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Poll: Bin Laden tops Musharraf in Pakistan

I found this article on CNN very disturbing. Below are a few quotes:

"We have conducted 23 polls all over the Muslim world, and this is the most disturbing one we have conducted," said Ken Ballen, the group's head. "Pakistan is the one Muslim nation that has nuclear weapons, and the people who want to use them against us -- like the Taliban and al Qaeda -- are more popular there than our allies like Musharraf."

According to poll results, bin Laden has a 46 percent approval rating. Musharraf's support is 38 percent. U.S. President George W. Bush's approval: 9 percent.

66 percent of poll respondents said they believe the United States is acting against Islam or has anti-Muslim motivation. Others refused to answer the question or said they did not know.

4 percent said the US had a good motivation in the war on terrorism."

74 percent said they oppose U.S. military action against al Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan.

After American relief efforts following the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan's Kashmir region, 46 percent of Pakistanis had a positive opinion of the United States, according to the poll. But as of last month, only 19 percent reported a favorable opinion.

A tribute to Anita Roddick

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Anita Roddick died yesterday. It was a sad day. I've known Anita since 1994 when I was in business school. She was a pioneer in making business a force of change.  At that time, she and Ben Cohen were my business role models. 
In 2001, I ended up being Chairman and CEO of Body Shop Digital -- the bricks to click version of the Body Shop. Ultimately, this joint venture between Softbank and Body Shop never truly launched. We sold the company back to the corporate parent.  During that time, I had the pleasure of working with Anita and Gordon Roddick.
Anita was awesome. An inspiration to listen to and a true visionary. Fun to be around. She also was a bit kooky and crazy -- but I've always had a soft spot for kooky, crazy and passionate women. I will miss her. I think the world would be a better place if there more people like Anita :-).  Goodbye Anita.

The Truman Show is live

I read about life casting here today.   It reminded me of the film The Truman Show with Jim Carrey. I liked the movie and remember thinking that it was only a matter of time before reality tv hit real life.  Life casting is just that....and I predict this trend will continue to grow.  As people video broadcast more and more of their lives, the raw footage of reality video will grow BIG BIG and the real value will be in the editing, tagging, discovery, mashups, and monetization of this diverse content universe.