Although it may seem that Hawaii would be somewhat less technologically advanced than most other parts of the world because it is isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which also happens to be the largest ocean in the world, Hawaii, especially the island of Oahu is just as developed as many large cities. In Hawaii there are many important issues that are talked about, and many of these give rise to the numerous blogs on the internet about Hawaii affairs. Although there are thousands of blogs on Hawaii on the internet, many of which are only related to tourism, here are a few of the most popular Hawaii blogs.

One of the most heated issues in Hawaii are related to Native Hawaiian rights, which makes the Hawaiian Independence Blog, which is made especially to discuss Native Hawaiian Issues, one of the most popular Hawaii Blogs. Some topics talked about on this blog are related to Hawaii regaining its sovereignty and the disputes over the Akaka Bill, which is proposing to give Native Hawaiians more rights. Another popular Hawaii blog is Hawaiirama, which is a blog dedicated to Hawaii travel. This blog will give you all the local’s best picks for shopping, dining, and entertainment so that visitors can have the best experience possible in paradise. With all of the talk about being eco-friendly and going green, environmental issues are the primary topic on the Hawaii blog, Raising Islands. This blog offers news about the environment of the Hawaiian Islands and educates readers all about environmental sciences so that people are more aware of the environment around them. ]]> http://www.theviewpoint.org/hawaii-blogs/some-of-the-top-hawaii-blogs/feed/ 0 http://www.theviewpoint.org/politics/the-akaka-bill/ http://www.theviewpoint.org/politics/the-akaka-bill/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:54:14 +0000 admin http://www.theviewpoint.org/?p=147

Ever since Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States, native Hawaiian issues, primarily concerning their rights, have been a major topic in Hawaii politics. Many native Hawaiians feel that Hawaii should be sovereign and that Hawaii was wrongfully taken from the Hawaiian people when it became a state.

For these reasons, there have long been negotiations and legislations that have been made in an attempt to provide native Hawaiians with more rights in a way to compensate for the land they feel was illegally taken from them.

Since its proposal in 2000, the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, commonly known as the Akaka Bill after Senator Daniel Akaka who proposed it, has been one of the most influential bills that would propose more rights for the Hawaiian people by the federal government. The bill basically proposes that the Hawaiian people would be recognized by the US government in a fashion similar to that of the Native Americans. Although the Akaka Bill has undergone numerous revisions and has been meet with both great support and opposition, the bill proposes to provide a process in which the native Hawaiian population can reorganize to create a Native Hawaiian governing entity with a special political and legal relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian governing entity.