“Minds are like Parachutes, they only function when open!” [Thomas Dewar]

Good day to friends, fans and all readers of Hawkeye. If it is Hawkeye who must say it, “It is a Beautiful Day in Paradise!” That said and done with— how are all you great, intelligent Homo-sapiens out there in Wonderland today?

Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor are just fine as a Frog Hair split in four different directions. It doesn’t get much better than that folks. Hawk doesn’t care who you are, or where you are. Over.

Leanor and the Hawk were out checking the parameters of Utopia the other day, sort of keeping an eye out for loose aliens and small chickens, when Leanor made the following announcement. She said: Hawkie, I have got to go to da store and get some Downey. Hawkeye asked the following question: Why do you always have to get Downey? Why don’t you try some “Uppity” next time? Leanor scratched certain areas of her anatomy and said: Ya Know Hawkie, you just might have a point there! So Hawkeye and Leanor went off in search of some “Uppity” so she could do the laundry. Humm.

Leanor has been spending some time on Pacebook wately. Hawkeye and Leanor meet the nicest people on Pacebook! Weanor hab a parm on Pacebook! Her priend Merah jab wit Weanor on Pacebook. Ober.

It seems like the Con Con is finally over. The delegates have all gone home leaving we fine citizens of Wonderland to talk about it for the next ten years. Hawkeye has one suggestion: why don’t we all take notes over the next ten years so we will not need to spend half of the next Con Con arguing over who shot John. We will sooner or later get it right.

Hawkeye thinks now is not the right time to be making demands of the US Federal Government. We were in a panic when Samoa Packing Co. closed its doors. With Sar-kissie following suite, we could be on the outside looking in to a big old empty building! Hawkeye hopes we can attract some viable businesses to Hooterville, but it looks unlikely at this point in time. Don’t blame it all on this administration as they just poured more gas on the fire. This fire has been burning for years fans. It did not happen overnight!

Look at the economic growth in Guam and tell Hawkeye that we shouldn’t be courting the Federal Government to put a few defense contracts our way. They are having no problem upgrading Guam, so what about us? We could start working with the Federal Government instead of against them. We have people who are capable of policing our land and our culture. Let’s face it folks, we will not support our present lifestyles on Tourism and fishing. We need to get our people in Congress to work on what we can do here to bail out our weak economic situation.

The first thing we need to do is to accept the fact that in order to thrive off of tourism, we need to encourage and allow tourists in to paradise. We need to think of ways of attracting and wooing tourists.

We need to have something to offer. We need a Casino! We need the Federal Government to outsource some of the defense spending our way instead of sending it to foreign countries! Once we get this in place, we need to hold classes on working in a well managed environment! We can graduate to underwater basket weaving. That should draw in the tourists, and keep out the terrorists.

Hawkeye and Sweet Leanor were sharing breakfast on the morning of the 4th of July when there was a thunderous roar overhead. Hawkeye told Leanor that he thinks it is the Government’s annual Fourth of July “Air Show.” Leanor said: “No, dummy, it’s just the Aussies headed back to Albert Springs!” Humm. Hawkeye said he reckons that they have to re-fuel somepwace… These Jet Fighters would come in handy should Aliens decide to take over Hooterville.

Hawk wonders how the negotiations are going with Governor Pringle for a United Nations Air Wing in Hooterville. This would create jobs and the added patronization of the Oriental Grocery Stores would allow them enough operating capital to paint their buildings, and repair their parking lots. Anything would be an improvement.

One of the biggest flaws in our local economy is the bare fact that our Federal Dollars do not remain in our local economy. The food stuffs arrive at the wharf; get trucked to the retail outlets where it is sold at inflated prices, and the green back dollars pass through a makeshift cash box and out the back door to various parts of “The Old Country!” It does not require a genius to see where we need to make some changes. What about Electing Governor Tim Jones?

Keep your loved ones on a leash in case of a second “Big Bang!!

Love until next week.

Hawk & Leanor