SMASHBOX. PRETTY POWERFUL . . . THE SECRET IS IN THEIR EYES . . . THE POWER OF TWO = TRIPLE THREAT! COLLISION CRAFT: QUALITY, EXCELLENCE . . . AND REAL NICE PEOPLE. NEW MOVIE: CREED! ROCKY TRAINING APOLLO CREED'S SON IN BOXING. HISTORY: IVAN GRAGO (RUSSIAN BOXER, KILLS CREED'S FATHER) VS. ROCKY IV (AVENGES APOLO CREED'S DEATH AGAINST IVAN)--EAST MEETS WEST, TWO WORLDS COLLIDE, RIVAL NATIONS . . . IS IT NATION AGAINST NATION, OR MAN AGAINST MAN? BURNING HEART . . . IT'S YOU AGAINST YOU . . . THE VICTORY IS YOURS ALONE! MY DAUGHTER, GRETA, AND HUSBAND DALLAS, ARE TAKING THEIR THREE BOYS TO THE NEW MOVIE, "CREED" AND IN TRUE SMART PEOPLE FASHION, THEY ARE HAVING A "ROCKY" MOVIE MARATHON, SO THE NEWER GENERATION MOVIE IS PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY, FOR WHICH, THE NEW MOVIE IS BORN! SMART PARENTS, SMART KIDS . . . IF A PERSON FAILS TO STUDY HISTORY, THEY FOREVER REMAIN A CHILD! EVERY STORY TOLD, HAS A CONTEXT, A FRAMEWORK, A CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE, FOR WHICH I RISES, IS GIVEN BIRTH, OR COMES TO FRUITION . . . THAT IS TRUE FOR PEOPLE, FOR NATIONS, FOR CRIMES, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN LIFE. THE WORSE THING SOMEONE CAN DO, IS TO START A STORY AT "J" OR "M" AND GO ONTO "Z", NEVER CULTIVATING THE GROUND, FOR THE SEEDS TO BE PLANTED, AND THE FULL STORY, TO APPEAR! THE BIGGEST ERROR AN ATTORNEY CAN MAKE, IS TO ALLOW THE PROSECUTORS, OR THE OTHER SIDE, TO START HALF WAY THROUGH THE STORY, OR HALF WAY THROUGH THE FACTS, AND LETTING ONE SIDE OF A CONTROVERSY, BE SHOWN IN AN INCOMPLETE LIGHT . . . THAT IS A HUGE DISSERVICE TO ALL PARTIES, NATIONS, CRIMES, OR STORIES, AND GIVES THE PERPETRATOR OR ROBBER OF HISTORY AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, AN UNJUST OUTCOME, VOID OF THE FOUNDATIONAL TOOLS, THAT TAKES THE BIG PICTURE IN, AND ALLOWS FOR AN HONEST EVALUATION, BASED ON TRUTH, RATHER THAN GIVING SNAPSHOTS, OF HAND PICKED AND CRAFTED PIGEON HOLES, BLOCKING REALTY, VISION, AND THUS THE RIGHT OUTCOME, IN ANY EVALUATION, INVESTIGATION, OR RENDERING OF A DECISION. I HAVE HANDLED CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES, WHEN DENYING THE WHOLE STORY, THE FULL SET OF FACTS, OR THE BIGGER PICTURE, CAN SKEW THE FINAL DECISION, BRINGING ABOUT, NOT ONLY AN UNCONSCIONABLE RULING, BUT, AN ABERRANT OUTCOME, THAT IS CRIMINAL, IN AND OF ITSELF! SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM IMPRESSED, THAT MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND, ARE TAKING THE TIME, WITH THEIR CHILDREN, TO SHOW THE STORY, LEADING UP TO THE NEW MOVIE, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH RICHER EXPERIENCE, HAVING SEEN THE MOVIES LEADING UP TO THE NEW RELEASE, AND ALL THE MORE INSPIRING. IT IS THE CHEAT, THE INAUTHENTIC, THE FAKE, WHO WOULD TRY TO TAKE ANYTHING OUT OF THE PROPER CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK, FOR WHICH ANY EVENT, CRIME, CASE, STORY STARTS, LEAVING A LESS THAT NOBEL VICTOR, OUTCOME, OR RULING. IT BEHOOVES ALL OF US, TO BE GUARDIANS OF THE "TRUTH" AND DO ALL IN OUR POWER, TO INSURE THAT, FAIRNESS, CREDIT, AND REWARD, GO TO THE DESERVING, RATHER THAN THE CHEAP IMITATOR! HISTORY DESERVES ITS DUE . . . I ALSO LIKE THIS BACKGROUND ON ROCKY IV, BECAUSE IT SHOWS AMERICA, AND RUSSIA, TWO RIVAL SUPER POWERS, WHO AT THE TIME WERE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER . . . TO APPRECIATE, WHERE ARE, NOW, AS OF THIS WEEK, OR OF LATE, WHERE, TWO RIVAL NATIONS, AND OTHERS, ARE WORKING TOGETHER, TO TAKE ON WORLD TERRORIST ENEMIES, RATHER THAN ALWAYS ALIGNING THEMSELVES, AGAINST EACH OTHER, DUE TO HISTORY, RATHER THAN JOINING TOGETHER IN A NOBLE CAUSE, WITH COMMON ENEMIES AND THREAT. I LOOK AT THE CHARACTERS IN ROCKY, APOLLO CREED, DANCING, ALMOST MOCKING HIS RUSSIAN OPPONENT, WHO STANDS A HEAD TALLER THAN HIMSELF, BELIEVING THAT THE FLASH-BANG OF LAS VEGAS, WILL DISTRACT HIS BOXING ENEMY, WITH STEEL FISTS, AND RESOLVE, NOT SWAYED BY THE SOFT LIFE, 'LIVING IN AMERICA" BRINGS. ROCKY, ON THE OTHER HAND, NOW THE CHALLENGER, GOES TO RUSSIA, TO THE HARSH TUNDRA OF SIBERIA, TO GET THE TOUGHNESS OF HIS RIVAL, REALIZING, THAT IT IS, IN THIS ROUGH TERRAIN, THE FIGHT IS NOT AGAINST, IVAN, BUT, IN HIS OWN, "BURNING HEART" OR ROCKY VS. ROCKY . . . AND VICTORY ALONE IS HIS, IF HE CONQUERS HIMSELF! THE CLASSIC BATTLES ARE: (1) MAN VS. GOD; (2) MAN VS. ANIMAL; (3) MAN VS. MAN; AND (4) MAN VS. SELF! TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE . . . THE UNEXAMINED LIFE, IS NOT WORTH LIVING! SOON, IT WILL BE THE NEW YEAR . . . I AM ALWAYS MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW YEAR, THAN I AM ABOUT CHRISTMAS, PART OF THE OLD YEAR, DWINDLING GOALS AND UNMET CHALLENGES, BUT THE NEW YEAR, BRINGS NEW HOPE, NEW LIFE, NEW RESOLVE, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR, PERSONAL PERFECTION! BUT, DON'T WISH AWAY, THIS WONDERFUL SEASON! BE GOOD, BE KIND, BE GENEROUS! KISSES, HUGS, SMILES . . . SHARE THE JOY! I LOVE, LIVING IN AMERICA, LIVING IN THIS WORLD, AND JUST DIG THE HELL OUT OF LIFE, AS HARD AS IT MIGHT BE, AS TIME . . . I KNOW, I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT, THE FUN, VIDEO, "JAMES BROWN, LIVING IN AMERICA (ROCKY IV)" AN UPBEAT SONG, FUN CONTRAST BETWEEN, RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN LIFE! ALTHOUGH, THIS MOVIE, SHOWS THE STEREO TYPES, AMERICAN SEE RUSSIANS BEING LIKE; HOWEVER, WHILE I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL, IN THE BYU STUDENT UNION, THEY USED TO SHOW INTERNATIONAL MOVIES, AND I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE RUSSIA IN A VERY DIFFERENT LIGHT, GLAMOUR, BEAUTY, WARMTH, GOLDEN LAID CITIES, AND ROMANCE! THEY HAVE THEIR MOVIE STARS TOO, THEIR HOT SEASONS, AND I BELIEVE LOVES IS MOST LIKELY AS A LIVE AND WELL, IN RUSSIA AS IT IS IN AMERICA, AND ALL OVER THE WORLD . . . THANK YOU RUSSIA, FOR LEADING THE CHARGE, AGAINST ISIS! WITH LOVE FROM AMERICA! KISS!