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" Can you say idiot? Well, in my opinion that is in fact what our president is. According to certain internet rumors, President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks and who would be responsible, before they took place. I think Bush deliberately allowed for them to take place in order to gain himself a place of greatness in the history books, and to get everyone in the United States' attention away from how weak of a president he was. Well in some cases Bush did get stronger, but to me it just made him a big idiot. I personally think Mayor Rudy Giulianni gained more popularity and strength than Bush did. Then the invasion of Afghanistan and the irradication of the Al Queda and Taliban came along. All the invasion did was make him look like even more of a pompous. I ask myself, ""Why are they invading, when according to them, they weren't sure it was Bin Laden."" Bush was just to caught up in ""evil doers"". And now, Iraq! Now that ""W"" is planning on invading Iraq makes my teeth clench even more. I know he means well, but Bush needs to learn his limits. I strongly feel he might end up bringing the U.S. in deeper water. All in all, despite rumors 9/11 was in fact a wake up call. It opened the eyes of all Americans to the fact the democracy should not be taken for granted. If it weren't for those attacks on the Pentagon and the W.T.C. I don t think that people would be as patriotic as they are now. Now that we are almost in at war is kind of scary, but the fact that ""we"" as a nation have grown stronger makes me a citizen of the U.S.A. less frightened. 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 tp106.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. 2003-02-28 Notes Notes about this item. San Benito High School Assigned by Tom Hand, English 4