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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:16 AM Original message |
For all the Bill Gates bashers... |
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mark0rama (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. Gates' generosity is real, and it sets a great example. |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Then it's official: |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry, I'd have to think 29 billion is pocket change for Bill..... |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Lol |
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Ioo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. If you look at the % of his total worth, it is more then most... |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. I laud Bill Gates... |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. He did earlier good deeds |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I stand corrected, thank you, but... |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I couldn't agree with you more |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Ok, I'm probably wrong. Sorry. According to the Bill Gates weath clock... |
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sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. He is supposedly giving away all his money before his death. |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. If I remember correctly... |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, he has made a huge difference in the lives of people whose companies |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well, there is another way to look at it |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. And think how productive we could be with products that were less lame |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. And think of the sales Microsoft makes when Micorsoft products are |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. good article in 10/24 issue of 'the new yorker' about |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. I have never bashed Bill Gates & I doubt I ever will |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. For an evil geek, Bill Gates has a heart. |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Prior to Windows |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Back then, not many people had computers. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Gates is a decent man |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. He's A Cutthroat Businessman But A Good, Generous Human Being |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. Hmmmmmmm. Where does Bill Gates stand on the tax cut for the |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well, he is on record... |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Where Bill Gates is. Stuffing his pockets and watching out for number 1. |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Some people are never happy |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I give what little bit I can when I can. Which I suspect to me is |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Sorry, that was a little snotty wasn't it? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thank you for the apology. That's something you very rarely see here. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. He's an effective monopoly and the direction he's taking will solidify it. |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'm not a blind Gates lover, but... |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Bill Gates' father was one of the most vocal people against the repeal... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
20. I can't judge Bill Gates - he's given my district $3 million. |
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mrfrapp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. Greg Palast |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
26. Give it up, shill. It's not just that his "foundation" is a tax shelter, |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Bitter much? |
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DFWdem (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Offshores en masse? |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. A lot of the US employees are not American citizens. |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. You're too kind, HypnoToad. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I respectfully disagree |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. "... global health ...." |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's very flawed, but intriguing. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. He is simply doing what other robber barons have done throughout history |
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