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 Toward A More Perfect Union: Lessons Learned - Or Not - Since 9/11 Good things can come from terrible acts, but 9/11 has made the union less perfect. For a time there was a heartening compassion for 9/11 victims. It didn't generalize. Mass interest in specific aspects of foreign affairs improved a little, but that interest centers largely on making war against countries that may not merit invasion. There is little interest in obtaining an international consensus on making war before doing it. Tolerance of diversity has diminished. American chauvinism has become louder and more offensive. Arab men have been detained for long periods without due process, beaten up by bigots, thrown off planes, and stigmatized in many other ways. Government agencies and public media have encouraged the population to report ""suspicious""--read Arab-looking--people and their actions. Mass media have compliantly toed the government line, providing a narrow spectrum of opinion centering around the rightwing government's views. The Bush administration has used 9/11 as a pretext to enact measures that increase the flow of money from the population and the public purse to very wealthy individuals and corporations. More ominously, the Bush administration has declared an unending "war on terrorism" which, without apparent awareness that they are following George Orwell's ""1984"" almost to the letter, they treat as a licence to militarize the country, propose internment camps, and dismantle both civil rights protections and many government programs basic to any decent social contract. The two big political parties are owned subsidiaries of large corporations and other wealthy contributors who are getting the government they purchased--not democratic, not fair, not wise, not just. The union has become frightening to live in, and nothing on its political horizon promises to improve it. 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 tp201.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. 2003-03-10