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 Our wake up call from the 9/11 attacks was belated. Only now do we ponder the full extent of threats to freedom. Yes, we were indeed assaulted by heinous terrorists. Yet our government has since finished where Bin Laden left off. The Department of Homeland Security vows to match the terrorists' dynamism; flexibility is key when fighting terrorism. The President -- a fitness enthusiast who occasionally chops down trees for exercise -- avers that to touch our toes we must first shoehorn bric-a-brac agencies into a single monolith. However, common sense dictates that a more fitting motto for the DHS behemoth is: ""if you haven't witnessed our white elephant do a split yet, then you have never truly seen a white elephant."" Lest we forget we are dealing with what Bush often calls ""terrorist killers"". Thus, does it behoove us to emulate these lawless gadflies? Heaven forbid that we extend our tour de force against our shadowy nemeses to clear-eyed allies. Yet Bush might do just that, as he has already, wantonly, forsaken civil liberties. Have we let the War on Terror spill into a war against law, plunging us down the slippery slope of sloppy reasoning? The Constitution, some say, is the ultimate firewall against abuse. But so is our political culture. We must bolster, rather than bury, the rule of law. Judicial review has been hijacked. We cannot follow the courts' deference to the president. The democratic process is now the gatekeeper of last resort. Congressional midterms are fast approaching. It is not too late to strip Bush's incidental mandate. His case for war against Hussein has been built on speculation and fear. In the wake of the attacks speculation and fear were warranted, but we have since learned that panic mode is the antithesis of democratic deliberation. 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 tp33.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