WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING AND WATER IS FOR FIGHTING--YOU CAN TAKE MY HUSBAND, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE MY WATER--MONTANA'S BATTLE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS OVER THE FLATHEAD IRRIGATION PROJECT AND WATER RIGHTS, OR THE SALISH--KOOTENAI WATER COMPACT, NOW IN COURT, BUT SHOULD IT BE; IT VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THE MONTANA STATE CONSTITUTION, IN PARTICULARLY THE ENABLING ACT & MONTANA STATE STATUTES, GIVING WATER RIGHT HOLDERS 10 YEARS TO REGISTER THEIR WATER RIGHTS WITH THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES--STATES CAN'T MAKE TREATIES, ALLIANCES OR CONFEDERATIONS WITH THE INDIANS; MONTANA OWNS ALL GROUND WATER, SPRING WATER, SURFACE WATER, ETC.; INDIANS GET THE BENEFIT AND USE OF THE LAND ON THE RESERVATION, PLUS WATER TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, THAT STILL HAVEN'T BEEN QUANTIFIED, INCLUDING GROWTH, PLUS UNLIMITED FISHING IN TRADITIONAL WATER WHOLES, BOTH ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION, AS FULL CITIZENS OF BOTH THE INDIAN NATION WITH JURISDICTION RESIDING WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ALONE, THEY ALSO GET THE PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, THE HELLGATE TREATY IS THE CONTROLLING DOCUMENT OR CONTRACT WITH THE INDIANS, SAVE MONTANANS $55 MILLION IN WATER PROJECT REPAIRS ON THE RESERVATION! THE LAW IS THE LAW, CONTRACT IS CONTRACT, EVEN IMPLIED!

HELLGATE TREATY OF 1855: Implied Contract With Appurtenant Water to Meet Needs

Prepared for Senator Verdell Jackson, by JoAnn S. Secrist, J.D.

Constitutional Law Attorney, Member of the United States Supreme Court Bar

September 25, 2013, at Super I, Kalispell, Montana

WATER COMPACT = CONTRACT TERMS + IMPLIED RIGHTS CONNECTED TO USE, OCCUPATION & BENEFIT

Contract law: offer, acceptance and consideration on the part of both sides

• CONSIDERATION IS SOMETHING OF VALUE ON EACH SIDE

• implied contract: using services which would indicate a contract, rational basis that rights connected to contract are valid, those things necessary to carry out the terms of the contract
• you have to look at the entirety of the treaty, history, intent, constitutionally, fiduciary responsibilities of federal government, relationship with states, and with tribes
• this was to provide the Indian tribes with a viable homeland, in exchange for the Indians to cede, relinquish and convey their property

OFFER

• UNDER THE COMMON DESIGNATION OF THE FLATHEAD NATION, WITH VICTOR, HEAD OF THE FLATHEAD TRIBE, AS THE HEAD CHIEF OF THE NATION

• that implies water sufficient for their needs for use and occupation of the said confederated tribes
• reservation was surveyed and marked out for the exclusive use and benefit of said tribes
• however, the right to all citizens of the United Sates can enter upon and occupy as settlers any lands not actually occupied and cultivated by said Indians at that time and not including in the reservation above named
• free access to nearest public highway, right in common with citizens of the United States to travel upon all public highways
• exclusive right of taking fish in reservations
• waters that will sustain salmon and fish indigenous to the stream running through and bordering the reservation
• now tribes can’t sell oil, gas and coal leases, then cry foul when the water is polluted, they have an implied duty to protect their own water systems
• right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places, in common with citizens of the territory
• may imply state fishing license and limits
• of erecting temporary buildings for curing--imply water those buildings might need?
• privilege of hunting, gathering roots and berries, and pasturing their horses and cattle upon open and unclaimed land
• this may imply a need for state hunting license?

ACCEPTANCE

•   in consideration of the above cession, the United States agree to pay to the said Confederated tribes of Indians, in addition to the goods and provisions distributed to them at the time of signing this treat the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars in the following manner:
• first year after ratification, thirty-six thousand dollars, under direction of the President, in providing for their
• removal to the reservation
• breaking up and fencing farms--implied agricultural water rights
• building houses for them--water rights for home use
• and for such other objects as he may deem necessary  
• as things unfold on the reservation--open clause for future growth; however the U.S. Supreme Court has said that is hard to quantify, due to the fact that land may never be sold, projected growth may not occur
• money is to be applied to the use and benefit
• under the direction of the President, who may from time to time determine, at his discretion, upon what beneficial objects to expend the same for them
• and the superintendent of Indian affairs, or other proper officer, shall each year inform the President of the wishes of the Indians in relation thereto
• the United States further agree to establish at suitable points within said reservations:
• agriculture and industrial school, erecting the necessary building, keeping the same in repair, and providing it with furniture, books and stationary,--water
• blacksmith shop, attached tin and gun shop, carpenter’s shop, wagon and plough maker, for the instruction of the Indians in trades, and to assist them in the same
• sawmill and flouring mill, keeping the same in repair and furnished with the necessary tool and fixtures, medicines and furniture, and to employ a physician
• to erect, keep in repair, and provide the necessary establishments to be maintained and kept in repair as aforesaid, and the employees to be kept in service for the period of twenty years
• water rights implied--even though the term of agreement is for 20 years, water rights attached or needed, would not stop after the time allotted
• pay $500 per year to selected chiefs, so long as them may be elected to that position by their tribes, and no longer
• all expenditures and expenses contemplated in this article of this treat shall be defrayed by the United States, not deducted from the annuities agreed to be paid to said tribes
• nor shall the cost of transporting the goods for the annuity payments be a charge upon the annuities, but shall be defrayed by the United States--NOT MONTANA!
• THE PRESIDENT (not governor of Montana) may survey into lots, assign families as are wiling to avail themselves of the privilege, and will locate on the same as a permanent home, on the same terms as the sixth article--obvious implied water right
• tribes promise to be friendly with all citizens, commit no depredations upon the property of citizens
• shall one or more of them violate this pledge, and the fact be satisfactorily proved, the property take shall be returned, or in default, or is injured or destroyed, compensation may be made by the Government out of the annuities
• nor will they make war with other tribes, but will submit all matters of difference to the Government of the United States, same with for depredations to citizens
• tribes agree not to shelter or conceal offenders against the laws of the United States, but deliver them up to the authorities for trial (DUI, Montana state legislator?)
• Bitter Root Valley, above the Loo-lo Fork, carefully surveyed and examined, in judgement of President, to be better adapted to the wants of the Flathead tribe than the general reservation provided for in this treaty, may be set apart as a separate reservation for the said tribe--no part of this area opened to the settlement until such examination is had and decision of the President made known

TREATY OBLIGATORY UPON CONTRACTING PARTIES

• treaty submitted to Senate of the United States for their constitutional action
• confederated tribes constituted a nation under the name of the Flathead Nation, signed 16th day of July, 1855

Winters v. U.S. 207 U.S. 564 (1908)

• Water rights were impliedly reserved for Indians, sufficient water to fulfill purposes of the reservation, or the land would be useless.

Arizona v. California, 373 U.S. 546 (1963)

• United States Supreme Court, in this case, mentions many of these factors in quantifying water rights for the Indian tribes:
• agricultural purposes
• past use
• tribal history
• uses that promote tribal culture--Montana Constitution does mention, the states one obligation is to promote Indian culture in schools
• present and future population--courts have struck that down, hard to determine, if it happens at all . . . so still connected to
• proposed master land use plan
• list is not exclusive
• latitude to determine tribal water rights
• a difficult and time consuming process
• water rights vested at the time the reservation was created and the treaty ratified

Antoine v. Washington, 420 U.S. 194, 199 (1975)

• Statutes construed in favor of the Indians.  Indian lands . . . unsold was not restored to public domain, retained status as Indian lands--lands retained for the benefit, federal water rights inherent of that status
• only feasible and fair was in which reserved water for the reservation can be measured is in irrigable acreage

U.S. v. Dion, 476 U.S. 734, 738 (1986)

• United States Supreme Court has required that “Congress’s intention to abrogate Indian treaty rights be clear and plain.”  1904 agreement does not expressly or impliedly surrender any water rights for unsold lands that the lands held prior to the enactment of statutory intent.

State of Wyoming v. U.S. Department of Justice

McCarren Amendment, 43 U.S.C. 666

(Hope I got that citation right--can’t read my writing from yesterday!)

• reservations for use and occupation
• statutes in Wyoming in securing water rights
• irrigation of such lands as shall remain of said Indians within territory or reservation (ceded)
• ceded land was restored to Indians--tribal ownership
• lands sold from Indian allotees reacquired for Indians
• implied water rights, federal reserved water rights for Indians (Winters v. U.S. 207 U.S. 564 (1908)

WALTON RIGHTS

• U.S. intended to reserve necessary water--once established may not be lost

INDIAN WATER RIGHTS AND THE FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY

By Robert Anderson, Natural Resource Journal, p. 399--Vol. 46.

Courts are all over the place--GOAL SHOULD BE TO SATISFY THE TRIBAL NEEDS--bottom line

• courts should award sufficient water for other uses that make the reservation a viable homeland
• should give more rather than less
• include water for: domestic, commercial, municipal, industrial purposes
• preserve fish and wildlife
• should actively seek partnership with Indian tribes and protect tribal resources
• broad homeland purposes in addition to advancing the PIA standard for reservations with agricultural purposes
• instream flow to protect on and off reservation fishing rights
• there is a fear that courts might manipulate legal standards to reduce tribal shares to water and protect non-Indian uses
• opt for settlement negotiations to quantify their rights
• focus of courts may put emphasis on protecting federal treasury and less rather than moral obligation
• can provide substantial economic benefits to tribes

CONCLUSION

• success--federal government assist and encourage negotiations
• provide lion’s share of funding to implement agreement and negotiated settlement
• take into account inequitable treatment in the past
• historical water context
• transparent analysis of the tribal claims to water, tribes deeds, potential federal liability, and other benefit to settlement
• support pre-litigation to arrive at solutions

PERSONAL, HOPEFULLY EDUCATED OPINION

• Hellgate Treaty itself, implies other uses beyond only agricultural purposes
• the treaty, when taken in the contextual foundation of other United States Supreme Court cases, really, if you connect all the dots, covers all aspects of the landscape or menu of cases
• Montanans, Indian tribes, and U.S. Government Officials, need to do the homework necessary to reach an agreeable settlement
• plain language, intent and history are the clue to an implied contract, which is totally consistent with the stream of U.S. Supreme Court cases up to this point
• we are where we are . . . now save the time, money and energy
• this is not an all or nothing thing--treaty suggests otherwise
• in any good compromise, parties give up something and parties get something--nobody gets to be 100% happy
• use the guiding principles of the courts listed here--and by no means exclusive, but a good overview
• attorneys on both sides have the background, knowledge and hopefully good faith to do what it takes to pull off a successful settlement agreement
• this is not about ego, but what is right . . .
• get rid of bad actors, don’t need them, not warranted--have clean hearts and hands in this--futures depend on it
• truly believe Cowboys and Indians will save this country, don’t have time for in-fighting
• the law is the law, is the law--we are where we are!!!!!!
• Get it done . . .

Sincerely,

/s/JoAnn S. Secrist, J.D.

BEEF STEAK BEFORE TURTLES: CLIVE BUNDY TEACHING CONSTITUTIONAL LAW? HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THE UNITED STATES, GET A NEW FLAG! IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CATTLE, IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOMS. TERROR HAS TWO BASIC PURPOSES: TO CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT OR TO PROVIDE THE EXCUSE TO CLAMP DOWN ON FREE CITIZENS IN THE NAME OF PROVIDING THEM SECURITY. BOTH ARE CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT! NEW LIBERTY CANDIDATES IN THE GOP, HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, IMPEACH OR TAKE OUT MITCH MCCONNELL, LINDSAY GRAHAM, AND ORIN HATCH--FOR TREASON! SUPPORTED THE PATRIOT ACT--THE ALLEGED AUTHORITY FOR THE BLM AND FEDS TO ATTACK RANCHER WITH 200 AGENTS OF TERROR! U.S. CONSTITUTION HAS THE ANSWERS, HAS FOR 238 PLUS YEARS!

Beef or Tortoises?  Biologists Are Saying Tortoises, Don't Do Well in the Desert, and Cattle Manure Can Help Them Survive!

Every couple of days, I check in with my daughter, Greta Secrist Hyland, a former employee of the Forest Service, the Utah Division of Natural Resources, with a master's degree in Natural Resource Management, living in St. George, only about an hour from the Bundy Ranch, and applying for law school, following in her mother's footsteps, to be found at http://www.thesouthwestjournal.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/free-grazing-breaking-clive-bundys-stand-against-the government, for a more reasoned and rational approach, than the off the top of my head dialogue with nobody, but myself and a few videos and talk show hosts and guests to draw from, but Greta keeps me informed, so I can scream and get pissed off, not hard, and write a blog I didn't intend to write.  However, it does dovetail with some of the things I actually wanted to write about, so here we go, stream of conscienceless writing . . . a collective array of thoughts that have been rattling around in this brain, and come together in this beautiful mind of mine, my playground, to offer either a learning experience, an argument, or just something to make you think.

Now, Greta, told me that Cliven Bundy, rancher, I guess, not a citizen of the United State, because he doesn't accept or recognize it, but rides into the sunset, majestically, into the Nevada sunset, under the flag that would be recognized, worldwide, as the flag of the United States of America, is just not the one, you want teaching you about the United States Constitution!  I think that would be a logical conclusion to draw, even for the slowest of minds, because it doesn't make sense, to listen to this guys, who is barely conversant.  But I do understand where he was coming from, fighting against the 200 jack-booted thugs, that entered his property, without, a warrant, I am guessing, even though there was a court order, but that had been served months earlier, so the BLM and federal officers were unlawfully on his property.  So, respect the enforcement of forcing law enforcement officers, to actually abide by the law, the Supreme Law of the Land, the United States Constitution . . . maybe that is why they didn't think they needed a warrant, Clive doesn't believe in the United States, so he forfeits his rights under the Constitution?  So, as far as being accepted as a legal scholar of the U.S. Constitution, or the state of Nevada Constitution, hell no!

Wild Haired, Constitutional Law Professor, Jody Armour, From the University of Southern California, Defends Bundy, with Cheek v. U.S.A. Case

I have my own Cheek et al v. Garrett et al, civil rights case, therefore, my ears perked up when the professor, mentioned the name, but he said, that the holding or the ruling of the court in that U.S. Supreme Court case, basically said, that if anyone had a good faith belief that they were not violating the law, or did not recognize the law, in this case, an internal revenue case, tax payer issue, that there might be an argument there.  This case has some similarities, because if I heard the professor, who may or may not have run into wild ass constitutionalists, who refuse the recognize, the authority of Congress to tax, I would understand, but I guess you could call these types of people, who hate the 15th, 16th, and 17th amendments, believing that they were passed illegally, or unconstitutionally; therefore, you could say they are conscious objectors to paying federal income taxes . . . so kind of right there with Bundy.

However, as in all law cases, that appear to be precedent setting cases, one has to look at and compare or distinguish the case, to your own case . . . so, this differs in and of the fact that Bundy's father, who previously owned the ranch and cattle, paid the grazing fees, or the lease for those rights to graze his cattle on BLM land that can be leased from anyone.  But went the BLM listed the desert tortoise on the endangered species list, Clive, in 1993, just decided to stop paying for the leasing rights; therefore, forfeiting the right to graze, leaving him in violation of the law for the last 20 years!  But I do agree with the professor, in and of the fact that he said, this case may have been more about the government losing the trust of the American people, losing credibility by way of using force, brute force, if you will to intimidate, threaten, terrorize and gain compliance with the laws, while breaking more laws than the offender.

Breaking Point--Patriot Act--Have to Protect You From Your Freedom and Rights!

We have a long string of offenses to civil liberties, threats to the economy, and down right unconstitutional actions for the break down of what, the majority of Americans, have come to know as America, have fought for, taken oaths to preserve, protect and defend, and are willing to have their own blood shed, or shed the blood of their fellow Americans, namely those working for the government agencies, who are operating under a totally different value system than the federal agents, don't even know what the Patriot Act is, they just know, this is not America, and we fucking don't like it . . .  that is precisely why the militia from several states showed up, to back down the feds from terrorizing the Bundy family, good, bad or ugly, that is not the way America operates, even when laws have been broken!

USC law professor, Jody Armour, brought up the Rodney King trial, that the American people sat and waited with baited breath, to see 4 law enforcement officers, caught on tape, beating the hell out of King, be punished for their abusive actions . . . didn't happen, acquitted, really?  We all know that was a brutal beating that should have gotten the officers, like citizens, jail, fines, suspensions, or whatever, to see that justice was served.  Well, the reaction of the community was total fury, riots, looting, and unlawful behavior in protest for the injustice in the case . . . the United States Constitution forces the government to abide by the Bill of Rights, while the governed have to follow the laws of their state legislatures and Congress.  

There is always a balance of power in all phases of the Constitution, from the three branches of government, to cops and sheriffs, one elected and answers to the citizens, but also has to enforce the law!  It also protects law enforcement from civil rights and section 1983 civil suits for acting under color of law, and violating federal statutory and constitutional rights of citizens, in state official capacities too.  Militias, under the second amendment, not the National Guard, but the state constitutions, authority founded in the 2nd amendment, to keep a free state, necessary for a free state!

Young Liberty Candidates--Right Way to Rehabilitate the Old Republican Congressional Guard, that has Violated Their Constituents Rights for Voting for the Patriot Act!

As a young high school student, I almost joined the John Birch Society, with the general guidelines of teaching people about the U.S. Constitution, supporting candidates and legislation that does the same thing, rating them and such.  In the 1950's, with the 1933 agenda, promoting a socialist or communist form of government, with rights, and changes, that are not consistent with the agreed principles and concepts of the U.S. Constitution, nor the state constitutions, the John Birch Society was sorely attacked, an organizational assassination if you will, with progressives and proponents, not true to their oaths of office, much like the RINO's of today, Republicans in Name Only, voted for legislation and laws, that don't reflect the common core of the average American beliefs, such as the following examples . . . with the John Birch Society having a liberty index to rate the elected officials in Congress on their propensity to vote for American ideals, not just Republican ideas, but the nuts and bolts of what this country is about!

Yesterday, when I intended to hike up Rattlesnake Canyon, Missoula, Montana, I saw a great picnic table, with a bunch of sunshine, under the amazing big skies, of Big Sky Country, and took the time to read the New American . . . with a motto of that freedom shall not perish, put out by the John Birch Society, with an article that caught my attention, Liberty Candidates and the GOP civil war . . . just a brief history with me and this magazine; I have never closely aligned myself with either political party, and the U.S. Constitution, a compromise even further prohibits me from siding with one party or the other, for I am both and neither, all at the same time, but fall right were the Constitution or my interpretation of the document falls, or supporting, while criticizing U.S. Supreme Court cases, so that is where I stand, so . . .

Friend Found Whole Stack of Articles From the New American--Assumed They Were Mine!

I had a friend who worked at the now, debunked Franklin-Covey Store in St. George, Utah store, and one day, before it was closed, she found about an inch of articles from the New American Magazine, I had no idea the magazine existed, nor had I heard much of the John Birch Society, since I was in high school, and had not idea it had any connection to anything at the time I read the articles, but, I will honestly say, that I took those articles, about 40 or 50 that the copier had left, and my friend gave me, and there was not one word I disagreed with . . . and that was before reactivating my law license after my alleged terminal brain injury, or poisoning, that was just coming to light at that time, long before I sued the government, or went to the U.S. Supreme Court, so, a pretty unbiased view of the articles.

I had been asked to come to a dinner, sponsored by the Republican Party in St. George, who had asked me to do a constitutional analysis of ObamaCare, Immigration and several other issues, hot topic issues, which is did, and the one on ObamaCare, ended up being the basis for the Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, whom I sent a copy to, as former assistant attorney generals together, so he could keep up, and he got the other 5 attorneys generals, who eventually got the other 25 or so, who challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the technical name for ObamaCare, but at that dinner, the guest speaker, was Tew Bliss, the regional director of the John Birch Society, and he happened to hold up a copy of the New America Magazine!  

They sat, you are most yourself, when you return to the state you were in high school, free of spousal, child, and parental influence, and I had gone full circle, back to what I knew in high school!  Amazing.  I am also a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, and was invited to become, with 4 forefathers, fighting in the Revolutionary War, to run the Constitutional Committee for the Daughters of the American Revolution, so I am, who I am!  And I will have to say, I wish, the Daughter of the American Revolution would do more, they have the came charter or call to action, as the John Birch Society, to teach people about the U.S. Constitution and the history behind it!  So Ladies, get off your asses and get busy, be more than just scholarships, collecting pins, and having speakers!

Not All Are Fading--The Beautiful Face of the Old America is Coming in the Shining Faces of These New Guardians of Freedom!

The Republican Civil War is a wide-ranging, balance-of-power struggle involving outside groups trying tot take over the Republican Party's agenda during this critical year.  New faces on the horizon: Justin Amash, Lee Bright, Randy Brogdon, Milton Wolf, Greg Brannon, Matt Bevin, Chris McDaniel, and Ben Sasse.  I am going to just copy some of the quotes from the article, that I fucking love, support, and hold heartily get behind . . . 

Republican congressman elected since the 2010 Tea Party wave have been far less likely to fell  attached to party leaders and to look to them for support.  In the case of some congressmen, they even seem to relish snubbing party leaders on issues where they differ.

Organizations such as FreedomWorks, the Senate Conservatives Fund, and Club for Growth will likely determine in 2014 if establishment Republican officeholders that push attacks on the Bill of Rights will be able to continue to drive the GO ideological agenda nationally.

Regarding warrantless surveillance of Americans' phones--an activity explicitly prohibited by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--Lindsey Graham told Fox News he was glad it was happening.

A list of subtitles, loved them: Breakdown in Party Control Over Finances; Will South Carolina Retire "Liberal Lindsey" Graham?  Oklahoma: T.W. Shannon/Randy Brogdon; Kansas: A Doctor for the Constitution? North Carolina: More Medicine for the Constitution; Kentucky: Mitch McConnell v. Matt Bevin (May 20 primary); Mississippi: A "Thad" State of Affairs . . .

If Stupidity Got Us Into This Mess; Stupidity Can Get Us Out--President Bush and his Cronies, McConnell, Graham, Hatch and Crew Need to Retire--Fucking Get the Hell Out!

FROM CHEERLEADER TO ENEMY OF THE STATE: RADICAL PEACE--PEOPLE REFUSING WAR, PATRIARCHAL POWER, NIGERIAN MEN FEAR SCHOOL GIRLS AND KIDNAP THEM, TRYING TO GET WORLD ATTENTION AND WAR, KIDNAPPING, FEAR WHAT EDUCATION MIGHT DO, WHAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO BECOME; THANKS, PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR PULLING YOUR TROOPS OFF THE UKRAINIAN BORDER; GET RID OF THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS IN THE USA, CONFLICTED OVER FEAR, MONEY AND ATTRACTION! LOOK TO NATIVE AMERICAN DREAM CATCHERS & FEMALE BASKETBALL TEAM THAT WENT TO ST. LOUIS WORLD FAIR, BEADS OF LEGEND!

Radical Peace: People Refusing War

Quotes, and thoughts, from the cheerleader, turned, enemy of the state, from a fellow, enemy of the state--you keep it up girl . . .Judy Davis, former cheerleader, fired by the school board, for being considered, an unsuitable influence and deviating from the curriculum, implying that she was deviant, and according to the norm, she was.  Ms. Davis taught that USA foreign policy has provoked terrorism, that what the USA has done for decades in the countries in which we now have terrorism, she taught the students to think critically, pull the covers back, and see the connections and who was sleeping with who in this tangled, devious world, where the global rich act in their won interests regardless of nationality, and how this keeps the majority of the world in poverty.  We are not going to have peace until we stop this.

Men in charge aren't going to let us build anything really different; they'll do everything they can, no matter how vicious, to hold on to power, and they have too many on their side now.  Planning a new society a this point seems to me to be just daydreaming, spinning fantasies.  First we have to break this system's power, otherwise our descendants will still be living under it.

Guerrilla warfare will gradually defeat the empire overseas, prevent it from expanding.  So it'll turn inward and start squeezing its own people more.  Sine it's inherently unjust, that's the only way it can maintain itself.  When we revolt against that, it'll turn fascist.  In a couple of generations we'll overthrow the fascism.  That's a long ways away, and we have a lot to do until then.

This war has already devastated the economy.  Taxes and the national debt are maxed out.  They can't go higher.  If costs continue to rise and we continue to lose, he only solution will be to pull out the troops.  Mass murder has become a luxury he USA can no longer afford.  Thousands of small acts of citizen sabotage will help pull the plug on war.

They have become masters at recruiting women to serve their interests.  Most women politicians are offering us the same old system dressed up in a new outfit, just patriarchy with perfume.  Patriarchy has robbed women of out power.  That's why so many of us feel incomplete and inadequate.  The culture tells us we need a man to fill that void, but we gradually and painfully learn that this traps us in dependency.  It isn't fair to the men either, because we've given them the responsibility for making us whole, which is something another person can't do for you.

Nigerian Rebels, Fear What 200 School Girls Might Become

Much of the world, fears westernization, because of the rights it gives to women; however, the USA still lags far behind the idealistic goals of the 14th amendment, especially for women,  We still want to pay women less for equal work, educated women, in America, are just as harshly treated as in many third world countries, and I am first hand proof of this.  The powers that be want to lie, steal, cheat, take cases, money, houses, vehicles, use character assassination, force, to get someone like me and Ms. Davis in line with their male agendas . . . or as in my case, they will use less combatant females, even if the original is right, and bring in the tits and ass girls, who will promote male interests, and they reward them, and trash the less obedient women, who don't go a long with the program.

Educated women raise the bar for men, they are not as likely to put up with the shit other women will, to keep or get a man . . . the higher the educational level of a women, the less likely she is to stay married, or get married . . . the opposite is true for men.  Educated Afghan women, refuse to let their children join the extremists groups, like the Taliban and Al Quaeda, and I am sure that goes for all women across the earth, they can read between the lines, and see the hidden agendas, and much of it depends on controlling women, whether through reproductive means, like vaginal probes, rape, denial of abortion rights, birth control, while more than willing to allow insurance to pay for Viagra and Cialis!

At some point in my life, I remember, hearing that the Spartan women, the ones in movies like 300, or in real, finally got sick of the warrior mentality, deaths of their fathers and sons . . . so they denied men sex, until the wars ended!  Not a bad idea!  While equally sexual, women don't have to think with two heads, so they are in control of this aspect of human rights . . . so use your power women, let's get this bull shit done with, a shoot for a beautiful new world, not the one world order of militarization and death, but life, love and laughter in our children, rather than bloodshed!

Leave the Ukraine Alone to Elect Their Officials--You Got Crimea, Don't Try to Take Odessa, You Can Subsist As Good Neighbors!

After months of turmoil in the Ukraine and surrounding areas, President Putin withdrew troops off the eastern borders of the Ukraine--hell of a thanks from the world, great Olympics, now, a cool show of peace!  That makes you more of my hero, than an Olympic gold meddle winner!  FUCKING AWESOME!  We can do this, we can have a peaceful world, with peaceful elections, with a calm transfer of power, and respect of people's roots, cultures, customs, languages, and history.  Fuck the sanctions, Russian people don't need it, their economy doesn't need it, you don't need it.  So, why?  We get the point, Mr. Putin!

Now the Ukrainians, have the other side of the good neighbor policy, don't mistreat those of Russian descent, appreciate what they add to your country, be an eastern block, melting pot, and all the better for it!  I fucking love Mexican food, German cars, Italian sunglasses and fashion, Japanese technology, don't drink, but Russian Vodka is a big hit here . . . there is a Spartan Sprint race this weekend, up in Big Fork, Montana, and there are representatives from 131 countries, including the Ukraine . . . way cool.  We need to be, worldwide, like the Native American Indian Tribe, known as the DREAM CATCHERS . . . they looked at all the other tribes, and adopted the best of all, they lived longer, happier, and contributed more . . . well, the world is getting smaller and smaller, we need to adapt and grow, work together, not destroy the earth or the peoples of the earth!

$60 Billion Per Yer on Intelligence--We are Not Getting Our Money's Worth, So Bag it . . . Can't We Just All Get Along?

I don't dig the thought that I have a choice between relying on a man, who might be married, or whatever, to prove that your little male power trip, goal of polygamy, or whatever you are doing to deny me my accomplishments, my due on formerly won cases, homes, furniture, law practice, etc., to try to force me to my knees, so I would have to rely on men.  I know that even after you poisoned me, took everything I had, took credit, or gave it to the government hookers, many of them my own sisters, under my father, who used to be a member of the Office of Strategic Intelligence, or now the CIA, what I refer to the epitome of counter-intelligence . . . the alternatives you have left me with, a man to support me or death, is not acceptable to me, and truly a fucking joke, to say the least . . . game over, get a life, leave me alone!

Just yesterday, some guy was sitting next to me in my favorite coffee shop, well the only one I have ever been to, or hung out in much, but I love it, way better than Starbucks, the Break Cafe in Missoula, Montana, I offered a part of the newspaper, the cafe so rightly provides to keep and educated customer base, each morning, that I hadn't read . . . he not only was rude in his comments on the regular customers, but refused to read the newspaper, and get less ignorant, but I introduced myself to him, and the second he heard my name, I thought he was joking, he said, I am getting out of here before I get sprayed with bullets!  And he seriously got up and left, so I shortly followed, as if he knew something, that I didn't, but ought to . . . I knew those 4 military helicopters that landed at the hospital two days earlier, just might be loaded with feds, to take me out, since the local cops, either don't want to deal with me, or have just given up . . . I DASH!

It is not everyday, that gets some fed walk up to her on the streets of Salt Lake City, after a client, who was taken down and robbed by the Federal Trade Commission or FTC, to defend him against the feds, has someone stop and tell me, while I am sitting on the grass waiting for my son, or friends who don't even know I am in town, that I better stop doing whatever I am going to do against the feds, or I would be put in prison . . . I told him, if they are corrupt, I will go after them, and he responded, then you will be killed!  REALLY, FOR WHAT?

Stop playing gods, little and stupid as you are, and start getting with the trend, the rest of the world doesn't think you are cool, sophisticated, I can read you guys like a book, so stop it!  Your cracking me up . . . the day of the fighting man is over, and it is time for the female brain to take over!  There was a great article in the Missoulian, newspaper, about mothers, being the guardians of the future generations . . . we are tired of the fighting man, women will save civilization, we don't have competing heads!

Beads of Legend . . . Native American Women's Basketball Team, Plays at the 1910 or so, St. Louis World's Fair, Discriminated at Half Time by Commentators and Sport Attendees, Great Coach, Great Players, Beat Both the University of Montana, and Montana State University Teams!

I can't imagine, what female, Native American athletes had to endure by way of discrimination, to fight their way all the way to the World's Fair, and after fatigued by the game, put on their beaded dancing dresses, and performed at half time to get donations to cover their travel and equipment expenses!  We are now a century later, and I see what I have had to endure, and I can't even imagine.  Instead of being threatened by women, their educations, their reproductive powers and choices . . . embrace women, and what they contribute to civilization, the world, culture, religion, the work place . . . 

We need to look at the concept of the Japanese or Chinese, sorry the ugly American, of the Ying & the Yang . . . or the complimentary parts of the male and the female, and only together, do with create a world of good, peace, love, laughter, prosperity and happiness, no just for an alleged elite few, but for the whole world . . . we can do this!  Let the 200 school children go back to school, and value, not fear what you can't control, but respect and watch the wonderful contributions women can make to humanity!  

Think, the Powers Behind this Kidnapping Are Just Bucking to Get the World Into Another Conflict--Radical Peace, People Refusing War, Militarization of Police Forces, Fascism!  Freedom, Liberty, Rights--Good Model, Switzerland!

ALL GUESTS BRING HAPPINESS, SOME ON COMING & SOME ON GOING: HERE ARE THE APPLICABLE NEVADA REVISED STATUTES, ON SHERIFF GILLESPIE'S DUTIES, WHICH HE DID ADMIRABLY, IN THE CLIVEN BUNDY, RANCHER SITUATION; TALE OF TWO MONTANAN'S RUNNING FOR SHERIFF; ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, DON'T BLEND YOUR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; COPS HAVE DIFFERENT DUTIES, SO SHERIFFS & POLICE, NEED TO STOP SQUARING OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER! CALIFORNIA & UTAH SHERIFF ASSOCIATIONS PROTECT CITIZENS' RIGHTS AGAINST FEDS, WHO USURPED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS; GOVERNMENT IMMUNITY, ONLY IF COPS FOLLOW WELL ESTABLISHED LAWS, 238 YEARS OF LAW & PRECEDENCE, SAFE TO FOLLOW, U.S. CONSTITUTION! SHERIFFS ARE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COP AND CITIZEN WORLD!

 NRS 248.090  General duties.  Sheriffs and their deputies shall keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, and quiet and suppress all affrays, riots and insurrections, for which purpose, and for the service of process in civil or criminal cases, and in apprehending or securing any person for felony, or breach of the peace, they may call upon the power of their county to aid in such arrest or in preserving the peace.

      [5:38:1861; B § 2956; BH § 2123; C § 2244; RL § 1647; NCL § 2148]

      NRS 248.092  Searches and rescues.  The sheriff is responsible for searches and rescues within his or her county.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1354)

      NRS 248.100  Attendance at sessions of district court required in certain counties; duty to obey lawful orders of district court and to execute process, writs and warrants unless constable authorized to do so.

      1.  The sheriff shall:

      (a) Except in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, attend in person, or by deputy, all sessions of the district court in his or her county.

      (b) Obey all the lawful orders and directions of the district court in his or her county.

      (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, execute the process, writs or warrants of courts of justice, judicial officers and coroners, when delivered to the sheriff for that purpose.

      2.  The sheriff may authorize the constable of the appropriate township to receive and execute the process, writs or warrants of courts of justice, judicial officers and coroners.

      [6:38:1861; A 1873, 115; B § 2957; BH § 2124; C § 2245; RL § 1648; NCL § 2149]—(NRS A 2001, 1455; 2007, 2189; 2011, 1128)

Sheriff Gillespie, It Is All Good

Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, Clark County Sheriff, did exactly what his general duties required, to the tee; however, Cliven Bundy, bushwhacked the good Sheriff, when he went to see if he could work out a negotiated settlement, alone, and found camflouged military looking guys, standing around Bundy's alleged bully pulpit . . . demanding that the sheriff do his job and kick the BLM off the land.  Tell me, Clive and the rest of you, who showed up to support the effort to protect the cattle, or Bundy's personal property from being removed from grazing lands, and sent to auction in Utah or Colorado, under what authority, or law, statute, rule, order, or any law abiding manner, Sheriff Gillespie was failing to do his job?

I was somewhat taken back by the sign posted behind the microphone Bundy was speaking or yelling from, in the face of the Sheriff, telling him, he was not doing his job.  The heads moved back and forth, at various times, only showing a few words at a time, but the sign appeared to say, He great danger . . . I never caught the full sentence, but I was alarmed by those words.  Here is the one person, who was actually doing all he could to defuse, what could have been a very tragic and horrific end to this conflict.  I know, myself included, have tried to support sheriffs, in fulfilling the entirety of their responsibilities, one tough job!

Federal agents who stormed the Bundy ranch, stomped on Bundy's son's head and throat, killed cattle, bulls especially, were totally out of line, and using heavy handed government tactics, much like used at Waco, and Ruby Ridge, over a seemingly small issue, not worthy of the boot, gun and man power. You are referred to by many as jack-booted thugs . . . Clive Bundy, on the other hand, is a welfare bigoted rancher, as long as he refuses to pay for his grazing and lease rights, all 20 years of free food for his cattle, a ease into the 21st century.  I believe, that at times, you have to go to war, to get to peace, so good for the militia and cowboys, who showed up in force . . . force begets force, almost a self defense, that is precisely why the founding fathers gave the states, to remain free, the right to form militias and have guns!

Only the Small are Cruel--Hot Rods or Cool Classics?

Amide all the pissing, muscle flexing, guns, anger, with both sides, right and wrong, there was one, rational, calm, dignified voice of reason, who knew his job, was neither bullied or forced into doing more or less than his official duties and responsibilities permitted and allowed, the loan person, who represents, not only the citizens who elected him, but law enforcement, in a peace keeping capacity, doing all in his power to keep the rebellion under control, brave enough to step up, stand, while angry mobs with guns, threatened, ridiculed, and tried to push him, to do what he knew he didn't have the right to do.

A great resolution to a very emotional, hotly charged issues, that could have exploded into a very ugly situation.  I listened to one video, in which, Daniel P. Love--interesting name for the guy in charge of BLM operations, but a pretty cool head under the situation, talking to a cowboy, with both siting authority under the Constitution to claim to have the Sheriff's services on their side.  I loved it, searching for authorization under the Supreme Law of the Land . . . AWESOME, AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE!  

Although, Officer Love, doing the typical fed bullying act, stated that the rancher's supporters, better hope 10,000 militia members showed up . . . I am sure, after he and his men, saw these guys were not messing around, he was probably glad, that only 300 at a time, stood firm, and controlled the bridge . . . great made for TV footage of the whole thing . . . GOD BLESS AMERICA, THE WILD WEST, AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION!

Two Guys Running for Sheriff in Missoula, Montana

I do not know either candidate, nor the third person running; I just happened, one morning to read the Opinion Section of the Missoulian, and noticed that a particular endorsement, of one of the candidates, a fellow co-worker, it sounds like someone who works with the officer seeker, in the Sheriff's Department, already, as deputies or under sheriff, not only endorsed the professionalism of the candidate, but commented that the man, if elected would uphold the laws, he took an oath to defend and enforce.  Then the writer even went on to say, that there were additional parts of the oaths, that Montana Sheriff's attest and affirm they will uphold, to serve the community, safeguard lives and property, protect the innocent, keep the peace, and ensure the constitutional rights of all are not abridged.

That alone, is reason enough for me to live in Montana, since coming from Utah, where they would rather kill a constitutional law attorney, rather than admit they are wrong, haven't been doing the very basics of their jobs, and even the perpetrators of a threat to life and property, going after the innocent, allowing the guilty to use the system to batter the innocent, with egregious acts of abuse of power, failure to keep the peace, but acting in concert with not elected officials, unauthorized rogue federal agents, to put the citizens, unlawfully under martial law, without the property constitutional support, and authorization, and have sorely violated constitutional rights, as if that document, never even existed, confiscating property for their own benefit!  So, kudos to the Missoula, Montana sheriffs!  Iron and Washington County Sheriffs, working in unconstitutional collusion with other idiots who follow the UnPatriot Act, can rot in hell, in Utah!

Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing--Sheriffs Have to Answer to the People

The other candidate, appears to be coming from within the ranks and file of the police department, maybe even a former chief of police, with endorsements from the Mayor and other city officials, but lacking one important element, the pro-constitutional position, that may just pit a sheriff against a mayor or others who have endorsed him.  There needs to be an allegiance to the concepts and principles, the dirty details of a particular factual situation, may create a sheriff to compromise his or her belief system, oath, and value system.  And if the Constitution is not your value system, the people should not want this person, regardless of how many endorsements he has.  

Make up your own mind, electorate, stop being mindless ninnies, without a firm belief in whom to elect, movie stars, and other elected officials, do not change the nature of the job--in a large article, I read, there was not one mention, among all the great honors, awards, positions within the cop agency, of the U.S. Constitution, the controlling document, along with the state constitution and state statutes or laws.  That would concern me.  The final straw for me leaving Utah, was three clerks from the Lt. Governor's office, after asking me what kind of law I practiced, said, simultaneously, to my response, that I was a constitutional law attorney, Does anyone still believe in that anymore?  Not in Utah, that is why I am moving to Montana!

Police Officer Says He Will Take Off Uniform, Rather Than Betray His Oath

The government, in its usual intrusive way, stole this blog several weeks ago, so I set up the Internet Sheriff: No Country for Stupid Men & Women, Elected, Tradition & History . . . , which, luckily was up for the two weeks that the Bundy situation was going on.  My daughter, Greta Secrist Hyland, was literally about an hour away from the rebellion & insurrection, if you will, legal as hell, under the 2nd amendment, although defending a law breaker, with the BLM, fully constitutional in their right to manage our public lands, now rationally dealing with the situation through court and legislative means, rather than show of force . . . but as a consequence of that two week blog, that has now been hijacked--don't want you to know you don't have to abide by the UnPatriot Act, but the Constitution is still the law of the land, I took the time to look at a lot of videos and interviews with both sheriffs and police, and it was thrilling to see how many are taking stands and defending the Constitution against the feds!

This particular officer, while I didn't catch his name, was cool, passionate, and strong in his resolution to literally take off his uniform, rather than support the thugs that beat up some lady, if I remember, for doing what, I can't remember, but he was exercised and pissed, beyond what you normally see, and good for him . . . there are times in life, you have to draw a line in the sand, and this officer and the interviewer did . . . the video is under Anthony something show.  I know that police chiefs are hired, appointed, or commissioned; therefore, they are not held as accountable to the people, as are sheriffs. But, I would guess, that all of them hired, or sworn in, must take an oath to do something like, protect, preserve and defend the U.S. and their state constitutions, as are all officials who serve the local, state and federal government and the people!  So, no excuses . . .

St. Charles, the Largest County in Missouri, Just Voted To Force Sheriffs to Become Part of the Police Force!

This is not a wise move, yes, sheriffs, along with their other duties, are peace and law enforcement officers, but they do much more than that.  Serving as officers of the court, dealing with protecting property, lives, but also, being the entity to serve process and execute on foreclosures, notices of default, or serve warrants, this is not typically, the duty or the responsibility of a police department.  There is distinction between the two, while both law enforcement, the law is about definitions and hair splitting, one size does not fit all cops!  That is a very stupid move for the county, you need both cops in the county and the city, with different duties and issues, that may, in fact, cause some conflict between the traditional role of a sheriff, and that of a city cop.  Think, before you enact this law, most citizens, don't know there is a difference!  You have until 2015 before this error is put into motion, and your sheriffs are pissed!  And rightly so!

In Salt Lake City, Utah, there is a Unified Police & Firefighters Association, for jurisdictional, safety, and logical reasons, that may work, but the sheriff is not to be lumped into that category, he/she is the law enforcement and peace keeper in the unincorporated areas of the county, where cities may not connect, citizens have not incorporated for one reason or another, and some are so far outside the city limits, that actions will tax the budgets, and take away from the city, where the majority of crimes are committed.  So blending, the two very different, while is some ways the same, law enforcement agencies is a huge mistake . . . plus, citizens, are losing that unique and traditional role of a sheriff!

In essence, the people are losing their voice, their representation, their guy who has to answer to them, and replacing it with an appointed or hired individual, that is at the beckon call of the Mayor, will still elected, the police chief has to keep the city officials happy, while the sheriff acts, and has to worry about his constituency, the people.  If he/she is gone, good luck, what is your recourse, how to unseat the mayor, so you can get at the chief of police, or just elect another or new sheriff, if the old one doesn't do the job.  Like I said, my blog is messed with, deleted, stolen, frozen, numbers manipulated, if I even get to see them at all, and I am dealing with nameless, faceless, enemies in the NSA, CIA, and FBI, that really, don't at times answer to anyone, so a sheriff is one tradition that you want to keep, and he may, as was this police officer above, side with the people, rather than the feds, or the mayor, or whoever!

Both California & Utah Sheriff's Associations Have Sided With the People, Against the Feds for Usurping the Constitution

When all the conflict over gun control and rights, surfaced after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut incident where 21 elementary students and teachers were gunned down, and Congress was being pushed to adopt more strike gun control legislation, nationally, the Utah Sheriff's Association, wrote a letter to President Obama, literally, saying that they would defend their citizens' rights, to bear arms, with their lives . . . now that is powerful medicine, and cool as hell!  I didn't get a chance to see the video on the California Sheriff's Association, but the fact that they are taking on the feds, and protecting your rights, is awesome.

There is no reason for cops and sheriffs to be at odds with each other, so knock it off, there are two states, fighting between the two--back off, you both have different duties and responsibilities, get your city and county attorneys to run off a copy of your statutory authorizations, and respect the differences!  Both entities are valuable in their own rights, so don't trash, merge, or disenfranchise either one, and they need to remain separate . . . Ms. Conspiracy Theorist, wonders if there is not some national sinister movement afoot, to get sheriffs out of the way, so the feds can have their way with the people, city cops are not tied to the people, other than through the mayor!

Government Immunity From Liability, Rests on Whether or Not Officers Followed Well Established Rules of Law--238 Years of Constitutional Law, Precedence, and Authority Keeps Law Enforcement Officers Safe . . . the Patriot Act is Unconstitutional, Void if you will, so be careful, the People Won't Like It, If They Are Informed--Protect Yourselves, Follow the Accepted, Supreme Law of the Land, the U.S. Constitution!

FREEDOM IN CHRIST--IT IS FOR FREEDOM: BRAIN ZONE, I GET TO LIVE ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, DREAMS DO COME TRUE; MAJESTIC MADNESS--THERE IS METHOD TO MY MADNESS; GLASS TREE--I LOVE THE BROTHER OF ELLIOT; AND LIFE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE--STICKER WITH WORLD BANKER OR VENTURE CAPITALIST LOOKING GUY ON IT! NOTHING WRONG WITH MAKING MONEY, BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HOW YOU SPEND THAT MONEY, TO ENSLAVE MANKIND, NOT COOL, WAR, NOT COOL, LIBERTY, NOW THAT IS COOL!

Freedom in Christ

5 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

General Rule: Love God, and Do What You Want, In Jesus Christ

I am going to let you grapple with that scripture and the general message of church today, at Fresh Life, Missoula, campus . . . since you didn't go to church, this will give you something to substitute for it.  Now, I want you as you think about this scripture and concept, minus the religious dogma, liturgy, formality, conformity, religious pressure of your parents, pastor or bishop, to think about this is the context of your life, career, relationships, local, state and federal government, world, or about anything you want to apply it to.

The two great commandments are: (1) to love the Lord thy God; and the other is like unto it; (2) to love others as I have loved you . . . now that makes life pretty darn--see, I even have been purified a bit from my normal use of the English language, said, darn, not damn--that will make a lot of people happy, but that makes your life very simple--and all other commandments, hang on these two.  So for those of you working, hiking, at ball games, or watching sports on TV, shopping, or whatever, a good Sunday activity for a few minutes, would be to think about these concepts, their simplicity--KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid; avoid the minutiae.

The lesson was about the will of God . . . most of us would like to be in harmony with God, but we just don't know what he wants us to do, what college, what job, what spouse, what church, does he want . . . at times, he gives a rat's ass, but most of the time, he just wants you to do what you want, but love him, and do it in the name of Jesus Christ, that is, if you are in harmony with those two members of the Godhead or Deity.

Think about that, chew on it, let it cook in your brain, synthesize, analyze, but at least think about it, and what meaning that freedom has for your life.  I am now going to transition into other topics, and maybe, there might be something that will click.  These are just a few of the billboards, signs, or businesses, that I saw, walking from the west side of Broadway, all the way to the Break Cafe, great quiche, pastries, I would guess coffee, the Diet Coke is always good, breakfast sandwiches, and I haven't tried the other food items, but, I am sure they are great, staff, excellent, cool, these baristas, are the guys called the same or is there a masculine version of that word?

Brain Zone Exhibit at the University of Montana

I don't know if I will ever visit the brain zone exhibit, but the entire University of Montana, is a brain zone for me . . . I love colleges in general, but this one is particularly cool, love the law school.  In less that one week, I got to hear, Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA, and also former Secretary of Defense; and this last Thursday, I heard Robert P. George, and off the charts credentialed, smart guy of jurisprudence and religion, he sits on some International Religious Committee and came to talk about the concept of liberty, within the context of John Stuart's, philosophical framework of utilitarianism, and Newman's framework of liberty and the roll conscience plays in determining what an individual should or should not do with the rights they have.

While I have been working in the very heady area of law, even up to and including the United States Supreme Court, there is nothing quite like academia, to force you to dust off the cobwebs.  The law has a special vocabulary; however, that has almost become second nature to  me these days, common if you will after 20 years of working in the area of law, so to bet a vocabulary baptism of fire was fun and an exercise my brain needed, added to applying the principles that Mr. George was trying to get through our thick skulls.  

Oh, and I forgot that the week before that, the Montana Supreme Court, heard oral arguments in the Dennison Lecture Hall, on the doughnut or property issue of who should control the area, unincorporated, outside of Whitefish, Montana--the city, with more stringent ordinances, codes and regulations, or Flathead County . . . fascinating stuff, active judiciary, and bright attorneys, did our profession proud!  I used to think, that city planning was boring, my ex-husband is a city planner, down in Mesquite, Nevada, with a masters degree in urban development, but after taking one property law class in law school, I changed my mind . . . amazing what an education will do for you, teach you just how much you don't know!

Great university, and I get to live right across the river from the law school and the college, a dream come true.  I was raised with a grandmother who was dean of women at Southern Utah College, at the time, sitting in her children's literature class, as Guinna pigs, for her students, to read to, or when a bit older, get out of grandmother's hair, and go bug the actors in the Adam's Shakespearean Company, just down the street from granny's house a block.  Then following in Elaine Christensen Southwick's foot steps, and teaching at three colleges myself . . . my playground!

Majestic Madness

Along these lines, I had a fun conversation with my oldest son, who doesn't want me to use his name, because his wild ass mother, is a bit too open with areas of her life, like her sex life, online . . . but he is missing the principle and concept or the bigger picture of why I am writing some of this stuff . . . when I heard, President John F. Kennedy, say, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country . . . I took that challenge personally, so if my experience with two black lovers, will help change a person who discriminates, or is a bigot, or a racist, which we saw big time, with Cliven Bundy, Nevada Rancher, last week and LA Clipper's owner, Sterling, who got fined $2 million dollars, has to sell his basketball franchise, and is banned from ever attending their games . . . thanks Adam Silver, for imposing that, as a new commissioner of the NBA--it is time!

There is method to my madness . . . I have had up to 155 million hits, so you can't argue with success, son!  And I hit that twice in one day, writing two articles; since then the government has split my blog, changed the name, taken 7 hits for everyone I get, and now, you have to know the entire name to get into the blog, it used to be that you would just type bad, or bad ass, and the blog would jump up . . . not any more, then, they shut down the whole blog, and so I started the Internet Sheriff: No Country For Stupid Men & Women . . . blog, and they stole that too!

People have freaked out, seeing the numbers I used to get, and said, you could have made millions with Google paying you one cent per hit, big time money, and that is not the whole day, that is within seconds to get that many . . . I need money, I am guilty of majestic madness, but I want the blog to be pure, untainted by American greed, influence, or the appearance of endorsing anything but . . . A BEAUTIFUL NEW WORLD!  Very different, indeed, from the One World Order, both President Bushes and the world bankers foresee . . . I want one based on the concept of FREEDOM!

The two biggest enemies to the one world order, is Christianity and the Constitution . . . both advocate freedom . . . this is not a selfish effort, this is an effort of love, not just for the people of the United States, but for the world!  I care what is happening in the Ukraine, Iran, Russia, Syria, South Africa--I wrote about female circumcision, back 20 years ago, and was so pissed off about it, I was going to skip the bar exam, and go straight to Ethiopia, because some international law group was going to help that country write their constitution, but my friends were sure, I would get on my soap box, and have some tribal chief spear me with his weapon . . . shortly after that, a female missionary was killed in just that manner!  But I care!

I Told My Son, He Could Get A New Mother--Glass Tree Concept

Every year, it seems, like my son, whom I can't tell you his name, but he s the brother of Elliot, or bass guitarist, of God's Revolver and Maraloka, have either a political run in or this year, some lame ass exchange that ends up with me hanging up on him, as happened yesterday.  Last year we fought over politics, and I told him to get a new mother, two days before Mother's Day, of all the horrible times to tell your son that.  But I called him and apologized, and he told me he was looking in the want ads for a new mother!  At age 17, he wanted to be a comedian, he still has the flare.

A month ago, I had a dream that this son,  you will never know the name of, was going to be president some day.  The more I thought about that, the more I thought he would be a great President, his wife, a great first lady, and my granddaughter, a great first baby.  My son, and his wife, had their baby within days of Prince William and Kate, and they have the same coloring, blond husband and dark haired wife, but I thought, in England, they make a prince, in America, we make presidents!  And when we are lucky, they come from good, but common stock--that is the American dream, this is open to anyone, not just royalty, or the blue bloods, but any man or woman, or child could grow up to be president, amazing what freedom does!

When My Son Demanded I Take My Blog Down, I Text Back "NO"

When the brother of Elliot, Greta and Nicole, was little, we would walk through a store, and my children, like other children, would ask for gum, and I would simply say, No.  Period . . . my children knew, when I said no, it meant, NO!  There was no debate, no tantrums, no crying, kicking or screaming that worked . . . and it didn't this time.  So for a while, he called, and text, but to no avail, his sister called and told me, my oldest son, he did say I could refer to him that way, if I didn't take the blog, saying he would be president . . . now this is a dream, mind you, he was never going to talk to me again.

So, I tested him, and didn't take down the blog, or call him, nor take his calls.  So, when we talked yesterday, it was a bit energetic in tone, mood, and threats.  I reminded him that he was to honor his mother and father . . . he told me that I should honor him; I love the scriptures, and the law . . . and I said, it, referring to the 10 commandments, doesn't say that!  I told him, he could pick any of my sisters or brothers to exchange places with their children . . . he didn't get the brains, the looks, the personality, the law abiding citizen he is, nor the tolerance he got from his parents, he got the whole package, if he chose to change his lineage . . . and I reminded him that ingratitude was the number one thing God hated, I think all things considered, and straight exchange, was out . . . his cousins don't  hold a candle to him or his siblings, in my mind!

After this strict constructionist in both the law and the scriptures, made my point, I took the blog down . . . he said, Thanks you, Mom with a smiley sign . . . so all is well; however, our conversation, did give me and new interpretation to the dream!  It all makes sense to me now . . . in the dream, simple as it was, the brother of Elliot, was standing at the podium, in the White House press room, and I was sitting where the press generally sit, nobody else was in the room, except for the person, who whispered in my ear . . . your son will be president.  That was it.

New interpretation, my oldest son would be amazing as president, but nobody will ever know, because he won't let me use his name, the powers that be won't know where to find him, or who he is . . . they will just remember I wrote about some guy, I had a dream about being president . . . not a bad thing for a parent to think or dream, in the subconscious realm, but, sad, nobody will know his capacity, compassion, his brilliance, his wife and baby, or his name!

But all is well that ends well.  However, as I was looking for the news on the Internet last night, right after taking the strange dream, not so strange dream blog down . . . there was a shot of President Obama, reaching out and holding a baby, that looked about the same age as, the cousin of Kael!

I Just Saw a Sticker on a Car--Life Without a Conscience--with the picture of a stodgy looking guy, like a world banker, or venture capitalist!  That fits!

TIE THE RAPIST TO A TREE, PAINT HIM GREEN, AND PICKET HIM WITH POSTERS, PROTEST AT HIS WEDDING; UNDERSTAND RAPE: (1) IT IS ABOUT POWER & CONTROL; (2) IT IS NOT ABOUT SEX; (3) THE RAPIST FANTASIZES THE RAPE; (4) VICTIMS NEED TO BREAK THE FANTASY--DON'T PANIC, DON'T SCREAM, TELL THE GUY TO STOP, POWERFULLY--COLLEGES & THE MILITARY ARE RAPE CENTRAL, AND NOT JUST ISOLATED INCIDENTS! MY ALMOST RAPE STORY, THE OLD CRUSTY WAITRESS & A BRAVE NEW WORLD--EQUALITY FOR WOMEN!

Rape Nation--Why?

Just yesterday, there were several articles in the Missoulian Newspaper, locally, there were two rapes, that were reported, one of a young man getting raped by an older man, and another with a woman in an office, then statistics on rape in the military, with 26,000 sexual assaults, with 14% being men, suspicion is that is way low on the male reporting . . . so what the hell is up with this?  I am going to take an educated guess, having written the domestic violence and sexual assault manual for cops and prosecutors in Utah, now on its 5 edition, last time I checked, with national honors, and now being adapted by the Department of Justice dealing with human body trafficking, so somewhat up on this issues, and we need to look deeper, than just sex.

America has more rights, women are advancing in what has been traditionally a male dominated domain, like the military, where many men object to their presence, use passive aggressive means to let women know who is boss still . . . a passive aggressive approach to women, might take the form, not in outright objections, or even in discrimination on the job, but in secret, while she is alone, walking, or even hanging out with the guys, or on a date, that anger may surface without the perpetrator even actually realizing he is pissed a women, and really in his mind, knows it is inappropriate behavior, but the aggression, force, power trip, and act, may express his subconscious emotions.  

That is not an excuse, a justification, an escape from punishment, but I believe, especially in the military, that struggles with the good soldier allowance for this behavior, kind of shows the schizophrenic manner in which rape is dealt with.  Superior, generals, bosses, and others, are mistakenly seeing rape as a sexual crime against a woman, the guy just liked her so much, or boys will be boys, mentality, wink, wink, its his word against hers, and he is such a good guy in every other way, so . . . we turn our heads to the real issue of power and control over a woman, a underclass man or someone vulnerable, either by size, age, position, physical strength . . . we can't fix it unless we understand it!

America, Home of the Brave--Giving Education, Rights, Even Sexual and Reproductive Rights Women Have Never Had, Still Don't In Other Countries Is a Challenge!

I was one of the few female attorneys in Southern Utah, and especially, one of the few to handle hard core murder, attempted murder, civil rights, taking on the good ol' boys club, even in a the law, which is still with 51% of the law school enrollment consisting of women, mind sets haven't changed much!  I have been denied jobs, because I was willing to leave my children with my ex-husband, to take a clerkship in another state away from Utah; I have had law firms that have basically told me to go on down the road, women are not accepted in this bar association, Iron County, should have taken the warning; I have been disgusted at the male bar and judge cronyism, refusing to sit with butt patting boys, yucking it up with the judge; I have been forced to talk to my clients in booths for family visitors at the jail, rather than in the alleged confidential booths, saved for attorneys and their clients . . . and the male have tried to kill me for taking on the criminal justice system, cops, prosecutors, and judges!

Women Spoiling the Party--Men Have to Act Better

In essence, I was upsetting the apple cart, changing comfort systems, that never have had to consider even thinking about a women entering the field, with more credentials than all of them put together, so they are going to show this woman her place, proper place, as some man's property, some one's mother, grandmother, not a woman that kick the shit out of men in court, out of court, and take them to task on about any issue or field, with the honors, award, experience, someone the judge can't take in chambers and reprimand, telling her, see should consider something other than trial work, because she did a shitty job in court, just like all new male attorneys, who will get mentored and tutored, not a woman, but his one was just too pissy to leave, stop taking them down, so they knew they couldn't beat me in court, therefore, the resorted to character assassination and harm, physical harm, threats, intimidation, life compromising situations . . . 

I can't imagine, what is going on out in Afghanistan or Iraq . . . where the women know their real places, as non-entities, under barque's, or black robes, uneducated, or down in Ethiopia, where they perform female circumsision, which they did to me, after I got 9 federal attorneys and investigators fired!  Social controls and morals, religious indoctrination, controlling female reproduction, polygamy, you name it, everything to hold a women down, so rape is just the most invasive, brutal and violating act a man can do to a woman, or another man.  The men even have it worse as far as getting help . . . one night in Salt Lake City, Utah, I thought I heard a rape of a male, at a church late one night, and called the police . . . told them I thought a man was getting raped across the street, they never came!  The next night, there was a domestic violence call, and 10 cops cars pulled up and down the street, what the hell!

Don't Fight Rape Like A Girl--Be Unemotional--My Close Rape Experience

Luckily, the day before I almost got raped on a Sunday, waiting for church to start, up on the Logan, Utah, Mormon Temple grounds, while a 18 year old student at Utah State University, back in 1974, I had listened to a program on rape the day before, which gave me the tools, to understand what was happening to me, and I was able to get out of the situation, unhurt, without much trouble, using my brain to stay calm, until, I could fall apart, and tell a friend what had happened to me.  Now I should have been smart enough to see the writing on the wall, long before the actual throw down, and attempt.

I was up at the temple grounds, being a good little Mormon girl, waiting for church to start, reading my Book of Mormon, shoes off, wearing a dress, and fell asleep, bright spring day, sometime in the afternoon, but full sunlight.  Some guy comes and wakes me up, he was older, about 6'4" and seemed a bit strange, but I sat and listened to him, still a bit early for church.  He told me he had fantasies about going to prison and building a building in the shape of a 7Up bottle, a bit weird, but I was leaving soon, so before that statement, which made me want to run and get the hell out, I had told this guy where I lived, where I worked, so not smart at all, very naive, so thank God and all the angels who should have been watching over me or did, I got up to leave and he started to walk with me!  But I was raised to be nice . . .

Have You Ever Noticed the Bricks on the Temple?

No, so he says come here, I will show you something unique about them . . . what is the harm, so I walked, nylons and bare feet, holding my book and shoes in my arms across my top torso area, stomach and breasts, all of the sudden this huge guy, tackles me and throws me to the ground, I think I was too much in shock to even know what the hell was going on.  Generally, I am one that is slow to react, until I access the situation. I was laying there with this guy crushing my then about 120 lb. frame, waiting for God to send angels down to beat the shit out of this guy with their wings . . . they didn't come, so my thoughts went to the radio program, that stated that rape is fantasized in the rapists mind, and he has a picture in his mind what it will be like, so I needed to break that fantasy of power and control over me . . . so I said, what are you doing?

He said, I am going to rape you . . . and I calmly said, no you aren't.  He stopped breathing hotly on my face, doing whatever he was trying to do between my legs, and trying to force my dress up, and said, oh, I am sorry, and he pulled me up and started to brush off all the grass that was on my navy blue dress.  He started to panic, and said, are you going to the cops, do you have finger prints on you?  And seemed very distressed, and the power totally shifted from him to me, and I said, I am not going to the cops, just don't do this to any one else, it is not cool!  I brush death all the time now, given my line of work trying to stop corruption and greed, so daily after some really great escapes, the threat somehow dissipates, and it doesn't dawn on me the seriousness of what I have just been through . . . that works in my favor, usually and I am easy to forgive, even rapists and attempted murderers.

Do You Want to Go Swimming With Me?  NO!  Will You Give Me A Ride to the Swimming Pool--Fuck, I Guess

Of all the stupid things, you try to rape me, and you really think I am going to go swimming with you?  Get real!  He said, well, I am afraid you will go to the police.  No, I am not going to the cops, I am going to church, so get out of my car . . . I am running out of gas.  He got out, and shortly after than, reality hit, this buy actually could have raped me!  Oh, my god.  I started to react like a normal girl would, skipped church and went directly over to a fraternity house, another rape central, and went to see a pre-med student I had been dating.  Luckily he had more sense that I did, and told me that I am going right down to the cops, and see if you can identify this guy . . . Logan is the rape capital of the state!

But I told him I wouldn't go to the police . . . being the guy who was going into medicine, he must have known or thought like a doctor already, I think his father was a doc in California, and he grabbed me by the arm and took me straight to the police station.  By this time I was a wreck, and crying, so it is good, that he had a clearer head than I did and did what needed to be done, try to prevent this guy from carrying out his fantasies on someone else!  Smart guy.  I went to the cops and looked through all their books with former offenders in it, but never saw anyone I thought looked like him.  But he made me do what was right!

Don't Tell Strangers Your Contact Info, Your Schedule, Where You Live!

For about two weeks I was worried he would come to my house, if the cops questioned him and take second shot at me, or come to my work, or whatever.  But, girls and guys, need to be very cautious; we are raised to be good little girl scouts and boy scouts, especially in religious communities, to trust everyone, treat people nice . . . better wise up, and realize there are bad people out there, and you can get yourself in a bad situation fast, and you might not be as lucky as I was.  Thank God, I heard that radio program, this guy could have raped me and forced me into my car; I had my keys in my hand also . . . don't go to places people can't see you, even on a Mormon Temple ground, nobody would have heard or seen a thing . . . the temple is way up on a hill, with a gate, and it appeared that every one in the neighborhood was at CHURCH!

In other words, better to error on the side of safety, don't go places a rape could happen, even with people you know, like the young lady in Missoula, with a co-worker in an office or room in the building they worked in.  I am one of the lucky ones . . . you may not be, so avoid the every appearance of a place, that you could put yourself in a situation you could get raped.  My daughter, got drunk for the first time in her life, and had a guy come in the bedroom she was trying to sleep it off, at a party, and started to take advantage of her, she barely had enough strength to fight him off!

Most Acquaintance Rapes, Involve Alcohol!  Have A Few, But Never Cross the Line, Making You Out of Control of a Situation

The quarterback of the Montana University Grizzlies, got accused of rape, when he was a bit drunk, and I am not sure, but I think the girl had been drinking too, and they started to get undressed a bit, and one thing led to another.  After he left, she text to a friend and said, I think I just got raped . . . the guy was acquitted, and the prosecutor shouldn't have filed the charges, if the girl is not sure beyond a reasonable doubt, that she was raped, then why would a jury think she had been?  Stay out of bedrooms, leave your clothes on, and don't drink and date, PERIOD!

Girls and guys are hard wired for sex, so protect against it.  What I guys goal is, may be way passed your stopping point, there are times, that especially, when drunk, two mutually consenting college kids, just have different lines, so be clear with intents, what is okay and not okay, and be strong, if things get out of control, which they can, easily . . . if you leave your clothes on, things are a lot less likely to go south!  If you know what I mean, so decide before a date or a party, what your lines are and stick with them, don't be so enamoured with some one's sport position, that you allow stuff you don't want--this little drunk date, cost the school fines, fees, humiliation, national attention, and now they are paying $2.1 million, to help get enrollment back up to the level it was at before this alleged rape . . . I wasn't there, I am looking at it as a defense attorney, a juror, or a prosecutor!  

He said, she said cases are rough . . . so don't get stuck in one, on either side; this is not boys expect the girls to protect them or say when to stop, she is just as turned on as you are, so you have to protect yourself and make sure you don't cross her lines either, it is your body that penetrates her BODY, not the other way around; therefore, you are responsible for where that thing parks!  You can park illegally, unwanted, and in violation of some one's boundaries, so have your wits about you . . . it is your future!

Crusty Old Waitress Knew How To Break Fantasy of Rapist

Before I went to college, I used to be a waitress at the old Hotel Utah, in Salt Lake City, Utah, now the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, amazing place, but I worked at the coffee shop and restaurant in the basement, and most of the gals working there were lifers, or had been waitresses forever.  One day we were all siting around talking, and the subject, some how turned to rape.  One woman, started to laugh, she had a guy climb through her apartment window just days before.  The guy had a bag over his face and approached her in the bed.  She rolled over and saw this masked intruder standing over her . . .

And she said, hey, take off your mask, and if you are good looking, we can both enjoy this!  LOL!  The guy turned and ran back out the window,not the nice little U of U coed he expected, but an old woman who could have given him the ride of his life.  I loved it!  Couldn't believe she was so brass and tough, loved sex and thought, his might not be such a bad thing!  I wouldn't recommend this, but a fun story, and a good laugh was had by all.  I always thought, taking that approach and telling the rapist that you would love to have sex with him and share your vaginal cancer with him!

We Are Here To Stay--So Deal With the Power Trip Over Us

Men need to do some soul searching, so evaluation of their feelings, their true thoughts, and if necessary get counselling, America is the dream, the new world, the experiment, giving full faith and credit of rights, opportunities, access to careers, the military, the professions and you better adapt, just tuck and roll with it. What is the old Marine saying, Adapt!   We are the light of the world, woman and me can work together, go to war, just like in Israel, where both men and women serve in the military, we don't hear about their off the charts rape and sexual assault, they respect these women and work together.

Cronyism, the boys club, the no girls allowed signs on the old tree house and club don't work anymore, so . . . people are change resistant, they don't like it, but it is coming, has come and will come in other areas, so get a grip on your thoughts, emotions, and sexual desires, power and control issues, and it is about time to pay women equal for equal work, and maybe that would help! They are not your subordinates, your property, your punching bag, nor your sex object and toy!

The Battle of the Sexes Is Not Won Yet!

A good rule of thumb is, treat every older woman as your mother, if you treated your mother right, or your sister, with respect, gratitude for the unique contributions they make to colleges, the military, the boardroom, the law, and all other areas of life.  They have found that the most progressive and successful businesses have both men and women on their management.  So, don't go back to the cave man days, where you have to hit a woman over the head, drag her by the hair to get her to do what you want!

I apologize to all the men, who are so great, so kind, so nurturing, serve as mentors, protectors, kind in every way and have help advance women to positions of power, respect, and profession.  We are embarking on a beautiful new peaceful world, help the process, be an example, and let's advance!

THANKS TO ALL THE GREAT MEN, WHO HAVE CHAMPIONED HUMAN INTERESTS & ADVANCEMENT!

ZOMBIES EAT BRAINS: STAY CALM & PRETZEL ON; MARTIAL LAW: DIDN'T GET TO HAPPEN AT THE BUNDY RANCH--GREAT ON EVERYONE'S PART--QUESTION, WHERE DOES THAT AUTHORITY TO HOLD YOUR BODY, UNDER MARTIAL LAW, COME FROM? IRANIAN MOTHER CHOOSES LOVE OVER HATE, SAVED MURDERED SON'S KILLER FROM DEATH; APOLOGIES FROM AMERICA, WE DO HAVE A GUN CULTURE, PARENTS NEED TO TEACH KIDS TO RESPECT PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE STORY, AND WE ARE SORRY, GERMAN EXCHANGE STUDENT DIED IN GARAGE?

Now, the Government or NSA Stole My Internet Sheriff Blog!

I had about 10 things I wanted to write about today, and I did discover that enemy combatants, like the government thinks I am, just because I don't buy onto group think, can actually arrest a citizen, without a warrant or charges, and hold you in detention, forever, until they either kill your ass, or let you go. The fucking Republicans, sorry, failed to vote to curtail the Bush administration insanity,  So, when you see all kinds of Arab names, and mine, it is because I fight for the constitution, and a calm way to handle uprisings and insurrections, according to constitutional mandates, without bloodshed, injury, and wounded egos, just follow the instructions, in the big ass instruction book that is over 238 years, old and works, and make everyone settle things the right way, rather than call in the troops, storm the compound and kill people, blowing them to kingdom come, like they did at Waco . . . sorry!

So, here we are, back where I was two weeks ago, when the government or the NSA, shut down my other overly successful blog, and I set up the new one, just in time to help the situation out in Bunkerville, and stand by Sheriff Bill Gillespie's side, while he did all the right things!  And I am not so sure, that is the way the government wanted it to end.  I am not a mind reader, but the fact that they stole my blog AGAIN, would imply, that they don't want sheriff's complimented on their preserving, protecting and defending the U.S. Constitution, that the government, since 1933 has tried to get rid of!  Case in point, that is why they want to get rid of me, oh, and I guess I am a bit fat, so I should be buried and let the skinny stupid bitches get credit, that are not even cute at all!

Martial Law is Authorized Under the Habeas Corpus or Suspension Clause

United States Constitution, Article I, Section 9 [2]

Habeas Corpus, literally means, you [shall] have my body, or you have my body and you should not have it, as in being falsely incarcerated, which I have been twice, but never used this clause to get my ass out of jail, for violation of my constitutional rights, but if they ever falsely arrest me again, for they will be hard pressed to prove that I am an enemy combatant, for enforcing the very document, they too, took an oath to protect--they may not like it, or me, but as far as an enemy to the United States, it is they who would fall into that category or class of persons, not me!

My foreigners, and even some citizens have used the habeas corpus action, when their bodies have been held, for no reason.  There are a few times in history, that martial law, under this clause has been invoked, because it states further, that in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it, as in the case of Pearl Harbor and Hurricane Katrina; however, that doesn't justify disarming the citizens--that is not a part of the job of marital law, they, or the government troops on the homeland, have made that a part of their job, but it is not.

Under the 2nd amendment, of the Bill of Rights, it states, that Congress shall not, infringe on the right to bear arms, and there are to be state militias to keep freedom or a free state!  So all these little martial law videos all over YouTube, showing you what martial law is going to be like, are just boys with their toys, trying to act tough, without any authority, unless there is a rebellion or invasion, and it looks like an invasion could be considered, and natural disaster . . .

A Better Way . . . By Example, Iranian Mother Who Forgave Son's Killer, Spared Murderer's Life, Mothers Embraced!

What a wonderful example of making love, not war . . . or turning away from war, and choosing love! An Iranian mother, chose lately, rather than kick the chair out from under the feet of her son's murderer, which is what she had wanted for 2 years, instead, walked away and granted him a pardon.  Under Islamic law, it is an eye for an eye . . . the mother had a choice to let the young man live or die, she chose life and the other mother, embraced her, loving her and this woman was congratulated from all over the world.  

Killing the other woman's son, who had been waiting in prison, would not have brought her son back. For the two years he was in prison, there was a day go by, that she didn't feel she had to kick the chair out from under that boy's feet, but when all was said and done, she chose to love, rather than hate . . . WHAT A POWERFUL EXAMPLE, WE ALL CAN FOLLOW!  I was just telling a friend about the story, and cried as I told it, and I have tears in my eyes now, so thank you, for your more than Christ-like example, of turning the other cheek!

The world watched and the world loves!

Condolences Go to the Parents of the Foreign Exchange Student from Germany, Who Was Shot in Missoula, Montana, After the Homeowner Heard the Boy in his Garage, After Several Burglaries . . . You Can't Do that In America--WE ARE SO, SORRY!

We do have a gun culture in this country, we are trying to hang on to that right, have to fight for it all the time. Montana is a rural state, and the average number of guns a homeowner has is 27, therefore, it is not wise for any teenager to ever go into a garage, and totally wrong for the homeowner to set a trap, that might lure a teenager into your garage . . . we don't know that this was the kid,  or even if it was a kid that broke in your garage the other times . . . I would say, you may be right to use deadly force, when threatened with deadly force; however, no piece of property is worth a human life,, no cow is worth a human life . . . etc. 

We need to clarify, define and make limits and parameters, in the new, stand your ground laws . .  . too many people, mostly young people, have been killed, since that law is enacted in a lot of states! Treyvon Martin's death was a travesty of justice, and the outcome was wrong--Zimmerman was the pursuer, told to step down, and the cops were coming . . . innocent child killed!  I have no idea, why your son, was in this families garage, curiosity, theft, or whatever, just a shout, probably would have scared him away.  We as parents, need to train our children, they can't steal, there is a right to privacy, other people's property is not theirs.

This is a sad lesson, on both sides, however, this is how we all learn, live and forgive each other for our humanity, our stupidity, and Zombies eat the best of brains at times . . . we are better than this America!  We are sorry for your loss, for the bad experience your beautiful son had here in the U.S.A.  Hopefully, this will not deter other high school kids of taking advantage of coming to America, this is a rare horrific accident, that never, never should have happened.  We need to learn the why, what, who, how, and where of this story, to fix the laws and protect people, value people over property, ego, fake claims of being in eminent danger!

State legislatures have work to do, it is your job to fix the law, write a better law, this one is not working!

Stay Away From ZOMBIES, They Eat Your Brains!