YOUR BODY SAYS, A MILLION BUCKS, YOUR FACE, SAYS, FOOD STAMPS! LOL! HOT NITRO FUN IN BUTTE MONTANA, GETTING READY FOR THE WEEK LONG ST. PADDY'S DAY CELEBRATION: EDMONTON PIPERS SCHEDULE, BUTEE'S FAMOUS PORKCHOP SANDWICH SHOP, PORK CHOP JOHN'S, SHILLELAGH SHINDIG--BUTTE'S BEST ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY, HARRISON AVENUE LIQUOR, TRIMBO'S PIZZA, BUTTE MONTANA GUIDED HISTORICAL TOURS, BUTTE ELKS LODGE, GREAT SCOT SCHEDULE, CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE, OASIS CASINO & RESTAURANT, MR. DOGS & SANDWICH SHOP, METALS, SPORTS BAR & GRILL, "BEST IN TOWN" HOMEMADE CORNED BEEF--WESTERN MEAT AND SAUSAGE BLOCK . . . CHECK OUT THE SEXY GOLD SOLDIER, WITH THE MIDLIFE CRISIS NECKLINE, BELL BOTTOM PANTS, AND A COOL STANNCE, WITH RIFLE OVER HIS SHOULDER--IN FRONT OF THE FEDERAL COURT HOUSE--YOUR RIGHT, BUTTE, IS BUTTE! AND I LOVE IT, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FESTIVITIES, WEATHER PREMITTING! LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY STARTS, MARCH 14, 2014, AND GOES A FEW DAYS AFTER MARCH 17TH--ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH 2015, PARADE STARTS AT 12 NOON, GOES EAST ON MERCURY, NORTH ON WYOMING, WEST ON GRANTIE, SOUTH ON MONTANA, EAST ON MERCURY TO STARTING POINT! THERE IS ANOTHER, FINNISH PARADE, MONDAY NIGHT, AS I UNDERSTAND . . . CHECK THAT OUT TOO!

Butte Rescue Mission Boys, Not Good for Gal's Ego!

LOL!  One of my roommates or dorm gals, here at the Mission, who is here from Washington, and looking to make a new start in Butte, Montana, with a new job, new man, and rockin' the town, got a back handed, Butte, male sort of sort of not, compliment.  This chick has a body to die for, and all the guys, both in and out of the mission are hot on her, from men, much younger than her age to much older, a hot commodity for sure.  But the other day, she came to me, all upset, and said, guess what, George, said to me!  What?  Now, George, is one of the guys who has hit on her, so he either meant this statement as a compliment, or he thought he was complimenting her, or he was giving her a back handed compliment.  I am sure that the women around Butte, are used to the guys humor, their lack of sensitivity, and their intended, mating calls, but this one went far beyond the mark, when he said: Your body says, a million bucks, but your face, says, food stamps!  LOL!  I am not sure, what the hell, he was trying to accomplish by this statement, maybe, you reader, can decipher the intent, and the message, but my friend, was pissed and I think very offended by his statement.

Now, possibly, he was referring to the fact that many people, drop by the BRM, as a transitional housing place, to get the feel of the city, where to live and not to live, to get a few weeks break from the cruel hard world, of finding a place to rent, paying first, last and deposit, roughly costing you about $1,000, and to save a few pennies, to help make that transition between towns.  And while here, this woman, applied for a got food stamps, while see was looking for work, and looking for housing, and a new man.  I am glad to say, that she just started her new job yesterday, and she is overjoyed, working 40 hours per week, benefits, and a ton of nice things attached to a job, she will be very good at, working with troubled youth, or those who have witnessed their parents being murdered, or have been sexually molested themselves.  They come to Arcadia, for a time frame of between 3 to 6 months, and this is the last ditch effort, to help them get a bit of a feeling of self-worth.  My friend is the perfect person for this job, firm, but fair, loving, but can crack a whip when the situation calls for it.  She already had the teens trying to intimidate her yesterday, no dice!

So, perhaps, George, was, referring to her financial state of being on food stamps, saying, that you look like you are worth a million bucks, given that body, but in reality, you are living on food stamps for the time being?  That is the best case scenario.  Then you could take it, the way I think she took it, that she has a great body, but her face is lacking, and somewhere valued around that of the price of food stamps!  LOL!  My friend is very cute, and generally thought of as younger than she really is, at 51, guys 25 years younger are interested in her, so I don't think that is what he meant, because, she is cute.  However, as is the case with all women and men, who both sun tan and smoke, her giving it up this week and sticking to it, they tend to get a more harsh or crusty look about them, due to their choice of lifestyle, and their voices, usually are a bit raspy and deeper, suggesting a less pampered life, that a woman worth millions might experience.  Or he meant that, given her body, she could get a millionaire, but given the indication of tougher times, she would have to do with a guy she met, while on food stamps?  Your guess is as good as mine, but a funny comparison for sure, and makes you think . . . Butte is Butte!

The Golden Soldier, Casually Standing Guard at the Federal Court Building

One of the really fun things about the lifestyle that has come to be mine, given a constitutional law attorney, living in a Patriot Act world, is that I have been chased from east to west, and north to south, and for a damn good reason, try to land in Montana when I get low on funds, for two reasons: (1) I know I can always get shelter and food!  And (2), if my battle with the Patriot Act boys and girls, ever came push to shove, and they actually got me and charged with with something substantial, other than exercising my first amendment rights, to free speech to rat out what the hell the cops, prosecutors and judges, or our alleged criminal justice system is up to, and I will, tongue in cheek, add the civil justice system that is not much better, I just haven't had the experience in that area, other than having several multi-million dollar cases, double docketed, given to the chosen attorney, who gets the pleasure of stealing my notable and famous cases, plus gets to share the spoils with the powers that be, getting great pleasure in cutting out the one and true attorney, who had the brains to create this type of lawsuit!  So really, both of these systems, at least in my mind, are as corrupt as you can get!  But, the up side, of this lifestyle, is getting to cruise around the states, and Montana and get a feel for the differences in the towns, the personalities, the flavor, the temperament, the overall kind of things that go down in which town, what types of people are attracted to this particular town, and stuff like that.

In Utah, the state is more homogeneous, due to the fact that the Mormon Church, gives people a commonality around the state.  And second, because the state is smaller, and along the Wasatch Front, there are almost solid houses, from Brigham City, to Santaguin, Utah, picking up against near Cedar City, and going into St. George, on the south, and the same from Brigham City to Logan on the north.  Montana is so damn big, that the cities are separate and distinct, for the most part, with hours of travel between a lot of them, especially the main or larger cities.  I have frequented, Helena, Missoula, Kalispell, Whitefish, Great Falls, Bozeman, and now Butte, all on several different occasions, and I like them all for different reasons, and it is probably good, that things have worked out the way they have, because if someone said, which city would you make home, if you had to choose right her, right now . . . I would have an extremely hard time.  I like Helena because of the Capitol, and the legal and legislative issues, plus any protests, crusader rabbit here, take place in Helena, and I like to be involved; Missoula, because of the law school, and the college, the river and the shopping, love those Presidential Lecture Series, and my daughter, who is in Missoula, right now, is going to law school, next fall, and bringing her family, along with hubby and three future, Navy SEAL sons, all about 2 years apart, more like a gang, than brothers!  Then, I love Kalispell/Whitefish area for the beauty, the Flathead Lake and Glacier, are so absolutely beautiful, that you only need take a drive around the valley and you have seen more beauty than you can see in a lifetime, so off the charts!

Bozeman is just funky and cool, and some here, in Butte, would call it the Snob Town, kind of the cowboy, Hollywood, of Montana, fashionable, and historic, plus the college is always a draw for me, and the bus system, in both Missoula and Bozeman, catering to the college kids, with benefits for the rest of us, you can catch a bus, up to 2:30 a.m., in the morning, after going to dinner, dancing and clubbing!  Great Falls, has one of the best newspapers, kind of Walls Street Journal like, and the falls are great beauties also.  I haven't been around town as much as I should, but, there is a lot happening, in that Golden Triangle, of Great Falls, Shelby, to Browning, bringing you to the amazing big skies of Montana, some of these most beautiful mornings were leaving either Great Falls to Shelby, or Shelby to Kalispell, driving with the sun coming up over the wheat fields and farm lands, and heading towards Glacier National Park, towards, deep purple, majestic, jagged mountain ranges, with white and grey clouds hanging over them!  Simply gorgeous, and the rivers, all just awesome and inspiring.  But, Butte, I have to say, given the history, the mining, the Clark/Daly political machines, the labor unions, the San Fransisco like atmosphere, followed by the tough times, and those hardy souls, who with the mining shut down, put Our Lady of the Mountains, up at a time, just after the mines closed and left the town devastated, and desperate, with a group of Butte citizens, pulling their money, creating the 90' plus statute, and having the National Guard, place it in three separate and distinct pieces, on the mountains overlooking Butte, lighted by night, and watching over the valley by day, telling anyone who is the last one out of Butte, to turn the lights off!  They are still on, and that has taken some guts! 

The sexy soldier, standing watch at the federal court house, is reminiscent of the Gilded Age, where money flowed through the streets of the town with the RICHEST HILL IN AMERICA!  The soldier is like none other that I have even seen, and is unique in and of itself, like Butte, it has attitude, not the typical, statue of a soldier, preformed, stoic, and determined, but kind of a smart ass attitude, bring it on, buddy, we can beat anyone!  I have to smile, every time the bus, goes past the statute of the Golden Boy Soldier, as if he is saying, we did it once, we can do it again!  Creative, unique, and indicative of the flavor of the town, tough as nails, and willing to rise to any challenge.

Everybody Hates Us!

Hard drinking, rough necks, tough kids, and an indomitable spirit, as exemplified by a recent football game between, I am assuming, the two local high schools of the towns, but Butte High, or whatever it is called, seems like the bus driver said, HI, is that Hellgate . . . I know there is a Hellgate in Missoula, but maybe here too, but they kicked a 42 yard field goal, to beat, Bozeman high school, whatever their name is, in the final minutes of the game.  The rivalry is so intense, that some of the fans, were dismissing the win, as just a fluke, and so a radio announcer, from Butte, said, let the kid kick another one, to see if it was a fluke . . . the kid kicked a 54 yard field goal!  Trash talking is hated, but when someone can back up all the trash talk, they are even more hated!  LOL!  It sounds like that is what happened in the football game, and all the talk, wasn't just blowing smoke up their asses!  They really did perform, and I feel that is starting to happen in the community.  Take if from someone who has seen better days, and can relate to Butte, you have all the history, everything that says you are a winner, and you can actually trash talk anyone, under the table, but the current situation, makes it a bit hard, to make anyone see what you used to be, but as this EPA Super Fund comes in, and the citizens, tough as nails, puts their Irish determination and other nationalities, who love this town, the mining, the history, together, they will, as in the field goal, prove once more, who the Queen City is, in Montana!  I always heard that Helena stole the Capitol, not quit, but Butte, was the town, west of the Mississippi, that used to rival New York and  Chicago!

And, just as interesting as I find the Golden Boy Soldier, standing casually, with attitude at the doors of the United States Federal Building, I find it interesting that the federal court house is located in Butte, rather than in Helena?  Maybe that is due to the late determination of where the Capital city was going to be, or maybe that is the place of commerce and the workings of the United States and the world, with the largest copper producing mine in the world, and the 4th largest company, and the biggest labor union, mirroring the history of all America, in the Gilded Age, with the Copper Kings, seeing not only copper, but gold and silver in them there hills, overlooking Butte!  When all is said and done, Butte has a history like none other, and that is reflected in their festivals, from St. Patrick's Day, to Evel Knieval Days . . . new film is going to be premiered here, I think, to the Butte Folk Festival, with bands and partying for three days!

If Nothing Else . . . You Will Have a Hot Nitro Fun Time In Butte, this Next Weekend to St. Patrick's Day . . . Butte Has the Largest Irish Population West of Boston!  Come Get Some of the Luck of the Irish!  FUN, FUN, FUN!

Another female bus drive, told me what a good town Butte is, but the reason they are so poor, is because, Bozeman, sends all their homeless to Butte!  LOL!  I told her, right now, I am one of those homeless, and proud of it!  If I could ever decide, or the local cop PD welcome wagon, wasn't trying to lock my constitutional ass up, or this bad ass chick, could decided where she wanted to land, I wouldn't be homeless anymore, but it has been one hell of a ride, Gotta Love This, Montana, American Ride!  Bozeman, I don't think your Warming Shelter is cutting it with the Butte Rescue Mission . . . you are making the city poor!  LOL!  Thank you to all the people, who donate on a regular basis, food, clothing, meat . . . I had a moose paddy, the other day, tons of garlic, and it was yummy, to cakes, and religious lessons, music and fun.  We appreciate those towns that will help those in need, and give them temporary housing and shelter, until they can do it on their own.

Motto of the Butte Rescue Mission: It is More Than a Warm Bed, More Than a Warm Meal, It is Giving People HOPE!

God Bless You All!