BURN NOTICE: CALIFORNIA ENACTS FIRST "YES MEANS YES" LAW ON SEX FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS--MAY NOT WORK ON THE STREETS, BUT, GOOD STUFF, SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON IT; FERGUSON SHOOTING HELPS SPUR POLICE--CAMERA USE--RECORD THE ABNORMAL, THE COMBATIVE, CONFRONTATIONAL, OUT OF THE ORDINARY, OR OUT OF CONTROL; AND BILL REQUIRING WARRANT FOR DRONES VETOED IN CALIFORNIA . . . NEW TECHNOLOGY, OLD CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS AND ANALYSIS, RUN THE NEW STUFF THROUGH THE GAMBIT OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A REASONABLE SEARCH & SEIZURE, BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE, AND AN UNREASONABLE SEARCH & SEIZURE, BASED ON ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE, LACKING PROBABLE CAUSE OR WARRANT, BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNLAWFUL, BY NATURE--GENERAL RULE, YOU NEED A WARRANT, UNLESS EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE, ESCAPE! GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT, PREVENTING YOUTH TOBACCO USE, ONE THE TOP TWO KILLERS . . . TALK, THEY'LL LISTEN! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PARENTS, SOME TIPS . . . GOVERNMENT SITES HAVE TONS OF STUFF ON THIS, CDC, CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, EDUCATION SOURCES, SCHOOLS, AND ONSITE OFFICERS. TALK, THEY WILL LISTEN, EVEN IF YOU SMOKE YOURSELF, IN FACT, THEY MAY LISTEN MORE!

Raising Kids Who Don't Smoke

This week while reading the Shelby, Montana, Promoter, there was an article, referring to the Great American Smoke Out, and being raised Mormon, I was actually raised to not drink, smoke, use drugs, or have sex before marriage, I was faithful to all four of those recommendations, but nobody told me not to have sex after marriage, or after divorce . . . Mormon leaders may want to cement that in the minds and hearts of the youth too.  LOL!  So, this morning, I picked up a brochure, on prevention of youth tobacco use, as I was waiting to catch the shuttle over to Great Falls, MT, where I am right now, trying to get evidence of who I legally am, seeing that all forms of my ID, starting with August 8, 2012, when I registered a vehicle, here in GF, after buying it from Mike Hall, or so he says, the DMV would only let me pay for the registration, with my name listed under, Mike's, as the owner, until a new title was ordered and received, but while I was picking out a license plate of the 200 choices, hanging on the walls, in the building within eyesight of me right now, either I didn't remember to grab it off the counter, or the clerks, didn't give it back, but luckily, the Woman's Rescue Mission, the only one I have stayed at that actually tracks ID, pictures, birth dates, and Social Security Numbers, not giving them out, proof positive, one of the directors, cut and pasted me proof, of who stayed there, prior to my license in Utah expiring December 17, 2013, post dating my stay at the shelter, specifically coming back to Great Falls, to retrieve my driver's license . . . but, they didn't have it, and since them, my Utah Bar Association card, my actual Social Security Card, that I have had since I was 16, the original, in two parts, I may add, and my Medicare Card, have all been systematically taken out of my purse . . . speculate what you want, I know, what they did, so thanks, staff at the mission for resurrecting me from the tomb for the 2nd time, giving me a connection with my driver's license, that big sister, Shelley, had, plus, my SS card, had somehow, got the cops to revoke it, when she wanted to start taking over my life, that has not stopped, one relentless second in 14, almost 15 years now . . . so thank you for your mock up, with my info on your files, and attestation, that you knew I came before, my license had expired, as well as after, when I tried to get a copy of the paid registration, that magically could not be found, even with computers . . . that would also have been proof of my existence, of who I am, and that I had an active Utah driver's license, at the time of the registration, and disappearance!

Public Service Announcement . . . TIPS FOR PARENTS

• Make your "No Tobacco" position clear . . . including all tobacco products.
• Look for signs of tobacco use, such as the smell of smoke, burn holes, and packs of cigarettes, bidis or kreteks (new lingo for new tobacco products, or old . . . I have never heard of them).
• Talk to your child about what his or her friends are doing, teenagers whose friends used smokeless tobacco are up to 11 times as likely to use it as teens whose friends don't use smokeless tobacco.
• Don't assume that being involved in athletics means your child is less likely to use tobacco.
• Let your child know that all forms of tobacco products can have serious health risks.
• If you use any form of tobacco, don't let that stop you from talking to your children about not smoking and not using any tobacco products.  Kids whose parents talk to them about not smoking are less likely to smoke--even if their parents smoke.

Warning: Junior high and high school students in Shelby, you have a new school officer, and DARE cop, so don't think you are going to get away with underage smoking at school.  I can't remember the officer's name, but he seemed like a cool cop, who has been there, done that, and is there to make sure you don't.  He is trying to change your opinion of cops, trying to intervene before there are problems, and he is teaching a shit load of classes on everything to help you make better decisions, to stop you in your tracks, before going off a cliff, so to say, so . . . there you have it.  And in addition to that, there are group of high school kids, who are going around to the parks in Shelby to pick up cigarette butts . . . I think the smokers ought to get their own butts out to pick up their butts!  I do, however, commend the community pride these kids have, nothing is uglier than trash, litter, and cigarette butts all over the place . . . take some pride, your mother or father are not following you around, nor is it the park service personnel job, nor anybody, but there person smoking, who has the responsibility to clean up after yourself!

We Need to Rethink Sexual Assault or Rape

As California, grapples with the new, "yes means yes" laws, for college students, trying a new approach to a very old problem, there will be new cases, situations, facts, evidence, combinations, that will put the law to its test, as is the case with any new law of any kind, this one in particular, is so hard.  Traditionally, rape and sexual assault were seen as a sexual crime, then as society started to look at the rape cases, they turned to it being about power & control, but this age old answer, is cloaked in myth, notions of romance, thus the victim somehow desiring it, even asking for it, with provocative clothing, or suggestive language, teasing . . . an that is part of it, but it is more than that, there are the psycho-sexual goals of the sexes, the desires, what makes men and women tick, the risks of being away from parents, factoring in, often, alcohol, and more and more complexities.

We have gone from, No means NO! to Yes means YES!  I am not sure how that is going to play out, and that psycho-sexually, may be right, because, sometimes it is in the chase, the resistance, the game, the goal, that actually creates, the sexual stimuli, that actually, brings out the animal, shall we say in the male, generally, being the usual aggressor, with the exception as of late . . . I have even heard, men, that if the female isn't upset by the situation, like the old waitress I worked with who had a rapist crawl in her open window one night, and when she calmly said, Why don't you take the sack off your head, and if you are good looking, both of us can enjoy this . . . he ran like the wind, that raspy, smoker's voice may actually come in handy, scared this lad!  So it will be interesting to watch California law makers, college administration, campus cops, and college and university students, work out the bloody details.  Good Luck!

What Works On Campus, May Not Work on the Streets or in the Home

Last night, I was looking for a good true crime movie to watch, adding a particular edge for me, given the fact that I worked in the field, but the movie among movies, that caught my attention, was That's Not My Child, that led me to believe that the child in question was going to commit some horrendous crime, and the parents of his/her birth were not going to claim the monster, but that was not the case . . . it was about a little girl, about 10 to 12 years old, who experience her parent's divorce, which, then, seemed to lead to neither parent caring at all for the child, subjecting her to her dad's friends, getting sexual access to her, covering his gambling loans, or her mother, now single, sexually frustrated, making the child perform oral sex on her, a first for me, seeing that, but they were British, so, maybe that is more common, they are rather less sexually repressed that the Puritan sects, that escaped British rule, and came to America for religious freedom, bringing the witch trials, and all, just another form of sexual repression, power and control, abuse and such. 

So, shocked at seeing a mother do this to her already abused child, father sacrificing her, and later pimping her out, to make his car payment, then the mother's boyfriend, started fucking her too, leading her to run away from home, getting into foster care situations, that let to less than desirable friends, or teen boys pimping her out, to help her make money for herself and him, giving her the freedom to escape her situation, leading to a great teacher, who noticed her problem home life, and the bad foster, group home situation, which eventually, led her to pimp herself out to get the money to go to the new group home, that her case workers said the state didn't have money to pay for, and finally, finally, there is a group home director, who loves this little girl, nobody was ever prosecuted, but through love, safety, and caring, this young girl was able to go to the university, and hopefully on to a better life.  The movie noted, that there were only 4 such homes in all of England, to do this sort of care, and so many rapes and sexual assaults that go unpunished!

That True Story, Left Me Wondering . . . The Story of Dinah in the Bible Came to Mind

As the rage of this situation, this young girl's predicament, led me to think, what we can do, how do we change the thinking of the selfish sexual attitudes, shockingly violating another person's person, psyche, leaving me to wonder what, if anything we can do to change this injury, hurt, pain, and feelings of helplessness, the "yes means, yes" campaign came to mind, but so did the thought, that perhaps, the cops, prosecutors, and judges, need to re-evaluate, and totally disconnect the crime, from previous connotations of being at all connected to sex, disassociating it, even from male dominance of power and control, to simply a property crime, of the most precious, piece of property any of us will have, own and defend.  That we should look at it in the light of jurisdiction, the same as we look at a home, that criminals can't brake and enter, rob, burglarize, trespass, steal, even enter, without the owners permission . . . yes, means, yes?

I thought of the Biblical story, separate and aside from any religious connotation, to purely the rage, the retribution, and the revenge, older brothers, who if I remember, wiped out, every man, woman and child, of the village, where the perpetrator of the rape lived.  As I recall, Dinah, who was the sister of the brothers, who made up the 12 tribes of Israel, was walking in the hills, one day, and a man saw her and desired her, he took her, and raped the living hell out of her, leaving her, near death, as she crawled to one of her brother's homes, and I think, expired on his door step.  He was so infuriated at the violation of his sister, that he took her body, after she died from this experience, I think, maybe watching too many crime movies, but he cut her body up into 12 pieces, one for each one of the brothers, and he delivered it to their front door.  They assembled and proceeded to kill everyone from the neighboring village, where the perp lived!  Pretty strong statement of rage, how serious these violations are, and, if you believe, that these stories are only figurative in nature, one might project, the brother's reaction, on to a vengeful Old Testament God!

That is about how enraged, I felt watching this helpless, yet resourceful little girl, as she struggled, with rape after rape, from people, she should have been protected by, even in the foster home situation, games were played that would damage a child forever, could parents, associates of parents, be so crass, so debased, so depraved, to think of this child, as such a nothing, to use and abuse her?  The movie brought me to tears, and I was so glad, that through all the thoughts of suicide, fear, loneliness, isolation, this little girl, finally, had the where with all, to actually keep moving, until she met a woman, and got to a place that she would feel safe.  I was so grateful for her teacher, at least noticing something was wrong, for the social workers, trying within their powers, the foster parents, and finally, this special woman, who actually, reached out, and loved this young girl, in all her pain, and her challenges . . . how could her parents do this, thus the title: This is No Child of Mine, and they didn't act as if this child was their child at all . . . 

Famous Assault & Battery Case . . . Tort or Wrongful Acts Law

If I can remember back to 1990/91, during my first year of law school, I remember being fascinated by this case, I guess because I am a teetotaler, and don't drink alcohol, never touched in until I was 53, and was such a staunch Mormon girl, with very strong feelings of not drinking alcohol, ever, that I could relate to the students in this case, with the facts, going, something like this . . . I believe this was a party, end of the year, or some graduation party, from some prep school, or a private school.  At the party, may have been college, or even a parochial school, Catholic or something, at the dance, there were distinctly two punch bowls, one bowl for drinkers, labeled as alcoholic, and, the other punch bowl was labeled, non-alcoholic.

As the story or the facts go, the labels on the two bowls are exchanged, so the non-drinkers, all ended up drunk, and the drinkers, who probably wanted to force their fellow class mates to drink, or thought they were too self-righteous, or for whatever reason, they got all the non-alcohol drinkers, drunk as skunks! Well, you would think as small thing, but not for the students, like myself, that prided themselves as being non-drinkers, and preferred to live their lives that way, with no undue influence to the contrary.  Hell, my own, now very straight Mormon daughter, who is now in her late 30's, was totally disgusted, that I, after going my whole life without tasting alcohol, would actually partake at that late date, and not just go the rest of my life, having never tasted ale, beer, wine, etc.  Fine thing to come from a daughter, who didn't make it passed 14 before partaking of all substances, but refrains from them all now.  Good girl.  But, I could relate to these students, and either they sued, or their parents sued on their behalf.

The outcome of the case, was that the other students, by forcing these non-drinking students, to drink, something, that they actually didn't want to drink, constituted a battery, or an unlawful touching, much like a rape, or sexual assault, would be viewed, without all the romance, chase, viral grandstanding, blaming, and all that goes into these cases, and just look at it, as black and white, which is generally never is, unless it is as in the case of the young British girl, so unnatural, and unwanted, that it is clear, but to put it simply, if you do something to my body, that I don't want, you are guilty of a battery, an unwanted or unlawful touching, and throw the book at them.  Perhaps, that would make girls, less likely to go to a guys room, they would need to watch the drinking themselves, avoiding the types of situations that might suggest something, so if, there is an unwanted sexual contact, it is clearly an attack, assault or a battery, constituting the vitriol crime of rape, period!  This gray area, just doesn't seem to cut it, that even after the military knew of the number of sexual assaults and rapes, there were still, 26,000 of them!  That is not a good record of success, of turning the tables on rape and sexual assault!

Yes, means YES, just might work . . . unlawful and unwanted touching is a CRIME!

When to Turn on Uniform Camera . . . Anytime the Stop Turns into Something Confrontational, Abnormal, Out of Control, RECORD!

There is some concern on the part of officers, that there is not enough recording time, to record everything, and when should they, or should they not have to turn on the camera.  I think, officers are smart enough, to know when something, a stop, questioning, detaining, frisking, or whatever, is going beyond the mark, or the norm, when, your gut tells you, things are going south fast.  You may want to inform, if there is time, the suspect, the alleged defendant, or the person, that is getting belligerent, that you are going to record this interaction or interface with them, not only to protect the citizen, but to protect the cop as well.  As with any new equipment, it will have to come by trial and error, but refer to your policy and procedure manuals on dash cams for your squad cars, when are you told to turn on your dash cams?  Are they on all the time?

When in doubt, turn them on.  I know, that I recommend that my clients should record, all stops, where there might be facts that are in dispute in the case, if there is unnecessary force involved, or just a cop, copping an attitude . . . that seems to put the officer on notice, calm the situation down, and put both sides on their best behavior.  I wrote a blog, several weeks ago, that starts, something like, No More Copping A Feel, With Shirt Cameras . . . that blog should be discussed with policy makers, or the department, because that is what a constitutional law attorney will look at when filing charges, for constitutional and statutory civil rights violation by state of local officials, acting under color of law!  Criminal defense attorneys, will look at the altercation, or whatever from a Miranda type situation, where rights read, told, were they followed, how long did you stop the defendant, did you detain them longer than is needed, did you have a warrant, based on probable cause, etc.  Rights, are not just those pesky, technicalities, that those who bitch and moan about a defendant being released, or not charged or jailed . . . these are constitutionally protected rights, to keep law enforcement honest!

Warrant for Drones?  Governor Vetoed, But For Need of Work

Several of the officers, interviewed, kept saying that if citizens didn't need to get a warrant, then cops should not have to . . . well, citizens do not have the right to stop, detain, arrest, search, book and jail someone for a crime; you and your cronies are in a different class of persons, that the lay person on the street!  You have police powers, citizens do not, generally, unless they make a citizen's arrest.  The same standards of practice do not apply, nor have any bearing, or relevance one to another, like apples and oranges, these things are not in the same class, nor are procedures handled the same way, nor do private citizens having to worry about making unreasonable searches and seizures!

There is a case, and I can't remember the name of it, but if you search 4th amendment, expectation of privacy, thermo-imaging or infrared aerial surveillance, you will find, that there is an expectation of privacy within an air space over your own home, within fenced in territory, and that is protected, as an expansion of the 4th amendment protection classes, of persons, places, which means houses, controlled areas, yards, that are only to be searched, under the auspice of probably cause, listing with specificity or particularity what is to be searched or seized, even after getting a warrant, based on PC, attested to by oath and affirmation, then going before a judge or magistrate, to get that warrant, to search, but only judge reasonable, with probable cause a crime is being committed, or has been committed, etc.

There are a long line of U.S. Supreme cases, that your county/city/state attorneys may want to look at, in putting your drone and camera policies into place, and they can be accessed by going to Wikipedia, and putting the key word, 4th amendment . . . but that one case, with the cop fly-overs, using infrared cameras, to tell where the heat sources in a house or yard are, trying to detect marijuana grows, in the house, using heat lamps detectable by surveillance, were found to violate 4th amendment, and 9th privacy expectations. And they are fascinating cases, from a law enforcement, civil rights analysis.

Good Luck, Drafting Policies for New Technology, But Remember, They Still Have the Constitution to Deal With, and I Have Found, that it is Just as Relevant, if not More so, than it was the Day it was Signed into Law, the Supreme Law of the Land . . . Don't Over Analyze!

THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HATEABILITY INDEX--WINNER, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS . . . WE ARE . . . CARDINAL NATION! (WSJ,D6, 9/30/14) LOL! PERSONAL SYMBOLISM THERE--TOTAL HATEABILITY! HAH! PAIN IS THE PRICE OF FAME--AND YOU KEEP PAYING FOR IT LONG AFTER THE CROWDS ARE GONE (AMERICAN PROFILE) SHELBY PROMOTER, MONTANA'S HOME SPUN WISDOM--ALWAYS KEEP SMILING, IT LOOKS GOOD ON ALL OF US (ALICE KANNING OBIT); WORK HARD, PLAY HARD (CARL JAY BRICKEL, OBIT)--EVERY TOWN HAS ITS STORY . . . SHELBY, THE FIGHT THAT WON'T STAY DEAD, BY JAMES W. ("BODY") JOHNSON, JULY 4, 1923, JACK DEMPSY V. TOMMY GIBBONS, TWO HEAVYWEIGHTS, THAT WENT THE DISTANCE, PUT SHELBY ON THE MAP, BUT LEFT THEM BROKE! HOW TO FIX THE WORLD: (1) ELIMINATE THE AMERICAN CIA; (2) HELP THE WORLD KEEP PROMISES: CHINA & HONG KONG, RUSSIA & THE UKRAINE, ISRAEL & PALESTINE, AMERICA & WHOMEVER; AND (3) RID THE WORLD OF IMPERIALIST, TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS! MAKE PEACE HAPPEN . . . IT IS ACHIEVABLE! MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR! PEACE, NOT HATRED!

Cartoon, EARL . . . Shelby Promoter News

This is one of the town good ole' boys, rancher or farmer, cowboy hat, boots, dog at his feet, approaching the First Hangitoyou Bank . . . with the typical banker, at his computer, behind a desk, Earl is there anything besides our five dollar lottery ticket that you can use for collateral?  LOL!  Sounds like something a banker would ask me right now.  LOL!  I don't even have that, but glad to spend a few reunion days in Shelby, Montana, home of the famous, Fight That Won't Stay Dead . . . held here in Shelby, July 23, 1923, between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons, it shows what can happen when several determined town fathers, get together and try to promote the town.  They built a stadium that would hold 20,000 people, sold tickets to about 8,000--once the fight started, the ticket takers left, and about 12,000 ranchers, farmers, tourists, and locals, stormed the arena, without paying a dime to watch, the 15-round battle between the two heavyweights which went the distance with Dempsey retaining his title on that hot July 4th, day in Shelby, 1923.  While Indians camped around the periphery, film crews, fans, and others came to Shelby, at the time, coined the fastest growing town in the United States . . . while promoters, didn't make a dime, promoters, took it on the chin, like most tougher, than tough, gritty, Montanans, they picked themselves, up and just kept on going, used and abused, but kicking . . . reminds me of a country song, If your going through hell, just keep on going!  The Spirit of the Wild, Wild West, gotta love it!

Every town has its story, this is Shelby's . . . I don't know if the town, or the men who built the arena ever recouped their money, in fact, there is a picture, I just looked at, sitting here in the Shelby City Library, showing the arena, with residence, using most of the wood, used to build that one time sport facility, for homes, that still stand.  I have been to Shelby, several times, each time wanting to go see the museum with all the stories and relics of the historic fight, but I usually forget that they have certain dates the museum is open and times . . . and I have never timed it right, but it is worth the drive, enjoy the wonderful scenery, stop and get breakfast at The Grille, this morning, I had Gary's Special, and omelet with sausage, ham, green peppers, cheese, onions, that he serves with kettle or home fries, with all served with a great, delicious sausage gravy!  Yummmmmmmm!!!!!  Fun town to visit, I love small towns, the heartland of America, keeping traditions, farms, ranches, local high school sports, family values, and celebrations alive . . . way cool!  A Salt Lake City, Utah boy was also involved . . . Kearns of the Kearns Building money . . . history.

Major League Hateability Factors--Or Rather Jealously Factors!

• Pennants won in the past 10 years
• Payroll (in multiples of $100 million)
• Players with $100M-plus contracts
• Players suspended for PEDs
• Opposing batters plunked (in multiples of 50)
• Excessive beards
• Do fans invade other teams' ballparks?  (1=Yes)
• Are fans routinely labeled "best in baseball?"  (1=Yes)
• Sports Illustrated covers in 2014
• Does team refer to fan base as a "Nation?" (1=Yes) 
• TOTAL SCORE . . . CARDINALS

This is a fun, interesting article, yesterdays, Wall Street Journal, I love the coverage of world news, not the opinions and letters to the editor, but the other sections are also good . . . think owner of Fox Opinion . . . not fair and balanced, opinionated as hell, that being said, the Hateability Index with an unbeatable combination of bloated contracts and annoying fans, has been taken over by the St. Louis Cardinals, with the previous title going to the Dodgers!  Great job, Cardinals, although the Dodgers were considerably more detestable, the Cardinals prevailed in large part because of one of the primary measures of repulsiveness, is recent success!  LOL!  And when you add in, gluttonous spending, players with nine figure contracts, excessive beards . . . baseball's beardissance has been in full swing, to the delight of most fans, but a handful of players--most disturbingly Joba Chamberlain (my mother's maiden name) of the Detroit Tigers--are attempting to turn the style du jour from bearded hipster to Tom Hanks in "Castaway."  Fun stuff, and I am sure you can pull it up online. at WSJ.COM.

Note: Also catch fun article: Nerds Hit the Gym, Reshape Yoga: 'I Felt Like a Superhero.'  Not all of us have the inclination, nor the attention span, to wear Span ex, and be a soccer mom, working out with all the buff dudes, and tan beauties, at the local gyms, this is the Revenge of the Nerds, and they are getting in shape, Darth Vader, Wonder Woman, doing sword play from their favorite video games, how they got those love handles, butts and guts . . . check out Nerd Fitness, Health & Wellness Section, D1, WSJ.

Suggestions for Fixing the World . . . Don't Shoot the Messenger!  That Statement Got Coined for a REASON!

CIA Has Undermined the Confidence & Trust of America & the World

Okay, anyone, who has been following this blog, knows that I have seen connections between the CIA and the Kennedy Assassination, the Illuminati, the One World Order, the Bushes, the Monarch Project, of using unsuspecting victims, developing mind control, torture devices, sexual slavery, slave labor, Manchurian Candidates, or sleepers, who at the drop of a hat, will go into a hypnotic trans, and do whatever it is they are programmed to do; they have sought the help of Nazi doctors, who were performing similar experiments for Hitler . . . they have been involved in infiltration of Australian labor unions, helped with the selection processes of corporate American business ventures around the world, getting in involved in anything from doing extensive background checks on potential hirees, to protecting the financial interests of business, and not necessarily the people of the United States, they were involved in clandestine activities, to toppling governments, in Nicaragua, Cambodia, Vietnam, Syria, Iraq, who really didn't have weapons of mass destruction, who pandered to the Bush/Cheney lust for blood, oil, drugs and control, Iran, Afghanistan, many of the countries, that we are currently having problems with, along with the rise of the Islamic State or ISIS.  We, the CIA, doesn't need to control the world, topple leaders, assassinate, alleged new leaders in other countries, infiltrate jurisdictions that we are not welcome in, or asked to come in, often leaving the people of those countries worse than they were before, CIA got involved, with little oversight!  That is the tail wagging the dog, not the other way around, we need control, oversight, accountability, or get rid of them!

As recently as this year, they or their director, John Brennan, have lied about torture methodologies, recording, and destroyed evidence, so their overseers in the Intelligence Committee, directed by Senator,  Diane Feinstien, even using CIA attorneys, to cover-up their messes around the world, prosecuting the Committee's staff, who to preserve evidence, took it from the designated location the CIA wanted the Committee to view their materials, when all photos were destroyed, going after staff, who at the request of the oversight committee, were then targeted for securing the evidence, in a location, more favorable to viewing and protecting.  They have spied on the Committee's computers, and have basically for the last 60 years, run around the world, acting like a rogue organization, with little control, unlimited budgets, dealing in arms, drugs, information, murder, espionage, sedition, sex, honey traps, turning over sensitive materials to Russians, AIMS, failing to detect his defection for 10 years, and  either not having a clue about 9/11 or standing by, maybe with orders, and watching America BURN!

There is An Assumption of Competence & Trust, That Just Isn't There

There are about 40 to 50 spy agencies, or intelligence related agencies, many of which the public, and possibly the overseers, don't even know about . . . I saw them in my son-in-law's books, text books on counterintelligence & terrorism, and in a Special Edition of TIME MAGAZINE, separate from the weekly rendition of the magazine, more of a thick issue, that came out right around the time, Edward Snowden, ratted out the NSA, and other spy agencies, CIA included.  After 9/11 their budgets, much like the baseball players above, because grossly bloated, and detestably huge, almost limitless, to somewhere around $60 billion, and I am sure much more now, those were older books.  Surely with as much negative memories and connections with the CIA, it can be eliminated, without a whimper, from the public, and replaced with other agencies, combined to make something new and fresh, that perhaps, can regain some of the respect, dignity, diligence, integrity, and notability that a distinguished government agency should have . . . or do we really need them today, in this world of social media, instagram, texting, with up to the minute Intel.

As far as my personal experience, they were more enamored with deceitful beauties, domestic and foreign than they were national security, and protecting American interests, and were more concerned with their own sex drives, and pocket money!  Last summer, I was waiting for the Amtrak to pick me up at the East Glacier Station, and some woman, who worked in Washington, D.C., was sitting by me, and we talked, she learned a bit about my issues with the feds, and she, longingly mentioned, that it used to be that being a federal employee, used to carry a ton of respect with it . . . well, I am here to say, RESPECT is earned, not given, whether that is referring to parents, teachers, CIA, FBI, NSA, judges, Congress, and others, people just don't or should not blindly respect the person, because of the title, they should respect the title, the agency, the bench, the home, because of the person, who is carrying the mantle of that office or title!  This is just the way, I personally feel.

Keeping Promises . . . If the Shoe Fits, Wear It!  China's Democracy Dilemma

There are several great articles, again in the Wall Street Journal, even though I slammed owner, Rupert Murdoch, who makes, somewhere around $49 million a year, between the journal and FOX Opinion . . . but, thank your staff, for the objective, fair and balanced, news coming out of China.  Demonstrators by the thousands, are blocking the streets, of Hong Kong, in a peaceful and loving demonstration, with just a bit of violence, thank God, we don't need another Tienanmen Square, with law enforcement mowing down about 400 student demonstrators, with tanks, until Tank Man, an unnamed student, stepped in the way of on-coming tanks, blocking them by himself, backing off the tanks, that tried to avoid him, with him, once again, moving in harms way to block other students . . . don't say, one person, can't make a difference!  But, when Hong Kong was released from British rule, and returned to China, there was an agreement, that it would be One Country, two political systems . . . now China, is reneging on that agreement, and wants to chose two or three candidates, for office, from the Communist Party, or people of their choosing, loyal to Communism, rather than letting, natural born leaders, emerge, that the electorate wants, with this crowd of demonstrators, wanting more autonomy, democracy, freedom and liberty.  Which is sounds, like they were promised, if they rejoined, the mainland, China.

There are similar situations going on with Russia, the Ukraine, and the annexation of Crimea . . . the people voiced their opinions, and voted to become more western connected, rather than relying or leaning more toward Russia, with ties being broken or the Ukraine, becoming independent from Russia, back in 1954, I believe.  Putin, regardless of new warfare technology, propaganda, and favorable ratings for hating America, you don't need to insight your people, with a common enemy, when we don't even think about Russia, really, we are just helping countries that need or want democracy . . . like Afghanistan, without violence, pass power from one administration to another without violence . . . we are not your enemy, a balance of power, but enemy, NO . . . thinking the new president of the Ukraine is an American puppet, really, a billionaire candy maker . . . don't think so, but someone the people wanted, but aiding and abetting Pro-Russian militants within the borders of the Ukraine, is not, even close to the good neighbor policy, that is expected . . . Russia has influence over the UK, due to their vast oil and gas reserves, they don't need to invade Germany, France, Holland, or England, to have influence, nor do they need to kill just to try out their new tanks, weapons, etc.

Like President Obama just said, in a recent press conference, that we have influence over Mexico as a neighbor, without raiding them, threatening them, or shooting down, civilian planes over their territory . . .

Make Peace Happen . . . Peace is Not a Dream, It is a Commitment & a Promise!

Make Your Decisions Based on Happiness of Your People, Not Ego!  And that Goes for America Too!  

LAW & DISORDER: I FIGURED OUT THE KEYSTONE COPS (SHERIFFS) OF KALISPELL, FLATHEAD COUNTY IS THE MOST REPUBLICAN COUNTY IN THE STATE OF MONTANA, AND I JUST BITCH SLAPPED THE FLATHEAD COUNTY FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN, WELL DESERVED, I MIGHT ADD--NEVER BECAME A MEMBER, DID JOIN COUNTY PACHYDERM CLUB, BUT LAST WEEK, I ACTUALLY JOINED THE FLATHEAD DEMOCRATIC WOMEN AND BECAME A MEMBER . . . HAVING BEEN THE ABUSED STEP-CHILD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN UTAH AND MONTANA, LIES, LIES, LIES, FRAUD BROADS, GIVEN CREDIT . . . WATER COMPACT, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, WILD HORSE & BURRO LEGISLATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH FOR WOMEN--FIRST CUT BACK IN ABORTIONS--IN FORTY YEARS--NOT YOUR REPUBLICAN BITCHES THAT DID THAT, I TESTIFIED AT LEGISLATURE, WROTE ABOUT IT, AND BLOGGED ON THE FACT, YOU CAN'T PLAN ON ABSTAINANCE, WE ARE WIRED FOR SEX, GOING CONTRARY TO NATURE, SO YOU BETTER BE SUPPORTING BIRTH CONTROL, MORNING AFTER PILLS, AND EDUCATION, NOT INSURING DICKS ON STEROIDS, PAYING FOR VIAGRA, CIALIS, AND OTHER AMPED UP COCKS, WITHOUT PROTECTING WOMEN, AND BE AGAINST ABORTION! CHAMELEON, CROSS-DRESSERS, AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ATTORNEYS--NO PRECONCEIVED OUTCOME AT THE BEGINNING OF LEGAL ANALYSIS, CUTS BOTH WAYS! GROW UP!

Law & Disorder--Speaking of the Devil, Sheriff Just Drove Past New Starbucks, Where I Am at 6:41 A.M.

If you read my second, and late night blog last night, this will make more sense to you . . . sting opts, bus riders, and bus driver's mothers, not common customers, after an early morning of strange looking government looking guys, same later, with Indian trackers, McDonald's . . . but I was going to write this very nice, complimentary blog today, making comments of the proposed bond for the allegedly needed new addition to the jail down in Lakeside, and the funny alleged crimes of Kalispell, Columbia Falls, and Whitefish, with the FBI just reporting crime statistics, with Kalispell and Columbia Falls being the safest communities to live in, it is those 27 firearms per household in the Flathead, the reddest county in Montana . . . great, I go from the reddest county in Utah, to the reddest county in Montana!  You might wonder why Whitefish wasn't included in the safe city category . . . I am just speculating, because I am not one who is confused with the facts, I actually read them and agree with them, Democrats don't believe as much in 2nd amendment rights, as their more conservative neighbors on both sides, possibly gun control issues, or an occasional out of state tourist, who hit on a local's wife, and got shot last year, if I remember the facts and the case, a semi-famous Texan, of some sort, not uncommon up here!

In fact, with David Letterman, having a ranch outside of Great Falls, I wondered if Dave was an undercover cop in Kalispell, writing the Law Enforcement Roundup each day in the Daily Inter Lake, or the Flathead County Beacon, Police Blogger, or perhaps the hilarious, monthly, funniest cop reports, called Law and Disorder, with great headlines, like WHO'S COMPLAINING? A desk clerk at hotel on U.S. 93 South in Kalispell reported there was a naked woman in a hallway banging on people's doors.  The woman made it back to her room and got dressed.  She was warned that she would be kicked out if there were further complaints. --Sept. 9.  Or Black bear continues to cause mischief: A mischievous Whitefish-area bear stopped in town yet again, probably lured by the good time at the Great Northern Oktoberfest in Depot Park.  A man on Iowa Avenue first reported the bear heading toward town on the train tracks like a hair, hibernating hobo.  Several calls came into police about the bear arriving on the north side of the train depot on Depot Street and peering at the festival-goers next door in the park.  LOL!

Real Crime . . . True Crime?  Extending the Jail?  

Forty years ago, when I was a new bride, and lived around 2nd South and 9th East, Salt Lake City, Utah, there was a tenant shot, in the apartments across the street.  Actually, I think, I was engaged to be married, so my soon to be husband, brought a shot gun to the apartment, because we had two weeks or so to the marriage when this little virgin, was living in the apartment alone for a week or day, but I remember him showing me how to use the rifle, and told me to shot anyone who came through the door.  Luckily, the firearm remained in the corner by the front door.  On another occasion, I got pissed because my new husband, asked me if I couldn't cook something other than Swenson's Chickpot Pies, frozen . . . my response, okay, if you don't like them, you cook!  All you do is take them out of the box and stick them in the oven, so why are you offended?

Just because I was . . . and I stormed out of the door, went for a walk, soon to be followed by a slow creeping car, with an even creepier guy, following me down a street, continuing into an alley in Salt Lake City, stupid move, since he followed me there too, scaring the hell out of me, opting to cook rather than get raped, molested, assaulted or murdered on the streets around out apartment, up by the University of Utah, and that wasn't even close to the worst areas of Salt Lake back in 1974.  Later, my friends who managed an apartment building around the corner, also had a shooting, so, when I read the three above mentioned police reports, I had a super hard time, believing these were anything more than a joke!  REALLY, are these for real?  I thought they were a joke, until I got to know the make up of these wonderful communities and the Montana culture!

FIRST DAY AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL--SHOCK VALUE!

Seeing the throats of a woman and her baby, slit, then her body being thrown up against the wall, with a huge bloody smear, after being dragged across the floor, with a great loss of blood there also, and an inmate at the Utah State Prison, stabbed 67 times by three other inmates, caught on surveillance cameras . . . this hardly seems like the place to put more money into the jail system!  Even in Utah, the mentality of Field of Dreams, build it and they will come, in the smaller communities, was a joke, with the thought of getting state and federal monies for housing state prisoners . . . I don't know if you want to bring that element to your safe communities, and I know, that tax payers got stuck footing the bill, when there were not enough state inmates, to fill the new cells in their empty new jails . . . really think this one out, you don't want to attract crime!  You don't need cops, prosecutors, and legislators creating new crimes, to fill jail cells!

Don't get me wrong, I love the low crime, and the reports are hysterical, love them . . . but, Lake Side is even smaller than either Kalispell or Columbia Falls, do you really think these crimes are worthy of lock up. One last week, cracked me up, someone reported someone driving around, I think Columbia Falls, with a live deer in their car, legs kicking . . . kind of like the old John Candy movie, with that little comedian, can't remember his name, but they hit a deer and it ends up in the back seat of their car, while they are screaming, and the deer is flailing around in the back, ripping wholes in the roof of their car . . . so funny.  That is all I could think of when reading this police report, but it ended with the caller, stating, that it might be, in fact a large dog!  LOL!  Anyway, these three reports are worth reading, so funny, so fresh, so, to me, not even in the realm of crime classifications, that truth makes reason stare as to why, Lake Side, would need $17 million, for an extension on the jail, that just had one 8 years ago . . . who's pocketing the money?

Chameleons, Cross-Dressers & Constitutional Law Attorneys

The only pet I ever had was a chameleon, I got in California, at a Dodgers/Angels game, as I recall, you know the kind of lizards that turn the color of whatever you place them on, like trees, plants, dirt, etc., well I didn't like cats, dogs, birds, maybe a horse, but they say people start to look or act like their pets, we are all familiar with the plastic surgery nightmare of the woman who wanted to look like a cat, and she did, people look like the breed of dogs they chose, and I guess you would say, that my pet, may have been symbolic of my ability to be a political cross-dresser, so to say, in fact, I saw a cross-dresser, the day after I joined the Democratic Women's organization in the Flathead, and laughed, that is what they must think of me . . . well on the one had, that could be true, I can swing either way, Republican, as seen in my statements on gun control, with I disagree with, or woman's reproductive rights, which I also agree with.  My liberal friends think I am too conservative, and my conservative friends think I am too liberal . . . a religious, political 

chameleon.

I was sitting with a guy in Missoula, I thought the liberal mecca of Montana, but the Daily Inter Lake, posted that Butte, was the bluest of the blue counties in Montana, with big labor, unions, and whatnot, but I was out for a walk the first day I was in Missoula, and this very tall, blonde, with a dog, a mini-skirt and much better looking legs than mine, buzzed past me, actually, over by the Sheriff Department, and then, another black, guy, gal, with a short skirt, again, better legs, a mini-skirt, kind of kilt, like skirt, earrings, hat, and make-up, walked by . . . so, I turned to the guy and said, was that, what I think it was . . . yeah, he responded, I was going to get a sex change too, but I ran out of money!  He laughed, so I assumed that was a joke?  I am from Utah, only in Utah are you that innocent!  I am listening to Wild Cherry, Play that Funky Music Mix, YouTube, recommendation, funky music, God's Revolver, Maraloka, my son's kind of music, play that funky music white boy, play that funky music til you die! . . . guess what is playing right now, YMCA!  LOL!  I actually saw the Village People, do a concert in Provo, Utah, and it was actually one of the most active, talk about cops, firefighters, sailors, and hard-hat guys, I think, that was 20 years ago, fun concerts I have even been too . . . fun, fun, fun . . . young man, I was once in your shoes, there's a place there called the YMCA, it's fun to stay at the YMCA, they have everything for you to enjoy, you can hang out with all the boys . . . YMCA!

UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE BEAST!

As a constitutional law attorney, I have absolutely now preconceived notions of how a particular constitutional analysis, like analyzing the water compact, will actually turn out, nor do I care, because I took an oath to preserve, defend and protect, that document, not predetermine the outcome and make it fit one political party, or ranchers, native Indians, Republicans or Democrats, I take the issue, read the applicable articles, sections, amendments, and that is where I start.  Then I proceed from there, to treaties, like the Hell gate Treaty of 1855, the controlling document, that post dates, the U.S. Constitution, so it has to stay within the controlling document for this nation, making treaties with foreign nations, a nation within a nation, like the Indian Nation!  The ranchers don't win, the Indians don't win, the treaty is a perfect, contract, compact, and can't be improved upon, nor should it . . . the Indians just need to quantify the amount of water they need for the use and benefit of the land on the reservation, taking into consideration, anticipated growth. 

All people, with water rights, up to 1973 to 1983, had ten, fucking years, to go to their county recorders and record their water rights . . . ranchers, farmers, Indians, and organizations under the U.S. government who represented Indians, and if you can't just do that in ten years, you are not smart enough to have water rights! It is kind of like the New Testament story of the talents, one put them under a bushel to hide them, the other two used their talents, and got more, and the really faithful servant, multiplied his talents, and got even more! You just, can't, regardless of nationality, just fucking sit on your water rights, or any property right for that matter!  As in any legal analysis, it is the constitutional provisions, the treaties, the statutes the legislature passes, the regulations, codes, ordinances, and rule making process that decides where the analysis should go, NOT ME!  Like I said, this is not the law according to JoAnn!  As either a Republican or Democrat, Liberatarian, all of which I agree in part, and disagree in part, I am just going the women, who at first glance and introduction, seem to fit my lifestyle and personality best, as the Republican women did with sister, Shelley, aka, JoAnn, want that resume, name, degree, credentials, to give the power punch a biologist couldn't . . . but she is much more like you women, as is Rachel . . . you surely could tell I was not a true Republican, because I actually, factually, and legally told you what the fucking law IS!

I don't give Republican or Democrat legal analysis.  PERIOD!  I have no allegiance to anything, other than the U.S. or state Constitutions, as they stand, and I, interpret them, with a fairly good education, interest, and ability to do, without any regard, or giving a rat's ass, how it turns out, with my allegance to the document itself . . . not people, personalities, causes, claims, candidates, judges, cops, prosecutors, or presidents!  I do find it ironic, that in just a few days, after joining the Democrats, for obvious reasons, conflict of lies, deceit, fraud, and identity theft, which is all okay for the party line . . . and days after, U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, resigned, as the 4th longest acting AG in the nation's history, who would chew your asses for the hate crimes the discriminatory acts, of civil rights violations . . . the cops amp up their actions, attempts to intimidate, threats, and sting opts . . . like you may not get someone, who like Holder, who will rip you an new ass, for civil rights violations and hate crimes, especially for exercising constitutional rights, to think, say, and do whatever I want, within the law!

BITCH SLAP STANDS! 

LET'S PLAY THIS GAME--FASCISM IS THE NAME OF THE GAME . . . HEAT ON MY ASS, AGAIN, GO FIGURE--THE MORE I PROVE WHO I AM THE MORE THE COPS, AMP UP AGAINST ME, RATHER THAN CHASING, ARRESTING, BOOKING AND INCARCERATING MY COP DOUBLES, THE FRAUD BROADS; THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING AFTER ME AGAIN! I STARTED THIS BLOG WITH INDIAN TRACKERS, AND NOW THEY ARE BACK, ONE IN THE SAMARITAN HOUSE, TEMP HOUSING, WAS WATCHING A MOVIE, I LEAVE, AND NOW, HE IS MAGICALLY RIDING HIS BIKE, BOOKING IT TO MCDONALD'S WHERE I TOLD ROOMMATE RAT, I WAS GOING . . . HID BEHIND A BUILDING, TO WATCH HIM, WHEN I DIDN'T COME, HE CAME BACK, SAW ME, WHILE I WATCHED HIM! SPY ON SPY! LOL!. I THINK I AM BEING FRAMED FOR SOMETHING THEY ASSUME OR I WAS FRAMED FOR UP IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, LAST SUMMER--MY INTEL GUY, GOD, PARKED A TRUCK THAT SAID, "RECALL" WHAT YOU DO WHEN A WARRANT IS WITHDRAWN, WITH FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS . . . THE NIGHT HAS PROVEN TRUE TO THE WARNINGS! YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE . . . SHERIFFS WATCHING ME, UNDERCOVER SHERIFFS, SNEAKING SHERIFF TRUCKS, SHERIFFS WITH THE WORD SHERIFF ON THE BACK OF THEIR BALL CAPS, GIVING ME DIRTY LOOKS, AS THEY PASS ME INTO THE RESTROOM, A GUT FEELING WAS RIGHT, SHERIFF . . . FEDS, CITIZEN RATS, AND THE WHOLE GAMMIT, SO IF I UP AND DISAPPEAR, CHECK OUT THE LOCAL JAILS, JAILS ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION, OR FEDERAL DETENTION CENTERS, DON'T NEED CHARGES, WARRANTS, JUST ARREST AND DETAIN INDEFINITELY . . . THE HEAT IS ON, NOT JUST BY SOME PSYCHIC FEELING I HAVE, BUT ACTUAL SIGHTINGS OF COP TYPES ALL OVER THE PLACE, ROOMMIES TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY I AM NEVER HOME, WHERE I AM GOING, SNEAKING UP ON THE BACK OF THE COMPLEX I AM STAYING AT CURRENTLY, AND WHATEVER! LOL! HERE WE GO AGAIN, SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID I WAS UNCONQUERED, IN THIS HABITAT, I AM DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF COWBOY COPS! LOL! GO FOR IT ASSHOLES, AND YOU BETTER FOLLOW THE LAW, THE ACTUAL LAW, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, NOT THE VOID BULL SHIT LAW YOU ARE RELYING ON, THE FUCKING PATRIOT ACT . . . OR I AM GOING TO SUE YOUR SORRY ASSES! I HAVE BEEN PLAYING MS. NICE TO FLATHEAD COUNTY . . . RATS ON THE PAYROLL, HERE AT MCDONALDS, SAM FARMER THE RAT, OH, YOU ARE HERE--REMEMBER I DITCHED BEHIND THE BUILDING WHEN THE INDIAN TRACKED ME . . . COCK ITCH, ALL CLAIMING THAT RACHEL, SHELLEY, OR KAY, POSSIBLY SUE ARE ME! DON'T THEY WISH; THEY ARE DUMB ENOUGH FOR YOU TO CONTROL! LOL! THIS CAN STOP HERE, NOW, OR YOU WILL BE DEALING WITH ME IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION! YOUR TYPE HAS CHASED ME FOR THREE YEARS NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL CHANGE?

Let the Games Begin--Mitt Romney is Trying Again!  Shit!

I have heard that Mitt Romney is going to go for a third try at the presidency, so that means that the feds, CIA, FBI and NSA need to get rid of me, yours truly, who was very instrumental in taking him out last election.  When you are hiding out in Yellowstone National Park, ditching in and out of Jackson, Wyoming or Bozeman, Montana, to write your political poison, and November 1, 2012, just a few days before the elections, and both of your email accounts are shut down, gmail and hotmail, you know something is up.  So, pissed as hell, while at the Bozeman City Library, I set up another account, and within seconds after set up a new account, the entire Obama administration, plus Michelle, First Lady, are already contacts, that little NSA is quick, if I do say so myself!  I had been scouting out Mormon churches, and listening to the Mormon grapevine, because they assume that every Mo is voting for Romney.  I had been sending information to Senator Tester's staff for about 7 months, since first coming to Montana, in March of that same year, after there was a hit, put out on me in Utah, by cops!  Utah has cowboy cops too!

Well, the night Mitt Romney, now the secret director of the CIA, with at least 70% of the agents being Mormon, and not humble enough to follow executive orders by the President, or his appointee, Brennan, but taking their marching orders, from the new world order president anointed, Romney, but as I often look at old news clips from the 2012 elections, relishing Obama's win, and the silent hush that hovered over the whole state of Utah for three months, and the rest of the Romney supporters, who cried, slit their wrists, and pulled out their hair, and have waited almost three years for revenge and a rematch with the Democrats, it was worth every red cent of the $118 million, my clients, Brock and Rice, and all the Mormon defendants, plus the Mormon judges, who teamed up to steal the whole $357 million from a national insurance fund, for state cases, such as this, so they stole it from you the tax payers, but from me personally, but it was all worth it, and I still love the win, more than the money!  Absolute pure power!  You have NO idea!

They Say, the Definition of Insanity, is to do the Same Thing, and Expect a Different Result, So . . . Republicans, Going for it AGAIN?

Maybe you, yourself, if you don't believe me, and you will listen to your own political pundits, on none other than Fox Opinion . . . and you will see your heroes of the far right, Karl Rove, Pat Buchanan, Krotchammer,  Krystal or Crystal Clear what went wrong, or you may want to listen to Ms. Anne Colter, or Dick Morris, the Clinton clown who defected . . . that should about do it, oh, fellow Mormon, and cry baby, Glenn Beck.  Go back, as I have, and not as I have, for you won't relish the reruns, as I have, but remind yourself of why Mitt lost the second time, remember he didn't make it through the primaries the first time, so this is his third attempt, but who am I, other than the one who funded, without permission, Mitt's campaign, but perhaps, the Koch brothers, fools and their money are easily parted; I hear that they spent something like $400 million on the last elections, and they don't seem to be slowing down a bit for the up coming elections, so, there you have it, go for it with Mitt again, you really don't have anyone else of merit either, so . . .

Call this a pre-emptive political strike, drone strike if you will, deadly without a driver, because this time, I don't have a pot to piss in Mitt, Hank, Jay, Dad, sisters, CIA, FBI and NSA, so you have to find another source of income this time, good luck, I was easy pickings last time, but chase as you will, you haven't got me yet.  But who's counting the number of agents, the amount of time you have spent, either with tax payer's money, or volunteer hours, to protect your sorry asses, and your dreary dames, you want to be me, with all your heart, your dicks, all your small minds, even God couldn't save you last time, nor will he this election! Evil means don't justify the end, no matter how good you think his administration and worldwide family home evening would be for everyone, you are not going to pull this off again.  Getting Rupert Murdoch, to doctor the early polls, showing Mitt, at 60% of the vote, and all the other hopefuls at under 11%, is still not going to give you a win, nor, are you fooling anyone!  The Wall Street Journal, and Fox, both owned by Murdoch, thought that if you told everyone that Mitt was ahead in the polls, that everyone would jump on the bandwagon and vote for a winner . . . people are too savvy now days, too much social media, and Mitt was dumb as hell to make the stupid statements he did . . . do you think anyone has forgotten?  If they don't remember, I will remind them!

I Most Likely Will Be Writing From Another Location Tomorrow!

I am fucking sick of yes, law enforcement, defending the guilty, and going after the innocent, or they are just fucking stupid, and dumb as door knobs!  Hell, can I make it any clearer who I am, I have dates, details, kids you can take DNA from, but hell, no, not actual evidence of the TRUTH!  Good God!  What the fuck if going on?  REALLY, are you that dick tied over this chicks . . . I know all of them and they were nothing, still are not, except as me, and all their husband's cheated on them, and dumped their sorry asses . . . you want the left overs?   I know, that you will all go to jail too, because you covered this whole thing up!  Seriously, are you fucking retarded, even lie detector tests, come on . . . ?

I am sure the little CIA, FBI, the 30,000 spies, in Utah, doing all the work for this part of the country, want Mitt, but the rest of the sane world do not, we are sick of his sick smug smile, looking like he has a corn cob up his butt!  Look for someone knew, give another, more viable candidate a chance . . . I just can't look at Mitt for two more years until the November presidential elections!  And I am tired of dealing with the 70% counter intelligence agents, the spies, fucking with my phones, my computer, the Internet, my blog, my life, my kids and grand kids . . . get a fucking god-damn life!

Time to Watch a Movie, Now that I Snaked the NSA, Who Tried to Block Me From McDonald's Internet!  LOL!  You are Probably too Stupid to Figure Out HOW I Go On Again?  Sleep on it!

LEGAL EAGLES, SHARKS & BARRACUDAS OF WALL STREET LAW FIRMS AND OTHERS GETTING HEARTS & SOULS--FIRMS CLAMORING TO HELP DO LEGAL IMMIGRATION WORK FOR BUS LOADS OF KIDS FROM ECUADOR, VENEZUELA, GUATEMALA AND OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, FLEEING FROM VIOLENCE, TORTURE, RAPE AND MURDER IN THEIR COUNTRIES; IMMIGRATION COURTS NEEDING HELP WITH EXPEDITED HEARINGS, AND LAWYERS ARE LAWYERING UP TO MEET THE CALL TO DUTY! KUDOS, KIDS WITH LEGAL REPRESENTATION ARE ABLE TO STAY, FOR THE MOST PART, ONLY 10% OF KIDS WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY STAY . . . YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! THE PROS & CONS OF HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR JUDGES . . . WITH A LOT OF DARK MONEY FLOATING AROUND, ARE WE GOING TO LET SOMEONE BUY THE COURTS, ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE ROBBER BARONS OF THE OLD MONTANA, BUYING UP LEGISLATORS, AS WELL AS THE BENCH? WHAT DO YOU THINK--I AM BOTHERED! A SHORT HONOR TO MY PREDECCORS AND ANCESTORS, NOT ONLY IN LINAGE, BUT IN LAW! THE JUDGE & FAMILY . . .

THOUGHT

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.  Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady (1884-1962).  Daily Inter Lake, Thought of the Day.

Power Track or Money Track

About a year after I graduated from law school, Steve Young, then quarterback for the San Fransisco 49ers, and myself, being an assistant attorney general, staff attorney for the Utah Prosecution Council, in the Criminal Enforcement Division of the Utah Attorney Generals Office, were both asked to come back, in my case, I don't think Steve, had yet graduated, he was on the 8 year plan for a law degree, due to he football schedule, were asked to come back to the J. Reuben Clark, School of Law at Brigham Young University to speak to the whole student body, about either our choices in the law, or something like that, due to the content of my speech, which I can't remember preparing for at all, so it might have been they just asked questions.  Steve spoke about being a sports attorney, helping players negotiate their team contracts, you know, one of the show me the money guys!  However, and I don't think Steve will get pissed at me for saying this, because he is a sports commentator, and not a contract negotiator, and for good cause, I had a negotiations class with Steve while in law school, and he sucked.  We could all get the same set of facts, being assigned to be on one side of the negotiations or the other, and then we would haggle over the settlement . . . as I recall, the top negotiator got a settlement for his client, for $400,000, as I recall, and Steve got his client, with the same facts, $14,000.  I think the writing was on the wall for Steve, this was not your calling in life, stick to football, by way of all great quarterbacks, retiring from the game, and be a sport's commentator!  

I could smell the power, even before I went to law school, it was in the government--I didn't give a rat's ass about money, and for a damn good reason, the government took all the money I made, along with houses, cars, law practices, furniture, etc., but that was later, at the time, it was the power I wanted, and I got--great training, especially for what I do now, blogging, which has been by far the most rewarding, pay or no pay, and the most powerful thing I have done, but that would not be possible without the experience, education, legal training, and level of heights to which I have clawed my way to the top of in the law.  Don't tell me how I knew, but I knew, that I wanted to work with the government, not knowing, I would be trying to curtail that power, years later, suing the shit out of the government, but I wanted to work with the Constitution, doing people related law, like criminal, family, and other areas, that directly deal with people, being tested, although I don't think that thought or the fact that I test very high on my aptitude test, in 7th grade as being a good, social worker, or attorney . . . unknowingly, I seemed to naturally gravitate to areas, jobs, and cases, that bring both of those interest together, but little money!  As an assistant attorney general, I worked with domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and scams, trained cops, prosecutors, judges, social worker, and health care providers in how the law, and a community response was necessary to handle these issues of societal ills . . . then switching sides, and doing criminal defense and civil rights law.

But I remember telling the student body, there were two courses of legal track that will either got to the money or the power, transactional attorneys, who lean towards corporate, securities, real estate, contract, tax law, etc., were on the money track.  While those attorneys, more like myself, were on the power track, for I had seen the deference I was given just stating that I was an assistant attorney general, without even going into the specifics of the duties I had, or would have after that.  I started out, in 1994 with a salary of $32,000, but a shit load of power, while my transactional attorney friends, were starting out, with salaries around $180,000, so big difference.  However, when securities attorneys, in 2010, when I took my Brock securities case, for $357 million against the whole state of Utah, governor, attorney general, directors of Department of Commerce and Division of Securities, about 4 attorneys and 5 investigators, attorneys making $500 to $700 per hour, were looking to me, to help them against the government . . . in 30 years, your securities attorneys, never saw, SEC or their state equivalent divisions of securities, for what they were, blatant, civil rights violators, going against all Bill of Rights, federal and state, statutory and constitutional rights, while acting under color of law . . . it took me less than 10 minutes talking to Hank Brock the first time, to say, this is not a securities case, this is a constitutional law case!  And it rolled forward from there . . . CIA, the group of assholes over financial crimes, actually, being the perpetrators of a financial crime, met with my clients, and promised them  money, after I brought them to their knees, and they knew I won the case, but they own the judges, the courts, prosecutors, and truth makes reason stare . . . any half wit, attorney, just looking at the caliber of the briefs, could tell the government's Dick & Jane, grammar school brief from a brief that looked more like a law review article!  But, they had the power, and I didn't, and they went beyond criminal to break in my house, steal evidence on other cases, and even steal my Brock briefs, all 521 pages of evidence, the day before I was to argue the case in the U.S., 10th Circuit Court of Appeals . . . that is fucking, unchecked power!

New York Tax and Contract Attorneys are Mixing it UP!

Good for them, those huge salaries, may not mean jack shit, when faced with the smiling face of a child, without their parents, who loved their child enough, to put them on a bus, with the hopes and dreams of giving their child a better life, believing in the American Dream . . . freedom, liberty, life, property and the pursuit of happiness!  I would imagine, their sterile professional words, of nice cars, dressing for success, vying for the corner office and making partner, in some posh law firm on Wall Street, serving clients, who are so removed from life, up on the 53 story of some plated glass skyscraper, that the real facts of dealing daily with drug cartels, la familia mafia, beheading by the hundreds, corrupt cops and government officials, not like we don't deal with our own, but we at least, if we can keep that fucking Patriot Act under control, have a U.S. Constitution written to protect us from this bull shit!  

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your service, for under the gun being trained in trial work, taking crash courses in immigration law, for law firms anti-ing up millions of dollars to train attorneys, to fill the goals of the Obama administration, seeking to either give these kids their due process rights to a notice and a hearing, granting them asylum in this country, or sending them back to their countries, and probably to their deaths . . . can you even imagine, being a parent, putting children, as young as 5 and 6, in think, on a bus, and sending them to another country, with the faith, belief, and trust, that country will do right by them? I kiss the ground you walk on for taking the time, in your already demanding law practices, of 2400 billable hours, with 90 hour work weeks, at least I heard, to spend your nights, time off, to answer the call of duty, not only for your profession, but for America . . . I am crying right now.  I don't think I have ever read anything, about attorneys, that has made me stand up and cheer for my profession more!  Yahoo!

Raising the Bar . . . Have License, Will Serve!

Every profession, at one time or the other, has to grow up, and realize that you are professional, with a superior, and higher education, to do something more with it that just make money, and benefit yourself, that there are people hurting out there, who can't afford an attorney, who have more than worthy causes, have been so injured, beyond repair sometimes, that your law degree, or your medical degree, is what can and will save them, literally from complete and utter despair, poverty, and even death, execution, life in prison, with new innocence projects, and DNA testing, finding out, this person has been falsely accused, wrongly charged, set up, framed, or other areas, of law, that your transactional experience can help, in contracts, real estate, securities . . . hell, I took the Brock securities case for a fucking $20 per hour!  Awe, but the power of it, New York Financial News, putting my name out to 100,000 readers, Harvard Law Journal, Denver Legal Review, tons of newspapers writing about the case . . . Rice's other attorney, the one who got $3.5 million, or at least that is what his administrative and district court defense cost, was jealous of me, and refused to write an affidavit, that I included in the evidence without his signature, he gave it to me before he changed his mind . . . Both Brock and Rice, had been contacting attorneys, who wouldn't touch the case, or were charging so much to even read the case, that they couldn't have afforded, someone other than myself, coming out of a diagnosis of a terminal brain disease, but had not fear of the government, hell I came out of them, already knew their Achilles heels, due process, notice hearing, warrants, rather than administrative letters, etc., having the self righteous indignation, that only comes from being wronged by the same people you are now suing, coming out of the last time that the government inflicted me with their wrath and punishment, but so worth it saving the doctors in the state from government fraud units, the last time I brought them to their knees; however, the payback is a bitch, really!

I have heard attorneys, at bar conferences, state that their pro bono cases, really were the cases that made them most proud to be an attorney, there is something pure, real, raw, relevant, and awesome about working for free, something that brings out the best, the most noble, honorable, and wonderful in our profession. Many of these lawyers, have actually gone on to leave their lucrative law practices, and created pro bono law firms, or law firms, that much beyond their basic law salaries, have stepped up to the plate to serve the underprivileged.  Those asshole, demanding, corporate pricks, can get any lawyer, and buy them at any time. I know, you have to turn on the lights, pay the rent, have a car, take care of a family, but I am telling you, there, is something so cool, so empowering, and so awesome about doing it free, beating the partner of the largest law firm in Salt Lake with the thousand dollar suit, expensive shoes, brief cases, and the last technology, I guess that is, again, my power trip, but so worth it.

You never know, who you could be helping, what will drive this child to great heights of humanitarian efforts, to fighting for human rights, for the safety, salvation, and privileges of their own country, once they learn what America is all about . . . as I have said before, this is the calling of America, to give us your tire, your poor, your hungry, and we will make presidents of them, business owners, attorneys, farmers, teachers, and give them a chance at the dreams that their parents, have only been able to dream of giving them . . . GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS YOU!  Maybe the public will stop telling all those bottom feeder attorney jokes . . . nah, I actually dig them, but I have a sick sense of humor!  LOL!

With Citizens United, Should Judges Run for Office?

I never knew that judges ever ran for office!  I must have been in Las Vegas, and saw campaign signs out on fences and in yards, promoting judges of all courts, sizes and flavors . . . what the hell?  Then I attended a speaker, a judge, so of course, I was interested to hear what he had to say, since I might be arguing in front of him some day . . . tell the crowd that he was up for election, after having been appointed, as many judges are, after a judge retired, or moved on, and did something else with their lives, but I remember, being somewhat shocked, bothered, and wondered, as I always do, when confronted with the aspect of judges, actually pandering for votes and money, is that dignified, or what my concept of the judicial branch should be spending their precious time doing?  Haven't we as attorneys, written briefs, trying to be judiciously conscious of a judge's time, called judicial economy, or something like that, haven't practiced for a while. But, really is this the best use of a judge's time, efforts, education, knowledge, and experience, forcing him or her, on the campaign trail, knocking doors, and giving election speeches?

While I enjoy hearing them, judges, it is always fascinating, just a week or so ago, I heard, Justice Jay Rice, of the Montana Supreme Court, give a very funny, entertaining, and colorful speech, reading some of the lines from actual court records, of either attorneys or their client's statements made on the record, which is all a court of appeals, either a interim court of appeals, or the state supreme courts, both courts of appeals, deal with, the record of the lower court, or the district court.  An attorney, gets a rare look into the mind, thoughts, pet peeves, and issues, judges have with attorneys, and I would rank among the worst in court, for lack of fear, lack of knowledge, but no lack of attitude, and passion for a case, I hit the trial scene, without wanting to, but got drug into it, and didn't even know what a status conference, in a criminal suit was, with a private investigator, working with another attorney, and my clients, wanting to defect and go with me, cheaper, smarter, and more gutsy, or stupid, but having trained many of the judges in the state, back 20 years ago, when they were prosecutors, refusing to go forward if I was the attorney . . . this is called, trial by fire!  I rattled more than a few judges cages, after getting a U.S. Federal District Court, Chief Justice, disqualified from the case, and having to write a letter of admittance to the 10th Circuit, that she didn't know much about the Utah Constitution, summarily dismissing, all 29 counts and violations of the Utah Constitution, in my $357 million case . . . judges, quaked in their shoes, when I came in the courtroom! Fucking power!  Believe me, the money was secondary, if not irrelevant!  The CIA just didn't know their enemy!  LOL!  They still don't!

Montana, In Particularly is Scary . . . They Have a History of Bought & Paid for Judges!  And a Long History of Trying to Get Something More Than Vigilante Justice in this State, Run by the Robber Barons, or Corporate Personhoods, of the Past!

The United States Supreme Court, in the Citizens United decision, with right or wrong issues, presented to the Court, limiting the panel of justices to those issues, by attorneys, who are to be partially responsible for the hideous case, although, there is precedence for the corporate person, although in the precedence setting case, the Court was actually dealing with a newspaper corporate giant, who's bread and butter, actually depended on free speech, as all corporate newspapers have to have to operate, so dah, that goes without saying . . . rather than just your run of the mill corporation, but I found some evidence of an even earlier case, that dated back to the late 1800's, giving that status to the legal fiction of being a person, for Bill of Rights, rights . . . but, with that case, and the new on, taking all limits of individuals campaign spending, there is a great risk of the more than human, judges, getting caught up in the money grab, the power, which I fully understand, but, I think the bench should be sacred, and I am an idealist, and should be free of bias, void of all control, influence, or corruption, or the temptation of corrupt practices, with the normal attorney, unable to do much, to stop a corrupt, bought and paid for judge, and I have experience with that . . . 10th Circuit Judges ordered by someone, saw the email, to cancel the oral arguments in the Brock case, guess the CIA and FBI, protecting Mormon Utah, and my now bribed clients, thought taking my house and everything in it, including my briefs for the case, thought they would stop this female attorney, not so, brief or no brief, just added to my self righteousness and power, victimized by the same system that formerly had victimized my clients, and this was proof positive, or should have been!

Judges are not above reproach . . . there is only one, I know of, and he was old school, U.S. Federal District Judge, A. Sherman Christensen, my great uncle!  This man was a judge's judge, a man of honor, dignity, integrity, valour, honesty, and was the epitome of a judge, as was his father and his half brother, who served in the 4th judicial district of Utah, Judge Cullen Christensen, served on the bench for about 40 years if I recall.  I am glad I never had to argue in his court, he scared the hell out of me, and I can't remember why I was ever in his court, but I was once, he seemed to be asleep, which would be my interest level listening to most attorneys, but just at the time, both me and the attorney, arguing thought he was not listening, he opened his eyes, the cold, grey of a shark, and the fangs, crunched the argument, ripping and taring, blood splattering everywhere in the courtroom . . . he was actually listening!  Scream! This man would have taken the money, and devoured his contributor, chewed him up and spit him out, leaving no trace of either the man or his money!  Cullen was one bad ass judge!   I must have safely been working for the government, and as I recall, my lover boy at the time, attorney, Greg Erickson, may have asked me to go watch him argue . . . I never told the Judge, which was also what people called his father, who was a judge also, I was in anyway related to him!

Uncle Sherm, was very close to me, and grew more so, as I proceeded through law school, and into practice, as he aged, retired, and moved to an assisted living apartment . . . he was the most gracious, kind, smart, insightful, brilliant, sharp-minded to his death, who took an interest in my schooling, often checked on my grades, to my embarrassment, but he said he was a C student, as most judges are . . . side bar, my old crusty, torts professor, Ray Jay Davis, Harvard grad, Columbia law professor, with a reputation that proceeded him, teaching at the University of Arizona, or I assumed it was him, terrorizing law students, who went to my LDS, Mormon ward, long before I went to law school, but he said, as grown male law students cried, after receiving their first semester grades, grades don't mean a damn!  The A students, work for the B students, who argue in front of the C students.  And the attorney who wrote the torts book you are reading out of, I flunked!  Personal injury attorneys, are the real money makers, those ambulance chasers!  I was both a TA, not to be confused with the T&A girls, I complain about, but a teaching assistant, and an RA, research assistant for this old codger, who even knew I was dancing all night in Vegas, after one final . . . maybe the FBI and CIA, had me on the radar screen ever since I scored #1 out of 180 students in con-law or constitutional law, the inspiration for this blog!

As I visited with Judge Christensen, he would show me pictures of him with various U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and U.S. Presidents, he would share his greatest achievement cases, one of which he overturned his own case, when sitting on the bench, having that much integrity, as someone knew took over the case.  He wrote poetry, as did my great-grandmother, and my grandmother, his sister, Elaine, an amazing women in and of herself, but he always worried about the thought that he might have picked up a line or two, from somewhere, other than his own mind, and included that phrase in his own poetry book!  He was so worried about plagiarizing someone else's work, that he refused or took a book of poetry off the shelves, after it was published for fear, that he stole some one's words . . . what a man.  My grandmother, wanted bragging rights for me, and my legal work, and I was very flattered, at one cousin's luncheon, with the Christensen crew of distinguished brothers and sisters, who were judges and scholars in the law, as well as professors, I took after both sides, of this family and did both, teaching at three colleges, being inspired by the judge, and his children, especially his daughter and my grandmother, who taught in the English Department of Southern Utah State University, was Dean of Women, and the truly Renaissance women, but Sherm was bragging about me, and Grandma, pounded the table, and stood up, and said, She is MY grand-daughter . . . basically telling Sherm, her older brother, Hands Off!  

I didn't want either of them to know, that day, I had told BYU, which both of them had attended, when it was just an academy, that I had told the department head, that I was resigning in the middle of the semester at BYU, in my family law class, for the poor way, the administration handled a student, some female, actually jealous of the interaction with male students, who were following my law student friend's leads, when they would walk down the law school halls, asking me if we were going dancing, before class, with male students, saying they wanted to go, NO . . . but his student, who only got her degree, was graduating without her marriage degree as promised, with her whole eternal salvation depending on it, a Mormon thing, I think wanted to get the male student's, paying more attention to their 40 year old, divorce' professor, in trouble, but got me pissed as hell, when the administration, never told me what the complaint was, went behind my back, calling both professional and ecclesiastical persons, checking on my character! 

Sounds like the government now, I must be framed, have never been charged, never been served papers, and don't have a clue what the hell they are following me for, as late as this morning, must have searched my bedroom, are blocking access to the Internet, at McDonald's, I just am, as always, smarter than the NSA or sister/friend, aka, JoAnn's who want to claim they are me!  I don't blame them, I have an awesome life! Anyway, I am totally against judges running for office, but I also, on the other side of the argument, know damn well, that appointed, hired, and whatever way they got on the bench, obviously, not what they know, but who they know, with rare exceptions, are still subject to corruption, bribes, and lying! So, in that case, maybe, they should run for office, make them work for it . . . what do you think?

IN HONOR OF "THE JUDGE"

My great-grandfather, or the Judge, as he was called, had a law firm in Provo, Utah, with his sons, all but one, who was in the FBI, but prior to being appointed to the bench, called his law firm, Christensen, Christensen & Christensen, my only memory of my great-grandfather, was at a Christmas party, when I was about 6 years old.  The Judge, old as dirt, lifted up his cane, and pointed it in my face, and said, You got those blue eyes from me . . . well, Judge, I got a whole hell of a lot more from you than that . . . I got a respect, love, appreciation, admiration, and loyalty to the law, much like you had also, as well as did your sons . . . THANK YOU FOR THE GENETIC IMPRINT!

I was honored over the years, to preside over a scholarship offered to law students, at BYU, not large in money, merely a $500 scholarship, but on of the highest esteem of your peers at the law school, and one I was always proud to go, watch your more distinguished kids, and in-laws, preside over, the questions, of intellect, insight and thought, into various issues of the law, that is, until, one time, when the only two family members, to be present, were me, and my aged Grandmother, who, had little connection with the law, other than she was a raging fan of Matlock!  And, yes, I am referring to the TV series, that entertained my Grandmother in those days, while very sharp, she had no understanding, or interaction with the law, nor did I for that matter, never having stepped in a courtroom, other than I remember going to some ceremony, when Sherm, U.S. District Court Judge, got an award or retired, or something, making a presence in the Frank Moss, Federal Courthouse, long before becoming an attorney.

But, as the law students, filed in one by one, and the first question, took them totally by surprise, me too, I took over the whole interviewing process, luckily, having one of the volumes of the Great Western Thinkers, in my possession, with lines about the law underlined and highlighted, without any thought of actually being the interviewee of the law students that day, usually sitting back and letting Cullen and the prof, married to my other great aunt, ask the questions, with me just sitting at the table, trying to make heads or tails about their tough questions, they were asking the law students.  But, that day, by providence, or God's hands . . . for he prepares his arrows . . . the duty landed fully and squarely on my shoulders, with the two law professors, asking me after the 12 interviews, which actually made me shine, more than them, thanks to Aristotle and Plato, than the law student's I stumped, why I wasn't going to law school?  I had thought about it, just to tell the Mormon General Authorities, that all women didn't get their needs fulfilled in the four walls of their own homes, and on top of that, wanting to be named Woman of the Year, gracing the cover of TIME Magazine, for being an attorney . . . that was years before this incident, when I was stuck home with 4 kids under the age of 8!  BUT THEY ARE, ACTUALLY, MY PRIDE AND JOY!  

It is probably due to the fact that I was on the panel, basically, single handed, interviewing one law student after another, asking them questions they couldn't answer, shining like a bright new star, in the eyes of these two law professors, Thomas and Baucus . . . I think, I never had classes from either of them, but I thank God that the stars lined up right, that day, gave me a chance to show what I was made of, what thoughts were rattling around in my head, and ended up getting accepted to law school, within two hours of approaching the law school, after having a dream to go to law school, then feeling sorry for myself, for a year, after I got in, the dream of so many, but, I grew into the calling, and love it so much!  Anyway, thank you to all who paved the great road to my legal career, and for my great ex-husband, who saw the raw talent and volunteered to take the kids, while I attended law school, and for my four amazing children, one of whom will be following in my footsteps, only she is much more cautious, has her responsible father's genes too, but going to law school, maybe the first of several with interest!

All in All, Life is Good, Live Hard, Die Free!

Thanks to All the Attorneys, Stepping Up to the Call, Servicing the Kids Who Were Bused to America for a Piece of the American Dream of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness!

WAR--MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN: THREE TYPES OF CHALLENGES MAN HAS . . . MAN VS. GOD, OR AN ACT OF GOD; MAN VS. ANIMAL; AND MAN VS. MAN . . . JOINING THE CATHOLICS AT OKTOBERFEST, SAINT JOHN PAUL THE GREAT--HIS FIVE LOVES: YOUNG PEOPLE, HUMAN LOVE, THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, THE VIRGIN MARY AND THE CROSS, AND INSTEAD OF GOING TO WAR, WHY DON'T WE INVITE ISIS, JIHADISTS, AL QAEDA, BOKO HARAM, ETC., TO JOIN A FEW NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS, WE WOULD ALL HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE FUN, AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUENESS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES, RELIGIONS, RACES, AND MAYBE WE COULD STOP FORCING OUR STYLE OF BELIEFS ON EVERYONE ELSE, MAKING PEACE HAPPEN . . . IT IS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL! JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU! GOD PREPARES HIS ARROWS . . .

BIG FORK, CATHOLIC MASS & OKTOBERFEST

I started out the weekend, Friday, trying to attend Oktoberfest, in Whitefish, Montana, for some brats, sauerkraut, potatoes, and a stein of beer, well, I don't drink, so water or soda; however, as fate would have it, or providence decided otherwise, the advertisement in the newspaper, left something to be desired, leaving, Friday's schedule, at least to me, a bit sketchy, making me guess if the festivities started at noon, or at 5 p.m.  Well, I didn't want to wait 6 hours, getting to Whitefish, somewhere around 11:00 a.m., therefore, I wrote my blog, opted out, and after reading the papers, saw that John Paul II Catholic Church, was also having Oktoberfest, with music by Bavarian Echoes Polka Band, along with German food and beer, and wine for sale.

What a great day, starting with mass . . . as a Mormon, you are a church goer.  So, generally, I attend some type of church every Sunday; I find them all enlightening and rather inspired in their messages, as was the case with today's sermon, regarding the parable of the man who had two sons.  He asked them both to go into the field and harvest the wheat or food, and the first son told his father, that he would go and work in the fields, but never went.  The second son, said he would not go work, but did.  And the question was, which one do you think the Lord, symbolically, but the father in the story, was most happy with . . . of course the son, who while resisting the work, eventually did, go and do his father's will.  While the other son, giving lip service to the father, stating that he would go into the field, vineyard, or whatever, displeased his father, because the father counted on his help, and he got none.

So, what is the lesson to you and me?  I will let you think on that one, I can't do all the thinking for you. LOL!  But, the Church building was absolutely amazing, with tons of light, light oak beams, windows, stone, cool, painted cement floors, awesome pews, and the colors were great, done with style, grace, simplicity, and beauty, that matched the lightness of the services, the wonderful music, with a member, who is a professional violinist from Japan, who played in their symphony or something like that, and joined the folksy guitars, singers, and pianist.  The Monsignor, was great with the kids, little ones toddled to the front to partake of the sacrament, I think . . . I couldn't see that well from the back, and I am not that familiar with the Catholic services, but everyone was friendly, fun, welcoming, and happy.

This is the Second Time, This Reformed Mormon Crashed the Catholic BBQ

I am not exactly sure, until I get there what the procedures are, and if the public is invited, or if they are just advertising to Catholics, from around the valley to come join in the fun.  But, I do know that both times, I have been made to feel part of the group, and totally involved in the celebrations, regardless of if I am suppose to be there or not.  And usually, it is a friendly member, who wonders how I got there, and I am sure can tell immediately, that I don't have a clue about Catholics, liturgy, customs, worship, or diverse groups dealing with children, women, or the men's groups.  I guess I just assumed, which you know what that makes of me and you, that the public was invited to any Oktoberfest, just like the community celebration in Whitefish, kind of a cultural, rather than religious thing, so, of course, that worked in my schedule, so I went, as I did, last summer to the big shindig, the Catholics held at Caras Park in Missoula, Montana, last summer or fall . . . they too, wonder how I ended up at the event, that was advertised in the newspaper?

My ignorance is probably due to the fact, that in the Mormon Church, you are organized into wards, and stakes, in geographical sections of a city, town, state, or what not, and all picnic type activities, are generally advertised in church meetings; therefore, celebrations, other than something like the 24th of July, which is a Utah state holiday, celebrating the Mormon pioneers, coming into the Salt Lake Valley, as commemorated by the Days of 47 Celebrations, marking the date, July 24th, 1847, when Prophet, Brigham Young, announced, when seeing the Salt Lake Valley, this is the place . . . all other activities, other than this one, are usually, interfaith announcements, not made to the public or in the newspaper.  But, the Catholics, just took it in stride, probably wondering who in the hell is this chick, crashing our German celebration!

The very active perish, had free books for party attendees, entitled, Saint John The Great, by Jason Evert, a former Scottish guard for the Pope at the Vatican.  I started reading about this Pope, who I knew a little about, but not much, due to the fact, that I haven't had much contact with Catholics, other than when I lived in Chicago, for a summer internship, with Americans United For Life, when once again, I was the only Mormon at the Catholic Law Firm, we even had the Catholic Arch Bishop, in all his head dress and robes, come bless the attorneys, on the day, the U.S. Supreme Court was making the decision on the Casey vs. Planned Parenthood, on the 20th anniversary and challenge to the Court's landmark abortion case, Roe vs. Wade.  My roommate and friends a work, were all Catholic, as far as I knew, or were the predominant religion of the Chicago.  My roommate, used to walk to a corner to get to church each Sunday, and I had to take the L or the electric train, and the bus, to get to church about two hours away, taking me all day, but a fun excursion.

Thank God For Variety In Life, Infusion, Refreshment

I still remember, sitting in Relief Society meeting, the women's meeting in the Mormon Church, and we were signing an opening hymn; this new member, a heavy set, but beautiful black woman, sitting in front of me, all the sudden, spoke up in the meeting, stopping the hymn, that sounded like the Battle Hymn of the Dead, rather than the Battle Hymn of the Republic, that was dragging, nobody was really singing very loud or with any type of rhythm, that I am sure this new sister, was used to in her Bible thumping, Gospel singing, rock in, black revivalist churches . . . we had all been singing like we were part of the living dead.  I will always remember that as being a bright shiny day in my memories of church, wishing I could package up this swinging, loud, fun Latter-Day Saint, and take her back to Utah with me!  LOL!

This previously, trained Gospel singer, had enough, stopped us, and said, now, come on sisters, we can do better than that, sign out, louder, let's get this song going, and I think she had all the sisters, rocking out, singing to the top of their lungs, and digging the hymn, much better than had previously been the case.  If I do recall, I think, she was inducted or called to serve as the chorister, for the whole ward, she made it so fun, added some zip to the meetings and woke people up, who had drifted off to sleep during the services . . . she took me back to a former city planner associate of my ex-husbands, a black from the deep south, who would tell us the funniest stories about church, big bosom women, who would greet him as a boy, by smashing his head into their ample and sizable breasts, and rock him back and forth, loving this child to death.  Larry, I think his name was, had us laughing with tears running down our faces, as he recounted tale after tale, from his early religious days as a boy.  

Greatness Through War--Polish Pope John Paul

The most prominent themes of Polish literature and drama later found their way into many of John Paul's papal teachings, including political and religious freedom, the dignity of labor, the human person, courage under pressure, sacrificial love, and redemptive suffering.

As we embark on this tragic and somewhat beautiful war in Syria and Iraq, there will be heroes made, character strengthened, humanitarians made, possibly a future pope, sometimes in the worst of times, the best in human nature surfaces.  John Paul, was a young school boy, during the German invasion, when Hitler and the Nazis, saw little use for Polish people, killed many, their worth was only for slave labor, or their women used for Hitler's men in brothels.  Girls were used to breed lice, attaching the lice to the girl's bodies, letting them feed on the blood in their thighs, and the girls would get more rations.  Hitler and crew, saw no use for the Jews, whatsoever.  All Poles were declared slaves of the German Reich, life was to remain low in Poland, and they were not permitted to rise as a culture, either educationally or otherwise.

In an effort tow wipe away any trace of Polish culture, schools were locked and libraries were destroyed.  In Warsaw, German troops shot children for target practice if any of them attempted to sneak out at night in search of food.  Entire families were murdered, and the bodies of some parents and children were arranged in the form of swastikas.  Polish men were tolerated as long as they could be enslaved as workers, while many of the women were used in brothels for the German officers.  Every educated person is a future enemy . . . Hitler requested that all men capable of leadership in Poland be "liquidated."  Thanks to the providence of God, they missed one.

In his, John Paul's papal teachings decades later, and in a message for a World Day of Prayer for Peace, he spoke about how war does not solve social or political problems, but causes more of them and creates poverty.  He added, Young people see their hopes for the future shattered . . . victims of war are forced to flee and become refugees who have no possessions beyond what they can carry with them.  Because of the constant use of explosives, the work John Paul did in the quarry, was dangerous.  In a poem, he recounted once, how he witnessed the death of a coworker from a dynamite blast, he emphasized the last line of Wojtyla, who declared, Look, how love feeds on this well-grounded anger . . . in the midst of the hardship, sorrow, and injustice, he found the strength to transform his righteous rage into a fiery, divine love.

Every Culture Has So Much To Offer The Rest of the World!

It posed an interesting juxtaposition, as the Bavarian Band and Dancers, smiling, rounded the room in a polka, waved white napkins, in remembrance of Germany winning the World Cup Soccer, beer steins raised in singing and laughter, the smell of great food, cultural decorations, happy people, celebrating, cooking, serving, and working with each other in a spirit of love and celebration . . . while I am watching the festivities enjoying ever second of the fun, but anxious to get into the book, and reading of the horrors of the German invasion, and wondering, why?  Instead of going to war, why don't we live, love and thrive together? Think of what a wonderful life this would be for everyone, jointly celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, eating Greek food, dancing the Irish gig, doing belly dancing with the Indians . . . why don't we stop blowing up each other, killing each other, fighting with each other, and build, rather than destroy?  I just simply don't get it?

It is possible to live in peace, love, freedom, liberty and all those great rights that all human beings long for.  I hope this war effort, ends quickly, is resolved with the least amount of damage, death, and cost.  But, as John Paul said, Jesus, I trust in you.  God prepares his arrows . . . just as an arrow is readied for the shot from the bow, God prepares the proper people, He prepares his arrows . . . The famous Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky once wrote that beauty will save the world.  Through the Rhapsodic Theater, Karol Wojtyla and his compatriots were attempting to do just this.  As one of his friends remarked, The performers were like a priesthood, guarding and imparting the deepest truths of life; it was their task and their opportunity to regenerate the world by a display of artistic beauty.  John Paul later wrote of Norwid that he persistently reminds us that without heroism humanity degrades itself, loses its identity, and rejecting God, it betrays itself . . . Woe to societies in which the priestly character f the human person is lost.

What Are the Five Things You Love in Life?

CONGRESS SHOULD GO OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY--ACTUALLY VOTING TO EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSE PRESIDENT OBAMA, GOING TO WAR AGAINST ISIS; THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT CAN OPENLY DEBATE THE MERITS OF JOINING THE U.S., AT LEAST IN ITS EFFORTS IN IRAQ, THE FRENCH AND THE DUTCH, WITH LIP SERVICE FROM ARAB COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE MORE TO LOSE THAN WE DO, BUT OUR OWN CONGRESS IS TOO CHICKEN SHIT TO DEBATE GOING TO WAR, AND SEVERAL REPUBLICANS, LIKE DOUG LAMBORN OF COLORADO, ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, ARE ACTUALLY TALKING TO GENERALS AT THE PENTAGON, TRYING TO GET THEM TO RESIGN, WHILE WE HAVE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA! IMPEACH THEM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS! PREZ, CALL A NECESSARY SPECIAL SESSION, AND FORCE A VOTE, NOT LETTING THEM LEAVE UNTIL THEY DO! DO YOUR HOMEWORK, WE ARE PAYING TO TO DO YOUR JOB, AND THIS IS YOUR JOB! HELL, BACK 20 YEARS OR MORE, JUST THE PERKS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GOT, PER YEAR AMOUNTED TO $118,000, IN FREE HAIR CUTS, GYM MEMBERSHIPS, AMONG OTHERS--WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO FORCE CONGRESS, WHETHER UP FOR ELECTION OF NOT, TO VOTE! AND IF THEY REFUSE TO DO THEIR JOB, FIRE THEM! WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF GETTING NOTHING FOR OUR VOTE AND MONEY! IF THEY DON'T VOTE, OUT ALL INCUMBENTS! GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE, WHO ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO THE JOB!

WAR POWERS

Right now, the U.S.A., has had two journalists beheaded, and that is the extent of our threat from ISIS.  We keep hearing that had we gone to war against the Islamic State, earlier, they would never have been able to buy up real estate, take over territory in both Iraq and Syria, terrorize their own citizens, threaten Christians, to either support Islam, at least by paying taxes, or die, and the other atrocities these fucking assholes are committing.  It was impressive to see the British Parliament, actually sit, in full, face to face, with Prime Minister Cameron, who supports the efforts of President Obama, seeing ISIS as a clear and present danger in their own country, with members of the noble body, actually scrapping and debating either the pros and cons of going to war, or at least joining in the air strikes with the U.S.  That, Bloke, was actually really refreshing.  We, as Americans, are sick and tired of watching C-SPAN or CNN, or whatever the news source is, and seeing a pathetic representation of our Congress, sparsely attending sessions, with members, messing around with their cellphones, reading, laughing, and corresponding, while some other blowhard, is up there, speaking or doing a filibuster, making sure than no business gets carried out, after no doing anything for the last two years, just protecting members, from an exposure, by action, or forced vote, that may cost them their seat in the Washington Club . . .

I would much rather, do my homework, look at the options, study, debate, think, think, think, and either support the war effort, or not, but fucking take a vote and let your constituents for good or bad, actually see you do something.  You might actually see that, wrong or right, taking a stand, whether for or against, is really much better than doing nothing at all.  They say, if you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything!  You have a moral, legal, constitutional, ethical and professional obligation to take a vote on this war, and if that is just too damn difficult for you to handle, you are just not cut out for public service as an elected official of this country, your state, nor to represent your constituents, PERIOD!  This is what we are paying you for . . . piss, or get off the pot!  There are good people out there, who are willing to serve, to make a commitment, to actually sit and listen to the arguments on either side and to make a decision, popular or not!  You are representatives of the people who voted you into office, you should find out what a great majority of them want, and find out why, then vote to represent their view!  It is just not that hard, risky, yes, but hard, NO!  You simply do it.  Like my mother always said, sometimes in life, we have to do what we don't want to do . . . buck up!

When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions . . . the United States Constitution!

ARTICLE I, SECTION 8

Powers Granted to Congress

One of the most frustrating things, I remember, coming out of the Vietnam War, was the fact that it was an undeclared war . . . there was this ambivalence, this tentativeness, this hesitancy, that resonated throughout the whole military engagement, leaving the troops, not knowing what they could and couldn't do, if they could fully engage in the war efforts, just going for it, or if they were just dinking around, aimlessly watching the body count rise without any clear goals, and focused objectives, nor any real leadership, due to the lack of commitment, either from Congress, or even the presidents.  Kennedy, figured is was not our war, and he was going to evacuate the troops as early as 1965.  Going to war for monetary gains of military contractors is not good enough, fighting to make a few families rich is not going to fly . . . we need a 100% effort going against these fuckers who are challenging the U.S. to a war, and go fuck them up royal, with total force a clear objective to go in a fight to win!  I know guys who were helicopter gunners, in Vietnam, when I asked them how they handled the confusing effort, said we turned on war music, popular musicians, who wrote inspiring songs during the 60's and 70's, and blew the hell out of anything that moved!

Once Congress, votes, declares war in support of our commander-in-chief, appropriates money, that can't constitutionally be fore more than to years, Article 1, Section 8, [12], we go in, like soldiers of bygone eras, and go in to win, as fast and as furious as we can, and I am not opposed to using the methods ISIS uses on their hostages and victims, behead the fuckers!  They want to abide by Sharia Law, an eye for an eye . . . take them up on it, their choice, it will not be seen as torture, but their choice!  They are simply disgusting vermin, that need to be exterminated!  They are not good, they have not good motives, and they are using threats and guerrillas warfare, like the North Vietnamese . . . we don't need to make the same mistakes, take them out . . . if they are worth the effort, just DO IT!  Any war worth fighting is worth doing all the way, in the most effective way, by the most deadly means, and with the greatest results . . . ISIS challenged, take them up on it . . . I hate bullies, and usually, they are chick shit assholes, and only have power, until they get hit back, don't mess around with them, they have declared war, we need to answer the call of duty!

Article 1, Section 8, [11, 12, 13, 14 & 18]

[11]  To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; [12] To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Therm than two Years; [13] To provide and maintain naval Forces; [14] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces . . . [18]  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, o in any Department or Officer thereof.  Our troops that you are putting in harms way, deserve serious consideration of engagement, and then they need to go and do their job, with clear enemies, goals, and objectives, and a finishing date!

Why in the hell, if many of the nations of the earth are joining in this effort, to eliminate ISIS, should it take long at all?  I think we need to look to Israels, 6 and 4 day wars, as examples of the way we need to engage . . . go in like gang-busters and get the job done . . . let America do what it does best, but a boot up their ass, its the American way, with no excuses!  Soldiers, troops, generals, and supporting public, want results, we don't want a conflict that last forever, with not results, like some stupid peace keeping effort, just go in and blow the fucking shit out of them, they are begging for it, show them you mean business, declare the fucking war!  BRING IT ON!

A Lesson From My Tough As Nails Grandmother

When my mother was little, and any of her brother and sisters started to fight, she would take them out in the backyard, give them each sticks, and tell them to start fighting!  They didn't want to fight, they just wanted attention, but she was having none of their mischief!  If they were going to bother her, she was going to force the to do what they were threatening to do, fight!  Game on . . . she would make them fight, and it usually didn't last long!  I think that is a great example to follow, if you want to do it, we are going to make you go for it!  If you don't want to fight, then fucking, knock it off, and every go home, stay to yourselves, and shut the hell up!  Leave each other alone, or else!

Article II, Section 2. [1]

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Section 2. [1] The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States (National Guard), when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion i writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. . . . Section 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Cases of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper . . . and take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

The founding fathers, envisioned and implemented a document, that if followed, should work like a well oiled machine, with each branch of the government doing their part, in a united effort, to run and manage this country.  In my personal opinion, President Obama, ought to put Congress on the spot, call them to vote on the war effort, as necessary and expedient!  We should not be engaging without adhering to the war clause, a power of Congress, with the power to appropriate money for the effort!  We don't want another Iraq, Afghanistan, without withdrawal dates, two years is about a year and a half too long.  Something it wrong with the U,S. and their allies, if we can't just go in and get the job done!  There will be collateral damage, but that is the nature of war, let's minimize that damage, by strategic planning, use of the best methods, being it special forces, stealth efforts, drones, CIA, contract mercenaries, or whatever, send the most blood thirsty, gutsy guys, and get the job done!

We don't want a prolonged war effort, nor do we need it.  We need to get busy with domestic repairs of roads, bridges, education, technology, energy, the economy . . . war is not the only effort to build the economy.  Take all the surplus war equipment, the feds just gave the local cops, and take it over to Iraq and Syria, put it to better use, actually against our enemies, rather than against our own citizens, on the streets of America!  If we have surplus, we don't need to pay more money to Halliburton and other government contractors who get rich on the wars, funding both sides, often, even against our own troops!  Ten and fourteen year engagements are wrong, you can only fund for two years, at least at a time.

This War Will Last as Long or as Short as We Want it to . . . President Obama, Force Congress, NOW, to Vote!