SEE THE GREAT. FEEL THE GREAT. YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS . . . YOU ARE EVERYTHING I WISH I COULD BE. SO WHY ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO KILL ME? DO WE REALLY WANT TO AIM FOR MEDIOCRITY AS THE STANDARD IN THIS COUNTRY? WE GIVE EVERY KID ON THE SOCCER TEAM A TROPHY, RATHER THAN JUST THE BEST. SOME TEACHER IS GIVING EVERY STUDENT A PASSING GRADE, IF THEY JUST COME TO CLASS, PARTICIPATE, AND TRY. I PURCHASED A TIME MAGAZINE JUST NOW, FOR THE FEATURE ARTICLE CALLED, "WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A COP IN AMERICA: ONE YEAR AFTER FERGUSON." HOWEVER, THERE WAS THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE TRUMPSTER, BY ZEKE J. MILLER/ALANTA, AND ANOTHER VERY SYMBOLIC NAME IN ONE OF THE OTHER ARTICLES, BRIAN DILLARD. ZEKE IS MY EX-HUSBAND'S NICK NAME, AND MILLER IS A NAME THAT IS CONNECTED TO SHELLEY, BECAUSE HER SON ISAAC GOT A GIRL PREGNANT OUT OF WEDLOCK WITH A GIRL FROM A WEALTHY MILLER FAMILY WHO OWNS MILLER BLUE RIBBON BEEF. ON THE BRIAN DILLARD NAME, "BRIAN" WAS THE YOUNGEST BROTHER OF ZEKE, AND RACHEL, A SISTER, WORKED FOR "DILLARDS DEPARTMENT STORE." I AM A BIT SENSITIVE, TO SAY THE LEAST, HAVING PEOPLE I AM CONNECTED WITH, LIKE A SON-IN-LAW FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THAT MIGHT CALL SHELLEY (MILLER) JOANN, AS INDICATED BY THE MIDDLE INITIAL, "J" STANDING FOR JOANN, OR SOMEONE CONNECTED TO ZEKE, WHICH DALLAS WOULD BE, IMPLYING THAT SHELLEY IS JOANN, THE FORMER WIFE OF ZEKE. NOW, AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY SON-IN-LAWS AND MOTHER-IN-LAWS, WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT, I WOULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, STATE, LIE, OR MISREPRESENT WHO MY DAUGHTER'S HUSBAND IS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I DON'T LIKE HIM! NOR, AS IN THE CASE OF MY YOUNGEST SON, ELLIOT, REPRESENTED BY "BRIAN" HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER, IN A FAMILY POSITION, SUCH AS HIMSELF, STATE THAT "RACHEL" AS INDICATED BY THE DILLARDS LAST NAME, THE DEPARTMENT STORE THAT RACHEL DID IN FACT WORK AT IN LOGAN, UTAH. THEREFORE, IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME, THROUGH MY INTEL MAN, GOD, IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT COPS, OF WHICH MY SON MAY HAVE BECOME ONE, BUT TO STATE OR MISLEAD PEOPLE ON WHOM HIS MOTHER IS, IS LUDICROUS, TO SAY THE LEAST. COMBINE THAT WITH THE SONG, "YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS, AND YOU ARE EVERYTHING I HOPED I COULD BE", SUGGESTS, SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION OF THE NATURE OF THE PERSON, NOT ONLY THAT I AM, BUT THAT RACHEL IS. WHICH MOTHER WOULD YOU BE MORE PROUD OF . . . AN ATTORNEY WHO ROCKED THE LEGAL WORLD, COPS ESPECIALLY, HAS 4 BAR MEMBERSHIPS, AND ON TOP OF ALL THE CAREER POSITIVES, YOU HAD 4 EXCELLENT CHILDREN, WHO ARE NOTHING BUT AMAZING. OR WOULD YOU, ELLIOT, RATHER HAVE BRAGGING RIGHTS TO A DEPARTMENT STORE CLERK? I AM JUST TRYING TO GET MY MIND WRAPPED AROUND MY SON'S PREFERENCE? NOT THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH DEPARTMENT STORE CLERKS, OR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, WHICH RACHEL IS, BUT SERIOUSLY, THERE IS A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EDUCATION, LEVEL OF SKILL, EXPERTISE, NUMBER OF YEARS DEDICATED TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND, THAT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE A DEPARTMENT STORE CLERK, AND I THINK, WE BE FOOLS, TO THROW BOTH CAREERS IN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION AND CATEGORY . . . WOULD WE FOR A MAN. ELLIOT IS IN COLLEGE, A MUSIC MAJOR IS ONE OF THE HARDEST YOU CAN GET . . . MATT, RACHEL'S SON, IS A GEAR HEAD, AND WORKS WITH CARS. WE NEED GEAR HEADS, BUT TO TAKE ALL THE LONG HOURS IN MUSIC LABS, CLASSES, PRACTICE, AND MINIMIZE THAT DEDICATION, IS LIKE GIVING EACH SOCCER TEAM, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS, A TROPHY FOR BEING THE BEST TEAM! I BELIEVE IT IS A DISSERVICE, AS IS GIVING EITHER RACHEL OR SHELLEY, RIGHTS TO MY LAW DEGREE, AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT, NOT TO MENTION TEACHING AT THREE UNIVERSITIES. SELLING CABBAGE PATCH DOLL SHOES, WAITRESSING, OR SELLING CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO LIBRARIES, IS JUST NOT IN THE SAME CLASS OF CAREERS; THEREFORE, FREELY EXCHANGING ONE FOR ANOTHER, IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! AND THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT . . . AND I AM SURE, THAT BOTH SHELLEY, RACHEL AND ALL THE OTHER WOMEN, WHO HAVE WORN MY LABELS AS AN ATTORNEY, PROFESSOR, AND WHAT NOT, ARE INDEED GRATEFUL TO HAVE RECOGNITION, FAR BETTER THAN THEY DESERVE. I THINK OF THE "RIGHT TO RISE" SLOGAN FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JEB BUSH . . . YES, HE HAS A RIGHT TO RISE; HOWEVER, THAT IS DONE THROUGH HIS OWN MERITS, AND IN REALITY, CONNECTING HIS NAME TO HIS BIG BROTHER'S NAME AND PRESIDENCY, IS ACTUALLY PROHIBITING JEB FROM RISING ON HIS OWN ACCORD, THUS IT IS WITH THE SISTA CLUB . . . I WOULD NEVER HAVE WRITTEN ONE NEGATIVE WORD, HAD THE SISTA'S RAISED ON THEIR OWN NAMES . . . PROBLEM IS, THEY ALL HAVE "NO-NAME" BRANDS, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY START AT THE BOTTOM, RATHER THAN STANDING UNDER THE WINGS OF MY WIND! I WOULD CHEER THEM ON, BE ALL FOR THEM, AND WOULD STOP WRITING ABOUT THEM . . . GET YOUR OWN LIFE, YOUR OWN RESUME, YOUR OWN BLOG, YOUR OWN LAW DEGREE . . . THE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND WORK DOES NOT COME EASY! TRY IT, YOU MIGHT LIKE IT. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT DALLAS WAS A COP . . . WALKS LIKE ONE, ACTS LIKE ONE, USED TO DO PROTECTIVE SWEEPS OF THE HOUSE, LIKE ONE, AND TRIED FOR A WHILE TO BULLY LIKE ONE . . . HE HAS NOW GONE, UNDERGROUND, IN A PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE APPROACH OF PLANTING SEEDS OF DOUBT, OR POISON IN ELLIOT'S MIND, FROM A COP PERSPECTIVE . . . COPS HAVE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONS AND A VERY PHYSICAL JOB . . . THEREFORE, ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO SIMILAR WOMEN. RACHEL WAS A PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR, RAN ON THE TRACK TEAM, AND HAD A PHYSICAL CAREER AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, OR WAITRESS IN THE SKY. RACHEL HAS AMPED UP HER CHEST, THREE TIMES, SOMETHING THAT IMPROVES HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, THAT WOULD APPEAL TO LOWER LEVEL MEN, LIKE COPS. UNTIL 5 YEARS AGO, WHEN ALL THIS SWITCH-O-CHANGE-O HAPPENED, WHEN BRETT AND THE BOYZ CLUB OF COPS, STARTED STEALING MY POWERFUL NAME, MY HISTORY WITH COPS, AND CLAIMING THAT THE SISTA CLUB DID ALL THE GREAT FEATS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, I, IN FACT DID! AND THEN, WITH AN ARMY OF LIARS, TRIED TO DENY MY ANY CONNECTION TO MY CAREER OR MY CHILDREN! LOL! IS IT SO HARD, TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DESERVED . . . RACHEL HAS TAKEN CARE OF HER PHYSICAL CONDITION OR BODY, PRAISE HER FOR THAT, AND THAT IS LAUDABLE! I HAVE SPENT MY TIME WORKING ON MY BRIAN, LEGAL SKILLS, TEACHING, WRITING AND SPEAKING; PRAISE ME FOR THAT. EVERY WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE JUDGED GOOD FOR THE SAME THINGS, JUST AS MEN ARE NOT. WE PRAISE AN ATHLETE FOR HIS SUPERIOR PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS, AND WE WOULD NEVER THING OF SENDING HIM INTO THE SURGERY ROOM TO PERFORM HEART SURGERY, NOW WOULD WE? BEING A LAWYER IS A HARD, TECHNICAL JOB, AND REQUIRES THE UTMOST CARE AND TRAINING . . . THAT IS WHY WE STOP PEOPLE LIKE RACHEL AND SHELLEY, FROM PRACTICING LAW WITHOUT A LICENSE. I HAVE 4 BAR LICENSES, AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE SOME JUDGE THOUGHT I WAS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN ANOTHER FEMALE ATTORNEY. SHELLEY, RACHEL, SUE, TIFFANY, ANNIE, HOPE, ARE NOT ATTORNEYS, BUT, I WOULD CHEER THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH SCHOOL, HELP GIVE THEM TIPS TO PASS LAW SCHOOL AND THE BAR . . . BUT, THAT IS TOO MUCH OF A RISK, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE IN THE LEGAL WORLD, RATHER THAN USING MY NAME, WITH A 20 YEAR HISTORY OF BEING ANYTHING BUT, YOUR AVERAGE RUN OF THE MILL ATTORNEY, LET ALONE JUST AN ATTORNEY. THERE HAS GOT TO BE AN INSECURITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE FRAUD, OR CLAIMING YOU ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT . . . YOU WILL BE FOUND OUT. I HAVE A FRIEND, WHO WORKS WITH THE LEGISLATURE, AND TRIES TO PASS HIMSELF OFF AS AN ATTORNEY, IN FACT, I THOUGHT HE WAS ONE . . . BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS, TALE, TALE SIGNS, WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, THAT REAL ATTORNEYS KNOW, AND THE FAKES DON'T. THIS FRIEND ASKED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN A CASE WE TOOK TO THE UTAH SUPREME COURT, GOT A UNANIMOUS WIN . . . BUT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND HIM, HE COULD NOT SIT AT THE BAR, OR ARGUE IN COURT, AND MY BRIEF WAS THE ONE THAT PUSHED THE JUSTICES IN OUR DIRECTION. MY NON-ATTORNEY FRIEND WAS PISSED, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SHOW UP UNTIL WE ARGUED IN FRONT OF THE COURT, AND WERE ASKED TO PREPARE BRIEFS! AND YOUR POINT, I WON THE CASE FOR US! THE COURT USED MY LAST MINUTE ARGUMENTS, NOT THE OTHER ATTORNEYS AND MY FRIEND WHO HAD WORKED ON THE CASE FOR MONTHS. I SAW THIS SICK LOOK OF ENVY ON SHELLEY'S FACE, WHEN I WOULD TAKE OVER A MORTGAGE CASE, JUST BEFORE ONE OF HER CLIENTS WERE GOING INTO COURT . . . THEY WOULD SAY, TO SHELLEY, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE ATTORNEY?" BUT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONFIDENCE, THE STYLE, THE POSTURING, AND SKILL DID NOT GO UNNOTICED, AND I AM SURE THAT PAINED SHELLEY, WOULD KAY . . . SHE IS NOT MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL LEGALLY, OR IT WOULD BE HER OWN CASE SHE WAS ARGUING, NOT MINE! THERE IS NOT SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS. I JUST SAW A YOUNG MAN WITH THE T-SHIRT "BUDWEISER" ON IT . . . FOR A NON-ATTORNEY, YOU MIGHT BE FOOLED BY THE LEGAL TERMS AND JARGON THAT SHELLEY HAS PICKED UP BY ME OVER THE YEARS, OR READING MY CASES, EMAILS, BLOGS; HOWEVER, WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, I WOULD EAT ALL OF THEM ALIVE IN ANY DEBATE ON MY CASES, ISSUES ON MY BLOG, AND NONE OF THEM COULD WRITE LIKE I DO . . . THERE IS NO SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS