JUSTICE FOR ALL! HOW DO I START THE PROCESS OF EXPUNGEMENT FOR A BURGLARY CHARGE IN MONTANA THAT HAPPENED 19 YEARS AGO? THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE COURTS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, SEPARATION OF POWERS, AND THE BAD NEWS IS, THE COURTS ARE FOLLOWING THE LAW, SEPARATION OF POWERS--BUT THE HOMELESS, ALLEGED CRIMINALS, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, WHO HAVE STRAIGHTENED UP, CAN'T GET ON WITH LIFE, CAN'T GET JOBS, APARTMENTS, ETC., WE NEED TO DO MORE THAT JUST FEED, SHELTER AND CLOTHES THE VETS AND HOMELESS, AND GIVE THEM THE LEGAL TOOLS TO GET OFF THE PUBLIC DOLE, AND BECOME PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, A KEY COMPONENT OF REHABILITATION AND THE WHOLE INTENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM--MS. HOBBY LOBBY IS ON IT . . . POVERELLO, GOD'S LOVE, SAMARITAN HOUSE, MISSION OF HOPE, AND OTHERS, WE HAVE SOME LEGISLATION TO GET PASSED HERE IN MONTANA! BLESS YOUR LIVES WITH GOD'S LOVE--DAVE, NEED YOU AND YOUR MOM'S HELP, THERE IN HELENA, COME JANUARY!

Once Someone Has Served Time, Paid for Their Crime, Satisfied the Courts--They Need to Have a Remedy to Wipe that from their Record!  The Jewish Sabbath Starts Today--Look at it as Repentance . . . I Know, I Know!

Tim Baldwin, an attorney from Kalispell, and I believe a constitutional law attorney, like myself, answered, the question of getting a record expunged, in the following way:  Expunging a criminal record is allowed only if statute allows it.  No authority of courts to expunge criminal records absent statutory authorization: Montana courts have jurisdiction to expunge criminal records pursuant to statute, but absent explicit legislative authorization, courts have no inherent power to expunge criminal records. St v. Chesley, 2004 MT 165, 322 M 26, 92 P3d 1212 (2004).  With your particular conviction, I am unaware of any statutory authority to expunge your conviction.  WHAT THE FUCK?

One of the reasons, I love Montana, is that they actually do follow the law, love the constitutions, and really try to follow it the best they can; they also have term limits for elected officials, which I am coming to find, like everything else is both good and bad!  The problem is, every session, the legislature has hot topic items, last session, the most money was spent on dignity in death or physician assisted suicide, with attorneys from other states, setting up shop, model legislation, and outside influence . . . but, there is no voice for the homeless, few for Vets, and absolutely none for the alleged criminals, of yesteryear, especially, but we are all paying for that oversight!

Law School Commencement Ceremonies--JUSTICE FOR ALL!

In the week or two, the University of Montana, School of Law, celebrated graduation, and the bold headline in the newspaper, was Justice for All!  I was particularly interested, because just days before, my oldest daughter, Greta Secrist Hyland, had just been admitted to the law school, and I referred the article down to here in Dameron Valley, Utah, just out of St. George, Utah, so she could see what the school focus is, and I know that has always been my bent on the law, justice for all!  And as I have clawed and scratched my way, all the way up to the top court in the land, with tons of opposition, to see that justice is for all, regardless of price, personal, high, even life-threatening, at times, that is my goal, and I know, my daughter will fit, why, because she is my daughter, her value system is highly evident, and I know, she will fight for JUSTICE FOR ALL!

I would have failed as both a mother and an attorney, had I not conveyed to her the importance, critical implications of not providing justice for all, not only in the strictest sense of fairness, but just downright justice, and the backlash against society as a whole, if there is not justice for all . . . I know my children, I know the values I instilled in them . . . teach correct principles, they will govern themselves, and they will not depart from them!  That is Biblical, so is justice, so is mercy, the word hearsay, and many legal terms, come from the New Testament, and so is payment for crimes/sins!  

It always amazed me, that our advocate, with the Father, was none other than Jesus Christ, who will stand before the judgement seat for us, arguing our case, and he also, after getting us the most lenient sentence, with the minimal amount of punishment, took our place!  If our legal system is based on Judeo-Christian principles, then should our response to former perpetrators of crimes, be that in response also, with concepts like, judge not that ye be not judged, and turn the other cheek . . . not necessarily, in this secular system, but after they have completed what the courts feel is their obligation?  Come on!

Shelters Across this State Have Fed, Sheltered & Clothed Me, While I My Travel Plans Have Been Dictated by Law Enforcement, Allegedly for Being the Person, Who Committed Crimes Against Me!  Double Vision, Mistaken Identity, With Very Powerful People in High Places, Wanting My Demise!

As I escaped Utah, after suing the state for $357 million, and the county I lived in for $56.7 million, trying to get justice for all, including two financial planners, who use to both be millionaires, now bankrupt and broke, and three kids, all basically good, who were targeted by cops, and who were trying to do their best to take on the powers that be, for their crimes . . . the venom turned on the attorney, who really did have the skills, had the tools, and the credentials to give them, as formerly being one of their own, a run for their money; however, they switched sides, the plaintiffs that is, and sided with the Mormon Church, once I won the cases, took bribes, I think two of the guys are now cops, or one a detective now, agreeing to let the real criminals off and chase the only one with a pure heart and clean hands, out of the state, after taking 2 homes, with all the belongings, up to and including my toothbrush, 5 vehicles, books, computers, and files in my law practice, that was raging with constitutional vigor, kicking the shit out of law enforcement agencies in multiple states, and at a federal level, so for fear of my life, I fled to Montana, as the last best place!

Once while in Helena, I walked past God's Love Homeless Shelter . . . and told God to never, never let me land there!  LOL!  At that time, I still had my truck, then my car for shelter, haven't seen my home in Utah for almost 2 years, now, cabin, also, but as fate would have it, someone put a pipe bomb on my car, they already took my truck and about $20,000 worth of art, electronics, computers, TVs, and whatever they wanted from my house, in addition to my truck, so I was in my new throw away vehicle, I bought in Great Falls, where the DMV, kept my driver's license, and just couldn't find it when I went back to get it . . . feds, and my Utah State Bar Association Card, picture I.D., was taken in Helena, last July 4th, when staying with friends, new roommate, just had her boyfriend picked up on a warrant, I am sure he got out, in exchange for her getting in my purse, I left, while going to honor Vets at the VA Hospital, in Helena, that day! 

So with no I.D., my means of getting money, and no protection now, from the elements, as unpredictable as Montana weather is, I found myself on the streets . . . at none other than, God's Love, which I am sure, was in fact, GOD'S Love, both for me, and what I am now seeing, probably was part of the plan, for all the guys and gals, who are there due to the lack of means, remedy, statute, or whatever, to get records expunged to move on with their lives!  I have been driven from state to state, from sea to shining sea, for the Patriot Act, or alleged infractions, due to entrapment, by cops, tricking me, or putting me in difficult situations, by what they have done first, straining at a nat, and swallowing a flea, their crimes, are so monumental, and mine in reaction to their actions, like taking my truck, stealing my house, belongings, etc. that a jury would laugh in comparison!  

Giving Back to the Shelters for Their Love!

I first thought of the idea, after Dave and I, talked at God's Love, and we decided that something that would really help the homeless, was to get their records cleared so they could function in society again . . . many were out of jail or prison, but couldn't get housing or jobs, due to criminal background checks.    I am making good on my promise, Dave, just a little later than planned, staying alive is my main goal now days . . . but providing the shelter, now shelters, across the state with an easy way for staff to help the homeless get records cleared, has always been on my mind!

Two weeks ago, after one of the homeless guys from the Poverello, asked me to help him with 10 year old charges on his record out of the state of Washington, and another guys, who has 40 year old charges from Georgia, asked me to help them expunge their records, I decided this was the time.  Wow, I was shocked how easy it was to get relief in Washington, not only were their forms readily available and user friendly, in the small print below the forms, there was a number connected with an organization called CLEAR, just in case someone needing assistance is reading this blog, call (888) 201.1019, and they will even do it free if you don't have money.  That was easy.

Shock of Shocks . . . What the Hell, Montana Doesn't Do Expungements?

Now, I am not going to criticize my adopted state, again, the good and bad, you barely have 1 million people, so the state, is basically not very populated, but the down side is, with the fourth largest state, and no people, they don't have much of a tax base  . . . but I am always impressed with what they do, with so little money, and they always have a surplus of, right now, about a half a million dollars!  But it is not money, but legislation we need.  But up until, late yesterday, after spending a hour and a half on the computer, trying to find a form on the Montana Court Forms, website, after looking up the statute, having just read the bold titles, not the details, and just assuming they had expungement methods, and after stopping at the Missoula County Court and Missoula Legal Services, I was still not sure what was going on . . . they were both unaware of any forms to help people get their records expunged.

So when all else fails, call people who know what is going on, I called the Montana Supreme Court, the Montana State Library, the Law School, the Law School Librarian, a Constitutional Law Professor, the Innocence Project . . . and they all kind of hinted that there was not a statute or law, or at least not a form, or no way for someone to get their records cleared.  I still didn't believe them, that can't be true, really?  Finally, Susan, the head law librarian, very efficiently, and directly, told me in no uncertain terms, that the state did not do expungement, or rarely did, and the court, did not have jurisdiction, there was no legislation, and the person would, on a rare occasion be allowed to go before the Board of Pardons, to get a record expunged . . . what, this should be a matter of law, almost . . . in Utah, you can get a misdemeanor cleared in 3 years, and a felony in 5, if memory serves!

Susan, gave me the name and citation of the case, I mentioned in the attention grabber, and I told her, that I thought, or by first glance was sure that a record could be reversed or expunged and the law even provided for someone to get their DNA samples, dismissed from evidence in the case of an alleged rape . . . she said she was aware of that, but would have to look up the law again, and so was I going to!  

Searching for Friends in High Places--We Need Some Legislation on This!

I promptly called my landlord, Tony Ostemeier whom I helped gather signatures, Monday, to get him on the ballot against, Ellie Hill, in House District, 94, I think?  And I told him, he couldn't shoot his renters up at the ranch, he couldn't die, he thinks he is too old, na, my grandpa, lived to the ripe old age of 96 years old, and was driving his car to the week he died, so Tony has a good 18 years left, he is a Marine, tough one at that, stout, and sharp, too, that early higher education at Harvard, did him some good!

And on top of that, I needed him to carry some legislation for me . . . I testified 3 times last session, so some of the legislators already know me, and I think, Ellie Hill, was actually on my email list for a while, after I testified, and wrote on the Salish-Kootenai Indian Water Compact, along with Krayton Kearns, and a few others on the House of Representatives, Judicial Committee . . . like I said, I am principle, concept, and values oriented, not necessarily party, aligned, therefore, I don't care who carries this bill, or writes it, as long as we get one!

The down side of term limits, is a legislator just gets their feet wet, and then their time is up, and they either have to run in another branch or section, like the senate, to continue whatever work they started, and most are so green around the gills, that they are just cutting teeth; however, I didn't like the alleged kings and queens of the Utah Legislature, that kicked assistant attorney generals out of the Capitol Building, who worked their all year, for 45 days, and a special session now and then, with the top of the line decor, and even that wasn't good enough, they built the Roman Gardens, and multi-million dollar buildings to match the state Capitol, out back, fountains and all . . . is there a middle ground, one breeds corruption and the other, vacates seasoned legislators and puts them out to pasture, about the time they are getting effective . . . possibly, longer terms?

The Pov, Just Reached their Funding Goal of $1.6 Million--Total Donations About $6 Million--Great Social--Expungement is Going to Take Longer!

Since, at one time or another, I have found myself in different shelters, due to Rimrock Bus Company getting grounded by the feds, or Salt Lake Express, or Greyhound cutting services, I have been stuck in various parts of the state, but the up side, is, if I am ever homeless again, or just travelling through, either too cheap to get a hotel, or not staying long enough to get an apartment, or don't know anyone, I have always had the reassurance, that if I could make it back to Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, or Missoula, I could have a roof over my head, a bed, whether in the hall, on the floor, or on a bed, and a good meal . . . I can't say that for Washington, or Spokane, nice clean bed, but the food, wasn't as good as in Montana.

Montanans Practice What They Preach--But I Do Have Preferences--Ratings

While not a five star hotel or restaurant, but extremely grateful, I have surmised a thing or two about the shelters . . . now the new Poverello Center, is amazing, beautiful, high tech, and just off the charts a great act of caring by the community!  And I promise, Director of Veterans Services, Tessa Johnson, MSW, at the Poverello Center, and Valor House, serving families, I think . . . that whatever I have to do, I will get a law passed to help, get criminal records cleared for the people you serve, and so well, do you serve, that is my promise!  Here we go for the rating system, take it for what it is worth, I know, beggars can't be choosers . . . put, hey, look at it this way, I was instrumental in getting the water compact tabled, having written constitutional analysis, first for the Federation of Republican Women, in the Flathead, testified before the Judicial Committee, who tabled the compact, and gave me the opportunity to testify for almost a half hour, as to why I thought is violated the U.S. Constitution, the Montana State Constitution, and Montana State Code . . . then, Krayton Kearns asked me to write my testimony.  I later, worked with Senator Jackson . . . so if Montana is smart, this homeless waif, who is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, and there are others like me . . . and you have no idea what we have sacrificed for your freedoms and rights, but if the state is smart, it can save itself and tax payers, $55 million in repairs to water systems, under the sole jurisdiction of the U.S. Government!  A few meals, a bed, and an occassional coat, might have been worth it for the state . . . I hope!

• Best Food Category . . . Poverello, Missoula, chef stuff, while you are all buying the unhealthy food, in the grocery stores, with the foods that need to be taken off the selves, for time dated foods, go to the Pov, who cooks it up in a 5 to 7 course meal . . . after that, local farmers can pick it up for pig food, so I think you would be happy, waste not, want not, going to a good cause!
• Cleanest Shelter Category . . . Samaritan House, Kalispell, as in most shelters, people have chores they have to do, but Samaritan House is spotless and shines!
• Cutest Rooms Category . . . Mission of Hope, Great Falls, nice comfy quilts, Bibles on the beds, stuffed animals, carpeting, residents feel warm and safe . . .
• Most Lenient Rules, Funnest . . . God's Love, Helena . . . we are adults, not planning on being nuns, or giving my life to the cloth, we had BBQs, and on a rare occasion, a male pal, got to come in and watch, Jon Stewart, and Colbert, which made it fun . . . Dave was even planning a wedding for us, and had little Asian kids for adoption . . . funny, Dave!

Two Years Ago, I Never Would Have Imagined!

The other day, the day after the Poverello Center celebrated reaching their fund raising goals, some jackass, wrote an article, playing on the theme of the movie, Field of Dreams . . . build it and they will come. slamming the 100 or so homeless who have on an average night, received a warm bed, great food, and friendship . . . good friends, loyal friends, more than I can say for my clients, and family in Utah . . . two years ago, I had a ragingly popular law practice, with a million dollar home, my dream truck, my family close, $5k to $10k in my purse, cash, at any given time . . . guess what, that disappeared in the blink of an eye, and I became, an unlawful fugitive, in the eyes of the Patriot Act boys a girls, seeking to arrest without warrants, jail and kill me . . . just fighting for your rights and your freedoms, so judge not is a great standard to live by . . .

THANKS TO ALL THE GREAT FOLKS, WHO REALLY DO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION, THEIR BELIEFS, AND PUT THEIR WALLETS WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE!  LET GOD'S LOVE BLESS YOUR LIVES!

PROJECT VOTE SMART: BLACK & WHITE THINKERS NEED NOT APPLY; REASONABLE PEOPLE AGREE TO DISAGREE; A WOMANIZER, ALCOHOLIC, SWORE LIKE A SAILOR--WINSTON CHURCHILL, TIPS FOR MORE SOPHISTICATED VOTING

Don't Be Confused By the Facts

Yesterday, I was on the bus, and got into a discussion with the bus driver, and as usual, it turns to politics, so politics as usual.  The bus driver, very emphatically in formed me that he was a conservative, and proud of it, as if that was all he needed to say, and all discussion of anything was off the table, implying like all of his ilk, that isn't it highly obvious, that we made a mistake in the last election, and only time had revealed that, with President Obama.  I promptly informed him that it was his Republicans who had created so much grief in my life, under the (un)Patriot Act, Pres. Bush's baby, Clinton would not sign it . . . and that I found out just last week, that it was his party, who refused to vote against legislation, that made it legal to arrest someone, without a warrant, no charges, and hold them indefinitely or detain them without a hearing or trial, and I had been arrested, under exactly those elements, and had clients and family who would not give up looking for me, in a jail, all the way across the state!

I was sure that I had been picked up under the tenuous detainment statute, intended for terrorists, but, for my protection, and adiment obedience and defense of the U.S. Constitution, but after my release 9 days later, a client came a got me, I was told that law had been overturned--that was in 2012, and I just read last week in some document, that was not true and the unconstitutional detainments were still on the books!  I heard the horror stories of a former CIA agent, who was likewise arrested, without charges, warrant for arrest and detained, among other female activist--amazing that being true to my oath of office as an attorney and officer of the court, would get me locked up as a homegrown terrorist!  The bus driver apologized, and said, yeah, President Bush was pretty bad . . . hell, bad, he threw out the whole fucking Constitution!  I would say bad!

Right Up To the Polling Booth

In 2008, I watched all news channels, from the most conservative to the most liberal and in between, every night from about August to November . . . I was worried about Palin, one heart-beat away from the presidency, but I wanted to make the right decision, having never fallen prey to voting entirely for one party or the other, nor being closely aligned with one or the other.  When I was younger, I read the Republican Platform, didn't agree with all of that, likewise for the Democrats, nor did I agree entirely with the Libertarians . . . so a woman without a party, who now knows why, I basically fall, right where the U.S. Constitution falls, kind of a deep seated sense of justice, embedded in both me and the document, secularist, grounded in common sense, rational thought, and the practicalities of life.

But in my TV and newspaper reading, trying to be a smart voter, I saw one advertisement or study, done by the Office of Veterans Affairs, in which they gave a grade to Senator McCain and Senator Obama, as the time--now McCain was a POW, or Prisoner of War and a Vet; therefore, logic should tell you that he, not Obama, should get the higher score on voting for or against veterans issues.  But to my surprise, Obama got a "B" and McCain, got an "F."  Since, four members of my family had served in the military, covering all four branches, I decided to vote for President Obama . . . 

And, this morning as I read the Judicial Watch Special Report, entitled, "Yes, Mr. President, You Will Wait" an Updated Examination into the Unprecedented and Radical Attempt by the Obama Administration to Expand Power, it struck me again, that many things that this report demonized the Obama Administration over, were long held beliefs that rang of constitutional vigor and protection, like exercising his executive powers to immediately stop enforcing minimum mandatory sentences for prisoners, or taking offense with states, who wanted to curtail or make the voting process more stringent--not for the people, but for Republican advantage!  Politics, when the founding fathers, said the federal government is to ensure a Republican form or representative form of government, and protect against domestic violence . . . which I would say, states, all 19, are trying to make it harder for seniors, the poor, or others to vote . . . when the whole reason for the Boston Tea Party, talk about an oxymoron of the abuse of the name of Tea Partiers . . . was to get rid of taxation with out representation, or a voice through voting!

This past election, I happened to be at my sister's house in Cove, Utah, now she lives in Mendon, on the date of the third presidential debate, which I couldn't wait to see, and I asked my sister, if she wanted to watch the debate with me, she immediately said, No, after Sarah Palin, and campaigning for her, one day, mind you, I am done with politics!  And Obama is Satan himself . . . and her son, piped up and said, and yeah, he is a Muslim!  At first I considered the source, Republican, and totally uneducated, nor do they care to get educated, don't confuse them with the facts, and of course, Mitt Romney was their man, no good, card carrying Mormon, would vote for Obama over Romney . . . she doesn't know her own church . . . or state, like I do, nor Mitt Romney, like I do . . . I actually know, he took $30 million in government bail out, was shipping jobs off to China, or his former company was, right during the elections . . . and you know the rest of the story, the 47% and all, but hey, what does all that matter!

If Rachel would have known, in the last election, everyone tried to bash Obama on his choice of Christian Churches and ministers, alleged radical, Black preacher . . . President Obama's dad, was Muslim, but he and Michelle, have always been Christian, attending the same Church for 20 years!  Again, don't confuse them with the facts!  It was interesting, here is another shocker, for the black and white thinkers among you . . . a Christian University, forgot which on, actually rated, President Obama and Governor Romney, on their Christianity, and if my quick glance at the tally, from the flash on TV, was, the President actually scored higher than the alleged, righteous, Mormon, Mitt, being a former Mormon Stake President!  I mentioned that to someone the other day, and he said, yeah, I don't think Mitt Romney is quit the choir boy he makes out to be . . . none of them are!

Transparency in Government

The Judicial Watch was screaming about all the executive order the President has used to circumvent Congress, with his Can't Wait campaign . . . with a Congress, who only cares about getting elected or re-elected, who just got back in session, and the newspaper said, they had no intention of getting anything done, just keeping the status quo, and doing nothing, until after the fall mid-term elections, with a less than 6 percent approval rating, less than Parliament had, shortly before the Declaration of Independence was sent to Britain, who can blame President Obama, who is actually trying to take care of business!  Congress sure as hell isn't . . . they probably would rather discuss Benghazi for the next 5 months, rather than take care of business!  The Nation can't wait!  You should be fired!

In speech after speech, the President is announcing, exactly what his intends to do, agree or disagree, he tells you . . . there have been, I have heard, about 119 executive orders, done at the stoke of a pen, by President Obama . . . hell, during the lame duck session, after President Obama won the 2008 elections, in November, early November, at January 20th, 2009, while no one was watching . . . President Bush, signed something like 1200 executive orders!  Timing is everything, what Bush signed by executive order, President Obama inherited, along with the group carrying out those orders, unbeknown to the public, that he has had to contend with!

Check Rachel Maddow, MSNBC, who was watching what President Bush was up to during those day, and I was still hooked on the news, going through withdrawal symptoms, soaking every drop of news, until it started to dwindle in notoriety, which is always does . . . you would be shocked at what your past, Republican President signed into law, with a single stroke of the law, what the Patriot Act didn't do, through Congress, Bush mopped up the details in executive orders, like making it legal for local and state cops to search your house, while you are not home . . . very consistent with the rest of the bull shit, in that act, signed, I heard, one minute after midnight, 9/12, but wasn't announced to the nation, until just short of a month after the suspiciously tragic day . . . due to the pre-prepared act, that President Clinton, would not sign!

Constitutional Law is as Complicated as You Can Get

In a perfect world, between the three branches of government, you have the Legislative Branch, or Congress, who is suppose to make the laws; the Executive Branch to enforce those laws, and the Judicial Branch, that is to interpret the laws, or actions enforcing the law, and determine if they are, in fact, constitutional . . . there is a rule in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, that actually gives attorneys, the right to challenge the constitutionality of an act of Congress . . . but, the division of powers, rights and duties, are not always so clearly distinguished, and 238 years of case law, has shaped, filled in the gaps in the actual word of the Constitution, and often the lines are blurred . . . 

Tip for law students, past, present and future, grappling with the complications, juxtapositions, anomalies, and complexities of this federalist, state and federal government, plus Republican form, with a balance of power between the branches of government, there is cross-over duties, that even muddy the waters further. My constitutional law professor, told us we could make an outline of a con law book that was about 4 inches thick, to bring into this open book test.  The night before the test, I decided, perhaps, I should prepare something easy to take into class to help me with the test.

So being the former graphic artist I am, and very much into the kiss idea of life, keep it simple stupid, or Henry David Thurough's mantra, simplicity, simplicity, simplicity . . . I took a single piece of paper, a tea cup, and drew three circles, basically, separate, but equal, however, with a bit of overlap between each and every branch with the other two branches, for the exceptions, like executive orders and the like . . . as small as I could write, I penned all the rights, duties, powers, and prohibitions for each branch, in the main part of the circle, then going through my notes, I covered the case law, that made the whole thing much more complicated, as the U.S. Supreme Court, the final say on matters of competition for powers, and there are many, created this overlap, that is the battle ground.

Just recently, I was shocked to read, that my disdain for the modern Court's, ruling on Citizens United, the case that gave corporations the right of free speech, giving them the right to unlimited spending, actually had some precedence, back in the late 1800s, or at least 100 year old ruling, making corporations, legal fictions, or persons, for business ease . . . so, we can't be so sure, there is not some precendence for what we now hate that, eve the U.S. Supreme Court is stuck with, historically.

Project Vote Smart

Leave social issues alone, that have been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court to be constitutional, like abortion and now, Obamacare, they have been ruled on, decided, and revisited, Congress has tried to rescind the law they voted for, 40 times, and have not been successful, the law is the law, is the law, like it or not.  You hear politicians, running on the ignorance campaign as did Sarah Palin, she was going to personally overturn, Roe v. Wade . . . really.  More states are on board with Obamacare, the typical whipping boy, for the time, than were when it was voted in back 3 years ago.

After the 2008, trouncing, I remember, Michael Steele, the new director the NCR, or National Republican Committee, and he and others, decided, rather than to broaden the base of voters, actually came up with a 20 point check list, that if political hopefuls didn't match up on all 20 points, they would not consider supporting them . . . enter the Tea Party, and the civil war in the party right now!  Remember, that back in the days of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, there were actually, 12 political parties, maybe indicative of the factions, within each party now, there is good, better, and best candidates and ideas.

Remember that money doesn't make a viable candidate . . . Karl Rove, had $300 million to spend, and not one of his candidates, he vetted, got elected, which was a relief, and a statement against the law case, Citizens United . . . the voters, still made the elections, not money!  You may personally agree with 2/3 of a candidates positions, so don't let that 1/3 deter you from voting for them . . . reasonable people agree to disagree!  Hell, spouses, don't agree, why should politicians!  Be open, be flexible, and look for people who have the basics, based on traditional principles, concepts and values, taking into consideration, we live in a diverse nation, the melting pot, with competing interests and groups, and we all have to live together and get along!

Good Luck, Primaries are June 3--VOTE SMART!

SUPPRESSION OF GIRL POWER GUSTO: OPPOSING COMMENTS TO ARTICLE IN NEW AMERICAN, ARTICLE ENTITLED--EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK MEANS PAYING MEN MORE, BASED THREE ON REASONS: (1) IT IS FASHIONABLE TO ATTACK WHITE MALES; (2) ADVANTAGES ENJOYED BY "VICTIM" GROUPS CAN NEVER BE DUE TO DISCRIMINATION; AND (3) THERE IS LITTLE DOWNSIDE FOR DEMOCRATS WHEN ATTACKING MEN (A) WOMEN GET PAID LESS BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS MARKETABLE; (B) WOMEN ARE INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE-ORIENTED OCCUPATIONS; AND MEN EARN MORE BECAUSE THEY DO VIRTUALLY ALL THE MOST DANGEROUS JOBS--REALLY?

Like I Have Said--the Battle of the Sexes is Not Over

Males are more likely to pursue occupations where compensation is risky from year to year, such as law or finance.  Perry & Biggs, p.27.

Now, all the excuses this clown ass writer comes up with can be dispelled by this one female attorney's story, and I am sure, that I am not the only women attorney who has horror stories that would follow much the same patterns.  Author Selwyn Duke--symbolic, sell win, with the mentality of John Wayne, nick named the Duke, this cowboy attributes much of the female plight, to the fact that she chooses to work less, due to family responsibilities and child bearing . . . okay, well, I didn't go to law school, until I was 36 years old, and I graduated when my oldest daughter, graduated from high school, with all my children in school, while I attended 3 years of law school, at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, 1990 to 1993, well after the 70's push for the Equal Rights Amendment . . . I was totally ready for embarking on this male oriented profession, to play in the big leagues, go for the heavy weights, play in an equal arena, with the soul intent to fight and win!

My first case I ever filed, was a $357 million lawsuit, in a specialty area of law, securities, suing the governor, the attorney general, the director of the department of commerce, the division of securities, and about 8 attorneys and investigators, acting in their individual and official capacities, for the state of Utah! Henry S. Brock and Jay Rice, two financial planners, men, actually that got their asses in a ringer, and could not find any male attorneys in the Salt Lake area to sue the Division of Securities on their behalves, turned to this little female attorney, pit-bull who tore the state of Utah a new ass!  So, I was playing in the big leagues, securities is a specialty area of law, and this case involved a knowledge of securities law, administrative law, civil and criminal law, in addition to constitutional law . . . and guess what, there was not a fucking male who dared, or was smart enough to take this case, and I did it against the Litigation Division's assistant attorneys generals, and two outside law firms!  This little chick, was not chicken shit, like her fellow male attorneys, who were charging anywhere from $500 per hour, to $700 per hour in states like New York, all who followed my case, as I took it to the United States Supreme Court, single handed without a secretary, a legal assistant, nor any other attorney to help or consult with!

My Resume Coming Into This Law Suit--And Simultaneously About 30 Other Lawsuits, Against the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, Immigration Customs Enforcement, National Guard, States of Utah and Nevada, the Las Vegas Review Journal--$700 Million Worth of Cases + a Ton of Pro Bono, Family and Criminal Law Cases!

I started practicing law at age 40, after teaching argumentation and research, in the English Department, Utah Valley College/University and family law, in the Child & Family Studies Department, Brigham Young University . . . this is a skeleton sketch of my jobs, before I was poisoned for taking out 9 federal attorneys and investigators; you wanna talk doing dangerous jobs, this one almost cost me my life!  Now, within 2 years after graduation from law school, when people saw the beefed up version of my resume, they wondered why I wasn't governor, so you are getting the abbreviated versions . . .

I was former, staff attorney, Utah Prosecution Council, assistant attorney general, Criminal Enforcement Division, Utah Attorney Generals Office--also teaching both argumentation and research and family law, at the University of Utah, and after finding out that I owed $1600 in taxes, helped a local Salt Lake attorney, of about 25 years, beat the largest law firm, if memory serves, Ray Quinny Nebekur with 87 attorneys at the time, on another specialized area of law, patent law, representing a man who got his invention for highly technical equipment for speakers, stolen, due to the shitty work of this big boy law firm!

I was sucked into the Utah Attorney Generals Administration, over 3 statewide programs, 13 staff, and 1800 volunteers, doing constituent services, community programs, and victim services, still teaching at two universities with two manuals under my belt, one on domestic violence and sexual assault, getting an award under the Clinton administration, serving as a national model, still in use, and now being used and adapted by the Department of Justice in their manual of human body trafficking.  During that same time frame, I defeated prosecutor and cop legislation, asset forfeiture, which led to reforms in the practices of law enforcement and prosecution, in 27 states . . . talk about playing with the big boys, heavy duty, fucking take down they are still making me pay for to this day!

Later, I was, as always, from my first job on, offered a new job, almost to the day, starting a new job, almost every years, with the Utah Division of Aging, stealing me from the Utah Attorney Generals Office, stating that everyone can see what happens in any job you go into, it turns to solid gold!  Mind you, I was in several other divisions in the attorney generals office, prior to being whisk away, when Congress appropriated monies for new staff attorneys, in each state, to assist the aging services in the 50 states . . . these guys hand picked me for the job!  I was still teaching at the University of Utah, had my own anger management company, doing public speaking on anger management, for a minimum of 2 hours, at $500 per hour.

I went on to being offered the general counsel position with the Utah Medical Association, over some 3,000 plus physicians in the state, just at the time, the federal government was going after doctors, for alleged billing and coding fraud, for Medicaid and Medicare . . . instead of the docs getting eaten alive by the feds, we ate the feds, for violating doctors federally protected statutory and constitutional rights, with 9 falling to the efforts of a physician and her husband, after I found the federal regulations the fraud unit was fucking up on, saving the docs, and making national heroes of my docs for standing up to the feds.  Still teaching at the U of U, still doing anger management, and now doing online programs for the elderly, dealing with conservatorship and guardianship's . . . and in high demand, until, magically, I was struck down with a terminal brain disease and told I was going to die, with no hope of ever working again, hello, poison, car bombs, etc. . . . try that on for fucking dangerous, you asshole, Duke!

 Now, Let's Compare My Boss, Mark Nash

Sat on his fucking ass for the next 20 years, never got offered a new job, never tried for a new job, never taught at a college or a university, never applied for a grant, nor wrote a manual--he did teach out of the two that I wrote and won grants for, and still used them up to his retirement.  He was making a fucking hell of a lot more money than I was, and the guy who replaced me got a bunch more too, even though I was above him on the food chain in the attorney generals office . . . now explain that again, why women don't make as much as men . . . less marketable, people-oriented, safer jobs . . . I fucked my former bosses, Mark, Reed, and Jan, plus ever prosecutor and cop in the state of Utah, plus 27 other states . . . so shove it you butt fucking lunatic!  Good God!

Mark, my old boss, did however, join with Mark Shurtleff, the attorney general who should be in prison forever, along with his crony, John Swallow, who all teamed with the local prosecutors, cops, and judges, not only in the federal courts, but the local courts, to practice asset forfeiture, taking my $1.4 million home, with all my furniture, my law practice, my artwork, my baby grand piano, plants, vehicles . . . SUPPRESSION OF GIRL POWER GUSTO, DUMB ASS!  And that comes of the heals of taking out narcotics cops, getting judges disqualified or taken off the bench for a time, suing Iron County for $56.7 million for corruption . . . and about a million other things this woman who is too afraid to play in the big boys leagues, afraid to fight to succeed . . . really, do you want to take me one?

Mark even had a 15 year head start on being an attorney . . . we can even say we started at the same place. Guess what, Mark never got more than his first law license . . . I had four bar licenses, with Certificates of Good Standing, at the same time I was going to the U.S. Supreme Court, actually being sworn in, back in D.C., while the state of Utah was trying to yank my bar license, so government doubles could be me, and steal over $200 million in contingency fees, already won! . . . SUPPRESSION OF GIRL-POWER GUSTO!  Nothing more than professional jealousy, envy, greed, collusion, conspiracy, and as my undercover husband said, every cop, prosecutor and judge in this state hates you, because you make them look stupid . . . pull up any brief and it is total fidelity to the rule of law!

Blow You Struck For the Patriarchy

I can't even get the male dominated patriarchy, within the state of Utah, with 70% of the FBI, CIA and now NSA, to dare go after the assholes who did this to me . . . they wanted the money for Mitt Romney, wanted the tits and ass girls, the government brought in as me to get credit, you know that image thing, adulterers all, but I swear . . . going to hell for sure!  You want to talk about dangerous jobs . . . really, try being chased, tracked, stalked, set up, jailed illegally, unconstitutionally, and even criminally, had your clitoris cut off . . . wanna lay your dick on the line for your job, fuckers!  Come on, really, not being attracted to dangerous jobs, only a woman would take them on, never will be part of the good ol' boys club, nor would a woman worth her salt be tits and ass fodder for the boys club, I don't need to sleep my way to the top.

There is new campaign out, called Stop Bossy . . . actually I love it, bitch is fine too . . . I love Justice Sandra Day O'Connor response, much like I would say myself . . . I am not bossy, I just have better ideas!  I had two very feminist grandmothers, my own mother, said, I must have gotten both DNA strains in me, but my grandmother who was roofing a house at age 83, said, If anyone is going to miserable, it is not going to be me . . . and anything a man can do, I can do better!

Tell the teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary, that they were not in a high risk job, not dangerous at all, really?  Nurses, work in the place with the sickest people in the community, exposing themselves, way more than the doctors, changing clothes, taking blood, helping them go to the bathroom, etc.  What does the doc to, walk around, look at their chart, and ask how they are?  Are you kidding.  And, as far as I know, they don't give any discounts to students choosing degrees in social work, or seeing them charge more tuition for business oriented degrees, so why in the hell, would they pay a  professor of business more than someone in social work?  I don't get it?  If you chose to teach, for better hours, you get less pay!  Same work, should be paid the same . . . period, distinguish for me, why, now, market demand . . . he could make more in the private sector, well, then get the hell out of teaching and go make more.  So could a social worker in private practice . . . and your point is?

And comparing us to Norway, Saudia Arabia, Pakistan, India, Singapore or Malaysia . . . really? This goes beyond apples and oranges!  WOW, and what did you say this guys credentials are?  I guess bigot, misogamist, sexist, pig, might be better . . . I will match you resume, for resume, buddy!

I Am Totally With You, Prez., This is a Disgrace in 2014!

HOT THIS WEEK--BANG IT OUT: BORN IN THE USA--HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY, THANKS TO ALL VETS--5 IN MY FAMILY; JOBS COMING BACK TO USA, SEE BIG SMO, WORKIN' VIDEO, GOOD OLD AMERICAN WORK ETHICS, BRINGING JOBS HOME; NEED TO WATCH TRUCKING & VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE SCANNERS, DATA STIR PRIVACY CONCERNS--COPS & COMPANIES COLLECTING DATA, VIOLATE YOUR 4TH, 5TH, 9TH, & 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS! WATCH LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS IN YOUR STATES FOR LICENSE PLATE SCANNERS--NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO AN UNREASONABLE SEARCH & SEIZURE OF YOUR REGISTRATION, INSURANCE, OR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WITHOUT PC AND WARRANT! PATRIOTISM YOU CAN DO!

Home of the Free, Because of the Brave--Memorial Day Salute

Montana was or is, Senator Tester is trying to find out, either the top state, per capita members who served in the armed services in the Nation, or second, either one, hats off, hearts and allegiance to keeping it free--thanks to all who served, are currently serving and who are willing to serve!  I want to pay tribute to five members of my family, who have served: deceased husband, US Marine Corp; daughter, Navy Intel; son-in-law, Navy SEAL; daughter, Air Force, linguist; son-in-law, Army, linguist . . . so proud, believe me the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree . . . Memorial Day and July 4th, Services provided the opportunities for my children to honor service men/women and their country . . . something stuck!

Patriotism is more than just waving a flag at a parade on the 4th of July, or having a BBQ--it is a lifetime commitment to the core values, principles and concepts, that this country was founded on . . .

CHICKEN SOUP & OBAMACARE: OLD LADIES NEED TO TRAIN NEW MOTHERS; HOSPITALS BEST FOR TRAUMA, NOT DISEASE; SICKEST PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITALS--STOP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR STUPID THINGS, THAT JUST TAKE TIME TO HEAL OR TO GET OVER--ULTIMATELY, U.S. CITIZENS WILL DETERMINE THE COST OF OBAMACARE! IT IS TO BE A SAFETY NET, NOT A FREE TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL EVERY TIME YOU GET A SNIFFLE!

There Really is Something Magical to Chicken Soup--There Has to be, It Took Me 3 Hours to Make!

Okay, the chicken is in the pot, skin and all, so I can get every drop of good stuff, skins are ugly, but whatever--our fore-mothers used to have to go out in the farm, catch a chicken, then cut its head off, pluck the feathers off, then put it in the soup pot; therefore, I will not bitch and moan about just unwrapping the bird and washing the blood off, that grosses me out a bit, but hey, being healthy just doesn't happen.  And I am here to tell you, if I had to run around the yard, trying to catch a fucking bird, being healthy, just wouldn't happen!  Lucky for me, but not for the next meal, that I can just go to the store and buy the former wild fowl.

While the naked, formerly fine feathered friend is cooking, I will cut up the veggies, clean out the fridge of all that good stuff, that sounded good the day you shopped, but never sounded good after you got in the vegetable drawer, so now is your chance to grab all those vitamins and minerals, in carrots, potatoes, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, summer squash, fresh cut beans, corn right off the cob, and whatever else you want to put in the soup--I have no recipe, that doesn't look right for the spelling of recipe, I haven't cooked since 1989, so I haven't seen that word much since I became an attorney, got divorced, and decided that I had done as much good or destruction as I could up to this point in my children's lives, so dad gets an end to his 15 year vacation . . . the kids need money now, not someone to watch them, so, your career wins, by about $60,000 per year, or until I get through law school. 

Every time my kids came to me and said, I don't feel good, it was time for chicken soup, summer, spring, winter, or fall . . . the total cure all!  Power pack those veggies and chicken meat and broth, into their small systems, that have to tough out playground, pre-school, and school exposure, from other little ones who seem to be sponges for everything that can ail a body, perhaps, to slowly inoculate them, one disease at a time, so when they are adults, they can save up their sick leave and convert it to vacation time, a better use of a day off, in my humble opinion, or cash it in at the end of your stay at that particular job, getting enough for a few months break before you have to go to the next job.  Chicken soup, was always the first attempt at stopping a cold, flu, sore throat, or about anything.  You have heard of the popular book and lecture series, Chicken Soup for the Soul, or anything else . . . well, that is because there really is something to the concoction, I will attest to that!

Broth, Natural, Purchased, Cubed, Plus All the Herbs in Your Cupboard

Yesterday, I had a box of chicken broth, the broth my chicken was cooked in, then I added, about 6 cubes of chicken broth, the dried kind--I like a powerful, soup that will knock the socks off any disease or foreign agent that is starting to invade my body, the ones I love, or the ones I am responsible for taking care of--my landlord, is a cool old Marine, we can talk for hours, and both have a passion for politics, and other shared interests, but he beat the hell out of his body, and has to use two canes, to walk.  He is 79 years old, but really seems about 59, but for the canes--he has to use two to walk, which always throws me for a loop; therefore, there is ulterior motives in getting him healthy, I can imagine benefits for both of us, chicken soup, is magic and has cartilage from the bones of the chicken; therefore, Dr. Secrist, diagnoses his tendinitis as the root of the disease says, ten, as in tension, so his tendons are under stress and that can kill.

After I made my diagnosis, and thought of a few other things that might help with the tension . . . he informed me that was exactly what the doctor told him to do, the chicken soup, that is . . .  I told him that grapes, pomegranates, and I think walnuts are also good for joints and tendons.  He lifted up a bag of pineapple bits, and said these are good too . . . looks like we are reading the benefits about the same and equally motivated. That is always good, you can lead a horse or cowboy to water, but you can't make them drink.  I haven't expressed the other part of what I think his therapy should consist off.  I don't want to abuse the elderly, so I better wait until the chicken soup starts to kick in . . . dammit, I don't know why I have to be so logical and ethical.  I could tell him that God told me he was to . . . but he was raised a Quaker, and I might be breaking some Quaker code of conduct, or maybe there is some Marine deal I am overlooking--they are usually pretty wild, so?

Next is the herbs--there is something in the Mormon Religion, called the Word of Wisdom, or a code of health . . . that states that herbs are given for the healing of man, so I went through all his herbs, and blasted the soup with every last one, oregano, parsley, cumin, paprika, basil, dried parsley, red cyane pepper, curry powder, bay leafs, herb mixes, etc.  I don't measure, I just open the lids and start to shake that little herb can or bottle and dump whatever . . . it always tastes great.  The final touch is to add salt and pepper.  I made a huge Crock Pot full, enough to last the two or three of us, a few days . . . spooks may have come in last night . . . and tried my soup, I noticed the counter had some of the soup residual on the counter, and I know when I went to bed, the counters were clean, with salt and pepper shakers, a spoon to dish up the soup, and crackers . . . so if he went to his ranch, the front light was still on, and so was the front room light, and the van was gone, so who in the hell, messed up my counter top?  So, there you have it, wonder soup!

God is sending me a message, through the music I am listening to . . . Part-Time Lovers . . . I'm game, if we can get rid of the canes!  It is Sunday, I skipped church, but, hey, I am all ears . . .

JAMES BROWN--LIVING IN AMERICA (ROCKY IV): EAST MEETS WEST, AGE VERSE YOUTH, APPOLO CREED (USA) V. IVAN DRAGO (RUSSIA); CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY, THIS SONG WILL ROCK YOU, MAKE YOU PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AND LOVE THIS COUNTRY, EVEN WITH ITS STRUGGLES--UKRAINE VOTES, MAY 26, 2014, CELEBRATE PRESIDENT PUTIN, STANDING BACK AND RESPECTING ELECTIONS--THE WORLD IS GETTING THERE, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF THIS WAS THE LAST MEMORIAL DAY, WE HAD TROOPS FIGHTING AROUND THE WORLD? SO NICE . . . I FEEL GOOD! SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SMILE!

What's More American Than Rocky Movies & Rockin' Roll?

What a great surprise, yesterday, when this song, Living in America, came on, while I was just finishing my blog and checking into the song that was rockin my ears, that had been tuned out, until I was done with the blog . . . I listened to it about 10 times, rocking out in my chair with my ear buds, and watching the visual delight, of Ivan Drago, the Russian boxer, as he was shocked at the Las Vegas show, that was accompanying his fight with Apollo Creed, dressed from head to foot, in red, white and blue, who was dancing around with the showgirls, and singer, James Brown, on a stage with fireworks, American Flags, and all things American, while the song lists large cities in the country, LA, Dallas, New York, Kansas City, Atlanta, etc.  My heart burst with pride, with a huge smile on my face, I thought, with all the struggles, this country has gone through, and still will, in my humble opinion, IT IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!

Every Memorial Day, my family, both when I was young, and now, attended some type of service with speakers, who honored our dead, those who fought for freedom around the world, gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, for us, for liberty, the American way of life and values, so I could be sitting here right now, writing this blog . . . and with pride, can say, what my father said 50 years ago, while the Blue Angels or jets, often accompanied the celebration . . . THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE EARTH, AND HOPEFULLY WILL, shining as a standard of rights, freedom, liberty, and individual dignity, and respect for the individual, protection for minorities, and seeing all men as created equal, with that lofty goal of the Preamble of the United States Constitution, ever before us, pointing to the vision of what the founding fathers saw, when they set out on this idealistic venture and experiment called, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About--Jimmy Buffet

This quote is on the back side of a restaurant or bar and grill, down an alley, behind the Iron Horse Grill, in Missoula, Montana . . . this statement totally applies to me, from the first time I saw James Brown in concert at the Cow Palace, at the Utah State Fair Grounds, in the early 70's, if memory serves . . . my boyfriend, who got called to his Mormon mission to Holland, was suppose to take me to this concert, but missed it by a couple of days, having to go in the MTC, or the Missionary Training Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah.  So he gave me the tickets, and I took a friend of mine, equally as naive, sheltered, and shocked by the concert.

This was at the height of the hippie era, and these two little, Bountiful, Utah, very straight Mormon girls, crashed into that world, we had only heard or read about, up to that point, now sitting right in the middle of people much older than us, who were freely passing marijuana roaches, up and down the isle, drinking beer, and other drinks forbidden by the Mormon Church, along with clothing, that was tie dyed, matching the free loving atmosphere.  In no time at all, the dusty arena, used for cow auctions, or exhibits at the fair, was so smoke filled, we couldn't even see the stage and singers.

I was 100% sure, lightening from God was going to strike this concert at any time . . . this was hell and I was going with these guys, guilt by association, even though I was wearing white Levis and a modest red shirt . . . this was it, what a place to get caught in . . . stand ye in holy places, and this sure as hell was not it!  Perhaps the fact that my boyfriend was going to serve a mission, might serve as mitigating circumstances, since he is the one who gave me the tickets, and I had not idea this stuff existed, except in the movies, which I usually walked out of, embarrassed and totally shocked.

I Survived James Brown, Pot, Free Love, Lightening & the 70's

My, my, how things have changed since then; however, we have seen what was once totally legal, back in the 70's, going full circle, to legalization of recreational marijuana, not only surviving the drug interdiction programs of the 90's, but coming back with a bang in Washington and Colorado, with other states, waiting with bated breath, to see what happens, what the feds to, and if the rest of the states, dare follow.  It is amazing to see, that trends and customs, seem to make a comeback, about every 30 years or so . . . I totally relate to my children, who are not necessarily, flower power freaks, but have very similar beliefs, much more than I had with my parents, or do to this day, there didn't seem to be much of a generation gap . . . I think the 70's show, may have had something to do with that . . . my kids look at pictures of us, their parents, and dig the clothes, the hair styles, and think we were beautiful!

I actually, would say, that I may be much more liberal than my children . . . Elliot Secrist, bass guitarist for God's Revolver & Maraloka, told me several years ago, while I was practicing, and doing a lot of criminal defense work, that I really should stop hanging out with people who had been to jail!  I said, honey, I am a criminal defense attorney.  None of my children have been to jail, but their mother has.  LOL!  I feel that I have raised very responsible children, who now, seem more mature, and level headed than their mother.  My son without a name, worried about his reputation, guilt by association, when I asked, thinking he would totally be on my side, the fun mother, if he would want me to be like his Aunt Sue and Uncle Kevin, boring Mormon parents, who are going on a Mormon mission to Turkey?  Yes . . . are you kidding?  He wasn't . . . some day he will see it.

I have become the person, my parents warned me about, too free, happy, carefree, not tied down, and digging the hell out of life . . . my parents lived for their retirement and death.  I have not burial plot, I don't intend to be buried, I have adopted the old Native American Indian ways, when I become a burden, I will walk out into the sun or the snow, and become a meal for the coyotes, not contained in a coffin, giving me claustrophobia, kind of like all the restrictions my upbringing taught me.  There is not such thing as being too happy!  I am glad that there are people like Sue and Kevin, the salt of the earth, that perpetuate the myths, and keep this country grounded, I just fucking couldn't do it . . . that James Brown concert had more of an impact on me than I thought . . . lightening, to my surprise didn't hit, and I am still here!

NINJA TURTLES, EMERGED FROM THE TOXIC WASTE OF PROVO/OREM, UTAH, TO CREATE A KAFKA METAMORPHOSES OF BANDS FROM PURIFICATION & (OLD SCHOOL) PARALLAX, TO GOD'S REVOLVER & MARALOKA--TO CHALLENGE, TEST, SCARE STRAIGHT, AND THRILL LISTENERS FOR 20 YEARS PLUS . . . IN A REVOLUTION OF HOPE, ZION, SPREAD THEIR WINGS, PEN IN HAND--TO A NEW BEAUTIFUL WORLD, BEING OF ONE MIND AND ONE HEART! REST IN PEACE, BEAUTIFUL, BLAKE AND THE OTHER THREE WHO DIED IN THE DEATH CAVE!

Fun, Fun, Fun--YouTube Recommended Both of My Son's Band, and Kicked Up Blake Donner, the Missing Link in the Metamorphoses of Normal Turtles, to Ninjas

Once, when Elliot Taylor Secrist, bass guitarist in all bands mentioned, was about 6 years old, planning his own birthday party with his Ninja Turtle artwork of his own hands, having written out his own invitations, after doing his own planning, I looked at the calendar, and then at his invitations, and freaked out, felt guilty, and realized that I hadn't checked out or proof read the dates, times, and place mentioned on his invitations, looking at the calendar, had listed the wrong date.  I was in law school at the time, and was embarrassed that this little self-reliant youngster, was going to be disappointed with no one showing up to his birthday party, due to his mother's negligence!

In true, Elliot fashion, this super human Ninja, just like his super heroes and idols, like Spiderman, calmly walked over to the calendar I was looking at, that hung on the wall, and without rubbing it in, or saying a thing, turned the April dates, with the allegedly wrong dates on the weekend of the party, and turned it to the month of May, the month of his birth, put his arm around my shoulder, and said . . . Mom, you don't always have to be right.  I felt like a 6 year old myself, with big brother, coming and putting his arm around my small shoulders, alleviating all my young fears, and comforting all my fears.

Every time I see Teen Age Ninja Turtles or Spiderman, I think of the young, but very smart, self-assured, and confident, Elliot, who as young as 18 months, while getting ready for a bath, pushed my hands away from the faucets and said, No, I do it myself.  And, to this day, Elliot, continues to shock, amaze and startle his mother, with venture, he privately ventures into, without any fanfare, just doing school, music, running his own company, to getting accepted to the Berkeley School of Music, in Boston, to writing his own song, to play for his audition, to totally surrendering, gracefully to the fact that he was not going to be able to come up with the tuition to attend the prestigious music school.  He is always, just taking care of business . . . truly impressive!

The Condition for the Red Guitar

Elliot was about 11 or 12, when he gave up all his superheroes and comics, after a girl came over to the house, and went in his room, and commented on his extensive display of his passion, and what he had collected over several years.  I am not sure what she said to him, but the next thing I knew, was everything, that would be worth a small fortune, now, just up and disappeared!  He replaced the action figures, by becoming a rock star action figure himself, in every way, from his hair, to his head slamming, to grilling, drilling, guitar, now mastering the talent of singing and playing guitar at the same time!

When I was a child, I played with childish things, but when I became a man, I put away my childish things . . . that comes from the New Testament, but is very much applicable in this situation.  Elliot, shortly after the situation above approached me, and asked me if I would buy him a shiny new, red, electric guitar, costing about $600, back in the mid-nineties, who knows what it would be worth now days, but I thought that might be a good replacement for the toys and passions of his youth, up and walking away!

I will buy you the guitar, under one conditions . . . that you never, as you get popular, or famous, cause someone to loose their faith or testimony of God--that was it.  I talked to him of musicians like Jim Morrison of the Doors, or Janis Japlan, Jimmy Hendricks, etc., who died as a result of drug use, and what impact that can have, not only by way of example, but have a negative impact on their lives . . . not to dis them, but he is my son, and needed to be responsible with his talent . . .

Purification--Nice Name, Definitely Taking this Condition Serious

Elliot, Isaac, is cousin, and Tyler . . . made up the band, Purification.  I never heard much from them, other than to pick Elliot up in Provo, Utah, travel 50 miles, every weekend, up to Midway, Utah, then go up to Logan, another 100 miles, to drop Elliot and Tyler, off at Isaac's house in Smithfield, Utah, where, Don Anderson, my brother-in-law, and awesome musician, himself, lived and had a recording studio in his basement, and played most weekends, in his own band.  Both dads, Zeke or Richard Secrist, and Don Anderson, I am sure had a huge impact on their sons, and contributed to their freedom, expansion and facilitation as young, starving musicians . . . really just living with parents, but ones who encouraged, rather than discouraged their children.

I only remember hearing Purification play, once.  They played either a concert or battle of the bands, at the old white chapel gym, in Heber City, Utah, where the town fathers and mothers, so wonderfully, provided funds, for dances, every weekend, so the teens from 12 to 18, had a place to go that was safe and good clean fun.  The parents also got a break, and got to go to dinner, dancing or to a movie, while all the kids in the town, gathered at the dances, helping brothers and sisters, get a acquainted with each other's friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, and the general community of teens.  I would recommend this to all towns to give the kids somewhere to go, to socialize and get acquainted . . . I loved it!

I remember, Jerry Owens, my children's second father, going with me to the concert, watching them, jump, dance, play guitars and drums, dance and entertain the local troops.  I wish Elliot or someone would put the video of that concert on YouTube . . . I think, the videos, of these bands, will demonstrate to all little wanna be, rockers, just how long and hard it is to get as good as Elliot is now . . . not overnight success, a ton of hard work, practice, lessons, gigs, playing in your bedroom, etc.  Plus, you can see the metamorphoses of a rock star, from the start to now!

YouTube Found, (Old School) Parallax and Resurrected, Rock Star, Blake Donner . . . the Missing Link in the Evolutionary Process

I was shocked to find, that YouTube Gods, or someone, found old videos of Parallax . . . with singer extraordinaire, Blake Donner, who died in the Death Cave, and I believe, strongly, it was murder!  Looking at these old videos, Pantera, Anthrax, Ambrosia, Testament, Black Veil Brides, Danzing, had nothing on Old School Parallax . . . and perhaps, adding the words, old school, helped disguise the band, and their 3 or 4 CDs that may have been stolen and marketed, just like those of GOD'S REVOLVER!  You fucking don't go from Hard Rock Band of 2008, to nothing, unless there is foul play . . . and there was, is and was with Parallax!

Blake was like a magnet, drawing his fans around, hanging on him, singing with him, almost mobbing him . . . his mother taught in the Utah Valley College at the time, English Department with me, while our sons, were writing their songs, calling for a REVOLUTION OF HOPE, ZION, WITH PEN IN HAND, SPREAD YOUR WINGS . . . lyrics that both moved and touched a cord with the crowd!  It was a magical experience for me to watch Blake, mesmerize the fans, the crowd, and capture adoration and love . . . to much love.

While my cases were being stolen, I remember seeing a movie show up in my house, called something like, I Love Your Work . . . Fame Kills!  Blake was definitely, Cupid's Victim . . . Parallax was producing like crazy, as mosh pits, grunge, and the raunchy became to vogue of music . . . I am convinced they would have been huge . . . and after God's Revolver, through Underground Revolver, experienced the greed, envy, jealousy, and pride, as up and coming as the music of Parallax was spewing forth from the pens, guitars, drums and Blake's amazing voice, with a short, but amazingly prolific pen, just taking wings, calling for a Revolution of Hope and Zion, that band would have been gigantic!

The whole music community in Provo, to the west coast, was rocked with pain and sorrow by Blake's abrupt death, as well as the other three kids, involved in the Death Cave, incident . . . I cry to think what might have been and what fucking monsters could do this to him and three other bright, alive, teens, just coming into their own . . . there is a special place in hell for these fuckers who did this . . . Allan, Jack, Micheal . . . may your souls be tormented FOREVER!!!!!!!!  And you too, big sis and Kay, and the Southwick family!  Thank God, Elliot didn't do anything more with the sorrow, than get a colorful tattoo, on his left arm, with a poem about Blake, matching the tattoo on Blake's right arm . . . I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!

You turned tragedy into triumph, demonstrating more grace, love, and dignity than men and women twice or more your age, caught up in averace, greed, money, theft, lies, and murder! Thanks YOUTUBE!  I got to reminisce, smile and cry as I saw this beautiful boy, and the others in the band, Brandon, Elliot, and I think, Danny, the Indian drummer, who I only met once . . . my loss.

True Teenage Ninjas Came From the Toxic Waste of Old School Parallax, Due to Death, Murder, American Greed, Feeding on the Young, Naive, and Unsuspecting!

I Miss You Blake Donner!  May Your Beautiful Soul Rest in Peace!

FEDS HAVE LONG BEEN JEALOUS OF THE STATE POLICE POWERS: STOP FEDERALIZING STATE AND LOCAL COPS--THEY HAVE THEIR OWN JOBS TO DO; THERE ARE JURISDICTIONAL OR POWER LINES BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. GAY MARRIAGES, IF RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE OF THE CONTRACT, SHOULD BE AFFORDED RECOGNITION UNDER U.S. CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE IV, FOR FULL FAITH AND CREDIT, LIKE REGULAR MARRIAGES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET MARRIED IN EACH STATE YOU MOVE TO!

Stop Federalizing State & Local Cops--Do Your Own Jobs!

Once again, you have to realized that townships, municipalities, cities, Providences, counties, and states, were around before the federal government was created, under the Union of the original 9 to 13 states, without a federal law enforcement agencies; therefore, sheriffs and police forces, have a long tradition and history that the FBI, CIA, ICE and NSA, and the many for federal law enforcement agencies, are more a creation of modern history, rather than having roots in the beginning of this country.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, the Immigration Customs & Enforcement, or ICE, and the National Security Agency or Administration, in many instances, have to be asked by state and local law enforcement to participate, or have their forte or expertise used, at the request of the locals, or the state cops.

There are jurisdictional lines of demarcation, that distinguish one law enforcement agency from another, at both a local, state and federal level--all law enforcement agencies and departments are not created equally.  I have previously written about sheriffs, who are up for election, this cycle, not to be lumped into one unified or merged, blended, super cop agency in the state or local.  Cops and sheriffs, both deal with crimes; however, there are additional civil duties, court duties, property duties, a sheriffs will have, but a police department, working in the cities will not have.  State statutes will determine what each state legislature assigned sheriffs, usually having a deep connection with tradition and history, predating many other law enforcement.

Federal Jurisdiction & Duties

Federal cops, also have jurisdictional divisions . . . FBI usually deals with federal crimes, like federal firearms charges or violations, we see them raiding marijuana grows, even though they have been instructed to abide by state laws, under the 10th amendmentt, by both the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder and even the President, himself, President Obama, I guess we can through the FBI right there in with Cliven (FBI) Bundy, who fails to recognize the United States, nor the flag, he parades around . . . the FBI just raided more marijuana growers, who legally, within their state, Washington, not only have the approval of the people, by popular vote, but the legislatures, making new laws to accommodate the wishes of their electorate.  Oh, I forgot, Mitt Romney, I have heard is the recognized, leader of Mormons, the FBI, within the FBI, and the CIA, within the CIA . . . sore losers, but losers they are!

The CIA, generally, handles international crimes, that cross national borders, just like the FBI, handles federal crimes that cross state borders, or unless they are called into service, when local and state cops are lacking in the expertise, that can be provided by the federal agencies.  Separate and aside from that, state and local law enforcement with their respective jurisdictions and legislative bodies, are to protect the health, safety and welfare of their citizens.  The feds on the other hand, are to provide for the general welfare and defense . . . one size does not fit all!

Several Examples of Federalizing State & Local Cops

Issues of Naturalization or Immigration, Belonging to ICE

I think the first time, I was personally involved with the issue of federalization problem, came in the form of Utah's attempt to reform immigration, dealing with e-verify, deportation, checking papers to determine issues of nationalization . . . if memory serves, HB 180, was the hot ticket item during the 2009, legislative session.  Oklahoma and Arizona, had already passed stringent forms of the same legislation, driven by none other, than the feds!  The Department of Justice and Homeland Security were both listed about 11 times, once for each page of the bill!  Although, contrary to custom and tradition, you know the federal agency, alphabet soup, acronyms to represent federal agencies . . . but this piece of legislation, meant to confuse and compromise the powers and duties, changing allegiance of local and state cops, and force state police powers to do federal cops jobs, enforce immigration laws!

Most legislators and cops, failed to read the proposed, model legislation; however, I did read the 11 page bill, and was horrified at what position, state and local cops were put it . . . they would have, through, the attorney general of Utah, signed a memorandum of understanding with both the Department of Justice and Homeland Security, both federal agencies, plus, that new bill made it possible for citizens, to demand that cops stop those of mainly, Hispanic descent, to ask them for their proof of citizenship, residency, or work permits!

The one good thing the memorandum of understanding did, was allow state and local agencies, the option of being trained by the feds to get some type of understanding of the issues, which in and of itself, is not problematic, but when the duties of the state cops, is taken doing the feds job, who handles their job?  We are in this federalist system, of both a federal and state system, that is to compliment, each other, support, but not take the place, or put an undue burden on already strapped, local and state cops!  

Feds Overstepping Their Boundaries, Raiding State Marijuana Growers

Every citizen in the United States has duel citizenship, but there cannot be two sets of laws, one for the feds, that conflicts with the state power, to pass legislation or voters expressing their voices and powers to make laws, through ballot initiatives and referendums, all constitutional as hell!  This is where the 9th & 10th amendments come in, incorporating all powers, not expressly reserved for the feds, saving those for the states and the people, and even not enumerated, or not expressly written rights, like the right to privacy, to be reserved for the people, just as protected by the government and courts!

The feds, that still have laws prohibiting marijuana use, can still use their powers over the general welfare, in states that have not passed medical or recreational marijuana use; however, the states have more specific power, they were in existence, before the federal government, and if you will notice, in the 10th amendment, it says the feds get whatever powers the original states, gave them, and that were not prohibited to them by the STATES!  So, in essence, what is happening, is the tail wagging the dog, or the created, telling the creator, what to do!  The feds don't have the power to do that!

Bigger doesn't mean, boss, just because there are general laws, doesn't supersede state laws, or legislatures, being ousted by Congress, only when the feds and Congress have express jurisdiction or powers over that area!  If the student of our republican former of government wants, read the United States Constitution, Article I--it will mention the powers of Congress, what Congress is prohibited from doing, and what the states are prohibited from doing!  

Guiding Principles, Concepts & the Basics

The founding fathers, wisely, in every aspect of the Constitution had a balance of power, not only between the three branches of government, but between the states and the federal government, the states and the people, various levels of cops, going down to local and state governments, being patterned after the federalist and republican forms of government, with duties assigned to the local legislative bodies, and the state, or cities, and counties, with rule making authority.

In the Utah Constitution, there are 27 things, if I remember, from 10 years ago, that the legislature cannot do, that would, if they did, minimize the powers of the counties, and thus, controlling the jurisdictions, or powers, between counties and cities, with every level have some type of autonomy and sovereignty, as long as they don't conflict . . . we are a society controlled by the RULE OF LAW!  With the Supreme Law of the LAND being the U.S. Constitution . . . with pre-emption, supremacy clauses, clearly, taking into consideration, the 9th and 10th amendments, the controlling law, when there is a conflict, and their often is, between laws . . .

Within each state, the state constitution is the highest law in the state . . . an ordinance that a city council passes, doesn't supplant or replace a law made by the legislature, as long as it is not one of the areas that are reserved for the local legislative bodies, county commissions, special service districts, controlling water, electricity, etc.  All laws, statutes, rules, ordinances, variances, are not of equal weight or authority!  Often a state regulatory statute will conflict with a federal regulatory statute, usually the federal statue will control, through the commerce, preemption, property, supremacy clauses, or just simply in and of the fact, Congress gave money, as an incentive, and the states eat the carrot . . . if they do, amen to their refusing to follow Congressional acts, like OBAMACARE!

Utah had Spent 87% or Allocated TARP Monies, Before It Ever Even Hit the State, then Wanted to Know How to Reject the Federal Programs Attached to the TARP MONEY!  Go Figure!

If Entities Can Just Keep In Mind the Basics, Don't Go Deeper Than You Need to, Constitutional Law is Complicated, but Not Impossible--DO YOUR HOMEWORK--GRAPLE, and You Can Figure This Stuff Out!

MORMON MAFIA, A PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF THE ENABLING ACT, STATE CONSTITUTION, WITH A PRICE PUT ON POLYGAMY--FORBIDDEN FOREVER, BUT YOU WILL NOT FIND THAT IN TODAY'S CONSTITUTION; HOWEVER, YOU WILL BEFORE 2008, WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MORMON LEGISLATURE: OPPONENTS OF STATEHOOD ARGUED THAT, IF GIVEN FULL SELF-GOVERNMENT, THE MORMON CHURCH WOULD COMPLETELY CONTROL THE STATE GOVERNMENT, PROTECT POLYGAMY, AND OPPRESS ITS POLITICAL & RELIGIOUS OPPONENTS--COMMENT FROM 1860s--YOU CAN SAY THE SAME THINGS TODAY! HOW DO YOU THINK I GOT TO MONTANA? THANK GOD FOR THE BROKEN PATH THAT LED ME HERE! I AM WRITING FROM THE SUNNYVIEW CAFE, KALISPELL, REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, MONTANA, AT 1:12 P.M., LEST THE MORMON NSA TELLS YOU ONE OF MY 3 DOUBLES WROTE THIS--THEY GET THE MONEY AND THE GLORY--I AM DEAD, AND IF ALIVE, A LEGAL FICTION--THE MONEY GODS, HAVE DETERMINED IT, I HAVE PROPERTY OF THE MORMON CHURCH STAMPED ON MY USA ASS! OUT OF A FAMILY OF 10 MORMONS--I WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA, ON PORT HUENEME, NAVY BASE, THE OTHER 9 WERE BORN IN UTAH, HEADQUARTERS OF THE MORMON CHURCH, THE LOYALTIES ARE SYMBOLICALLY SPLIT, JUST AS THEY WERE AT BIRTH, ME FOR THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & THE REST OF THE FAMILY FOR THE MORMON, KINGDOM OF GOD, TO HELL WITH THE CONSTITUTION--POLYGAMY RULES!

Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository

The Price of Admission: Causes, Effects, Patterns of Conditions Imposed on States Entering the Union

Thanks to my darling, and very smart, daughter, Greta Secrist Hyland, who just got accepted to the University of Montana School of Law, not her mother, the constitutional law attorney, found this article and sent me this excellent review of why Utah and other western states were given conditions for entry into the Union, thus invoking the retention of 20% to 90% of the states land, reserved under U.S. control, with the title in the title of this new blog post, from Berkeley Law, reiterating the fact that the United States, was concerned with Mormon loyalty, patriotism, social and moral consistency with the Union, and whether Mormons could actually pull off statehood under the United States Constitution, along with the main objection, that of polygamy, forcing the separation of church and state and other constitutional principles and concepts, that seemed to be at odds with the basics of statehood and inconsistent with the social engineering of the day, post Civil War Era!

Last Friday, after hearing a presentation by Carl Graham, formerly of Montana, now of the, Utah based, Sutherland Coalition For Self-Government in the West, presenting at Jake's Restaurant, in Missoula, Montana--great sirloin stakes--I wrote a blog on the cause of the problems in the west and with self-government, that the second prophet of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young, considered one ofthe great colonizers of the west, who sent the alleged saints, into all western states, and Mexico and Canada, taking polygamy with them!  I mentioned the fact that in the conditions for statehood, the United States, forbid polygamy forever . . . seeing it as one of the twin relics of barbarism, the other being slavery, as seen by the Evangelical easterners, and Europeans, watching this new country unfold.

Every year in my family law class at the University of Utah, God's first and only university in Utah, I always had a class on polygamy and invited speakers, either form the polygamist community, or from students who had been raised in polygamist communities, or from women who had escaped from polygamist communities in Utah, Arizona or other western states that have to deal with the cancer of this insidious disease--97% of the time I am right, and the other 3%, I don't care about!  I relish, every second of this, seeing that Utah, who is allegedly leading the battle, totally has egg on its face, and may, in fact, be the reason, that other western states, got their lands taken in the first place.  LOL!

The great thing about this whole movement, Governor Gary Herbert, taking monies from the Utah School Fund, to pay for the lawsuit, frivolous as it is, futile, seeing that polygamy is not asleep in Utah and the Mormon Church, it is alive, well and kicking, rearing its ugly head in the Utah Legislature, who summarily took that section, prohibiting polygamy, out of the Utah Constitution, regardless of the express conditions to ever remove polygamy off the hit list of the U.S, with a requirement that 2/3rds of both houses of the legislature vote for a change, with a vote of the people, and the approval of the United States . . . who would never, never, never, lift that prohibition, lasting into forever . . . perhaps, that includes marriage for time and all eternity . . . probably a jurisdictional issue there.  LOL!

Former, Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, Who Ran for AG in 2000, Expressly Ran on the Platform of Getting Rid of Polygamy, but He In Fact, Did the Total Opposite and Actually Facilitated the Spread of It!

Attorney General, Jan Graham, my old boss, a democrat, just before I left the inner sanctums of the Utah Attorney Generals Office, and the state of Utah, government, formerly being an insider, there was a movement afoot, to eradicate the practice of polygamy from the state of Utah, or at least get it under control, and stop the spread, with numbers, at least that were known, at around 70,000 polygamists in the Salt Lake Valley, alone . . . who knows about Southern Utah, or the normal looking Mormons, who were practicing, the principle, and nobody, including their families knew about it!  

Case in point, a high school acquaintance, JoAnne Jordon, daughter of Dr. Jordan of Bountiful, Utah, where I grew up, was on vacation in Hawaii, and happened to be on a boat ride with a couple, who when they heard that she was the daughter of Dr. Jordan, expressed their condolences to JoAnne, about the recent death of her mother, who had just died of cancer.  JoAnne, said, my mother didn't die?  The woman said, well, isn't your father, Dr. Jordan.  She affirmed the fact that he, indeed, was.  Both women looked at each other and realized, they were talking about the same man; however, the wives, were different.  Dr. Jordan, had an entirely different family, with 6 kids, over in Hawaii!

I am not sure if Mark was asked to head up the polygamy task force or if he just took up the cause of his predecessor, but he ran on the platform of taking care of the mounting concerns over the issue, that were creating problems for the state of Utah, through rising welfare, child abuse, food stamps, and other social ills, including murder, from warring polygamist cults, like the Allreds, the LaBarons, Laffertys, and the Jeffs . . . 

Two of these groups were at odds with each other, and several of the LaBaron boys were in prison, for slitting the throats of their little brother's wife, Brenda, and his baby daughter, when this educated woman, fought for her life, and eventually lost it after a brutal slaying, in her Salt Lake home . . . my first day on the job, as an assistant attorney general, in the Criminal Enforcement Division, all the hard-core prosecutors wanted to shock their new little female colleague and showed me the evidence tape from the Lafferty murder, absolutely, horrifying, shocking, totally violent, with her body being slammed up against a wall, and dragged across the floor, showing the fight for life!  The issue of the brothers' competency to stand trial was at issue around that time, which was about 1994 or 1995, lest one of my sisters claims that day, with the help of the Mormon Mafia!

Prior to My Departure From the AG's Office . . .

While I was the manager of the department and person over the Victim Assistance Program, in the Attorney Generals Office, when I was brought in by Jan Graham, interesting that Carl Graham, was the presenter a week ago, related, planned, a plant?  But, a case came to our attention about a man, who had I believe four wives, three were living in the house, but one was living in the chicken coop, or the garage, and it was winter.  This man, would sit home all day, and watch his wives and children, with surveillance in all the rooms in his house.  Each wife was suppose to bring home, $1,000 per month!  This was not uncommon, the wives were to compete on jobs, looks, sex, children, favoritism, physical attributes, etc.

You see, when you get an abused woman in a monogamous relationship, normally, the domestic violence shelters, can help them in about 30 days, get a job, get housing and transportation; however, they told me, when they got a woman from the polygamist community, they needed at least 2 years to help them, if they could help them . . . they had to undue all the brainwashing, fear of the outside world, and fucked up teachings of people like Warren Jeffs, the alleged prophet of the Fundamentalist Mormon Church, or FLDS.  This morning, I was discussing the evils of polygamy with a friend, who was not born in the Mormon Church, but was converted, or forced by her grandmother who was Mormon to be baptized, after she was taken from her mother, by the state--but she said, or referred to the FLDS, as born again, Mormons!  LOL.  

No, they, the FLDS, never abandoned the principle of polygamy, nor followed the 1890, Manifesto of the Mormon Church that allegedly prohibited it, for statehood, or by divine manifestation, really, but the Mormons didn't either, but the issue is given life, or born again, by taking that forbidden forever status out of the Utah Constitution . . . all the while, Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General, stood by and watched it go, or was involved, as the number one law enforcement officer and attorney for the state of Utah!  Mark, would actually go down to Southern Utah, where the polygamist are rampant and blatantly liver their lives, unhindered by the Utah Law Enforcement community, with the sanction and approval of the Attorney General, and I am sure, that was protected by now, bebunked, hand picked, John Swallow, who had to step down, after only 11 months in office, and where to you think, someone so new, learned all their tricks, from the old AG, Mark! 

In the Pocket Sized, Copy of the Utah Constitution & Fun Facts, Patricia Kent and I Co-Authored, A Problem Then, A Problem Now, A Section, That Was Actually, An Email, Converted to Text, Was Written to Mark!

Once, I came out, or started to heal from my terminal brain disease, aka, man-made poisoning, or gum from a poisonous, African tree frogs, I stared to key into politics again, and got back just about the time, Arizona attorney general, through the help of a former detective and St. George, activist, finally apprehended, alleged prophet, Warren Jeffs, FLDS, but protected by Shurtleff, I got word, from the underground, and swelling woman's movement, who detested polygamy, that AG, Shurtleff, would actually go, and meet with the polygamist communities, and literally, ask them what they needed by way of help from him, and UTAH!

These people were depleting the welfare sources in Utah, and our attorney general, if you can call him that, was facilitating their fraud, and illegal activities, and actually protected these communities, who had no fear whatsoever, from prosecution.  In fact, Shurtleff, at I believe, the direction of the Mormon Church, was being told what to do . . . and I think this would implicate, the current Prophet of the Mormon Church, President Monson!

Back at the time Utah was trying to become a state, Gentiles or non-Mormons within the state, who opposed Utah becoming a state, clearly protested, based on the fact that Brigham Young, who at times, was both Prophet and Governor, regardless of the later title, was the sole dictator of the Utah territory, with absolute rule and control!  That is true for today.  Everything that was said, over 150 years ago, applies today, all concerns by the United States, is just as relevant, raw and real, today, or even more so, with 70% of the CIA, FBI, and NSA, Mormon, plus we almost had a Mormon President, who every bit as much today, wants to establish a Mormon version of the Kingdom of God on Earth!

THANK GOD, PRESIDENT OBAMA, BEAT MITT ROMNEY!  IS ALL I CAN SAY . . . I FOUGHT LIKE HELL, TO DEFEAT ROMNEY, FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE, AND POLYGAMY WAS A BIG PART OF IT!

To the UnKnowing Citizenry of the United States, Polygamy is in CURRENT, Mormon Scripture, And All Mormons Believe it will Come Back!

These women in the Church, are just as bad as the men, look at the principle, as suffering for Christ's sake . . . for in the early days, only, allegedly, the very righteous, top 2% of Mormons, actually were allowed to live it . . . except for the ones married on the Great Salt Lake, the ones hiding in the caves in the West Desert, or the ones in Mexico, like Mitt Romney's ancestors, or those who moved to Canada to live it . . . with even post-Mormons, believing, in the principle, even though they reject the Church, go figure.

I presented to the group of Post Mormons in St. George, at the old Holiday Inn, now, the Lexington Inn, after the printing and distribution of the Utah Constitution & Fun Facts, was getting out and about. I remember looking into the audience of my peers, intellectually and professionally, and seeing the uncomfortable bristles, eyebrows raised, and jabs in wives, and friends ribs, when I mentioned the fact that under the Utah Constitution, polygamy had been banned or forbidden forever!  I also told this stodgy group, that were hypocrites, for rejecting the beliefs of the Church, but acting pissed at me, kill the messenger, for telling them, that they now only would not, but could not have polygamy.

And, after seeing their disbelief, and rejections or objections to what I was telling them, I mentioned in defense of their wives, who I am sure still live under the totalitarian control of the priesthood, even inactive members of the patriarchy, that and I smiled, if it ever gets taken out, or rescinded and becomes not forbidden, that this little constitutional law attorney, will force the 14th amendment, call for equal protection and uniform operation of law . . . and I would have more than one husband, or polyandry!

I went on to inform this groups of gray haired, pot bellied, soggy old boys, that if they thought for one second, that I turn the other way, or that I do not get hot, when some hard bodied, hunk, walks by, and they think I would not climb on them, they were crazy!  The women smiled and laughed, jabbing their unfaithful husbands, for they all are, just thinking about polygamy, if you want to go with the 10 Commandments, which states that a man should not covet his neighbor's wife, but Christ said, He who looketh at a woman, and lusteth after her, has committed adultery in his heart!

Try that one on for size, not only do these good ol' boys, lust, they actually start to pick our their spiritual wives, before hand, just in case the Utah Legislature is not found out, to be even so boldly as putting future constitutions in the Utah Code Annotated . . . perhaps, your dirty little secrets will be revealed to the world and your sins, shouted from the roof tops . . . as stated in the Doctrine & Covenants, current Mormon scripture, allowing a man to take 10 virgins, if he can find them, might be as hard as finding a righteous person in Sodom and Gomorrah!  LOL!

I Am Actually, The First Female Bigamist in Utah, Married to Two Men Simultaneously, and Proud of It!

What is good for the goose, is good for the gander . . . I wasn't however, living with both men at the same time, but I could handle that, I dig men, all of them . . . that is why I am single, I can't make up my mind; in any given ride between Utah and Montana, I will think of 4 different men, and if God said, JoAnn, you can have any man you want, just tell me which on you prefer . . . I couldn't decide; therefore, God, I want more than one!  

I just can't find one that fills all my various facets of my personality, I need one for my brain, one for my hobbies in politics, all for sex, of course, one who is a great cook, one who likes to garden, and all to support me, due to high financial demands . . . now, does that sound absurd to you, that is how these men justify their lust, desire, and wanton wishes for polygamy!  But, hey, if you want the plain facts of it, Masters & Johnson, did a sex study, to see how many partners a woman could satisfy without getting tired . . . she did 16 guys, and they stopped, a woman can satisfy an unlimited amount of partners, not so for a man; therefore, with today's economy, and need for fewer kids to feed right now, with a need for two incomes to survive, and with the Mormon Church calling all mothers home from the factories, the offices, and the schools, a policy statement should be, that right now, it is more practical for women, not men, to have more than one spouse, but I doubt many would want more, sad but true, men!

Watch, I Will Be Like Al Capone, Who The Feds Tried to Get On All Kinds of Crimes, and Eventually Got Him On Tax Fraud--With Hundreds of Thousands of Mormon & FLDS Polygamists, the One Female, Me, Will Be Charged With Bigamy, a Felony in Utah!

I will want Mark Shurtleff back if that happens . . . but I don't think he will be as gracious if it is a woman, not a man, who gets more than one spouse, and I don't think he will tell, state prosecutors, that I have to actually commit, another felony or crime, before he would even consider charging me with polyandry, but you never know, he might, to protect the Almighty Mormon male dick, if threatened!  LOL.  Mormons have been known to throw cases, to protect, FLDS, Warren Jeffs, but Texas was there to fry his ass.  I just hope to God that I am tried in Utah, but they have already tried me, stolen, robbed, attempted homicide, and taken all I have, even run me out of the state for fear of my life, so I doubt the same guys, who did this to me, Mark, John, will actually give me due process and equal protections of the law, they haven't so far!  LOL.

As I Stated In My Original Email to the Former AG, Chiding Him For Not Making Good on His Promise to Clean Up Polygamy . . . Polygamy, a Problem Then, and a Problem Now!

For anyone interested, you might be able to contact Scott Holyoak of Parowan, a good friend, who might have an original copy of the Utah Constitution & Fun Facts . . . unblemished by Patricia, my partner, who, I am sure was bribed, or coerced by the Mormon Church to stop printing it, or at least stop printing the section, forbidding polygamy forever!  And I am sure, she would have no qualms telling you, one of my Molly Muffin, Mormon sisters, or Mob sis, Shelley, was actually me, and I her!  LOL, Mormons are just like the Taliban, they are on a Jihadist mission for the Church, a vision of what a Mormon World would b like, what and how much 10% Tithes from around the world could do, and teaming up with the world bankers, but Bushes, and the One World Order guys . . . no borders for missionary work!

Just like Muslims, Mormons are promised 10 virgins, to accomplish their feats of terrorism, Allah gives 70 virgins, so that is a better deal!  Really, where are the majestic people, real men, who don't need a cadre of women to bolster their fragile male egos?  Get fucking real!  You are pathetic and disgusting, not only should the American people worry about the past Mormon, you better think twice about your Mormon CIA, FBI and now 30,000 spies in the NSA working in Utah . . . they run your government, have infiltrated your military, and your intelligence community, and almost pulled off a president . . . get a clue!

I Contend that the Mormon Church is a Front for Politics and the Mob . . . I Have Experienced Their Wrath and Sting . . . Utah Should Never Have Been Allowed to Be a State, They are in BREACH BIG TIME, OVER POLYGAMY, THEY NEVER GAVE UP!

P.S., Check out my daughter, Greta Secrist Hyland's, blog, the Southwest Journal . . . there is great articles, and I am sure you will get a well researched one on polygamy, and there is also a video of a debate, sponsored by the Salt Lake Tribune, on state land issues, the lawsuit between pro-states rights people v. former BLM director, Pat Shaey, who very brilliantly, states when one of his opponents said, why shouldn't states control the public lands . . . he said, two words, Shurtleff and Swallow!  LOL!