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I heard a story today about a guy in Afghanistan that was climbing there and when he finsihed, these locals asked him to build a school there. When he got back to the states he decided to send letters to several celebrities and ask them to send money to help build a school in Afghanistan (12K for one school) The only celebrity that sent him money was Tom Brokaw and he sent a $100. This inspired him to send letters to his friends and their friends to ask to help him build a school in Afghanistan. In two short years, he has collected millions of dollars and he found out in the course of his work that people all over the world were more interested in making peace than making war. As a professional partnership builder helping those with less partner with those with more, I found this an intriguing concept. I have been reading blogs for months and it struck me that oftentimes, the blogs are about beefs or gripes or negative things in general. It propelled me to want to start my on blog and see if bloggers are more like politicians, enjoy making war than making peace or if they are like this climber in Afghanistan that says humankind is really more interested in making peace than making war. What do you think?