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This was posted on baghdad burning on February 20, 2007. The author is an anonymous woman living in Baghdad. It takes a lot to get the energy and resolution to blog lately. I guess it's mainly because just thinking about the state of Iraq leaves me drained and depressed. But I had to write tonight. As I write this, Oprah is on Channel 4 (one of the MBC channels we get on Nilesat), showing Americans how to get out of debt. Her guest speaker is telling a studio full of American women who seem to have over-shopped that they could probably do with fewer designer products. As they talk about increasing incomes and fortunes, Sabrine Al-Janabi, a

"We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy."    Dr. Martin Luther King, April, 1967 From The Philosophy of Anti-Consumerism As Dr. King keenly observed more than 30 years ago, society should encourage its members to look to their relationships with others for fulfillmen

its been a while since i last updated on anything. i've been busy, rather yet, i should be busy hah! college has been a bugger. rap music is rubbish. my pockets are empty and i need a drink. i'm ready to break out. anybody care to join me? i read something interesting from my stats. "His deviation with the most comments is 14 with 14 comments, receiving an average of 1 per day in the first 2 weeks (14 days), and it is also his most favourited, with 14 favourites, averaging 1 per day in the first 2 weeks......" cheers :peace: