Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Library of Congress Stories Description An account of the resource A collection of more than 200 user-submitted stories gathered from the Library of Congress's "Witness and Response" exhibition staged in 2002. LC Story LC Story: Story Where were you on September 11, 2001 when you heard the news? (Please share your experience of learning of the events and what you did afterwards.) I was in Austin, Texas. I was taking the bus and attempting to reach my storage locker. It was necessary for me to take two buses and then WALK to the storage site. My items were in storage for some time due to the fact I had been unable to obtain constant and safe housing. Due to CONSTANT problems with my bank I had a lot of cash BUT no identification. LC Story: Memory What is your strongest memory of that day? Par for the course. This is the country that was unable to protect my minor child and myself (if, you could CALL what happened to me "protection") when I, as an Independent Fee Appraiser for the Veteran's Administration in Los Angeles, complained to the so-called proper authorities about irregularities concerning my work and the lack of co-operation and truthfulness of "individuals" from these organizations. LC Story: Affects How do you perceive that the events of September 11, 2001 have affected this country and/or you personally? Where is my house, my home, my child, my dog, my cat, my career(that I worked for!), my belongings, ALL my legal rights et cetera? If this country had more people like me none of this would have ever happened! Certain individuals in this country were so interested in trying to make me something I am not and could never be in order to "feather" their own nests. Bratislava, Slovakia, Pope John Paul II,9/11/03 "...a society respectful of human life in all its expressions that promotes the family as a place of reciprocal love and growth of persons, that seeks the common good and is attentive to the needs of the weakest". . . . "Do not be satisfied with the soul quest for economic advantages. Great affluence, in fact, can also generate great poverty." Subject: 8/25/2003/Associated Press/Gina Holland/Supreme Court Article/Miranda Rights NYT, International, 8/23/03, ". . . Life on the Run" Article I, Section 19 of the Texas Constitution states: "No citizen of this state shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any other manner disenfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land." It is the continuous flagrant actions of the following two-faced self-serving sneaks(on both sides)that causes these and other types of monetary/legal shortfalls. So justify this, if you can! This "play for cash, food, hotel room(lodging)" is no new thing. If one wants to put someone into jail, cause trouble even kill or injure a person with no retaliation just go to your local shelters(both religious and non-religious). These low lifes get preference in dealing with not only their immediate needs, food, shelter, cash, but also a consideration on their so-called mental/physical state, employment and any pending legal problems/arrests. Misplace a file, letter(s), phone call or bank withdrawal in exchange for payback for services rendered. I guess if I was a trans-sexual/racial/handicapped/disabled minority I would get a better response. The fact that I was left without money or legal redress on a consistent basis doesn't appear to be a concern to ANYONE! I was an Independent Fee Appraiser for the Veterans Administration in Los Angeles, California and what is/was done to me is not only disgraceful, traumatic and extremely disgusting it is a matter of public record. I am able to speak with considerable authority as to the lack of sensitivity to a single self-sufficient working mother of a minor child not on welfare or ingesting, illegal or otherwise, drugs et cetera. A person who not only was a responsible homeowner but in the true sense of the word a "compassionate and caring" landlord. And, much to my disadvantage, as the record shows, a good and concerned citizen to an ungrateful two-timing/two-faced sniveling nation. A woman who, under the guise of National Security(FBI File 18903TA0), has been denied the basic necessities of life, limb, security and justice. Let's talk about Drs. Frankenstein and unmentionable Nazis who cloak their activities by the bastardization and prostitution of the Legal/Health Care System for their own advancement. An arrest in Austin, Texas, October 17,2001 on the University of Texas at Austin. Confinement in solitary for 45 days in a highly litigated, ill-constructed and unhealthful Criminal justice Center. The transfer to a mental hospital after being notified by the mental health worker for the sheriff's department that the Request for Personal Recog. was signed by a Judge "two weeks" prior to being transmitted to me and after refusing a Plea Bargain. A convenient re-arrest periodically, in this case May 29, 2003 and incarceration until July 23, 2003 and re-psych evaluation. Crime still the original University of Texas litigation and the incorrect Request for Personal Recog. paperwork plus another convenient Criminal Trespass and dubious criminal charge.(Booking #03-22-724) Such actions set a dangerous precedent if this is not dealt with. I am not and I repeat NOT an experimental specimen to be subjected to flagrant indecent mishandling and abuse. The fact that I am still alive and kicking and very healthy demonstrates their total ineptitude and why this country is experiencing the difficulties it is today. FBI File 18903TA0 3/5/03, Houston Chronicle, Political Cartoon, Editorial Page "But of course, nothing like this would ever happen to a person of, uh, consequence. Shoddy lab work, shoddy legal counsel, shoddy appeals and who knows how many wrongful convictions and . . . " Sincerely, Carol Davidson I used think an American Citizen with no FBI file! I read your article in the Austin American Statesman,12/15/03,Bullied Child Grew Into A Dictator", Gee, how does this justify what was/is being done to me? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource lc_story73.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-12-15 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 168.39.181.74