4 20 221 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 TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Toward A More Perfect Union"," Why I Hate America 12/13/01 I¡¯ve been asking myself why I hate America, why the anger rises up when I hear words about America¡¯s triumph over terrorism. Why am I so perverse when America is doing so much good and is being successful in making the world a better place? When the news media and solemn politicians say that we must stand united, bless America and support it¦Ðs wars, why do I feel just the opposite. Why do I feel unpatriotic, cynical and disgusted with this country. Perhaps there is something to be learned here. Perhaps, if I, as a USA citizen, born, raised and educated here, prospered here, can discern this antipathy, it might give some indication why much of the rest of the world feels that way and that Pres. Bush and the American public seem to have no idea about. First of all, what is America? I am not referring to the geographical entity of the USA which is quite beautiful outside the ruined cities, debased countryside and vast stretches of wasteland. There is much beauty here in the forests, shores, mountains, lakes and rivers, plains -- the physical nature of America is not what I am talking about. I am not talking about ¡Ýthe American people¡Ü directly which obviously at 280,000,000 is quite diverse and multifaceted. I am also not talking directly about ¡Ýwhat America stands for¡Ü as far as history, principles and values which are variable and diverse from the most admirable to the most loathsome. However, I am speaking about the American people and what America stands for indirectly in that I am speaking about the American attitude. If one can believe the mass media, civic and religious leaders and politicians, the over riding attitude that Americans have about America is that it is the best place in the world, with superior citizens, leadership and morality. In and of itself, this arrogance, bragging and smugness would not seem so hateful except for two reasons: it is based on falsehood and deception and it is based on the deprivation and diminution of people in places that are not the USA. Arrogance and bragging are not in themselves major hateful qualities but when they are coupled with cruelty, hypocrisy, cheating and savagery, they become almost unbearable. It is the glaring contradiction of the ¡Ýgreatness of America¡Ü with the depredations and barbarity of America that leads one into despising the country in which one was born. Perhaps this is what many foreigners see -- the lie, the ugly lie that is so infuriating. Perhaps they see the democracy that elects venal fools, the media that controls the citizens minds, the arrogance of the rich, the degradation of the poor, the racial hatred, the religious intolerance, the debased environment -- all the wonderful and great things that God has bestowed upon his favorite people. Perhaps many people in the world see, as I do, the evil hand of America that allows the cruelest, most repressive of regimes to survive if it serves the purposes of America while destroying others what do not benefit America -- look to the recent history of Central and South America, Asia or Africa, if you do not know what I am referring to because the catalog of hideous American intervention is very long. And what is one to think of the slaughter of innocent civilians, the looting of natural resources, the exploitation of labor, the insults and humiliations that countries that are not America or it¦Ðs chosen friends have to endure in the face of taunting arrogance of the superiority of American democracy, freedom, morality, wealth and intelligence. And, in deed, there is great wealth except those who are not so fortunate to share in it¡¯s distribution and there are clever people who have made clever discoveries and devices; that cannot be disputed. There is also this ¡Ýkind of¡Ü democracy and freedom to be ignored and assumption that the FBI won¡¯t come calling -- you can carry your placard, write letters to the editor, sign petitions -- all for nothing. And what of this American morality, this American compassion -- I don¡¯t see it in the bombing, in the amassing of wealth at the expense of the disadvantaged, in the suffering around the world, for the new found interest in the liberation of women of Afghanistan. I guess that is what it is that is so infuriating: the sham, the fraud -- the country is full of hatred, violence and madness -- watch television or read your daily newspaper if you don¡¯t think so. And I guess that only adds to the anger: Americans will watch television or read their newspapers and magazines and see greatness and goodness while I see deception, misery, insanity, viciousness. Am I the only one. And let¡¯s talk about culture, the culture of America. The mass culture, the culture that is enjoyed by the overwhelming numbers of Americans is of the worst degraded quality imaginable. In popular music, art (television and movies), cuisine, style, literature we find the trashiest, lowest and most depraved being the most popular. So this is what we have: the fantasy of the superiority of America against the reality of miserable America and the fantasy of the goodness of America against the reality of an aggressive, brutal, murderous America. Is it no wonder the country is awash in mind numbing drugs of the illegal and legal variety? Is it possible that a country can look into the vacuous face of George W. Bush and see greatness and goodness. What kind of a country kills thousands in Afghanistan but admits to nothing, that looks the other way. What kind of a country takes advantage of a national tragedy to take away citizen¡¯s rights, give more money to the rich, spread fear throughout the land and at the same time engage in the most boastful and self satisfied rhetoric. That¡¯s what I see: lies, hatred, savagery, stupidity -- maybe that is what some other people also see but apparently they don¡¯t live in America. 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 tp229.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story The Editors; September 11th, 2001 spawned many changes. From the cushion of the past 20 years, we can see how that day's events rippled through the United States, and then the rest of the world. Almost imediately following the terrorist attacks, the US abdicated its role as leader of the free world. America slipped, surprisingly quickly, into a sad despotic shadow of its former self. Now, in 2021, it is hard to believe that the US was once a stalwart defender of the rule of law. Or that it was governed by popularly elected leaders dedicated (more or less) to defending the ideals of their constitutional forefathers. No longer. After 9/11/01 the now vilified Bush Adminstration set about constricting individual freedoms of American citizens under the guise of strengthening national security. The Bush definition of ""national security"" quickly expanded from denying legal rights and illegally imprisoning suspected terrorists to a wide range of oppressive actions. Most Americans were told to accept these actions as neccessary for victory in the War on Terrorism. And most Americans did. Mass consolidation of media outlets helped stifle the occasional outcry. Well paid pundits mocked dissenters, while government agencies developed strategies for punishing those who weren't ""on board"" with the Adminstration's programs. Americans learned to obey their leaders' orders unquestioningly. At the same time, the public was forced to shoulder more of the debt burden of the nation themselves, as corporate and business interests were relieved of their tax responsibility in the name of ""competitiveness"". America became unrecognizable in a few short years. And 20 years later, the world has become a safer, cleaner, happier place. Cause and effect? 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 tp56.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story WAR WITH IRAQ WOULD SPELL DISASTER FOR U.S. The drumbeats of war are sounding in the White House. Despite opposition within the Republican ranks, Bush is determined to wage a preemptive invasion of Iraq. Striking U.S. Moreover, there is no legitimate justification for attacking Iraq. The recently leaked Pentagon plan projects the need for 250,000 troops. Thousands of American soldiers would be killed, which is precisely what ex-President George H.W. Bush sought to avoid when he stopped short of Baghdad in 1991. In March, the Arab League unanimously declared an attack on Iraq would be considered an attack against all Arab states. The killing of Iraqis would result in even more virulent anti-American sentiment in the Arab world. If Iraq responded by attacking Israel, a world war pitting all Arab states against Israel and its supporters might well erupt. Moreover, an invasion of Iraq could have a devastating effect on the U.S. economy. Saudi Arabia, the worlds largest supplier of oil, could lead the OPEC countries in an oil embargo, and the price of oil could rise sharply, causing a recession. The CIA and FBI have been unable to link Iraq to the September 11 attacks. The alleged motivation for an invasion of Iraq is to destroy its weapons of mass destruction. However, Scott Ritter, an ex-Marine and former U.N. weapons inspector in Iraq has said the Iraqis never succeeded in weaponizing their chemical and biological agents. Nor has Iraq developed nuclear capabilities. In spite of U.N. Security Council Resolution 687, which calls for the creation of a weapons-of-mass-destruction-free zone throughout the Middle East, the United States ignores Israels stockpile of nuclear weapons. Invading Iraq would also violate international law. Under the U.N. Charter and Security Council Resolution 687, only the Council is empowered to authorize the use of force in Iraq. The U.S. should seek to achieve peace in Israel, not make war on Iraq. 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 tp173.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story One Year Later: Still Sleeping Wake up America! We've been misunderstood Again. Time to get up now So as to not be missed When our leaders call roll In that class called ""Patriotism 101"". C'mon now, They'll help you study. There isn't much to know or understand or question. It's all reflex, Recitation, Regurgitation. Did you already forget ""Citizenship 101""? Let's review: Vote. Consume. Class dismissed. No homework tonight. Wake up America! Just for a little while. This is a democracy Isn't it? You have to participate now. Fly that flag, Say that pledge, Weep as the sad country song drones on in the background at the office. You are getting on with your life. Aren't you? That's what ""they"" hate, after all. Keep buying! Keep selling! You can watch the official version Commercial free On your break. Who are they? Why do they hate us? How inquisitive, but... That's a class for more advanced citizens. ""Freedom 101"" I think it's called. Wake up America! It's time to retaliate. You can stay in bed if you'll be more comfortable. Answer that phone! The pollster general needs to verify your support, needs to ratify the decision already made. Never mind the protestors chanting in the background. The C's in a flood of A's and B's. Can't they see you're trying to participate! Shut the window! They might disturb your sleep. Nightmares come. ""Warfare 101"" but, No! There is no border?! no army?! no front!? Just an idea. Just men. Just Women. Just CHILDREN! Allies become enemies. Poverty becomes strength. Famine becomes a weapon. Dissent becomes appeasement. The slow fire that was anger, fed by bombs, and hunger, and ""collateral damage"", grows to an inferno. Soon to leap the fire line Again. **** Wake up America! C'mon, Wake up! They recognize the flag. They've seen it before. On the bombs They recognize the Eagle. It's landed before On their backs. Dollars from your pocket. Can't you hear the knocking at your door? Guilt by association With the ""greatest democracy on Earth."" They see ""Old Glory"" on your porch. United we Stand They won't stop to burn it. Wake up! They see the dollars in your wallet on the nightstand. Theft is not their aim. Wake up! You should feel their pain An eye for an eye, Like the Christian traditition teaches in ""Religion 101"" They were innocent too, once upon a time, Before eagles and flags Wake up! You are responsible. Wake up! Will you seek justice? Wake up! The alarm is sounding Do you hear? 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 tp52.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Lesson from 9/11" In attempting to gain wisdom from the horrible events of last fall, itmight be instructive to remember what happened on September 11th. On that day, reckless terrorists decided to take into their own hands the fate and affairs of a democratically-elected government and an innocent peace-loving population. They decided to swoop in, brutally destroying national landmarks, sending over 3,000 people to their graves, and leaving many survivors to grieve in unimaginable torture in the days and months following, not knowing what became of their loved ones. Many people around the world, despite their own troubles, expressed shock and sympathy with the victims of this terrible tragedy. In the areas the attackers came from, there was jubilation; their newspapers and radio stations and the secret memos between conspirators expressed the twisted hope that ""a swiftly deteriorating economy will touch off a wave of violence leading to a military coup."" All this while the survivors sat in disbelief that anyone would come so far to disrupt their new president's term with such violence and hatred. But, of course, we should all know by now that is exactly what happened on September 11th, 1973ówhen the United States government cruelly overthrew Salvador Allende of Chile and brought the dictator Pinochet into power and started his monstrous reign of terror. Those responsible, the CIA, Nixon, Kissinger, the multinational corporation ITT, have never been brought to justice and, in fact, 29 years later, our pundits and politicians still turn to them today for counsel on how to carry out world affairs. While it is just and good to mourn the deaths of those in New York and Washington last September, it is crucial that we admit that our government and our military, at the behest of greedy millionaires and corrupt, unscrupulous corporations have committed far more numerous and constant crimes against humanity all over the globe, including here at home. And they are gearing up for another huge invasion in the next few weeks. If there is a lesson from 9/11, it may be as old as the need to live together in cooperation and peace. It may be "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." 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 tp12.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Toward A More Perfect Union", "In the wake of 9/11, many commentators spoke of a revival of patriotism. This certainly did happen, but patriotism is a dangerous virtue that must be constantly diagnosed for the rot of arrogant nationalism. To have substantial ethical value, patriotism should be a desire to create something in a polity that is fine and exportable, rather than simply a blind allegiance to a flag and to narrow self-interest. Since 9/11, those who have directed the development of American foreign policy have patriotically exported violence, simplistic rhetoric, and hypocritical support for principles and regimes that are decidedly un-American. The United States has become an eagle of talons without the eagles vaunted sight. We lash out at supposed enemies without looking at consequences; we use our strength not to elevate, but to tear apart. Any dissenters who question this policy are labeled cowards or traitors. While the current American administrations scorn for peace and democratic ideals is not surprising, it is interesting how little neo-conservative hawks understand enlightened self-interest. Even Machiavelli knew that for the powerful to thrive, they must take care not to be hated by the weak. We have a foreign policy whose morality is so bound up with the punishment of perceived evil that it ignores the fragile centers of nobility and courage in the world. Arab democracy advocates, Latin Americans who believe in justice for the poor, and even Americans who try to force the United States to hold to its ideals have few friends in American public life. When our rhetoric of freedom collides with our cynical policies, friends and enemies alike take note. Wise pragmatists should fear the hatred such hypocrisy engenders. On the other hand, American idealists should regret that the United States is withering as a symbol of hope, justice, and democracy. 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 tp41.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Something about the spirit of worldwide cooperative effort initiated by the Bush administration in the days following 9/11 seemed too good to be true. The heady notion of again being an active participant in world discussion, rather than a dictator shouting orders or petulant child taking his ball and going home, was simply not meant to be. The Bush administration, prior to the events of 9/11, had done their level best to estrange virtually every allied government on the globe with sweeping moves designed with a unilateral agenda in mind. Allies cringed at our repugnant stance and complete turnabout on a litany of subjects; the environmental concerns of Kyoto fell to corporate greed, nuclear testing treaties fell to expedience along with ABM agreements and others. We were headed swiftly toward a growing alienation from those we call friends. In just a few moments of an otherwise ordinary day, everything changed, including attitudes toward our nation. The world mourned with us and banded together to show their support and sympathy for our mutual pain. Nations lined up alongside us to assist in eradicating the villains who could as easily perpetrate such terror anywhere. For a few precious moments, the U.S. was again the partner, the friend we claim to be. Recently, it has become evident that we have all but squandered this universal good will by returning to our past unilateral ways. Our leaderships incessant bullying regarding an all too sought after Iraq invasion, not to mention our embarrassing antics toward the International Court, have left a bad taste in the mouths of nations who were proud to stand with us. Perhaps our unilateral agenda deserves to remain in the closed history of our selfish past before it crushes the hope of future progress and most importantly future peace. 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 tp97.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story """Towards a More Perfect Union"""," What did WE see when WE opened our eyes? What have WE learned? Can WE salvage anything? Wait -- who are WE? Are WE the government that reacted to violence with a show of technically superior, but no less barbaric and indiscriminate, violence? Are WE the dear friend, who denies that WE are about to embark on another war of commercial conquest? Are WE the cab drivers who honk to the fasting demonstrators outside the U.N., the Arabic and Indian and Paki cabbies, in sympathy with the plight of the Iraqi people? ( WE can't be the demonstrators; there are less of them than the cabbies.) Are WE the newspaper readers, glancing nervously at page 1 before jumping to the movie or sports pages? Are WE the pilgrims to Ground Zero who lay roses for American strangers, while cursing at strangers on the highway? Are WE those who dread the idea of walking a mile in someone else's 2nd hand shoes? Are WE the families of 9/11's victims, who understand the devastation of pointless murder, and wish it on no one? Are WE the national press, the eminent social critics that even Jefferson loathed for their effectiveness, now turned to a gang of armchair Atillas, lusting for foreign blood, never having known what it is like to live day to day with no hope because the future is written and the only way to even attempt to unwrite it is to blow oneself to bits in a supermarket filled with the ""enemy""? Are WE the people who built an atomic bomb in 2 years, but seem utterly incapable of building an engine that does not run on fossil fuels? If all the oil in the world dried up tomorrow, would WE Yankee ingenuity types need even 6 months to come up w/a substitute? Are WE still WE the People? 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 tp64.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Toward a more perfect Union... In this past year of debate and healing, there have been a lot of questions that have been asked and others trying to be answered. Though, no one could possibly understand, nor make any sense of what happened on that fateful day, it seems that the only thing left is to pick up the pieces of our lives and try to heal and go on. Do not let Osama Bin Laden win. One question that I have had to answer to people seeking counsel is why should we allow the Muslims to reside in our country after this horrible attack. I tell them, because we are America, and freedom means everything to our people. Freedom not only for us but for all people who seek refuge from their oppressed Governments and individual societies. The one thought that has not been brought up by many people is the fact that a lot of the Muslim people came here so that their daughters and wives would be safe from the impending rule of the AlQuaida. Do they have to endure the injustice of their countries because we do not wish to have Muslims in our country due to some kind of threat to our country and people? We must remember that this war is not against the Muslim faith, it is against Osama Bin Laden. We took a stance to tell the people of Afghanistan that the degradation, and living conditions that they imposed upon the females of their country was not only wrong, it was inexcusable. A good majority of these people fled to protect their family members, and now we wish to ship them out of our country because we were attacked by the same men who attacked them in their own country? That would truly not be fair. We open our borders to people with such problems so that they may live a decent life, with the freedom of practicing their religion without the fear of retaliation, and the unbearable laws that their own country had imposed upon them. Instead of persecuting these people, shouldn't we accept them with arms wide open as our fore fathers had intended. Unless this country is open to all, to give the worlds people a place to live without fear of persecution, then we are truly the America that was intended. Lets not make this a war of religion. It is a war of a man who insisted on attacking us on our own homefront, but let us not forget that he made life unbearable in Afghanistan for their own people. Let us not punish a people because of the wrong doings of thier own goverment. After all that is why the fled their countries and sought out the freedom that we promised. And we should promise that freedom to all. 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 tp210.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Since 9/11 Like all Americans, the events of 9/11 will be seared in my memory forever. The gaping wounds left at ground zero, the Pentagon and the smoldering woods in Pennsylvania have left us changed forever and have served to open a window to our nation's collective soul. Individually, Americans reacted with uncommon valor and characteristic generosity towards the immediate victims and their families. In the immediate aftermath, we re-learned the lesson of national unity in the face of evil, as the ubiquitous American flags flying over the land testified to our resolve and patriotism. In the past year of grief and resolution, some of us, and indeed some in our government, have lost sight of the basic liberties and rights that are inexorably woven into the fabric of our flag. Vengeance, the raw human emotions of revenge, anger and fear have substituted for justice. The courage of the firefighters, police and soldiers has been dishonored by a Bush administration domestic agenda driven by fear. Unlimited detention and secret hearings for immigrants, the TIPS program, where neighbors are encouraged to spy on neighbors, the exposure of private e-mail and library records to the FBI; with every self imposed dent in the bell of liberty, the sound of freedom rings a little less true. The ancient Greek poet Aeschylus wrote: ""Pain which we cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until in our sleep, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God"". We need wisdom from our leaders now more than ever. The ultimate future victory over Al-Queda depends on our resolve to stand courageously against evil with our constitutional principles intact, not hidden away in a cave of fear, or trampled in the dust on a ranch somewhere in Texas. 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 tp39.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Towards a More Perfect Union" "Contempt of Court: Why is the Bush Administration so desperately opposed to the new International Criminal Court?" As we approach the first anniversary date of September 11, we can expect a tsunami of American media hype about how America has changed since 9-11, 2001. Unfortunately, though, we can expect far less attention to be paid to how much America's relationship with Europe has changed since September 12, 2001. On September 12, the European member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization showed their sympathy and solidarity with America by invoking Article 5 of the NATO treaty, and declaring that the attack on America was an attack on every country in the NATO alliance. By invoking the treaty, Europe's governments declared their willingness to fight alongside America in the coming struggle. Eleven months later, the alliance between the U.S and Europe seems vastly weaker than it did on September 12. And though there are many points of disagreement between the U.S. and Europe, ranging from Kyoto to steel tariffs to capital punishment, the single most divisive disagreement involves the new International Criminal Court. To see the extraordinary change in the U.S.-European relationship since September 12, consider the story which appeared in the August 26, 2002 edition of the New York Times. ""U.S. Issues Warning to Europeans in Dispute over New Court"" describes how the United States is trying to pressure European nations into signing bilateral agreements with the U.S. which would legally constrain European governments from charging Americans before the new International Criminal Court with the commission of war crimes within their own borders. In other words, the Bush Administration fears that America's closest allies will accuse it of committing war crimes within Europe. Bush's insistence on treating Europe as if it were an enemy may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. 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 tp50.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Since 9/11 The fall of the World Trade Center in New York has been compared with the attack on Pearl Harbor as a defining moment in the history of our nation. ""Everything's different now,"" was the adage of the moment. But is everything really different? Pearl Harbor was an event that shattered our isolationist illusions and made us realize that what goes on outside of our borders matters, and can affect us. How has 9/11 altered our view of the world? It hasn't. Americans are still disinterested in anything that happens abroad, unless of course you count the flag-wavers and gunboat patriots whose only concern is which group of mud-people we get to bomb into oblivion for the sake of revenge. This is no surprise, considering the mindset of our current political leadership, the corporate oligarchy that supports it, and the media toadies who act more like cheerleaders for them both rather than journalists. Our attitudes on freedoms here at home have certainly changed. ""Americans need to watch what they say and watch what they do!"" thunders White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. ""There ought to be limits to freedom,"" retorts George W. Bush. What does it say about the American people that these statements, even on the rare occasions when they are reported, have no effect on us? Perhaps we're asking the wrong question. Rather than asking how our worldview has changed since 9/11, we should instead be asking how, since then, has the rest of the world viewed us? How did we go from the outpourings of grief and sympathy given to us worldwide to ""The US is now a threat to the rest of the world"" [1] ? Winston Churchill once asked the New World to save the Old. Will the Old World be called upon to return the favor? --------------------- [1] George Monbiot, The Logic Of Empire, The Guardian Tuesday August 6, 2002 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 tp221.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned- Or Not-SInce 9/11" On September 11, 2001 the history of our nation changed forever. America witnessed lives being cut short, families being separated, and our buildings being destroyed. Our minds drastically changed overnight. As a result we have become more demanding and eager to engage in wars without thinking twice. SInce we became stronger and more assertive with our military, will our kids be drafted to fight for our country? WIll such a disaster be re-lived in the future? To help prevent these types of horrible acts we must alter our attitudes. Many questions come into play about our nation as one. One question is will we continue to pull each other down, or ban together and become united as we should? To many this tragic act was not a shock, but a hidden fear in the minds of many. Their are many rummers, and also real threats. Who should we Trust? What actions should be made? Although we do not have all the answers, America is rising to higher standards of demand and security. Our President has become a stronger leader. He enforced many changes for the protection of you and me. America has now been on top alert everywhere like on airports, ships, and across our borders. Government officials are being trained for many circumstances. The scrutiny is mainly imposed on most middle eastern people. They are usually sent into secondary across our borders for further questioning. Although the date will always be remembered with great sorrow, we should not dwell in our downfall, but pick up the broken pieces and become stronger. My message is we cant change the past, so we should concentrate on the future. How could we make an impact to help secure a safer environment for this world we live in? 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 tp123.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Being the most powerful nation in the world, the United States has brought fear and terror to those other weaker nations. Many, no doubt, have had those encounters with the U.S.A. Since the days of the revolutionary war, the United States has continued to prove its leadership in the world. Has September 11th changed such a view? We have encountered a new era, one which was started by the beginning of the third millennium. Surely this new era belongs to us too, right? The terrorists think that it is their turn. Americans withheld minds exploded with reality those early morning hours of 9/11. Fear soon reached us, from the poor that live in the most remote regions in the United States, to our nations leaders in the White House. These leaders, led by President Bush, have noted, even towards the public, that we will not falter. Such ideas let the terrorists know that we are ready to take this new era too. It will soon be the one year anniversary of such an act. Americans are still fearful of such violence similar to the destruction of the Twin Towers, the damage of the Pentagon, not to mention a greater loss: it is thousands of people who have passed away that literally gave millions a hard- earned lesson. While we lived carefree and in safety, others have secretly been envious of the United States, a country which promises freedom to its citizens. 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 tp149.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. 2003-03-03 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School 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 TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story We have seen our worst nightmares come to life, and all we could do was just stand there and watch. America is eagerly on its way to rebuilding its power and self-assurance that weve always felt it had. It s an enormous struggle, but do we really know in which way were heading? Our country's foreign policy is not where we expected it to be. We cant even find the cooperation we would expect to get from the people who we call our friends and allies. It s as if every corner we turn there appears two more. We can only hope to find those we are looking for and get rid of those we dont want. Is the American Democracy prepared to triumph over these dictators, anarchists, and terrorist groups which only wish to see our downfall? Democracy in the United States has changed over the centuries, and continues to change for the benefit of the people and its survival. Before September eleventh, most Americans never really saw what democracy was all about. Now we see both its muscle and Achilles' heel in this time of crisis. Foremost, democracy guarantees us our liberties and civil right written in the constitution, but it limits us on doing things promptly and accurately when they are needed. America certainly has united and continues to stand tall. President Bush has enacted a Homeland Security Act, which has our country under tight security in preparation to stop any further terrorism. Americans have different feelings on this leap forward, and wonder if this is the right way to go. A downside to it has been that some of our rights have been stripped away in cases such as, racial profiling at airports and border checks, holding prisoners without bail, and habeas corpus. 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 tp133.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story We as Americans consider ourselves a moral and just people. Beyond our shores we are perceived as neither. We preach liberty and justice for all. We claim to export democracy and civil rights. Ideologically we export greed and exploitation. Neither is just or moral. Post 9/11, the best long term solution to prevent future attacks is acknowledge that the reason they hate us is because they see what we don t about America. Our stated foreign policies are hypocritical. Human and civil rights are meaningless if economic rights are ignored. If we exercise a truly moral foreign policy where businesses export jobs where respect for workers, their needs, their futures and their nations are considered we have taken one step toward changing the minds of those that hate us. While we export jobs we should export all weve learned and exercise here at home about respect, empowerment and workers rights we will have set an example we can be proud of. If we do not exploit and subjugate foreign workers of American corporations, their subsidiaries and subcontractors and export good jobs with opportunity and respect we will be less ideologically isolated. We will have less to fear and we will have set a true moral example of the highest order. If we learn anything from the horror of 9/11 it should be that we have the opportunity to reverse the hate. The only way to do that is to set the example we preach and export respect for the rights of all workers, not fear and greed. 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 tp214.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story September 11, 2001 could have been a wake up call on a global scale. Unfortunately, it wasnt. Instead, the status quo is still being maintained, and in some cases even amplified. On 9-11 and afterwards, we were all bombarded with corporate-influenced media. Less noticeable was the increase in the amount of corporate influence on the Bush administrations actions, ranging from a rise in military spending ($346,500,000,000 in 2002) to large concessions regarding the environment (weakening of air conditioner efficiency standards, permission for mining companies to dump waste throughout the U.S., endorsement of the proposal to store 77,000 tons of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, and the list goes on). And even less noticeable to the public was the Orwellian-like encroachment on civil liberties (Homeland Security Act and the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act). And for those whose eyes were opened, perhaps the greatest shock was the realization that the United States has never been the most beloved country in the world. Noam Chomsky stated it most eloquently when hesaid, "the U.S. is the only country that was condemned for international terrorism by the World Court and that rejected a Security Council resolution calling on states to observe international law." Years of hypocrisy, unilateralism, and covert agendas regarding foreign policy culminated in 9-11. But can we salvage anything good from 9-11? The answer is: yes. We must recognize the fact that our country needs to improve its position with the rest of the world; we must demonstrate respect for the victims by acknowledging the real causes behind the attacks; and lastly, we must act with compassion, not senseless retaliation. 9-11 was not a wake up call for most. Instead, this tragedy was a nudge- in which direction, good or bad, only time and the manner in which we act will tell. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story To Those Who Represent U.S. Citizens Dissent is the life-blood of a free nation. The alarming and dangerous usurpation and consolidation of power by the Bush Administration has been an anemic drain of Libertys sustenance. The fears and uncertainties of the public must not be allowed to fuel the war machine of the far right. Starting another war with Iraq would kill, or as half of the world will believe, murder countless innocents. John Ashcroft and the activities of his so-called Department of Justice (while heroically protecting us from the dangers of medicinal and agricultural hemp products) have been a betrayal to the publics safety. Along with his shameful waste of resources directed at victimless crime, the Attorney General has been shredding the Constitution as fast as much of corporate America has been shredding integrity. The number of voters who share this view is growing into the millions. George W. Bush had been casting a dark shroud of secrecy around the government well before September 11, 2001. His brazen act of sealing of the presidential libraries is not only an insult to the citizens who paid for them, it is theft and mockery of truth and history. The Freedom Of Information Act is now nearly extinct. Homeland Security will surely generate even greater insecurity if it is enacted with the same lack of disclosure and open, informed debate that the USA Patriot Act received. The electorate is discovering what is being swept into law. Workers will have been denied their bargaining rights and have their livelihood subjected to the whims and dictates of the President. How many other Americans are horrified by the Bush Administrations stolen authority to label a U.S. citizen an enemy combatant and then proceed to indefinately incarcerate him and completely strip him of his constitutional rights? Operation TIPS would breed a culture of distrust and paranoia, and embolden informents and snitches of questionable reliability and intentions. Personal vendettas and unjust harassment by authorities must not replace the rule of law. We are well on our way towards witnessing our military become a political police force. How can all this not evoke an uneasy comparison to the state of emergency mentality of mid 1930s Germany? These and other measures being rushed to implementation must be held up to careful scrutiny for inherent negative consequences. If the neglect or dismantling of the Bill Of Rights is the price we pay in order to purchase, at best, only limited protection from terror, then we have lost the War On Terrorism. If you do not challenge or question this pervasive contempt for our rights, you have lost my vote. 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 tp174.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story When did public health become about anthrax and smallpox? The climate of fear public officials have nurtured since 9/11 (when the weapons were knives, if you'll recall) has found its way to public health research and practice. Many health researchers are setting aside other lines of research to get a piece of the anti-terrorism funding. The American Public Health Association issued a statement following 9/11 (www.apha.org/united/action.htm) that reads like it could have come from the Pentagon (""funding for public health must be bolstered . . . .""). It is hard to blame researchers and officials, given chronic underfunding of public health and unending frustration about the health insurance crisis. It is exciting to be part of a war that promises victory, rather than a perpetual holding action against countless challenges. But before 9/11, it looked like underserved health concerns were finally recovering (""it's the insurance crisis, stupid!"") from the political debacle of the Clinton health plan. The preventable health threats from a few malevolent individuals certainly focus the mind. But do they deserve so much more attention than everyday hazards (deaths from auto accidents surpassed the 9/11 toll by 9/30), mental health (suicide passed 9/11 in mid-October), and natural infections (HIV did not catch up with the 9/11 toll until December, but simple influenza did so in September.) This is to say nothing of cardiovascular disease, which killed about as many Americans on 9/11 as the attacks. Years of peace and prosperity created a growing consensus that we should work harder to improve the health of all Americans. Even though West Nile Virus has returned natural health concerns to the headlines, we cannot help but wonder if our leaders are using hypothetical diabolical threats to our health to hide from the challenges of the things that really are killing us. 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story "Union United" Was it a wake up call? Was it a get your business together? Many people try to concentrate on what else might happen in the future or what the president will say or do next. The issues that were on the news daily before sept. 11, are coming back very slowly. Most of those issues have to do with the president ignoring them. Yesterdays problems are yesterdays problems and today's problems are tomorrows worries. According to many people, Sept. 11 was a wake up call. They said that America is a free country and we have been taking our privileges for granted for such a long time. Also that many americans wait for such a tragic begining to be able to appreciate their country. Other people understand the meaning of Land of the Free, which means that hundreds of young men and older men risked their life's for their family and friends, so that they wouldnt be prisoners like in some third world countries. Many other people have clubs, organizations, and funds to help others understand the value their country has. When foreigners come to live in America, they know that they dont have to follow a day to day routine exactly as their leader. Many of those foreigners go through a lot just to be free. To me many Americans are to judge mental on how their free country is being run. They should always think twice before they talk bad about America because this is the country they have lived and given us so man rights. I personally didnt think it was a wake up, because my life really didnt change of how I saw America. I somehow in a way was angry of how many people out of a sudden started going to church and started praying. 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 tp107.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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