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 What were the issues in the national news in the days leading up to 9/11? The fact is I tuned out not long after the 2000 non-election. The feelings of powerlessness and anger it engendered were overwhelming. My teeth would grind every time I heard George W. Bush referred to as the ""President elect"" so I vowed not to look at the news again for four years. I had employed the same strategy during the tenure of Bush the elder with some success. After surviving eight years of Reagan, the extension of his reign by proxy swamped my endurance and I determined to ignore the whole thing. I stopped watching the nightly news and my mental outlook did brighten a bit. I thought I could do it again this time. I was wrong. Because, truthfully, even before 9/11, Bush the youngers thundering missteps in governance (the tax cut, the repudiation of the Kyoto Accords), troubled my deliberate inattention with a vague unease like the vestiges of a nightmare. I said to myself, ""Of course there will be some damage but in four years time we can begin to mend."" I was lying to myself. I was hoping for the best. Then the towers came rumbling down. And with them went whatever restraint those-who-would-be-our-masters might have had about robbing and enslaving us as rapidly and as completely as they can. The intent is so blatant that it cannot even be masked behind a thick lacquer of patriotic rhetoric. There is no ignoring it. But, it may be that their gleeful exploitation of 9/11 will be their downfall. For now they have shown the world plainly what they are. The agenda before 9/11 and the agenda after is the same really. The difference is now I am fully awake to the consequences of waiting in silence and letting these stupid, greedy, privileged thugs have their free and unfettered way with it. I am only sorry it took me so long and I apologize for my feebleness and my fear. Now I must speak. Now I must oppose. Please, let millions of others awaken as well and do the same. It is our only hope. 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 tp183.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