We have got to help these people. Our nation and others in the past destroyed their communities via colonization and war, and nuclear testing in the Marshalls. Of course, this should not be only Hawaii's "burden", but a lack of federal assistance should not be our excuse to NOT help the Micronesians. These are nice, friendly, kind, gentle people. If you have traveled through Micronesia, especially in the Marshals, the FSM and Belau, you have seen the poverty and the difficulty of life. It is a little better in the Marianas, in part because of stronger US support. It is cruel and demeaning that Micronesian families and kids are sleeping on the streets. We must help. I like to think that we are all islanders, in the Pacific, and that we must stick together because the continental powers (including our own) will forget us in a New York minute when the going gets tough, or where insults are perceived as in the present lawsuit and basic democratic resistance to an out of control natl gov.