Multiculturalism

Quit being argumentative for the sake of it- I'm not one of the right-wing dipshits who can't see the world past his inbred nose.

Gates gives money to good, charitble causes. Now, take that and mix it with your personal definition of the word however you want.

So he says. And you believe his PR department.
 
Gates also pushed his Teach for America down the throats of cash starved school systems in exchange for buying his ms computers.

Give all the cash away and he is still a sleazy douchebag.
 
Gates also pushed his Teach for America down the throats of cash starved school systems in exchange for buying his ms computers.

Give all the cash away and he is still a sleazy douchebag.

Agreed, no doubt. Please learn underthingy1 something.
 
What's your proof otherwise? You know you can't fake charitable donations on tax returns, right?

I haven't read this guy much. Should I?

I wouldn't bother. The guy gets off on arguing. He will argue any side, of any issue, with anyone. His only consistency is that everyone else is wrong and stupid. Rarely states a position, but yours sucks.

Think of him as a very angry Sergeant Spider-Man.
 
Gates also pushed his Teach for America down the throats of cash starved school systems in exchange for buying his ms computers.

Give all the cash away and he is still a sleazy douchebag.
That's because Republicans created a market in which an entrepreneur can thrive. Don't be ingrateful.
 
That's because Republicans created a market in which an entrepreneur can thrive. Don't be ingrateful.

I have made money using bill's equipment. Thanks, bill! I like to see rich people doing more with their cash than buying another island or a bigger boat. Just don't fuck up the schools even more than they are now. How would bill feel if we jammed a landscaper on his payroll to engineer software?
 
I stand corrected. Though in my defense I thought we were talking public not Charter. But my bust.

Teach for America was involved with both public and charter schools. Teach for America "teachers" are cheap when compared to union teachers. A handful of years and gone. Poof. Qualified teachers suddenly became "partially effective" in reviews and were chased away. Who replaced them? Bargain priced basket weavers.

Double whammy. Now the (republican driven) tests of the students are even lower. The tea party school board members have even more "reasons" to continue to slice and dice public schools.

The rich white schools never saw Teach for America. Bill and his brain trust only peddle their goods to poor schools that fight for every dollar. Under qualified teachers teaching HIS kids? Get fucking real.

Gates is a world class douchebag.
 
While I disagree that Gates is a douche I admit I was not familar at all with this program and I'm catching up. None of what I'm reading sounds good.
 
What's your proof otherwise? You know you can't fake charitable donations on tax returns, right?

I haven't read this guy much. Should I?

Unless you're HRC, then you just donate to your own charity so you don't have to pay taxes on it LMFAO!!!

I gotta hand it to her though....clever girl.

I wouldn't try it though , the IRS would destroy me and I'd be in prison for that shit in a heartbeat.

Gates also pushed his Teach for America down the throats of cash starved school systems in exchange for buying his ms computers.

Really?

How did Gates force cash starved school systems to do shit?

Did he go into a school board meeting with a bomb strapped to his chest or something? :confused:
 
After trying to see him from this vantage point, I'm still in two minds about Bill Gates.
Is he a genuine philanthropist who's also trying to kill two birds with one stone (help poor countries while limiting population growth), or an eugenicist in disguise?

"At the conference, Gates spoke hopefully about the impact of vaccines in the developing world, suggesting that poor families will not feel compelled to have as many children if more of their children are able to survive to adulthood, a view that many population specialists agree with. This would be beneficial in another way, Gates pointed out, because fewer people would ultimately mean lower CO2 emissions."


Because:

1.On one hand, even if he's more upfront about these issues, his points are valid.
- One can't dispute the fact that the world population is increasing ( Africa being in the lead) and that if it continues at this rate, it might end up at unsustainable levels. Even if this topic would make a field day for all the racists out there, it's true.
- Also: one can't deny the fact that his humanitarian acts in Africa save many lives, especially those of children: vaccines that would decrease mortality rates in kids, Monsanto crops to avoid malnutrition and death.

And even if the principles and views that drive his humanitarian acts were a bit Malthusian, so be it! Why not have both? His donations haven't harmed anyone. On the contrary.

2.On the other hand:
There's something a bit disconcerting about the manner in which he phrases things, and about the fact that he's so overtly focused on the African continent.
- And about the fact that he seems to be one-track minded about where he puts his money into.
I haven't seen him donate money for AIDS treatment in Africa, or finance research to find a cure for AIDS.
And I haven't seen him lobby against the other factors that are destroying our atmosphere, like car emissions and pollution, and so on.

The de-population of Africa is a dream devoutly to be wished for,,,then Britain and its commonwealth. I'm feeling pre-orgasmic.
 
Really.

Lobbying and pressure/incentive to get MS products and services into the schools.

Sooo Gates didn't force anything.

All he did was sell his shit to the government who then forced it down everyone's throat just like it always does.

Right?

Ever hear of a Mac computer? Do you think you buddy bill gates has??

Of course, I own like 8 of the fuckin' things.

Did you go to public school? :confused:

Only for 5th grade and teh ol' undergraduate BS degree.
 
See where I live public schools have only just barely broken the strangle hold that Apple had on them for years.
 
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