Tales of Christmas Love on the Copper Lines Bus
Some guy chatting with the bus driver this morning, said that he was going to get a burger and fries, at the local Wendy's in town, when the person in the cashier window, asked him if he believed in Santa Clause, and he said, well, sure, and she told him to pull around to the pick up window, where he was told that his meal had been paid for by Santa, some guy who gave the fast food restaurant, $500 to pay for customers meals for as long as it lasted. Way cool, Santa, and most likely a nice surprise to the patrons of Wendy's. The man on the bus, was not a man of means, very humble, and seemed touched by the gesture of the patron saint of Wendy's, and with head bowed, said, I have never had anything like that happen to me before, in my whole life . . . how very wonderful, to be blessed to do that for so many people in this area, and hopefully news of this touching story gets back to the good heart that did this act of Christmas love and cheer, so willingly, unnoticed, but certainly not un-thanked! It brought tears to my eyes and a lump in my throat, Santa still does exist, in the hearts and minds of great people, who care about the joy of others, and I am sure that there are hundreds of stories, that happened this Christmas season, brightening the lives of hundreds across America, if not the world. God bless you!
Conspiracy Central Here . . . What's Going On With the Fires in the Mines
Now, I am not a local, and you will become well aware of that as I tell of my first sighting of Our Lady of the Rockies, and as a result of my ignorance of happenings, what is normal and not, up on the hills of Butte, that house the mines, the frames, and the tunnels, of the old, what you might refer to as the gold, silver and copper rush, of the early days, in the Gilded Era, but the locals, I talked to, the ones who told me that a New Zealand company might be buying up the old Anaconda Mining Company, once the largest producer of copper in the world, with the fourth largest company in the world and the largest labor union in the world, but they also, looked puzzled at recent fires, being spotted coming from in the mines.
Now, I am not sure what exactly they are referring to, and what a fire would look like, but apparently, just the day before Christmas, one such fire was reported to the fire department to respond to . . . Stan, my source at the Butte Rescue Mission, that is housing, feeding me and keeping me warm, right now, while I explore the Greater Silver Bow Area, and what makes it unique, cool, worth seeing, and surely, a spot that I am going to be for St. Paddy's 's Day . . . I just got a nice little, notice, that the scheduled scan had been completed . . . the theft of my blog, the hackers scan my blog, then do it so quickly, that it is basically unnoticed by the naked eye, and apparently the NSA, or they are in on it, and after the scan, it appears that this blog is originated from another source, rather than right here on #3 computer, at the Butte City Library, at 10:28 a.m., 12/26/2014, since my own personal computer was fried, about a month ago . . . talk about conspiracy central, you are looking at her, and proof, just came up on this computer! Just as I thought, the only way, they could pull this off is to scan it, and send it to about 6 other IP addresses, to take credit and claim my intellectual property, the story of my life, and the bane of my existence!
FIRE IN THE HOLE, BOYS!
Stan and his teenage daughter, and I am just guessing at that, because she would have to be of age, to at least think, about seeing fire on the hills, but he wondered if there was not some government conspiracy going on down below, something covert, some extra-constitutional activity, of taking or extracting the copper, so needed and valuable, that there is some type of eminent domain issue going on, where, due to need, a government agency or just the governments in general, for a good cause can take control over personal property, and use the resources, access and whatever of worth, for the use and benefit of the people at large. When that happens, as seen under the 5th amendment, of the United States Constitution, the government can't take life, liberty or property, without due process of law, and just compensation! And just compensation, means fair market value, and for copper, gold or silver, that is a shit load of money, are they taking it while we are sleeping . . . someone sure as hell better check this thing out. I don't know enough to do anything, but expose this activity, for more knowledgeable people in the community to do something about.
If you look back at the brief history of the labor unions, the efforts in WWI, and the government seeing copper as a needed material for the war efforts, enough to order labor strikers back to work, and trying them as criminals, charged with treason and sedition, that are akin to crimes, that a spy who turns information over to an enemy of the United States or the People, giving aid and comfort to our enemies. So, if we fail to learn from history, we forever remain a child! Others who are a bit less suspicious than Stan and myself, might surmise that there are homeless people, squatters in the mines and who are building fires to stay warm. Or someone is actually getting in the mines, and setting fires to destroy the place . . . none of these explanations sounds too good to me. Anyway, just wanted to drop a bombshell, and start you locals thinking about what could be going on, if anything. It is always easier to ask forgiveness, than permission!
Vintage Christmas Scene from the Butte Miner . . . Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Copper!
Yesterday, in the Montana Standard, there were two vintage renditions of the old newspaper ads or drawings, way awesome, and cool . . . one was in commemoration of Christ's birth, the Virgin Mary, the Wise Men, the Star, the Manger, etc., hitting the religious community, and then, there was another one, for the heathens, among the crowd of subscribers, with Santa, pushing a miners rail car, with bags of stuff, labeled, GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, COPPER, COPPER, which I am sure, would deliver, much more than just Christmas to the locals, but prosperity, work, growth, a living, health economy, and some of the stuff we would like delivered under our Christmas trees as presents for us all to enjoy, not to mention the state, the nation, and the world, who would all benefit from a raging, caging, hopping scene of commerce, trade, business, and riches, that Butte, the Queen City, as star of the Treasure State, had been for so long.
Mind you, that the mines were not closed, due to lack of production, but simply for that old American greed, of a larger company, or at least after all the trouble with the strikes, war, labor disputes, and such, where American Pacific was able to purchase the mines, simple to use, to close down for tax purposes . . . or was there something more sinister, competition, jealousy, capitalism, cornering the market? But, Stan told me that the last company, and the name escapes me, to come in and buy the mines, was heard to have found an 8 inch solid silver vein that ran the length of the mountain, and they were rumored to have just sealed off the vein, and the mine and left? WHY? So, when all is said and done, there is still a productive mine, with tons of the good stuff, dreams to be had, fortunes to be made, and jobs and lives to be improved. Somebody much more aware of the historical, business, and current market and company situation, needs to look into this and get some local, American investors, to get these mines re-opened for business. Hell, we have three current war efforts, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, and these are in demand materials, especially copper!
The Gilded Age, can be again, the mines were just closed, they were not unproductive, so what is up with nobody doing anything about this?
Our Lady of the Rockies . . . Shine Down on This Community Again!
This account of my first viewing of Our Lady of the Rockies, came the first time I ever came to Montana, back in March of 2012, venturing into a new phase of my life, or so I thought, leaving Mitt and the Mormons behind in Utah . . . when in reality, they just followed me to Montana, to torture me, CIA style, since 70% of the CIA, FBI, and probably, 100% of the NSA, 30,000 spies, residing in Lehi or Highland, Utah, also the cyber spies over Montana, as a hub of government activity for the western United States . . . but, at that first trip, I was going to Helena, to check out Montana, starting with the Capital City, and probably a sore spot for Anaconda, who was the close runner-up for that honor. But, as I was driving through Butte, at around 3 a.m., in the morning, and unaware of how the mountains, you pass between Butte and Helena, goes straight up, in the air, right up where the Lady, looks over the valley. I could see the light, but couldn't make out, exactly what it was, and thought, at first, whatever it was, was suspended in space, a UFO possibly, but not moving . . . what in the hell is that? I need eyeglasses to read, and have pretty good vision, other than that, but, I could not make out what the huge light on the mountain, or space was. I actually don't think I knew, for some time, just leaving it for one of those things to be explored and discovered later, after my initial trip to the Treasure State.
I tripping back and forth between Montana and Utah, trying to decide, where exactly I wanted to land, in this next phase of my life, I would hear various stories about the woman, I at least got that, on the mountains. I think the first story I heard, was that the man, who did the project, loved his wife, so much, that after she was dead, he had this sculpture of his wife, made and up on the mountain, for all to see. So that was the story, I had in my mind, until, just really, today and yesterday, at the mission, where my friend, to remain, unnamed, corrected me, when I told her I was going to the library to figure out what the Lady of the Mountains, was all about. Being able to make out more of the outline, I thought, it looked like the statute had a nun's habit on, and I told my friend, I was glad, being rather portly myself, that I was glad that whoever did the statute, made a fat nun! Much more realistic that way . . .
I was not trying to be irreverent, or demeaning, just thought, given our propensity for thin, that I was happy, that a man loved his rather plump wife, so much to build that memorial for her. My friend, jumped to quickly correct me, and she said, that is a very sacred statute, and it is the Mother Mary, and she is reverenced and worshiped by the many Catholics in this area, many Irish Catholics! And I better be careful, talking that way, or I am going to have the locals upset, with me. Correction well taken. And, like the vintage Christmas portrait of the Holy Birth, from the Butte Miner, and she pointed to Mary's head robes or dressings, as much like the one worn by OUR LADY OF THE ROCKIES! Okay, I get in, and I am glad to know, who, what, and why, of the statute up on the mountain. But what about the husband and his wife . . . she told me that was also true? So, I am still confused, will need to do independent study.
Anyway, for those of you, who venture into the Butte area, late at night for the first time, hopefully, you will not be a stunned by the 90 foot, lighted statute of the Virgin Mother Mary as I was . . . my first sight of the statute, was an other worldly, experience, and I am not talking about a religious one, but flying saucer, UFO, extra-terrestrial visitation, spooky, rather than holy. So, be warned, you are in for a treat, and something to behold, when you enter the valley. You know, you hear and see, the Christos, over looking Rio De Jinero, or the one without the hands, unless that is one in the same, but you expect that statue, but this one will take you by surprise, if you know nothing of the light on the hills, or the huge mountains, jutting up, over the interstate! She is nothing to fear, and I love the little vignettes in the newspaper, commemorating births, weddings, deaths, conveyances of love, and other occasions that are marked with her blessings. Very nice and righteous, dig it.
Canadian Geese, EPA & the Largest Super Fund Clean-up, Berkeley Pit
Stan the man, asked me if I knew out the Canadian Snow Geese, that accidentally got lost in a dense fog, that hung over Butte, several years ago, and landed in the most toxic, deadly, water, not unknown for producing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, being born out of the toxic waste of mining days gone by. I knew of the Berkeley Pit, the EPA, the Super Fund, the possibility of contaminating the drinking water in the Silver Bow area, but I had never heard of the snow geese incident. He proceeded to tell me that several hundred geese in a flock, found a resting place, and a swim, for a night or so, during a very foggy night or day, losing sight of their honing skills, for fresh water, and got into the toxic waste of the infamous PIT! After being exposed to the toxins, and having their feathers covered with the waste materials, from the mines, that are scary to foreigners and locals alike as water tables increase and threaten to spill over the sides, down the hills, with may thinking that the town were the Pit is, has already been contaminated, but, as these geese started to leave or fly away, for there destination, they started to die, mid-air, and came crashing to the pavement, the ground, on people's cars, hopefully not on their heads, but, nonetheless, a hundred or so, came falling out of the sky, help, the sky really is falling!
Butte residents, or the city was charged $100 per bird that dropped out of the sky . . . strange phenomena, I am sure . . . the environment is nothing to be messed with, and there is an eco-system that we need to be aware of, people's drinking water, lives, health, and other issues, that all come into play. The almighty dollar, American greed, capitalism, and wealth, are all part of the American system, but so is protecting the environment. Most Montanan's are aware, that the Montana State Constitution, is, I believe, that only state, that actually has a section of the Constitution, that is specifically deditated to protecting the environment, and for damn good reason, given their history, the pollutants connected with mining, timber, coal, oil, and other precious and semi-precious minerals. Many of the Copper Kings of yesteryear, came, made the spoils, left towns decimated, streams, rivers, lakes, polluted, made their money and ran, taking most of it back east. So, in light of the past, the history of exploitation, the devastation, and the damage to the environment, when the proponents of the 1972 revision of the Montana State Constitution, many protections were put in place to remedy, or prohibit some of these things from happening again.
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