21 20 70360 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 Dear Editor: A year after the events of last September 11 we are all still trying to make sense of the attack and what has happened since. We abhor the events of that dreadful day, but the aftermath has left us far from united. 1. Osama Bin Laden, the man supposedly responsible for the attack (although the evidence against him might not stand up in an unbiased court) has eluded capture. So has most of his Al Qaeda network 2. The United States has toppled the Taliban ""government"" of Afghanistan and replaced it with a bunch of warlords only marginally better (to make the most charitable judgment). The fact that no Afghan was among the terrorists seems not to have mattered in American destruction of the country. However, in Saudi Arabia, where many of the terrorists originated, it is oil business as usual with America gobbling up the liquid gold and overlooking that nation's repressive government. 3. The Bush administration has gone underground, making almost every government action a war secret. This has hidden decisions from public view and stifled opposition. 4. The Democratic Party, which should play an opposition role or at least fight for more public information, has rolled over and apparently died. 5. Of the hundreds of suspects rounded up by the government none has been found guilty of terrorism. Nevertheless the prisoners' access to lawyers and American justice is almost nil. 6. The ""war"" has become an excuse for an all-out assault on the environment and is being used as a way to reward the wealthy and big business. Is this any way to fight a war? It seems to me that we are losing on all fronts and yet we seem to be facing yet another Bush adventure into conflict, this time with few if any allies. Will that have any better result than the present war on terrorism? Nothing that has happened in the past year leads me to think so. 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 tp16.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 We oppose terrorism and mourn its victims. Terrorism was used against innocent people, we denounce that, and mourn its victims. Terrorism is being used against the people of Iraq and Afghanistan by the United States and its underlings. We oppose this and grieve for its victims as well. We condemn and demand that all future terrorism against the people of Iraq and Palestine immediately cease. We also demand that plan Columbia and the embargo against Cuba be stopped. Here at homeÖIt is not at all clear how and why the gigantic and costly protective forces of the United States failed to prevent the attacks of 9/11/2001. Did the Bush administration know that something was going to happen and not act? It is clear that the Bush administration and other reactionary forces in the U.S. have used the September 11, 2001 attacks to escalate the fears of the people of the United States and to put forth their own attack on the political and economic democratic factors of the U.S.. We join with members of congress and many others who demand a complete and unfettered investigation of these deficiencies. Flaying at Virtual Dragons everywhere, Bush and his cohorts Cheney, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft have illegally or illegitimately 1. Held people incommunicado without charges or trials. 2. Denied privacy of council between prisoners and attorneys. 3. Flouted the Geneva accords on human responsibility for war and peace. 4. Overthrown U.S. Constitutional rights. 5. Renewed nuclear weaponry and Star Wars programs. 6. Withdrew from the Land Mines Treaty and other agreements that make our world a safer, better place. There can be no peace without planet-wide social and economic justice, after all God is egalitarian. Instead we see conflict worldwide. In Palestine and Israel, Columbia, in Congo and too many other places to note, we see conflict often powered by the overt or hidden hand of the U.S.. And then of course what happened to the peace dividend. The very rich will get their tens of millionsÖas part of the $1,500,000,000,000 tax give back. Let us not remember our $300 and keep quiet. History tells us that there is a continuum. Todays world history largely produced and powered by the United States, is played out on other parts of the planet. On the very same day, Sept 11, 1973, U.S. directed terrorism, orchestrated by Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, the CIA and U.S. Navy ships Offshore terrorism, Offshore, killed the elected president of Chile Salvador Allenda. Within two weeks up to 30,000 Chileans were murdered. Chile was brutalized by 20 years of Pinochet Fascism. Up to 1 million people were forced to leave the country. These were people from every walk of life. And the progressive sectors were destroyed. The Chilean tragedy is sadly typical of the power wielded by the United States in many places, many times, with its planet wide sweep in effect. As we remember the victims of 9/11/2001 and 9/11/1973 we must also resolve to end the U.S.s role of murderous push and shove authority in the world. We must commit to enabling every person in the world to share the human dream of the good life. If we allow our grief and fear to lock our hearts behind an arsenal of weapons then we are as trapped, as isolated, as inhuman as that tragic fool, Bin-Laden trapped in the confines of his cave. As Americans we must mourn our dead and assume our responsibility for historic transition in this difficult time. This can only come through love, sharing, and the courage to demand peace with justice. THIS IS THE ONLY MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF 9/11 THAT COULD BRING AN END TO SUCH BRUTALITIES AND BRING PEACE TO THE DEAD, THEIR LOVED ONES, AND THE REST OF US. 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 tp44.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. 2003-02-24 Notes Notes about this item. This is a submission of a collective statement for the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice. I am a long time activist. The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice (SDCPJ) was formed days after September 11, 2001 to oppose the use of violence, oppression and more terrorism in responding to the terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. 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 I am well aware the reader(s) of this article may be in different stages of acceptance what befell the Country September 11, 2001. Some by now will have gone on with their lives, others still depressed to do so. Some will still be asking in God's name why? Wile others will still be angry and want o know who in God's name would? Regrettably, some will still be numb from the enormity of the disaster, reduced to methodically doing the next task that life requires/ (this group would be the one most at-risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and is suggested on would seek professional help.) IN the days following the disaster I began experiencing a strange feeling of deja'vu. I know that I have never seen nor experienced anything of this magnitude before. Yet the strange sensations of having felt like this in another time persisted. A feeling similar to an old familiar pain. Indeed similar to a pain and fear that started in my late 30's when I first became aware loosing the feeling of invincibility of my youth. Grounded at this time by the realities of life, left with only a mature form of uncertainty in its place. No longer being able to avoid all the consequences of life. Could it be this loss as a young adult was similar to the pain and loss of a young country that had just encountered major disaster only many times over. A collective loss of invincibility, by this young country, only to find it having been replaced with a newly found vulnerability. Realizing it could no longer avoid nor control all the negative consequences of an unstable world it finds itself a part of. After the anger! After the hurt! After the search for justice! After the intensities of the warrior! ""Doesn't the energy that loves to fight need to learn to play all over again? How does that happen"" 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 tp55.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 We have learned in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that we can prevent terrorist acts on our nation. How do we know that? No subsequent attacks have occurred. And how did we do it? In several ways. One of the primary actions was to appoint a chief of Homeland Security. Voila! No more attacks. Other efforts that have succeeded as well include: <caron> Continuation of the policy of asking the ""two stupid questions"" of airline passengers that were asked of the 9/11 terrorists. It didnt work with them, probably because they lied, but its working now. <caron> Random searches of air passengers. Wheelchair-bound grandmothers and three-year-olds now know better than to smuggle assault weapons and explosives onto airplanes in their sneakers. <caron> Forcing passengers to drink and eat of what they carry. Please pass the breast milk. <caron> Addition of 30,000 to 40,000 airport security personnel to the Federal pay dole. When in doubt, Federalize. <caron> Initiation of a Forever War on Terrorism, characterized by the Vice President as a ""new normalcy."" We will probably win this war about the time we win the multi-trillion dollar War on Poverty and the ever-popular, now playing in your local downtown, War on Drugs. <caron> Bombing Afghanis until the civilian death toll there more than equals the civilian death toll here. A clear message to terrorists that if they bomb us, we will bomb someone else. <caron> An increasing awareness of the inevitably that we must preemptively bomb Iraq. The message again, ""Al-Queda, if you bomb us, well bomb Iraq. Or somebody."" These preventive measures have terrorists around the world shaking in their sandals. Theres no doubt that these efforts have been successful. There hasnt been an attack since last September. 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/. 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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 "9/11 Hype" I'm disgusted and not at all surprised at home many TV shows will hype this anniversary. Only we can turn tragedy into product. I don't want to sit watch and read as media turns this into a day of maudlin drek journalism. I'm turning my TV off that day. I'm going to the park. I'm going to breathe the air and listen as children and teenagers play. I want to see children venture futher from their parents and climb higher on Jungle Jims then they ever have before. I want to see another generation of young discover excitment that life can bring and the promise of more wonder. I want to watch them pound soccer balls and basketballs, throw baseballs and ride skateboards. I see just as many girls as boys at the park now playing sports. And after they are done they mingle with the boys at the water fountain or soda machine and flirt or build on existing relationships. In the midst, my teenage son laughing and joking. Maybe I'll be able that day to find out if that blond girl he seems to talk to the most is the same one who calls the house. He won't tell. I'll think of other people I don't know, but who's deaths touched me deeply. They won't sit in the park. But I'll remember them again and dedicate the joy that these children bring to me, to them. Maybe TV should do like the Food Channell intends on doing . Just go away for the day, with only a graphic on screen and some music just to let people now they are taking the day off. Maybe we should just look at each other and take the time to remember the beauty of a good breath of air in a park and think of those who can't be there. That's what I'm going to do that day. I don't want to see the president or hear a canned speech, designed by handlers to make him look better. I don't want to hear Dick Cheney, or look at Osama Bin Ladens face. I don't want to hear about Saddam Hussein or look at another replay of file footage of him shooting guns off on a balcony. I don't want to see Bill Clinton give that concerned face that the pundits say connected so well with the public. I don't want to be connected with. I don't want to see dour faced news anchors talking into replay's of planes crashing into the World Trade Center buildings. I don't want to see footage of crowds screaming ""Death to America"". I dont want to hear or see Donald Rumsfeld use that day to tell me why we must put our sons and daughters, husbands and wives, in harms way against Sadamm. I haven't made my mind up on that yet. And on that day I'll be to emotional to give it the logic and reason that decision needs. I just don't want to be used by politicians for votes or corporate media outlets for ratings. I just want to celebrate life and remember those who's deaths makes this day so much more special for me, quietly and with dignity. 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 tp27.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 Toward a More Perfect Union September 8th, heard the news, another bomb Didn't notice, arguing with Mom. September 9th, drove to work, traffic jam Peddler at my car window, don't give a damn. September 10th, taught the kids, lost my cool Decided to rest , stay home from school September 11th, didn't pay cable, TV was cut off Called in my payment and there was no loss It was a free day, I had stayed home Looked at the TV screen, I was struck dumb Oh my God! I couldn't believe my eyes The thing that was happening in New York's sky. Was this a movie, could this be live?! The WTC was falling from some plane's dive! I stared and I stared and it wouldn't go away. The WTC collapsed this tragic day. All those people, What does it mean? There must be some message from which we can glean. The next months were soulful, with patriotic zeal Flags flew while we grieved And awaited the reveal Of why 9/11 was entrenched in our spirits We moved and we worked and we played most deliberate In denial and anger and whatever else Would help us Americans realize what we had Somehow the Terrorists had Made it oh, so bad Outrage, outrage! President Bush said ""Get them, the Taliban! Don't show we're afraid."" We tiptoed through life for the next year Trying so hard not to show any fear. We began to show patience for other races At least for awhile we showed tolerant faces. We waited in lines with calm and patience We donated some dimes To the homeless and graceless ""I love you. I love you."" was heard all through the States How long were we careful Not to hurt one another? Don't know, didn't notice Arguing with Mother. 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 tp190.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 I was very disappointed with the path America took following the World Trade Center attacks. The established protocol of the international courts could have been utilized to bring the responsible to justice. But this administration chose war, quickly bombing a country other than the one from which the alleged hijackers came. With an attitude reminiscent of the wild west, we set out to show that we are the best equipped nation and attacks on us would bring swift retaliation. Our arrogant message served only to increase hatred while seriously undermining support from those who would have stood with us had we chosen the moral high ground of international law. Our actions have increased Mid East tensions to critical levels. War has historically proven to be a poor tool for carving out peace. Aggression only begets aggression. Yet we do not learn from our mistakes. Now we want to make nuclear weapons a standard part of our arsenal instead of a weapon of last resort. Are Americans so busy savoring their macho warrior image that they fail to see we are stoking the fires of further disaster? I mourn for my country. We bomb the poorest out of their homes and leave them without access to food and medicine. Our unmitigated arrogance (and our quest to control the worlds resources) will never bring us closer to peace. The terrorism of war can only generate more terrorism. 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 tp161.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 "I'm Afraid" September eleventh was the day America was hit, in a different way. Planes, chaos, unwanted death We sat in horror, and lost our breath. Like many of us, I sat in sorrow Hoping, praying, for a better tomorrow. As I watched the media, I watched the debate Fostering fear, fostering hate. The President speaks in bloodthirsty terms Vermin, scum, cowards, worms. Invoking God in shameful prose More death to come, the future knows. The loss of life, is seen as tactical While healing is seen as impractical. The foreign policy of the United States Has inflicted terror without rebates. We've abused and attacked people's humanity Used bombs and sanctions with Superpower vanity. The world is suffering, the world is in pain But the pain is seen, as a zero sum gain. Let's ask the right questions, let's search for truth Let's do it for love, and not for proof. Our children need us, they need to know Ignorance can kill, ignorance can grow. What have we done? What have we made? That's why I sit, I sit afraid. 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 tp194.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 Long, long ago, a million years ago -- before September 11 -- we reached the ""end of history."" In the mythic struggle between the good guys and the bad guys -- wouldn't you know it -- the good guys won. American ideals like human rights were free to spread across the globe like the sun's rays at dawn. Encouraged by our example and steadied by our solid economy, rule by law and the free market would replace rule by privilege and the command economy in Russia and the Third World. Vigilance, tough diplomacy, and international cooperation could combine to prevent the type of butchery that occurred in Rwanda. But that was a million years ago. Since then somebody else's ideals have crashed into our own and tried to bring them down. It was devastating. But in the aftermath of that heretofore unthinkable devastation, some invisible threats began to descend on our nation like fallout after an atomic bomb, and like fallout, they could be far more deadly in the long run than the initial attack. Rule of law threatens to become subordinate to executive despotism. A person can be held without charges until a stubborn American president unilaterally decides that a war that was never declared is finally over. The free market is free only for the privileged insiders, their free goodies being paid for by the shareholders and stakeholders of the companies they mismanage. And instead of working to prevent future Rwandas, our government wants to have its own blood bath. To save Iraq's citizens from butchery we are told we must butcher them ourselves. Instead of the end of history, we may be looking at the end of the Republic, replaced by an arrogant, go-it-alone Empire. Let's go back to being the good guys again. 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 tp95.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 "Toward a More Perfect Union" I don't believe we have learned much of anything since 9/11. I still run into the same idiots everyday. Common courtesy is still dead. The almighty dollar still remains the most worshiped thing on the planet. Politicians are still following the money and not the will of the people. We are still asleep. 9/11 was mearliy a thunderclap. One that almost roused us fromare slumber. One that we're not quite sure we heard or not. Now there are many people trying to control us through fear. We are still not being heard and no one is being held accountable. Now is the time to really unite, not just talk about it like our partially elected officials. Let's take back the power of our vote. Make it count again. Make it more powerful than ever. I believe it could happen quite easily and would force the corporations to be held directly accountable for the actions of their employees, oops sorry, I mean our elected officials. From this election forth all politicians should be required to wear NASCAR type jumpsuits with the corporate logos of their spons . I mean campaign contributors. CSPAN likewise should be required to show a scrolling ticker of who's buying oops I mean lobbying, what bills. While this won't solve all the problems in politics, it's a start. Everyone in this country has been trained to be a good consumer monkey by our corporate Oops, I keep doing that, I mean public school systems. We all understand a logo. Of course that's just my opinion, I probably horrendously insane. 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 tp57.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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. 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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 One year after September 11th, the debate over what to teach kids about 9/11 reveals a continued climate of intolerance and hate As the anniversary of September 11th approaches, flag factories work overtime and political alchemists prepare to turn real pain and grief into cries for continued war. But perhaps most dangerous of all, cultural conservatives (and even many liberals ) scramble to load their weapons with propaganda and disinformation aimed point blank at the minds of American kids. Among those involved in the education business (as it is fast becoming one), debate has raged in the last week about what Sept. 11th s lessons plans will look like in classrooms across the country. Should multiculturalism and psychological healing be stressed over patriotism and civics? Should U.S. policies and the history of American intervention abroad be critically examined? Should motives besides pure evil be broached? New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says no. In his piece on 9/11 Lesson Plans, Friedman proposes class discussions that stress the superiority of our Western democratic system (despite some transgressions) while reminding kids that although most people in the world are good and decent, there are evil people out there who are not poor, not abused just envious (NY Times, 9/4/02). As Mr. Bennet, former education secretary, echoes, A careful, complete reading of our nation s history shows that, while we have surely had our failings, on the whole America s record is one of promoting peace and justice at home and abroad. Teachers must be willing to say there are moral absolutes (NY Times, 8/31/02). While throwing around words like democracy and morality, such declarations are actually the epitome of un-free and uncritical thought. They concede that the U.S. s hands are not clean and that the state of the world is one of increasing inequality and disparity. But when the likes of Friedman and Bennet confront the really tough, uncomfortable questions, they resort to the conclusion that there is such a thing as pure evil. In the classroom, when one student is mean to another for no apparent reason, teachers usually look for the root causes of such behavior, examining factors such as the students frustrations with school, family life or past history. Somehow, when we begin to talk about adults, especially those in far away countries that look different, unexplainable evil becomes an option. Even homegrown combatants of the John Walker Lindh variety are afforded humanizing CNN specials that speak to the root causes and complexity of his story while terrorists with darker skin are just B-A-D. One year after Sept. 11th, the dispute over lesson plans reveals an enduring climate of racism and hate that should worry us more than any recurring attack. The National Education Association, the country s largest teachers union, got so much heat for a proposed lesson plan on tolerance that it removed the material from its website. So unless you re going to promote the chief American values of revenge and intolerance, you had better shut your mouth. Beyond the quibbles between the right and the center about what teachers should infuse into the minds of kids next Wednesday, the recent debate also exposes a frighteningly condescending and conservative attitude about pedagogy. Students are treated as receptacles of previously thought out bits of information rather than dynamic thinkers capable of sophisticated and complex dialogue. When in fact, anyone that has taken the time to really talk and listen to young people knows their amazing capacity for fairness and love, something adults could surely learn from. In a 6th grade Journalism class, we came across the word manipulate and I suggested that one of my students look it up. When we discovered that the word was left out of the children s dictionary, I explained what it meant and asked the class why they thought it was not there. One student replied, Because they want to do that to you. Kids are not born hating others. Racism and intolerance are taught. Aside from the debate surrounding the lesson plans of a single day, we need to discuss and resist the increasingly standardized and a-historic nature of curriculum as a whole. In such an overwhelmingly conservative time, when the rhetoric of the mainstream and our school textbooks are backdrops for war without end, critical dialogue between educators and students can be a tool for meaningful thought and action. Despite Lynn Cheney, John Ashcroft and their fellow crusaders, the right to think is one that no amount of PATRIOT Acts can restrain. Let s use it. 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 tp20.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 Agenda Interrupted" "9-1-1, nine eleven, 9/11 We all looked at the same event. A tragic event to most of us. We all felt lifes tedious movement come to a jarring halt on a beautiful September morning in 2001. And we all saw desperation, panic, and ultimately a paralyzing shock wave move across an entire nation and the globe. Business ceased, meetings ended abruptly, meetings started abruptly, and brave souls bounded into the fire and smoke determined to change the day. Hundreds were lost so thousands could be saved and few of the rescued would ever meet or know their rescuers. It may have been the worst day in New York but it may have been a new day for many of us. For months the inane, insufferable bickering of our leaders was toned down to a whisper. Petty grievances and tests of will be damned on a day like this. Arguments over sizes of everybody elses slice of the pie held no weight. Every class and every station was viciously assaulted. If we never forget we can take two roads, one to common good and one back to the days of pettiness and resentment. The airwaves are replete with the hollow sounds of hate and resentment these days and it is all the more sad since we have known so recently the ecstasy and comfort of brotherhood and selflessness. United shall we be as targets of zealots and fanatics, and united to support and provide safety to our neighbors unknown for the common good. There is a common priority in all societies and we are now going to have to reset ours. To which road will tomorrows headline take us? 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 tp163.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 Toward a More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned- Or Not- Since 9/11 After the terrible tragedy on September 11 the world has changed drastically. we went from fighting against one another over political issues to being united against the criminals who committed this heinous crime. People opened their eyes and realized that instead of us fighting amongst each other that we are all together in this country and to stand up together as one. This tragedy caused many people to think negative about our countrys government because of their decisions concerning the incident. The public at first felt that the government reacted way to slowly and allowed the criminals to escape. The government took heavy criticism and now they react without much debate. They are quick to make drastic decisions because they dont want any public backlash. Regardless of what kind of approach the government takes the public will find something to complain about. The government now also worries about our standing as a world power. We were and still are the number one power in the world but we are also seen as being weaker than we were before. Other countries now realize that we are not as invincible as we think we are. Even if they wanted to hurt us, its even more difficult for foreigners to enter our country. The foreign policy of our country since September 11 has become much more strict and many people are not allowed to enter or country. Since the eye opener on September 11 I think we have realized that there is much more important issues than political issues and tax cuts. We have to learn to appreciate the people around us because at any given time those people can be taken away from us. 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 tp109.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 "Toward a more perfect union", "The things that we have learned about our Republic have been frightening for me since the terrorist attacks. I keep reading that President Bush has not yet formed an opinion about the coming military struggle to overthrow Saddam Hussein in Iraq. I think that President Bush's opinion on the subject is important, but it is nothing more than that, an opinion. I have an opinion, as well, and so do all one hundred members of the Senate. Out of all of these opininons, the only ones that truly matter are those of the Senate. The Constitution mandates that the only way the United States can go to war is with the permission of two-thirds of the Senate voting to do so. If the President were to start a war on only his say-so, it would be a violation of the Constitution that he has sworn to protect. The only way that we can have a ""Regime Change"" in Iraq without a declaration of war is if it would not require military action to do so. It really doesn't even matter if the Congress wants to vote on this or not, it is required by the Constitution. The only way that they can get out of their duty to send the nation to war is to amend the Constitution to allow the President to ""go it alone."" Whether we all think war in Iraq is prudent or not, we all must write or call our Senators and express our alarm at the disregard for one of the most basic protections in our most ingenious Constitution. To allow one man out of 260 million to send this country to war is the beginning of the path to an elective monarchy. 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 tp151.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 NORAD 911 Stand Down Math by Mark Elsis, MyCountryRightOrWrong.net -- Questioning September 11th 8:13:31: American Airlines Flight 11 (AA11) last transmission. 8:13:32 / 8:20: AA11 goes off course, transponder signal stops, and is hijacked. 8:36: Major Mike Snyder, confirms the FAA notified NORAD of AA11 hijacking. 8:38: Boston ATC notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:39: AA11 flies directly over our top terrorist target, Indian Point nuclear stations. 8:40: FAA notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:43: FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines Flight 175 (UA175) has been hijacked. 8:46:26: AA11 impacts the North Tower of the WTC. 8:46: NORAD finally orders Otis to scramble two F-15s. Why did NORAD hold on to this vital hijacking information between 6 and 26 minutes? 8:52: Two F-15's from Otis are airborne. 9:02:54: UA175 impacts the South Tower of the WTC. NORAD says the F-15s from Otis are still 71 miles away. Their average flight speed was only 23.9% of their top speed in trying to intercept UA 175. Otis is 153 miles from WTC ñ F-15s have a top speed of 1875 MPH. Minus 71 miles left = 82 miles, covered in 11 minutes 8:52 to 9:03 ñ 60 divided by 11 = 5.45 x 82 = 447.3 MPH = 23.9%. 9:30: Three F-16s from Langley are airborne. 9:37: American Airlines Flight 77 hits the Pentagon. NORAD says the F-16s from Langley were still 105 miles and 12 minutes away. 9:49: F-16s from Langley reach Washington. Their average flight speed was only 27.4% of their top speed in trying to protect our nations capital. Langley is 130 miles from the Pentagon ñ F-16s have a top speed of 1500 MPH ñ 60 divided by 19 = 3.16 x 130 = 410.5 MPH = 27.4%. Andrews AFB has two fighter wings that are 10 miles from the Pentagon, yet they inconceivably waited till the attacks were over to get airborne. What type of a preposterous Wag the NORAD Tale is this? Source:http://www.MyCountryRightOrWrong.net/NORAD911StandDownMath.htm 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 tp89.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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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 Irony of It" The irony of it: that an act so dastardly in and of itself should act so diabolically upon those who have survived it; that those of us who were so rocked with grief and pain, who wept and profusely such real tears, who once sang and prayed together, who sought the justice of the injustice, who dug deeply into shallow pockets to express charity, are now become so polarized by the moment. Ah, the irony of it. 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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 Have things changed since September 11, 2001? Many people would probably answer that question yes. Things have not only changed in the government, but people have changed also. People now view life differently and new insecurities have developed about national security which can cause people to become judgmental toward people of different nationalities. Is it fair to judge American born citizens of Arab descent just because of the terrorists who caused the 9/11 tragedy? Well many of these people feel threatened in their own country - America - now. Medical personnel, educators, etc... now have a difficult time completing their duties because they are being judged by their different features and the accent in their voice rather than their talent of helping people. I have to admit that even I am part of this crowd who judges people of different nationalities. Not too long ago I went on a trip to Washington D.C. where I was confronted by a man of Arab descent who asked me many questions about where I live. Of course the first thing I thought was that this man could possibly be a terrorist, and I quickly walked away. Another prime example is airline flights. People are now afraid to fly because of the fact that they don t know who the other people on the flight are and what they might be carrying. So yes things have changed since 9/11 and people need to realize that not all people who look different are a threat to our nation and to our safety. 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San Benito High School Assigned by John Hand English 4 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 TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION America s Greatest Gift To Mankind A firefighter for 25 years, my father was a hero to me, but he thought, as did most Americans during the 1960 s, that the United States might come under attack by communists. We were wrong, and even as that concern faded, nobody envisioned attacks by little-known terrorist groups who had no clear purpose, never made demands, and struck without warning. When this happened on September 11, 2001, the U.S. Constitution, the core of America, was in danger of being shredded by nineteen men who carried out the biggest assault on American soil using -- boxcutters. The very nature of the attack, a diabolical use of transportation in a free society, devastated us and our friends around the world. However, it brought us together and we raised our fists, waved Old Glory and shouted United We Stand, as if we never meant it before. Then we faltered. Some of our short-sighted leaders attributed the tragedy to an open society based on our precious civil rights. They quickly denigrated our Constitutional safeguards by saying its a different world today, these liberties may no longer apply. They enacted privacy-robbing laws empowering the government over the people, ironically labeling the new laws Patriotic as if to suggest opposing them would make you a traitor. However, the Constitution s testimony to our freedom is its checks and balances, a brilliant framework that inspires us to bravely meet the challenges to our autonomy. Our path to a more perfect union was laid when Americans decided that their legacy to the world was a free society. We must cherish our freedoms by respecting the sacrifices of brave patriots who fought for the liberties accorded us by the Constitution. Let s continue this battle for freedom today and thumb our nose at fear by reminding ourselves that only a coward trades freedom for security. 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/. 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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 Toward A More Perfect Union When I opened my eyes on September 11th, I saw citizens paying for government interests we know little about and finally experiencing similar fatalities as other countries have endured. I then saw us as the world s bully who had been kicked from behind. In order to reseal our union, speedy measures were taken to draft the Homeland Security Act, assuring government clearances that may compromise our freedom. These measures were taken as we blindly watched, still shocked over the act of war brought upon us. Although nothing can condone what al Qaeda has started, America is not hated without reason. Our country fights for democracy, but it fights for its own, less noble, interests as well. It seems that the terrorist attacks of last year are now the golden rule by which we declare war on countries for their potential for offense. Not long after the strikes began, U.S. diplomats were in Somalia, looking for causes to strike there. The Bush administration is now pointing at Iraq, as if this is the time to resolve problems with inspections that have existed since the end of the Gulf War. Moreover, the Bush administration recently announced the birth of a missile defense campaign. Our strategy of defense has become our reason to attack, not to find peace. Peace has hardly existed. We have had only the absence of war. In the meantime, civilians are the ones who die and are sent to die for their governments. Our president is preparing us for a long war and for what? To create a more frightful world for our children? How much blood will we shed for our protection? How much for our interests in oil and trade? Peace can be obtained if we show the world we are not like our leaders. 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 tp35.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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