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 The Top Ten Ironies 9-11-01 The difficulties in narrowing down the ten most ironic things over the past year were enormous. Almost everything that happened was ironic. Unfortunately, many grand ironies failed to make the list; the similarities in the rhetoric among various different religious fundamentalists (e.g; Falwell and bin Laden), our good relations with some countries which are known to harbor terrorists (Pakistan, England, France, etc.), or a Jewish man screaming over and over; ""NO MORE ARABS, NO MORE TERRORISTS!"" after a suicide bombing - to name but a few. Admittedly, this list is imperfect. I apologize, in advance, if your favorite irony did not make the list. 10- Bush's new immigration policy places increased restrictions and requirements on people from several nations entering the U.S. but excludes Saudis, who made up the largest group of terrorists on 9-11. Don't mind him; he's one of us. 9- The Bush administration's reluctance to review ""what went wrong"" on 9-11 in favor of pursuing policies of previous Republican agendas - which would not have prevented the attacks in the first place - as a method of solving the problem. The light is better over here. 8- The Justice Department decides to cloak the statues of The Spirit of Justice and The Majesty of Justice behind a curtain as they dispense justice from behind closed doors. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! 7- Bush says that the terrorists hate us for our liberties and freedoms so - to protect us from the results of their hatred - the government restricts our liberties and freedoms. Anything you can do, I can do better. 6- The name of the Bill passed doing the most damage to our liberties and freedoms is called the ""Patriot"" Act. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength... 5- Osama bin Laden intends to start a holy war and Bush decides the best thing to do is play into his hands (Crusade against Evil-doers - Operation: Infinite Justice - Axis of Evil - War with Iraq...). Wait, let me get that for you! 4- Most religions have a Golden Rule equivalent, but almost no one lives by it...[including many Christians, who seem to think WWJD? means dropping bombs on your enemies and anyone else (innocent or not) who gets in the way (#4 in irony, #1 in hypocrisy)]. Do unto others before they do unto you. 3- That many of those that got us into this economic and political mess are the ones running the government and offering the solutions. The fox is guarding the hen house. 2- Bush declares a war on terrorism. When I say a word it means just what I want it to mean... nothing more, nothing less. 1- The suggestion that irony was dead. 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 tp18.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. 2003-02-24