29 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 "Toward a More Perfect Union" If 9/11 was a wake up call, what did we see when we opened our eyes? I believe it was a wake up call and this terrible tragedy will be a day of remembrance forever. The anniversary of the September 11 attack is just around the corner. This horrible day showed all Americans how lucky we are to live in America and have freedom and rights that we have. I believe this opened the eyes of all Americans. People from all across America hung flags outside their houses, on their cars, and have gone out of their way to donate blood. In my personal experience on a trip to New York, I found it heartbreaking to see ground zero. A wreath hung on a fence in remembrance of those who died at the world trade centers. It seemed like the citizens of New York had gone on with their lives, taking their daily walk or sitting under a tree reading a book. In my opinion, the only good that came ot of this reprehensible act was that airports became more aware of suspicious passengers. In my personal experience at an airport, after September 11, I was surprised to see how the airline attendants did such an extensive search on all luggage. America has never been the victim. Hopefully we can regain our pride and no looked down on upon other countries. 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 tp116.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 Notes Notes about this item. 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 Is our Nation really as invincible as we thought we were? Prior to the 9/11 attacks on the US, the US thought that nothing such as what happened would ever happen to us. As a country that is known to welcome any person and open to diversity, we never imagined that anyone could hold such hatred toward us. Because we think of ourselves as a powerful country, we are naive to our flaws and may actually be inferior to the countries that we are superior to. After the attacks, we have realized that we can be susceptible to corruption that can be as extreme as any other countrys. Other countries that are not as fortunate as ours are going to try and place us in situations that will make us look like we cannot handle great problems. We need to know our status as well as be aware of our flaws so that we will continue improving. I don t think that we will ever be at the point where we are the most powerful because there is always room for improvement. We have also forgotten some lessons that we should have learned, such as civil rights. Civil rights are what make our country what it is. The business of detaining people that belong to a certain group goes back to the time the Japanese-Americans were detained after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This makes our democracy appear weaker because we are going back to mistakes made in the past. We need to focus on our imperfections so that we may improve and get the focus away from our power we do hold. 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 tp136.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 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. 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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 DEMOCRACY INTERRUPTED Suppose your car had been stolen last summer. Then came 9/11. Wouldnt you still want your car back? Suppose you found out the Olympic medal you earned just before 9/11 had been snatched away by a corrupt skating judge. Wouldnt you still want your gold? Some want you to think its different for democracy, that even though our Presidential election was corrupted, were not supposed to care because 9/11 changed everything. Well, no. Last fall, after 9/11, the media consortium that painstakingly counted every Florida vote finally issued its report. The result was clear, even if largely ignored, if every vote was counted, Bush lost. As I wrote then: lets point out the elephant in the Lincoln bedroomódoesnt that make Bushs victory illegitimate? The consortium report grossly underemphasized several other truths: *African American and poor votes counted less; *Katherine Harris wrongful false felon purge changed the outcome; *the Scalia Five acted improperly and unethically; *America still needs profound election reform. These have yet to be seriously addressed. Our dwindling democracy, so corrupted by big money, was further diminished after 9/11. The elites decided that these questions were off limits, no use going back and taking away Bushs gold medal, cheating or no cheating. But you cant fool all the people, all the time. Bushs re-elect numbers right now are well below 50%, a scary situation for any incumbent. And every so often, a pollster asks a 3-part question about the 2000 election, the results have remained remarkably similar, both before and after 9/11. Only half the public believes Bush won fair and square. One-third thinks he won only on a technicality. And fully one-sixth of America continues to tell pollsters that Bush stole the election. Our democracy is wounded. But its not dead yet. 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 tp141.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 "Rise Up, Dump Bush September 11, 2002 Since September 11, 2001, our government has placed us in further danger with policies that inflame the conditions giving rise to terrorism. This sad anniversary offers us an opportunity to begin taking back our democracy. Above all, we must work for peace and social justice in order to create a brighter future for our children. The U.S. response to the September 11 crimes against humanity has led us into even greater peril. Under these crisis conditions, George W. Bushs incompetence and Dick Cheneys arrogance threaten our survival. We must start acting like self-governing adults who reject rule by the oil industry, military contractors, and other corporate profiteers. George W. Bush and his administration (many of them fellow Vietnam-era draft dodgers) blundered into a new quagmire in Afghanistan. Israels illegal occupation of Palestinian territories exploded into a raging inferno of deadly violence. The conflict between Pakistan and India over Kashmir threatens to follow suit, perhaps escalating into nuclear war. Much of Latin America ñ including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela ñ balances on the brink of economic meltdown, political coups and chaos, primarily caused by corporate globalization policies hatched in Washington that exploit their resources. Our environment shows more signs of severe damage with every cycle of the seasons and cascading problems of pollution, drought, fire and flooding. We see unremitting government attacks on constitutional freedoms. Since the implosion of Enron Corporation late last year we learn that our ruling corporate and political institutions are irredeemably corrupt. The neoliberal economic faith that dominated the advanced world for the past couple decades combines with the neoconservative political ideology animating the Bush/Cheney administration to completely obliterate their grip on reality. Revelations of corporate and political corruption coincide with the return of economic hard times. The facts of life under capitalist cycles of boom and bust were well understood many decades ago, when our fore-fathers and ñmothers organized strong unions that helped pull our nation out of the Great Depression, and fought to defeat fascism in Europe and Asia. But those lessons were more recently obscured by Madison Avenue hype and beltway spin. Now we face among other dangers the prospect of intensified war with Iraq. Without a shred of legal justification and with the likelihood of a horrible terrorist backlash against the worlds reigning super power, we anticipate using massive deadly force against the Iraqi People. Like the victims of the Taliban and al-Quaida in Afghanistan, they are devastated by many years of poverty intimately linked to the military, political, and economic system dominated by our government and its corporate masters. The U.S. government even plans contingencies for preemptive first use of nuclear weapons against People who are victims of Saddam Hussein. Our choice lies between collective responsibility for our childrens future, and the collective insanity of the Bush/Cheney administration. Its decision time for America and the world. Not even the worlds only super power and its unchallengeable military machine should aspire to infinite war as a response to crimes against humanity. Did we learn nothing from decades of slaughter that deformed the last century? After World War II the Nuremberg trials established the collective responsibility of People for failing to resist crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, war crimes and genocide. We Americans are now all at risk of guilt under these principles. Failing to oppose George W. Bushs government by big oil, corporate tyranny, and racist international aggression condemns us to the shame of allowing their greed and violence to rule our lives and our world. One of our best-loved artists now sings words I cant get out of my head in tribute to the unforgettable heroes of September 11, who bravely raced into the fire in service of others and died: May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love George W. Bush and his government lack the moral strength to serve social justice and peace rather than big business. They lack faith in democracy. They lack hope for a better world for the masses of the worlds People, which is the only real answer to terrorism. And they lack the love of humanity. Their strength is killing, making money, and lying about it. Their faith is non-existent. They hope for apathy of the American People. They love only money and power. Thirty years ago, during the Vietnam war and in the wake of the Watergate scandal, I remember how my unionist grandfather proudly wore a button on his hat that said ""Dump Nixon,"" and told everyone who would listen exactly what he thought about the obnoxious criminal in the White House. In his memory I can do no less to oppose todays equally venal U.S. rulers, dedicated as they are to corporate domination of working People and endless immoral wars in service of the rich. George W. Bush and his government lack legitimacy. Under the global crisis conditions caused by September 11, we cannot afford the luxury of ignoring their moral and legal transgressions. It is time for them to go. 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 tp30.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 September 11, was a wake up call for the Americans. Then, what did we see when we open our eyes? Now that we see that our United States have been attacked, people started to get together because of this horrible thing that had happened. Nobody had the idea that this could happened; September 11, is a day to remember. This day was a big tragedy to our US. Many innocent people was killed, families were destroyed, little innocent children were attacked but, who would of think this was going to happened exactly this day? This is a day that opened American s eyes to the reality, a wake up call. In plain sight, I think that there needs to be more protection, the government needs to consider that there is a big risk in our lives. And, what will happen this next 9/11? Nobody knows, expectantly, if something like this happens, we need to get and be ready. Authority of the government need to be prepared in order to avoid another affliction like 9/11 and to make a better world full of peace. Apparently, to my point of view, I think that this day we would never forget, this would stay in our minds for the rest of our lives. It is a day that all things that were happening stay in American's heart. Finally, I'd like to assume that September 11, is a day that opened all American s heart, and that of course this day is a historical day. 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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 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 "Speak softly and carry a big stick."" If I recall my history correctly, that century-old quote is from Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican that most of us can admire. Teddy was a fighter on the battlefield as well as in the political arena. He proved his bravery in the Spanish-American War and later, as our president, helped establish the United States of American as a world power. He also led our country in developing a national park system designed to conserve and preserve our natural wonders. He was probably would not fit in well with today's conservatives. I doubt that he could come close to a presidential nomination at a Republican Convention. But George W. Bush would do well to consider Teddy's advice. George W. had my support in his initial response to the September 11 attack on our nation and our citizens. He did most of it exactly right. He rallied our people but tempered his words, taking care not to excite religious and racial prejudice. He gave little comfort to the enemy, although I do wish he had flown directly to Washington after learning of the terrorist assault. Teddy would have. In the hunt for the terrorists George W. quickly proved that we carry a big stick. Decisive action in Afghanistan left no doubt about American strength and resolve. The Taliban fell quickly and most of the world was on our side. So far, so good. Now was the time for some quiet but firm diplomacy. Here I fear Dubya failed to weigh the effect of his words. First (and probably inadvertently) he encouraged Sharon's brutal crackdown on Palestinian ""terrorists."" Sharon needed no encouragement. This conflict has spun out of control and is uniting a Muslim world that sees us as allied with Israel. Next he lumped Iraq, Iran and North Korea into an ""axis of evil."" I am no admirer of governments in the latter two countries, but do not believe they should be equated to Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. Both have shown signs of tempering their anti-American, anti-Western stance. Governments of these nations had nothing to do with the September 11 atrocity. Indeed, a majority of the people involved in the terrorist attacks and most of the money backing them came from a ""friendly"" nation, Saudi Arabia. Bush's gratuitous remarks were unwarranted. Now Bush and his administration are loudly promising almost unilateral action against Saddam Hussein. While Saddam has few supporters outside of Iraq, our present course may unite the Muslim world behind him and against us, leaving other nations on the sidelines. Saddam must be isolated and removed from power. The question is how. The world knows that we carry a ""big stick."" Perhaps now is the time to speak softly. In other words, engage in quiet but firm talk behind the scenes. Support and be part of a world court instead of fighting it ""tooth and nail."" Work with and be part of the United Nations, insisting on real and meaningful arms inspections. When Saddam refuses to permit those inspections (and he will), then, maybe, we'll have allies to help us take action. Our present course is leading to isolation and could even end our status as a ""super power."" Then Bin Laden will have won. We should not . . . cannot . . . go it alone. Not if we want to continue to run our SUVs and heat our homes with Middle East oil. 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 tp25.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","Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned - Or Not Since 9/11 As the commanding officer as well as a member of the San Benito NJROTC, I couldnt believe my ears when I heard what had happened over the intercom. The first thought in my mind was how could this have happened or better yet how could this have happened to us? As I walked down the halls, I heard many say Let s just bomb them all . Again I couldnt believe what I was hearing. Two wrongs wont make a right. How many crosses will we have to lie Before we say our last goodbye How many wars will we have to fight Before we realize, in war, theres no wrong or right. America is made up of different races, religions, cultures, and their traditions. We come in all sizes, ages, and styles. Thats what separates us from other countries. Ironically, thats whats separating our country. Everyday we fight a war amongst ourselves. It took a great tragedy, such as September 11th, to open our eyes and bring us to a halt. Or did it? Did we really open our eyes or merely glance in another direction. Yes, we came together to fight a war as a country, but a war on whom? A War on Terrorism is what those seeking someone to blame call it. We saw it on T.V., we heard it on the news and, a year later, we discuss it amongst each other. No one really knew how to deal with what happened. America found it wasnt invincible and suffered from a great loss. We realized that we may be a big piece of the puzzle but we are still just a piece that completes 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 tp128.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 know this is late. I wanted to share it with you anyway: 9/11 affected me deeply enough to change my political behaviors. Since 9/11, I no longer just use my talents just for my political party. More than ever I am aware how our political parties divide us when we should be most connected. I feel more comfortable with bipartisanship standards because they conform to the Jeffersonian ideal of Democracy: hear all sides before deciding. It is my duty to use my talents wisely, in memory of all of those who died on 9/11. I no longer pull my punches, either--the pain in my chest when I recall the sound of those firemen's suit alarms in the dust, won't let me say less than I should say. That sound hurts so much that I must be brave. I must be. 9/11 made me see the forest instead of the trees. The terrible event also opened up my compassion for others in another way: I see a responsibility to reach out to a brave younger peopleóboth city and county officials as well as a new crop of volunteers and state assemblymen, who work against great odds for a better world here in Reno, Nevada. (The gambling syndicate long has canceled any tax benefit we gain because they drown our social services and justice system with addicted people.) 9/11 made me aware that there is no such thing as an intelligent or justified war, that the word 'war' itself implies schoolyard immaturity and old fashioned wrong-headedness. Now more attentive to alternative and foreign press, I understand now how our hegemonic moves into the Middle East give us control of offshore oil. I understand that the proposed war on Iraq is merely a feint to secure Saudi Arabia. 9/11 made me seek to better understand things. 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 tp28.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" Toward a More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned - or Not - Since 9/11 The events that took place on September 11, 2001 were more than a wake up call and more like a slap in the face. No one in the world, especially Americans, would have expected this to happen. America was pictured as an invincible country, so no one figured that a major terrorist attack would actually take place. It proved that America with its high standing in the world needs to take precaution with everyone in order to ensure the safety of its people. It showed our country that we should never let our guard down. We now know that there are people out there that will take advantage of the situation and try to take us down when least expect it. I believe the attacks also awoke a sense of patriotism and unity in all Americans. Its sad that it took an event of this caliber to get people to help one another. It also gave Americans the opportunity to show a side of them they never knew existed and it also made them realize what was really important in life. More people now look at everyday situations with a little more kindness in their heart and a better attitude. Americans also became very proud and appreciative of the country and government. We all became more grateful and aware that we live in a great country. These horrible events were a lesson well learned. America is now moving in the right direction, by making sure to be more cautious and to always remember, no matter what, to be appreciative of our way of life. 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 tp120.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", Real War on Terror begins at home. If bumper stickers and country music anthems are any indication, since last Sept. 11 many Americans have dealt with terrorism not by understanding the roots of this pernicious evil, and thus moving toward a real solution. But by making themselves feel better by repeating a largely unexamined hypothesis: that America is the greatest country on Earth. Why this preoccupation with being ""the greatest""? How do we define that term, and more to the point, why bother? It's a perverse exercise, rooted in a sick type of competition that itself may be linked to militarism. Furthermore the claim is dubious in light of the facts, including America's frequently backward ideas about conservation, the environment and even what it means to be free. Is freedom really little more than consumerism, about having the choice to buy one SUV or another? Seems like it, judging by the commercials. Many bristle at the suggestion that we might best advance our cause in the War on Terrorism if we modified our dependence on Middle East oil by parking that gas-guzzler in favor of more reasonable options. Yet these people gripe when the toll goes up a quarter, or the price of stamps jumps a nickel, but will sit mute when the president tramples civil liberties, trading real freedom for illusory security, and making the likes of Boeing rich in the meanwhile. Like many places around the world, America is a mix of the best and worst of humanity. If we do not always act ""great"" or with wisdom or moderation, we surely have a great potential, and some amazing things have sprung from U.S. soil (unfortunately these now include biotech crops). Yet we still have a lot to learn about wise use of resources, and especially what it means to be true global citizens. Buzzwords like ""globalization"" sound good to Wall Street, but globalization must mean more than simply hawking goods made cheaply in poor countries, while arrogantly continuing to act as if the rest of the world didn't matter (see ""Kyoto Treaty""). It is tough to advocate for more subtle interpretations of liberty when it's more fun to define ""freedom"" as a permutation of hedonism instead of what it really is: an obligation to respect limits, be stewards to the land and our fellow creatures, and to solve problems not with bombs but with compassion and insight. Uncle Scam wants you to believe the only hope against terrorism lies in mouthing the same old platitudes and cranking up the same tired, violent strategies. It's a bore, even if a deadly one. 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 tp156.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 no choice, the object lesson of the maelstrom moment we title ""9/11"" is so compelling, we must learn from it or be sucked into a black whole of nihilism and despair. But in the obscuring gray of falling ash and the resounding silence of the impossible made possible what do we see? What can we learn? We see our children - down to the seventh generation - and we comprehend how well they are loved. What do we tell them? What do we offer to sustain hope, ensure a sense of futurity? We see our brothers and sisters, close at hand and far off, who, in the serendipity of existence, share this time, this space with us on planet Earth - and we feel their horror and confusion as death rains down from above, for now, these are also our horror and confusion; we see the irreplaceable beauty and significance of each of our lives, the great loveliness and desirability of human global,community. We see writ in three dimensions and technicolor reality, the perversity, the brutality , the obscenity, the exportability, the evil of violence: violence as entertainment, violence as rhetoric, violence as solution - either personal or political. We see the endpoint of hatred. We see the cost wrought by the blindness of ignorance: be it of apathy or ideology, ours, theirs. We see the imperatives of history: lessons unlearned , return; as you sow, so shall you reap; great hubris leads to inevitable fall. We see that bounteous resources and national gifts, unlimited access to power, do not in themselves ensure for nations, virtue or its rewards. We learn . . .we must learn . . . to seek the truth, personally and together ,with passion and persistence, and to insist that truth ,and attendant justice, be the foundation for action. We must learn to cherish and cultivate what is good and beautiful and creative in the world, to search for planetary sustainability. We must learn to insist with our leaders that this is our will and their mandate. 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 tp40.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 Last September cost innocent lives and innocent assumptions about our everyday security. Both are gone forever. But the Bush administrations subsequent "war on terrorism" has also cost us something that we can and must recover: the ability to criticize our government without being branded traitors. Losing that ability means conceding democracy to fanaticism and fear -- precisely the aim of Osama bin Laden and his murderous band. September 11 gave George Bush a second chance as president. Now the president is using it to advance a radical right wing agenda that puts the nation at risk. By late last summer Bush's public approval ratings were heading Deep South. Writing on September 6, Wall Street Journal political editor Al Hunt summarized an emerging consensus. Bush had shown himself "dumbfounded or duplicitous" on the issues, and was no longer "controlling much of the political discourse." September 11 changed that. Horrified at what had happened, Americans rallied round their president to lead a suitable response. They responded with a new respect for the extraordinary heroism of firefighters and other public servants. Citizens learned a lesson that rebuked the ""infectious greed"" generated by this era of market dominance. Even the role of government was revalued in the face of real dangers and collective need. Alongside the fear and anger, these reactions contained a hopeful thread for reconstructing America's frayed democracy. But what we have gotten since instead -- all offered in the name of "fighting terrorism" -- is ""war profiteering"" masquerading as a stimulus package; abrupt and unilateral U.S. withdrawal from international arms control and environmental agreements; and a steady diet of lies from this Administration about everything from prescription drugs to the soundness of Social Security. Now this war presidents approval ratings are again slipping, and he is looking for another war -- but this time not against a cave-dwelling enemy in one of the poorest countries on earth, but an organized modern dictatorship in the armed and volatile Middle East. But it is not too late to take back our country and use this moment --one year later--to build a post-911 Reconstruction Agenda: restoring tax fairness, building a high-road economy of shared prosperity, protecting and repairing our environment, winning real campaign reform, fixing our broken cities and prisons, seeking peace through sustainable development, not just military threat, and providing universal access to quality health care, education and housing. While we're at it, why not launch a Moon Shot effort to achieve national energy independence, and deny terrorists and corrupt regimes in the Middle East the source of their power. All of these things are needed to advance this country's democratic promise. Fighting for them is the patriotism needed now. 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 This sad anniversary offers us an opportunity to take back our democracy. Above all we must work for peace and social justice to create a brighter future for our children. In the past year U.S. responses to crimes against humanity led us into greater peril. Bush blundered into a quagmire in Afghanistan. Israels occupation of Palestine exploded. The conflict between Pakistan and India threatens to go nuclear. Latin America balances on the brink of economic meltdown, coups and chaos. Our environment shows more signs of damage with every seasonal cycle. We see unremitting government attacks on constitutional freedoms. Now we face the prospect of intensified war with Iraq. Without legal justification and with the likelihood of terrorist backlash, we anticipate using massive deadly force against the Iraqi People. Our choice lies between collective responsibility for our childrens future, and the collective insanity of the Bush/Cheney administration. Bruce Springsteen sings in tribute to the heroes of September 11, who raced into the fire and died: May your strength give us strength May your faith give us faith May your hope give us hope May your love give us love By contrast, Bush lacks the moral strength to serve social justice and peace. He lacks faith in democracy, hope for a better world (which is the only real answer to terrorism), and the love of humanity. His strength is killing, making money, and lying about it. His faith is non-existent. He hopes for apathy of the American People. He loves money and power. Thirty years ago my grandfather wore a ""Dump Nixon"" button and denounced the obnoxious criminal in the White House. I can do no less to oppose todays equally venal U.S. rulers, dedicated to corporate domination of working People and immoral wars in service of the rich. 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 tp83.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 September 11th. Two simple words that can inspire complex emotions and lead a nation to fight. Yet have we learned from this tragedy? Once we looked beyond the destruction and into the heart of our country, what we saw left us shattered. The powerful giant that is the United States had been caught sleeping. We were supposed to be untouchable, but now we realized too late that we were not. Our open doors that once welcomed the hurting and poor were at once shut and the divisions of race and origin became painfully clear. We rose in hatred against each other and left painful wounds. Domestic policy pointed out people of certain origins in our airports and public places to be searched or watched. Is this not a violation of our rights as Americans? Foreign policy became to attack and destroy all people that we saw as potential enemies. What started as a retaliation against Afghanistan broadened to threats of war against terrorist nations in the Middle East. As a result, we have been polarized against people of Middle Eastern descent. All this served to do is tear us apart while we claim to be united. If anything is to be salvaged from this disaster, we must learn from all the times in the past that we have divided along the lines of race. We must take the lessons from World War II and September 11th and move towards acceptance of each other. We must unite whether we be Japanese, Middle Eastern, or any other race. Ultimately, we are all American. Is it not each of us that is responsible to lead our country towards a truly united future? 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 tp134.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...","And it's about time. For 5000 years we've seen monumentalism in the name of the powers that be waste enormous resources in the effort to feed the egos of leadership. And every monument draws the attention of angry minds wishing to strike back at the symbols of power structures that they cannot themselves dominate. Thankfully, in their blind rage, they have struck at the most obvious, but not the most critical targets. Instead of WTC, had they instead struck at the databases of the financial industry, found the means to erase banking records in nondescript buildings in the urban fringe, they could have shut down the entire economy. Instead, they have accellerated the dispersal of critical operations and the interconnectivity of electronic communications. Not long after 9/11 the bankers told the senate hearing that no more monumental office towers would be built because no one is willing to insure them any more. I see a clue in the ongoing installation of water lines along the roadways all over my part of the Ozark mountains. They are also putting up wireless high speed data towers so that widely dispersed businesses like mine can function in rural areas where terrorism and urban crime is a trivial threat. Ever since the Pharoahs we've seen power concentrated, and now we are seeing it dispersed, and whereas before it was all hidden behind palace walls, it is now evolving into 'open source' and 'accountability'. It's about time. 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 tp192.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 Lesson Learned? Recent history is full of lessons about the standing of the U.S. in the world, about the state of democracy globally and the effects of U.S. foreign policy: I think it is important to see 9/11 as one element in a continuum of political acts perpetrated by one race or nation on another, and not to single it out as unprecedented because it happened here and to U.S. citizens. International terrorism has been a fact of life since nations first formed, and, clearly, has become the symbol of outrage and defiance of the weak against the strong. Certainly, the symbolism of the 9/11 attacks on 'world trade' and 'the military' is lost on no one. The lesson to be gained from this ruthless act might be embedded in the everday meaning of its targets. Over the past 20 years the humanitarian aid that has always poured out of the United States to global victims of war, famine and disease has been overshadowed by the export of ""free trade."" This particular shibboleth masks the decline in the economies of those nations 'free' to experience foreign loans, investment and privatization in exchange for the lower incomes and lower quality of life required to finance their participation in this brave new world. The 20th century has also seen the wielding of the ""big stick"" foreign policy, which ran the gamut from the vanquishing of German aggression to the illegal bombing of Cambodia, and the prospect of an unprovoked invasion of Iraq. Once again, thanks for the good work, but the thing that lingers is the bitterness of having to live with injustice in any form. Is there a lesson in the ashes? Every single time. 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 tp59.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 a young nation, blessed with the wisdom and genius of our founding fathers, this country managed against great odds to build itself into a nation respected and envied by the world. It took a mere 200 years to become the most powerful, industrialized nation on the planet. Then came Sept.11, 2001. A day that all of us were aware was coming, we just didn't know when and in what form. Our country has been spared the tragedies that other nations' face on almost a daily basis and have for centuries. Even in our music, the conflicts are always ""over there"". Well, there is no ""over there"" any longer. It is here in our own backyard. We have for too long been ignorant as a collective nation of our policies and their affect on the attitude of how we are viewed as a people by the rest of the world. Our institutions of higher learning are sorely lacking in preparing our youth, which will soon take the reins, in cultural or language skills in a growing global world. The time has come when we can no longer afford to point a finger, but must with a critical eye recognize the siesmic disaster sitting just below the surface. While we snooze in the safe cocoon designed for us by those with everything to gain by our ignorance, corporate greed and corruption run rampant. Care of our elderly and protection for our children lack credibility. The environment suffers and our infrustructure is in shambles. The constitution says ""for the people and by the people"". WE are the people. Those elected to represent us collect their salaries from our hard earned dollars, but do they really listen to voices of those the constitution meant to protect? I wonder. 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 tp215.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 QUESTION In the storm of emotion resulting from these dreadful events ñ horror, rage, grief, fear, bewilderment, desire for revenge ñ calm and objectivity are naturally far to seek, and it would be unreasonable to expect otherwise. Yet even now there must be some thoughtful Americans asking themselves, ""Who could hate us enough to do this to us? And what have we ever done to deserve such hatred?"" These are difficult questions to ask, let alone answer. Both the asking and the answering require an ability to see the world through other people's eyes which Americans, notoriously, lack. This insularity must be at least in part an accident of geography and should not be imputed to them as fault. It is, nevertheless, a crippling disadvantage in dealing with the world outside one's own borders. The writer Sybille Bedford tells how she was approached by a drunken American in a bar in Mexico complaining that the locals wouldn't drink with him. ""I'm only trying to be friendly,"" he said. She replied: ""They don't want you to be friendly. They want you to be polite.""1 It may seem eccentric to suggest that good manners are the key to the proper conduct of international relations. But the willingness and the ability to stand in someone else's shoes and see with their eyes is the beginning and end of good manners. And good manners, the humblest form of love, is ultimately what prevents the world =ollapsing into a state of Hobbesian savagery. There seems to be some debate at the moment as to whether Israel's helot population of Palestinians, harassed, humiliated, bullied, starved, shot at, trapped in their ever-shrinking ghettoes, did or did not dance in the streets at the news of the attack on America - and if so how many did and how many didn't. Interesting questions, certainly. But there is another question, much harder to ask and to answer: ""If I were a Palestinian, wouldn't I be dancing in the streets?"" How many are now asking themselves that question? And what answers do they find? 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 tp177.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 Annotation Annotations to this item. 1. ""A visit to Don Otavio."" (1960)