Friday, December 12, 2014

MONTANA, SALISH--KOOTENAI WATER AGREEMENT . . . THE ONLY STATE TO HAVE SUCH AN AGREEMENT . . . WHY? BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TREATIES CLAUSE, UNDER ARTICLE I, I BELIEVE, WHERE IT STATES SPECIFICALLY WHAT STATES, CANNOT DO AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TO MAKE TREATIES, ALLIANCES OR CONFEDERATIONS WITH INIDANS. WHY? BECAUSE THE INDIANS OPERATE AS A SEPERATE NATION, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE U.S.A., THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH JUST LIKE DEALING WITH RUSSIA! THE WORD "ALLIANCE" IS DEFINED AS A FORMAL AGREEMENT OR TREATY BETWEEN TWO OR MORE NATIONS TO COOPERATE FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. IN THE ENABLING ACT OF THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION, CONSISTENT WITH THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THIS NOTION OF A SEPERATE NATION, IT CLEARLY STATES, THAT THE INDIANS ARE THE SOLE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. ON A TIMELINE, THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED, I BELIEVE AROUND 1787, SO IT IS THE CONTROLLING DOCUMENT. THE HELLGATE TREATY, WAS SIGNED IN 1855, WHERE THE INDIANS SEDED THEIR LANDS, TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, IN TURN FOR PEACE, MONEY, PROTECTION, SCHOOLS, BUILDINGS, HOMES, ETC., IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT TO FISH, IN THEIR FAVORITE FISHING HOLES, BOTH ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION. THOSE PROPONENTS OF THE WATER AGREEMENT, WOULD CLAIM THAT IT STANDS TO REASON, THAT IF YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO FISH, YOU CONTROL THE WATER THAT IS NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE FISH. I WOULD SAY, THAT THE RIGHT TO FISH, ON AND OFF THE RESERVATION, DOES NOT GIVE A WATER RIGHT. THE INDIANS ARE TO HAVE THE "USE" AND "BENEFIT" OF THE LAND ON THE RESERVATION, THERE IS NOTHING MENTIONED IN THE 1855 TREATY ABOUT THE WATERS WITHIN THE RESERVATION, ONE WOULD ASSUME, THAT WATER RIGHTS TO RUN THE HOMES, BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, ETC., ARE A GIVEN, PLUS FUTURE GROWTH ON THE RESERVATION. THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION, WAS SIGNED IN 1889, GIVING THE STATE OF MONTANA, RIGHTS TO ALL THE WATER IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR STATE, INCLUDING GROUND WATER, SURFACE WATER, SPRING WATER, ETC. SINCE THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION POST-DATES, THE HELLGATE TREATY, IT IS CLEAR, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE UNITED STATES, THROUGH THE ENABLING ACT, MAKING OR ENABLING THE CONSTITUTION TO BE EFFECTUATED OR MAKING MONTANA A STATE, THAT HAD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GIVEN CONTROL OF THE WATER, EITHER ON THE RESERVATION OR OFF THE RESERVATION, TO PROTECT THE FISH, IT WOULD HAVE SPECIFIED THAT IN THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE STATE OF MONTANA, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, BECAUSE THE INDIANS, DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE WATER, OR THE UNITED STATES, COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THE STATE MORE RIGHTS, THAN IT HAD, GIVING WATER RIGHTS TO THE INDIANS. AS SEPARATE NATIONS, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO GIVE ANOTHER NATION, CONTROL OF THE UNITED STATES WATER, DEEDED SO TO SAY, TO THE STATE OF MONTANA. THAT WOULD BE LIKE GIVING RUSSIA, CONTROL OVER OUR WATER, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETELY INSANE! THERE HAD BEEN TERRIBLE WARS, WITH MANY AREAS OF THE COUNTRY STILL BATTLING THE INDIANS, AND IF YOU READ THE HELLGATE TREATY, IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS PEACEFUL TRIBES, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THIS WAS A PEACE OFFERING BETWEEN THE TWO SEPARATE AND INDIVIDUAL NATIONS. WHILE THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN GIVEN FULL CITIZENSHIP, IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MONTANA, THEY STILL MAINTAIN A SEPARATE IDENTITY AS A TRIBAL NATIONS WITH DIFFERENT LAWS, DIFFERENT JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, AND THE RIGHT TO THE "USE" AND "BENEFIT" OF THE LAND, WHICH HAS INCLUDED LEASING OIL AND GAS RIGHTS ON RESERVATION PROPERTY. IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER, EITHER YESTERDAY OR TODAY, CAN'T REMEMBER, THAT THE INDIANS HAD TO GET, OR SOUGHT APPROVAL TO DO SOMETHING, TIMBER SALES, ON THE RESERVATION . . . THE UNITED STATES, STILL HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE INDIANS, U.S. ATTORNEY DEAL WITH INDIAN ISSUES, WHEN THEIR IS TROUBLE IN THE REZ., STATE ATTORNEYS CAN'T, THEY DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION! WE SAW THIS IN THE ARGULAR CASE, THE LEGISLATOR WHO WAS PICKED UP FOR A DUI, AND SAID THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL DIDN'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER HIM, AND HE WENT BEFORE THE TRIBAL COUNCIL, WHO GAVE HIM A REPRIMAND, TOLD HIM TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND DONATE $200 TO "TOYS FOR TOTS". BECAUSE HE TOOK A PLEA, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WHO WERE READYING FOR TRIAL, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE, HE PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGES, AND WAS ALREADY SENTENCED BY THE TRIBE. AGAIN, SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRIBES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHO MAINTAINS JURISDICTION OR POWER TO DEAL WITH THEM. STATES ARE PROHIBITED FROM HAVING THE POWER, TO MAKE CONFEDERATIONS, ALLIANCES OR TREATIES. BOTH THE AGREEMENT AND THE COMPACT, VIOLATE, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, THE STATE CONSTITUTION, STATE LAW, AND WATER AND PROPERTY LAW. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MOB RULE, THE RANCHERS AND FARMERS BUYING ONTO THE AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT, NOR ABOUT NUMBERS AT ALL, IT IS ABOUT LAW, AS A MATTER OF LAW, THE STATE SHOULD NOT BE DOING EITHER DEAL. THIS AGREEMENT HAS EVERYTHING BACKASSWARD, THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG. THE UNITED STATES AND THE INDIANS, SHOULD BE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS, WITHIN THE TREATY THEY SIGNED IN 1855, SOLE JURISDICTION, WOULD PROHIBIT, THE STATE OF MONTANA TO BE INVOLVED. NOT THAT MONTANA DOES THE WRANGLING WITH THE INDIANS, THEN PRESENTS THE AGREEMENT OR CONPACT TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR APPROVAL, THEN GOING BEFORE CONGRESS, REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES, TO SIGN OFF. IN ARTICLE I, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THAT STATES WHAT POWERS AND DUTIES BELONG TO CONGRESS, PROHIBITING THE STATES, AS IN MAKING TREATIES, ALLIANCES OR CONFEDERATIONS WITH INDIANS . . . AND THEN AGAIN, THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT PROHIBIT CONGRESS FROM DOING THINGS IN THE STATES, WE CALL THIS A "BALANCE OF POWER" BETWEEN THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! THIS COMPACT AND AGREEMENT BLUR THE LINES, YOU EITHER FOLLOW THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND, OR YOU DO NOT. AND IF THE TAX PAYERS, THE LEGISLATURE, OR THE GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, WANT TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE WATER SYSTEM, COSTING YOU $55 MILLION, STUPIDLY GO FOR IT! THE AGREEMENT, STATES (JUST GOT BLOCKE THAT THIS IS A

Thursday, December 11, 2014

HE RAPED ME; HE TOOK $199 OF MY FOOD; I JUST WANTED A PEANUT BUTTER & JAM SANDWICH, AND SHE CAME BACK WITH A TON OF GROCERIES--I JUST WANTED TO SHARE YOUR SLEEPING SPACE FOR THE NIGHT, THE FOOD IS STILL UNDER THE BRIDGE . . . YOU NEED YOUR MEDS, WE ARE CALLING THE PARAMEDICS, TO TAKE YOUR VITAL SIGNS; YOU ARE ACCUSING PEOPLE OF STUFF, YOUR DRUNK . . . NO, I AM NOT! DIALOGUE OF A HOMELESS WOMAN, AT THE SOUP KITCHEN, YESTERDAY FOR BREAKFAST. THE SIGN ABOVE ME SAID, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, THE ONE IN FRONT OF ME, WELCOME IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE CROSS OVER THE "EXIT" SIGN AND THE PICTURE OF CHRIST, WITH A CROWN OF THORNS, BOWING HIS HEAD . . . I TRIED TO HURRY AND EAT, TO GET OUT TO THE AMBULANCE, AND TELL THEM TO DO A RAPE KIT ON THE WOMAN, BUT THERE WERE NO LIGHTS, NO SIREN, AND SHE JUST DISAPPEARED INTO THE NIGHT. A MISSOULA CITY CREATION, THE NEW POVERELLO CENTER, A ROUGHLY $5 MILLION BUILDING, IS OPENING FOR TOURS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, BETWEEN NOON AND 2 O'CLOCK, PUBLIC WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND, MAYOR, GOVERNOR WILL BE THERE, AND YOU CAN GET A CUP OF SOUP AND BREAD FOR REFRESHMENTS, FOR TRADITION SAKE, NEW GREEN BUILDING ON BROADWAY. I WOULD SAY YOU CAN JUDGE A CITY BY THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR ELDERLY AND THEIR HOMELESS! MISSOULA DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, IS WORLD RENOWN, I HAVE HEARD IN CIRCLES, FOR THEIR GREAT MEALS, AND KIND TREATMENT, TURNING NOBODY AWAY, WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW A CERTAIN POINT . . . WITH A SOMEWHAT CHECKERED PAST, STARTED TO SERVE THE RAILROAD PERSONNEL, THEN BECAME A PLACE, POSSIBLY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO POPPED THE TRAINS AND LANDED IN MISSOULA, THEN A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, EVEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BOUGHT THE OLD HOME, AND NUNS TRIED TO RULE THIS MOTLEY CREW! I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THAT! LOL! RUN ON PRIVATE DONATIONS, I HAVE SEEN LOCAL STORE OWNERS LEAVE 200 PAIR OF NEW RUNNING SHOES, MAKING THE WHOLE CREW LOOK AND FEEL BETTER, WITH FOOD DONATED FROM LOCAL GROCERY STORES, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE IS RUN, OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER, GIVING THE POV THE GOOD STUFF, YOU KNOW THE FRUITS, VEGGIES AND HEALTHY STUFF, THAT MANY PAYING FOR THE GROCERIES, DON'T BOTHER TO EAT, PLUS A TRUCK LOAD OF COOKIES, CAKES, AND ICE CREAM, YUM . . . A GREAT WAY TO NOT WASTE FOOD, RECYCLILNG IT, AND PUTTING IT GOOD USE, BEING ONE STOP BEFORE GOING TO THE PIGS OR THE GARBAGE! I HAVE EATEN AMAZING STUFF FROM THAT OLD KITCHEN, CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE NEW ONE WILL BRING, DEFINITELY BETTER THAN AN ATTORNEY LIKE MYSELF, CAN COOK, NOT HAVING COOKED SINCE 1989, THE YEAR BEFORE LAW SCHOOL . . . THE RICH AND FAMOUS HAVE FREQUENTED THE PLACE, ROCK STARS HANG, OLD ROADIES FOR BANDS LIKE VAN HALLEN, JOURNEY AND SUCH, ADD A MUSICAL HISTORY TO THE PLACE, MOVIE STARS, POLITICIANS AND OTHERS HAVE STOPPED BY; POLITICAL THEORIES, DEBATES, AND TOPICS RUN FAST AND FREE EACH MORNING AS ABOUT 20 COPIES OF THE MISSOULIAN NEWSPAPER ARRIVE, DEVOURED BY THE HUNDRED OR SO, WHO LODGED THEIR THE NIGHT BEFORE, MANY SEARCHING THE WANT ADS FOR JOBS, APARTMENTS, ETC., CARING LITTLE FOR POLITICS. SYMPATHY FOR STORIES OF WOE, LOST LOVES, WAR TORN LIVES, FAMILY AND JOB DISAPPOINTMENTS ARE OFTEN THE ORDER OF THE DAY, FOLLOWED BY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND EVEN JOY, WITH TALES OF SUCCESSES, NEW LOVES, SOME FOUND AT THE POV, A MARRIAGE LAST WEEK, AND SECOND CHANCES FOR ALL . . . NOW IF WE CAN GET THE 2015 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ONE LEGISLATOR, TO SPONSOR, TO FIND IT IN THEIR HEART, SOUL, AND PRESENT A BILL TO PASS AN EXPUNGMENT STATUTE, OR RECORD CLEARING LAW, SO THE HOMELESS CAN GET JOBS, APARTMENTS, AND MOVE ON WITH THEIR LIVES, ALL WOULD BE GOOD, HERE IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY (THE STATE, TOO, IN FACT) . . . AT LEAST I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD REFER TO THIS PLACE AS, IF NOT, THE AMAZING CITY OF MISSOULA! THANKS! I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CIA SAVING LIVES, BUT THE POVERELLO CENTER DOES, FOR SURE . . .

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

CIA LIES, COMING OUT IN REPORT TODAY, ALLEGEDLY, ON TORTURE POLICIES, OR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN ISIS--WHY SHOULD WE BE SO UPSET AT ISIS, WHEN WE JUST KEPT OUR TORTURE SECRET! THERE ARE TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND WAR CRIMES PACTS, THAT LIMIT WHAT CAN BE HUMAINLY DONE TO PRISONSER OF WAR, USA IS NO EXCEPTION. I WAS AMUSED, HOWEVER, IN AN MSNBC ARTICLE ON THE UPCOMING CIA REPORT OF THE TORTURE, OR WRITTEN COVER-UP OF THE TORTURE, THAT MENTIONED THAT SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN, (D) HEAD OF THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, WAS, "TOO EMOTIONAL" TO DEAL WITH THE REPORT! WHAT, SHE IS THE ONLY ONE, WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE IT TO THE MAT, WHEN THE CIA SPIED, ON THE COMMITTEES COMPUTERS, THEN REFUSED TO TURN OVER REQUESTED INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE! THE REPUBLICAN BACKLASH AGAINST WOMEN OF POWER, IS SHOWING UP IN STRANGE PLACES, NOW MIND YOU, THIS IS THE PARTY OF SARAH PALIN AND MICHELLE BACHMAN, AND TRYING WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT, TO CURTAIL, MAINTAIN, CONTROL, FEMALES, ESPECIALLY, DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE, THEY VIEW THEIR WOMEN DIFFERENTLY, THAN THE CUTE T&A GIRLS OF THE GOP, WOMEN WHO ACTUALLY THINK! MONTANA REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, HAS NOW COME UP WITH A DRESS CODE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 2015 LEGISLATURE TO WEAR, THE DRESS CODE CONTAINS BULLET POINTS SUCH AS THIS: "WOMEN SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO SKIRT LENGTHS AND NECKLINES." "THAT PHRASE IS RIGHT OUT OF THE 19TH CENTURY AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED," HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, WITH A MAJORITY OF WOMEN, WAS NOT CONSULTED, SAID HOUSE MINORITY WHIP JENNY ECK, D-HELENA. "WOMEN CAN BE TRUSTED TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND DRESS APPROPRIATELY. HOW WOULD IT BE ENFORCED? WOULD THE SERGEANT OF ARMS BE THE CLOTHES POLICE CHECKING OUR SKIRT LENGTHS AND CLEAVAGE? I WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR GOARTICLES, SONIA, HILLARY, & SARAH, BACK IN 2009, COMPARING THE WOMEN DEMOCRATS SUPPORT, VERSAS, THE WOMEN REPUBLICANS SUPPORT, AND ADMONISHED MEN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO THINK WITH THEIR HEADS ABOVE THE WAIST, NOT BELOW! SARAH, BABY WAS COMING OUT IN HER BATH TOWEL, TO TALK TO REPORTERS, AFTER SHOPPING ON A REPUBLICAN SUPPORTER'S, CREDIT CARD, AND HER SKIRTS GOT SHORTER AND SHORTER! DEMOCRATS, TEND TO SUPPORT, THROUGHTFUL, SMART WOMEN, NOT BIMBOS, WHO ARE THERE TO ENTERTAIN AND LOOK AT, EYE CANDY! THEREFORE, FOR THEM TO BE THE PARTY, THE MAJORITY, TO DARE, TELL WOMEN, OF ANY FLAVOR WHAT TO WEAR AND NOT WEAR, IS SHOCKINGLY STUPID! DRESS CODES ARE FOR ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH KIDS, TEACHING THEM WHAT IS AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE, NOT FOR WOMEN, WHO THE PUBLIC HAS TRUSTED ENOUGH TO PUT IN PUBLIC OFFICE REPRESENTING THEM . . . TRAINING TIME IS OVER! AND IF THERE IS A LITTLE CLEAVAGE SHOWING, ENJOY IT, AND KEEP YOUR HEAD CLEAR, WE ARE WOMEN, LOVE US, STOP TRYING TO CONTROL US! AT A HOSPITAL JUBILEE OF TREES, IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH, A VOLUNTEER, FEMALE, WAS TOLD SHE COULD NOT HELP, UNLESS SHE WORE A DRESS! HILLARY, THE PANTSUIT QUEEN, CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS? R.E.S.P.E.C.T., CAN WE GET A LITTLE OF THIS, HELL, IT IS 2015, ALMOST! GROW UP! TALKING ABOUT DRESS CODES, PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE, TOLD THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF & PRESS, WHAT THEY HAD TO WEAR TO INTERVIEW THEM--DO THEY THINK WE ARE STILL A COLONY? THE AUDACITY! I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE PRESS MEMBER IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, EVER LOOK LESS THAN PROFESSIONAL, SO WHAT IS UP WITH THE DRESS CODE? AMERICANS ARE NOT AS FORMAL AS BRITS, AND WE BELEIVE THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, SO TAKE YOUR SILVER SPOON, A PUT TIGHT DRESS CODE, BACK TO ENGLAND, IT DOESN'T WASH HERE!

Sunday, December 7, 2014

THE DISILLUSIONIST--EDWARD ST. AUBYN, "I THINK MY MOTHER'S DEATH IS THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO ME SINCE . . . WELL, SINCE MY FATHER'S DEATH." MISSOULA IS DOING ITS PART TO REPLENISH THE SOCIAL SECURITY POT, KIDS, KIDS, AND MORE KIDS, AT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND TREE LIGHTING CEREMONIES, FUN, FUN, FUN, CUTE BABIES, LOVING COUPLES, SNEAKING A KISS BEHIND THEIR ANXIOUS CHILDREN'S BACKS, WHO WERE LOOKING DOWN THE STREET WAITING FOR THE BIG GUY OF THE NIGHT, SANTA! I THOUGHT HOW QUICK, THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS GO BY, AT LEAST FOR THE PARENTS. I WAS TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER, GRETA, WHO JUST INFORMED ME SHE WROTE AN E-BOOK, THAT IS FOR SELL ON AMAZON, CALLED, OF WORDS AND MOUNTAINS, HTTP://WWW.AMAZON.COM/DP/BOOQH9EXBU, $2.99 IF YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF GREAT ATTORNEYS, SINCE THE GOVERNMENT WON'T LET HER, ATTORNEY, MOTHER MAKE ANY MONEY TO HELP HER GET TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, LAW SCHOOL! BUT, GRETA, WAS INSPIRED, WHILE SHE WAS OUT ON A REMOTE PART OF THE ARIZONA STRIP WITH HER SONS, THREE OF THEM, WHILE HER NAVY SEAL HUSBAND, WAS IN COLUMBIA, RESCUING 123 YOUNG WOMEN, IN HUMAN BONDAGE FOR SEX SLAVERY, THE BOYS ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 10, AND SHE WORRIED THAT HER SON'S WOULD NOT KNOW HER, AS SHE FEARS THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW HER OWN FATHER, NOTICING SOME SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS, IN HER OWN SELF, SO SHE WROTE THIS BOOK, WITH HER OLDEST SON, KAEL, AS A MAN, WRITING ABOUT HIS MOTHER. I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT. A FEW MONTHS AGO, I SAID, TO MY OLDEST SON WITHOUT A NAME, GUILT BY ASSOCIATION, IN MY ONE AND ONLY QUESTION OF LOYALTY, SINCE MY DIVORCE FROM MY 4 CHILDREN'S FATHER, SOME 25 YEARS AGO, THAT MY FOUR CHILDREN WERE ALL CLOSER TO ME, THAN TO THEIR FATHER. MY SON, SAID, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT MOM, I HATE BOTH OF MY PARENTS! LOL! HE ALWAYS DID WANT TO BE A COMMEDIAN! I SUPPOSE EVERY CHILD IN THEIR THIRTIES, LOOKS BACK ON THE DAMAGE THEIR PARENTS, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DONE TO THEM, ANGRY THEY MAY NOT BE IN THE POSITION, THEY THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN, HAD CHALLENGES IN FAMILY LIFE NOT HAVE BEEN THERE . . . BUT EVENTUALLY, ONE COMES TO THE CONCLUSION AND REALIZATION, THAT THE ONLY HANDS YOU CAN TRUST ARE THE ONES AT THE END OF YOUR OWN ARMS, AND IT IS NOBODIES FAULT BUT, YOURS, AS TO WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE. THERE IS NO MAGIC RECEIPE FOR RAISING COOL KIDS. THAT IS NOT TO SAY, THAT PARENTS, CAN'T, AND HAVE, MADE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE, BUT THAT DIFFICULTY MAY ACTUALLY BE THE FODDER, FOR THE ADULT YOU GROW INTO, AND THAT DIFFICULTY, ACTUALLY TURNED OUT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY OR THE WORLD AT LARGE, AS WAS MY BEATING FROM MY FATHER, MAKING ME KEENLY AWARE OF THE PLIGHT OF THE OPPRESSED, VICTIMS OF ALL KINDS, AND MAKING ME AN ADAMENT PROPONENT OF RIGHTS. I WANTED ALL MY CHILDREN TO BE FAMOUS, THEREFORE, AS MY ENGLISH PROFESSOR, AN OLD MARINE, STATED, NONE OF YOU WILL BE FAMOUS, BECAUSE YOUR LIVES HAVE NOT BEEN TRAGIC ENOUGH! WHAT? SO, I CREATED SOME TRAGEDY, TO ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO GROW. I REMEMBER AN EXPERIMENT, WHERE CELLS WERE PUT IN TWO PETRI DISHES, ONE WITH OPTIMAL CONDITIONS, THE OTHER, WITH SOME ADVERSE CONDITIONS--THE ONE IN THE ADVERSITY, GREW, THRIVED, WHILE THE OTHERS STAGNATED. SIMILARLY, A KID DID AN EXPERIMENT FOR A SCEINCE PROJECT, WHERE HE HAD TWO RATS, ONE HE FED ALL HEALTH FOOD, AND THE OTHER JUNK FOOD . . . THE JUNKIE RAT, LIVED AND THRIVED, THE OTHER DIED! THESE ARE LIMITED SAMPLES WITH HUGE MARGINS OF ERROR, AND PROBABLY NOT WORTHY OF BROADLY HELD MERIT FOR SCIENTIFIC THEORIES, BUT THEY DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME, AND AS IN ALL KNOWLEDGE I GAIN, IN LIFE, I TRY TO APPLY IT, AND TURN IT INTO WISDOM! MY KIDS WERE MY LAB RATS, AS WAS MY MARRIAGE, I SACRIFICED MY MARRIAGE TO THEIR FATHER, SEEING US AS VICTIMS OF FAMILY PATTERNS, DOING GENOCHARTS LEARNED FROM THE BOOK, INTIMATE PARTNERS IN LOVE & MARRIAGE, AND FOUND, WE WERE COOKIE CUTTER, REPLICAS OF GENERATIONS OF MALE AND FEMALE PATTERNS ON BOTH FAMILY SIDES . . . EITHER ONE OF THE PLUSES OF KNOWING YOUR GENEOLOGY, OR BETTER TO NOT KNOW, BUT, SO FAR, WISDOM HAS RULED, AND I ADORE MY FOUR CHILDREN, THEY SEEM EQUALLY MATCHED, AND I THINK, EVENTUALLY, THEY WILL HAVE GREAT MARRIAGES, FAMILIES, AND EVEN THEN, THEIR OWN CHILDREN, WILL PROBABLY SAY, THAT THE BEST DAY IN THEIR LIVES, WAS THE DAY, THEY WERE SET FREE FROM THEIR PARENTS INFLUENCE. LET THEM GO, SEE THEM GROW . . . CHECK OUT MY AMAZING DAUGHTER'S BOOK, BEAUTIFUL COVER, AND THOUGHTFUL INSIGHTS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN . . . AND GREAT STOCKING STUFFERS! THANKS!

Saturday, December 6, 2014

RACISM IS A FRAME OF MIND--REVOLUTION IN THE HEAD (BEATTLE'S BOOK) . . . WHITE MAMA, BETTE DAVIS--THOSE BETTE DAVIS EYES! YOUTUBE FREE MOVIE, HOT BLACK ACTOR, CREDITS TOO FAST TO CATCH NAME, OLD MOVIE . . . LOVE CONQUERS ALL, A GREAT MOVIE FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW! IN LIGHT OF THE GRAND JURIES, IN THE BROWN AND GARNER CASES! COPS IN FEAR . . . HOW DOES IT FEEL! TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT . . . SO WHAT NEXT? THE ALANTIC MAGAZINE, MAY 2014 ISSUE, SEGREGATION--SIXTY YEARS AFTER BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, SOUTHERN SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE QUIETLY RESEGREGATING, PARTICULARLY BY SEQUESTERING POOR BLACK STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS OF THEIR OWN. HERE IS THE STORY OF RESEGREGATION IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA--A STORY OF BACKROOM DEALS, DIFFICULT COMPROMISES, AND DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. "tHE ONLY WAY TO GET GOOD SCHOOLS IS TO HAVE WHITE PEOPLE IN THEM." "MONEY FOLLOWS KIDS, AND THE LOSS OF WHITE STUDENTS WAS VERY, VERY CRITICAL." IN SOME WAYS, ALL-BLACK SCHOOLS TODAY ARE WORSE THAN DRUID HIGH WAS BACK IN THE 1950'S, WHEN YOUR BLACK STUDENTS MIXED WITH AFFLUENT AND MIDDLE-CLASS ONES. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, LARGE NUMBERS OF BLACK STUDENTS STUDIED THE SAME ROBUST CURRICULUM AS WHITE STDENTS, AND STUDENTS OF BOTH RACES MIXED PEACEFULLY AND THRIVED. THE OVERWHELMING BOYD OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ONCE BLACK CHILDREN WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSES, WELL-TRAINED TEACHERS, AND ALL OTHER RESOURCES THAT TEND TO FOLLOW WHITE, MIDDLE-INCOME CHILDREN, THEY BEGAN TO CATCH UP. RUCKER JOHNSON'S STUDY, 2014, FOUND THAT BLACK AMERICANS WHO ATTENDED SHOOLS INTEGRATED BY COURT ORDER WERE MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE, GO ON TO COLLEGE, AND EARN A DEGREE THAN BLACK AMERICANS WHO ATTNEDE SEGREGATED SCHOOL. THEY MADE MORE MONEY; FIVE YEARS OF INTEGRATED SCHOOLING INCREASED THE EARNINGS OF BLACK ADULTS BY 15 PERCENT. tHEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS LIKELY TO SPEND TIME IN JAIL. tHE WERE HEALTHIER. NOTABLY, RUCKER ALSO FOUND THAT BLACK PROGRESS DID NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF WHITE AMERICANS--WHITE STUDENTS IN INTEGRATED SCHOOLS DID JUST AS WELL ACADEMICALLY AS THOSE IN SEGREGATED SCHOOLS. SO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, WE ALL BENEFIT, WHEN EVERYONE IS GIVEN EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY TO ADVANCE IN ANY AREA OF LIFE. EDUCATION IS A GREAT WAY TO START THE HEALING PROCESS OF RACISM. WE STARTED, THEN FELL BACK, AND EXPERTS SAY, THAT WITH THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT, THAT RACISM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, NOT BETTER, AND IT IS BLACKS, WHO HAVE GOTTEN MORE SO! SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE, AMERICA, WHOLISTICALLY! SUCCESS, ADVANCEMENT, AND ACHIEVEMENT IS SOMETHING WE WANT FOR EVERYONE! WE ALL BENEFIT! THE REPUBLICANS, AS OF MY READING YESTERDAY, ARE EVEN PUTTING A HOLD ON HEALTHY LUNCHES FOR OUR SCHOOLS, SOMETHING FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA PUSHED! SO WE WILL CUT OFF OUR CHILDRENS, NOSE TO SPITE OUR FACES? WE WOULD RATHER THE CHILDREN EAT POORER FOOD, THAT TAKE THE HEALTHY SUGGESTIONGS AND WILL HELP LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF OBESITY, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CAUSES OF DEATH, RATHER THAN FOLLOW A BLACK FIRST LADY . . . SHOCKINGLY AMAZING! I READ A GREAT QUOTE, THIS MORNING IN THE MISSOULIAN NEWSPAPER, MONTANA . . . UNAFRAID TO SPEAK HIS PEACE, AT 93, RABBI LEONARD BEERMAN STILL STIRS PASSIONS WITH HIS PACIFIST VIEWS. IN HIS LAST SPEECH, HE SAID, "OUR WORLD NEEDS TROUBLED PEOPLE, JEWS EVEN. MEN AND WOMEN WHO CARE. WHO ARE NOT ASHAMED TO BE SENSITIVE AND TENDER . . . WHO CAN RESIST ALL THOSE, FRIENDS, AND ENEMIES, WHO SEEK TO PREVENT US FROM SEEING THE UTTER UNIQUENESS AND IRREPLACEABILITY OF OUR OWN AND OTHERS' SOULS." ANOTHER QUOTE FROM THE SEGREGATION ARTICLE, "IT WAS TOTALLY ORCHESTRATED. IT WAS AWFUL, I FELT POWERLESS. I REMEMBER SITTING IN CHURCH AFTER ONE OF THE VOTES (MAKING A NEW SCHOOL, 50% BLACK AND 50% WHITE, WITHOUT FEDERAL CONTROL) . . . NO ONE WOULD SIT WITH ME, BECAUSE I VOTED WITH THE BLACK MEMBERS." GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS, BLACK, WHITE, MALE, FEMALE, JEW, GENTILE . . . SO WHY IN THE HELL DO WE THINK WE CAN BE. IF YOU CAN'T LOVE A MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD, YOU CAN SEE, HOW CAN YOU LOVE A GOD YOU HAVEN'T SEEN? THINK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW AT CHURCH, WHILE YOU STEW IN YOUR PEWS! THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS ARE TO LOVE GOD, AND YOUR FELLOW MEN! THAT IS PURE RELIGION! HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY, AND AT LEAST TRY TO HAVE SOME CARRY OVER FROM YOUR LESSONS, SERMONS, PREACHINGS, THAT SPILL OVER INTO MONDAY AND THE REST OF THE WEEK! HAVE A GOOD ONE, TOMORROW, KEEP IT HOLY IF IT FEELS RIGHT TO YOU!

Friday, December 5, 2014

RACISM IN AMERICA, RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN--BECAUSE OF THE LIFE OF ONE, MILLIONS MAY BE SAVED! SCHOOLS ARE DROPPING PLANNED LESSONS AND TALKING ABOUT RACE RELATIONS, POLICE FORCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACKS, AND AGAINST OTHERS; LECTURES AT COLLEGE FORUMS ARE TAKING PLACE, TACKLING BLACK ON WHITE, WHITE ON BLACK ISSUES OF RACISM; MAYORS ARE RE-TRAINING POLICE, LOOKING AT REVISING THE ROLES & RULES DEALING WITH GRAND JURIES--NO LONGER A CLOUD OF SECRECY FOR PROSECUTORS; CITIZENS ARE TAKING UP ACTION AND PROTESTING KILLLINGS, WHITES HELPING BLACKS, JOINING TOGETHER TO REBUILD RELATIONSHIPS, BURNED BUSINESSES, AND HURT LIVES . . . THIS IS FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANY TITLE 42, SECTION 1983 CIVIL RIGHTS CASE, THAT I EVER FILED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, OR LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED TO PREVENT STATUTORY & CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS, BY LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PERSONS, ACTING UNDER COLOR OF LAW, OR FORCE OF LAW . . . WE NEED AN ACTIVE CITIZENRY, TO COMBAT SOCIAL ILLS, A UNIFIED VOICE AGAINST A UNIFIED POLICE FORCE, MILITARIZATION OF COPS, TANKS, TEAR GAS, RIOT GEAR, ASSAULT WEAPONS, PROSECUTORS AND GRAND JURIES BACKING UP POLICE VIOLENCE, GAMING THE SYSTEM, THROUGH ORCHESTRATED LEAKS, TIME RELEASED EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION, TURNING THE VICTIM, INTO THE PERPETRAITOR OF VIOLENCE, SPIN DOCTORS, CHANGING THE STORIES, AND DOCTORING EVIDENCE, COVERED BY STATE CRIME LABS, ALLOWING TESTIMONY OF COPS, WHO LEAVE NO WITNESSES, OR DISCREDITING BLACK TEEN, EYE WITNESSES . . . WE NEED TO PUSH BACK: TRAYVON, GARNER, DAVIS, BROWN AND OTHERS, ARE, THROUGH THEIR DEATHS, ACCOMPLISHING MORE, THAN ANY CIVIL RIGHTS OR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CASE, U.S. PROSECTORS, JUDGE, DISCRIMINATION CASE, OR ACLU ATTORNEY, EVEN ACCOMPLISHING MORE THAN A PRESIDENT COULD--MAY THEIR NAMES GO DOWN FOR GOOD, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, MUCH LIKE ROSA PARK'S NAME, FOR STANDING UP, VOICING THEIR OPINIONS, DEMANDING THEIR RIGHTS, DEMANDING TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT, DEMANDING TO BE SERVED AND PROTECTED EQUALLY! MANY PEOPLE, THROUGHOUT HISTORY, HAVE LAYED DOWN THEIR LIVES, THEIR COMFORT, THEIR REPUTATIONS, THEIR SECURITY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER AMERICA, AND THIS IS NO EXCEPTION . . . WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS AMERICA! RACISM IS A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, LET'S BE AN EXAMPLE, REACH FOR THE GOALS IN OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, STARTING WITH THE PREAMBLE, AND REACH THAT GOAL OF JUSTICE FOR ALL! WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE CAN BE . . . GOD BLESS AMERICA! A MORE PERFECT UNION IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO--RACISM IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, CLEANSING THE ILLS OF THE PAST! WE CAN DO THIS ONE THING, AS A BABY STEP TO THE UTOPIA OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DREAMED OF AND PLANNED FOR!