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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:03 AM Original message |
Bill and Melinda ain't all that |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. If they "don't want to be part of the controversy.", shouldn't they let the doctors and women |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh no! They are not perfectly in sync with all DUers? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:40 AM Original message |
So you have a choice to support women's health or the oligarch - and you go with the oligarth. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. Shocking isn't it? |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. How 'bout they help out with health care in the country which made them rich? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. in 2008, nine million children under age 5 died |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not bad for a man who sold the Ford Pinto of software for decades |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. LOL...bullshit! You Gates haters are just jealous! |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. 010010101 100110111 000000111 111101011 n/t |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. OK..... |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Well, I for one don't approve of some of their actions in the past, your |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bill the college dropout wants to reform education |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So he spends 1.5 billion on a good cause but not what some thinks he should spend it on! |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes, the Koch brothers are so revered here. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I see as many anti-gate posts as anti-koch ones. It should be 20-1 |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. you left out something - the women, us women, our sisters in Africa |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. you're totally off-base - they are NOT "anti-abortionists" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. So did the Kochs |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. You are irrational based on one experience with Gates and computers. I forgive you. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. I guess giving 1.5 billion isn't enough for some.. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, they are immensely rich and powerful. So they are utterly above criticism. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. It is a joke. Gates gives Billions to good causes and people hate him here. |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Doesn't make much sense does it? |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. And they are buying the stairway to heaven. So they think. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Are you related to Bill or something? |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Gates has also given money |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. it shouldn't matter - the level of good that has been done |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. So he's bipartisan |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. its called a 'sanity test' the Gates failed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. that is a lie - they are not anti-abortionist |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. So money buys respect? |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. giving up? Yeah, like they didn't get an equal TAX BENEFIT for that amount |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think they're religiously insane - I think they are either social cowards - |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. They Are Pragmatic |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I feel the need to insult them - openingly and loudly |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have never, ever supported the philosophy behind their philanthropy. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. they're spearheading public school privatization |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. ditto |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. double ditto |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh look - the opposite complaint: |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
30. avoiding the controversy for this organization - |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-06-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bill Gates the Misogynist Pig |
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