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				Re: David Brooks to Obama:  Less of your shucking and jiving, please.
			 
 
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					Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield  He's about as exotic as a fucking cheeseburger.  Hawaii a unique culture?  The perpetual knock on the place is that it's hideously over-Americanized.  And it is. |  For tourists you are correct. Have you spent much time on any of the islands living with locals or do you know many people who grew up there? There is a tremendous economic stratification. Further, media and retail culture were different when he grew up. there was no internet and not every town had a starbucks, walmart and mcdonalds.
				__________________Man I smashed it like an Idaho potato!
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