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 Bush agenda was not interrupted by the attack upon America's symbols of power and wealth last year. Indeed, that event provided pretext for the expedited continuity of its planned agenda, which required in great part any entry into Central Asian hegemony. There was collateral damage. But the agenda remains intact. The implicit terms of the Bush agenda were to levy executive power into service for the contracting wealthy sector, and correspondingly to vitiate resistent Congressional and Constitutional processes by whatever means necessary. The Bush agenda began with one such means, unConstitutional corrupt connivance in the election process. Once in ""office"", the Bush agenda required withdrawal from any treaty limiting to its power, and systematic reversals of prior advances towards human safety, health, equity, civil protection, and employment. It required limitations on U.S. intelligence services not to pursue Al Qaida and bin Laden. Preparatory defensive tactics were contrary to righteously conquering Afghanistan, and also to family loyalties--i.e., the Carlyle Group--towards the bin Laden clan. In aggressive preparation for war, the Bush agenda endorsed the ransacking of five trillions promised for Social Security, and even telegraphed their immediate use, on August 24, 2001, by the words that the Social Security trust fund would only be reduced in times of war. (NY Times) In further preparation, the Bush agenda shipped munitions to Diego Garcia, just off Pakistan, (NY Times, August 30, 2001) as needed for (a yet unannounced) war. There was also the order to keep U.S. jets on the ground in case of hijack, contrary to prior practice. The Bush agenda needed one thing more, a blood-curdling pretext for war--and its corollary, dictatorial power. That pretext happened eerily, though not innocently, beyond the Bush agenda's greatest expectations. 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 tp219.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