FIERY COOL--PIGS NOT OFF THE HOOK--BRYANT KNOLL'S, COVERED WAGON HOT DOGS, IMAGINE NATION BREWING . . . WHERE INSPRIATION MEETS ECONOMY! DREAM MAKER! NEW BREWERY, FUNKY OLD WORLD DECOR, CLASSY WITH BOOK SHELVES, GOLD & TEAL DISTRESSED PAINT, MODERN TABLES, BLACK CLASSIC TABLE TOPS, HIGH CHAIRS, BAR ON TAP, AND AWESOME BACKYARD PATIO, BUILT IN FLOWER BEDS--PURPLE AND YELLOW FLOWERS, IN BLOOM RIGHT NOW--AND BENCHES, COLORFUL CHAIRS, SURROUNING FREE STANDING, TASTEFULLY DESIGNED TABLES WITH UMBRELLAS, WI-FI AND A PASTORIAL SCENE OF THE RIVER, TREES, AND PASTURES, WITH MEADOWS--AND PROBABLY A CHANCE TO SEE SOME WILDLIFE--OR IS THAT INSIDE! LOL! I DON'T DRINK . . . SO, THE "COVERED WAGON HOT DOGS", IN THE PARKING LOT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, WITH PIZZA DOGS, GARDEN CITY DOGS (CHICAGO DOGS), BRATS, CHIPS, WATER OR SODA IS A GREAT COMBO FOR THE LOCAL BREW ON TAP, FOR THE TEE-TODDLERS AMONG THE CROWD! NICE NEW ADDITION TO BROADWAY, ACROSS FROM THE POVERELLO CENTER . . . GAY MARRIAGE, POLYGAMIST MARRIAGES--SAME CLASS OF MARRIAGE? PROTECTED BY 14TH AMENDMENT? DID THE RECENT U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ON GAY MARRIAGE OPEN THE DOOR FOR MORE LIBERAL VIEWS ON MARRIAGE, TO INCLUDE POLYGAMY--HELL, NO! I KNEW THESE ASSHOLES WOULD TRY TO USE ALL THE HARD WORK OF THE LBGT COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS, OR SINCE THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CASE, IN HAWAII, TO CAPITALIZE ON THE DECISION, RECENTLY, TO SQUEAK IN THAT EXTRA SPOUSE OR TWO . . . THIS IS NOT ABOUT A MORE LIBERAL VIEW OF MARRIAGE, IT IS ABOUT MARRIAGE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, BEING DENIED TO A SMALL SECTOR OF THE POPULATION--PLYGS HAVE NOT BEEN DENIED THE RIGHT TO MARRY, THEY JUST WANT TO MARRY MORE THAN ONE SPOUSE, WITH BIGAMY LAWS AGAINST SUCH MARRIAGES ON THE BOOKS OF ALL 50 STATES! STATES, SUCH AS MONTANA, SHOULD KEEP LAWS ON THE BOOKS, STATING THAT MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, TO AVOID STEPPING INTO THE TRAP OF POLYGAMY OR MULTIPLE SPOUSES . . . GAYS WOULD FIT INTO A PROTECTED CLASS, A MINORITY TO BE PROTECTED FROM A MAJORITY, WITH ANY RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, DENIED TO OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE CITIZENRY, FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION, UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT, PROHIBITING STATE LEGISLATURES FROM DENYING, THOSE RIGHTS TO A SUSPECT CLASS! SLAVERY AND POLYGAMY ARE ONE OF THE "TWIN RELICS OF BARBARISM!" NO . . . JUST BECAUSE GAY COUPLES HAVE WON A SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY, UNDER DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, THAT WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR MORE THAN ONE SPOUSE, BUT JUST IN CASE, LEAVE THOSE SECTIONS OF YOUR STATE CONSTITUTIONS IN TACT! LAW PROFESSOR, JOHN YOO, FROM A UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA, STATED THAT THE ROBERT'S COURT, OVERSTEPPED DUE PROCESS, BECOMING A SUPER LEGISLATURE, SIDESTEPPING THE STATE LAW MAKING BODY . . . THERE WERE 32 STATES, PRIOR TO THE RULING, THAT HAD ALREADY ADOPTED GAY MARRIAGES, SO IN THE INTEREST OF JUDICIAL ECONOMY, THEY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURTS, AT THE REQUEST OF STATE LEGISLATURES WITH BANS ON GAY MARRIAGES, FINALLY, JUST MADE IT THE LAW IN ALL 50 STATES! ENDING THE NEVER ENDING FIGHT, SEEING EXACTLY WHERE BOTH THE TREND OF THINKING, EVOLVING AS SUCH, HAD GONE, AND WITH THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, WITH THE COURT, PROTECTING GAY COUPLES IN STATES THAT MAY NEVER PASS SUCH LAWS--ALL CITIZENS HAVE DUEL CITIZENSHIP, STATE/U.S., AS IN ARTICLE IV OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THE FOUNDING FATHERS, GAVE, "FULL FAITH A CREDIT" TO ALL CONTRACTS, WHICH MARRIAGES ARE CONTRACTS, WITH SOME STATES GRANTING, AND OTHERS DENYING, MARRIAGES BETWEEN ANY TWO PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, BASED ON LOVE! POLYGAMISTS ARE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY ALL TOGETHER--THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR RIGHTS, CAN MARRY, AND ARE NOT BEING DENIED PRIVILEGES, SUCH AS, THOSE OF BEING DENIED TAX PRIVILEGES, AS IN THE 1,000 OR SO TAX BENEFITS THE FEDERAL TAX CODE PROVIDED FOR MARRIED COUPLES, EARLIER DENIED TO GAY COUPLES! OR HOSPITAL VISITATION RIGHTS, ADOPTION RIGHTS, ETC. AS THIS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY IN MARRIAGE PROCEEDS, DO NOT LET THE POLYGAMISTS, ABBERANT AND ODD BY NUMBERS AND LIFESTYLE, NOT TO MENTION, THAT THEY ARE, IN SOME CASES, THE WIVES BECOME ARCHAIC PROPERTY OR CHATTEL OF THE MAN, EXERSICING UNRIGHTEIOUS DOMINION OVER WOMEN, AND MANIFEST SYMPTOMS OF INDENTURED SERVITUDE, PLUS WELFARE FRAUD, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE AND RAPE OF CHILDREN, GIVEN THE YOUNG AGE GIRLS ARE MARRIED OFF TO THE OLD FARTS! THE GUY IN MONTANA ARGUES THAT HIS SECOND WIFE HAS PUT UP WITH HIS SHIT FOR A LONG TIME, AND DESERVES TO BE MADE A LEGITIMATE WIFE . . . FIND ANOTHER GUY! ANYWAY, MORE DETAILED CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS INVASIVE SPEICIES OF PERVERTED AND DEVIANT MARRIAGES, THAT WAS HIDEOUS BACK IN THE 1800'S, AND ABHORRED BY EUROPE AND OTHER CIVILIZED PARTS OF THE WORLD, MUST REMAIN JUST WHAT IT IS--BARBARISM! THE UTAH LEGISLATURE, VOID OF CONSTITUTIONAL SANCTIONS, DUE PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRED, APPROVAL BY 2/3RDS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, GOING TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, AND THE CHANGE BEING APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES, AS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE UNION OF THESE UNITED STATES, DID THE UNTHINKABLE, OF TAKING THE PROVISION IN THE UTAH STATE CONSTITUTION, "THE PRIMARY CONDITION" FOR STATEHOOD, THAT TOOK AN ADDITIONAL 50 YEARS, JOHNSON'S WAR, AND LOCKING UP THE MORMON CHURCH AUTHORITIES, A CHALLENGE BASED ON "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM", TO FINALLY COME TO AN AGREEMENT, THAT SAID THAT POLYGAMY WAS FORBIDDEN, FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMETIME, IN SECRET, AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THE MALE FACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE--AFTER I BROUGHT THAT SECTION TO LIGHT, THINKING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO RAN ON CLEANING UP THE MO CANCER, WOULD BE HAPPY, DID EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE, RATHER THAN ENFORCING THE LAW, THEY TOOK THE LAW OFF THE LAW BOOKS, TOOK THAT FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE PRACTICE RIGHT OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT HAS TO STEP IN AT TIMES AND WRITE A DECISIONS THAT FORCES STATES TO PROVIDE THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PROVIDED TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN OTHER STATES, AND DENY OTHER ALLEGED RIGHTS, THAT ARE THE MANUFACTURED DREAMS OF MEN! ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT IT IS ONLY MEN WHO TALK TO GOD AND GET FUCKED UP REVELATIONS LIKE POLYGAMY? TRY JOE SMITH, MO PROPHET, JIM JONES--930 LIVES TAKEN IN GUIANA, THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS, IN WACO, TEXAS, LUIS FARKKAN . . . SCARY CULTS OF MEN, THAT RISE TO POWER OVER A CERTAIN GROUP, AND POLYGAMY, WIFE SWAPPING, SHARING, IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS PART OF THE PAY OFF FOR THE HIERARCHY OF MALE LEADERS! WOMEN, ALONG WITH TRASHING THE "TWO AND A HALF MEN" SHOW AND MENTALITY, YOU BETTER WATCH THIS POLYGAMY THING . . . USING THE "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT", THE FACT THAT MUSLIMS HAVE MORE THAN ONE WIFE--SO AMERICAN MEN SHOULD GET MORE THAN ONE--NO THE MUSLIMS IN THIS COUNTRY NEED TO STOP HAVING MORE THAN ONE WIFE! OR GO BACK TO INDIA, OR WHEREVER, THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HERUM! POLYGAMY HAS NOT PLACE IN AMERICA . . . JUST WATCH, MARK MY WORDS, WHAT THESE FUCKERS IN UTAH, AND OTHER POLYGAMISTS, DISPURSED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE UP TO! THIS CHALLENGE, TODAY, IN MONTANA, BY A FORMER MORMON, ALLEGEDLY EXCOMMUNICATED, DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL! MORMONS NEED TO EXCOMMUNICATE THAT DOCTRINE FROM THEIR CURRENT SCRIPTURES AND THEIR HEARTS! COMPLETE AND UTTER "BARBARISM" IN MODERN TIMES! WANNA GO BACK TO BEING CONSIDERED JUST PART OF A MAN'S HERUM, HIS CHATTEL, HIS PROPERTY, NEGATING EVERYTHING WOMEN AND LOVING MEN, HAVE FOUGHT FOR, FOR CENTURIES! THEN IGNORE THIS ISSUE! AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN HELL!

Refreshing Evening on the Town . . . Try the Newly Opened, Imagine Nation Brewing Co., and if Your, Non-Drinking Friend Comes Along, There is Drink and Dogs, Out in the Parking Lots on Wednesday Nights!

 

Yesterday, being curious about the new digs, across the street from the Poverello Hanoi Hilton Resort, me and Sandra, a friend, decided to wander over to the new place, to satisfy our curiousity of what the place looked like inside, and see what the new brewery had to offer, by way of drink, noticing the hot dog stand in the parking lot.  I had seen the books, in the windows, from the outside of the brewing company, while walking passed, and wondered what the books had to do with a brewery, that I had heard, was coming, soon, across from the Pov., so we checked the place out . . . way downtown fun!  While located, somewhere between the main, historic downtown, and the newer part of town, or over on Reserve, the setting is stunning, to say the least.  The outside of the building, doesn't tell the real story . . . patrons need to go inside, to see the pure genius and beauty of the place, and the backyard river scene is to die for, so wonderful, and fun!  I love nature, and love, both country and downtown city life, and this place has both, and a great combo of both, with the hot dogs, to satisfy the palate of hungry people, either coming with friends or for the tap room toadies, to come indulge in the scrumptious high end dogs, brats, and other specialty items on the menu of the parking lot crowd and flavor.

 

You will have to frequent the bar and tap, sneak a peek through the windows behind the bar, and you can get a glimps of the cool tanks, brew kettles, and see where the real magic of this home brewed beer is made.  I am out of that department, as far as telling you if the beer is good, bad or ugly, but I am sure, if the beer is as good, and tasteful as the decor, you are going to be satisfied, both through your taste buds, and your visual and sensory elements and eyes.  Bryan Knolls, owner of Covered Wagon Hot Dogs, hooked up with the new brew makers, to offer a bit more to the menu; he has been around for two years, has had parking lot access and has been a vendor around Missoula for two years now, purchasing all his dogs and brats, from Big Timber Meats, Montana, as well as purchasing as many ingredients from local producers, manufacturers, and stores.  So, way cool . . . and Sandra, who tried the dogs, chips and a drink, highly recommend them . . . I had just finished dinner and so, I was not hungry, but I will get over there soon!  Other items on the menu, are pulled pork sandwiches, cream cheese dogs, mac and cheese dogs, pepperoni pizza dogs, and I asked the chick, out working the vendor booth, if they offered any Chicago dogs . . . and she pointed out the Garden City Dogs, a better name for Chicago Dogs, seeing we are here in Missoula, rather than in Chicago, but that is the type of dog, that they are serving.  On the drink menu, soda, water, Gatorade, and I forgot to check out the deserts, if there are any?

 

I asked the hot dog chick, a friend of the owner, Bryan, if they catered parties, like sporting events, and bachelor/bachelorette parties?  Yes, they will come to your house and bring the dog cart, and do your event.  The U.S. Woman's Soccer Team is playing, Japan, Sunday, in the final for the World Cup . . . what a great idea, to have some fun dogs, other than the ones you burn on the BBQ grill, and invite Bryan and crew, to bring some variety to your dog party . . . fun, fun, fun, and pick up some local brew, from the Imagine Nation Brewing Co.!  Good dogs, good drink, good times! 

Constitutional Law 101 on Citizenship

One of the major issues, dividing the North and the South, during the Civil War, in addition to the issue of slavery, was the difference in the way, the two dividing factors, saw, the role of the states, as opposed to the federal government.  The South wanted strong state rights, thus being about to retain their alleged property, or the right to have slaves, to maintain, their plantations and estates.  The North, however, wanted a stronger central federal government, and they wanted to abolish slavery, for many of the reasons, they hated polygamy . . . they were, for all intents and purposes, contrary to the very fabric of this new nation, giving citizens' rights, freedoms, liberties, and protecting those through the constitutional amendments to the main part of the United States Constitution, through the implementaton of the Bill of Rights!  Many of the founding fathers, refused to sign on to the new Constitution, unless, there were included in the document, outlining what the governed will tolerate from the government, in this document that was to create, a society of law and order in the previously, British held colonies.  Given the federalist system of government, that was set up, with both state soveriegnty, in addition to a centralized federal government, both having power, duties and responsibilities to their citizens, who not only had state citizenship, but, after the Constitution was signed, We the PEOPLE, also had a federal citizenship.

 

The principle and idea behind the Constitution, was to provide a system of checks and balances, between the states, that had pre-existed the formation of the Union of States, later to be called the United States of America, a balance of power between the three branches of the government, or the legislative, executive and the judicial branches, who were also to serve as a check and balance system, to curtail the powers of both the federal government and to monitor the states, to see that basic protectons and rights, that were provided to citizens of the United States, by way of rights, protections and privileges, were not infringed upon by any state legislatures.  If you look, read, and study the 14th amendment, you will see this duel citizenship issue being addressed, not only for citizens, but also, for naturalized persons, born on American soil, with parents who were coming from other countries, such as the issues we are dealing right now, with immigration, migration, and naturalization, and what rights, freedoms, and liberties, are each class of immigrants, entitled to?

No CITIZEN is the be Denied, LIFE, LIBERTY and PROPERTY, without, Due Process of Law and Equal Protection!  That is looking at Privileges and Rights, that are Provided for Citizens in the United States, and Not to be Denied by any STATE in the United States!

The idea behind the 14th amendment, is the fact, that given, this battle between the states and the federal government, or the difference between state to state, and legislature to legislature, is the fact, that the federal government, has provided, like bottomline, rights and protections, through the Bill of Rights, all 27 amendments, and states, cannot, go below those bottomline rights and privileges, both expressly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, as well as in the Bill of Rights, and also, as in the 9th amendment, those rights that are not enumerated, or experessly written, such as the right to privacy!  Few people know, that the big, landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade, back in 1973, coming out of Texas, is really, based on due process rights, rather than just the right to an abortion.  By a state demanding an undue burden on a woman, to get an abortion, or denying abortion altogether, is to deny the woman her due process rights! 

 

Just recently, there was a state, that was going to force a woman, to watch a video, even right as she is getting an abortion, of a fetus, the development, etc., and the courts, struck it down, if I remember, right, because, she had already decided to get an abortion, as is her right to do, free of state interference, or putting blocks and deterents, in her way, as she goes to get the abortion, which is, as I said, her right in the first trimester, or the first 3 months of her pregnancy, lasting, generally, 3 trimesters, or 9 months, with the last 2 trimesters, being left for the states, who have an interest in the health, safety and welfare of their citizens, especially, in protecting children, to put some restrictions, like in the case of rape and incest, or other such provisions the state legislatures see fit, as long as they are not placing undue burdens on the woman, creating a hardship on her, especially in that first part of her pregnancy, and she also, has a right to privacy in making the decisions to abort or not to abort, being between her and her doctor!  So, hands off in that first trimester!  States!

 

States have options, after the first trimester, to put some restrictions on the mother, because after viability, or when the baby can exist, outside the womb of the mother, or without relying on the mother, the baby's rights, start to take precedence over the mother's rights, who had 3 months to exercise her right to an abortion.  Most abortion statutes or laws are very uniform, for the most part, which is what I found out, working for Americans United for Life, doing an Internship with the nations largest legal education and public interest firm in the nation, at the time, back in the summer of 1992.  Some states have made inroads, durng the last 6 months of a pregnancy, as long as they don't put an undue burden on the mother; however, there have been limitations, set on the states by the U.S. Supreme Court, making sure that state's don't take away abortion rights of the mother, while also, making sure that states have the say, within their state, representing the majority views of the representatives constitutents, in a political means, with some states being more or less conservative or liberal on the issue of abortion, or gun control, or whatever!

U.S. Code, Title 42, Section 1983, Civil Rights Laws

In the area of civil rights, you see this principle working, with law enforcement and other state officials.  So, you have the Bill of Rights, that gives the right to freedom of religion or the freedom from religion, free speech, the right to assemble, to address grievances to your government, right to bear arms, to a state militia, right to protections from unreasonable searches and seizures, right to freedom from double jeopardy, right to due process before the state can take your life, liberty or property, and just compenstation if they use, eminent domain and take the property . . . right to face your accusors, right to counsel, right to a public trial with a jury of your peers, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, etc.  The Congress of the United States, under Article I, of the United States Constitution, has the right to pass all laws necessary to carry out the responsibilities and business of the nation.  So, seeing the need to protect people's civil rights, those found and codified in the U.S. Constitution, or the bottomline, acceptable rights, the Civil Rights Act, of either 1963 or 1964 were passed, to put these constitutional protections, rights and privileges into law, for all states to follow.

 

So, what happens, if for instant, a black, unarmed person, is shot, killed, maimed in prison, or something like that, by an officer of the law, or a state official, like a prison warden, or some type of governemnt agent, or individual, acting, under color of law, or with the apparents authority of the law, and fails to give a person, their due process rights, or protect them equally under the law, working with the uniform operations of law, for an ordered society, that individual, or organization, as actors, working for the state, which has come to included, local and county officials, who are also working in that capacity, or under the color of law, and who fails to give the civil rights and protections, found in both the federal statutes and under the Constitution, they can be sued, for going below the line of expected actions, that can be taken against an individual citizen, and the state and the individual acting in their official capacity, can take the fall for the actions taken that are in violation of the laws of the land, especially, those of the Supreme Law of the Land, for the United State Constitution!  States, can, however, give their state citizens, more rights, than the feds do, but they cannot, give less, and they are held liable, if they do!

So, What about Polygamy?

The United States told the Mormons NO, to polygamy . . . stated that it is contrary to the law, the purpose, the intent, and the liberties, of these United States.  In fact, there was a U.S. Supreme Court case, a test case for polygamy, back before Utah became a state, the Reynolds case, that challenged the stand on polygamy, under freedom of religion, and the first amendment . . . a good case for all those Mo's and FLDS Mo's, or those who believe in their heart of hearts that men should be allowed more than one wife, for whatever fucked up reason they can manufacture in their stupid minds, that aside, the Court held in that case, that a person, can believe anything they want, but when that person takes their beliefs, and puts them into action, like this man, in Montana, today, who already has two wives, contrary to state and federal law, is hoping that this new liberal view of marriage, which is sadly mistaken, will open the door for polygamy, and that action is contrary to the laws of the land, which bigamy is, in all 50 states, that person is not entitled to that religious freedom!

 

The Court went on to state, in their decision, that, each man cannot be a law unto themselves . . . in order for us, the U.S. to have an ordered society, man must follow the laws of the land!  This issue, has already been decided, stari decisis, or through the legal principle of res judicata, we have visited this issue, and it will not stand.  In light of the case, and other pressure from England and Europe, who saw the practice a totally barbaric, as was slavery, thus the twin relics of barbarism, slavery and polygamy were not to be tolerated, and UTAH, had to make the forbidding of polygamy part of their state Constitution, or they could not become a state!  Ms. Lynch, this is where the Department of Justice, in my humble opinon, needs to step into the state of Utah, and investigate how the Utah Legislature willy nilly, just up and took the condition, the only condition, stated in the Utah Constitution, that would not be allowed, unless, it jumped through the hoops, outlined in the document itself, or the terms of agreement with the federal government, telling Utah, who has always thought and operated like a law unto themselves, that they can't take that section, I think, it used to be section 22, out of the state Constitution . . . here folks, is the intended, balance of power, between state soveriegnty and having the answer to a Union of states, or the United States of America, who says, FUCK NO, to polygamy! 

 

END OF STORY, END OF POLYGAMY . . . ARREST THE FUCKER MENTIONED IN THE NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING, HE IS BREAKING THE LAW!

Until another Con Law Question Arises . . . Signing Off, Bad Ass Con Law Chick!  The Law, is the LAW, is the FUCKING LAW!