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 Armed with an arsenal of these weapons of terror, and seated atop 10 percent of the world's oil reserves, <unelected leader> could then be expected to seek domination of the entire Middle East, take control of a great portion of the world's energy supplies, directly threaten America's friends throughout the region, and subject the United States or any other nation to nuclear blackmail."" -Dick Cheney ""If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."" -G.W. Bush Since 9/11, The Untied (Untied, not United) States of America has gone from being a semi-respected leader of the 'free world' to a bully-pimp which does what it wants, takes what it wants, and threatens every country with ruin if they do not agree, even itself. If a 'dirty bomb' strikes domestically before the November 2002 elections, will independent analysis trace material to source? Can we salvage anything good from the wreckage and pain of such reprehensible acts? Make the world safer and better? You can't tell the players without a scorecard. There are far more questions than answers. All questions are Y/N. SCORECARD G.W. Bush S. Hussein 1. Elected by popular vote? 2. Plays well with other countries? 3. Seeks domination of the entire Middle East? 4. Seeks control of a great portion of the world's energy supplies? 5. Currently has verified means to implement questions #3, #4 ? 6. Directly and/or indirectly benefits by energy crisis past/present/future? 7. Believes in the 'Golden Rule', treats others as he wishes to be treated? 8. Has the highest percentage of population in prison? 9. Leads through fear and mis-information? 10. Wishes to be a dictator? 11. Knew anything about 9/11 attacks before they occurred? 12. The world would be better if removed from power? --- end of essay --- note to editor- IV-PUSH is an appropiate acronym today: Information-Void-Post_9/11-Untied-States-Hysteria 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 tp72.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. 2003-02-28