Power costs jolt military families

SOURCE: Ken Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: About 6,400 Navy and Marine Corps households will be charged for "excess" energy use.By William Cole on 26 December 2010 in the Star Advertiser - (http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20101226_Paying_for_power_jolts_some_military_families.html)Image above: Jennifer Lunnposing with her children, from left, Andrew, Emily and Kaela, on

McCain Surprise NO on LCS

SUBHEAD: Senator John McCain rejects U.S. Navy drive to buy two littoral combat ship designs.[Publisher's note: This is of interest to those of us in Hawaii because we were the suckers who enabled Austal's proof-of-concept and entry as a major US military supplier with the Hawaii Superferry fiasco.]By Andrea Shalal-Esa on 8 December 2010 for Reuters - (http://www.reuters.com/article/

Two for One - The Bill from Hell

SUBHEAD: A current omnibus bill, HR 3082, would reward Superferry builder Austal and penalize small farmers.By George Altman on 9 December 2010 for Press-Register -(http://blog.al.com/live/2010/12/house_narrowly_approves_navy_l.html)Image above: House narrowly passes bill letting military deliver GMO corn chips via Hawaiian Superferry. Mashup by Juan Wilson.[Editor's note - Same omnibus bill in