RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act)

Very dissappointed in our governor Mike Pence for caving in to anti-RFRA protestors after he signed the RFRA into law. He was blackmailed by companies who were swayed by the LGBT organization. Several companies threatened to leave Indiana if Mike Pence did not change the RFRA law. That is extortion to me. I personally called Angies list to complain to them threatening to not expand due to RFRA. Our governor caved and made the law more confusing. I am dissapointed with Indiana where I have lived all my life. I want my religious freedom protected. I should be able to refuse to do business with someone if I do not want to.

Pearl Harbor and USS Arizona

My wife and I went to Pearl Harbor while in Oahu.  We went in February 2014 during the week.  We got there right about 8am and received our free tickets to the USS Arizona for 8:45am.  It was very solemn and interesting to read all the facts they had in the buildings.  I learned a lot.  I did not know much about Pearl Harbor before visiting.  Every American should try to visit this one time or another.  Please see pictures below.  My wife and I only went to the buildings talking about the history of Pearl Harbor and then the USS Arizona.  There is a short movie before taking a ferry to the USS Arizona.  The total time we were there was about 4 hours.  At noon we then left and ate at Schooners a restaurant with lot of military personnel.  If a person is in Oahu they just have to stop at Pearl Harbor.

 

view of the USS Arizona memorial from the boat

Inside the USS Arizona

oil from the USS Arizona

Diamond Head State Momument Honolulu, O'ahu

On Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 my wife and I climbed the stairs to go to the top of Diamond Head in Honolulu, O'ahu. It was beautiful to see from the top of Diamond Head. You could see Honolulu and the beach area. See attached pictures. You pay $5 to park which is way better than walking to the starting point. The trail is about .8 miles one way. It took my wife and I about 1.5 hours to go up and back down. It was a real nice hike. The trail was built in 1908 as part of the US Army Coastal Artillery defense system according to the Hawaii State Parks brochure. The military used it to help protect O'ahu.

looking north on top of diamond head towards honolulu