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 While the political class fights over the mechanics of Homeland Security, few have had the courage to ask - why are we now calling ourselves a Homeland? With the new Department of Homeland Security poised to devour most of the Executive Branch as we know it, this reorganization will militarize many functions of our civil government and vastly expand the direct authority of the Office of the President. But even more disturbing is the notion of ""Homeland"" itself as a cloak for our imperial ambitions. The White House web site lists National Security and Homeland Security as equal priorities. Pardon me, but what exactly is the difference between National Security and Homeland Security? If we are now the ""Home Land,"" then what is our ""Away Land?"" This is more than just a semantic issue - the very need to define a ""Homeland"" theater of operations within a larger ""National"" sphere belies our status as an Empire. According to the Department of Defense web site, ""we have some 473,881 uniformed troops and civilian personnel both afloat and on shore... in every time zone and every climate."" U.S. submarines and warships ply every ocean, and communications and spy satellites circle the globe. In a subtle twist of language, we have expanded our defensible national interest to include the entire world. This ""home"" versus ""away"" scheme also fits neatly into Bush's foreign policy- Us vs. Them. After 9/11, we asked, ""Why do they hate us?"" We should listen to ourselves for the answer: In most dictionaries, ""homeland"" is a close synonym of ""fatherland,"" a word often found in the company of ""ethnic cleansing"" and ""goose-step."" So what's the matter with those stinking cowards in the U.S. Senate? Can't they see we've got an Empire to run? 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 tp43.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. 2003-02-24