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 As we approach the one year anniversary of the devastating terrorist attacks on the United States I must pause to ponder the American response to those events as well as the leadership and actions of President Bush. The shock of those actions offered a President an unprecedented opportunity to seize the moment. A great leader would have summoned his people to greatness. President Bush has utterly failed the test of greatness and history will duly record that failure. A great leader would have immediately recognized that the foreign policy of this country vis a vis the Mideast reflect the interests of the oil industry more than anything else and was a fundamental factor in those attacks. A great leader would have called upon his nation to launch a massive campaign to make his country energy independent by (insert a year). A great leader would have announced a national program to promote and invest in all sorts of alternate energy programs including the development of hydrogen as a fuel for cars, fuel cell technology, solar power, geothermal power, wind power and a rebirth of an efficient modern rail transport system getting millions of trucks off the road. The American people would have rallied to the cause unlike any since W.W.II. Remember how the country rallied to the cause when Kennedy called for a program to land a man on the moon and return him safely before the decade was over? There is little doubt that the country would have rallied to the cause had they only been presented with and led in such a national effort. What did our great leader advise his countrymen to do? Go shopping. Shopping! The United States enjoyed the sympathy and goodwill of virtually every nation on earth in the aftermath of that stunning disaster. The United States could have rallied the world to its side by committing itself to the legal pursuit of the criminal elements responsible for this act of terrorism. Instead, the United States has decided to continue on its unilateral course, dismissing international agreements, reneging on treaties, announcing we will attack anyone we see fit to, and generally thumbing our nose at the concept of international law. Whatever happened to the vaunted Republican commitment to ""the rule of law""? By ignoring the rule of law we have squandered whatever goodwill and support the world exhibited in September. The United States is now feared and hated as much, if not more so, than it was before. Good God, read some international press! The leadership, or rather the lack of leadership, demonstrated by this inept imbecile and his minions have caused the world to view the United States as a 800 pound gorilla gone berserk. 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 tp220.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. 2003-03-10