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", "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. 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