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and in the end it doesn't even matter
« on: February 04, 2010, 08:34:12 AM »
and it is rather simple PLANT TREES, PLANT MORE TREES and provide the poor other means to cook their food

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/story/83516.html
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A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching
spiritual death.

Martin Luther King, Jr
and we're still CRAZY after all these years
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2010, 04:56:15 PM »
 Roll Eyes
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and in the end it doesn't even matter
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 09:50:42 AM »
ok well planting trees is a good step towards making the island whole again but the bigger win was fought by challenging the IMF and forcing them to back off - a REAL success for Haitian peoples  Tongue

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-theres-real-hope-from-haiti-and-its-not-what-you-expect-1889958.html
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A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching
spiritual death.

Martin Luther King, Jr
and we're still CRAZY after all these years
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Why don't we try to respect one another.
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 03:33:55 PM »
You actually have a point. The free market doesn't work anytime people sit back and wait for the handout.

You know, like in your case.
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Still looking at the grass from the green side.
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