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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-11 08:42 PM
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22. to buy the next generation
public education is how a society stays free in the face of monetary power
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  -Bill Gates gave ALEC $376,635 to push education reform. madfloridian  Dec-06-11 12:31 PM   #0 
  - why are parents letting him create their childrens world? nt  xchrom   Dec-06-11 12:33 PM   #1 
  - The same reason we let him create the computer world  izquierdista   Dec-06-11 02:18 PM   #13 
  - GATES is no BUFFETT and he needs to rethink his priorities!  CarmanK   Dec-06-11 12:35 PM   #2 
  - Buffett's giving his money to Gates. Presumably their agendas are similar.  WildNovember   Dec-06-11 11:36 PM   #26 
  - Because that's all the change he had in his front pocket at the time.  Major Hogwash   Dec-06-11 12:42 PM   # 
  - Gates is dangerous  HelenWheels   Dec-06-11 12:42 PM   #3 
  - Look who is advising Arne at the Dept. of Education...Arne formerly on Broad Found. board.  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 12:50 PM   #5 
  - His investments in GMO's is scary s_*)*)(&^%%. Putting drugs into plants!  glinda   Dec-07-11 12:32 AM   #27 
  - But he cured malaria!  proud2BlibKansan   Dec-06-11 12:43 PM   #4 
  - And he thinks teachers don't improve after 3 years!!  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 12:51 PM   #6 
  - Bwahahahahaha.  MedicalAdmin   Dec-06-11 03:19 PM   #15 
  - He's going to try to stop hurricanes too. nt  teacher gal   Dec-06-11 08:37 PM   #21 
     - I thought you were kidding, so I looked it up. He IS into hurricane technology now.  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 10:32 PM   #23 
        - This is the same game plan  sulphurdunn   Dec-07-11 06:07 AM   #30 
           - "solution to all of our public woes is social and economic reform"  madfloridian   Dec-09-11 01:22 PM   #43 
  - I will give any DU poster $3.76 to PUSH Bill Gates!  undeterred   Dec-06-11 01:24 PM   #7 
  - The GATEway thugs  Blue Owl   Dec-06-11 01:25 PM   #8 
  - ALEC? 'nuff said  alp227   Dec-06-11 01:27 PM   #9 
  - Bill Gates  LoisB   Dec-06-11 01:32 PM   #10 
  - No man should be so rich he has nothing left to buy but his government.  aquart   Dec-06-11 01:51 PM   #11 
  - Exactly...and no man should be rich to buy the school system.  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 03:10 PM   #14 
     - to buy the next generation  L. Coyote   Dec-06-11 08:42 PM   #22 
        - +1 And that is the crux of the matter. nt  ooglymoogly   Dec-07-11 04:03 PM   #39 
  - Yet another reason to dislike Bill n/t  hootinholler   Dec-06-11 02:03 PM   #12 
  - Ear-Bud Technology?  Octafish   Dec-06-11 04:28 PM   #16 
  - "ALEC's angel".....heh heh  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 04:41 PM   #17 
  - K&R  erodriguez   Dec-06-11 05:54 PM   #18 
  - They will be.  madfloridian   Dec-06-11 07:42 PM   #19 
  - Chicken feed. Better to TAX HIM and let a democracy decide how..  Mimosa   Dec-06-11 07:44 PM   #20 
  - Re: the woman writing on the board  roody   Dec-06-11 11:02 PM   #24 
  - Bill Gates is an ass when it comes to education - he should stick to what he knows  slay   Dec-06-11 11:23 PM   #25 
  - Frickin' Bill Gates!  chervilant   Dec-07-11 12:39 AM   #28 
  - k&r  Starry Messenger   Dec-07-11 05:43 AM   #29 
  - Ackety! Richie Rich.  lonestarnot   Dec-07-11 07:33 AM   #31 
  - In the end it boils down to Gates wanting to be in the front of the line  axollot   Dec-07-11 08:31 AM   #32 
  - Bill Gates is an ass.  femrap   Dec-07-11 10:14 AM   #33 
  - Yeah, there are idiot people here who think Gates is wonderful - Not a fucking chance Status Quo Bil  GreenTea   Dec-07-11 12:10 PM   #34 
  - You'd think with all his money he could buy a clue.  Fearless   Dec-07-11 12:54 PM   #35 
  - Giving $300,000  sulphurdunn   Dec-07-11 03:02 PM   #36 
  - Kristina Chew is my Facebook friend!  KamaAina   Dec-07-11 03:06 PM   #37 
  - Only a few bloggers speaking out, and there will be fewer soon I think.  madfloridian   Dec-07-11 05:01 PM   #40 
  - Gates is a wolf in sheep's clothing with the controls to several nuclear  ooglymoogly   Dec-07-11 03:08 PM   #38 
  - Meh. Half what they gave the United Negro College Fund last year.  Robb   Dec-07-11 05:10 PM   #41 
  - Wow!...just wow! nwat  ooglymoogly   Dec-08-11 11:03 AM   #42 
  - That's what the 1% does. Thanks for posting this madfloridian.  bobthedrummer   Dec-09-11 01:24 PM   #44 
 

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