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 Has anything gotten better since September 11th? It seems everyday the "mcmilitarial industrial complex Corporation" tightens its grip around the necks of the American Consumer (citizen?). Since September 11th, the "liberal" mass media has reported about six stories that could be considered investigative journalism that entailed more legwork than walking to the AP machine. "The W" and American CEO Dick Cheney have remained bullet proof despite enormous amounts of evidence that testify to their shadiness and unfitness to serve people they know nothing about nor care to. "There will be no more easy money, just hard time," says George. That s just funny. When politicians get to this level of hypocrisy it enters the realm of "super irony." Language implodes under its own weight at this stage, releasing intermittent laughter and sobbing as by-product. The average consumers societal plight is virtually the same. It s still easier for a corporation to claim bankruptcy and get shelter from debt than the average citizen. US foreign policy is still putting us all at risk. The gap between rich and the poor is widening. The economy sucks. Our civil liberties are in dire condition. The democrats are mostly a bunch of pushovers and get their money from the same place as republicans anyway. Politics and big business is, as usual, an incestuous orgy of influence and power that we are not invited to. So, whats gotten better? September 11th has done nothing to reform the corrupt power structure from what I can see. My life is the pretty much the same besides being laid off and the ridiculous amount of reading Ive been doing. Reading. Thats whats gotten better since 9/11. September 11th has made me more informed and probably others. Knowledge is often increased by tragedy. Knowledge is good. Perhaps things are looking up. 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 tp74.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