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In Maui, DEI Insanity Kills

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Michael Ejercito

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Aug 21, 2023, 2:21:58 PM8/21/23
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In Maui, DEI Insanity Kills
AUGUST 21, 2023 / JACK MARSHALL


The routine placement of DEI famatics in positions of authority around
America is a dangerous and destructive fad. Witness M. Kaleo Manuel,
former deputy director of the Hawaii Commission on Water Resource
Management, who said in a livestream debate hosted by the University of
Hawaii last year, in discussing water distribution on the island,

“Let water connect us and not divide us! We can share it, but it
requires true conversations about equity…How do we coexist with the
resources we have?”

Manuel, a former Obama Foundation leader who coached volunteers in
“practical skill building for social change,” Manuel said he considered
water “an important tool for social justice.” So it should not be
surprising that when the real estate developer that supplies water to
areas southeast of Lahaina recognized the threat posed by a dangerous
combination of high winds and drought-parched grasses in Maui and asked
Manuel for permission to fill up one of its private reservoirs in case
firefighters needed it, the Obama social justice warrior’s main concern
was equity, not preventing death and destruction from fire. Manuel told
the company that it had to consult with a local farmer about the impact
of water diversion before he would approve the request. Five hours
passed without water being added to the reservoir, and the brush fire
that had been contained that morning flared up again and swept through
Lahaina, burning everything and everyone in its path.


In the wake of the the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century,
the West Maui Land Company wrote to the state water regulator, “We
watched the devastation around us without the ability to help. We
anxiously awaited the morning knowing that we could have made more water
available to MFD [Maui Fire Department] if our request had been
immediately approved…We need to act faster in an emergency.” Ya think?
But it’s hard to act fast when bias and wokeness has made the government
stupid. Manuel, a champion of environmental groups and Indigenous
residents who want to preserve stream water for traditional uses and
limit water diversions by private companies, thus emulated the infamous
Ford Pinto lawyers who authored the “Let ’em burn” memo. Their top
priority was profits, his was “equity.” Results were similar, though by
the time all the fatalities are in, we will know that a lot more people
burned up in the Maui fire than in exploding Pintos.

Manuel has been “redeployed,” but Hawaii claims the job change “does not
suggest that First Deputy Manuel did anything wrong.” Right. Now we know
that we can’t trust the state government of Hawaii to tell the truth
either. See: 64. Yoo’s Rationalization or “It isn’t what it is.”

ashcroft

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Aug 21, 2023, 4:37:19 PM8/21/23
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On 21 Aug 2023, Michael Ejercito <MEje...@HotMail.com> posted some
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Since the Barack Obama birth certificate purchase incident, not a single
word from a Hawaiian government official can ever again be accepted as
truthful.

Michael Ejercito

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Aug 21, 2023, 11:27:24 PM8/21/23
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ashcroft wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2023, Michael Ejercito <MEje...@HotMail.com> posted some
> news:uc0a04$20m69$1...@dont-email.me:
>
>> https://ethicsalarms.com/2023/08/21/in-maui-dei-insanity-kills/
>>
>>
>> In Maui, DEI Insanity Kills
>> AUGUST 21, 2023 / JACK MARSHALL
>>
>>
>> The routine placement of DEI famatics in positions of authority around
>> America is a dangerous and destructive fad. Witness M. Kaleo Manuel,
>> former deputy director of the Hawaii Commission on Water Resource
>> Management, who said in a livestream debate hosted by the University
>> of Hawaii last year, in discussing water distribution on the island,
>>
>> “Let water connect us and not divide us! We can share it, but it
>> requires true conversations about equity…How do we coexist with the
>> resources we have?â€
>>
>> Manuel, a former Obama Foundation leader who coached volunteers in
>> “practical skill building for social change,†Manuel said he
>> considered water “an important tool for social justice.†So it
>> should not be surprising that when the real estate developer that
>> supplies water to areas southeast of Lahaina recognized the threat
>> posed by a dangerous combination of high winds and drought-parched
>> grasses in Maui and asked Manuel for permission to fill up one of its
>> private reservoirs in case firefighters needed it, the Obama social
>> justice warrior’s main concern was equity, not preventing death and
>> destruction from fire. Manuel told the company that it had to consult
>> with a local farmer about the impact of water diversion before he
>> would approve the request. Five hours passed without water being added
>> to the reservoir, and the brush fire that had been contained that
>> morning flared up again and swept through Lahaina, burning everything
>> and everyone in its path.
>>
>>
>> In the wake of the the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century,
>> the West Maui Land Company wrote to the state water regulator, “We
>> watched the devastation around us without the ability to help. We
>> anxiously awaited the morning knowing that we could have made more
>> water available to MFD [Maui Fire Department] if our request had been
>> immediately approved…We need to act faster in an emergency.†Ya
>> think? But it’s hard to act fast when bias and wokeness has made the
>> government stupid. Manuel, a champion of environmental groups and
>> Indigenous residents who want to preserve stream water for traditional
>> uses and limit water diversions by private companies, thus emulated
>> the infamous Ford Pinto lawyers who authored the “Let ’em burnâ€
>> memo. Their top priority was profits, his was “equity.†Results
>> were similar, though by the time all the fatalities are in, we will
>> know that a lot more people burned up in the Maui fire than in
>> exploding Pintos.
>>
>> Manuel has been “redeployed,†but Hawaii claims the job change
>> “does not suggest that First Deputy Manuel did anything wrong.â€
>> Right. Now we know that we can’t trust the state government of
>> Hawaii to tell the truth either. See: 64. Yoo’s Rationalization or
>> “It isn’t what it is.â€
>
> Since the Barack Obama birth certificate purchase incident, not a single
> word from a Hawaiian government official can ever again be accepted as
> truthful.
>
Tell me more about this purchase incident.


Michael
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