they cannot publicly admit the fact:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/23/AR2009052301536.html

What did Sharon do in 2001-2003?

Sharon sent two types of people to the U.S. He sent professional intelligence people to discuss critical issues (all of which the Bushies ignored) about a potential invasion of Iraq; he also sent clowns to the White House, to scare Bush with claims of an "existential" threat to Israel's existence. 2002 was so 2009.

Israel always has to have an "existential" threat because this "threat" is used to justify delaying statehood to Palestinians. Lacking any foreign policy expertise of his own, Bush turned to his advisers, who were mostly Israeli sympathizers. These men served Bush badly and ultimately betrayed his administration. They launched the invasion of Iraq.

In 2001-2003 Israel was trumpeting that Saddam Hussein was "paying money to suicide bombers." Saddam's behavior was proffered as a pretext to invade Iraq. Bush was buffaloed with false claims of an Al Qaeda-Iraq liaison, and "terrorists" receiving medical care in Baghdad. WMDs anyone? Many of these claims had superficial validity. But none of them individually and none of them collectively furnished any basis to invade Iraq, to squander a trillion dollars, to demolish Bush's presidency and to endanger America's economy.

I am not suggesting that Israel is ultimately responsible for the Iraq mess. I blame Bush and his junta of jerks for invading a nation that was no "existential" threat to anyone. Iraq had been effectively contained with an American policy that had cost only a handful of lives and pocket change in the federal budget. The Israelis may have duped and deceived Bush, but I hold Bush, not Israel, responsible for his own stupidity and incompetence.

The invasion/occupation imbroglio Bush created served as a basis to delay Palestinian statehood and to perpetuate the Israeli occupation and terrorization of the Palestinian people.

In 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu is again making the same "existential threat" claim. This time the "threat" is Iran. He came to Washington saying "no action in Palestine until Iran is solved." People laughed at him. Once again, Israel is making noises about unleashing bombing attacks on Tehran the same way it previously threatened Baghdad. Once again we hear Israelis boasting in the house organ of Israeli propaganda, the Wall Street Journal, that the regime is committing kidnapping, murder and arson in support of its national policy.

Only this time, while Israelis are selling the same "existential" hokum, Americans are not buying. In a curious reversal of reality, the "pro-Israel" Democrats are refraining from self-destructive action where the previously "pro-Arab Bush Republicans" stepped into the Iraq mess. Maybe someone has learned something.

As David Ignatius of the Washington Post put it, there is no "magic bullet" solution to the Iran situation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052202591.html

Iran can read the newspapers just as we can, and see that Israelis are boasting of kidnapping, murders and arsons all directed at the Iranian people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124243059842325581.html

Likewise, the U. S. has been undermining the Iranian government:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/washington/11iran.html

The U. S. has appointed an Israeli supporter, Dennis Ross, as "negotiator" to Iran. He's not neutral. Ross works to advance Israeli interests.

In addition, Obama is repeating another one of Bush II's major mistakes: "secret agreements" with Israelis. According to the Washington Times, the U. S. and Israel are creating a clandestine "working group" to "assess the progress" of U. S. Policy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/20/
us-israel-forming-working-group-on-iran/

Since when does the U. S. need Israeli assistance to evaluate U. S. foreign policy? And they wonder why people ridicule us and hate us in the Middle East. Despite this cloak-and-dagger drama, however, Israel is still employing Iran as a foil to delay and disrupt Palestinian statehood.

The bottom line: Israel is using Iran the same way it used Iraq, as a charade to delay Palestinian statehood. The increased secrecy may indicate that the "allies and domestic constituencies" who cannot be named by the New York Times, namely the "Israel lobby," may finally be losing influence within the executive branch while they visibly continue to impound the U.S. Congress.

Is Iran a "threat" to Israel? No more than Israel is a threat to itself. Israel's forty-year occupation of Palestine, after a concocted 1967 war based on phony claims, including the murderous attack on U.S. sailors aboard the U. S.S. Liberty, is the greatest threat to world peace.

I am not suggesting choirboys lead Iran. Obviously that is not the situation. But Israelis focus on Iranian rhetoric rather than Iranian deeds. Iran has never attacked any of its neighbors. Israel constantly does.

Do Iranians have a reason to dislike Israel? Well, yes. Israelis are world-class experts in torture. Israelis tutored the Shah of Iran's Savak on how to torture Iranian citizens, and especially mullahs. So, yes, if someone had tortured me, and I knew who that person's teacher was, I would not be friendly towards the torture teacher. Anyone disagree? Iran clearly has a basis to hate Israel. Just ask the Iranians who were tortured under Israeli supervision.

What about the bugaboos of U. S. politics, "Hamas" and "Hizballah?" Iran does indeed mentor and supply and finance these anti-Israel institutions. There is no doubt of that fact. But these organizations will diminish when the occupation ends and peace begins. These organizations have never targeted Americans and represent a local, homegrown response to Israel's occupation of Palestine.

Over the past decade I have sketched how "peace" will come to the Middle East. Once peace is formally approved, hostilities will not end all at once. Extremists on both sides—Israelis who claim a mission from God and Muslims who claim an equally God-given mandate—will continue to snipe at each other. "Peace" in the Middle East will not immediately look the way it does along the streets of Chicago or New York or Washington. A level of violence and terrorism will persist.

But as both Israelis and Palestinians recognize, and they will, that they have more to gain from peace than war, Israelis and Palestinians will take control of their own destiny and eventually wipe out their own extremists, the military warmongers in Israel and the resistance in Palestine.

Today racists and extremists who support ethic cleansing as Israeli national policy manage the Israeli government. Avigdor Lieberman is "foreign minister" for the regime; he wants to eject Arabs and seize Palestine as "God-given" Israeli land. He lives in an illegal settlement on occupied land. The "regime" (and I call it a regime for that reason) does not condemn racism, or ethnic cleansing or occupation or torture. The United States tolerates thuggish claims in the Israeli government that it condemns in the Iranian leadership.

Mr. Lieberman, meet Mr. Ahmedinejad.

Torture and occupation have become part of Israel's national DNA. No one can disengage from his or her DNA without external actors. Israel needs a big dose of international chemotherapy before it can legitimately be called a civilized state. Symphony orchestras in Tel Aviv and Nobel Prizes are used to mask torture and occupation. No one is fooled, except American politicians who have their palms out and pretend not to see the Israeli atrocities while scooping up pro-Israel campaign donations.

In the meantime, writers and editors at the New York Times live in fear of naming the unmentionable "allies and domestic constituencies" whose names cannot be printed. Why is the Times afraid to name these unmentionables? Fear of being branded "anti-Semitic." False screams of anti-Semitism are used to silence America's media.

Please do not be intimidated by or misled by Israeli propaganda masquerading as U. S. Government policy. Israelis are the existential threat to Israel, not Iranians. The U. S. should settle the Palestinian question, which the United States crated in 1948, and peacefully resolve its differences with Iran. As for the Israel lobby? You be the judge of what punishment fits the crime of having tortured U. S. foreign policy for over sixty years.

Pro-peace Israelis believe Obama represents a break with past U.S. policy. In'shallah. On this issue, I hope they are right.

-----------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He has over forty years of experience in Asia and the Middle East, and is regarded overseas as America’s most respected independent foreign policy, military and intelligence analyst. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

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Report from Honolulu, Part Two: Continuing questions about "Who is Barack Obama?"

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin continues his reporting with a discussion of the upcoming movie "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," and the film's impact on public perceptions about Obama's family history. Martin is the originator of the theory that Frank Marshall Davis is Barack Obama's biological father. "Years" was researched and filmed in Hawai'i.


"Obama: The Hawai'i Years" and
Operation Aloha Obama II are
historical research projects of
ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

REPORT FROM HONOLULU, PART TWO: WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?

(NEW YORK)(May 20, 2009)

Dear Friends:

Aloha.

This my second of two reports on our recently concluded investigative trip to Honolulu. Thanks to all of you, the effort was a major success. As the only Obama investigator/critic who has made multiple trips to Hawai'i I can assure you there is no substitute for on-the-scene experience.

Today I report on the way your support for our activity in Hawai'i is changing the perception of Barack Obama's family history.

When we conducted "Operation Aloha Obama" in October 2008 the investigative team in Honolulu was the first to look into Barack Obama's family history. The mainstream media had ignored Obama's Hawai'i years and pretended that Obama was "from Chicago." Obama arrived in Chicago as an adult in his mid-20's. Almost any psychologist will attest that character and identity are formed in childhood years, not in adulthood.

We asked the basic question: who is Barack Obama? There had even been differencing explanations as to where Obama was born. Two hospitals had been identified as his birthplace. How could something as simple as a birth hospital become occluded?

Likewise, way back in 2004 I was the first to raise questions about Obama's family history. It took the mainstream media four years to catch up with me and admit the obvious: "Dreams From My Father" was a novel, not an autobiography. Obama had invented composite characters. No white author could get away with such legerdemain. The mainstream media have never admitted that Obama was raised as a Muslim until the age of ten.

And then there was the question of "Frank." By Barack's own admission, "Frank" had obviously been a critical influence in Obama's formative years. Frank was, of course, Frank Marshall Davis, poet, author, writer, civil rights agitator, and communist.

Based on research we conducted in October, 2008 I announced that it was my belief that Frank Marshall Davis was actually Barack Obamas biological father. Barack Obama, the Kenyan student, had been a stand-in for Davis because Davis was already married to a wealthy woman and had a family.

How was this possible? Families lie about themselves all the time.

CNN made light of the theory, but my analysis has received growing acceptance despite mainstream media censorship.

When we returned to Honolulu in "Operation Aloha Obama II" to film "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," we tested the Frank Marshall Davis hypothesis all over again.

When you plug the Kenyan Obama's name in as "father" in Barack Obama's family tree, nothing makes sense, and nothing adds up. When you substitute Frank Marshall Davis' name, all the pieces of the puzzle fit neatly together. The "dreams" in "Dreams From My Father" were Frank Marshall Davis' dreams. Barack Obama came to Chicago because Chicago was both the residence and spiritual home that Frank had been forced to abandon.

Obama used his control of the New York Times to smear me and intimidate Fox News last year. I am under constant electronic attack by Obamabots. Why are they still so afraid of me? The campaign was over months ago.

But while the campaign is over, the search for the historical truth and our efforts to find the facts about Barack Obama are continuing.

There have been differences of opinion as to how to pursue facts about Obama. After the election there was a flurry of lawsuits challenging Obama's "eligibility." The lawsuits lacked legal or procedural substance. They were too late, often filed in the wrong courts, and presupposed facts that had not been proven or legal principles that did not exist. These lawsuits made Obama's opponents feel good, but they achieved no useful purpose.

On the other hand, I filed suit in Hawai'i, to pry loose Obama's original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate. That is the only starting place to learn the truth about Obama. Obama has prevented disclosure of this document despite its obvious practical importance and historical significance.

Unlike the "hares" that were quick to file lawsuits without evidence, I adopted the role of a tortoise who sought evidence before making accusations. I refused to make arguments that I knew would not stand up in court. There is a vast difference between making a frivolous or fictitious claim that is not supported by facts, and making an arguable claim that seeks to find the facts. I have always focused on finding the facts and telling the truth.

In the process, we have accomplished something that has changed the way researchers and authors will approach Obama's ancestry and parentage in the future. They will have to address the Frank Marshall Davis theory. We have both highlighted the circumstantial evidence connecting Davis to Obama and focused on Davis as the missing link in explaining Obama's character as a committed radical.

There is nothing wrong with continuing to pry into the unknown truths about Obama's past. Scholars are still arguing about who William Shakespeare really was four hundred years ago. We will ultimately obtain an answer through DNA and possibly Obama's own admission when he feels free enough to admit the truth about himself.

So, when we screen "Obama: the Hawai'i Years," we will be presenting both known facts about Obama, for the first time anywhere in a coherent movie format, as well as raising scholarly questions about Obama's true parentage.

Your support and your encouragement are changing the face and pace of historical research about Barack Obama. In the past, Obama has used media sycophants such as David Mendell of the Chicago Tribune to deliver his disinformation. We won't let him get away with that tactic even though he will no doubt seek to manipulate David Maraniss' proposed biography.

I don’t know how soon we will be able to edit the tape, and possibly do some in-fill video, but as soon as we can afford to complete the movie we will release it on the Internet.

God bless you all. We are doing a good job; we need your support. If you have not yet backed Operation Aloha Obama II or "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," you can make an online donation at:

www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com

or mail a check to us at P.O. Box 1851, New York, NY 10150-1851.

Best wishes,

Andy

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Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

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Report from Honolulu, Part Two: Continuing questions about "Who is Barack Obama?"

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin continues his reporting with a discussion of the upcoming movie "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," and the film's impact on public perceptions about Obama's family history. Martin is the originator of the theory that Frank Marshall Davis is Barack Obama's biological father. "Years" was researched and filmed in Hawai'i.

"Obama: The Hawai'i Years" and
Operation Aloha Obama II are
historical research projects of
ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

REPORT FROM HONOLULU, PART TWO: WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?

(NEW YORK)(May 20, 2009)

Dear Friends:

Aloha.

This my second of two reports on our recently concluded investigative trip to Honolulu. Thanks to all of you, the effort was a major success. As the only Obama investigator/critic who has made multiple trips to Hawai'i I can assure you there is no substitute for on-the-scene experience.

Today I report on the way your support for our activity in Hawai'i is changing the perception of Barack Obama's family history.

When we conducted "Operation Aloha Obama" in October 2008 the investigative team in Honolulu was the first to look into Barack Obama's family history. The mainstream media had ignored Obama's Hawai'i years and pretended that Obama was "from Chicago." Obama arrived in Chicago as an adult in his mid-20's. Almost any psychologist will attest that character and identity are formed in childhood years, not in adulthood.

We asked the basic question: who is Barack Obama? There had even been differencing explanations as to where Obama was born. Two hospitals had been identified as his birthplace. How could something as simple as a birth hospital become occluded?

Likewise, way back in 2004 I was the first to raise questions about Obama's family history. It took the mainstream media four years to catch up with me and admit the obvious: "Dreams From My Father" was a novel, not an autobiography. Obama had invented composite characters. No white author could get away with such legerdemain. The mainstream media have never admitted that Obama was raised as a Muslim until the age of ten.

And then there was the question of "Frank." By Barack's own admission, "Frank" had obviously been a critical influence in Obama's formative years. Frank was, of course, Frank Marshall Davis, poet, author, writer, civil rights agitator, and communist.

Based on research we conducted in October, 2008 I announced that it was my belief that Frank Marshall Davis was actually Barack Obamas biological father. Barack Obama, the Kenyan student, had been a stand-in for Davis because Davis was already married to a wealthy woman and had a family.

How was this possible? Families lie about themselves all the time.

CNN made light of the theory, but my analysis has received growing acceptance despite mainstream media censorship.

When we returned to Honolulu in "Operation Aloha Obama II" to film "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," we tested the Frank Marshall Davis hypothesis all over again.

When you plug the Kenyan Obama's name in as "father" in Barack Obama's family tree, nothing makes sense, and nothing adds up. When you substitute Frank Marshall Davis' name, all the pieces of the puzzle fit neatly together. The "dreams" in "Dreams From My Father" were Frank Marshall Davis' dreams. Barack Obama came to Chicago because Chicago was both the residence and spiritual home that Frank had been forced to abandon.

Obama used his control of the New York Times to smear me and intimidate Fox News last year. I am under constant electronic attack by Obamabots. Why are they still so afraid of me? The campaign was over months ago.

But while the campaign is over, the search for the historical truth and our efforts to find the facts about Barack Obama are continuing.

There have been differences of opinion as to how to pursue facts about Obama. After the election there was a flurry of lawsuits challenging Obama's "eligibility." The lawsuits lacked legal or procedural substance. They were too late, often filed in the wrong courts, and presupposed facts that had not been proven or legal principles that did not exist. These lawsuits made Obama's opponents feel good, but they achieved no useful purpose.

On the other hand, I filed suit in Hawai'i, to pry loose Obama's original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate. That is the only starting place to learn the truth about Obama. Obama has prevented disclosure of this document despite its obvious practical importance and historical significance.

Unlike the "hares" that were quick to file lawsuits without evidence, I adopted the role of a tortoise who sought evidence before making accusations. I refused to make arguments that I knew would not stand up in court. There is a vast difference between making a frivolous or fictitious claim that is not supported by facts, and making an arguable claim that seeks to find the facts. I have always focused on finding the facts and telling the truth.

In the process, we have accomplished something that has changed the way researchers and authors will approach Obama's ancestry and parentage in the future. They will have to address the Frank Marshall Davis theory. We have both highlighted the circumstantial evidence connecting Davis to Obama and focused on Davis as the missing link in explaining Obama's character as a committed radical.

There is nothing wrong with continuing to pry into the unknown truths about Obama's past. Scholars are still arguing about who William Shakespeare really was four hundred years ago. We will ultimately obtain an answer through DNA and possibly Obama's own admission when he feels free enough to admit the truth about himself.

So, when we screen "Obama: the Hawai'i Years," we will be presenting both known facts about Obama, for the first time anywhere in a coherent movie format, as well as raising scholarly questions about Obama's true parentage.

Your support and your encouragement are changing the face and pace of historical research about Barack Obama. In the past, Obama has used media sycophants such as David Mendell of the Chicago Tribune to deliver his disinformation. We won't let him get away with that tactic even though he will no doubt seek to manipulate David Maraniss' proposed biography.

I don’t know how soon we will be able to edit the tape, and possibly do some in-fill video, but as soon as we can afford to complete the movie we will release it on the Internet.

God bless you all. We are doing a good job; we need your support. If you have not yet backed Operation Aloha Obama II or "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," you can make an online donation at:

www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com

or mail a check to us at P.O. Box 1851, New York, NY 10150-1851.

Best wishes,

Andy

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.
www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Report from Honolulu, Part One: Barack Obama Documents and Lawsuits
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin begins his reporting on developments in Hawai'i with a discussion of pending lawsuits and negotiations to release Hawai'i's records on Barack Obama. Tuesday Martin reports on his upcoming movie "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," and its impact on public perceptions about Obama's family history.

Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin reports on Honolulu

"Obama: The Hawai'i Years" and
Operation Aloha Obama II are
historical research projects of
ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

REPORT FROM HONOLULU, PART ONE: DOCUMENTS AND LAWSUITS

(NEW YORK)(May 18, 2009)

Dear Friends:

Aloha.

This my first of two reports on our recently concluded investigative trip to Honolulu. Thanks to all of you, the effort was a major success. As the only Obama investigator/critic who has made multiple trips to Hawai'i I can assure you there is no substitute for on-the-scene experience.

Today I will report on the progress of litigation and documents. Tomorrow in Part Two of my Report From Honolulu I will discuss the way your support and our activity in Hawai'i is changing the perception of Barack Obama's family history.

In March, thanks to the generous underwriting of a contributor, we paid the State of Hawai'i almost $600 for freedom-of-information documents from Hawai'i state records. (In Hawai'i, the freedom-of-information statute is called the "Uniform Information Practices Act.")

We received nothing from the Hawai'i Attorney General. In addition, materials we received from the Governor's office were grossly incomplete. (Check our blogs for the details of our final demands for records; we posted the full correspondence.)

Last week we were within hours of suing the Governor and Attorney General for obstruction of justice under federal law, as well as local state remedies, when the Attorney General's office called and requested a conference. We met in a civil atmosphere.

The AG's office promised in writing to start providing documents in two weeks. Since that time frame was shorter than results from a new lawsuit, we held off filing suit. The threat of a lawsuit obviously precipitated the agreement. We have a letter in writing from the AG (copy available on request by fax).

We have advised the AG that if the document production is insufficient, or overly broad privileges are claimed, we will go back to court. We have already sued the state once, and we are prepared to do so again if necessary. I told the AG very candidly that we are interested in historical records, not litigation; but if litigation is forced upon us, we know how to sue in the local Hawai'i courts.

I also attended the investiture of a new Hawai'i Supreme Court justice in the Supreme Court's chambers. If time permits I will try to offer some comments on that event.

Finally, on May 24th our brief is due in the Hawai'i Intermediate Court of Appeals in our appeal seeking access to Barack Obama's original, typewritten 1961 birth certificate.

Although there has been a relentless hubbub and commotion about Obama's birth certificate, very surprisingly I am the only person who has ever filed a lawsuit in the proper court against the proper officials seeking access to the original BC. The BC is in the custody of Hawai'i officials. The Hawai'i courts are the only forum with primary jurisdiction over the BC. Why am I alone in suing there?

The bottom line: we are aggressively pursuing historical records in Hawai'i archives concerning Barack Obama's birth.

Ironically, although we are the first to sue for these documents in Hawai'i, no other author can claim to have conducted proper research unless he or she has also sought access. David Maraniss of the Washington Post, for example, is also doing an Obama biography and working in Hawai'i. How can Maraniss claim authoritativeness without access to the 1961 ribbon copy of the BC? How can any writer?

Thus, in seeking access to Hawai'i records, we are the original and established guardians of the truth, and only the truth. I can't promise you we will win the first lawsuit, or the second case if one is necessary, but I can promise you we are in there fighting for the facts.

Tomorrow: How the upcoming movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years" is changing the dynamic of Barack Obama's family history.

God bless you all. We are doing a good job; we need your support. If you have not yet backed Operation Aloha Obama II or "Obama: The Hawai'i Years," you can make an online donation at:

www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com

or mail a check to us at P.O. Box 1851, New York, NY 10150-1851.

Best wishes,

Andy

-----------------------------
Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
------------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.
www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------------
Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.

Breaking News from Honolulu: Obama lawsuit may be averted; meeting scheduled Wednesday

Obama film producer Andy Martin meets with Hawai’i officials today, Wednesday, May 13th in an effort to avoid a lawsuit over delayed disclosure of Barack Obama-related Hawai’i records. Martin is in Hawai’i producing the Internet film “Obama: The Hawai’i Years,” which promises an interesting exposition of the definitive period in Obama’s life. “Very frankly, we would rather avoid a lawsuit if we can; but we are here to obtain documents as part of our historical research project and we are ready to drop a lawsuit on Hawai’i officials if we do not obtain a satisfactory response,” Martin states.

Breaking news from Honolulu:

Obama film producer Andy Martin meets with Hawai’i officials Wednesday in an effort to avoid a lawsuit over freedom-of-information delays releasing Obama documents

"Obama: The Hawai'i Years" and
Operation Aloha Obama II are
historical research projects of

ContrarianCommentary.com
Andy Martin
Executive Editor

“Factually Correct, Not
Politically Correct”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Task Force Aloha Obama II
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Local phone (917) 664-9329

(HONOLULU)(May 13, 2009) Obama author and movie producer Andy Martin, who is in Honolulu producing “Obama: The Hawai’i years,” a blockbuster Internet film offering his theory of Obama’s Hawai’ian family history, will meet with Hawai’i officials today in an effort to avoid a threatened lawsuit over the disclosure of President Barack Obama’s Hawai’i records by state officials.

Martin will hold a sidewalk news conference outside the Attorney General's offices at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, 425 Queen Street, Honolulu.

“We are meeting with a member of the Attorney General’s staff at 1:00 P.M.,” says Martin. “Obviously, we would like to obtain compliance with Hawai’i law without a lawsuit. I am here to produce a movie, not to start litigation if we can avoid it. But we have not received the materials we paid for and were promised. We will try to ‘settle or sue’ today. We don’t know if we will be able to film the meeting at the Attorney General’s office.”

Martin’s letters to Hawai’i officials threatening a lawsuit today follow this release.

Task Force contact in Honolulu: (917) 664-9329.

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May 12, 2009

The Honorable Linda Lingle
Governor, State of Hawai`i
Executive Chambers
State Capitol
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
via fax (808) 586-0006
Re:

Uniform Information Practices Act (“UIPA”) demand for inter-office correspondence by your offices with each other and contacts with persons/media outside state government

Dear Governor Lingle:

On April 3rd I sent you a letter stating you had failed to comply with the UIPA. I have not had any response to that letter.

If you would like to have a member of your staff contact me today at my local cell phone in Honolulu (see above), I would be happy to try and resolve this matter without a lawsuit.

Otherwise, I will file suit on Wednesday seeking to compel you to comply in full and in good faith with the UIPA.

I was at Justice Recktenwald’s installation yesterday, and I enjoyed your remarks.

Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN

AM:sp

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Honolulu, Hawai’i
Local phone (917) 664-9329



Anthony R. Martin, J. D.
Executive Editor


May 12, 2009

Hon. Russell A. Suzuki
Deputy Attorney General
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-2903
via fax (808) 586-1239
Re:

Uniform Information Practices Act (“UIPA”) documents

Dear Mr. Suzuki:

On March 11th I faxed you a letter and separately mailed a check for $573.55 to cover the cost of UIPA documents. I have never received any materials. None of my mail has ever been returned, so there is a presumption it was delivered. (I did get an acknowledgement from you that you received the March 11th letter, but nothing since then.)

On April 2nd I sent you a follow-up letter asking for a delivery date. I received no response.

It is now two months since the money was tendered, and there has been no response or documents from your office.

If you would like to have a member of your staff contact me today at my local cell phone in Honolulu (see above), I would be happy to try and resolve this matter without a lawsuit.

Otherwise, I will file suit on Wednesday seeking to compel your office to comply in full and in good faith with the UIPA.

PLEASE NOTE: I would request that the attached check be exempt from public disclosure under the UIPA, as I would not want to risk misuse of the banking information. I have blocked out the magnetic numbers.

Respectfully submitted,

ANDY MARTIN


AM:sp

W/encl. [copies]

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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.
Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
------------------------------
URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.
www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com
Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American.
“The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
-----------------------------------
Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie “Obama: The Hawai’i years.” Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York. He is an announced candidate for Barack Obama’s former U. S. Senate seat.

UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSA

His columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
[NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]

MEDIA CONTACT: CELL (917) 664-9329
E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.