Sonics want $300 million; some legislators roll eyes

"OLYMPIA — Sonics owner Clay Bennett wants at least $300 million in taxpayer money to help pay for a new arena that could cost as much as $530 million, but the request already has drawn skepticism from some key state lawmakers."

The Casino Bus Royale

"So someone smart once said that all the good things in life are free. In my experience this is true. Either free, or $10, as evidenced by the mightily underused Kingston Casino Buses."

Woman Sentenced for Condom Explosives

A former strip club waitress was sentenced Wednesday to five years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty to mailing threatening letters and flammable material, including condoms

The Military Importance Of Kauai Island In The Pearl Harbor Attack

Japan is north-west of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese aircraft made their approach to Pearl Harbor from the north-west, over Kauai island. There was no warning from the American military outpost on Kauai island because it had been ordered to stand down some time before the...

Witness Warned Not To Testify

In 1946, a Joint Congressional Committee held hearings on Pearl Harbor. Though Kimmel testified, every effort was made to divert any possible blame from Roosevelt or his Administration, and Kimmel again could not cross-examine witnesses, call witnesses for himself, or post a...

Those People Who Lived A Long Way From 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

"when I heard about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It was a Sunday evening and I was shocked. I was 27 years old and working at the Flannery in Bridgeville / The best thing that happened to me during the war years was that I met Stella Cherosky in church and we got married on...

Treated Like Mushrooms, Kept In The Dark, And Fed On...

From September 24, 1941, the Japanese Consul General in Hawaii sent a special series of messages back to Japan. This series of messages made it obvious that Pearl Harbor was a target. Included were details of the disposition of warships in the harbor. On October 9, 1941,...

The Dies Map

"Early in 1941 the Dies Committee came into possession of a strategic map which gave clear proof of the intentions of the Japanese to make an assault on Pearl Harbor. The strategic map was prepared by the Japanese Imperial Military Intelligence Department. Dies telephoned...

A Question Of Honor - Hawaii Commanders Exonerated Of Wrongdoing

Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel & Lieutenant General Walter Campbell Short -- In 1941, FDR intended that these two military men should not know that their base was in immediate danger. There was no "faulty intelligence". There were no "communications problems"....

Senator Homer Ferguson & Pearl Harbor

"Once the war was over, Senator Ferguson demanded *the whole truth about this unfortunate event.* Public pressure mounted. Realizing that an investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack could not be averted, the Administration jumped the gun and set up a Committee which they...

The Blackout Of Hawaii On The Eve Of Pearl Harbor

"Although there is no doubt that after September, 1939, Roosevelt definitely preferred to get into the war directly in Europe, he had always kept Japan as an ace in his sleeve ever since his meeting with Stimson in January, 1933, and the first meeting of his Cabinet in March,...

Roosevelt's Policies Prior To Pearl Harbor

"This was done to undermine the Japanese peace party that was still in office, and to strengthen the war party. This aim was fully accomplished when Roosevelt and Hull unceremoniously brushed off the impressive effort of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye of Japan to reach...

Hawaii Was Surprised -- Washington Was Not

When General Marshall ordered the Pearl Harbor affair hushed up shortly after the attack, he said, "Gentlemen, this goes to the grave with us." But some believe that the grave is not a safe repository.