IT me ke kaumaha kaumaha ʻē o ka puʻuwai aʻu i kau aku ai i kahi mokulele i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nehinei, i koʻu ala e hāʻawi aku ai i ʻaha kūkā i kēia hopena pule ma North Dakota. I ka manawa like i lele aku ai kā mākou mokulele, e pae ana ka mokulele ʻo Pope Benedict i United Kingdom. Nui ʻo ia i loko o koʻu puʻuwai i kēia mau lā-a nui i nā poʻo inoa.
I koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, ua koi ʻia au e kūʻai i nūpepa nūhou, kahi mea aʻu e hana iki ʻole ai. Ua hopu ʻia wau e ka inoa “Ke hele nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ka honua ʻekolu?" He hōʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka palaho o nā kūlanakauhale ʻAmelika, ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, e hiolo ana kā lākou mau ʻoihana, a pau loa kā lākou kālā. Ua 'haki' ʻo ʻAmelika, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi luna politika kiʻekiʻe ma Wakinekona. I kekahi kalana i Ohio, ua liʻiliʻi ka mākaʻi ma muli o nā cutbacks, ua hōʻike ka luna kānāwai kalana i nā makaʻāinana e hoʻomākaukau iā ʻoukou iho e kūʻē i nā lawehala. I nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, pani ʻia nā kukui o ke alanui, hoʻolilo ʻia nā alanui pākaha i mau iliili, a me nā hana i lepo.
He meaʻoiaʻiʻo iaʻu e kākau e pili ana i kēia hāʻule e hiki mai ana i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai (e nānā ʻO ka makahiki o ka wehe ʻana). ʻOi aku ka surreal ke ʻike aku e hana nei i kēia manawa i mua o kā mākou maka.
