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 Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Below find a marvelous piece, especially for anyone feeling a little beseiged by the swell on mile-long, inch-deep patriotism flooding the land.  BTW,  for those of you who haeven't done so, please send me an e-mail to alruff@execpc.com so that I can switch you address over to my NEW e-mail location. -X Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 00:56:00 -0600 > > > San Francisco Gate - Oct 19, 2001 > > > > >http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/10/19/not e > > s101901.DTL&type=printable> > > > > Evil Evildoers Of Evil > > > > How to feel calmly patriotic and yet not the slightest bit reassured by >Bush > > & Co. > > > > By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist > > > > This much is true: It really is possible to love your country and > > value your freedoms and still believe the government is full of fools > > and prevaricators and BS artists and Dick Cheney. Really. > > > > It is still possible to feel warmly patriotic in personal and > > important ways and yet believe the military and the generals and the > > war machine do not have your best interests at heart and really > > couldn't care less what those interests are anyway but thank you for > > sharing now please sit down and do as we tell you and by the way, > > thanks for all the flags and the money. > > > > And it is still possible to feel unified and spiritually connected to > > all that is good and righteous about your generally nonviolent > > Americanism -- you know, wine and sex and good music, large dogs and > > literature and clean water and tongue kissing in the streets -- and > > still be depressed when our famously nonintellectual president talks > > to the country like we're all five years old and heavily dosed on > > Ritalin. > > > > When Bush employs phrases like "bring the evildoers to justice" over > > and over, 17 times in one speech alone, and he furrows his brow like > > a serious Muppet and offers carefully scripted reassurances > > deliberately lacking in polysyllabism and detailed explanation > > because that would be, you know, complicated.  When he repeats > > primitive little maxims like "There are no negotiations" and responds > > to press-conference questions about the vitriolic anti-US hatred that > > has blossomed around the globe by saying, "I'm amazed. I just can't > > believe it because I know how good we are," thus causing a giant > > global spasm of multinational cringing and openly insulting the > > intelligence of anyone who can walk and breathe at the same time. > > > > When he delivers very earnest speeches he had no part in writing, > > and when he is forced to speak extemporaneously, sans script or > > TelePrompTer, and is reduced to simplistic good-guy/bad-guy > > platitudes and flustered, rapid blinking, and who cannot for the life > > of him articulate a complex idea, some sort of nuanced elucidation of > > our nation's motives and positioning, that contains more than one > > possible level of meaning.  But perhaps that's too harsh. Unfair. > > He's the president, after all. He is a Good Man. He's our leader > > right now, he's doing his best and he's all we've got. This is our > > rallying cry, our motto: He's all we've got. There's your bumper > > sticker. And there he is. > > > > Except for Cheney, which isn't exactly reassuring. No one has ever > > seen this man's mouth actually move. No one can take one look at his > > oddly spiritless and wan figure and not think, oh dear God, that man > > is running on fumes. From a bunker. With ropes and pulleys. But > > you're not supposed to. In fact, you really aren't allowed to > > criticize the president or the veep right now, not supposed to feel > > strangely leaderless and adrift, not permitted to look upon the > > events of the past weeks with much wariness or bitterness or a > > disquieting sense that we're setting things in motion that have no > > predictable outcome -- ugly, subterranean, hateful things that could > > last years and will surely cost billions and will deeply entrench the > > nation in a bizarre and poisonous shell game with shadowy opponents > > of largely unknown capability and do you hear that? That soft > > roaring? > > > > That's the sound of the GOP-stroked military machine, quietly > > cheering. Never mind the staggering multibillion-dollar political > > mess in Saudi Arabia that fueled bin Laden's network for years, or > > the enormous oil fields that are desperately vulnerable to terrorist > > attack at any moment. Never mind the US government's outright > > rejection of new advancements in alternative fuels to get us away > > from oil and out of the Gulf entirely. Instead we get: Evildoers. Air > > strikes. Hundreds of dead civilians. Rumsfeld denials. And Bush, > > squinting, saying things only small children and GasMaskExpress.com > > shoppers find comforting and manly. It is, Bush tells us, a war on > > terrorism. We will eradicate terrorism through largely violent and > > aggressive means, because that is what we must do and what we always > > do and everything else takes too damn long. We have to do something. > > > > This is the common wisdom. Bush said so. Mr. Rumsfeld told him so, > > with his black and shiny hawk eyes all a-glimmer. Disagree? You > > traitorous whiner. This war, it will be just like the War on Drugs. > > It will be potent and effective and our objectives will be clear. The > > nation had a nasty drug problem and we declared a war on drugs and > > spent billions over many years and now you can't buy drugs anymore. > > It will be just like that. > > > > There is more than one way to respond to the horror of Sept. 11. And > > there is more than one kind of patriotism. We forget this. You do not > > have to rally around Bush and tolerate Cheney's chthonic creepiness > > and wave a frantic flag and believe every scripted half-truth that > > drizzles out of the Pentagon, applaud the nonstop attacks on an > > already demolished nation. Pro-America does not mean pro-war. Or > > pro-Bush. Or anti- Afghanistan. Or pro-little-flags-on-SUV-antennas. > > It means thinking independently and getting better informed and > > filtering your news very carefully and realizing that just because > > one version of the American aggro attitude is currently being > > ramrodded down society's throat doesn't mean you have to swallow. > > > > It means you don't have to find Tomahawk missiles really cool or > > think all those tens of thousands of Europeans and Egyptians and > > world citizens protesting the US bombings must be commie jerks, or > > feel sad and morally depleted when you can't seem to draw any > > intellectual nourishment whatsoever when Bush declaims, "Terrorists > > want us to stop our lives, stop our flying, stop our buying. But this > > nation will not be intimidated by evildoers." You don't have to buy > > into that infantile hokum for a moment. After all, this is America. > > > > > > [Mark Morford's Notes & Errata column appears every Wednesday and > > Friday on SF Gate, unless it appears on Tuesday or Thursday, which it > > almost never does. He also writes the Morning Fix, a deeply skewed > > and very funny daily email newsletter.] _______________________________________________ discuss@madpeace.org mailing list http://lists.OpenSoftwareServices.com/mailman/listinfo/madpeace-discuss September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:57 AM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients rwmcches@uiuc.edu September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. X September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-discuss] Fwd: this is so well written (fwd) 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 [MAPC-discuss] Fwd: this is so well written (fwd) 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. unknown 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. email 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. 2001-11-11