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According to Joe

Joe Gedan

Emerging and discouraging economies

China's economy is growing fast.

A giant surplus they've amassed.

Their peasant culture may soon pass

To a fast emerging middle class.

Our economy is quickly slipping.

Savings accounts are now missing.

Consumer debt has me thinking.

Our middle class may be shrinking

Daily headlines inspire the poet in Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations on the news appear on Sundays and Fridays.

gedan@hawaii.rr.com

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Inside | August 22

Editorial

» Primary ballot change complicates voting

» Chamber of Commerce lends hand to homeless

» Corky's Editorial Cartoon

» According to Joe

Hawaii News

» Kilauea coughs up a plume of ash

» HTA forgives executive's laptop misuse

» Credit ills plague isle real estate

» 2005 champs feel the pressure

» Mayor vows to put transit on ballot

» Director of Sierra Club stepping down

» BOE sets up new school calendar

» Lou Gehrig's disease awareness

» Big Isle police investigate death

» Army lab asked to help analyze woman's body

» Judge approves company's permits

» Campaigns argue over 'exotic' Hawaii

» Isles see 5 cases this year so far

» Kamehameha grad grew isle ties

» Newswatch, Police/Fire

» Ocean Watch: Laysan ducks

» Corky's Hawaii

» Photo Finish

» Island Images

Features

» Ledward Kaapana celebrates 60th birthday

» 'LooChoo nu Kwa' debuts at Mamiya

» Curtain rising on 3 isle productions

» Academy minifests surf around the world

» Nightcrawlers: Local club scene happenings

» 'ABBA the Music' silenced

» Our Picks: TV, Family, Contest, and Food

» In the Mix: Aboard the 'Liquid' party cruise

» Screen Time: Katherine Nichols is on vacation

» Island Mele: Ronstadt; Herron; Hanna

» Crawlspace: Fource; Night Fever

» About Time: 'Green' tips

Sports

» Kaneohe's Bryan Clay wins the decathlon

» Further Review: Clay is truly golden

» US women achieve their gold goal

» Rausch ailing

» Mahan goes low; locals struggle

» O'Sullivan states case as 49ers defeat Bears

» 6 essential college football questions

» Defense sharp, offense not

» Dooley toiling to make a winner out of LaTech

» Notebook: Injury bug

Business

» Isle traffic spurs new DHX office

» TheBuzz: Expats imperil local poke pride

» Business Briefs

» Hawaii Stocks and Mutual Funds

» Market Watch

Columns | August 22

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John Berger

Katherine Nichols

Dave Reardon

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