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 Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:26 PM VICTIM COMPENSATION COMMENTS TO BEGIN WITH, I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT COMPENSATING THE VICTIMS, PERIOD. THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T COMPENSATE THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING EVEN THOUGH THE VICTIMS WERE MOSTLY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OR CITIZENS IN THE BUILDING DOING BUSINESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THE MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING WAS CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT WAS A FEDERAL BUILDING. THE VICTIMS IN THE EMBASSY BOMBINGS WEREN'T COMPENSATED EITHER & THEY WERE ALSO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. NOR WERE THE VICTIMS IN THE PAN AM BOMBING COMPENSATED. WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN DO WE SINGLE THIS GROUP OUT TO BE COMPENSATED? I THINK BECAUSE OF THE EMOTIONALISM OF THE MOMENT AND THE SCOPE OF THE DISASTER THIS AIRLINE BAIL OUT BILL WAS PASSED IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT NO ONE HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATIONS. I THINK THE WHOLE BILL IS AN INAPPROPRIATE USE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY AND I RESENT THAT NOW THE ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE HELP WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER. THESE ISSUES AFFECT A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THE VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11. THE AIRLINES AND THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COMPENSATION GIVEN THE VICTIMS; AFTER ALL, AIRLINE SECURITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LETTING THESE HIJACKERS ON THE PLANES, ALTHOUGH I ADMIT THE GOVERNMENT HAS SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALLOWING BOX CUTTERS ON PLANES AND BEING TOTALLY CLUELESS ABOUT THE THREATS OF TERRORISM AND HAVING NO CONTROL AT ALL OVER IMMIGRATION AND WHO IS ALLOWED IN THE COUNTRY. I DONATED TO THE VICTIMS FUND AND I THINK THAT CHARITABLE DONATIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN DECIDING HOW MUCH TO GIVE A VICTIM OR FAMILY MEMBER. I THINK VICTIMS' SPOUSES, DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND PARENTS SHOULD HAVE CLAIM TO THE FUNDS; I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HAVING ANY CLAIM. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-07 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 dojW000204.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. 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. 2001-11-07