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 Since that dark day last year, the nation has been understandably distracted. Now, what were we saying about Privatization again? The Great Experiment (Version 2) -- namely, privatization of anything that moved -- was in full sway before the attacks of September 11th. But that summer, it had also sparked a growing public debate. The California Energy Crisis provided both the supporters and opponents of privatization with ammunition: the latter held it up as a market failure, the former called it governmental bungling. But with a war on, the publics attention was divided, diluting the impact of the subsequent revelations. The privatization debate quieted last year, but only one side stopped arguing. Was the Presidents exhortation, that shopping was patriotism, part of the reason the privatization agenda rebounded so quickly? The entertainment conglomerates appear before Congress, asking for search-and-seizure powers to root out music which hadnt come through their pay-per-use portals. Private agencies build toll "freeways" and charge us for driving on them. DNA belongs to corporations. We turn to the omnipresent Market for drinking water, day care, and numerous other facets of life which used to be virtually free. Our parks were privatized years ago; today eroding public beaches are given away for seawalls which protect private mansions. This combined with our eroding environmental laws describes a trend, where in the New World Order the only ones who have cost-free access to America's public property are the corporations who dump toxins into it. Are there alternatives? Can (or should) our elected representatives support free enterprise and capitalism, without buying into that bleak destiny? Can our own consciences and "gut feelings," about morality and fair use, guide us through life under modern technological capitalism -- or must we trust these decisions to the experts and the lawyers? 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 tp96.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