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 For some 9/11 made them do a complete 180. Some went searching for old flames and others wanted to defend their country. As for me, I was indifferent. One thing I knew though, was that those of us who witnessed it, saw a completely different America. As chaos swept the nation, flags were waved proudly in every neighborhood. The patriotism that was hidden before, was now shining brighter than ever. I see now that we are not the untouchable nation because obviously they touched us where it hurt, like a fresh bruise. Our ego was easily deflated, but now just as easily it is getting puffed up again. We are like any other nation except now they have all seen us cry. Our standing in the world is shifting, friends are becoming enemies and visa-versa. One example is Russia, they have recently signed a $40 billion business deal with Iraq. That is a sign to the U.S. that they will not be backing us when we finally invade Iraq. One thing we can learn, and have somewhat been practicing already, is to take these terrorist threats more serious. Some people may not take these threats too serious, but threats are like seeds, they eventually grow into full blown plans being followed through with. This incident was a lesson learned. Also we know that through the hard times all of America was there to lend a helping hand. It is comforting to know that all across America people dropped what they were doing to donate their time, money, and food. 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 tp144.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