Bellows

     I took a few weeks off from blogging. I went to Bellows Air Force Station in Oahu on a family vacation. I have a brother who fought in Nam, and through him and his military ID, the family was able to stay on the military base. 
     There's a beautiful beach on Bellows, it's probably the nicest beach on the island. And it's been a private beach for the military for some years. 
     It got me thinking about stealing land and how the U.S. stole the Hawaiian islands. I read a brief history of the event. It seemed like easy pickings. 
     Most thieves think small. A car, a house, a bank, maybe a chocolate bar. Not the U.S. We steal big. Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Puerto Rico. It takes big stones to steal large swaths of land and then pretend like nothing happened. In fact, if you bring up land stealing in some circles people get offended. As if somehow you're demeaning them for being the thieves. They're not the thieves of course, but somebody was.