okay lets see if this worked.

yes!

okay, the banner above is for a great campaign called "Buy Nothing day" Nov.29 (the day after thanksgiving) is the busiest shopping day of the yr in the US. Overconsumption is the mother of all the problems that we have right now, (why do women in el salvador have to work in sweatshops? bc americans "consume"/ buy more goods than any other country in the world. not only do they want these goods they want them cheap. why is the us going to war with Iraq? not to fight 'terroism" but to gain control over the country with the largest amount of petrolium deposits in the world. oh and fyi americans consume more oil then any other country in the world. why is global warming giving us extra floods and messed up weather? short answer, overconsumption.)

christmas is a wonderful beautiful holiday. and its not about getting gifts. its actually a religious holiday, but we wont hold that against it. (kidding) christmas is about love. friends. family. spend time with ur loved ones. buy ur friends meangful gifts if u even buy them anything at all. spend the money on worthwhile causes, charity. think, evaluate what the money that ur spending is saying to corporations. when u spend $50 on a sweater from the Gap (or on a downpayment for a pair of nikes) ur telling those companies that its okay by u that they destroy the earth and exploit ppl, including ur family members, and urself. thats not the gift that u want to be giving.

oh something thats been bugging me for a while now....
why is j.lo going to marry ben afflect? thats jennifer lopez from the bronx, who has the most ghetto ass i have seen in a really long time, marrying some guy from cambridge, mass. thats not right. thats one of the fly girls from inliving color marrying a white guy named ben.