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Violent Protest is an American Tradition, Part 1
On July 8 1965, CORE led a march in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Like many marches, the Bogalusa march had members of the Deacons for Defense on hand to protect the participants. Deacons Milton Johnson and Henry Austin rode alongside the marchers, keeping an eye on the angry white crowd that followed the march. At first, police escorts were able to separate the marchers from the racist white people who were heckling them; but as the march neared it's halfway mark, the growing crowd began to throw rocks and bricks at the marchers. When one of the bricks hit 17 year old Hattie Mae Hill in the head, the crowd of white people got closer to her, ripping at her clothes and hitting her. Medics tried to remove her from the crowd, but they were outnumbered. When Johnson was able to pull her into the safety of the car, the crowd targeted him. A white man named Alton Crowe began beating Johnson through the window of the car.
So Henry Austin pulled out his .38 Smith & Wesson and told the crowd to back off. When they ignored him, he fired warning shots into the air. And when the group of attackers ignored his warning shots, he fired two shots into the chest of Alton Crowe.
The crowd was ready to kill Austin and Johnson, but they were both immediately arrested. Crowe survived, so Austin and Johnson were both able to make bail. Austin found he returned to Bogalusa a hero — at least to the black population of Bogalusa. White politicians did not share the community's enthusiasm over Austin's heroism.
Here is how Lance Hill description of the political aftermath of the Crowe shooting in his book, The Deacons for Defense:
In the wake of the Crowe shooting, [Governor] McKeithen pursued a "plague on both your houses" strategy toward the Deacons and the Klan. He condemned both the violent racists and the civil rights groups as equally responsible for the Bogalusa crisis. But McKeithen reserved his harshest criticism for the Deacons and failed to even mention the Klan by name. The governor castigated [Deacons leaders] Young and Sims as "cowards" and "trash" and declared that "no decent negroes" were participating in the civil rights marches. McKeithen's appeasement of the Klan was the rule rather than the exception for white Louisiana politicians.
"I think there is blame on both sides….what about the 'alt-left' that came charging at, as you say, the 'alt-right,' do they have any semblance of guilt?…You had people that were very fine people on both sides," said Donald Trump on August 15, 2017, in a press conference discussing the murder of Heather Heyer by white supremacist James Alex Fields.
And the KKK's response? Hill explains:
"Most whites do not admit it," wrote the New York Times after the Crowe shooting, "but the Deacons send a chill down their spines." The truth of this was borne out in subsequent marches. In the days following the shooting the huge mobs of whites disappeared. The Crowe shooting-and an increased police presence-discouraged ordinary whites from attending the Klan's counter demonstrations. The Klan could no longer organize mass attacks on black demonstrations in Bogalusa. This inability to organize mass direct action protests reduced the Klan to isolated terror tactics and diminished its influence over nonaffiliated segregationists in the mill town.
As members of the press like Petula Dvorak write pearl clutching think pieces decrying Antifa's egg throwing and vehement demands to not be filmed against their wishes, they're missing a huge historical connection.
Violent protest is an American tradition, and the work of those willing to take on its burden has long been the backbone of the success of the "love and unity" peaceful demonstrators — who often end up being the only ones credited when progress happens.
Though the July 8th march was not the first time the Deacons protected a CORE protest, it was the first time violence had occurred against a white man. The shooting made the white liberals who were funding CORE nervous, and while members of CORE were well aware that some of their activists were alive because of the protection of the Deacons, journalists were instead focused on whether or not CORE had strayed from its ideal of nonviolent action. Ultimately, CORE took the stance that their members would continue to practice nonviolent protest, but they would be potentially protected by private citizens who were armed.
The lesson learned by CORE was that the police couldn't be trusted to equally enforce the law. In 2018, it isn't up for debate that people still feel this way, and it's a hard argument to make that everyone is treated equally. While the FBI is monitoring the home and Twitter account of BLM activist DeRay McKesson, the MPD is guarding white supremacists in front of the White House. Perhaps Dvorak's cutesy attempt at cluelessness in her suggestion that the police and antifa came to a head on Sunday in front of an Au Bon Pain because they want to "bring back the Triple Cinnamon Scone" would be less disgusting if America's legacy of trivializing the rights of minorities didn't exist.
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This entry was posted in DC, Donald Fuckin Trump, Police, Racism on August 13, 2018 by mandawritesthings.
Donald Trump's Impeachable Offenses: Twitter Fingers Edition
Because we are living in the bizarre hell that is 2017, discussing whether or not the tweets from the President of the United States are impeachable is a real topic of conversation. So, for my liberal snowflake comrades, I have done the dirty work of combing through Trump's Twitter and pulling out some of his impeachable tweets. I thought this was going to be a lot easier to do, but it turns out it's exhaustingly time consuming. I certainly thought I'd get through more than two Twitter rants — but I just don't have enough Xanax. So here is part one of a series of impeachable actions Trump has done, starting with just a handful of his tweets. You're welcome, and I accept boxes of wine should you wish to express your gratitude.
What is an impeachable offense?
The Constitution says that the President can be impeached for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors." But what does that really mean in the context of tweeting? Put very simply, "high crimes and misdemeanors" refers to any action taken by a public official that abuses their power in some capacity. This could include something like, I don't know, using your name to make money while you're in office (don't worry, this is just part one. We'll cover it all!). This also means that, while "normal" crimes could be impeachable offenses, actions that an average person would be able to do without a problem could be grounds for impeachment. When it was ordinary businessman Donald Trump tweeting crazy thoughts, that's fine. No one cares. When it is POTUS Donald Trump tweeting crazy thoughts, it's a problem because as President his tweets have more value. And yes, our founding fathers are spinning in their graves over this.
With that explained, let's dive straight into hell.
The tweets (there are so many):
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!
WTF was going on:
Thanks to an article published on the ever credible website Breitbart, Trump decided that Obama had his "wires tapped."
Obamagate is easily the most egregious and most talked about example of Trump's impeachable Twitter crimes. I believe this is the most cut and dry of the Twitter offenses. First, Trump is accusing Obama of illegally wiretapping him while Obama was still in office — something that, if true, would have been impeachable behavior. Second, this isn't your crazy uncle rampaging on Twitter (because, come on, if Trump is your uncle, there is no way you're reading this). As Noah Feldman pointed out on Slate's Trumpcast: Trump has the power to punish people, and threatening to prosecute people without evidence "is certainly an abuse of power." Keeping this in mind, you can understand how it's easy to view the Obamagate tweets as threats to the former president (remember that, because it's going to be a pretty critical point — both for the rest of the article, and presumably for the remainder of Trump's presidency).
There's something very unsettling about the current President publicly accusing a prior president of an action that is both illegal and impeachable. Do you know what kind of rulers jail their political opponents? The kind of rulers that don't really care for democracy.
When was the last time you heard Donald Trump say "lock her up"? A direct call to imprison his opponent while he's the sitting President would be horrifying. I think that someone in the White House must understand this, and that's why the issue has been dropped. But just because Trump isn't directly saying "lock him up," the fact that he is the POTUS means he could indeed lock him up. I do not expect anyone currently working around Trump to understand nuance, nor do I expect Trump to get it if it's explained to him.
But wait! Haven't we learned that there was indeed a FISA warrant in Trump Tower? Isn't Trump right? Yes and no, in that order. Trump's tweet accuses Obama himself of wire tapping him — and that would be highly illegal. While the FBI did indeed issue a FISA warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page, only a petulant child who hasn't even passed eight grade civics would angrily equate this to "Obama wire tapped Trump." It's incredibly difficult to obtain a FISA, and it is not taken lightly — meaning that a FISA wouldn't be signed off on just so Obama could spy on Donald Trump. On the plus side for the rest of us, Trump's tweet declassified the FISA warrant, and allowed reporters to send FOIA requests on the investigation into the Trump campaign. Good move!
So-Called Judges
The tweets:
The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 4, 2017
Because the ban was lifted by a judge, many very bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision
What is our country coming to when a judge can halt a Homeland Security travel ban and anyone, even with bad intentions, can come into U.S.?
These tweets were in response to a judge putting a hold on Trump's Muslim ban EO.
Just like Obamagate, this is an example of Trump using his position to threaten another public official. This is a direct threat to a member of the judiciary system in America — and to judicial process. Personally, I find this to be worse than Obamagate. This is POTUS bullying and trying to intimidate a federal judge for disagreeing with him; this is a direct threat to democracy.
Trump wasn't the only one threatening the "so-called judge" — security had to be beefed up for some of the judges who were involved in the EO disasters. Remember when Trump incited violence at his campaign rallies? Just this month, a judge determined that the protesters who were attacked can proceed with a lawsuit against Trump and his campaign. To impeach someone for actions taken before they became POTUS would be unheard of — but this parallels the not so veiled threats toward judges who don't allow Trump to do whatever he wants. We should all be closely following what happens in this lawsuit, because it seems like Trump will continue to insult whoever he wants, with no regard for the impact of his power as POTUS to both legally and socially harm someone else.
Next week: More tweets? Russia? Who knows what I'll choose!
This entry was posted in DC, Donald Fuckin Trump, Politicians and tagged Donald Trump, impeachment, news, politicians, politics, twitter on April 14, 2017 by mandawritesthings.
Hey, White Women – We DID Vote For Trump!
Like many others, this past weekend I went to the Women's March on Washington. During the two months of Facebook discussion leading up to the march, I watched as white feminists were introduced to intersectional feminism for the first time. I wasn't sure how white feminism and intersectionality were going to mesh, but I think that the now viral "White Women Voted for Trump" sign carried around by Angela Peoples was perfect.
In an interview with The Root, Peoples described the response to her sign: "Most [people] were saying 'Not this white woman,' or 'No one I know!'" And it was at that point anger and frustration bubbled up inside me, to the point that I had to take a break from reading for a minute.
"Not this white woman" and "no one I know" are such bullshit things to say. People were bussed in from all over the country to come this event! I live in the blue af DC metro area, and I know dozens of white women that voted for Trump. If no one you know voted for Trump, either people are afraid to be honest with you, or you live in a ridiculously homogenous bubble.
There's no one weird sect of my white friends that chose Trump; they range from people I went to a small private elementary school with to former University of Maryland classmates. Almost my entire fucking family voted for him! I'm also one of the most vocally pro-BLM white people that I personally know, and I have been flooding my newsfeed with "hands up, don't shoot" since Ferguson's unrest, and a countdown to Trump's reign starting from "Mexicans are rapists." I've written for Cop Block, I write for liberal immigration lawyers, I have ripped apart both criticism of Baltimore's uprising and praise of O'Malley on local and national platforms. I have lost work contracts and friends over my militantly pro-black, pro-woman opinions. And even with all of this, people still casually tell me they voted for Trump. Not only would it never cross my mind to give a negative response to a sign someone on my side is holding, but come on. If people tell me they voted for Trump, then I know they told other people. "Yup we sure did, and I know a fuck ton of them that I'm trying to work on," is the most truthful response.
After Freddie Gray died, I gave up a travel heavy contract I had to write a book about the social, racial, and economic history of Baltimore and how these things culminated in the death of Freddie Gray. Because here is the thing: plenty of people who look like me would rather listen to me tell the history of the black experience in Baltimore instead of listening to, you know, black people. I am a white woman, and consequently I still benefit from white privilege.
So white women! Don't step on people's toes or put words in their mouth or act like you understand another's struggle as though you've lived, but DO acknowledge that we benefit from the color of our skin. Take time to learn, and then act as a facilitator to help bridge communication between your fellow white feminists and the vast array of other types of feminists that exist. Don't get distracted or bitter about signs pointing out that white women don't show up to protest when black women are shot by the police, or by signs that show the actual statistics of who vote for Trump. Those things are accurate, and you don't get to be salty with someone for delivering an accurate message.
I am here to share facts and data to help people begin to grasp the challenges faced by those who are less privileged than they are. I am NOT here to defend my fellow whites to communities already marginalized by white people. So what if someone thinks I might be a Trump voter because I'm white? Boo. Hoo. Hey, I'm gonna guess it fucking sucks more to have cops think you're an armed threat just because you're black.
Let's not make #NotAllWhiteWomen the new #NotAllMen. White women benefit from white supremacy, and we need to acknowledge that. Otherwise we are just like the guys who think that sexism and the patriarchy are real, but THEY aren't sexist so they aren't part of the problem.
This entry was posted in DC, Politicians, presidential race, Racism, Uncategorized, Women and tagged Donald Trump, Feminism, Womens March on January 23, 2017 by mandawritesthings.
Martin O'Malley: Rebuilding the American Dream, Like He Rebuilt Baltimore
I feel like I've been seeing way too much of Martin O'Malley lately. From being a guest on The Daily Show to playing the guitar on The View, O'Malley seems to not be deterred by his approval ratings. To the average person who only watches the debates and listens to the current soundbites, O'Malley sounds like a good candidate for Clinton's cabinet (or whatever he's aiming for at this point). I've seen many liberal leaning friends and news sources (especially those who consider police reform a primary issue) express their interest in O'Malley. His criminal justice reform plan even lists "build[ing] trust in law enforcement" as a top priority.
But the thing is, in Maryland we all know the truth about O'Malley.
How can the mayor that ordered mass arrests of innocent people and manipulated crime statistics possibly be the President we trust to understand and implement community policing?
How can the mayor who ruined community and police relations possibly be the President (or whatever position he's going for) we trust to rebuild faith in the police force?
Back in April, I watched Martin O'Malley stop by West Baltimore for a photo op. Starting at the burned down CVS, he slowly made his way down Penn, shaking hands and smiling with the crowd that had gathered to protest the death of Freddie Gray. I'm sure he thought it was a great idea for him to do before announcing that he was running for President — until an angry protestor on a motorcycle started following him. "YOU DID THIS! YOU KILLED FREDDIE GRAY!" the man yelled. O'Malley quickly picked up his pace and escaped into the black SUV waiting for him at the end of the block.
He wasn't wrong.
Nothing O'Malley has ever done shows he is capable of facilitating a community oriented policing program, or that he even knows what community policing is.
O'Malley now claims that he wants to make community policing a priority — though Baltimore didn't get its Community Partnership Division until after O'Malley was long gone from Baltimore. O'Malley's Baltimore focused on manufactured statistics and graphs, not human compassion or an understanding of how to treat the root causes of crime. Numbers get you noticed by White House, after all.
During the first Democratic debate, O'Malley assured us that in his Baltimore, arrests and crime fell. He was half right — crime did fall in Baltimore, just like it did nationwide. But I don't really know why he claimed arrests fell; in 2005 there were over 100,00 arrests in a city of roughly 600,000 people. How could crime possibly be falling if the police saw fit to arrest almost 1/6 of the city's population? Under O'Malley the blanket policy of the BPD appeared to be "arrest everyone — or else." People were not arrested for committing crimes, they were arrested and held for up to 54 hours with no charges ever filed. When people were assigned bail, they usually couldn't pay it and would spend a month or two in jail until their cases would be dismissed. In 2006 the ACLU and NAACP filed a lawsuit against O'Malley for this practice. Spoiler alert: the city settled.
While O'Malley's BPD was making mass arrests, they certainly didn't prioritize arresting rapists. In 2010 the Baltimore Sun reported that police would aggressively question rape victims, causing 30% of victims to change their accusation to "unfounded" — which was five times the national average. On paper, the amount of rapes in Baltimore declined 80% versus the national average of 8%; the city didn't even go for a believable, gradual decrease.
Not to mention, O'Malley did his best to expedite the school to prison pipeline until political opposition was just too much to handle.
When you see Martin O'Malley talking on TV, please don't let him blind you with charming jokes about the NRA or the honest good he did here with immigration and gay marriage.
Instead, please remember his first legacy — the city of Baltimore.
Remember Freddie Gray. Tyrone West. George V. King. Officer William Torbit Jr.
This entry was posted in Baltimore, DC, maryland, Police, Politicians, presidential race and tagged 2016, America, baltimore, black lives matter, featured, martin o'malley, police brutality on October 21, 2015 by mandawritesthings.
DC Metro: Nah, I'd Rather Walk. Or Stay Home.
Despite the fact that Metro is the worst, people are constantly telling me that I'm too harsh. Of course, these people are usually tourists or non-commuters, who then tell me that the train worked just fine when they went to that one Nats game that one time, or how when they visited DC it was so easy to get the museums. These people are wrong. Metro is a poorly maintained, poorly run, and overpriced debacle. The small annoyances are so typical I barely think to complain about them: unheated or unbearably overheated cars, constant delays, trains that don't show up, 19 minute waits for the train you need. The larger annoyances sometimes grab attention, but it takes a death to make a big splash. On Monday of this week, a yellow line train on the DC Metro stopped 800 feet from the station it had just departed and filled with smoke. Passengers sat in the increasingly hot train for about an hour, breathing in the smoke and being told to not open the doors. When paramedics finally showed up, one woman was dead and over 80 needed hospitalization. Monday was not an isolated incident; it was just an example of how inefficient and incompetent Metro is.
It is ridiculously expensive to take Metro for the quality of the service you get. Speaking as someone who frequently pays the extra money to take Amtrak to Alexandria instead of Metro, I'm fine paying more for efficiency. Metro runs on a system that requires you swipe your card when boarding and then again when exiting, running prices on a sliding scale based on distance. To get from the heart of the city to Franconia-Springfield is $5.75; if it was my daily commute, that would total $16.35 for round trip and $4.85 parking (interestingly, the stations in Prince George's County are $5.10 — despite being far less crowded). Doesn't WMATA have a responsibility to make using Metro worth $16.35, or at least make Metro convenient enough that you're fine leaving the comfort of your car? You'd think.
Dupont South, from http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/
Paying $16.35 a day, would you expect to have to hike up 188 foot long escalator? If you're a Washingtonian, the answer is "yes." The DuPont South escalator is the worst. The escalators at all stations are constantly out, and sometimes the elevators are too. Are you disabled? Metro doesn't appear to give a shit about you.
Maybe if you were one of the passengers stranded just steps from L'Enfant Plaza, you'd think that you were entitled to just get the hell out of the station once you were being evacuated. Nope! I know it isn't typically the most reliable source, but people reported on Twitter that they were still forced to scan their card and wait for the exit to open for each evacuee (the same person said she told the news and they didn't report on it).
@NiallStanage @wmata the station manager didn't even unlock the gates as we evacuated! You had to scan card to get out! How unsafe!
— Del. Lesley Lopez (@LesleyJLopez) January 13, 2015
On Monday, the smoke in the train was caused by arcing. While it produced a massive amount of smoke, it didn't cause a fire. Of course, people on the train don't know this. As usual, Metro didn't tell the passengers the information they needed (and deserved) to know. The one thing they did communicate was to stay in the train — despite being only 800 feet from the station/freedom. Even though all of the emergency signs say to exit on the side of the tunnel where the lights are (away from the electric third rail), passengers weren't allowed to exit, and the firefighters couldn't figure out if the third rail was on or off to get to the victims. But this makes a lot more sense when you look at Metro's Standard Operating Procedures and realize that….they don't actually have a plan.
6.5.3.4. If the Train Operator was not able to reverse from the heavy smoke, the ROCC Supervisor shall:
6.5.3.4.1. ???????????????????????????
You'd think that Metro would put into their rules what they would do when there is a lot of smoke, since this isn't a new problem. According to WMATA, arcing insulators occur about twice a month, though IMO that number seems like it's low. The day after the L'Enfant Plaza incident, sparks and smoke were reported at the Gallery Place stop. All locals remember in 2013, when a Green Line train had a problem with arcing — and everyone was told to spend hours stuck in the trains, without power. Riders started to "rebel" by self evacuating. Not only did Metro not approve, they wondered if they could arrest people for freeing themselves. What. The. Fuck.
To be fair, "sit still and do as we say" is the only way Metro has to handle any situation. In July 2012 a train lost power and passengers were told to hang tight…on a 90 degree, muggy DC summer day. Not in a tunnel. While the passengers say they exited after being told to do so by the conductor, Metro claimed that passengers were responsible for being forced to sit so long. Even though the "rescue" train also lost power before the pax self evacuating, apparently the passengers were to blame.
Escalator repair: blocking off the escalator for 6 months and taking breaks.
Now the union representing the transit people is on Twitter, holding a Q&A…and getting an earful. They linked to a useful PDF about why we shouldn't privatize the system because people will lose jobs. In reality, illiteracy, drug use, and prior convictions run rampant in the staff currently employed by the system…as does extreme overpayment. Anytime you're interested in a good laugh (or cry), just search Twitter for #wmata so you can see the day's misery. And remember: it's DC, so if you're an American…this is your tax dollars at work!
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This entry was posted in DC, travel and tagged dc, Metro, Public transit, WMATA on January 14, 2015 by mandawritesthings.
Last Words: I Can't Breathe / Why Did You Shoot Me / It's Not Real / Mom, I'm Going to College
For as long as I can remember, I've campaigned to end the war on drugs. It's caused increased violence, a loss of rights, and increased addiction. I've kept up on the "isolated incidents" resulting in the death of people and/or their pets, of the ruined lives. But yesterday both my heart and my faith in the American justice system shattered. It isn't often I feel completely helpless. I'm so sorry for the family of Eric Garner; for all the families of those who have been killed by police. It's obviously sad when anyone has their life come to an end, but to be killed by those we have chosen to protect is a tragic betrayal. If we're supposed to trust the police to not harm us, why isn't there the same level of accountability for them as there is for us?
At this point, whether or not Michael Brown's hands were up has become irrelevant. The death of Brown has sparked a movement that is larger than one single action. So many people who are content with the status quo of militarized police operations are quick to point out that he was a thug, a criminal — and strong armed robbery means you deserve to be killed. If you believe that, nothing I can say or do can change your mind. That is part of who you fundamentally are. What I can teach you is that the issue is much larger than one incident. It is an American problem, and given racial and social prejudices, it is a problem that manifests itself in the black community.
If you're uncomfortable talking about how this is a race problem, let's start by talking about how this is a militarized police problem. This is nothing new. Michelle Alexander wrote in The New Jim Crow:
According to the Cato Institute, in 1997 alone, the Pentagon handed over more than 1.2 million pieces of military equipment to local police departments. Similarly, the National Journal reported that between January 1997 and October 1999, the agency handled 3.4 million orders of Pentagon equipment from over eleven thousand domestic police agencies in all fifty states. Included in the bounty were "253 aircraft (including six- and seven-passenger airplanes, UH-60 Blackhawk and UH-1 Huey helicopters, 7,856 M-16 rifles, 181 grenade launchers, 8,131 bulletproof helmets, and 1,161 pairs of night-vision goggles." A retired police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, told the New York Times, "I was offered tanks, bazookas, anything I wanted."
Now let's pretend for a moment that every non-indicted officer that killed a black civilian actually was within his or her rights. If officers are using their discretion and aiming to injure whites when they are also within their right to shoot to kill, then they are doing something wrong.
On the left is Dan Bilzerian. On the right is NOT Mike Brown. But that picture was used to convince people Brown was a thug. Hmm…
Michael Brown was not shot over stealing cigarillos,and it's misrepresentative to say that the robbery led to the shooting (and this includes people on my side, saying life is worth more than cigarillos). Depressingly, I've heard many people say that if you don't engage in strong armed robbery (or whatever crime it is when speaking of other individuals), you won't have anything to worry about. I've read countless tweets, comments, etc from people: "I don't commit robbery, so I don't care about this issue." These people are most definitely saying that if the people who commit these crimes end up being shot, then whatever. Everyone that posted that stupid picture of Joda Cain holding a glock, with money in his mouth and liquor to his side, saying it was Brown and that he wasn't really innocent, is guilty of this. People act like prior criminal acts make it a-ok when someone is shot. Hell, I've got a nolle prossed assault charge that could easily be found if the cops gunned me down. But one assault charge does not mean I deserve to die.
I have read every single page of the grand jury documents. I cycled on this: first I was fully on Brown's side, as evidence came out I was middle of the road, then when the docs were released I thought I might end up on Wilson's side. Nope. After it was all said and done, thousands of pages later, I have questions. Maybe it was self defense, maybe it wasn't. We will never know, and that is the problem. Sure, murder is a legal term and cannot be correctly applied without a trial — but in the vernacular, we use the term more loosely than in the court room. And I'm not buying an "accident." Not for Eric Garner, not for Aiyana Jones, not for Oscar Grant. Careless, reckless endangerment of human life is a better way to say it than accident. You know what is fucking bull shit? Look at Cory Maye, who was home during a no knock raid on the duplex next door to his. Trying to protect his 2 year old daughter, he killed one of the cops that intruded into his home without announcing himself. HE was convicted of murder and sentenced to death row until, years later, the media got ahold of his story and drew attention to it. If the legal standard for murder is shooting an unannounced intruder in your home, then I think we're safe to apply it pretty liberally when someone is laying face down on the ground without a weapon and gets shot through the lungs (Grant).
Even if it's just that accidents are happening, it's important to hold the police to the same letter of the law that we hold civilians. What message does it send to the community when a cop gets 11 months for shooting someone he knows isn't armed on the BART platform, but a father exercising his 2nd amendment right and protecting his home gets sent to death row? What message is sent when a cop, 6 seconds after announcing his arrival for a raid, fires his gun into the lower level of the duplex he's supposed to be raiding, and one of his shots lands in a child's brain — and he's simply charged with a misdemeanor? When the fucking MAYOR of Berwyn Heights has his dogs shot in front of him during a botched drug raid, and the PG County PD official response is "We've apologized for the incident, but we will never apologize for taking drugs off our streets. Quite frankly, we'd do it again. Tonight." What message does it send when a cop throws a flash grenade into a baby's playpen and isn't charged with anything, while the child is forever disfigured?
Berwyn Heights mayor Cheye Calvo
At the end of the day, human life is precious. There are certainly instances where force is justified, where it's necessary. But it's alarming to me that so many people seem to be okay with the notion that fatally shooting a civilian isn't a last resort. We work to demonize the dead: you are not defined by your rap sheet, or by the ounce of pot found in your house during a drug raid that results in your own death, or by a photo of you holding stacks of hundreds. Even if you were, cops don't get to play judge, jury, and executioner.
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This entry was posted in DC, Racism, Social and tagged black lives matter, Ferguson, Hands up on December 4, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
The Most Offensive Thing About the Term Redskins? Everyone Pretending to be Offended
Newsflash: No one actually gives a shit about racism against Native Americans. People are jumping on the anti-Redskins bandwagon and crying about how offensive the term is, and then ignoring all of the other incredibly offensive things Americans do to Native Americans. If you're actually offended by the term, you need to demonstrate that by doing more than hating an already largely hated sports team. It's easy to dislike a football franchise from another city, but it's more difficult to actually want to change things you like or policies that are inherently racist.
Remember when Etsy decided to ban everything Redskins? From their blog:
You may have been following the struggle of one ethnic group that has made a lot of headlines lately: Native Americans and their fight against the Washington, D.C. professional football team name and mascot, which they have long considered offensive, disparaging, and racist….We understand that fans wish to support their favorite football team, and we do not believe that fans who are attached to the mascot have any racist feeling or intent. We also understand that some fans view the name and mascot as an homage to Native Americans, and we do not doubt their noble intent, but the fact remains that Native Americans themselves find the term unacceptable.
Okay, cool. If Native Americans find it offensive then it is offensive and should be removed. So…why can you still buy elaborate handmade headdresses on Etsy? Didn't we decide that headdresses are offensive over and over and over again?
I find it incredibly hypocritical that the same people crying over the Redskins take the time to celebrate Thanksgiving every year. Do you know how you feel about going around the table and saying what you're thankful for? That nice fuzzy feeling of tradition and happiness? That's what all of those Redskins fans feel 16 days a year. Do you protest Columbus Day as an official holiday on the calendar? If not, get your shit together before you start protesting FedEx and every other brand affiliated with the Skins.
I guess I can go to Redskins games when I'm home in DC, and then assuage my white guilt by gambling at WinStar when I'm home in Dallas.
Totally not offensive
Moderately offensive
Mega fucking offensive
This entry was posted in DC, Racism, Social and tagged Native Americans, redskins on September 29, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
Ever Wonder What It's Like to Drive in DC?
Mostly it's parking tickets and speed cameras, unless you're Marion Barry. Then it's all driving your car the wrong way down a road and smashing into other people, and a couple grand in unpaid tickets.
You're welcome, world. He's our gift to you.
This entry was posted in DC, WTF on August 5, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
One Redskins Fact
This is the ad that's currently on every page of the Washington Post.
Seems desperate, and I'm from Landover.
This entry was posted in DC and tagged dc, redskins, Sports on July 27, 2014 by mandawritesthings.
Things That Don't Irritate Me!
I was inspired while driving to Alexandria. Not everything in the DC area pisses me off.
This entry was posted in DC, Nonpolitical on July 22, 2014 by mandawritesthings.


Recently, I did some research on the ways in which the Barack Obama Campaign (BOC) has revolutionized the ways that political campaigns use of technology. It was in answer to a question on LinkedIn, and I thought I'd share it with you here.
The BOC's use of technology to further their goals has been extensive, sophisticated and groundbreaking. While we know this from the buzz around the BOC and see glimpses of their activities here and there, what isn't immediately apparent to most people outside the BOC is how integral technology is to their campaign. Yes, they have a website, as well as dedicated Obama pages on most of the social network sites. Most candidates these days do. What's different about the campaign's use of technology is the way they have combined a variety of existing technologies with newly developed tools in order to more fully harness the power of digital technology. One thing that the BOC realized early on is that the most valuable currency they can derive from a Web presence is DATA. Most of their online presence either drives, inspires or requires data deposits of various kinds by their users.
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Lead generation and tell-a-friend, peer-to-peer fundraising, blogging and community content management, event calendaring, a group communication engine open to every member%2014all these tactics are available for you to deploy, through our easy-to-use program manager interface. Point tracking, built-in messaging, and community rating are all built in, to help encourage your constituents to stay involved and active.
While many of these tools have a Web component, it is the synergistic use of the Web with their offline activities that has yielded spectacular results. Most candidates use the Web much like corporations did in the mid-1990s to showcase their products. With the success of the Dean campaign at raising money on the Net, many campaigns have added ways to contribute, which is much like early e-commerce shopping carts that some companies used to start selling their products directly to their consumers. However, this limited approach doesn't gather nearly as much information about each user, nor does it empower them to take action.
I. On demand CRM software and services: RightNow Technologies.
"Invite Barack": A scheduling and email response system.
Handles non-media requests for Sen. Obama or members of his campaign to attend local events. Users fill out an online form that goes to a work queue with a team assigned to properly acknowledge and respond. In addition, the system allows the campaign to monitor trends in requests such as location, requesting organizations, outcomes, and so on.
"Obama Answer Center": A dynamic FAQ listing.
Users can search questions by category and keyword, browse the most popular answers, and submit questions that haven't yet been answered.
II. Web-based, distributable voter file system: Voter Activation Network.
Voter Activation Network is a Voter contact tool, frequently referred to as "the VAN."
The BOC used a distributed deployment of the Voter Activation Network (or VAN), the voter file tool provided by the Boston firm of the same name. This is a database of registered voters by state that contains contact information coupled with information about how active that voter has been in the past, what their key issues are, etc.
III. Field operations management: Central Desktop.
Central Desktop helped the campaign build a precinct captain website that recruited, trained, and gave tools to thousands of volunteers in California and Texas. The My Barack Obama site allows supporters to build their own profiles in order to connect with local supporters, find or create a local or national group, create a personal fundraising page, find events or plan their own, and record their campaign experiences on their own blogs.
—Isaac Garcia, CEO of Central Desktop.
IV. "MyBo" Social Networking and Social Action Campaign Site.
In addition to the standard informational content of most candidate websites, the My Barack Obama site allows supporters to build their own profiles and connect with local supporters, find or create a local or national group, create a personal fundraising page, find events or plan their own, and record their campaign experiences on their own blogs.
V. "Neighbor to Neighbor" Volunteer/Field Operations Management Tool.
"What this tool does is allow you to find lists of undecided voters in your area, whenever is convenient for you, go door to door to talk to them about Barack Obama and the campaign, and then provide an easy way to report back to the campaign what you have learned. I'm just going to show you a few quick things about the tool to make it easier for you as you go along.
When you log in, you'll see a list of undecided voters in your neighborhood on the screen. Click 'print walk lists' to get a map of those voters in your area. Here you can see a map of where the undecided voters in your area live. If you scroll down, you can see that you will also have a sample script with each voter and a spot to report the information of what you learned. The next step is to print out a flyer for your neighborhood if you want to leave information about Barack or the campaign for your neighbors. Click on 'next review flyers.' The final step takes you to a home page that you will see every time you log on. The most important part of the page is at the top, where you report voter contacts.
I cannot tell you enough how important it is that you report back what you have learned so we can bring new voters into this process. Once you click "report voter contacts" your list of voters in your neighborhood will come up. Click on the link next to each voter to report what you learned when you had a conversation with them."
Designed specifically for the volunteer tracking and campaign management needs of a field program, the Donkey Campaign and Volunteer Management System provides a straightforward and easy to use interface built on the very latest web technologies. Traditionally organizers lose valuable time and data by tracking some information in the voter file and resorting to spreadsheets (which get trashed after the campaign) for calling, scheduling and event building. The Donkey combines the flexibility of individual volunteer spreadsheets and the benefits of centralized scheduling and tracking for accountability and measurement of progress to goal.
Why Do We Need the Donkey?
The Donkey is not a voter file tool but instead is meant to compliment and integrate with an existing voter file solution such as the VAN (or other voter data tools such as Catalist). Every campaign should have access to a modern voter file, however there are limits on the extent to which data in those systems may be customized to the needs of each campaign. The Donkey is meant as a agile campaign and volunteer management tool which can be setup quickly on an as needed basis to specifically match the organization structure and needs of each campaign.
What Exactly Does the Donkey Do?
There are no other current applications for progressive campaigns that fill the same requirements as the Donkey. The best analogy for this system is a 'customer relationship management' or CRM tool, an integral type of sales and contact tracking tool in the corporate world. Existing field and online tools provide an excellent means of communication with large universes of individuals, but lack the precision to effectively manage volunteer data. The Donkey focuses on individual communications shaped around building a relationship with each volunteer rather than bulk voter contact.
Easy to use "call screens" offering instant access to information during call time - enter call mode from anywhere you see a list of volunteers.
Advanced and highly usable calendar functionality (similar to Outlook or Google calendar).
Complete tracking of any type of event, such as regular phone banks, large rallies and GOTV activities.
Detailed tracking, searching, and reporting on all communications and scheduled activities for each volunteer.
Completely custom organizational structure per campaign for flexibility and security.
Centralized system for collecting nightly status reports to ensure staff accountability.
Real-time manger dashboard providing an up to the second summary of daily numbers and user activity.
Live 'top callers' and 'top schedulers' sections foster competition among organizers.
Upload and share documents to distribute scripts and talking points or other materials.
This article appeared in the January 10, 2008 edition of The Nation.
Despite the different outcomes for his campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, Barack Obama won among young voters in both states--and more important, he drew them to the polls in unprecedented numbers. People under 30 made up a third of his support in Iowa--four times the margin of victory--and their turnout was up 19 percentage points from 2004 in New Hampshire. Obama has inspired them, just as Howard Dean did last cycle, but the Chicago organizer's campaign excelled by using technology that mobilized new and young voters to actually show up and be counted.
On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama's organizers blasted thousands of cellphone text messages to the supporters they had meticulously identified. Younger voters were offered rides. Precinct captains got turnout projections in real time, so they could show undecided caucus attendees that there was statewide momentum. The campaign mobilized others by texting a classic Obama quote, the kind of simple declaration that can sound vague or inspiring, depending on how much idealism you have left: "'In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it'--Barack. One hour until Caucus starts! Be there by 6:30pm & bring 3 friends!" Hours later, more texts went out by cellphone. One urged tens of thousands of supporters across the country to watch the victory speech on television, while a local message announced victory to exhausted volunteers across Iowa, many of whom were still at their caucus sites. The text replies poured in swiftly. "I have tears of joy in my eyes!" wrote one volunteer at 9:14 pm, and another banged out an exhilarating revelation: "I am so happy & excited for the usa! I can not believe it is about politics! Obama for President!"
In Iowa, Obama's aides systematically used the popular social networking site Facebook for targeting and organizing. Allison York, a 20-year-old Obama supporter and student at Iowa's Drake University, spent six hours of her winter break driving from her parents' Wichita home to Des Moines to a caucus location she found through Facebook. Another student launched a Facebook challenge that recruited more than a million supporters for Obama across the country. And one field organizer created a group for Iowans pledging to caucus for Obama--the first web version of the famous "supporter cards" that candidates urge voters to sign--drawing more than 1,000 people who were not in the party database. "We try to just go where the people are," explained Obama's online organizer in Iowa. "Facebook, because of its size, is where the people are, which is why we've taken it so seriously as a campaign."
Obama's official Facebook profile has about 200,000 "friends"—more than triple Hillary Clinton's network and six times John Edwards's yield. Clinton's top strategists once mocked those numbers, telling reporters, "Our people look like caucus-goers [and Obama's] look like Facebook." But after Clinton placed third in Iowa, they hastily tried to catch up. She toured New Hampshire with students, held "roundtables with young undecided voters," talked up a new idea for a "government blogging team" and launched an "Ask Hillary" Facebook feature on the day of the New Hampshire debate (which was co-sponsored by Facebook and ABC News). Those efforts paid off, giving her a boost among young people above her Iowa showing, but it's probably too late for her to overtake Obama in organic online support. Beyond Facebook, Obama has the most friends on MySpace and BlackPlanet—about 630,000 combined—and the most traffic by far on YouTube, where people can watch him sans media filter. (After Obama's stirring Iowa victory speech was uploaded, his official channel alone spiked by more than 1.5 million views.) Obama is also remarkably popular on apolitical Internet terrain. He regularly ranks atop Eventful, an entertainment site that helps fans join forces to request local concerts by their favorite bands. He netted appearance requests from eighty towns in Iowa and has held his own against rock stars across the country, currently ranking third behind the rap group Wu-Tang Clan.
Obama's aides have not simply been riding a wave of hit websites; they also built their own social networking portal to connect and empower activists. Chris Hughes, a 24-year-old co-founder of Facebook, joined the Obama campaign to build MyBO, which invites users to network, blog and promote grassroots events. Unlike many campaigns that treat web politics as a separate silo, Obama's field program is tightly integrated with MyBO. Iowa organizers were required to post all their events on the site and encouraged to write MyBO blog posts, vetted by the campaign, about local efforts. And the campaign trusts supporters to post whatever they want, from house parties to fundraising ideas to blog commentaries. More than 350,000 people have already created MyBO accounts, posting more than 10,000 grassroots events offline, including 1,000 gatherings where supporters simply wear Obama buttons and do community service in their neighborhoods. No other campaign has a decentralized program like it. While young participants are active, the majority of users, according to the site's administrator, appear to be middle-aged women.
Cheryl Kimmel, 48, is a self-declared "Deaniac" who first learned about Obama when Dean fundraised for Obama's 2004 Senate primary. This month, Kimmel used MyBO to announce a house party for undecided voters. "It's a good way to reach out to people that may be interested but that aren't in the fold," she explained. MyBO is not just for Deaniacs. Frank Dickerson voted for Bush's re-election, but the 59-year-old "recovering Republican" has used it for the past four months to organize events and phone banks at his North Carolina home. His MyBO invitation after Obama's Iowa victory recruited seven new people in a single day, he said, and he is coordinating volunteer trips to South Carolina for the upcoming primary. It's the first time he has ever been politically active.
This kind of self-starting activism could be crucial on February 5, the largest Super Tuesday ever, with primaries in twenty-two states. It is impossible to visit or buy advertising in every state. "Twenty states and all you've got is the candidate on a tarmac--frankly there's not a whole lot that paid media can do," predicts Joe Trippi, who ran Dean's Internet strategy and now works for Edwards. "The traditional old-style top-down centralized campaign structure doesn't work [for this schedule]," he adds, so the key is "to decentralize."
Editor's Note: For more on this subject, see A Conversation with Joe Trippi on TheNation.com.
This article appeared in the April 28, 2008 edition of Bloomberg.com.
Barack Obama's supporters are giving him more than just record amounts of cash. They also are providing personal information that may make his donor list the most powerful tool in U.S. politics.
Even if the Democratic presidential candidate doesn't succeed in his White House bid, this data will make Obama a power broker in the party for years to come. For the interest groups or Democratic candidates he chooses to sell it to, it would provide a gold mine of information and access to potential donors.
Almost 2 million people have entered personal information on Obama pages on social-networking Web sites such as Facebook, MySpace and his campaign's mybarackobama.com, offering home addresses, phone numbers, their views on specific issues and the names of friends. The data have allowed Obama, 46, to raise more than $200 million, fill sports arenas with supporters across the nation and motivate millions more with custom-tailored messages.
"It's gigantic," said Laura Quinn, chief executive officer of Catalist, a company that maintains a database of 280 million Americans. The list is as "transformational" as the advent of political advertising, she said.
The Illinois senator's biggest innovation is in persuading people to enter personal information directly on his campaign's Web site, according to Bill McIntyre, executive vice president of Grassroots Enterprise Inc., a Washington-based Internet marketing firm that advises campaigns.
McIntyre, a Republican and former chief national spokesman for the National Rifle Association, said the data entered by 800,000 names on mybarakobama.com may be worth as much as $200 million.
While in the past, campaigns have cross-referenced lists of registered voters against other records such as credit-card purchases or magazine subscriptions to find potential supporters, Obama's information is more accurate and precise because it relies on data that donors provide themselves.
"When people give information online, they are going to be more truthful and more credible because they are in the privacy of their own environment," said McIntyre.
It's the kind of detailed information that Republican operatives such as Karl Rove, who directed President George W. Bush's campaigns, excelled at gathering through expensive microtargeting techniques that combine data from several sources. The Democrats responded with Catalist, a similar list- building effort organized by top Clinton campaign adviser Harold Ickes that sells its data to "progressive" causes and candidates, according to its Web site.
Obama's success stems from a decision early in his campaign to embrace the concept of social networking, allowing him to leap ahead of his Democratic rival, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York, or the presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona. For example, Obama now has 790,000 Facebook "friends," compared with 150,000 for Clinton, 60, and 117,000 for McCain, 71.
Mybarackobama.com, the first social network specifically devoted to a political campaign, is modeled on Facebook. Chris Hughes, a 24-year-old Facebook co-founder, has been a fulltime Obama campaign worker for more than a year and helped develop the candidate's site.
When supporters join mybarackobama.com, they become part of the campaign, gaining access to phone bank lists, local events and the ability to contact like-minded people or recruit new ones.
Mybarackobama.com is also a sophisticated data network that allows the campaign to home in on detailed information such as whether a supporter is more concerned about civil liberties, foreign policy, education or energy policy.
People who provide their information on line may not realize that the data they are posting at mybarackobama.com may have a long afterlife and find its way to other campaigns in future election cycles.
According to the Obama campaign's online privacy statement, it reserves the right to "make personal information available to organizations with similar political viewpoints and objectives, in furtherance of our own political objectives."
Federal election laws require campaigns to charge for the use of their data. The campaign must either sell the information or record the transaction as an in-kind contribution at fair-market value.
Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to comment on the value or possible future uses of the data.
Even as Obama's interactive databases prove to be efficient ways to energize volunteers, their ability to raise large amounts of money may outlast the current campaign, said Tad Devine, an independent media consultant.
"That's really what we are talking about here," said Devine, a former strategist for Democrat John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid. "We are talking about a fundraising network that will far surpass the dominance that the Republicans held in the '80s and even in to the '90s."
Obama's list of 1.4 million donors may be an especially strong fundraising tool in the future, Devine said.
"This is something where if this guy sends out a letter saying send some money to someone, suddenly a House candidate can have a half million dollars in a day," said Devine. "That may be what the House candidate was hoping to raise in a quarter."
This ability to produce results ensures Obama will play a prominent role in the future.
"Win or lose, it's his list," McIntyre said.
There's much more, but I'll save it for another time. Their mobile campaign, about which there is much discussion as well, is also quite sophisticated. But that's a whole other discussion.
I hope you've found this interesting and/or informative.
I have just started this site to focus on my political postings. With fewer than 60 days left before the 2008 presidential election, I feel it is more important than ever for those of us who are paying attention to highlight and analyze relevant issues.
In order to get the ball rolling here, I've imported several posts from my other blog. I've only included those with political content, but it should offer some background regarding how I think and where I stand on issues. In case you didn't realize from the title, "Beyond the Palin," I'm operating from the perspective of a progressive Democrat. I am an Obama supporter and proud of it. That said, I believe myself to be a thoughtful and analytical consumer of the news and media in general. Furthermore, while there are things I believe that vary from the Democratic platform, on the whole I know Barack Obama and Joe Biden to be the best choice to lead our country forward.
I have already set up several categories, and expect more to come as I go forward. I also hope to invite other friends to post their thoughts to this site, so look for other authors in the future as well.
Campaign '08: Anything that deals with any race in 2008, including congressional and presidential.
Barack Obama: Anything that focuses on Barack Obama.
Joe Biden: Anything that focuses on Joe Biden, Barack Obama's running mate.
John McCain: Anything that focuses on John McCain.
Sarah Palin: Anything that focuses on Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate.
Hillary Clinton: Anything that focuses on Hillary Clinton.
PUMA: Anything that focuses on those identifying themselves as disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters.
Humor: Anything that I find amusing...you don't have to and may not find these funny, but if I've labeled it with "humor," it's something that made me laugh. Checking out what amuses me might be a good way to learn just how twisted I can be at times.
Musings & Observations: My general thoughts and observations about this and that.
Rants: The same as musings and observationals, but expressed with angry zeal.
Words: I love words; this is a place to share some of my favorites with you.
Quotes: I love quotes; this is a place to share any with you that make me laugh or think or both.
It's All About Me: Anything that speaks to who I am. That vague enough? I do have one subcategory called Diary of a Mad eDater. I have several posts that predate finding a wonderful man, with whom I am very happy and have been for over two years now. These posts are about some of my experiences with eDating before my current relationship. I've included them both because they are funny and because they contain some of my best political commentary.
411: Bits of information about this blog or the world around us.
Religion: Anything that focuses on religion, especially its role in our public discourse.
Old Media: As an avid consumer of both print and televised media, the things I read or watch sometimes inspire me to comment. This category covers such posts. I have included a couple of subcategories here as well.
Blogs: This is for posts commenting on or recommending other blogs.
That's it for now. Please feel free to comment on any post and; let me know if you are interested in becoming a regular author.


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Jane Tate, who with others founded HWW in 1999, died recently, at her home in Leeds, after a long illness.
She first encountered homeworkers when working as an Outreach worker in West Yorkshire during the 1980s, making contact with workers who were not members of trade unions, usually in small and scattered workplaces, to inform them of their employment rights.
Jane's patient yet determined enquiries led to the discovery of thousands of women working at home —some sewing garments, but many also involved in printing, engineering, electronics or clerical work.
Most were employed completely informally, and for very low wages, and often had irregular work, with no rights to sick pay, holiday pay or severance pay.
She subsequently made contact with activists across Europe who were uncovering the expansion of homeworking during the 1990s, as manufacturers sought more flexible forms of employment.
During this time, Jane also made links with organisations in India, building relationships with many researchers and activists working on gender and labour rights issues.
In more recent years Jane's work on international homeworking issues focussed on the global leather footwear industry, where homeworkers play a key role in the hand stitching of leather uppers.
For more information about Jane's work, please contact Lucy (lucy(at)homeworkersww.org.uk).


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Q: Memory mapping in the 8085 microprocessor In the 8085 microprocessor there is 64 kb of memory available of which some are assigned to ROM while others are assigned to RAM. My question is, why is ROM always mapped to a lower region of memory map in the 8085 microprocessor?

A: When the 8085 starts up, it will start fetching instructions from address zero.  It is thus necessary that the memory which is located there contain defined contents.  That does not imply, however, that address zero must be mapped permanently to ROM.  One could build a system with e.g. 2K of ROM, 64K of RAM, and a floppy drive, and use an I/O bit to control whether memory reads come from ROM or RAM.  On startup, have all reads come from ROM (writes go to RAM regardless of the control bit), and have the ROM program copy itself to RAM.  Then enable reads from RAM, and load software from the floppy.  Since the bottom portion of the address space would be RAM, software loaded from floppy would be able to set up interrupt vectors for its own purposes--something that would not be possible if ROM were still mapped there.

A: The 8085 requires ROM a the lowest memory address because, after a reset, it tries to fetch an instruction from location 0.  If there was RAM at that address, the processor would fetch random data and would not start the program.

A: I know this is old, but here, from memory.  As I recall, the 8080 and 8085 usually had a hardware circuit that designers used which was made up of a single gate that would remap memory after three clocks signals - just enough to execute a JMP instruction.  So the first memory locations at 0:0 came from an EPROM, and the gate would swap the EPROM with RAM on the 4th clock cycle at 0:0.  That's from my memory 30 years ago.  I would look for startup hardware circuits for 8085 home built computers - I'm guessing it is there.

A: ROM always mapped in lower region of memory map in 8085 microproccesor because after reset it tries to fetch an instruction from location o.  If there was RAM at that time the address,the processor fetch random data and would no stat the program.  So ROM not moved other region.

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The 2016-2017 school year is off to a great start and, as always, I enjoyed watching parents say goodbye to their children on the first day of school. Pre-school and kindergarten parents were a little teary-eyed as they bravely got one last hug before leaving. Parents of older children seemed a bit more excited that the school year was finally underway. Even though my family enjoyed the summer, as parents of a high school student, we were ready for that first day. The start of a new school year is exciting, and I am proud to be the superintendent of a district that ensures that teachers have the resources they need to educate our 21st century learners.
Since the formula used by the State of Texas to determine funding for our schools is based upon our daily operations tax rate, raising it by 13 cents provides an opportunity to access additional weighted state education dollars with no tax rate impact to our local community. The extra revenue will help GCCISD enhance all core curriculum, co-curricular and extra-curricular programs for all grades; improve maintenance, operations and facilities and maintain competitive salaries and benefits for our employees.
Early voting dates are August 24 through September 6, 2016, and the election is Saturday, September 10, from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the Goose Creek CISD Central Administration Building. I encourage you to vote in this very important Tax Ratification Election.
The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Transportation Center took place at the first of August, much to the delight of our Transportation Department and especially our deserving bus drivers. The facility, located at 2102 E. Archer Road, will include about 300 parking spaces for buses, employee and visitor parking, fuel and washing stations, more bays for maintenance, a training room for employees and a CTE student classroom. We are pleased that we will have all our buses and transportation employees at the same location.
I also want to let you know that soon you will start to see a new look for Goose Creek CISD, including new colors and a new design. Our GC logo is not changing, but we will include the words Engage, Inspire and Empower, as we feel they best describe what our Goose Creek CISD faculty and staff members throughout the district do every day. We will roll out our new look, as seen in this Journal, with our website, brochures and other GCCISD materials in the near future. It's a great way to start off a new school year!
If you had the chance to experience any part of the celebration in honor of the 50th game between Robert E. Lee High School and Ross S. Sterling High School, I'm sure you will agree that it was truly a class act. Starting with a visit from KHOU Channel 11's Sherry Williams at a 5 a.m. pep rally aired live from Lee, the day continued with a super-spirited afternoon pep rally at both schools, tours for alumni, socials for other organizations, a reception at Stallworth for participants in the 1966 game and a documentary shown on the jumbotron highlighting the past 49 games. Before The Game at Stallworth Stadium, skydivers, thanks to our friends at Frank's Auto Collision, delighted everyone by presenting the American flag, the Texas flag and the game ball, which I had the privilege of receiving, joined by members of the 1966 teams. It was exciting to see the former players, cheerleaders, drill team and band members enjoy this happy reunion!
I encourage you to stay involved in your child's education and to try to attend as many school and district events as possible. There are always good things happening in Goose Creek CISD, and I look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming 50th anniversary celebration for Ross S. Sterling High School.


Yesterday continued in the same form as where I left my post, everything aching and spasms firing at random around my body, the best thing I could say about the first half of Saturday was that it ended and moved on. When I say it ended all that ended was the actual hours and thankfully the incontinence, a few hours of sitting still and not letting my stomach muscles be pulled around by standing up, had settled it. I am not always that lucky but it has happened before, more a case of letting the bowel rest and solidify to a point that standing up isn't a horror show in slow motion. I did some checking back on my blog yesterday and was surprised to find that it is almost two years to the day that I was having all this investigated for what was the second time and just like the first, they found nothing and put it all down to my MS, at least that time I didn't land up with a tube stuck down my nose just to get nutrition into me. I remember last time that I was terrified to ask for help, as all I saw ahead of me with a repeat of the time before and that was something I just didn't want to go through again. So this makes it the third time that I have found myself unable to eat due the fact that it makes me feel sick and causes me to feel so ill that all I can do is go to bed, something that didn't go well with still working in an office. The first time round I was so worried about loosing my job, that I just stopped eating around my work hours, but it just got worse and worse. Eventually my weight feel to just 7 stone, I was in danger and there was only one answer the medics had was a gastric nasal tube, I was stuck with that tube for three years.
The bout two years ago, didn't get that far, but as I haven't eaten what I would call properly since the first round, well it is somewhat hard to know these days what normal is. Although my eating never settled down my bowels settled to a liveable point, but I have never since then actually been able to hold on to wind, it was an embarrassing side effect I suppose is the best way to describe it. Just like I have noticed with a lot of old people, every step I took meant a small amount of wind passing, I have to say I was glad that I didn't move about much and for the first time I was actually slightly pleased that Adam and I no longer sleep in the same room, as lying down was the second and even more productive position. The other legacy from the second bout was I have been totally unable to open my bowels without first taking laxatives, my memory made it a somewhat hap hazard process, but I tried to take them at least once a week although on occasions it was more like fortnightly. It was about 4 months ago when it started to go astray, the first thing I actually noticed was that I was no longer passing wind, I racked my brain, trying to remember the last time I did, but I couldn't, neither could I remember the last time I had been to the loo, but I was sure that it was more than two weeks, so I took some laxatives and the rest is history as they say. That means that I have now had 10 years of not being able to eat a normal meal without suffering big style afterwards and just eating what I can when I can. I was actually quite pleased with myself as things were going well, then suddenly I am here back at stage one, so what do I do now? Eating has two possible dangers these days, it either gets stuck in my throat and I choke on it, something I am quite used to, but still makes Adam almost jump to his feet every time he hears it, or I start to feel ill. On bad days, I feel ill just at the thought of eating, then all I can do is wait for it to past, looking at food whilst wanting to throw up, isn't really a good feeling that makes you want to tuck in and enjoy, one or two meals don't matter, it hasn't been uncommon for me to not eat at all for a couple of days because of it, then once settled, everything goes back to normal.
When I first managed to get rid of the tube I was quite glad to see my weight going up just a bit, after three years of being on the tube my weight did rise back up to 9 and a half stone and I was happy to accept that as it wasn't too bad. I know that being housebound was the trigger to my getting off the tube, but it was bad timing in many ways as becoming almost totally immobile, even the small amounts I was eating put the weight on and on, I actually hit 13 and three quarters stone, where it stopped, I had hit a plateau and I was hugely relieved. I tried and tried to loose weight but nothing, when it all went wrong two years ago, I dropped 10lbs, but as it settled so did my weight back up to where it had been before. I stood on the scales on Friday when I had my shower and I have once more fallen, this time I was down at 12 and a half, I knew from my clothes that it had fallen, I just didn't think it was quite so far.
On the first bout of this my bowels were a back ground issue, I didn't actually myself put the two things together, but they did an endoscopy so it was clearly in the medics minds, they found nothing. I wasn't surprised by that in anyway as at the time I wasn't having pain or even the pressure/discomfort that was around the second time and even then I thought it was something to do with what later turned out to be my diaphragm going into spasm. This time it was the first symptom, maybe because I now knew what my diaphragm spasm feel like and are doing along with there friends higher up, in fact to be honest I did at first think the lower band was being triggered by chest, as they are so often there together, but now I don't think so. The eye opener was that horrific pain I had on Thursday, it was in the exact same place, not a centimetre either side, just exactly where the daily pain and discomfort has been for months, the third line is my guts 100% sure. So what do I do now? Calling the doctor and telling him all this is only going to find me once more going to hospital appointments, appointments that will I am sure result in being patted on my head and told "Sorry dear it's your MS", I know that thank you, I don't need to hear that again. What I do need is to hear that someone is going to do something about it, that someone is going to stop it causing me all this pain and that I will be able to move forward being able to eat. That I am not going to have to spend the rest of my life taking tablets every day, just so I can go to the loo once a week. That I am not going to find myself once more putting on a blue glove or walking around with a piece of kitchen towel folded up and held tightly between my buttocks. Is it too much to ask that I can just manage the normal basic functions of life, as in eating and going to the loo, without it being a total drama. Am I really asking too much?
Part of me is saying that this is something for the medics to sort out, as clearly I am out of my depth and things just aren't getting better. Part of me is saying even louder, that I don't want more test, I don't want more doctors and nurses prodding at me, having to be told the whole story over and over again, for them to eventually pat themselves on their heads in pride as they tell me it's my MS and sending me home to once more just get on with it, once again in the same mess that I was in before I went to see them, but in my case, a lot worse off as every trip out is a total killer. I know that half the issue is getting out of here, the whole palaver of ambulances, stair climbers, exhaustion, fatigue and feeling like death for days after, or worse still being put on some ward while they try to sort it out, at a rate of one test every two days, while they think and I climb the walls in frustration and boredom.
I am sure some of you may have picked up yesterday on what my thinking was, I needed to do a little more research and yes I wanted to talk to Adam about it, which we did last night. I am wondering rightly or wrongly if I am loosing control in my speech center. From what I know now….
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