Kiana Hamilton
Book Portfolio
Quarter 2
January 22, 2008
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you many not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” This was written by Philip Levine in one of his poems out of the book What Work Is, and the poems called What Work Is, also. Which from the reading sounds like it was placed in the time of the great depression. The connection that the author had with the story I think was personal. I just think that he wrote this from the historical point of view from someone’s personal life.
“ The sad refusal to give in to rain, to the hours wasted waiting, to the knowledge that somewhere ahead a man is waiting who will say, “no, we’re not hiring today.” For any reason he wants” also said in the same poem. So basically what he’s trying to say in this quote Is that he’s waiting in line with a bunch of people and he doesn’t even think he has a chance to get a job, but he’s still standing there hoping for the best to happen. Which also it doesn’t say how old he is, but shows that in that time the kids were a lot more independent.
“You love your brother, now suddenly your can hardly stand the love flooding you for your brother, who’s not beside you or behind or ahead because he’s home trying to sleep off a miserable night shift at Cadillac so he can get up before noon to study his German.” also from the same poem. So what hes saying here is that hes thinking about his brother and his job when hes standing there hoping for a jobof his own during the freat depression. I think hes thinking about his brother and how his brother has a good job, and does a god job at it.
“ How long has it been since you told him you loved him, held his wide shoulders, opened your eyes wide and said those words, and maybe kissed his cheek? You’ve never done something so simple, so obvious, not because your too young or too dumb, not because you’re jealous or even mean or incapable of crying in the presence of another man, no, just because you don’t know what work is” so basically what he’s trying to show is the personal point of veiw, of what was going on and what was going through his mind, in this poem which I think he did very well.
“You know what work is - if your old enough to read this then you know what work is, although you may not do it. Forget you. This is about waiting, shifting from one foot to another. Feeling the rain fall like mist into your hair, blurring your vision.” now do you see where I’m coming from, Like when he says that “you’ve never done something so simple, so obvious” it makes you think that you should take the time to do the little things and not worry so much about the big things in life cause in the end it’s the little things that count, and the little things that people will remember.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
essay #3
According to Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs, in May 1962 he had the idea of placing intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba so they could have a lead of the United States in developing and deploying missiles. He also did it to protect Cuba from another United States invasion, such as the bad attempt at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. After getting Fidel Castro's approval, the Soviet Union worked fast and secretly to build missile places in Cuba. On October 16, President John Kennedy was shown pictures of Soviet missile placement under construction in Cuba. He sent naval soldiers on Cuba to prevent further Soviet shipments of military weapons from arriving there. During the crisis, the two sides sent many letters, both formal and "back channel." Khrushchev sent letters to Kennedy on October 23 and 24 saying the nature of the missiles in Cuba and the peaceful intentions of the Soviet Union. On October 26, Khrushchev sent Kennedy a long rambling letter seemingly proposing that the missile installations would be dismantled and personnel removed in exchange for United States assurances that it or its armies would not invade Cuba. On October 27, another letter to Kennedy arrived from Khrushchev, suggesting that missile installations in Cuba would be dismantled if the United States dismantled its missile installations in Turkey. The American administration decided to ignore this second letter and to accept the offer outlined in the letter of October 26. Khrushchev then announced on October 28 that he would dismantle the installations and return them to the Soviet Union, expressing his trust that the United States would not invade Cuba. Further negotiations were held to tweak the October 28 agreement, including a United States demand that Soviet light bombers also be removed from Cuba, and to specify the exact form and conditions of United States assurances not to invade Cuba. So yeah that was a bunch of bologna. It just sounded like they see sawed back and for it sounded like the SU did way more then they should have to get the US to get out of there. Really it sounds like it all could have been solved pretty easy. But whatever I suppose.
essay #2
Martin Luther King
In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now what they call burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity, its ideas on leadership from Gandhi. In eleven years between 1957 and 1968, MLK traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, showing up wherever there was injustice, protest, and action, and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as many articles. In these years, he led a huge protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that got the attention of the entire world, providing what he called “a coalition of conscience“. and promoted his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution, he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters. He directed the march in Washington, D.C.. 250,000 people showed up to his, "l Have a Dream" speech, he talked with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson, he was arrested at least twenty times and assaulted at least four times. He was awarded five honorary degrees. And was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963. Also became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. But when you look at everything this man did, its incredible and should always be remembered that this man dedicated his hole life to making it a better place for blacks.
Huey Newton
It all started at Merritt College in Oakland, California, Huey Newton met Bobby Seale and in 1966 they formed the Black Panther Party. Initially established to protect local communities from police brutality and racism, it eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group. The Black Panthers also ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. So basically these to men did an great thing for colored people who wanted to attended school, which back then would have been hard for any colored person to go to school. Which is not right at all. But then they had a problem with the country thinking they were up to no good. Like the activities of the Black Panthers caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and in November 1968 ordered the FBI to employ "hard-hitting counter-intelligence measures to cripple the Black Panthers". Now I don’t know about you but that sounds so wrong and not right at all.
Malcolm X
Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the
Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm X used newspaper columns, as well as radio and television to communicate the Nation of Islam message across the United States. His charisma, drive and conviction drew in an amazing number of new members. Malcolm X was largely credited with increasing membership in the Nation of Islam from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 in 1963. All the things he did made him a total media magnet. He was featured in a week long television special with Mike Wallace in 1959, called "The Hate That Hate Produced." The show explored the important things of the Nation of Islam, and tracked Malcolm's progress as one of its most important leaders. After the special, Malcolm was faced with the reality that his fame had made him totally forget about his mentor Elijah Muhammad. Racial problems got extremely high during the early 1960s. On top of all the media, Malcolm's great personality had captured the government's attention. As membership in the Nation of Islam continued to grow, FBI agents hated the organization, one even acted as Malcolm's bodyguard. Also secretly placed bugs, wiretaps, cameras and other surveillance equipment to monitor the group's activities. Okay okay, now please tell me all this sounds completely wacked too you, cause it definitely does to me. This isn’t right at all, what so ever.
But I still find all these men an amazing part of history, I mean reading all the biographies really makes you think these are the kind of people that didn’t just sit there and watch something happen, they noticed something was not right in the way things went and decided they were going to be the ones to change it and yes sir they did. So I know it doesn’t really affect me, but its different. They changed what could have been a disaster still today. They made it so everyone’s equal. No one should be out down because of there skin color or religion its not right.
In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization formed to provide new leadership for the now what they call burgeoning civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he took from Christianity, its ideas on leadership from Gandhi. In eleven years between 1957 and 1968, MLK traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, showing up wherever there was injustice, protest, and action, and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as many articles. In these years, he led a huge protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that got the attention of the entire world, providing what he called “a coalition of conscience“. and promoted his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution, he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters. He directed the march in Washington, D.C.. 250,000 people showed up to his, "l Have a Dream" speech, he talked with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson, he was arrested at least twenty times and assaulted at least four times. He was awarded five honorary degrees. And was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963. Also became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. But when you look at everything this man did, its incredible and should always be remembered that this man dedicated his hole life to making it a better place for blacks.
Huey Newton
It all started at Merritt College in Oakland, California, Huey Newton met Bobby Seale and in 1966 they formed the Black Panther Party. Initially established to protect local communities from police brutality and racism, it eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group. The Black Panthers also ran medical clinics and provided free food to school children. So basically these to men did an great thing for colored people who wanted to attended school, which back then would have been hard for any colored person to go to school. Which is not right at all. But then they had a problem with the country thinking they were up to no good. Like the activities of the Black Panthers caught the attention of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. J. Edgar Hoover described the Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country" and in November 1968 ordered the FBI to employ "hard-hitting counter-intelligence measures to cripple the Black Panthers". Now I don’t know about you but that sounds so wrong and not right at all.
Malcolm X
Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the
Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm X used newspaper columns, as well as radio and television to communicate the Nation of Islam message across the United States. His charisma, drive and conviction drew in an amazing number of new members. Malcolm X was largely credited with increasing membership in the Nation of Islam from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 in 1963. All the things he did made him a total media magnet. He was featured in a week long television special with Mike Wallace in 1959, called "The Hate That Hate Produced." The show explored the important things of the Nation of Islam, and tracked Malcolm's progress as one of its most important leaders. After the special, Malcolm was faced with the reality that his fame had made him totally forget about his mentor Elijah Muhammad. Racial problems got extremely high during the early 1960s. On top of all the media, Malcolm's great personality had captured the government's attention. As membership in the Nation of Islam continued to grow, FBI agents hated the organization, one even acted as Malcolm's bodyguard. Also secretly placed bugs, wiretaps, cameras and other surveillance equipment to monitor the group's activities. Okay okay, now please tell me all this sounds completely wacked too you, cause it definitely does to me. This isn’t right at all, what so ever.
But I still find all these men an amazing part of history, I mean reading all the biographies really makes you think these are the kind of people that didn’t just sit there and watch something happen, they noticed something was not right in the way things went and decided they were going to be the ones to change it and yes sir they did. So I know it doesn’t really affect me, but its different. They changed what could have been a disaster still today. They made it so everyone’s equal. No one should be out down because of there skin color or religion its not right.
essay #1
Some instances where technology has played a major role in the 1950’s and the 1960’s could be for example WFPL-FM has its first broadcast on February 18, 1950. Louisville Free Public Library became the first public library to own and operate a radio station. So that would be a big thing that helped people in the 50’s. Also, Subscriber trunk dialing (STD) was introduced in the mid-1960s, allowing people to directly dial long-distance areas. This replaced the previous system where the phone user would dial the operator, who would then place the call they wanted to make. Also in 1956 the television brought a moving picture into peoples homes. Which was a huge improvement from what people had to use to entertainment or news. For one example that goes along with what we’ve done in class would be television in the Vietnam War, it all started between communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam after the end of French occupation in 1959. The United States and its allies, including Australia, were afraid of the outbreak of communism and wanted to make sure it would be a victory. Along with America, Australia put thousands of military soldiers into Vietnam. Altogether, around 50,000 Australians served in the conflict between 1965 and 1972. For the first time in history, the technology of television brought images of the war directly into people's homes. Television news showed sometimes horrifying events of the conflict night after night, it caused major talk about the war. As a result though, many people liked the idea of the whole seeing everything that’s going on in the war because that way even though it was scary they all knew it was fake or rumors of what they were hearing.
Friday, January 9, 2009
LBJ-law review
Okay so lets start with the facts. Under the GCA, firearms possession by certain categories of individuals is prohibited such as, Anyone who has been convicted in a federal court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices. Anyone who has been convicted in a state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices. Anyone who is a fugitive from justice. Anyone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance. Anyone who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution. Any alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa. Anyone who has been discharged from the US Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions. Anyone who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his or her citizenship. Anyone that is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner.
Anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (added in 1996). And also you must be 18 years of age, but with exceptions like for employment, target practice, education, and a handgun possessed while defending the home of the juvenile or a home in which they are an invited guest.
OKay so now time for my opinion on this act, like for example i think that at times yes its okay to own a hand gun but at the same time i think that the rules the set are very very fair for the circumstances that we have today because today the scary but true fact is that we never know if the person walking next to use walking down the street might have a gun or some time of weapon. Which isnt at all a healthy envirorment for anyone to have to live with but its also the sad truth that some people don't take too seriously. But you also can't live your life thinking about all the bad things and worry about them. But now a days you just got to hope for the best because you never now whats going to happen. So personally i think that the rules the set for people now a days.
Anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (added in 1996). And also you must be 18 years of age, but with exceptions like for employment, target practice, education, and a handgun possessed while defending the home of the juvenile or a home in which they are an invited guest.
OKay so now time for my opinion on this act, like for example i think that at times yes its okay to own a hand gun but at the same time i think that the rules the set are very very fair for the circumstances that we have today because today the scary but true fact is that we never know if the person walking next to use walking down the street might have a gun or some time of weapon. Which isnt at all a healthy envirorment for anyone to have to live with but its also the sad truth that some people don't take too seriously. But you also can't live your life thinking about all the bad things and worry about them. But now a days you just got to hope for the best because you never now whats going to happen. So personally i think that the rules the set for people now a days.
Monday, December 8, 2008
JFK-- murder
Dear Alfred Tripp,
From what i have learned and heard about in class, John F. Kenedy was shot and killed, on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. while riding with his wife Presidential motorcade, and shot by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald, which later people said there was a total of 4 shots fire, but only one hit the president and the other three still havent been found. Also something that i found very interesting about what happend that day was Secret Service agent Clint Hill was riding on the left front running board of the car immediately behind the Presidential limousine. Sometime after the shot that hit the president in the back, Hill jumped off and ran to overtake the limousine. After the president had been shot in the head, Mrs. Kennedy climbed onto the rear of the limousine, though she later had no recollection of doing so. Clint Hill believed she was reaching for something, mabye a piece of the president's skull. He jumped onto the back of the limousine, pushed Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clung to the car as it exited Dealey Plaza and sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital. But i also have a cupple questions about what it was like being alive at a time were your president was killed. Why do you think that Lee Harvey Oswald killed him like that? What was going on at the time that would make some one do something that drastic? How did say your parents react to this kind of behavior? what went through your mind when this was going on? How old were you? If you dont mind awnsering some of the questions it would really help me understand what went on that day from a bistanders kinda of veiw.
Please and thank you!
Kiana Hamilton
From what i have learned and heard about in class, John F. Kenedy was shot and killed, on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. while riding with his wife Presidential motorcade, and shot by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald, which later people said there was a total of 4 shots fire, but only one hit the president and the other three still havent been found. Also something that i found very interesting about what happend that day was Secret Service agent Clint Hill was riding on the left front running board of the car immediately behind the Presidential limousine. Sometime after the shot that hit the president in the back, Hill jumped off and ran to overtake the limousine. After the president had been shot in the head, Mrs. Kennedy climbed onto the rear of the limousine, though she later had no recollection of doing so. Clint Hill believed she was reaching for something, mabye a piece of the president's skull. He jumped onto the back of the limousine, pushed Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clung to the car as it exited Dealey Plaza and sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital. But i also have a cupple questions about what it was like being alive at a time were your president was killed. Why do you think that Lee Harvey Oswald killed him like that? What was going on at the time that would make some one do something that drastic? How did say your parents react to this kind of behavior? what went through your mind when this was going on? How old were you? If you dont mind awnsering some of the questions it would really help me understand what went on that day from a bistanders kinda of veiw.
Please and thank you!
Kiana Hamilton
JFK--space race
okay, so i think that its kind of a waste of money but at the same time a good thing. Because why should we spend all this time and money on something just to say that woah we've been on the moon, cause if you think about it we spent all this money just to step on the moon for two minutes. but at the same time it is a good thing because we want to know about the things around us even that far away because we want to know if something drastic or anythings going to happen.
i think that we should focus on both of them because we should always explore the outdoors and we should always work on the next best thing or the next thing that will help figure more stuff out or help us realize something that we didn't notice or think of before. so basicly i think that you can't have one without the other, you can't sit there and climb a mountain just because its there if you don't have new equipment to use to climb it so really you got to think about it both ways.
i think that we should focus on both of them because we should always explore the outdoors and we should always work on the next best thing or the next thing that will help figure more stuff out or help us realize something that we didn't notice or think of before. so basicly i think that you can't have one without the other, you can't sit there and climb a mountain just because its there if you don't have new equipment to use to climb it so really you got to think about it both ways.
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