Greetings and salutations!

I was forwarded a very interesting article on the intersections of religion, politics, and commerce in the Middle East. Adding credence is the fact it is authored by an established analyst from that culture.

You can read the article in a recent copy of Fortune magazine:
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/brainstorm/0,15704,710205,00.html

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Tonight our dreams are in our sights, as we're lifted out of nowhere with sunspots in our eyes, we see the glory of our lives . Our hearts are burning bright, our songs all stay behind to sing the story of our lives.

I can sing you a song that'll make you cry yet smile inside, and we can hold on to each other's hearts 'til we die, and angels close our eyes. (TEG)

I will never be the same, now that I have seen the cross, and how you took upon yourself the fullness of the wrath of God. And I may never understand just what you suffered in my place. You who knew no sin, how you were made sin for us. And oh, how fierce, the Father's anger, and though you were pierced, all the pain could not compare. So dark was the sky above, when all Heaven turned its face away, turned its face away from you. And oh, how sweet is your mercy, as it finds it's way to me. (TBG)

Reaching to the stars - I'll steal them all for you. (TEG)

With Hope,
Joseph