Bush Wants To Sell Hawaii!

[SuckOnThis]

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/politics/61686

By MARK TOMPKINS Political Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In one of the most shocking moves of his presidency, George W. Bush is on the verge of selling Hawaii to Japan, a leading Washington insider has informed Weekly World News.

"Basically, the President sees this as a quick and easy way to generate a huge bundle of cash," stated the source, an upper-echelon State Department official with close ties to Bush's inner circle.

"As everyone knows, the U.S. is in debt up to its eyeballs -- to the tune of more than $7.5 trillion. And thanks to the gigantic tax cuts Bush keeps giving the super-wealthy and big corporations, the government effectively has no income whatsoever. Bush figures that by selling Hawaii, he'll be able to pay off a sizeable portion of the national debt while generating funding for continuing military operations in Iraq, and quite possibly, a full-scale invasion of Iran."

The notion of selling large areas of American territory for profit was inspired by a 2004 cam- paign stop Bush made at an elementary school, according to our source.

"Sitting in on a fourth grade class where kids were giving oral reports on American history, the President was surprised to learn that in 1803, what is now the American Midwest was actually purchased from France for $15 million in a transaction called the Louisiana Purchase. That got Bush thinking that if the U.S. could buy enormous chunks of land from other countries, it could sell land, too, and maybe make a killing doing so."

Initially, Bush considered putting up Massachusetts for sale, along with several other "blue" states. But after Vice President Dick Cheney pointed out such an action might trigger a massive popular revolt on the U.S. mainland, he and Bush decided to hang a "For Sale" sign on remote, isolated Hawaii. "It's so far away, that it doesn't even seem like part of America anyway," the President is alleged to have said at a cabinet meeting, adding, "Besides, I talked to Daddy about it and he says there's no oil there, just pineapples and coconuts."

In a secret nonbinding auction held shortly after Bush's second inauguration, Japan outbid 10 other countries, including Canada, China and Australia, for ownership of the "Aloha state."

According to a telephone poll of Hawaiian residents conducted last week, 98 percent described themselves as "extremely P.O.ed" after being told about the President's alleged plan.

"That arrogant bozo is spitting in the face of everyone who lives here," fumed Roy Kakaliki, a Honolulu native and founder of the Kakaliki Coconut Company.

"When word of this spreads, there's going to be Bush effigies burning all over the islands."

[VeriSexy]

Originally Posted by SuckOnThis

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/politics/61686

By MARK TOMPKINS Political Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In one of the most shocking moves of his presidency, George W. Bush is on the verge of selling Hawaii to Japan, a leading Washington insider has informed Weekly World News.

"Basically, the President sees this as a quick and easy way to generate a huge bundle of cash," stated the source, an upper-echelon State Department official with close ties to Bush's inner circle.

"As everyone knows, the U.S. is in debt up to its eyeballs -- to the tune of more than $7.5 trillion. And thanks to the gigantic tax cuts Bush keeps giving the super-wealthy and big corporations, the government effectively has no income whatsoever. Bush figures that by selling Hawaii, he'll be able to pay off a sizeable portion of the national debt while generating funding for continuing military operations in Iraq, and quite possibly, a full-scale invasion of Iran."

The notion of selling large areas of American territory for profit was inspired by a 2004 cam- paign stop Bush made at an elementary school, according to our source.

"Sitting in on a fourth grade class where kids were giving oral reports on American history, the President was surprised to learn that in 1803, what is now the American Midwest was actually purchased from France for $15 million in a transaction called the Louisiana Purchase. That got Bush thinking that if the U.S. could buy enormous chunks of land from other countries, it could sell land, too, and maybe make a killing doing so."

Initially, Bush considered putting up Massachusetts for sale, along with several other "blue" states. But after Vice President Dick Cheney pointed out such an action might trigger a massive popular revolt on the U.S. mainland, he and Bush decided to hang a "For Sale" sign on remote, isolated Hawaii. "It's so far away, that it doesn't even seem like part of America anyway," the President is alleged to have said at a cabinet meeting, adding, "Besides, I talked to Daddy about it and he says there's no oil there, just pineapples and coconuts."

In a secret nonbinding auction held shortly after Bush's second inauguration, Japan outbid 10 other countries, including Canada, China and Australia, for ownership of the "Aloha state."

According to a telephone poll of Hawaiian residents conducted last week, 98 percent described themselves as "extremely P.O.ed" after being told about the President's alleged plan.

"That arrogant bozo is spitting in the face of everyone who lives here," fumed Roy Kakaliki, a Honolulu native and founder of the Kakaliki Coconut Company.

"When word of this spreads, there's going to be Bush effigies burning all over the islands."

I read the Japanese own most of Hawaii anyway. Why also own allot of Hollywood

[dij]

[SuckOnThis]

[pornguy]

That man is just itching to get him self shot.

[bringer]

fake news is great!

[Alky]

if thats the case... looks like i am moving to hawaii

[bringer]

well, all those bummed out about losing hawaii there's good news!

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61594

[SuckOnThis]

[smutx]

http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1753.cfm

thought that would fit this topic also

[VeriSexy]

Japanese Billionaires

In spite of the Japan real estate investment bubble talk, a number of Japanese owners still maintain significant land holdings, particularly in the resort areas.

Kyo-Ya Ltd. a subsidiary of Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd. (No. 6) owns and operates hotels, parking lots, retail stores, restaurants and insurance agencies. Kyo-Ya started in Hawaii in the 1950s when the late Kenji Osano opened a Waikiki restaurant. Osano was an early investor in the hospitality industry, well before the Japanese ?bubble.? According to Land and Power in Hawaii, ?Japanese multimillionaire Kenji Osano became by 1974 the largest single hotel owner in Waikiki, having acquired one-fourth of all the rooms.?

Today, Kyo-Ya owns 14 strategic acres of Oahu land, including some of the land under the Sheraton Waikiki, Sheraton Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel, and Kyo-Ya restaurant. It also owns land under the Waialae Country Club?s tennis courts and parking lot.

The majority of parent company Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd. is owned by family members of the four late Osano brothers ? Kenji, Masakuni, Sakai, and Sadahiko. When Kenji Osano passed away, his brother Masakuni took over the helm and in 1999 made the Forbes list of the world?s richest people ? Forbes said he was worth $1.3 billion. Today, the late Masakuni Osano?s nephew, Takamasa Osano, is Kokusai Kogyo?s president and majority shareholder.

Other Hawaii resort properties have a controversial billionaire Japanese owner in Yoshiaki Tsutsumi. Tsutsumi owns Seibu Railway Co., parent company of Prince Resorts Hawaii (No. 10). He has been criticized for personally profiting from improvements made to Nagano for the latest winter Olympics. Forbes says Tsutsumi?s 2001 net worth is about $2.8 billion, and posts the following entry on him on the Web: ?His core holding company, Kokudo, controls the Seibu network of railways, Prince hotels and resorts, real estate, professional baseball and more. In 1990 he was the richest man in the world with a net worth of $16 billion. His empire continues to shrivel along with the Japanese real estate market.?

Prince Resorts Hawaii ? under president and former Gov. George Ariyoshi ? owns 270 acres on Oahu and more than 1,800 acres on the Big Island. Its holdings comprise the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki and Golf Club, Maui Prince Hotel and Golf Course, Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel and Golf Course and Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Golf Course for a total assessed value of $532 million.

The local company?s sales slipped a bit in 2000 to $146 million from $148 million in 1999. Earlier this year, Real Estate Finance and Investment reported that the Seibu Railways was interested in selling its Hawaii hotel properties for about $200 million each.

Shinwa Golf Hawaii Co. Ltd (No. 15), on the other hand, saw a 19 percent increase in sales from $60 million in 1999 to $71.6 million in 2000. Shinwa Golf Hawaii is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyoto-based Shinwa Golf Kabushiki Kaisha, a golf course operations company. Mitsuo Kokufu is the owner and founder of Shinwa Golf Kabushiki Kaisha. Shinwa Hawaii owns 1,600 acres on Maui and Kauai through subsidiaries such as the Wailea Resort Co., Wailea Golf Resort, Inc., and the Kauai Lagoons Resort Co.

Last on our list of the Top 20 landowners in Hawaii is Japanese real estate company Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. (No. 20), through its Mitsui Fudosan America Inc. and subsidiary Halekulani Corp. The Hawaii company owns just six acres in fee simple including part of the Halekulani grounds in Waikiki and Amfac Center in downtown Honolulu, but the total value of the land and buildings is $205 million. Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. had 51,704 shareholders as of March 2001. At press time, the Amfac Center was for sale. Mitsui Fudosan would move off the Top 20 list without that property.

Kamaaina Families

Kamaaina families own a good chunk of Hawaii. Some, like the Campbell and Damon Estates, are working against time to figure out the next incarnation of land ownership. Some, like Victoria Ward Ltd. and the Harold and Alice Castle Foundation have already morphed into new organizations.

Crap, not enough room............

http://www.hawaiibusiness.cc/hb11200...m?articleid=12

[dunefield]

Japan already consider hawaii a part of their country already...

[r3ap3r]

That's got to be one of the craziest things I've heard in awhile.

[Lensman]

This is even a bigger story, for those of us on the Internet.

[VeriSexy]

Originally Posted by dunefield

Japan already consider hawaii a part of their country already...

Money is much more powerful than weapons, the Chinese have learned this so don't think China will attack USA anytime soon Japan is the #1 US bond holder and China is #2

Japan and China; combined, they own $906 billion of the roughly $1.1 trillion of U.S. Treasuries held overseas.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news...aEBBmw vtNuxA

[cambaby]

Funny thing is all the Canadians will believe this story is true lol.

[VeriSexy]

Originally Posted by Lensman

This is even a bigger story, for those of us on the Internet.

Didn't know it was a tabloid

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

I only have one word to say...



Aroha,

ADG Webmaster

[runaway]

booo... . .

[Doctor Dre]

Originally Posted by bringer

well, all those bummed out about losing hawaii there's good news!

http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61594

you beat me to it

[sperbonzo]

i LOVE how all the Bush haters jumped on this one!

[Dirty Dane]

wow thats cool! can we bid on ebay?

[ADL Colin]

Preparing for 2008. Hawaii voted Democrat

[Shoehorn!]

Originally Posted by VeriSexy

I read the Japanese own most of Hawaii anyway.

That's the truth. Heres another interesting story from this highly respected news source - http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61589.

[WiredGuy]

Weekly World News, now there's a reliable source of information.
WG

[chemicaleyes]

Originally Posted by dij

[Metalsound]

Originally Posted by SuckOnThis

hahahahaha

[Marcus Aurelius]

Originally Posted by dij

Dude that made my fucking day.

[Shooter]

Originally Posted by dij

That's fucking great

[Pleasurepays]

Originally Posted by dij

haahahahahahaa... by far one of the funniest photochops i have seen.

perfect! his expression, angle, everything matches the scarface image.

[sickkittens]

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

I only have one word to say...



Aroha,

ADG Webmaster

You're so silly.

[ColBigBalls]

Originally Posted by SuckOnThis

The funn y thing about this pic is since they cought Sadam, when was the last time you heard anything about him?

Its like Bin Ladden after a wile they just seem to dissapear

[loverboy]

taking about reliable source of information

[Jman]

Next thing you know is that Canada will sell Quebec to France for a couple of Toonies and a case of 50

[sherie]

Originally Posted by cambaby

Funny thing is all the Canadians will believe this story is true lol.

Umm yeah ok, just like Canadains believed there were WMD.

[sumphatpimp]

[Michael O]

Scary that some people thought it was true!!!!

[Manowar]

Originally Posted by dij

[seeric]

lol. some of the best bush chops i have ever seen. if anybody even needed more of a confirmation that the guy is a toolbar, this is it, i'm not sure if thats real news though.

[SykkBoy]

true story: I used to subscribe to the Weekly World News...and I even have a BatBoy tshirt...

[wjxxx]

Originally Posted by Shoehorn

That's the truth. Heres another interesting story from this highly respected news source - http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/chamber/61589.

Hubby dies after seeing fat wife in thong undies

[OG LennyT]

the story is propoganda but this photochop had me in tears.. great job!

[Rui]

Originally Posted by dij

hahaha outstanding photochop

[SuckOnThis]

[SuckOnThis]

[SuckOnThis]

[mardigras]

I love these two

[The Ghost]

I'm may not be true, but the said part is it very well could. Bush: What a jackass.

[pussyluver]

Despite all rumors, Bush is not King of The United States. The United States is NOT an empire it is a representative republic. For these reasons, Hawaii is NOT Bush?s to sell. There is no provision in the US constitution for sale of a state. Hawaii on its own could succeed from the union perhaps? That would take a vote of the people of Hawaii.

Given all that, why would Bush even consider selling Hawaii? It would be far easier to nationalize all properties in Hawaii owned by foreign citizens.

Can?t believe anyone is taking this seriously. As for the national dept of the US, the country could simply print money or make an accounting entry on the books and poof, the debt is gone. Of course that would have consequence, but still possible as apposed to selling a state.

[jacked]

bush is just asking to get fucked up, stupid mother fucker has to stop playing these fucking games..