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 The United States of America has always been believed to be above and beyond other countries; it has always been one of the most powerful and respected nations in the world. The recent terrorist bombings of September 11, has caused our dominance on a global level to be questioned. It turned our America wasnt as untouchable a nation as we previously thought. The very structure of our country has been put under review. The aftermath of the attack has served to show Americans that our democratic government doesn't work very efficiently in crisis situations. There are too many people involved in the decision making process, and it can take anywhere from a week to a few months to finally take action. Democracy is very messy. It has taken almost a full year for the US to start rebuilding the damage done to our country, and that's not very reassuring to me. Personally, I've lost a lot of faith in the US of A. I know it was no one persons fault, but I can't help but wonder: how could our government let this happen? We all know the US is constantly sticking its nose in every else's business, so how did we not figure out that sooner or later someone would get upset. We should have been prepared, but I guess this attack has served to open our eyes and help us see how badly we need to update our defense. The bottom line is that our country has to stop being so indecisive toward what action to take for the public interest. America is a great country and will prevail no matter what. 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 tp135.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