The Polk County "Polkie", Part II (A)- June 2016

Remember, this is when it was brand new, and empty.

Well kids, it's June 2nd, the day after I had a surprise un-scheduled hearing at the Polk County Courthouse that I was not expecting. We'll get to the results of that hearing in the 2nd section of this "Part II (A) article; just after a line of asterisks below. Therefore, should the primary substance of this article fail to interest you, skip on down, and make a note of the following news headline.

"Iowa, and More importantly, Des Moines, Iowa", a 2nd blog of mine that I started a little over a year ago, then was left by the side of the road to die, is about to rise from the ashes once again and will now happen for two very obvious reasons:

1. This is AMERICA'S Deadly Sins...not Christopher Bruce's or Des Moines, Iowa Deadly Sins. It's time that this blog be hereby limited to dealing with the more prominent issues, as it first began, to those whole 2 years ago now (wow... who knew, eh?). This blog will, henceforth, after my release, deal ONLY with America's issues...not mine, or Iowa's....and will not involve my personal life in any way.

2. If you were to Google Des Moines, Polk County or Iowa, the sheer volume of tags associated with those searches contained in the tags in ADS (America's Deadly Sins) would bring up ADS numerous times. Here's the problem with that, though, no logical or person, upon the aforementioned places. A blog named with Des Moines and Iowa in the TITLE however.. that would be another bullet in the chamber, eh?

Therefore, "IAMIDMI" will be revived using life-saving technology, and will massively prompted to the world as the #1 source of all the REAL news that is news there, not just the souped up lies CityView Newspaper and the Des Moines Register tell you.

That blog can be found here:

http://desmoinesandiowathevenusflytrap.blogspot.com

Now, before you ask, all of America's Deadly Sins's content will remain right where it is now.  ADS's content, where relevant, will be moved (via direct copy) to blog the 2nd as well, in a straight timeline, just like it is here.  Also noteworthy, all of my new documents, until readership abounds on blog the 2nd will be double-posted and double-shared on all social medias everywhere, until blog the 2nd stands on its own, and its hit counter parallels ADS's.  Then once I'm satisfied that it's working on its own, I will cease posting Iowa relevant news on ADS...unless it's relevant to the bigger picture.  National exposure of Child Protective services will always be a priority and a primary theme on ADS, that will never change.  But what happens to me personally, Iowa, and Des Moines will only be posted on "IAMIDMI" from this point on.

Author's addendum:  "IAMIDMI" already has a slew of good articles that were posted there already, exclusively, for those friends and such from Iowa that are at all interested...and no, Mark, you can't comment there either.  Too bad, sooooooo sad.

So whaddya say we move on to the more meaty portion of this article, hmm??  Again, for those of you already yawning, you know where to go (down...remember?).  For those of you who are daring to carry on, be warned:  The main purpose of this article is to bore the pants off of those parts of the country, not Iowan in nature, with the intricate mechanics of how Polk County, Iowa treats its prisoners and those released.  There, I said it.  Warning over.  Carry on.

Let's begin by mentioning that, according to the Captain in charge of this jail (obviously, the SHERIFF, Bill McCarthy, who is SUPPOSED to be in charge really isn't...in charge of this jail - if he were, he'd be answering his mail, addressed to him, personally, wouldn't he?) states, in a letter he addressed right back to me in reply, that Polk County Jail passes inspections without fail, and is, I'm not kidding you...an "award-winning jail.  What do you say we have some fun with this afore we carry on, OK?

Here's that article about how "award-winning" our very own jail is:

https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/sheriff/news-press-releases/polk-county-jail-excelled-in-four-critical-inspections/

First and foremost, how can any jail...anyplace...be "award-winning?"  That's just about all I have to say about that.

2nd, I'm sure "award-winning" jails aren't a whole lot different, really, than "award-winning" anything elses.  For instance, just like "award-winning" restaurants, I'm sure that the management team of whatever restaurant we're talking about here is always fully aware of the possible or probable coming of an "inspection" or of a critics visit...and are, of course, well-prepared on the date of the arrival of the same, to where, inevitably, they pass with flying colors just about on every occasion.  I'd hate to see the majority of these restaurants (and have, trust me), the rest of those non-inspection-type times.  Not only that, management, usually, or in particular, the owners of said restaurants, not only don't have a clue about these inspections, nor are they usually involved in passing them or getting good reviews in any way, shape or form.  I pretty much bet that nary an owner either rolled up their sleeves to help out with the cleaning, nor did a one of them participate in making any of the food that the critics gave rave reviews on.  No, without the hard work of the worker ants in these places, those with the most to lose (employees, management teams and the like), most of these places would be closed down so fast, it'd make their pots and pans spin.

Finally, before we close the door forever on this "award-winning" crapola, let's take a break for a moment of fairness.  I'm sure, that compared to the old Polk County Jail, where they piled the prisoners 10-high and packed 'em in like corralled cattle, then tossed 'em around to other state prisons in Iowa and Missouri (at the tax-payer's expense, naturally), as well as compared to other bigger and more nasty jails in larger cities, the new Polk County Jail is perfecto, and worthy of everything short of Bill being knighted by the Queen.  I'm certain, as well, that to the staff and owners of this obvious business, as well as to the board members, stock holders and award givers, it also appears quite worthy of this honor.  To those spending time in it, however, quite a different tune is sung.  That being said, let's strap in, cuff up, and stomp on down and let's see what's REALLY going on here, shall we?

To those of you that are new to this blog, or that have only been around for a couple of months, I have written another article about this jail, that can be found HERE:

http://themightyswordamericasdeadlysins.blogspot.com/2016/02/bravingthe-banjo-part-viii-new-and.html

This article is more general, and serves as a great preamble to this one.  Here is where we expound on the generalities, tear the place into itty bitty shreds, and show you every little thing that I'm certain those inspection teams missed; as they were tallying up their little score cards during their inspections.

SooooooooLET'S GET READY TO FUMMMMBLLLLEEEE!

Now, I'm sure that you are all of the mind that jail, in and of itself, is meant to be a deterrent, so that, once experienced, you would have no desire to return to it anytime soon.  OK, Consider that understood.  I'm also betting that you are of the mind that jails and prisons weren't built with the concept that, once inside one, the primary goal ISN'T to make sure that you feel comfortable, safe, or happy, pretty much for the previously states reasons...Granted.

I myself would have to say, then, if the above statements and their intentions were truly well-meaning and proven to be "reasonable" beyond the shadow of a doubt, then jails, and their prison cousins should then put newcomers in ridiculously unbearable situations and surroundings for a minimum of, at the most, maybe 24 hours...3 days, tops.

Well, it would seem that someone in Polk County has already thought of these things; and whoever it was, obviously had the Marquis de Sade, the Sadist's Sadist, in their family tree.  Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages, I hereby present:

The INTAKE

Getting arrested in Iowa and getting carried off to the Polk County Jail is hardly difficult.  Surviving the ordeal that follows, however, requires true patience and stamina, the likes I have seen only in the toughest of humans...and even then, I worry.  The probability of snapping is ripe at all times; and doubly, if not more, in the initial 24 hours.  Segregation, if done at all in the beginning, is limited to the scope of absolute extremes.  Unless a person is disruptive, destructive, disturbed or downright drunk upon arrest or soon thereafter, the person you could be stuck 5" away from could just be that serial rapist, murderer, child molester, or terrorist you've seen plastered all over the news, lo these past many months; and you'd never know it until after your neck was broken, because you chose not to uphold your promise to give whoever it was the cookie from your dinner tray.

I suppose we ought to draw a nice straight line from your house to the jail first.

So, day one, and you''re sitting on your front porch, smokin' a big fat J.  Your neighbor George comes out on his front porch, and catches you having wayyyyy too much fun, smokin' a big fat ol' J on your front porch, makes a note of it, then calls in to his local legislator's office, and tells them that there really should be some kinda law prohibiting people from having way too much fun smokin' big fat ol' J's on their front porches.

Day two, Mr. Legislator, who's also supposed to be looking out for YOUR best interests as well as George's, without fanfare, passes a statute that states you should be arrested, should you engage in the much repeated behavior a couple of paragraphs ago.

Day 3, and you return to your coveted spot on the front porch, and Mr. Authoritay rolls up on you and escorts you to his waiting luxury police limo after hauling you off your front porch, big fat ol' J in tow, and in furry cuffs....well, sans the fur.
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After being rudely taken to the Polk County Jail, you are escorted inside, and immediately placed against a waiting mat, told to take off your shoes and socks, the cuffs are removed, and you are told to put on a used pair of gray socks and a used pair of orange flip-flops.

You are then placed in a cell with a pay phone in it, and told to wait patiently.  The room is approximately 8'x10' wide, has a large window and windowed door in front, and is all cement, and has a 3' high cement slab seat that winds around the non-windowed portion.  The phone makes collect phone calls at $14.00 a pop.  You could be in this room for 5 minutes or five hours.  The phone is said to make debit card calls too, but I have yet to see anyone pull this off (added to the fact that you do not have a debit card on you), nor does anyone seem to know how much these calls actually cost from this phone.

After the 5 minute "booking" where you just provide your name, birth date and a few more details, you are then shuffled into the intake area, into a small room that looks suspiciously like the last room you waited in, with some rather key differences.  This room is affectionately known by inmates and Correctional Officers (heretofore known as C.O.'s) as the "Fishbowl."  The obvious differences are:

1.  You can see in the windowed portion, but you can barely see out of it...hence the fishbowl moniker.

2.  You get a blanket now (wait, there's an effective counter to this seeming benefit up and coming)

3.  There is no phone, nor any books, no pens or pencils, no paper, no hot water...no anything.

4.  Instead of 1-5 of you, there is now 8-12 of you in the same cramped space.

5.  You are now completely devoid of your street clothes, and are now in full standard issue used undies (consisting of brown boxers, and a brown T-shirt), green and white striped outers, and your previously issued orange and gray socks and shoes.

6.  Chances are, if you sleep at all, you will be sleeping sitting up.

7.  You could be in this room anywhere from 12-36 hours.

Now, granted, you or the people with you may bond out of this heavenly little cell (provided your short time with a payphone nets you an answer to your friends, relatives or a local bondsman that thinks you might bring in his next payday), but as soon as someone leaves, someone with less luck bonding out takes their place.  Since there is next to nothing to do except pee or poop in the lone toilet in this cell, sleep, breath, talk or eat; the rest of your time is spent watching people go in and out, or bothering the C.O.'s to get what you want.  Of course, the more you ask for something, the more you're duly ignored, unless you get a helpful C.O., about a one in ten chance.

After what could be a day and a half, you are then shuffled into your next temporary home, a "pod".  For those of you that are not familiar with what a pod is, we'll cover this a little down the road.  Basically, for all intents and purposes, a "pod" is a pre-fabbed jail housing unit that is identical to other units in the same jail or other jails.  Some pods are made a little differently to house more specialized people.  It's a standard, if you will, in a more modern jail setting.

The first pod that you go to is called Barney Land 1.  This "pod" is a classification pod...whatever that means.  The name stems from the time when this pod's TV set only sported the public access channel, including the 'Barney Show, of course.  Nowadays, however, the only thing that plays on the TV set in Barney Land 1 is the Jail's rules, in both English and Spanish.  There is nothing else to do in this pod but talk.  If you've been to the jail before, you'd known other things that are available here, but most inmates are learning this stuff for the first time.  You are, of course, expected to figure out these things for yourself.  You aren't able to order any commissary (not even hygiene products), and you are stuck here for 2 days.

After this, you are taken to Barney Land 2, which is right next door to where you were in Barney Land 1, another classification pod, where you also stay for yet another 2 days.  The difference?  you now can watch up to 4 local stations on the tube, and you can finally order only hygiene products on the computer kiosks...not that you'll get them for at least a week, but you can sure order them anyway.  We'll get to that soon, I promise.

The list of items you are given without a price tag goes like this (item, where you can receive the item, and times when you can receive them where):

A single bar of motel-sized soap
The fishbowl and right before BL 1
Before you go to BL 1

Toothbrush, 2 1/2 inches long
The Fishbowl, right before BL 1, and the pods
6;30-7;30 a.m.

Toothpaste
The Fishbowl, right before BL 1, and the pods
6:30-7:30 a.m.

Razor, Single-blade non-bic
Pods Only
5:30-6:00 a.m.

Pencils, Miniature-Golf Sized, 2 sharpen Max
Pods only
Anytime

Paper, single sheet, lined, 5 1/2"x8 1/2", with "Polk County (Jail)" and the address emblazened across the top (for those of you that weren't able to read the required 6 line address from the envelope).
Pods Only
Anytime

Spork, orange plastic
Pods Only
Upon request

8 oz. Tan plastic glass
Pods only
Upon request

Paper towels (napkins, cleaning)
Pods Only
Anytime

Toilet Paper
Everyplace
Anytime

The remainder of your complementary free items include;

One blue 6" thick foam mattress (that usually settles to 1-2" of thickness after it's been in use for about a month, depending on how big you are) with a 10" thick "pillow, built-in (same physics apply).

1/2 all steel bunk bed to place said foam mattress on

2 sick-green sheets (who is it that thinks of these marvelous color schemes I wonder?) that are much too short for said foam mattress

1 dark brown towel and 1 dark brown washcloth

2 dark brown T-shirts and 2 dark brown boxer briefs.

2 pairs gray tube socks

1 pair orange flip-flops

2 green and white striped outers for all occasions - fine dining, casual, court appearances (sans a jury), bedtime, and just plain ol' "lying around the pod".  Another set of colors, orange and white, appears after "Barney two", for those more....disturbed patrons of the jail.

All clothing, towels and sheets issued to you?  Used, more than likely by 1000 inmates before you.

After you get done moping around Barney 2 for two more days, you are then placed in your "forever" pod, your new permanent home, for however long.  These sport some major differences over the barneys.  I suppose now might be a good time to give you a description of this "pod", eh?

As you enter your pod head-on, the first thing you see on your right (or left, depending on which direction your pod faces), is an outdated printed set of the rules of the jail, evidently placed here for those folks not bight enough to navigate the computer kiosks, where a more detailed and most definitely more updated set of the rules is located.  Of course, the way I see it is, if you can't navigate the kiosks (that you use almost daily, for other reasons), then I would assume that you are also too uneducated to read the rules, too...so why bother?  Oh, and as long as we have nicked the issue, let's go on to it, shall we?

The kiosks, as you may have already guessed, are the very next thing you'll see.  These are in every pod.

As I said before, no orders are allowed in the "Barney" pods (hygiene items can finally be ordered in Barney land 2, but these won't be delivered to you until you reach your last pod, on whatever day your commissary is re-delivered).  If you are finally in your home pod, you can now order whatever you want; and yet, just like everything else in Polk County, nothing is ever that simple.

1.  Pod deliveries are once a week; orders for any pod are to be completed no later than 7 a.m. on Friday morning.  This is a major inconvenience for those pods who receive their orders every Thursday, in particular, for those that are just arriving.  These folks will wait a total of almost 3 full weeks for their first order to be delivered, if you include their time spent in the "fishbowls" and the "Barneys".  For you hygiene fanatics, that's 3 whole weeks without real soap or shampoo, a comb or a brush, tampons, lotion, deodorant or a contact lens holder.  For you letter writers, or those of you that choose to represent yourselves in your cases, that's 3 whole weeks with no eraser or envelopes.

2.  Prices to buy things on commissary are, for lack of a better term, OUTRAGEOUS.  A Cup O' Soup that you can still find in most grocery stores for 30 cents is $1.27.  Suave shampoo, the size you can still get at Walgreens for $.99?  $5.00.  Hard candy that you can still pick up most places for $.59 a bag, or 2 for a $1?  $1.44 each bag.  An off-brand deck of cards, that with normal use is likely to fall apart on you in a week or possibly less?  $2.08.  A contact lens holder for soft lenses is $7.97 (hard contacts will be taken from you, because they could be used to cut people (???)).  An UNO deck is $18.  Probably the largest and most atrocious gouge of them all, however, is an all digital AM/FM radio that only gets reception in around half of the pod, that you are more than likely still able to pick up at Wal-Mart or the Dollar Store for $10 or less?  $45.99.  To add insult to that injury, the two AAA batteries that power this radio, that are guaranteed to die on you before the week is out, that you can get at the Dollar Tree for $1?  $2.82 for 2.

Along the left side of the pod (if the kiosks are along the right) is a line of 8-4 man cells on a lower and upper level.  In these cells (that measure all of 13'x7') are 2 sets of bunk-beds.  Disability is about the only guarantee that you'll get a bottom bunk; not even old age is an excuse, so you won't have to hike up the one-step ladder that even 20-year-olds have a problem climbing.  At the end of your bunk or in a bag on the floor (that also has to hold your commissary items AND your dirty laundry) are the only two options for somewhere to place what little things you have, or are allowed.  pictures (you're allowed to have 5 total that can be no bigger than 4"x6") can be "hung" on the wall by your bed (yet no scotch tape is allowed.  You'll have to peel stickers off of bottles of your own shampoo or lotion, or save the caps off of milk containers for the AE stickers off the top of the caps, or used toothpaste to stick them up).  All of your things and your pictures must be taken down and packed into your laundry bag once a week on Wednesday (inspection day) for 15 minutes, then you have to unpack them and put it all back after that.

Towards the front door of the pod, on each level, are 4 shaving-style sinks, and 4 toilets.  Two toilets are on the side of the sinks (with mirrors located well above the sinks for better penis inspection while you're shaving and they're peeing) are for #1 business (standing), and two, on the other side of a full wall are for #2 (sitting) business.  Also on the upper level is a large metal sink.  This sink, for the lower level, is placed over by the shower area, and where it should be on the lower level is a small enclosed one-man cell called 'The Blue Room", to be used at the C.O.'s discretion, for those more troublesome inmates to be housed, if they're being unruly.

There are NO privacy walls in front of or between toilets (save a 3' high wall between both sets of the #1 and #2 toilets themselves); so tinkles of #1 business and the smells of all #2 business is shared with the entire pod, without mercy.  Another fun thing about the #1 toities:  Imagine that cleaning the toilets at home (the toilets in the Jail have no lids by the way...for either #1 or #2 business) was left up to your husband.  Now imagine what those toilets would look like after a month's time.  That's what the #1 business toilets look like every single day at the Polk County Jail.  Award Winning Jail my butt.

Along the opposite wall (where the kiosks are), around half-way up the pod is a 20'x20' TV room, in a depressed area behind the main hall (which measures 24'x94').  Here, you have a 22" TV on the wall that gets 19 approved channels.  There's another one that is placed high above the door to the exercise room, located on the end of the main hall (we're coming to this soon), that you cannot hear unless you're able to afford that $46 AM/FM radio we discussed earlier; or if you're lucky enough to have the sub-titles on.  The chances of you getting to watch something you enjoy watching is around 1 in 10 if you have a radio, and about 1 in 20 if you don't.  There are only 15 or so chairs in the TV room of any one pod, so if something is on that everyone wants to watch (like the Friday or the Saturday night movie), you might end up watching it on the floor...or be out of luck altogether.

Located in front of the all-windowed wall of the TV room is the C.O.'s desk, cramped as close as is possible in front of the T.V. room as possible, for maximum cell viewing.  The C.O. faces the cells, with a computer screen in front of him (which seems to be always on Facebook).  To his right, screwed tightly onto one upper ledge of the desk, is a single cheap, hand-crank-style pencil sharpener, often in poor to as much as completely non-working condition.  The C.O. is only allowed to issue out these items:

Contraband Items

One fingernail clipper, un-sanitized/un-sterilized.  Can be issued at anytime upon request, but if not returned immediately, a search will immediately ensue.  This is because these clippers are also used to give other inmates hair/beard cuts, because not everyone is wealthy enough to afford $14 hair cuts.  HEALTH RISK ALERT:  Hepatitis.

Black Rubber stretch gloves.  The C.O. uses these gloves to handle food trays, used razors, and to (diligently, and sometimes criminally) search inmates when they are coming into and going out of the pods.  These are only given to inmates once a week on inspection day for cleaning; and only with the close supervision of the C.O., as to whom is in possession of them.  He will keep track of who has them until they are disposed of in his personal garbage.  These are considered contraband because of the string in the bottom of the gloves, and because the rubber portion of them is used to make handballs (God forbid any inmate should have any fun, or get any exercise).  Once, I was almost placed in solitary (the SHU, Special Housing Unit) because I asked for a pair of these gloves with which to clean our pod toilets...no kidding.  Another thing, even if you're leaving the jail?  They still search you, still cuff and chain you up...like you're going to take something of theirs out of the jail, or like you're going to do something to them at the moment you're being let out.  Unbelievable.

Cloth cleaning towels

Razors (only allowed you between 5:30-6:00 a.m.)

The non-contraband items the C.O. can issue to you are toilet paper rolls, paper towels, a toothbrush or toothpaste (and only between 6:30-7:30 a.m.), pencils, and jail paper.

Further on down the way is the 19'x10' shower area, indented into the wall, like the TV room is.  This area, like the toilets, isn't walled off over 5' high, and visibility of the men in it taking showers is around 80 percent or better...depending on the price of your rail position ticket.  A camera is placed right above it along the wall next to the shower, so the C.O.'s can also check you out (and supposedly watch to make sure you aren't being sexually molested in  the shower...like anyone could pull this off in such a small space, and with the walls being as low as they are.

Speaking of cameras, there are three, all-told, per pod.  One was just mentioned, one is in the exercise room, and one is by the very front of the pod, by the door.

By the way, if something of the jails' were to come up missing, or if something of theirs disappears that they don't want you to have (whether it's worth 25 cents or 25 dollars doesn't really matter) the staff on duty will turn the place upside down and run both the security videos back to find out who has it, and punish them (I saw them do this twice, once for a tray of their crummy food, and once for a bottle of hand sanitizer).  However, should someone steal your $100 commissary bag, the C.O.'s on duty will shrug their shoulders and state that it's your responsibility to watch your own things, even when you're asleep or not in the pod.  'Magine that.

Finally, at the far end of the pod, there is the Exercise Room, which measures close to 25'x28'...and is completely empty.  There are two windows (that are too high to see out of) where, on a sunny day, you MIGHT be able to enjoy an entire hour of fractured sunlight a day.  There is a single window of two that can be opened for fresh air...but only if you beg enough, and only if it's not too hot or cold.  You are never allowed outside for any reason at the Polk County Jail, even if you're in there for over a year.

The entire size of the pod's common area?  25'x94' (sans the TV room, the exercise room and the shower area).  The entire size of the pod, where you're crammed in with up to 64 cantankerous volatile powder-keg-type inmates, and 1 more than likely irritable trigger happy C.O.?  A whopping 58'x94'.

 As promised earlier, the differences between the Barney pods and your forever pod:

1.  Barney pods usually don't have more than 40 inmates in them at any given time.  Home pods generally have 55-64 inmates in them at ALL times.

2.  All commissary can now be ordered and delivered to you.

3.  The appearance of inmates wearing orange and white stripes.

4.  15 more cable stations to watch on TV

5.  You can now safely unpack all ten of your belongings and keep them out, unless:

a.  You get in an argument or a fight with someone and are either placed in the "hole" (The SHU); after which you have to endure the Barney Land pods again to get back to a real home,

b.  Someone doesn't like you (or you don't like them) and they (or you) "kite" you out to another pod (we'll discuss kites in part B of this series).

We'll stop here for now, OK?  When we return in July, we'll discuss a day in the life of our PCJ inmates.

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Well?  In case you hadn't already heard (or figured it out on your own), July 4th, Independence Day, is also MY independence day.  That means, of course, that I'm going to TRY their probation.  Of course, you and I both know it won't last, but I'm willing to give it the ol' college try.  If nothing else, I'll get a nice little vacation in before they "violate" me, more than likely.

The Polk County "Polkie", Part 1 May 2016

Well, it sue didn't take Jeanne and Mark long, did it? Not two days after sentencing, and Facebook was already a -Twitter with news that I was given a year in jail, followed by two years of intense probation where, if I do anything at all on the Internet, it's back to jail I'll go for another year. Wow, and not even did my wife know what had happened to me yet. Gee, I wonder how that got around, hmm? We'll come back to this, soon enough.

Let's begin by stating, that, our of all of the Polk County Judge's I've come before, Judge Blink now rates the highest in every category I use to consider a Judge "Judge-Worthy": Honesty, Fairness, Thoughtfulness, Lawfulness, and the innate ability to make an unbiased legal determination based on ALL the facts from both sides; not just the lies the Prosecution tells him.

The updated list of Polk County's Judges now, #1 being the best, and #6 being the most corrupt, greedy, unlawful and evil?

1. Judge Blink- Puts up with ZERO B.S.

2. Judge Birkenholz- Sees though the B.S.

3. Judge Kelly- Still to be determined

4. Judge Hurn- Associates with evil Evil

5. Judge Egly- Already Evil

6. Judge Price- The Poster Child for Evil

Make a note of it.

Next, after a obvious hint from Judge Blink that my wife should no longer be involved in typing up my articles, or she may get charged with aiding and abetting my alleged "Harassment"? Someone new, unbeknownst to my wife even, who doesn't live in Iowa, has already been chosen to take her place. That being said, a warning goes out to John P. Sarcone's offices, and Mark W., Anyone... and I do mean ANYONE caught laying a fingernail... nay, a fingernail SHAVING even on Elizabeth, or even rattles a handcuff in her general direction, will never again know real or true peace or happiness in whatever time remains of their existence; in this life or the next, on this planet... period.

Moving right along, I hear by declare THIS article to be the end of any mention of the names Mark Worthington, Jeanne Munson, and Linda Lane (heretofore referred to as "Distractions'). I say THIS article, because a. I have to set the record straight about what REALLY happened in court; b. I have not, as yet, received any new promised No Contact Orders (including now Linda Lane and Mark Worthington) to this date; and c. This is simply a relation of facts, not harassment. I must also, later, make a prediction concerning these entities, so all of those things will unfortunately require me to mention my more recent demons again, by name, several times in this, and only this article.

By the way, let also be known that an unknown force (or quite possibly, forces) will be filing a Habeas Corpus in federal district court for me... and could, quite possibly, have me released within the month.

You may wanna make a note of it.

So, let's get on with really happened in court, the day of sentencing, shall we? It's fairly simple, really; the "distractions", who had, up to this point, lied so much the whole court room had been tripping over their noses, lied all the way until the last gavel fell. Halfway though the hearing, Jeanne was caught recording the hearing, and was chastised quite thoroughly for it by Judge Blink. Linda Lane attempted to get the Judge to order me to take things down about Jeanne, Jeanne tried to say that people had been calling her work about the whole thing (an outright lie) , and what do you know... when it was all over, something happened that even surprised me: Judge Blink became the reasonable and fair Judge in Polk County... he empathized with me, and know, deep down in his soul, that what was going on B.S., or as much as he could after throwing out 200 of my 215 pieces of evidence, and letting 29 of my 40 witnesses (all elected officials) weasel out of testifying.

The final sentence... the REAL sentence? 102 days, with 52 days credit (60 days) and the rest of one year, suspended. Good news for a guy who was staring 9 years in the face, eh? Unfortunately, NOTHING is ever this simple in Polk County, Iowa.

Again, make a note of it.

For one, I was arrested on January 20th, 2016, and released two days later on the 22nd (2 days). Then, I was arrested again on the 25th of January, and served until April 15th (82 days). On March 3rd, I was sentenced to 30 days for each of the harassment 3rd's I was first arrested for, which leaves me with 24 days served. Add 60 days to the date I was sentenced, May 4th, my total days sentenced SHOULD HAVE BEEN 84, and my release date SHOULD BE July 3rd. It isn't. It's August 31st, nearly 2 months later. What's going on there?

Also, after my release, I have to serve two months on Iowa Probation with the D.O.C., which in Iowa, is the gift that "keeps on giving"... more jail time. Of course, this probation will be, more than likely, heavily provisioned, in that I will probably not be allowed to put what I want on my blog, or be on Facebook, or other ridiculous things. They can kiss mah grits on that shit. No, my friends, I'm afraid that it's likely that, depending on my "conditions", that I may not be getting out after 60 days, just so that Polk County, pretty much anytime that they want to, can just rubber band me back into jail, anytime they don't particularly care for the heat of the fire to their feet. Therefore, I believe that I will be spending what could be until April of 2017 in this jail, or in prison, so that I can be completely free to re-wage the war you all know me to be a General in, without Polk County Iowa's "freedom" probation.

There were, in the hearing, 3 things that Judge Blink said that were 100% true and correct.

1. That Elizabeth loves me very much, and vice-versa.

2. That prison time is something I should not have to do, considering the crime; and

3. That I am quite intelligent, and could be channelling my efforts in a more positive manner.

...and one more, that the Jeanne and Mark Worthington fiasco is nothing more than distraction. Right again...but here's the problem. Judge Blink believes that these "distractions" can just be ignored or walked away from; when in fact, it's because of the criminals involved, i.e. DHS, the County Attorney's office and the Attorney General's office, that these "distractions" exist at all. The "distractions" won't ever stop, because it is their job to be, cause, and plop themselves in my path AS a "distraction". I could have proved that and more, had Judge Blink allowed my witnesses and my evidence to stand on their own.

I guess my point is, that their job is to distract me from positively channelling my energies and affecting real change; so thinking that ignoring Jeanne and Mark is going to stop them from trying to distract me in my mission is, well, futile. They haven't stopped, even now (i.e., the news about what happened in court, etc.) and more than likely, won't stop anytime soon either.

So now, once and for all, more than likely to the beat of Judge Blink's shaking  head (as he is, at this very moment, reading his very own copy of this article); I will now tell him, in a nutshell, who I am, what I am, why I am, etc., as well as identify who the "distractions" really are, and why they won't ever truly "Go Away".

So without further ado? Make a note a this:

There is no rule, no statute, no ordinance or code in place that will protect the criminal element involved in the legal kidnapping of my daughter, or any jail or prison built that will ever stop me from exposing them for what they've done to me and my family over the course of 2 years now. The members of that criminal element are: John P. Sarcone and the entirety of the Polk County, Iowa attorney's offices, Tom Miller and the entirety of the Iowa State Attorney General's offices, Charles Palmer and all employees , "agents" (distractions") and affiliates of the Department of "Human" services and Children and Families of Iowa; and Judges Price, Egly, and Hurn, as well as the appellate justices of the Iowa Supreme Court.

To Judge Blink, the criminals listed above and to those criminals operating in a similar capacity in other states in the U.S., those guilty of the crime of Child Trafficking and more, I say this:

Those of the Department of Human Services, the Polk County Attorney's offices, those of the Iowa Attorney General's offices and Judge William A. Price, Paul White, GAL, Dale Mays, Attorney at law and the doctors and nurses of Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, unlawfully and illegally stole our daughter from us, for no proven or viable rhyme or reason, at 9 days of age, on July 21st, 2014.

Our rights to parent our daughter were terminated by those same criminals on February 25th, 2015; at the same time that we were cowering in our new home some 85 miles away, where we had, by that time, moved away to, in order to avoid further criminal actions by these folks ( which, didn't work, of course) against us. DHS and the Des Moines Police Department conspired together to, 5 days before the termination hearing, filed false charges of harassment on me, stating that I had threatened the lives of two social workers. They listed me as the #1 wanted criminal in the Des Moines area, immediately, ahead of felons, and blasted my name all over the Des Moines Most Wanted website and more for 4 weeks solid, because everyone that had known me for over 40 years didn't believe any of it for a moment, and didn't turn me in. Then, because they couldn't locate me with their technology, they involved the Secret Service to do so, stating that I was wanted for threatening President Obama. This was also a lie.

The primary charge of 1st degree harassment was subsequently dropped a month and a half later, not only because they had no proof of this charge, but because they had succeeded in us missing this hearing.

Because we missed this hearing, it gave the criminals, not only a right and a legal way,( per Iowa law,)you have no legal to deny us standing in our eventual appeal; and after that year in appeal, gave them the loophole they needed to wiggle out of the issues leading up to the termination, by ordering the parents if they wanted those issues addressed, to pay $800 for their (more than likely falsified transcripts, even though it had been ruled numerous times that they were indigent, by the biggest crook of them all, Judge William A. Price. All of the afore- mentioned criminals are now on the verge of getting away with all of their crimes against my family scott-free, because of our inability to pay for these transcripts.

To Judge Blink, I thank you sir, for seeing this for what it really was... mostly. If you hadn't dismissed the majority of my evidence and my witnesses, you more than likely would have done what you should have: you would let me go free. You see there will always be "distractions", and it is because they will always be there, I will continue to be here. Until they are discovered to be who they intend to be then are tried and jailed, I will instead be charged, tried and jailed.

Nearly two months after the appeals was filed, a child protective assessment appeal was held, and the Judge cleared us of all the allegations against us, and ruled that we should be removed from the Child Abuse Registry, and have our records expunged. The criminals of the Attorney's General's office then appealed that decision up to the director of DHS, who also ruled in our favor.

Now you might believe that after being exonerated of all wrong- doing, our daughter would be instantly returned to our care, Instead, these criminals continue to harass US, have jailed me fraudulently several times, and daily find more ways to hide their crimes and keep me quiet. Meanwhile, it is certain to us that we will never see our beautiful daughter again.

Please, do us a favor, and make a note of it.

Two more things, before I close the book on one of the many excruciatingly pain- filled chapters of this horrific story.

Understand sir, that if all efforts to free me fail, that I will do the full year's sentence you tried to avoid giving me; not only because I would not play well on probation, but I have been duly deprived of all legal recourse, and my indigent status (coupled with the fact that, now that I have this recent newly-provided record, finding a job at my age will be nearly impossible) ensures that further action will be beyond my means to fight. Therefore when my time is done, the war as it is now left me as all I can do with my life, will continue on, full force, with three distinct variances:

1. That I will do my very best to ignore the "distractions" and not break the "Laws" of Iowa. Know this, however, that the "distractions" will not be so willing to do the same.

2. That upon my release, a completely free man. I will move a minimum of two states away to avoid further retaliation by those of the Polk  County Attorney's offices; and

3. I myself will be moving around to avoid being a stationary target for local law enforcement, the FBI, and the secret service to find, since the County Attorney has put these agencies on me to distract me and put me away on several occasions.

Do make a note of it sir.

I thank you again for your fairness, and your empathy, but aside from your intent to keep me out of prison, I will more than likely go regardless, until my release in 4/17.

Even if my daughter were, miraculously, released to our care, my cause to expose Iowa's more hidden evil will be long, hard, and will be fraught with obstructions and "distractions". Were evil were so easy to overcome, my fight would have ended as easily as it began, and our paths would have never crossed at all. Now, I would hope you have made a note of that.

Finally, I give you the inevitable conclusion for may; a prediction:

I guarantee that none of us in this fight have seen the last of my recent "distractions", nor have I even begun to experience the worst of the continuing criminal efforts of John P. Sarcones's offices.

Do make a note of all that, as well.

Be strong, my friends. We knew this fight anything but easy; and would not go without casualties. I will return to the battle soon, I swear.  Maybe sooner... than then some might expect.
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For God's sake, as well as your own, make a note of it all.

Til next month, over and out :D

The Termination/Cross-Appeal, Part IV - The Court Documents

As you know, I'm about to lose my appeal...and my daughter, Trilynn, forever, in probably just a few short days.  Of course, all the criminals will, at least on the state level, get away with their heinous crimes, and it will all get shoved neatly under a pretty shroud of "confidentiality", so that Iowans everywhere can continue to be blissfully ignorant of how un-wonderful their state REALLY is.  And, since my going to jail is all a big part of that, I feel it's important that we share with you the paperwork from that case, as well.  Now, you've all seen EVERY document from the lower criminal juvenile court (If not, search for "And Away We Go" in the search box, or skim the archives for these in the December 2014-January 2015 range), so it's important that you see how it is that the Supreme Court weaseled out of properly handing this appeal as well.

It's important that you remember, here, that the events leading UP TO a termination of parental rights are probably the most essential part of that termination.  There would have to be valid reasons for doing this, wouldn't you think?  Well, wouldn't it also stand to reason that, if those reasons were important, that all of the records and transcripts involved with each and every case leading up to that Termination was important also?  How can you show that your rights were wrongfully terminated, if you don't address what happened before it?  Well it does matter...but here's the problem.  If you want the whole thing to be considered, even if you can't afford it?  You have to pay for it.

We were quoted a price of nearly $1000 for all of our court transcripts.  These, by the way, can hardly be considered to be accurate record of your proceedings; it's been proven time...and time...and time again, that transcripts of court proceedings can be easily altered...but then, so can the record of the courts, as can be documents placed in and taken out.  I have experienced almost all of these things personally, so, if there's anyone that knows it can happen?  I do.  The purpose of doing this, of course, is to show America that fraud in our courts these days, is common practice.  Oh, but there's the Federal Courts to handle those crimes right?  Riiiiiiiiiight.  One little problem though...where do you think the state and county district courts learned their little tricks?  Right again.

There's another little piece to this puzzle, and that piece involves our Court Ordered indigent status.  Because we are, indeed "indigent", as proclaimed by our courts, everything should be covered for us at state expense...not that we should have to pay at all, really...but that's "Just the way it is!"....right?  So even though our tax-dollars already go towards paying the salaries of all that are handing and hearing our cases, we are, these days, also required to pay additional "filing fees" and "fees" for transcripts, recordings of the hearings, and what-not.  Sounds a bit like double-dipping...doesn't it?  Shouldn't these things be ours...by right?  They're our hearings, we were involved...but if we want true justice, like through an appellate court, well then, we have to pay for it...again.  Does any of this sound right to you?  Because it isn't.  It's supposed to be an integral element of something that used to be very important in our judicial system.  Due Process.  The denial of your court records, recordings of hearings/trials, transcripts etc...because you need to pay for these things, is nothing short of robbery of the people...again (ever see what some of these people get paid to try your cases, or type up your court hearings?  Ridiculous!!) and a complete denial of your Constitutional right....of due process.  And if you can't afford these costs?  Sure, you can be claimed "Indigent" by the court, and you can have some fees waived, and a few costs covered...but your justice will still have a price tag on it, or you'll be required to do most of the leg work on it to make up for that.

So, here's how the criminals on our district court level...in full concert with the criminals on the Appellate level...managed to squeeze out of addressing the appeal, and everything involved with in.  For those of you who need a better grasp on what you're looking at, I refer you first, to the appeal to the termination, filed by me, and the two articles containing the information about the cross appeal,  filed by them.

http://themightyswordamericasdeadlysins.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-petition-of-appeal.html

http://themightyswordamericasdeadlysins.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-ol-double-cross-appeal.html

http://themightyswordamericasdeadlysins.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-ol-double-cross-appeal-part-ii.html

Now, remember kids, these things take time...and I only have a small amount of time remaining before they incarcerate me for loving my daughter too much...so please, check right back, and I swear, that before Wednesday, all the other documents in this case, save the order by the appellate courts upholding the decision of the lower courts (which will be available in a short time, and will be added later) will be soon posted.  In the meantime, check those three out first, to get a better grasp on how this thing went down.  Be sure to note the dates of when we filed, as opposed to how long this took...and remember, there was a 6 month old baby (at the time) who was fast becoming a memory to the wronged parents, hanging in the balance...but then, who cares about the "Best Interest of the Child" when it's not in her best interest?...as ordered by those of the district court, right?  You get the idea.  "Take your time...no biggie...we're going to uphold the decision anyway.  No big whoop."  I'm sure that got said more than once, as they kept moving it to the back burner.

The Termination/Cross Appeal, Part III - A Final Statement To The Court

Well, America, it is as these parents have been sure of it, almost since the beginning of this appeal.  Justice has no intention of being anything but her usual blind self.  I am going to jail, and will have no ability to fight.  No money has been raised for transcripts, or for bail on appeal, either one.  Therefore, until I am freed, this will have to suffice, for now.  I sign off, and hope that I have trained my stand-in well enough over the last few weeks to be able to scan in what we all know will be an order from the appellate court that I have no real desire to read,  since I already know the decision in my very soul.

I present now, for the record of the court of the People, the last statement to the appellate court.  May these fair and just assholes all rot and burn well, in their assigned positions in Hell.  To be honest?  I pray God have NO mercy on their souls.  Bring a Kleenex folks, this one's a mover.

" Comes now, Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce, in their Statement to the Appellate court, and on the record of the court of the Supreme Court of Iowa Appellate Court:

The appellants would like to applaud the appellate and district courts for their ingeniousness in completely evading the issues that are prevalent for the appellants to win this appeal.  By only ordering the transcripts be produced for the Termination hearing, and knowing that most indigent appellants, after enduring the ridiculous costs of producing an appeal by themselves, let alone a diminished living wage made by most as well, and expecting them to pay for their own transcripts (which are obviously doctored anyway, upon inspection of the termination transcripts we received) in order to address the true issues, which would be the events leading up to the termination, is ludicrous at best, especially in such a short period of time.  It amazes the appellants each day how the district and appellate courts succeed in getting all the time they need, over a year now, to belay addressing this appeal, yet the defendants are always on a set time schedule, usually no longer than 30 days.  But then, to come up with a smart way to skirt the real issues takes time, so we understand your need.

As to what you have, the transcripts of the only hearing that we were not able to attend, due to the illegal actions of the DMPD and the Department of Human Services, and those of the county attorney’s office; to determine a termination appeal using only a termination hearing where anything could be put on paper as to what was said and done without witness, and look at nothing else, is idiotic at best.  But then, with no other option to make this appeal look good for those of you involved,  I can understand your dilemma.  So, knowing that the appellants would have no way to raise $800 in just 14 days (it also dumbfounds the appellants that they were quoted a price of almost $1000 for all of the court transcripts...but the termination transcripts only came in at a low price of just...$42.  So how is the other $958 a justified estimate for 5 more hearings?  One would imagine that the termination hearing, the most important one of them all, would be the highest priced one, with or without the parents in attendance), you have effectively solved all of your problems with this appeal that you never wished to address, because of all the crimes and criminal officials involved, in one fell swoop.  Again, the appellants say, bravo.

The appellants therefore, upon their realization that the two levels of Iowa courts are working in concert to defeat the efforts of appellants that obviously care and love their lost daughter very deeply, we state and swear these facts to be the truth of this matter, for the record of the appellate court:

1. That quite obviously, it was never the appellate courts intention to view this appeal in a timely, or fair manner.  ANY reasonable person would see, due to the continued fight from the appellants, that the appellants are grief stricken by the loss of their daughter, wish her justly returned to their care,
and would never abandon her, let alone any hearings or motions provided in the same.  A reasonable person would also see the importance of looking at the entirety of ALL involved matters leading up to a termination of parental rights, since this action is a very serious one, not only for “The Best Interests of the Child’, but for the parents and their lives as well.

2. That these illegal actions were done by those of the lower district court, including, but not limited to;

a. Depriving the mother of her child for no base discernible reason, using instead falsified, unjust and hollow reasons that were completely absolved and admonished in the DIRECTOR of DHS’s final decision, clearing them of all allegations, provided this court on several occasions, which proved that the ‘”CINA” should have never been removed from these parents, period.  That the parents refused to engage in unneeded services that brought in money for the state of Iowa did not ever show that these parents did not love their daughter, but instead showed that they felt they should have never been in the situation to begin with, and wouldn’t have been, were it not for the illegal and inexperienced actions of the worker that removed her.  It has also been proven to these parents, using our case against others in Iowa, that parents that do engage in services, needed or unneeded, have often gone years without their children, or lost them entirely, even when all courses and needs were met and satisfied.  We chose to not engage because the services offered us were not needed, and were massively over-burdening to the defendants/appellants.

b. Depriving the mother of all legal, civil, parental and ICWA rights for the course of the entirety of both cases, as well  as all legal rights of the father, long before their rights were even officially and “legally” terminated.  Rights of parents cannot EVER be “legally” terminated by any judge or court in this country; the right to parent is an unalienable right of all of mankind, as it has been stated in the Supreme Court over and over again, in case law these appellants have provided this court, in their Petition of Termination.

c. Depriving the parents of due process rights, from the start, including denying them the right to receive copies of their RECORDINGS of the Juvenile proceedings, which, in effect, will cause this action to go to the federal courts, once this decision against the appellants is handed down.

d. Continually attempting to, and succeeding in arresting the loving father over and over again, in order to win out in hearings, as well as in this appeal.  The father, who never had a record of harassment, stalking or threats prior to the removal of his daughter, will in just four days face four years in prison, thanks to the continued illegal actions of those involved in both the district court cases, and we believe, since this case hardly budged until after the defendant was illegally detained in the Polk County jail, could include those of the appellate courts as well.

e. The complete disregard for facts and factual testimony, related to in person and in motions of the defendants, as well as in any accusations made by those of the County Attorney and DHS.

f. Producing anything needed upon demand to show compliance with Iowa’s codes and laws concerning juvenile matters, in order to legally take, hold and give away the children of the citizens of Iowa’s lower and disadvantaged classes whether those things happened, or not.

It is obvious to these appellants that the district, as well as the appellate courts of Iowa have no desire to fairly determine this or any other case or its appeals, when it contains unjust and illegal actions, performed in abundance by opposing parties to the appellants.  Understandably, this appellate court, in order to keep the system running as smoothly as it is today, must go the extra mile to protect its own, as well as keep money flowing in, and criminals positioned in their jobs.  We hope that the appellate court, therefore, understands out position as well, in defense of having our daughter illegally kidnapped by tyrants in power in Iowa, as well as backed by the criminals who also infest our judiciary..  Understand, then, that the appellants, upon their realization that justice will not be done in this case, under any circumstance, do hereby swear:

1. As soon as a decision against the appellants is rendered, this matter will be MORE than eligible, and will, with the growing list of criminals involved, be immediately filed in District Federal Court.  We insist that the appellate courts please render this decision poste haste, so we can get started.  Your “just” and “fair” determination is the only thing holding us up...so why wait 14 days?  You know damned well that we aren’t going to have the rest of the transcripts produced, so get to it already.

2. That all of the criminal elements involved in hearing our cases, both in District Court and in this appellate court shall be brought to justice before a Grand Jury of the People’s choosing, at a time soon to come; and before God, ultimately at the end of days.  You are all guilty of conspiracy, collusion, kidnapping, and embezzlement from Iowa’s citizens, and you will all, with the possible mercy of the people, be held accountable for your crimes, more immediately.  God have mercy on your souls, should His day come later.  These crimes will be most easily shown and proven, using actual facts that will be presented to actual reasonable people, not those who would appoint themselves rulers, tyrants and traitors over our courts and “The Law”, i.e illegal codes, statutes, rules and ordinances tha
are not, nor have they ever been, “Law”.

3. That all of the “Confidential” documents in this appeal have already been downloaded off of E-file, and will be immediately posted to those of Iowa, this country, and its people, and will be broadcast continually until actual justice is done; save the final order, which I believe you MUST send me
anyway, by “Law”.  This will happen regardless of consequence, before I go to prison (you won’t be arresting me for posting them after that, since I’ll already be in prison anyway), with as many tags to tie the criminals to their actions as I’m able to include.  Your crimes will be forever engraved
in the minds of Iowa and the rest of the country’s citizens for as long as the internet remains, and justice, no, TRUE justice, in one form or another, will come for those who would steal humanity’s children and give them to others not in need of them, but in need of the money that comes attached
to them, only to discard them like the trash when the child reaches the end of their paychecks.  Your crimes against human-kind, treasonous in and of themselves, will forever be immortalized by myself, by others, as well as by your own actions, by my example.  Believe me when I state that the American People will only be pushed so much by tyrannous officials before action is taken.  I pity you when, not if, such action occurs.

In conclusion, the Appellants do state to ALL that have interest in all cases concerning our daughter, Trilynn Bruegemann, that a day will come, sooner than you expect, that will signal the end of tyranny and those who exhume the same.  Forces are already moving to make sure this happens, and at a rate you surely do not suspect.  You need to decide, now, before that time comes, which side you are on.  I would highly recommend moving to the side of the People, for that is where true power lies, where it has ALWAYS lain.  We do not thank those of the appellate courts for the decision they have yet to render, since we already know that decision, and have known it all along, just as we knew the minute we looked into the eyes of Judge William A. Price that we would never see our daughter again.  We most certainly do not thank the appellate court for their fair and just manner in dealing with this appeal, since, from the beginning, it was never either just, nor fair.  The parents will deal forever with thier loss and their pain.  What will the appellate court do, but move on and uphold more illegal decisions of the district court, causing more of Iowa’s citizens to lose their children as well.  These actions will cause more pain and more suffering, until it snowballs into an unsurmountable affect, that will someday easily cause your eventual undoing.  Repent now and return Iowa’s children to those who they have been stolen from unjustly, or that affect may cause actions in kind that may not present a pleasant experience for those who cause it.  This is not a threat, thinly veiled or otherwise.  It is, for your consideration, “A fact of life”, a relation of the formula for cause and effect, nothing more.  Heed this proven fact well.  To consider it, is to survive.  To ignore it, as it is to ignore anything proven again and again to exist, is to be a fool, and perish.

Finally, I’m sure you’re wondering if this means that we are going to take our lumps and stop fighting for our daughter?  No way Jose.  No, this battle now goes into higher gear, and will be brought full-force in whatever manner presents...whether I’m in, or out of prison.

Submitted, both without respect, and with prejudice,

/S/Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce
Christopher and Elizabeth Bruce

Appellants"

The Termination Appeal/Cross Appeal, Part II - The Fairy Tales

Well, back in the last episode, we last left the appellants, as they discovered, with horror, how the Supreme Court of Iowa intended to wiggle out of addressing the real issues in this case, like 'Why we should have never removed the child in the first place', ;how the father wasn't there for the child in her life because we rescinded his visits two months into the case, because we didn't like what he was writing about in his blog", and "how this child should have never in life been under this court's jurisdiction at all, because the worker deprived the mother of all of her civil, ICWA, and due process rights, and when the mother said 'yes I do have Indian in my family' the worker put 'no' on the form.  No kids, the real issues, and the proof of those issues will cost me money, around $800, if I want the real issues addressed...and after receiving what I believe the crooks intend to dub 'The Termination Hearing Trascripts'...but what are, instead, the biggest pile of BULLSHIT I have ever seen put together on some pieces of paper.  No wonder it took 6 months to produce what came out to be 12 lousy pieces of paper...they had to scratch the entire hearing, I'm sure, and produce a whole new play, to cover up their illegal activities.

Here then, so you too can fully experience the absolute nausea we both felt upon reading this....this...fraud upon the court, we have scanned it in for you.  First, keep in mind that the judge in our case, Judge William A. Price, couldn't possibly speak a kind word in thanks or praise to anyone...ever.  I have never heard someone so polite and well-spoken as the judge was in this typed out travesty...so it is in my opinion either a.  An absolute fabrication, or b.  Someone else that sat in for the judge that day.  Second, is the elegant musings of Paul White the GAL in this little fiasco, who I believe said all of 2 words in each and every hearing....who goes on for page after page in what can only be a real live play, and his a quite lovely speech, written by someone very good at writing out non-offensive and lawful bullshit, when required to, as well as something that no appellate court in the land could possibly dispute, where finding in favor of the most reasonable and just district court.

What a joke...and it very much explains on so many levels why the state...or Judge Price and the Supreme Court, rather, refuse to pay for the transcripts of the other hearings.  For one, coming up with enough lies to cover the lies told here would be utterly impossible...in a "Light most favorable for the prosecution"...most likely, because no matter how you slice it, there IS no light most favorable for the prosecution.  They kidnapped our child...in very plain language, and in the head of every reasonable person in  this country...and by every legal definition in the book.  Had I done this very thing as a citizen, I would, of course, be brought up on a host of charges, and probably jailed for the remainder of my natural life.  But because these atrocities were done by those of the money-grubbing state and their county attorneys....suddenly, it becomes legal, and all involved will be protected at every expense, in order to continue to commit these crimes, and bring in more federal funding, for DHS, for the state of Iowa, for the foster parents, and for the courts.  Remember, 18 people that were involved in our lives for 6 months, and that doesn't include all of the court reporters, Clerks of Court, lawyers, judges, doctors, and the numerous service providers that are all allowed to keep their jobs, all because DHS is allowed to, at will, take whatever children and however many they want, whenever they want...as long as every bit player plays along and does the job right, money is made, and jobs are kept.

Whoever it was that was in attendance at this hearing, wasn't anyone that we had come to know as being the criminals that were talking in this one.  I guarantee, as sure as you're siting there, that no one that we had come to know as being involved in this case in any way said any of these things at this court hearing.  Now, had the foster parents actually been there, well, I imagine then...and ONLY then, would these things have been said...or, quite possibly, these things actually were said...mainly, because they knew it was sure to go to appeal, following our termination...but not without some serious scripting, on that you can most definitely bet.  The other thing you can also bet on, is that it practically killed everyone involved to have to lie and embellish things this much...or, more than likely, they've had to present things to the Supreme Court to cover their asses on a whole lot more than one occasion, and they've had (and rehearsed) their bullshit pretty damn well as time has gone by.  This "Transcript" of this hearing is pretty generic all in all..and surprisingly short.  A name change here, a flowery statement there, and it all looks so cut and dried, doesn't it?  Acting out parents got their asses handed to them, and rightfully so, by what's said here...but I'm sorry, 12 pages?  A hearing as important as the Termination of your parental rights should, even without the defendants, carry a lot more than 12 pages...maybe for a traffic accident, this might be reasonable...but something as critical as this?  "Oh, but there were all of those reports to the court (made by DHS, who stands to lose the most should Iowa discover their crimes) that describe in very big detail why we're doing this, and for good reason....except it kind of leaves out one very important side of things...ours.  See, a lot like the logic that standing in a garage does not make you a car...being a caseworker for DHS or being a lawyer at the county attorney's office does not automatically make you an honest person who couldn't possibly lie, or a thief that steals children (or someone who affiliates with them to bring the same end) to make money for the state and keep tons of people in their jobs.  Sit down and think about it folks...how many people's jobs would be affected or lost, if these kinds of cases didn't exist...they MUST exist...even if we have to make it all up as we go along...even if we have to all work together, in order to keep this up, we're going to have to, on occasion, lie...and steal...and break the law, in particular, FRAUD UPON THE COURT...which, in case you didn't know it, is almost impossible to prove...see, they claim that these transcripts are the only record of the things that occurred in our hearings...made up when the hearing is over...and only upon demand of the parties, from a recording the transcriber makes that they won't give you a copy of; and won't sign a piece of paper SAYING they won't give them to you.  Why?  Because if they gave you a copy of the recording, then you could compare that to the fabricated transcripts, only made by the transcriber if someone wants a copy...and if you can show even one thing that either didn't occur, or didn't go as stated on the transcripts, they auto lose the entire case, due to fraud upon the court...and that would cost the courts an awful lot of wasted tax-payer money that they themselves would have to be held accountable for.  So even though Iowa Courts has a document that states you can get recordings of ANY of our hearings, even the confidential ones...you can't...and they aren't about to sign any document that shows that they said that you couldn't have those recordings, if they don't want you to have them.  What we, the oppressed are beginning to figure out, however, is that these pieces of paper that they won't sign, stating that there were no recordings that could be copied, or that they won't give you a copy of them, that they won't, or refuse to sign...can be used as evidence in your lower court...in order to bump the whole thing up to federal court, showing the federal court (who puts up with zero to nada bullshit in legal matters) that the lower court is trying to get away with committing some serious shit that they really aren't immune in the commission, thereof.

Yes, even in refusing to sign this paper showing their fraud, or the unwillingness to show that fraud is being committed against you, they make a very grevous error  Upon refusing to sign this paper, they are putting themselves in a very bad and awkward position.  See, now, the piece of paper, when filed in your case, can now be a piece of evidence, in the consideration that you are, by their refusal to give you recordings or sign a piece of paper explaining their refusal to give you the very recordings they say you can purchase copies of at any time, they commit a crime,  and the refused signed receipt, showing that you cannot have your promised recordings, is now evidence...to which they must now be able to testify as to why they didn't give you something very important in any court case...due process.  Because, when asked to, then, testify, they can't give you a good clear reason as to why you couldn't have your recordings...they now commit a deprivation of the very thing American justice is founded on...due process.  No due process, and their fraud becomes very big and very clear.

 And, thanks to "extensions" of time to produce them, they can take all the time they'll need to go over their notes and come up with something that looks legal and good on paper, for both the Supreme Court, as well as for anyone who might suspect that something funny is going on....OH, BUT WAIT...that's right...confidentiality covers THAT part of it...so as long as the appellate court plays along, we can do...pretty much anything...we...like.  And to those of us who complain about it...well, who could possibly fool the appellate courts, right?  Who cares that each of these appellate and Supreme Court judges were once lawyers and district court judges themselves at one time in their lives, and that they were also probably very educated in the ways of keeping people in their jobs, and bringing money into the state and keeping it here....at the expense of a few psychopathic natural parents...but who cares?  They're already hardened criminals, thanks to our actions against them practically their whole lives, a push here, a factoid there, and a very well oiled machine, and we can make ANY parent look like a bad parent, or someone that shouldn't have or doesn't deserve to have their children...and make us a shitload of money in the process...and most importantly, keep our jobs, so we can continue to do this for a lifetime to come.

Sorry, shiny object....the point of the matter is this, friends.  If I let them get away with only paying for the transcripts of the Termination hearing...the one I couldn't be in attendance to because they put a warrant out for crimes they had no proof that I committed, just mere days before I was supposed to be at it...(I have to accept this...of course, being the unemployed and fighting father that I am, I have no $800 additional dollars lying around to pay for these transcripts), no justice will be done...or needed, and all that us parents have fought so hard to keep will be lost to us forever.  I mean, it's obvious just in the transcript itself....isn't it?  I read this bullshit, and the headaches felt after reading how the district court messed up in this case, all just kind of melts away, don't they?  Thanks to the tenacity and the audacity of our finest crooks and fairy tale tellers on the district level (and the poorness of the parents, in general), we can inch by this obvious catastrophe of justice and go on with our lives;  our jobs and pay (for whatever it is they actually do in the appellate courts....they don't ask for records on appeal, they don't make or obtain copies, they don't bind things, or go and get anything...this is all at the expense, as well as the time of the appellate....all they do is look it over and "DECIDE" it, when time allows for it) in tact.

You would think that a year out of the lives of wrongfully done parents, who are, as we speak, because of all of the time that we haven't had with her, nor have we seen our daughter, forgetting what she even looks like, save the 5 or six pictures we got of her at the five or six visits we were allowed to have with her, before they rescinded our visits all together, and a couple of the videos of the newly excited parents that got to enjoy her...for all of 7 days before this nightmare began...would be important here,  and would be quickly gotten to and decided, especially when it's most possible that these parents were done wrong...but, no, sadly, it is not.  No, what's MORE important, to those of the appellate level, once again, is to find ways to clean up the mess of the district court, and make the wronged parents look like they were at fault, using...and asking for NOTHING MORE than what that will take..and make them wait as long as possible...to insure greater success at finding in favor of the district court (as I guarantee, they will do, if only these transcripts of the termination are addressed) and keeping their child right where she is now...in the hands of the only paying client...the only person that could afford his own attorney, and paid well, I'm sure.  Because this man paid from his own pocket, the BAR is now satisfied, and rules in favor of the SINGLE biological father...who didn't even know he had a child, until DHS hunted him down after more than a full year after the last he had cared to see the mother.  He got laid...THAT was the important part of their relationship...after that, he didn't care to know anything about the mother...until DHS purposefully sought him out to tell him he had a daughter born to him of the biological mother, that he hadn't cared to know anything of the possibility even, until forced to that reality...but hey, as long as I don't have to have to have anything to do with the mother?  Sure, I'll take a free baby.  How much do I have to pay, and how long do I have to wait for the termination of their rights?  3 months?  Perfect...I should have my free baby just in time for Christmas then...where do I sign?

As for the Appellate courts?  They will, of course, do and say whatever it takes to make sure we don't get our daughter back...at the expense of our rights, and our wrongfully kidnapped and stolen daughter (remember, this is stated as fact BY DHS THEMSELVES, in the appeal to the Child Protective Assessment hearings...and by the DIRECTOR OF DHS AS WELL, in a further appeal of those proceedings).and in the protection of the actions of the most illegal district court's actions...actions, that if found out, could ruin our little con-game and all the money it brings in, and all the jobs that are secured by the industry.  We couldn't have that...I mean, look at all the time WE invested in getting that system going?  We can't have every wronged parent winning out...the whole thing would go down the drain, and Iowa would lose money.  No, best we sweep this mess up under the rug, with a sprinkle of undue process and a well scripted transcript?  No problemmo muchach.

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To the criminals involved?  I can only say Bravo...and encore.  I have an offer to help pay for my other transcripts, and will be asking them to REALLY start lying...which will easily show their fraud, considering the fact that I was THERE for THOSE hearings.  This should be fun.