ʻO Max Westerman ka mea kākau moʻolelo TV lōʻihi loa o Netherlands ma ʻAmelika. Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i mea kākau no RTL Nieuws, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha no Newsweek. Ua ʻike ʻia kāna hana i ka lā alakaʻi- a me nā nūpepa pule ma ka home a ma waho. Ua hana ʻo ia i ʻelua kīwī TV a kākau i ka mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa ʻo Max & Ke Kulanakauhale.
Ua lawe mai o Max 25 makahiki o kona ola ana ma Amerika. Ma kāna puke i paʻi ʻia nei “Ma na Mokuaina a pau” paʻi ʻo ia i ke kiʻi hohonu o ʻAmelika ma muli o kāna mau ʻike pilikino. Hoʻopaʻa ka Institute for Brilliant Failures i kekahi mau paukū “Ma na Mokuaina a pau” a nīnauele iā Max Westerman e pili ana i kāna mau hana me nā ʻAmelika i ka wā e hana hewa ai a lawe i nā pilikia. A e pili ana i kahi Brilliant Failure pilikino!
E pili ana i ka makemake, ikaika ikaika a me ka daredevil:
Ka ʻUhane ʻAmelika: he huikau o ka manao, ikaika ikaika a me ka daredevil. ʻO ia ke kumu o ko lākou holomua. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka poʻe ʻAmelika i nā pilikia ma mua o mākou a ʻoi aku ka makaʻu i ka hāʻule. ʻO kēlā ʻuhane maoli ka mea e hoʻohauʻoli ai iā lākou ma ke ʻano he mehameha, aka, e like me ka poe weliweli i kekahi manawa. ʻO kahi manaʻo e ʻike pū ʻoe i nā koho manaʻo honua. ʻO ka poʻe ʻAmelika nui loa e noʻonoʻo maikaʻi ana i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika a mālama i kona huhū no ko lākou aupuni.. ..He… pupule ko ʻAmelika, maikai a pupule. ʻO ia ko lākou ikaika. Aʻa lākou e moeʻuhane nui. A hahai i kā lākou mau moeʻuhane me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ka manaʻo o nā hoalauna. ... ko lākou makemake e lanakila, e lilo i mea maikaʻi loa, i nā mea a pau a lākou e hana ai. Aneane nā mea a pau e hiki mai ana i kēia hui hyper-competitive -economically, kālaiʻāina, pilikanaka- pili i ka makemake palena ʻole e …… ma mua o kekahi a me kekahi.
E pili ana i ka manawa pōkole o ka poʻe ʻAmelika:
He pōkole ko ka poʻe ʻAmelika. Ho'āʻo lākou i nā mea a pau a inā ʻaʻole pono, poina hou a ke hana nei i kahi mea hou. Hāʻawi kēia hiʻohiʻona i ko lākou kūleʻa akā kōkua pū nō hoʻi e wehewehe i ke kumu e kū ai lākou i nā pilikia nui i ko lākou ʻāina - ka hoʻokae a me ka ʻilihune.- mai hoʻopaʻapaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia i ka pō, akā e uē ana no kahi kulekele lōʻihi. A ʻaʻole hoʻomanawanui ka poʻe ʻAmelika no kēlā: hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoponopono i kekahi pilikia i kēia lā. "
E pili ana i nā kuʻekuʻe lima a me nā panakalupa:
“Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao he hui kuʻekuʻe lima, kahi e helu ai nā mea lanakila: 'ʻelua wahi no ka poʻe nalo'. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he ʻāina kahi e loaʻa ai i nā mea pio nā manawa hou. A lawe pū lākou iā lākou. ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona ʻAmelika e banekorupa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma ʻEulopa, ua manaʻo ʻia ka mea nāna e waiho i ka panakalupa, ʻike ka ʻAmelika iā ia he ʻoihana e ʻaʻa nei e lawe i nā pilikia. "
E pili ana i nā Pelekikena ʻAmelika a me ka hāʻule ʻole:
"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo George Bush he mea nalo a hiki i kona kanahā mau makahiki i ʻike nui ʻia ma Netherlands ma mua o ʻAmelika. ʻAʻole i lōʻihi ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu ʻāpana o ka holomua. He kanaka kūʻai banekorupa ʻo Abraham Lincoln ma mua o kona hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena nui loa o ʻAmelika. Ua loaʻa iā Henry Ford kahi laina lōʻihi o nā hāʻule i kona wā i hele mai ai me kāna Model Model T a hoʻomaka i kāna au kaʻa.. Makemake nā ʻAmelika i nā moʻolelo hoʻi hou e like me kēia.”
E pili ana i ka Institute of Brilliant Failures:
“He kahua maikaʻi! Ua ʻae loa au i kāu ʻike. ʻAʻole no ka mea ʻole kaʻu hoʻopau ʻana i kaʻu puke 'ma nā mokuʻāina āpau', i puka mai nei, me ka rula: '….ʻo ia kekahi o nā haʻawina a ʻAmelika i aʻo mai iaʻu: pono ʻoe e ʻaʻa e hana hewa.”
E ʻike pū i ka hāʻule maikaʻi ʻana o Max Westerman i ka hale hana ham i kā mākou waihona e pili ana i kāna huakaʻi hele ʻole ma ke ʻano he mea nona ka 'hale hana ham'.
Ua lawe ʻia nā paukū o kēia ʻatikala mai ka puke In All States, ʻO ʻAmelika o Max Westerman., Nā mea hoʻopuka hou ʻo Amsterdam. ISBN 978 90 468 0290 8. E ʻike pū i www.maxwestermann.nl a me www.nieuwamsterdam.nl
