SO MUCH MORE THAN HOT . . . BRAINSICK; CHATTERBOX AND THE LATTERDAY SATANISTS, DIRTY BOURBON RIVER SHOW, MALL CRAWLER . . . BROFORCE . . . WAR . . . NOT IN OUR NAME! HOW KIDS LEARN . . . BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE FOR AMERICA: (1) STOP VIOLENCE OF ALL KINDS; AND (2) STOP DISCRIMINATIOIN OF ALL FLAVORS, RACISM, SEXISM, JUDGE A PERSON ON THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER, NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR THEIR SEX . . . I WILL HAVE TO STOP MALE BASHING, NOT EASY! LOL! CLARK FORK RIVER, PRE-FOURTH OF JULY FIGHT ON BRIDGE! ANGER MANAGEMENT SKILLS NEED TO BE LEARNED . . . CHAMPIONS ARE NOT BORN, THEY ARE MADE! WE NEED TO GIVE KIDS THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED IN LIFE, AND ONE OF THOSE, IS TO CONTROL YOUR TEMPER AND ANGER, WALK AWAY, COUNT TO TEN, DISENGAGE, FIND YOUR TRIGGER POINTS--GENERALLY CONNECTED TO AN INCIDENT FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD--OR SOMEONE ACCUSING YOU, OF THE TOTAL OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SEE YOURSELF AS--IT HELPS TO CONSIDER THE SOURCE! WHATEVER . . . COOL YOUR JETS, AND LEAVE, IS SOMETIMES THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO, DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THE PERSON PISSING YOU OFF!

As We Cycle the Calendar, At the Speed of Light . . . We Have Reached a Mile Stone in this Country--Gay Marriage, Black Lives Matter!  Dah!  Damn Right!  Straight Up!

 

As we mark another 4th of July, a national birthday, we might take a few moments to reflect on the last year, a banner year in so many ways--tough on the one hand, and very great on the other.  So, as you enjoy your backyard BBQ, watching parades, flags, fireworks, commemorating our nations founding date, and looking into the future, at least for a year, with reflections on the past one, let us be a better nation, more tolerant, kind, forgiving, throughtful, working in harmony, peaceful, and filled with love, one for another, in this human journey, we all call life, one that is precious, rare, wonderful, beautiful, amazing, filled with joy, and sadness at times, and make sure that every person, we come into contact with, or in our professions, homes, schools, factories, workplaces, on the roads, in the streets, on college campuses, feels part of this great country of ours, part of the social fabric, accepted, encouraged, appreciated, cared for, included, rather than excluded, loved, rather than hated, cherished for their uniqueness, and the individual contributions, backgrounds, experiences, spice of life, if you will, and what they can add to this melting pot of cultures, religions, political views, creeds, and experiences, to make the sum total of the whole, more than the individual parts.

Nick--The Jersey Boy, Who Claims to Be From Arizona . . . Too Many Stereotypes About Being Loud Mouthed and Obnoxious!

While staying at the Poverello Center or the homeless shelter, I get plenty of opportunity to rub shoulders with people, like Nick, from New Jersey, who came out to the west, was working in Yellowstone National Park, a dream come true for him, managing one of the ice cream parlors and food stands, who came weeks early to the Park, set up the store, cleaned and readied the place for the thousands of visitors, who frequent the Park daily.  During the month and a half he was there, we got several wards for making the most money for the store, running the tightest shop, and managing the young people who work in the Park, coming, litereally, from all over the world for the experience.  All of the sudden, out of the blue, the boss over his imediate boss, told him, that he was being let go from his job, and he was being replaced by a friend of the supervisors, and after some, sort of a hearing, being almost forced into signing a paper, that he quit, refusing that, or that he was leaving for some, unknown reason, that he also refused to sign, being shocked, and being railroaded into being forced out of his job, for what? a girlfriend?  He looked at his boss, who did little to support him, worried about his own job, and told the man who was orchestrating this bull shit lynch mob of sorts, and said, three times, shame on you, shame on you, shame on you!

Luz E. Trahan . . . Mysterious Ways: A Plan in Place . . . All Stories are Based on Real Events

Luz is a chick from Syracuse, New York, who wrote a book about her spiritual experiences, not only from childhood up, but on the day that the airplanes hit the Twin Towers on 9/11.  Luz is Puerto Rican, and fiesty and cool as hell, telling me bed time stories, each night of near kidnappings, while growing up in the housing projects of New York, and who she, as an 11 year old girl, managed to wrestle her way, from the arms of a grown man, who was taking her in the basement to do, who knows what, and managed a scream, that about rocked the apartment building, once his hands came off her throat and her eyes came back from rolling, almost totally in the back or her head.  Luz, tells of the day, she had gone into downtown, New York, to visit her aunt, and was scheduled to take her auntie to a doctor's appointment in the City, on 9/11, and she tells of the premonition, the spiritual sickness she had that day, as she got a bad feeling about even being in New York City, and she booked it out of town, and headed back home, to the consternation of her family and friends in the City, who planned on her staying a week, visiting family and staying with her aunt.  And the next day she knew why she had felt the way she did!  Luc, had never written a book before, but felt compelled to write her stories, in the hopes of inspiring others to the spiritual side of life.  She spent her savings on writing, publishing, printing the book, only to find out the 40 hard back copies, and the 40 paperback copies, had been printed by the publisher with the wrong version of her book!  Scream!  Due to the errors Luz found, she is rewriting the book, adding two more chapters, maybe about her experiences in Montana . . . Nick is blamed for the attitude, Luz has!  LOL!  Gotta love the accents, attitude, and moxey!

The Good Neighbor Policy . . . LGBT Community Judging Homeless!

It is so easy, once we have gained ground, stood our ground, gained some semblance of acceptance, to turn right around, and start judging another group, that we, now feel superior to!  There were a few people from the Poverello Homeless Shelter, who were standing out in back of the shelter, sometime when the new shelter moved from Ryman Street, to Broadway, with the Mayor, clearly stating that location was picked on purpose, to let the community know, just how the City of Missoula, feels about their homeless population, and their commitment to caring and sharing community resources, and plenty, with those whom find themselves in a situation, where they need help, or someone to step up and give them a little assistance, to get them over the rough patch as some in the shelter, would describe their situation.  We all have our crosses to bear, our issues to deal with, our individual challenges in life . . . let's do what President Obama recommended, about a year ago, be kind to one another, be gentle, because we just don't know what has led this person to be where they are at, and at times, in comes at the hands of other people and it is no fault of the person themselves.

How Kids Learn . . . The Bridge Fight

Late night, I was waiting for my Native American, friend, Sandra, who was waiting for her friend, Donna, so we could all go down by the Clark Fork River, and get in the cool water, refreshing ourselves from the hot July sun, and still cooking, even into the early night hours.  I was not sure where to meet the other two, who were taking more time than my patience could handle, so I went on a head, and sat up on the bridge, just down from the shelter, don't know the name, and I should, but . . . so a group of happy teens, carrying tubes, floaties, and blown up rafts, came over the bridge that I was sitting on watching the huge orange sun, set over the fading blue sky, and over the mountains in the distance, with the water, gurgling and slowly, running past me on this peaceful night, seeing a group of 8 duckling, waddling through the weeds and into the water below me . . . fun sight, leaving me wondering where the parents were?  Out on a Friday night date?  LOL!

 

Several, like college age young people seemed to be leading this pack of teens and young adults, and about the time the gang bringing up the rear came to where I was sitting, I heard someone say, leave my wife alone, don't look at my wife that way, and I am going to beat you, if you say one more thing to her, and so forth.  There was some hot babes, among the group of four girls, scantily dressed in bikinis, and one, butchy looking chick, that I found it hard to distinguish her from a guy, and by what she was saying, I figured that this was a lesbian couple, or so it seemed, and several gal friends of the pair were, now getting involved in what sounded like it could turn into a fight, but I was hoping not!  I turned around and saw a young, light colored Hispanic kid, that seemed to be the sole male, who appeared to me, to have made the insult, or what the andrigenous member of the group, seemed to take so offensively.  I told the kids to knock it off, as they threw insults, or at least the one more masculine member of the group, calling the young man, names and threatening to do unseen things to him, if he said one more thing, or did whatever was going on.  The kids backed away for a few seconds, only to have the two, alleged, males, going up against each other, with the hottest of the girls, the alleged wife, trying to get in between the alleged jealous lover and the kid, who as I came to find out, was not part of the group.

 

Just as I turned around, with a girl in between, and the two, males in the group, but with me noticing, that the one male had a swimsuit, top on, and getting a better picture of this fight scene, hands were pushing, mouths, at least of the white kids, were flapping, and suddenly, the Hispanic kid, threw a punch, hitting the other alleged, husband in the face!  I could tell this fight was doing nothing but going downhill, so I jumped up and separated the two factions, telling the group of girls, to walk one way on the bridge and the young man, to get going in the opposite direction.  He kept telling me, he had to go that way, as the girls were throwing insults and slurs at him, while I was encouraging the kids to take a time out, go in different directions, and give each other some space.  The Hispanic kid, just kept acting like he had to go the same direction.  I told him, that those skanky hoes were not worth it, and just let them go . . . I thought his was after one of the hot bodies, and I think the butch chick did too, when come to find out, his car was parked on the other side of the bridge, where this group was now congregated, and blowing off steam, dissing the kid for hitting, now a female . . . really?  But, they were not leaving, and the kid, finally told me, that his car was parked on that side of the bridge . . . it pays to get the facts.  I told him, to just wait until the other kids were gone, to go get his car, and reminded him that assault charges were not cool, getting a ticket for disturbing the peace, yah, my peace, was also something he didn't want, and cops were not needed!

 

So, he seemed really worried about something, it seemed too late to be going to work at 9:00 P.M., but maybe he didn't want to tell me that he had to have his parent's car home by a certain time, or needed to pick up a girlfriend, or just what was going on.  The two groups, didn't even know each other, so?  But, I told him, I would walk over and ask them to step aside and let him get to his car without incident, so he could get to work.  He seemed to appreciate my efforts, and I approached the girls, asked them to move over across the street to the park, so the kid could get his car, and get out of their way.  The hottie chick, with the hot little bod, and probably the source of the whole affair, started to get mouthy with me, telling me they were not moving, because this guy hit their chick friend . . . well, you could have fooled me, since, your now, female friend, formerly your husband, was the aggressor.  But, luckily, another friend, encouraged her to do what I told them to do; however, they were not willing to cross the street, and they didn't need to move, since the kid, in their minds was a bully . . . their husband friend, was nowhere to be seen . . . a bust in the jaw, probably, was more than she wanted to deal with, or it embarrassed her, while she was being tough, or her "wife" made a smart ass comment, but she was gone, somewhere.  I kind of stood in between the kid and the girls, who were verbally assaulting him, as he walked by, trying to make him feel guilty, for the guychick, threatening to kick his ass!  LOL!  The kid, got his car without incident, and all was well.

 

I went back to my spot, sitting on the bridge and watched the sun go down, and then got up to leave.  These girls were still sitting at the other end of the bridge, and I wondered, if they were waiting for a ride, or what was going on, and a bit surprised to see them still sitting there.  But, I walked by them and thanked them for being nice, and letting the kid get his car, so he could get to work.  They smiled and said, sure.  I wished them a good night, and they all, just like a group of, sweet young ladies, that they really are inside, all simultaneously, chimed back . . . you have a good night too!  I thanked them and met up with Sandra, as I walked a bit further.  I have found, that nobody, really wants to fight, and generally, if they do get into it with someone, it is basically posturing, and saving face, hoping that someone will stop the fight, before it comes to fist-a-cuffs!  

 

I learned a valuable lesson, while doing my student teaching in a high school, when a fight broke out in the halls, and the real teacher was nowhere to be found, and as 50 or so students, gathered around two boys, with one punch, drawing blood already, were egging the two boys to go for it, fight, hit, and get the show on the road.  With half of the crowd, a half head taller than myself, I stepped in the circle of kids, and grabbed both boys by the shirts, marched them down to the principle's office, and let him deal with them, getting back to my class, and the tasks at hand. I thought, that both boys were probably sorry or pissed that I broke up the fight . . . not the case at all . . . both separately and individually, came to me, during the day, and thanked me for breaking up the fight!  Violence and fights make me sick, blood even makes me sicker, and I learned, that those involved, really didn't want to fight, and whenever I see a fight, going on, now, I always, always, always try to stop it!

Men Are Physically Stronger Than Females, As a General Rule . . . God Created Men to Protect Women and Children, Not Abuse Them . . . Let This New National Birthday Cycle, Find a Year of Peace, Love, Tenderness!

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSE!  THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE, SEXIST OR RACIAL JOKES . . . WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS AMERICA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA . . . ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND CHANGE!

NOW, GO AND ENJOY THE FIREWORKS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Constitutional Law 101 on Citizenship

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

So, What about Polygamy?

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

 

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

 

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

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

LIBERTY SAFE, GUN & AMMO (GOD BLESS EAST MISSOULA)! U.S. BAD ASS CHICK SOCCER TEAM, TOOK IT TO GERMANY, 2-0! PLAYING TO A CROWD OF 51,126, NOT A SEAT LEFT, UP TO THE RAFTERS, IN THE BLUE, FILLING THE STADIUM WITH VIM AND VIGOR, STRIPES & STARS, FLAGS AND CREAMING FANS, AS CARLI, ALI, MORGAN, HOPE AND TEAM BRING HOME THE WIN FOR THE HOME CROWD! GIRLS LIKE TO SWEAT TOO! SCREAM! PRICELESS--PIC IN MISSOULIAN, SPORTS SECTION, OF CARLI, GRIMMACE AND EXILERATION AT BEATING GERMANY--CROWD WITH A SEA OF RED, WHITE & BLUE--"ONE WIN MORE"--WORLD, WORLD CUP, AMERICAN PRIDE AND SPIRIT IS BACK, CAN'T CONTAIN IT! TAKE IT ALL THE WAY, AGAINST EITHER JAPAN OR ENGLAND! JUST IN TIME FOR 4TH OF JULY, AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY! "I AM NOW READY TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA--IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME SOMEONE DOES! SPECIAL INTERESTS BE DAMNED, KOCH BROTHERS TOO! GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY, AND THAT JERSEY BOY STYLE! LET'S HAVE A RACE! COOL STUFF IN THE NEWS TODAY: (1) ASSOCIATED PRESS INVESTIGATION, LEADS TO MYANMAR, MAN FROM BURMA, A 22 YEAR SLAVE OF INDONESIAN FISHING FLOATING PRISONS, FREED, RETURNED TO VILLAGE HE CAME FROM, DROPS IN MOTHER'S ARMS . . . SISTER SAID, "WE DON'T NEED MONEY, WE JUST NEED FAMILY." GOTTA LOVE THOSE CRUSADER RABBITS! AP CONVINCING GOVERNMENT TO FREE OTHER MEN CAUGHT IN THE SLAVE TRADE FISHING JOB SCAMS, ENDURING BEATINGS, CHAINS, JUNGLES, PRISON-LIKE ATMOSPHERE! FREEDOM IS NOT A DREAM! GOOD JOB, AP! WASHINGTON LEGISLTURE CUTS COLLEGE TUITION BY 15 TO 20%--YAHOO--I AM SHOCKED AT THE COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION THESE DAYS, SON TOLD ME ROUGHLY, $3,000 A SEMESTER . . . I PAID ABOUT $450 PER SEMESTER BACK IN THE 80'S! WHAT THE STATES LOSE IN TUITION, THEY WILL MAKE UP IN BRILLIANCE--NICE TRADE OFF--HOPEFULLY OTHER STATES WATCHING! MISSOULA, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COUNTY SHERIFF, MCDERMITT, IS PUTTING TOGETHER TASK FORCE TO SEEK OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL TIME, OVERCROWDING, AND OVERCOMING THE NEED TO EXPAND THE JAIL--LET'S TAKE THAT 34% OF THE ADULT POPULATION HAVING SERVED TIME, DOWN TO WHERE OTHER NATIONS ARE, ABOUT 9 TO 11% AND LOWER IF POSSIBLE! THE NUMBER OF WOMEN INCARCERATED, HAS JUMPED BY 800% IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, 128% FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDREN--WITH WOMEN PLEADING TO ANYTHING JUST TO KEEP THEIR KIDS! DRUG INTERDICTION PROGRAMS BROUGHT THE INCREASE IN FEMALE OFFENDERS--TRY REHAB FOR DRUG ABUSE! BETTER YET, TAKE MARIJUANA OFF SCHEDULE 1 ON THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LIST, NOT LIKE HEROIN, METH, OPIUM! HELL, RECREATIONAL USE IS LEGAL IN TWO STATES! DON'T INCARCERATE, EDUCATE--NANCY REAGAN'S "JUST SAY, NO" IS STILL BEST DETERENT! OPINION SECTION, LAW PROFFESOR FROM UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN--JUSTICE ROBERT'S GOT DECISION ON OBAMACARE RIGHT . . . STATUTORY INTERPRETATION: (1) PLAIN LANGUAGE; (2) INTENT; AND (3) HISTORY . . . "THAT'S NOT REWRITING THE LAW. THAT'S READING IT! AMELIA BEDILIA! LIKE I ALWAYS SAY . . . THE LAW, IS THE LAW, IS THE LAW! CONGRESS DIDN'T INTEND TO DEVASTATE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS IN THE STATES! PICKING A WOMAN WHO'S RIGHT . . . TO PUT ON PAPER BILLS . . . I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOPHIE TUCKER: "FROM BIRTH TO 18, A GIRL NEEDS GOOD PARENTS. FROM 18 TO 35 SHE NEEDS GOOD LOOKS. FROM 35 TO 55 SHE NEEDS A GOOD PERSONALITY. FROM 55 ON, SHE NEEDS GOOD CASH"! LOL! EDITORIAL, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MOVES STATE LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE FLAG . . . WOMAN, AMERICAN-INDIAN, REPUBLICAN! GET BACK TO YOUR ROOTS, REPUBLICANS! LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL . . . THE NEW MARRIAGE!

How Beautiful It Is That Someone Can Make Your Heart Beat So Fast, When You Don't Want It To Beat At All!

 

What a fun morning . . . but for this blog to make sense and to be taken in its context, I have to briefly go back to a conversation last night, when one of my friends, showed up, who had been in the Butte Rescue Mission with me, when the mutual lust between James Kennedy, and I was flowing freely, and without, worry or incident--the second time, after he was shot in the foot, was a different story, altogether.  But, the first thing that Sandra, a Native American, asked me, was, after expressing relief that I was still alive, and rightly so, was, after hearing that I had been down in Durango and Grand Junction, Colorado, was . . . were you with James?  And she got a big smile on her face.  I said, no, I haven't seen him, I got poisoned the morning I was going to surprise him in Durango, and had to take a detour to Kalispell, Montana, to die where someone could identify my body, seeing I have no I.D., and haven't had any for the last year, and with the likelihood of getting the full shah-bang again, seemingly unlikely, or impossible, which ever way, you want to factor, being a thorn in the government's side, and the government running all the places I need to go to get I.D., like vital statistics, driver's license divisions, and Social Security Offices, being sure that death was near, being too sick to leave the Super 8 Motel in Kalispell, and tripping over to the ZipTrip to get a Diet Coke, even addiction, was not going to get this girl off the bed and walking anywhere!  It took me about three weeks to fully recover, but I pushed it a bit, taking about two weeks to trip-it to Durango, not knowing if James ever came at all, seeing I failed to tell him I was coming, in fact, I told him I was, in fact, not coming, due to a job in Bozeman, Montana, or the application of a job . . . again, government shit, getting in the way!

Remember the TV Series, 24?  Kieffer Sutherland?  This Morning, Thinking about James, I Got a Swimming Exercise Aid, With "Kieffer" on It!

I do, however, get symbols and signs that he is around me, a ghost, vampire, waiting to suck my blood, or a spook, waiting to take me out--always got to worry about those Honey Traps . . . James could be any one of the above, none of the above, or all of the above?  The story and mystery, still shrouds, the boy . . . but, I told Sandra, that I see empty shoes pointing to the mountains . . . he is a mountain man, biker dude; stacks of rocks, like someone scouting a trail, and giving me directions as to where to find him, or a blue tarp, and camp, directly across from the library balcony, knowing full well, I would do my blog at the library, and in Durango, likely pick the coolest place to write, overlooking the Amimus River, Durango to Silverton Railroad tracks with trains going by at various times of day, bikers, walkers and joggers . . . and directly across the short distance to the mountains, a possible tramp-camp, with the blue tarp, marking a possible Sasquatch or Big Foot Sighting?  Then I told her, how, while I was in Durango, I became re-acquainted with the music of Grand Funk Railroad, and how, I had mentioned a song, Bad Time to Fall in Love and how, Mark Farner, sort of reminded me of James . . . but James has a full head of wild hair, so wild, that he has to tie his wild locks down, either in a tail in back or using a bandana, to keep the curls from taking over his whole face!  LOL!

Finger Shaped Hearts--Love is Love!

I reminded her of Nick, the Italian brat, that was always getting in between me and James, and interfering at the very moment, where we might have some intimacy, or making heart shapes out of his fingers, as James and I, eat, and Nick sat across from us, a table or two away, smiling, like a goof, but making gestures with his hand for what he saw going on between the two of us.  One, time in Durango, I mentioned, that after being poisoned and thinking I was going to die, not just once, but at least twice, and James getting shot, that at least my immortality, or teenager invincibility had been challenged, as I am sure, as James struggled with ice, crutches, a awkward, black boot on his foot, he too, had realized that life can be short, and it is so much better, sending it with someone else.  But, after reminding her of the hearts made with fingers, sitting on a Kansas farm with James, watching a sunset over the endless fields of corn or wheat, I was going to watch the Grand Funk video of Bad Time . . . to get a little James time . . . but he better watch out, or I will fall in love with Mark!  LOL!  I don't necessarily need the man to be in love, just an object of my imagination is fine, most of the time!  LOL!

Much Longer . . . Swapping Mark for James!  LOL! 

That might have been the fear, that James, might have had, as he, read my blog, and looked at whom I thought, reminded me of him, because the next morning, I got on and there was a replacement video, starting with the viewpoint of a porch or something, and seeing a sunset, through the fingers that were shaped in a heart!  I told Sandra, that video, reminded me of James, and perhaps, he had it made?  Strangely enough, after not seeing it for at least a month, and after telling her about it, with possible surveillance, just now, that video, popped up, again today!  For obvious reasons, talking to her, reminded me of Butte and James, which led me to Grand Funk, to Bad Time to Be In Love . . . but, again, Mark Farner's 50+ videos, had been replaced by the video with the heart and sunset?  Angel is James' nick name . . . I will think about him, and I swear, the next person I see, has angel wing tattoos!

Farner . . . Lead Singer, Mr. Energy . . . So, Like James, Not Wearing a Wedding Ring!  Move Over James!  Hot Younger Too!  LOL! 

Once in Durango, last, I had just written a blog on being the avenging angel, after seeing the t-shirt that Mark Farner, was wearing in the original version of Bad Time . . . now, he is wearing a blue shirt, different concert, same song, but at that time, Farner had a white shirt on with an angel, with a automatic rifle.  That night, our staff at the shelter, gave us all a change to pull some type of cards, that have challenges, or little life thoughts, on them . . . I pulled one with a guy and girl angel, buy had brown hair, James' length, girl angel had blonde hair, my length, and the two angels were holding hands!  LOL!  Whatever . . . cruel joke if I don't ever get to see him again?  Everywhere I look, there is something that reminds me of you . . . words to a song . . . he probably hasn't given me another thought after telling him I wasn't coming to Durango, or he is doing my sister, pretending it is me, or claiming she is me, taking one for the boyz club, if he is a cop . . . never know!  LOL!  I could love him, but could he love me . . . or does he need a Company chick?  LOL!  Either way . . . men are like trolley cars, one coming by every 10 minutes . . . I just did a typo . . . once!  I reminder of age, of the quote I put in the title?  Once good enough to be good looking, as I was, and still am cute, at least, and after 55 need a stash of cash!  Out of luck on that one . . . Don't steal . . . the government hates competition!  Saw that on bumper sticker, back in the asset forfeiture days in Utah, and again at the Poverello Homeless Shelter on a t-shirt, reminding me of, perhaps, better days?

 

These are the good old days!  Just to prove, that while James might be with one of my doubles or sisters, I did take his breath away, make his heart beat, when he didn't want it to . . . one night, we were either waiting for dinner, or something, and it was cold outside, as was generally the case, James would look through the door before coming in, and see where I was sitting, and beeline it over to where I was and join me.  This particular time, I must have been paying attention to someone else and all of the sudden, I heard James, like having a heart attack or something . . . deep breathing . . . is he jacking off?  I was almost too embarrassed to look at him, for fear I would embarrass him, or he would embarrass himself.  Finally it got so bad, that I decided, maybe I ought to check on him, and look at him, to see what was up, regardless of ego, or whatever else was going on?  He quickly got control of his beating heart and breathing, and faked like he was asleep, but the heavy breathing, stopped!  LOL!  My heart has skipped a few beats too!  LOL . . . but time moves on . . . I look at chances, people, matches, relationships, like two ships passing in the night, as you approach, you can either turn and go the same direction, and travel together, jump on the other boat, and completely join forces, power couples, kicking the shit out of the world . . . or you just keep on passing each other!

Liberty Safe, Guns and Ammo . . . Sign on Way to Boner, Oh, Bonner!  LOL!

The Beauty of Young Love . . . Saw it on the Bus This Morning!

Originally, I was going to hop on bus #5 and go hiking up Rattlesnake Canyon, before going swimming at the Aquatic Center, but as I left the Poverello, at a ripe time of 6:00 A.M., getting in some outside time, before it gets hot, and as I was walking over to the bus terminal, I took a breather on the St. Patrick's Hospital retaining wall, near the parking lot, just as a white, red and blue, with black letter on hit, city cop, came around the corner . . . remember, me mentioning the other day, that plan A, B, C, and D, had failed last March, and after chasing me all night, the cops, spread rumors around the town, that I had been picked up and booked into jail, so that has been an issue with Garrett, who allegedly heard the chick Lynn, who swears she saw me at the jail . . . never been in a jail, or near one in 3 years in Montana, but that is not for lack of trying, could have been sister, with wig on, trying to trash my character, as always, get rid of me, as the cops' bitch--her that is, making both them and her happier, and free to spend the cash I made, and they stole from me, both her and them, a private payroll of cops, in each town, likely Mormon, or into polygamy!  LOL!

 

So, this cop, rounds the corner, sees me sitting there, on the retaining wall, just minding my own business, and as he spies me, maybe told by staff at Pov, that I had just left, but he hits his brake lights, and slows down to a turtle speed.  Here we go again, so Ninja Turtle, Mom, trained, Jo, hits the stairs, crossed the parking lot, and just as I hit the street behind the hospital, my savior, the bus, driven by a guy who has seen me all week, stops and waits for me at the bus shelter . . . saved by the bus, AGAIN!  Thanks.  I take the route, not the intended route, but hey, by now, I have to be flexible and roll with it!  As soon as I hit the main terminal, I jumped on the Bonner bus to get the hell out of town, for just a little while . . . when I had my truck, something like this, given my history, would have driven me three states away, but without my truck or the blown up car, and getting wiser, and more concerned about money, I ditch out around town, and if hideous, I take a Jefferson or Greyhound line out of town . . . or the Salish-Kootenai Transporation, up to Kalispell, Montana!

ONE WIN AWAY, U.S.A.--Bus Newspaper!  Yeah, U.S. WON!

Someone besides me, must have been as thrilled as I was, because the newspaper, and all the sections and advertisements were, opened and folded, on the U.S. Woman's Soccer Teams, Win Over Germany . . . Top Seated, going into the World Cup!  The two pictures on the cover of the Sports section, were priceless, and made a tear or two come to my cheeks.  I thought how far woman's soccer has come, from the days, that I remember, my 4 year old, Nicole, flying around the field like a butterfly, while the rest of the team were following the ball at the other end of the field . . . she seemed to have little interest, and when my husband, the coach of the team, asked who would stay out for the next quarter, all the four year olds' raised their hands!  LOL!  Nicole, also made it on the girl's soccer team in high school, and so did one of her friends . . . by the time they got home, and I was so happy, they had both talked each other out of the soccer team, and went back to chasing boys, rather than balls, or is that one in the same!  LOL!  That was kind of the last time, for years that I had any time dealing with girls' soccer.  Although, in Ogden, Utah, back in about the mid-70's, to late 70's, one of my friends was playing on a city woman's league, and knowing how competitive I am, she asked me if I wanted to come join one of the, amazingly, 100 woman's soccer teams in the area!

 

I was shocked at the number of teams, and she told me that one division was for out for blood and the other one was for fun!  I asked her which league she was in . . . oh, of course the one for fun!  I was going to college at the time, with four kids, big time church jobs, a husband who was never home, due to church callings, city, county, and planning commission meetings, so I declined. And I do believe, that declination, was part of the problem with Nicole, dropping out of the high school girl's soccer team, she had seen her mother, who used to play co-ed volleyball, basketball, and softball, turn her cleats in for a more academic arena of higher education . . . Nicole, who had been in a gifted school, starting in first grade, said, to her teacher, I will be good, because, my Mom is good!  The girl is brilliant, and shines with confidence, compassion, and skill.  I should have shown my girls and boys, that you can actually do both, academics and sports!

 

My next exposure to women's soccer, came while I was in law school.  Bart Weed, one of my law school, post-divorce, flames, took me on a date, to watch the BYU, female soccer team play . . . holy shit, I thought they were playing in fast motion, like on a film!  I could not believe how good they were, how fast they ran, and how competitive, tough, hard-core these chicks were!  Amazing.  So, when these women, most of the U.S. soccer team, is in their 30's, which totally took me by surprise too, first when reading an article about Hope Solo, and today, about Carli, Ali, and Morgan, the women in the newspaper picture, made me realize that they must have all these qualifying league teams, players, and only the very best are selected to be on the team, and my, my, have times changed, when a woman, was an old maid by the age of 21, and movie stars were sidelined by their 30's, unless they were big time stars, like Marilyn Monroe, or others in that class of stars . . . and these guys are just reaching their prime, physically, and able to endure the grueling workouts, and games, long past, what, I thought, their ages might be . . . but, WHAT AT THRILL . . . KEEP IT UP U.S. WOMEN!  WIN THE CUP!

Pure Romance . . . Guy Had A Chicken on His Shirt!  Get Over It . . . You Two Make a Beautiful Couple!

Okay, so one of the first stops we made, at the first little town, just outside of Missoula, maybe, that is called, East Missoula, where Liberty Safe, Guns and Ammo can either be found or are made, this very attractive, nicely dressed, twenty-something, professional looking young woman, with her brown hair in a bun, cut dress, wearing a sparkling necklace of a circle of diamonds or some jewel, just seductively, placed, about one fourth an inch, above her neckline . . . no cleavage showing, and she didn't need to flaunt anything with her very nice shape, and showing under the tailored, cream, teal, and black, summer frock, modest length, and she was wearing black slip on shoes, without nylons, those horrible leggings of the past generations.  But, as she got on the bus, her necklace shined in the sunlight, and she was just overall a very modest, clean cut, and beautiful young woman, so delightful to see!

 

At the next stop, an equally, handsome, young man, about her age, got on the bus, cleanly dressed, baseball hat, and a shirt with a chicken shape on his brown t-shirt . . . he had three drink holders, looked like ice tea, and a few other varieties and so he was ready for his day, maybe working at the camping outfitter behind Albertson's and ACE Hardware, near the road that goes across the lighted bridge or up to Rattlesnake Canyon . . . he too was clean, cream colored pants, nicely chiseled face, and as attractive as he was pretty.  At first, I noticed him get on, and look at her . . . she turned away, and I wondered, if they had gone to high school together or dated each other, just by the way, they kind of tried not to stare at each other.  But, as time went on, my first impression seemed to be wrong, and it appeared more to me, given the fact that I could see his face sideways, and watched him, look at her with a purity, interest, and believe me, checking out that diamond necklace, so purely placed, and sexy innocence, maybe not knowing what that was doing to this young man, who was trying not to look at her, but totally checking out the chick from top to bottom, periodically, as if he couldn't keep his eyes off of her . . . she, seem a bit prudish, and coy, looking straight forward, as if shy, or knowing full well, his eyes were on her, and she was not going to make eye to eye contact with her.

 

The way the bus is arranged, is that there are about 6 chairs, on each side of the bus as you come in, facing each other . . . then where I was sitting, the double benched chairs, turn forward, so you can see out of the front of the bus.  So, these two were sitting, almost directly across from each other, with a space of two, protecting them from facing each other straight on.  I was close enough, to see her reactions, and female game playing, acting like she didn't notice him at all, or was in the slightest interested.  He was not so good at the games, and he didn't need to worry about her looking at him, that was not happening!  LOL!  See seemed to fight looking at him, and was all about where ever she was going, to work, most likely, and all about going her way and doing her thing, to be annoyed by this good looking, same aged guy!  He was so much more fun to watch than she was, because he could just look, with his adams apple, swallowing, as if he couldn't stand looking at her beauty, but was never going to have the nerve to talk to her.  I thought, there is going to have to be a natural disaster, to get these two together, the bus is going to have to hit something, and throw them into each other's arms!  LOL!

Doing It Right . . . Part of the Fun, if the Sizing Up, the Anticipation, The Game, The Dance, That Brings Two People Together . . . It Seemed Old-Fashioned!

I love it, I think these are the things that make people mate, get married, get attached, and so much better than just meeting and jumping in bed with each other, and sizing each other after the fact . . . one of the main reasons I didn't go along with all James' shmarmy hit lines!  LOL!  I didn't want to just fuck this guy, not really marry either, but I guess, just get to know him, learn what he was all about . . . maybe he is too shallow for me, but sex was not on my agenda, definitely on his; however, as time passed, he became more and more like this young man on the bus, and I because more and more like the girl on the bus, just looking across a crowded room at each other, appreciating the face, the body, the interaction, the personality, the voice . . . all part of this thing, we call love.  Once the predator was stripped away, was James just the farm boy he claimed to be, and reverted back to a shy kid who rode horses and spent most of his days alone on a farm, in school, or on the football field of some small town U.S.A. high school, in a farming community?  Is he chicken, like the one on this guy's shirt?  Maybe.

 

I have learned, in this game we call love, or dating, or marriage, that there is a game you have to play, and you are going to either play it before you get involved, or after, and you are not going to get to skip this phase, or it is not really love, but lust, or infactuation, or some other counterfeit of love, but not love, that is a dance, one partner moving closer, as the other follows, one chases one, and as they turn to leave, the chased, becomes the chaser . . . until they both, decide, that they can't live with or without the person, and it is so miserable, that they have to do something, get together, try, endure the growing pains, go through the blending of two lives into one . . . in other words, it is hard work, but this dance, the time, the effort, the expense, the chasing is all worth it in the end, and you are stronger as a couple for going through it.  Many people say, they don't like playing games, and they just want to meet and bingo, they have a great relationship . . . not the fodder for humans, even the animals, rut, mate, show off for each other, in a mating ritual.  This couple just look like they go together, like they deserve each other, both responsible, frugal, taking the bus, saving money, commuting, nicely groomed and clothed, clean cut and beautiful, so romantic!

 

It totally reminded me of romances, like before WWII or some time period like that . . . but maybe that is farming or small town communities, I hope so, just not my experience from, say Parowan, Utah, where the kids treat each other more like animals, in heat . . . the guys take care of the girls, and the girls service the guys, is what they said.  And I thought to myself, were these guys raised in the same church as me, and in the same state?  I never thought like that, and was shocked to hear that they did; however, they were all a bit older, and all had been married, and in their late 20's, early 30's, and even early 40's . . . but, maybe, they never went through that dance and just looked at mating as a rut, or just whatever?  LOL!  But this couple was so refreshing and fun to watch, gave me goosebumps just to watch, think, wonder, what might happen in the future, would they get together? Maybe, maybe not, could be with other people, but it was just so refreshing to see them, and I hope the best for both of them, they may inspire, many though this blog . . . I hope so, they inspired me!

Isn't It Wonderful, Beautiful to Find Someone Who Make Your Heart Beat, Even When You Don't Want it to Beat at All!

Let's Celebrate Love, the U.S. Woman's Soccer Team Doing Us Right, The Flags, The Fans, And Get Ready for America's Birthday!

Remember Arlee Celebration, Indian Style . . . Not a Powwow, the Newspaper Said . . . That Means Getting a Party Ready for WAR . . . Been their Done that!  LOL!

P.S., My son, Elliot, bass guitarist and vocalist for "The Ditch and the Delta" told me he didn't dare talk to his current girlfriend, for two years!  LOL!  According to her, she didn't even know he existed!  LOL!  Gotta love romance . . . right after I got back to the transit bus terminal, the bus in front of me, had a young guy, and it said, on the ad, which I didn't pay attention to . . . Nice to Know!  I think, if I remember the story right, Elliot, finally, went on Lauren's facebook account, and contacted her, or started to write her on that, and they finally got together.  She might have been friends with his old girlfriend, Rachel, and so he went cautiously, into the night!  LOL!  He is also going for the smart, cute chicks, Lauren, just entered a master's program, this last semester!  Very cute also!



CRUSADER RABBIT, WRANGLER MOLD: DEMON CHILD OR DELIVERING ANGEL? INTERVIEW WITH NICK ENGELFRIED, BIG SKY CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE TONGUE RIVER RAILROAD COAL PROJECT! NICK IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE POPE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WITH THE ROOT CAUSES BEING: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON WATER, AIR, WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURE, NOISE, PROPERTY RIGHTS INFRINGEMENT AND OTHER ISSUES! SOME SAY THAT POPE FRANSIS SHOULD STICK TO RELIGIOUS ISSUES--GUESS WHAT, THIS IS A RELIGIOUS ISSUE! FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS . . . THE MOTHER EARTH GROANS FROM THE WEIGHT OF MAN--1/3RD OF THE FISH, THE BIRDS, AND THE CREATURES WILL DIE . . . THAT IS NOT FROM GOD, THAT IS FROM MAN, HIS POLLUTANTS, OIL SPILLS, AIR PARTICLES, AND CORROSION OF THE EARTH AND HER ELEMENTS! CORPORATE GREED WILL SACRIFICE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE, NATURE, AND WILDLIFE TO MAKE THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR! IS IT WORTH IT? NICK HAS A FEW IDEAS, IS VERY INSIGHTFUL, AND COMMITS HIMSELF TO THESE ISSUES, THAT ARE AFFECTING PEOPLE WHETHER THEY KNOW, BELIEVE, OR CARE! THANK GOD FOR POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, THAT PROTECT US FROM OURSELVES! SOME GET ARRESTED, JAILED AND EVEN KILLED FOR FIGHTING FOR THEIR BELIEFS . . . MY FIRST QUESTION TO NICK WAS, HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED LATELY? WITH A SHY SMILE OF EMBARASSMENT, HE SAID, YEAH, IN MARCH AT U.S. SENATOR STEVE DAINES OFFICE, HAVING A SIT IN OF A SORT, WANTING TO TALK THE SENATOR, AND RATHER THAN TALK TO HIS CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THE OTTER CREEK MINE AND TONGUE RIVER RAILROAD PROJECT, HIS STAFF CALLED THE POLICE AND HAD ALL 14 CITIZENS ARRESTED

Note for the record: this political activist just wanted to note for the record, that my double trouble, just got another hit today . . . I signed up for the Missoula Aquatics Club, a week or so ago.  I signed the necessary paperwork, and had my picture taken.  The girl at the front desk, informed me that my photo I.D. would be ready for me, when I get out of the pool, and that was on the first day!  It is now a week later, and as I came out of the pool, the attendant, stopped me, and handed me new paperwork, with a purple underline, showing me where I needed to sign my paperwork.  I informed her that I had signed paperwork just last week, so this was the second one I signed . . . patterns, patterns, patterns . . . double probably had her picture taken, instead of mine on the first card, then they will have me sign another one, and claim that she is me, the first to come to the swim center, and here is her picture, and now, the fraud or double, with the later signature, is trying to act like she is me, JoAnn S. Secrist, when in reality, the games they play, try to cover the double's ass, and leave mine hanging! 

Stop the Tongue River Railroad Project

Nick Engelfried and I met, several years ago, while coming up on a shuttle from Salt Lake City, Utah, as I recall.  We struck up a conversation, and ended up talking about environmental issues, with my daughter having a master's degree in Natural Resource Management, and Nick also having a master's degree in a very closely related field . . . and Nick has been enlightening me on these issues ever since that day.  Last Friday, I ran into Nick, stopping me on the Higgins Street, right outside the Break Coffee Cafe' and asking me to fill out a small, previously prepared note to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, who is now in the comment period, to be taken to determine the issue and problems, with the Otter Creek Coal Mine and Tongue River Railroad Coal Project really one in the same because you can't have the coal mine without having the transportation system or mechanism in place to get the coal to the Pacific Ocean, to transport and export that coal to China! 

I am not as up on the issues as Nick is, so I had him help me check off the issues that he thought were most important, and then I added one of my own, on the blank line section.  Having lived in Parowan, Utah, one of the hotbeds for the exposure to the atomic bomb and nuclear testing, in the Nevada deserts, with people going out to watch the big pink clouds in the sky, even taking picnic baskets and making a family outing of the event . . . only to have women give birth to babies with birth defects, and the normal babies, later had complications of their own, during pregnancy, and an overly large percentage of people from that area, who developed cancer, found to be directly related to exposure to the vitriol particles and contamination in the air, I mentioned the health issues, that have been connected to coal, like respiratory problems.  We are not making decisions for today, or next week, or even next year . . . but for generations to come!  We are deciding the air, water, land, wildlife, agricultural lands, farming and ranching quality for generations, not to mention, our own health, and the common home, we call Mother Earth!

GOAL OF BIG SKY CAMPAIGN, 350 MISSOULA, AND COMMUNITY ACTION FOR JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAS, AFRICA AND ASIA (CAJA3)

 Nick's goal is to get 5,000 comment forms filled out, and given to the Surface Transportation Board, before the comment period is up, and the permit is granted.  The Board is known to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for large corporations who seek their approval and permission to mine and transport coal!  I am going to attempt to cut and paste the small note to the Board, giving you, the citizen, a chance to check of from the prepared list of issues, those of most concern to you; however, if I am not successful, you can go online and fill the survey, note, comment in that way, and get it to Big Sky Campaign, who will in turn, get them where they need to go!  

Here is the site, 350missoula.org/trr, well I just tried to cut and paste--too scary, don't want to erase my blog, and I am on the law school's computer, not as advanced as the one I gave away, last week to the black dude, to avoid being tracked by the NSA, especially while traveling through UTAH!  Major issues of concern:

• Quality of life in rail line communities affected by noise pollution.
• Air quality in neighborhoods right next to the rail line (where highly localized impact will be more severe than on any given town's air shed considered as a whole).
• Climate change caused by burning coal that would be transported on the TRR.
• Private property rights infringement and degradation of farmland in rural Montana.

CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK AND BACKGROUND

Arch Coal Corporation, is the entity seeking the permit to mine coal in Montana . . . they are a company from back east, seeking to get their hands on the natural resource and treasures of the Treasure State or Montana!  Their main objective and incentive in getting a permit to build the railroad and also to mine the coal, is to export the coal to China.  Most of the area that will be affected, is in the grasslands, south and east of Billings, where there are many ranches and farms, that may, if the permit is granted, be the subject of what is called in property law, as eminent domain, where due to the need of the state or someone the state is granting a permit to mine the coal or put in the railroad, the property necessary for those uses, will be purchased, for fair market value, and the property changed to the use, that the permit, permits.  The Clark Fork River, runs right along side of the proposed route for the railroad, and this is a huge recreational area, for boating, fishing, and river rafting, which will also be affected.

One thing that needs to be noted, is the fact that the two primary methods of employment, income, and taxes in the state, come from agriculture and tourism!  One in five people in the state of Montana, are employed on a ranch or a farm, and tangentially connected employment.  Just the other day, it was recorded, that May had the largest number of tourists, going to Glacier National Park, in history of keeping records . . . and while people are coming and going, many of the Park tourists and visitors, will go to Yellowstone too, down in the southwestern corner of the state, and cross through some of the territory, that will be affected by the coal mines.  That is just what I think, looking at the layout of the state, and where I went during my Get Lost in Montana days, when I first came to this amazingly beautiful state!  Both tourism and agriculture are growing in the state . . . with record number of visitors, and also, more and more kids, getting into agricultural degrees, programs and trades . . . we are returning to Mother Earth at a big rate . . .

Comment Periods, Are Due Process--You Are Being Heard!  So, Speak UP!

Were we are with regard to the process that is due . . . like in due process to put in a coal plant such as this is: (1) the public comment stage . . . this is where you, Joe/Jane Citizen come in; (2) the next phase is the Environmental Impact Statement.  I just want to mention, that giving notice and hearing to the public, is what is constitutionally called, due process!  The way the government works, is that, at times, the public comment time is years in advance of the actions taken by the government.  I was involved somewhat in dealing with the road closures . . . the governments terminology, so as to be less offensive, was, putting the road into, storage, as I recall, or some term, that really didn't ring a bell with me or the people, but often, people fail to get involved, and blow off the public comment stage, and then, when the Forest Service starts to close the roads, people go ape shit, and wonder how the government can do this without even letting the people know!  Just yesterday, the Revalli County Commission, was told, while they were elected by the people and represent them, they had given up their right to appeal the closures, and so the shockingly high number of roads being put into storage, was something, the commission now opposed, as I scanned the newspaper and that article . . . but that is the case, NOW IS THE TIME TO GET INVOLVED, by the time the impact statement is being done, you are probably too late to do much! 

Why People in Missoula, Should Give a Rat's Ass . . . Now 5 Trains Per Day Go Through Town, This Will Up the Number by 8 to 10 More Trains Per Day!

The plan of ARCH Coal is to mine the natural resource on the other side of the state, and then, put the coal in train cars, and transport the stuff, to the Pacific coast, to be put on ships, to China . . . but, whatever jobs, that might result from the construction from the mine, the railroad, and managing the plant, will be temporary, and like I said, most of the jobs in that area, and in Montana in general, come from two industries, that will be most affected by the coal plant, tourism and agriculture . . . THINK!  Last year, I was taking a bus from Spokane to Missoula, and earlier that month, Nick had invited me to attend a public hearing, on the number of coal trains, going through Missoula, with his group and others trying to limit the number of daily trains . . . another time, Nick and buddies, got arrested, for standing too close to the coal trains, that the cops thought they were impeding the traffic of the trains, and other vehicles, and so they arrested the hand, holding, angels of protection, making sacrifices for the rest of us, who are not as aware of the threat to our health, ears, respiratory systems, and other environmental concerns.  So, I am leaving Spokane on a beautiful fall day, going down through St. Regis, with clear skies, fall colors, sparkling sunshine, and nothing more pristine than the mountains, the rivers and streams!

That was until I started coming closer to Missoula!  The air got thicker, the blue skies that Montana is known for, got hazy, and the view of the mountains and city, got foggy, dirty, and for the first time, I realized, just what the fuck, Nick and his friends were talking about . . . this sucks, is ugly, and I looked over and started to pay attention to the coal trains, clanging and banging, along the road, also, noticed that only about the first 25 cars of 100 or so, had covers over the coal . . . with some lady telling me at the meeting with Mayor Engan, that her husband worked for the railroad, and the coal cars were always covered, or from what I saw, they were covered, for the first fourth, and the rest of the 75 were blowing dust and particles into our air, city, water, and making a hell of a lot of noise!  I thought, how could Spokane have cleaner air than Missoula, the Blue Sky State?  Those fucking coal trains, and I was convinced, that yes, this environmental stuff, was not just a joke, with a bunch of lunatics, blocking trains and shit . . . this was real!  There was also a nurse at the meeting with the city council, in Missoula, who got up and told of all the health issues they were seeing at the hospital, that she just wanted the council to weigh in on the decisions, concerning the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, their number one concern and duty!

As Providence Would Have It . . . There Was a Great Article on the Colstrip Coal Plant in the Missoulian This Morning!

I thought the article did a great job, looking at an existing plant, some of the issues, and concerns, with a look to the future, that might give insight and power to just what Nick is saying:

• the coal plant is profitable now, so there is not reason to close the plant; however, the pollution-control costs are looming
• coal's share of the electricity market is crumbling
• pollution-control costs loom large and with the current atmosphere, they are likely to get even larger as EPA standard for carbon emissions, fossil fuels, and environmental quality control grow
• President Obama, is pushing each state to come up with a plan to work on climate controls and energy efficiency, calling for a 30% reduction in areas that affect climate changes
• Just recently President Obama, met with the Prime Minister of China, or whatever he is called, and they signed an international agreement to limit the use of coal, with the U.S. and China being the world's largest consumers of coal
• Governor Steve Bullock, mentioned that he thought, while being a coal producing state, that Montana could come up with a plan to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other agents harmful to the environment could be achieved
• uncertain times for coal power in the U.S. . . . things are changing, with some pretty heavy hitters, coming down on the side of climate monitoring and controls, to prevent changes, global warming and such . . .
• Colstrip customers are primarily in the Northwest . . . and there are several other providers up in that area, who could fill the demands of the population
• makes more sense to retire the coal plants, that to continue to put millions more to reduce pollution from the coal
• major forces working against coal burning power plants, is the low price of natural gas, which has driven the erosion of the electricity market, and coal use is down by one third, since a decade ago
• two major expenses are looming:
• equipment to control emissions going into the atmosphere of fine particles that cause "haze" which reduces visibility and causes respiratory problems;
• and potential reduction in carbon dioxide the greenhouse gas blamed in global warming 
• costs to comply with the EPA's pending carbon dioxide rule are not known
• technologies that can capture carbon to prevent its release are unproven as a commercial scale

By the Time the Otter Creek and Tongue River Railroad Get Approval, Permission, and Built . . . It May Not Be Feasible to Use, or Could be Obsolete as an Energy Source!

Nick's Congressional Report Card

• U.S. Senator Steve Daines, all about corporate pollution . . . climate change is not happening, and these 14 people who staged a sit in to get to talk to him, were just messing up the office and staff called the cops . . . so don't expect much help on this issue from the Daines people or the Republicans
• U.S. Senator Tester, his staff was much more willing to talk; however, Nick said that while staff was willing to listen, that Tester, is still involved in issues that would not limit the amount of coal produced in Montana
• Congressman Ryan Zinke . . . worthless . . . while he was in the legislature, he signed a letter stating he was aware of climate change, then did a complete flip flop, and now, allegedly doesn't believe in it at all, and he is promoting coal exports, and trying to prevent the EPA, or Environmental Protection Agency from protecting the environment or the impact the coal production will have on the state and climate control.  In Nick's words, he is a Climate Denier!

Major Players on Each Side of the Issue

• in opposition to the ranch lands being destroyed by the railroad, are of course, the ranchers and farmers in the Miles City area, where Nick and crew had the opportunity to meet with them, and support them in their efforts . . . the ranchers are fighting hard for their way of life!
• in favor of the coal mine, are paid lobbyists, Montana Coal Council, not to be confused with some government entity, who favors the mine, they work for the coal industry, and promote their projects . . . supply money, ads, and resources for the coal industry . . . they are totally ignoring the jobs and industries hurt by the project . . . my guess is that just don't give a fuck, as long as they get paid!

THANK GOD FOR CRUSADER RABBITS LIKE NICK, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, WHO ARE THE EYES, EARS, HEARTS, AND VOICES, FOR THE REST OF US!

Get Online and Fill Out Your Thoughts!  

FOXCATCHER . . . LIFE IS SHORT--RIDE A HOT ROD! GO FISHING--GONE FISHING! QUICK JOKES ABOUT MEN, ON BATHROOM WALL OF "GREEN PIG PUB", SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--GLAD MONTANA MEN ARE NOT LIKE THIS! LOL!: (1) HOW MANY MEN DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT BULB? ONE . . . MEN WILL SCREW ANYTHING; (2) WHY DID GOD CREATE MEN? BECAUSE VIBRATORS CAN'T MOW LAWNS; AND (3) WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND GOVERNMENT BONDS? BONDS MATURE! UNLESS YOUR JAMES BOND! LOL! ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, A FEW GOOD MEN, TAKING ON A CRISIS IN AMERICAN MASCULINITY: (1) PUTTING FORTH A VISION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A GOOD MAN; (2) MEN HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MEN GROW UP SUCCESSFULLY; (3) THROUGH MENTORING, INSPIRING "ESQUIRE MEN" TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE; (4) AT A TIME WHEN MORE BOYS ARE GROWING UP WITHOUT INVOLVED FATHERS, THE IDEA OF STRONG MALE ROLE MODELS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED BY DARKENED PERCEPTIONS OF COACHES AND PRIESTS AND, YES, EVEN THE BOY SCOUTS, SO THROUGH MENTORING--ONE-ON-ONE LIFE COACHING--IS AMONG THE FEW STRATEGIEIS THAT HAVE PROVEN TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF BOYS; (5) 50 EXTRAORDINARY MEN TELL ABOUT THEIR MENTORS--THE PEOPLE WHO SET THEM ON THEIR PATH TOWARD SUCCESS; (6) ESQUIRE, IN THEIR OCTOBER 2014 ISSUES WAS ASKING FOR 100,000 NEW MENTORS, 212-649-4284 TO CONTACT, ALSO LISTS OF STATE AND CITY MENTORING CONTACTS . . . BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? SOMEONE DROPPED THIS ISSUE OFF AT THE MISSOULA COUNTY LIBRARY ON SATURDAY--8 MONTHS LATE, BUT ALL VERY REAL, RAW AND RELEVANT--GREAT ISSUE--"IT'S NOT ALL WET TOWELS AND NAKED WOMEN"; GOD BLESS MAGAZINES! WHAT AN AMAZING PROJECT--I LAUGHTED, CRIED, HOPE AND WISH THEM SUCCESS . . . MAYBE LATE COMERS CAN FIT IN SOMEWHERE . . . I JUST LIKE TO READ MEN MAGAZINES ONCE IN A WHILE TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE UP TO! LOL! WHY WOULD I READ WOMEN'S MAGAZINE--I AM ONE, I ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY THINK! LOL! ESQUIRE, SAYS FUCK TO TWO AND A HALF MEN! FUCK THE MEN WHO ARE ALL STUPID AND HOLLOW AND WANT TO STAY THAT WAY. FUCK THE WOMEN WHO ARE WHORES OR CRONES OR CHEERFULLY ACCEPTING WIVES OR LUNATIC STALKERS OR WHATEVER OTHER HOLLOW STEREOTYPE PASSES THROUGH THE MINDS OF ITS WRITERS. I COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! LOVE IT! AMAZING ARTICLE ON "THE END OF MASS SHOOTINGS", THE FBI UNITS WHO DO THREAT ASSESSMENTS, WORKING WITH LOCAL AND STATE COPS, THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR--EXTREMELY TIMELY, IN LIGHT OF THE MASS SHOOTINGS BY DYLANN STORM ROOT OR ROOF, KILLING 9, JUST WEEKS AGO, IN SOUTH CAROLINA . . . WE CAN STOP THESE MASS KILLINGS, WITH THE HELP OF: FAMILIES, FRIENDS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, MENTORS, TEACHERS, NEIGHBORS, ROOMMATES, COWORKERS . . . THE SIGNS ARE THERE, WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR! GROOM TO WIN: MARRIAGE GETS WEIRD: ITS REALITY IS COMPLETELY AT ODDS WITH ITS PORTRAYAL IN THE CULTURE--NEW WEDDING VOWS: "FOR RICHER AND HOPEFULLY RICHER, IN HEALTHY MUTUAL EXCHANGE, TO KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE WORLD TOGETHER TILL IT IS MUTUALLY INCONVENIENT." "THE RETURN OF THE CLINTON MARRAIGE TO PUBLIC LIFE, WILL MAGNIFY IT AGAIN, NO DOUBT. THAT WEIRD FAIRY TALE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AMERICA'S FAVORITE SHOW. THE CHEERFUL ELITISM OF THE OBAMAS RESPRESENTS THE MARRIAGE AMERICANS ASPIRE TO. THE CLINTONS REPRESENT THE MARRIAGE AMERICANS HAVE--FULL OF MYSTERIES EVEN AS IT IS TOTALLY OVEREXPOSED, HOT AND MESSY, WITH PERIODS OF TERRIBLE CRUELTY AND PERIODS OF JOY, SHOT THROUGH WITH BETRAYAL EVEN AS ITS UNITY REMAINS UBREAKABLE. THEY TRULY ARE THE DREAM THAT CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE NIGHTMARE." "WE ARE ALL POWER COUPLES NOW--A CHANGE THAT IS AT LEAST REFRESHING, ALBEIT NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTING. THE DARKENING OF MARRIAGE IS ALSO AN ENLIVENING. LIVING THROUGH A MARRIAGE THAT'S A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN LIVING THROUGH SOME BLAND COMEDY--MORE INTENSE, MORE DEMANDING AND MORE FUN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SURVIVE IT! LOL! THE MARRIAGE OF CATWOMAN AND BATMAN! MY PERSONAL COMMENTS! GREAT ISSUE! GO OUT AND CHANGE A LIFE . . . MENTORING MAY CHANGE YOURS!

"You are the father I never had." . . . "You are the son, I never wanted!"

GREAT MOMENTS IN UNOFFICIAL MENTORING

ETHAN'S ROOM, COLORADO SPRINGS

Back in 2009, Tim Burke opened this skate shop in the basement of his ad agency.  the skate park across the street provided plenty of exposure to customers, and owner Burke saw many of them--as young as eight years old--droppped off in the morning with no money for lunch, spending all day hanging around until getting picked up after five.  Burke began to look out for them, splinting broken bones, bandaging wounded knees, and offering adive on teachers, bullies, and parents.  (Only, he is quick to point out, when asked.)  To teach them lessons about responsibility, he offered fifty cents for every two hundred cigarette butts brought in from the littered park, and anyone who could memorize the Declaration of Independence received store credit.  The kids began hanging out at the shop just to hand out--"I was a parent, but I wasn't their parent," Burke says of the relationships--and Ethan's Room became an informal one-man mentoring center.

 

When a new skate shop opened its doors last year, many of his customers switched allegiances and Ethan's Room closed in February.  Burk says he probably should have closed it a couple years ago, but he'd kept it open for the kids.  Burk is now a mentor without a home, and he still keeps in touch with a network of dozens of skaters.  "I created friendship with a lot of kids that's permanent," he says.  "It's not going away."

How to Build a Man

This particular mentoring story touched my heart in more than one way: (1) because my boys were both skateboarders, and (2) when the mentor mentioned splintering the boys broken bones, and bandaging wounded knees . . . it reminded me of my two skaters, and their injuries, that they never let, either me or their father know about, that came back to haunt one of them years later, when on a family reunion, initiating new spouses and a girlfriend into the Secrist family, by making them hike down and out of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, where 15 years earlier, while daughter, Greta was working the Rim, me, my boyfriend, and about 7 kids, hiked in and out, with me, in good shape then, being willing to pay, a million dollars, to be life flighted out, that hot day, starting about noon, in the July sun, with the teenagers, beating me and boyfriend out of the steep canyon walls by about 6 hours, and drinking the little bit of water we had stashed along the trail!

 

But, the first I heard of my son, Elliot's, injured or earlier broken pelvis bone, was on that trip, when he was in his late 20's, when he was limping out of the canyon, and happened to mention his injury from skateboarding, years earlier.  Chris also, has a deformed elbow, from neglecting to tell either parent, both with insurance from work, about the injury, nor seeking medical attention!  So, even my son's who I hope did not feel abandoned at the skate parks, that just came into existence, late in their skating careers, might have had need of a mentor, that they could tell or have band-aid their bruised bones, and injured pelvis!  Maybe that is what made them both the amazing men they are today?  But, that story and all the featured articles and men, who took the time out of their earning potential to put kids, boys first, either by teaching them to fix an automobile, or taking care of skating injuries, and just being their friends and giving them advice, is so appreciated and needed in this busy and hectic world!

My Mentoring Experience . . . Well, Cross Between Mentoring and Fostering!

Last night, when I got back to the Poverello Hotel Hanoi Hilton . . . which some would call a resort, rather than a homeless shelter, a friend of mine, who is black, military, always employed, but cheap as hell, however, an all around good guy, other than he thought, since he saw me last that I was incarcerated in a Missoula jail, lol, wishful thinking . . . no, I took off to Kalispell, then Butte, been to Vegas, Utah, Durango, Denver, Grand Junction, Kalispell again, and back here, and that was just the ego of the cops that chased me for about 12 hours, with plan A, B, C, and D, all failing; therefore, to save face, after I took them on, about getting militarized vehicles to take on the extremist, Rainbow kids, who are passing through town right as I am writing this, many stopping at the Pov for lunch, or to bum cigarettes or gas money, and wrote several blogs about the two New Years Eve, shootings, must have either paid someone from the Pov to spread rumors, or dropped charges, to tell the groupies at the Pov, that I was in the county jail, when I was, the following day, buying copies of the annual Christmas book, written and complied by the Kalispell cops and Flathead County Sheriffs, about their funniest calls, called, Law and Disorder, the best of the Daily Roundup in the Flathead County, very funny, and both me and my daughter, being one of my four children I purchased the funny book, for Christmas, believe these stories to be more like, police harassment by cell phone!  LOL!

 

But, after I straightened him out on that issue, and started to tell him, about the amazing articles, the mentoring, the marriage--he has never been married--he stopped me again, just to piss me off, and that is not hard these days!  LOL!  It was fucking 101 degrees in Missoula yesterday!  But he said, what are you talking about men mentoring, when you, yourself have never mentored!  And you don't know what you are talking about . . . really, I took in a girl for 2 years, and a boy for 18 months, and I proceeded to tell him about Darlene and Alan. 

 Darlene

Darlene happened to live just a few houses down the street from me when my kids were little.  I didn't know here, really don't know if I had ever seen her, or at least didn't know here name, but she just knocked on my door, and asked if she could move in with me . . . why?  She proceeded to tell me that she had been adopted as a baby by a couple, then that couple got divorced, and she went with one of them, who then remarried, and later divorced with her going with the parent, who had never been involved in the adoption from the get go, and now she was living with two people, who essentially didn't want her.  I could see the problem and told her all I had, was an empty extra kitchen upstairs, and sure she could move in.

 

Darlene was a senior by this time, and so she was very self-sufficient, and she also had a job, met a nice boyfriend, Aaron, whom was a very nice guy and good looking too.  The first year, I didn't expect anything of Darlene, and I made her choir dress for concerts, went to her graduation, but basically, just stayed out of her way, because she was a great gal, and no problem.  She eventually, after the second year, moved out, got an apartment, and I hope married Aaron, whom she was still with at the time.  Some of these kids, need little more than peace of mind and a safe place to lay their heads.  The second year, when Darlene had graduated, I had gone back to college, and I had her, in exchange for rent, watch my two boys, maybe a few hours a week while I ran up to classes . . . it was a mutually beneficial relationship, and little trouble.  Hi, Darlene if you read my blog!

 Alan

Alan Rowley, was about 17 years old, when I was asked by sister, Rachel, whom had just gotten remarried, to a man, who lived at the other end of the state from St. George, Utah, up in Cove, Utah, and who was ordered by the court, to keep her two oldest kids, in St. George, until school was out, with about 6 months of the school years left, if I would come in and take over, taking care of her two children, Alan, a friend of Matthew Hickey's, Shelley, and her crew.  Nice . . . okay, and so it went.  Rachel and Chris had lost total control of their house, while going through their divorce, and Shelley had always been an errant parent, therefore, aside from getting into the practice of law, after dealing with a terminal brain disease/government poisoning, I jumped right in, in my style of firm but fair treatment of both kids, clients, and others in the house, just as I had done with my own kids, who were now all self-sufficient adults, thank heavens.  But there were about 5 teenage boys, who had taken over the house, eating Rachel and Chris out of house and home, and were so big, all except, Alan, over 6'4" and big and bulky boys.  Within about two days, I took control of the house--helps to be a bad ass attorney, after setting down rules, moving the boys out of the guest house, that my father compared to the murder scene in the Nelson shootings up in Cedar City, where Rachel had been working as a P.I., on the case with David Doddridge, who had visions of getting three rather large breasted women, to be his, private eye, Charlie's Angels incarnate!  Talk about the Two and a Half Men, mentality!  LOL!  Thanks Esquire!  LOL!

 

Alan, who had been adopted by a couple in the neighborhood, from his parents, in California, who had been in and out of jail, on drugs and involved in other socially unacceptable behavior, lost Alan to the state.  But, Alan was a smart mouthed, young punk, and was hard to handle for this Mormon family, with three very dull and slow, unpopular sons of their own.  But, Alan had taken care of his father, and he was street smart, as well as being a smart alick and knew who had the power in the house and kissed up to me immediately.  My own nieces and nephews, were pissed off, but Alan was the kid who fixed my computer when it was down, moved stuff around, cleaned the yard and the garage, and muscled things around when I needed help, and I generally paid him; therefore, he was more than willing to help me, unlike his spoiled friends, and my relatives, sisters' kids.  He soon became my right hand man . . . and what a blessing.  Every morning, I would try to get the two boys up to go to high school, with both of them being seniors.  That was hard, seeing that Rachel seemed to have little use for education, and bought any story the kids wanted to bull shit her with, to stay home from school.  Alan, generally would get up and go, but under complete duress.  Finally, Matt was so far behind, having both daddy locally to back up his bull shit, and mommy coming down all the time to bring, younger sibs, to visit friend in St. George, he totally quit normal high school and wanted to do packets.  Alan wanted to go to the alternative high school, just like Matt . . . again, I could get Alan up and to school, but Matt who took until he was well over 21 to graduate, balked and stayed in bed.

 

Eventually, Alan started to see the benefits of education, saw me kick the shit out of Chris, Rachel's ex and his attorney, whom Alan knew, being raised in the same neighborhood with these men, and saw me beat them in court, time and time again, and kicking them off the property, and feeling like I was going through, Rachel's divorce for her, while she was up in Cove, fucking her new husband, and neither parent, gave me a dime, nor Shelley for taking care of about 10 people and running a solo law practice, too, and having clients in 5 states.  But, Alan, was my man, he would do what I told him to do, and eventually, we got him through high school, and I have never seen a more happy boy . . . he told me it was going to take him another year to graduate, I think because Matt was a lazy ass and would not get up for school, and was going to have to repeat a year or do packets.  I held my "L" fingers up on my forehead for "loser" and said, you have to be retarded not to graduate, so get it done!  And within two weeks he had completed all the assignments and requirements for graduation.  Now, attending his graduation was better than going to my own kids, because, they were expected to graduate, and had parents with a master's degree and law degree, and I never let them miss school, and once, my kids told me there was a snow day . . . nice, story, now get out the door and get to school!  It was a snow day . . . lol!  But that was it, two graduated early, I only attended one graduation, and that bored me to tears, too long, with over 2,000 kids in one class, in Orem, Utah!

 

Alan's was different . . . at first he didn't want to get a robe and hat, it looked stupid.  I insisted he walk through graduation, something I never made my own kids do, and came close to not walking through my own . . . not one for pomp and ceremony, much.  But, Alan, had achieved something, I don't think many people gave him a chance in hell of doing and he was doing it before, Matt, coming from an educated set of parents, albeit, not too concerned about education, from what I could see, and that became a point of contention, and a sore issue for Matt, whom had nobody but himself to blame, with the same person, yelling at him and Alan each morning to get up and get ready for school!  Alan got the robes and hat, and there were about 250 graduates of this Southwest Alternative High School, and Alan, was one of the most proud graduates!  His adopted parents came and we met for the first time . . . they were grateful, because they could not handle him . . . I am no, nonsense parent and mentor, and don't mince words, when I told him he had to be retarded not to graduate from high school, he got the message . . . I balled like a baby, as I did, when I taught, in an alternative high school setting myself, having kids who told me, that all they learned in the quarter was to go to school!  But when I thought about it, and the principle of the high school told me, that the only class these kids went to, was mine, I was flattered!  They called me, Mom, and I was a wreck when they all graduated too . . . some lived without any parents, some with a sister, others in an abandoned school bus . . . tough, tough homes, and I was honored to be called their mother!

 

I helped Alan get his driver's license, two years late, because nobody took the time to help him jump through the steps, or take him to the place to take the driving part.  I made him get a job to pay for the cost of everything, which he did, and eventually he bought his own truck.  At one point, after school was out, and that was my obligation to my sister, I came home from court, and found, that Alan's stuff had been moved out to the curb to the street, with some horrible statement on a banner, and I was furious . . . again, jealousy . . . Matt said, that he should be my favorite, or Ty, because they were related.  I am not like that . . . Christ said, whom are my mother and father, sister and brother, those who do the will of my Father in Heaven who sent me!  I favored the kid, who was smart enough to do what I told him to do, and take care of business.  Not only had my niece and nephew, but their fucking father, who did nothing with the kids, only encouraged them to be shit heads, had come over and helped but Alan's stuff out in the street, and then paid to have MY locks changed!  Within about an hour, I had kicked my niece and nephew out of the house, and told Alan to move his stuff back in the house! 

 

You can be damned sure that added to the situation, I find myself in with Rachel, Shelley, Sue and the rest of the Southwick vampires, teaming up against me . . . they play the game different than I do!  Alan was on his own, later, when all the forces of darkness colluded against me, and illegally, unlawfully, and unconstitutionally, up and stole everything I had in my house, paid for in cash, with the exception of the art that I was purchasing one piece at at time, with about 200 photo art on my walls! 

The Worth of a Sout is Great in the Sight of the Lord . . . Charity Covers a Shit Load of Sins!  LOL!  It was MY pleasure to be Exposed to these Two Fine Kids . . . You Will Get as Much as You Give!  Change Two Lives . . . Yours and Theirs!

MENTOR . . . JUMP IN WHERE THERE IS A NEED!

Thanks, Esquire Magazine, Helping to Make Man at His Best!

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT SHOOTERS IS WRONG!

I thought it highly appropriate, to put, both the mentoring, along with the making of a man, and also this article on, mass shootings, in the same issue.  Because, we are all, in come way, connected, responsible, needed, and can prevent mass shootings.  Sure there are FBI Threat Assessment teams, but when all is said and done, they have to rely on you and me to bring the behavior and actions, that give us an indicator that something is going wrong in this person's life, and needs to be considered, and also we may get them the help, they need, either through professional, school, church, or whatever, threat assessment, and the treatment or attention they need.  One thing was need all be aware of is, The Path to Violence . . . here is a list, that I thought was very important for people to know about, and assess the actions of someone on this path, that came be predictable!

• what brought the person to your attention?
• does the person harbor a grievance or carry a grudge?
• have there been attempts to resolve the grievance?
• What are the person's successes?
• is there anything for the person to hang on to?
• has the person communicated an intent to attack?
• has the person written anything, anywhere, about his or her intentions and ideas?
• has anyone been alerted?
• has anyone been "warned away"--say, form attending school on a certain day?
• has the person shown an interest in other attacks or other attackers?
• in assassins?
• in mass murders?
• in terror or terrorism?
• in weapons?
• has the person developed a plan?
• has the person acquired weapons?
• has the person surveilled an area of attack?
• has the person rehearsed the attack?
• is the person capable of an attack?
• is the person organized?
• does the person have access to a weapon?
• is the person trying to gain access to a weapon?
• is the person depressed? hopeless? desperate? suicidal?
• has the person experienced a recent setback or failure?
• does the person see violence as an acceptable way to solve problems?
• is what the person says about himself or herself consistent with his or her actions?
• are other people concerned about the person's potential for violence?
• where is the person on the pathway to violence?

I think this is plenty to leave you with to think about.  The FBI, local and state cops, can't be everywhere, so it behooves all of us, to do our part, and to error on the side of safety, and report any strange behavior.  These are the red flag signs that there may be something amiss in this person's life, that just might lead them to do an act of terror, mass murder, or whatever, that leaves the whole nation or world mourning and searching for answers.  While there are always these people who we can't read, or we can't do thought policing to, there are, however, signs, benchmark patterns, that lead a person, down this pathway to violence, that can be stopped, and the person can be helped, problems solved, their thoughts and ideations stopped, and we can prevent some catastrophe from happening!

 

As I read the article in Esquire all of these boys, mainly, didn't feel part of high school, college, or didn't get validated, in someway.  Many of them started to separate from society, their friends, and didn't have a clear perspective, even when people did love them, and needed someone other than themselves to talk to, to point out, things they perhaps are missing, and make them feel cared for, give them attention, and make them feel part of something.  But, they each, started to tell themselves they were special  to make up for not feeling special . . . and their thoughts started to go to thinking they were better than other people, and convincing themselves that this act of violence, was their duty to do or participate in.  We need to be the eyes and ears of the cops, the units, the schools, our friends and family members, who might be starting on a pathway that they will regret forever!

 

The article interspersed, a guy named Trunk a name he got in prison, for being stopped by a cop, who searched the stolen vehicle he and his other special friend took, noticed their long black coats, and a truck full of guns . . . he was stopped, charged with several crimes, but also, stopped in that progression along the pathway to violence, and he was grateful that he was stopped . . . and said, after getting caught, and coming out of his trance or coma, stupor of thought, about killing people, he said, You gave me my life back.  We can literally, give someone their lives back, even if for a while, they, having gone far enough down the pathway to violence, has to temporarily be locked up to keep the rest of society safe.  That is much better than the alternative.  We don't want them to go so far on the continuum, that they reach a point of no return!

We Can Make the World a Better Place . . . We Need to Watch, Listen, and Report Strange Behavior!

P.S. I am going to write about the Otter Creek Mine, and the Tongue River Railroad issue, here locally, tomorrow, but I promise, I will give you my mind on the new marriage!  The Groom to Win . . . Catwomen and Batman!  My fourth husband, a worthy opponent, in this new marriage with both partners being power people, making up power couples, is way more fun, more interesting, and much more entertaining, and the author of the article, was right, but you have to survive the modern marriage!  LOL!  I was hoping that James Kennedy would be a viable partner, in this psychological battle of the sexes of equal footing and education, or the power couple . . . but, he may be stuck at the Two and a Half Men stage, LOL!  Or he is playing it smart, with a female, who draws the ire and attention of assassins, murderers, and those who would punish her, through the slaying of her lovers!

Meow, Scratch, Kiss, Hiss . . . My 4th Husband, Replaced Our Wedding Certificate With the Cat Woman Symbol!  LOL!  When I Said, Well, You are Batman aka Interpol . . . He Picked Up the New Wedding License and Threw It Against the Wall and It Broke!  The Marriage Tanked TOO!  LOL!  Everything it Symbolic!  Mark My Word!  Meow . . . Ha!

NSA turned off spell check, so bear with my terrible spelling!