Good bye Bill Gates

LilaM says on Feb 5, 2008, 20:59:

jejjejeje well now Bill Gates is a "vil gay" compared to Carlos Slim... oohhh God how did they find that business before me!!! (nothing personal to our Gay comunity..)

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CatGirl says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:04:

It also appears Slim is more humble and good natured. I like that in a man ;)

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rocinante says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:10:

Being gay might mean you are not in good company these days...

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CatGirl says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:12:

Roc: OH No! you have got to be kidding me jajaja...where was that taken?

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eywed says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:14:

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Ay Hombe!!!!!

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rocinante says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:15:

At the march yesterday in Medellín.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Not that the US president actually runs the US." Feb 5, 2008

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CatGirl says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:18:

Eywed: Hola!

Roc: Great! I love it.....now that is free speech jaja

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eywed says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:19:

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Ay Hombe!!!!!

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CatGirl says on Feb 5, 2008, 21:19:

OK...

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scotty says on Feb 6, 2008, 01:38:

I wonder if he gives as much money as Gates to charities?

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Monpirri says on Feb 6, 2008, 05:55:

For the record, the richest man in the world is Colombian and he post here under the alias of Simon

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MaFe says on Feb 6, 2008, 11:13:

Slim is of Lebanese decent..
Scotty I wonder if he has given to charities like Bill Gates did...
If Bill Gates wouldn't have donated so much of his money, he still would be the richest man.
I feel he is still the world richest man because he actually helped charities...

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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slguy says on Feb 6, 2008, 11:24:

No matter what one thinks of Gates' business practices while building Microsoft, ya gotta admire hell out of his philanthropy now. Not only has he committed most of his personal wealth to the Gates Foundation, he got Warren Buffett to do the same (donating to the Gates Foundation), with HIS personal wealth.

Amazing story, really.

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CatGirl says on Feb 6, 2008, 19:07:

Mafe - You are correct about his decent -his grandfather ..( I have learned that there is a very large Lebanese population in Mexico City). But Mexico does take "credit" for him ;)

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robi666 (Trustee board) says on Feb 7, 2008, 04:23:

"No matter what one thinks of Gates' business practices while building Microsoft, ya gotta admire hell out of his philanthropy now. Not only has he committed most of his personal wealth to the Gates Foundation, he got Warren Buffett to do the same (donating to the Gates Foundation), with HIS personal wealth."

Right, slguy.
You should talk to the people of the veredas around El Penol (Medellin) about his unplanned visit up there last year.
Amazing... indeed amazing.

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slguy says on Feb 7, 2008, 09:27:

I'd like to know about that robi- details, please?

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robi666 (Trustee board) says on Feb 7, 2008, 09:36:

Ok.
He visited El Penol, and was indeed involved in philanthropy projects.
Some people I know met him and was given money to fix their poor houses in the veredas around there.
He got there unannounced and with no bodyguards. The boss of the police station at El Penol almost flicked out when they called him to advice.

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slguy says on Feb 7, 2008, 09:43:

The man's a shark in the boardroom- but all those years of predation ;) are paying off in spectacular ways now. Really kinda fascinating.

thanks for the info, robi.

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robi666 (Trustee board) says on Feb 7, 2008, 12:15:

No proof, nor that I looked for or interested in it. I just reported what some people from there told me.

Now, I did see Mr. Gates in St. Martin, going around with a Colombian girl from a brothel, but that's another incredible story that you would enjoy to hear Morphus one day.... :)

By the way, weren't you going with Elmo & co. to Barranquilla for Carnival this year?

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doktordemente says on Feb 7, 2008, 19:26:

Is this suppossed to be a source of pride to Latins? I would say NO WAY! He's just one more manipulating entepreneur who's made his many billions exploiting workers across Latin America. And he's cheap to boot: drives himself in a nondescript car, eats iut of a brown paper bag, and is NOT known for any charitable donations or activities. In that respect, Bill Gates and his wife, who have donated millions of dollars to many health initiatives around the world is a real hero.

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CatGirl says on Feb 7, 2008, 20:37:

Doktord, et al.. Nice to hear all your input on this, as I said it was new to me and everyone I have shared this with. Amazes me a bit.

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gatogris says on Feb 8, 2008, 08:38:

Carlos is feeling the pressure to start being the bigger man, now that he has ammassed his fortune. Like Carnegie, the more ruthless in business, the more internal pressues cry out for redistribution of wealth that will make people remeber his name.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/business/worldbusiness/28slim.html?s... Slim philanthropy&st=nyt

Good quote from this article:

“At some level I can applaud his philanthropy,� said Denise Dresser, a political analyst and professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, “but it would be better for Mexico if he stopped blocking competition first.�

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Mr. Hollywood says on Feb 8, 2008, 11:54:

Gates was a penny pincher for most of his career, too. The Gates foundation was only started in 2000 or 2001, I believe. And If I remember correctly, it took some goading from Ted Turner and other high-rollers to get Gates on board with giving away large chunks of his wealth.

Since then, though, he's really done some fantastic things. And I admire the practical nature of the kind of projects the Gates foundation seems to support -- ending malaria and polio, etc.

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CatGirl says on Feb 8, 2008, 21:26:

Carlos - Thanks for the link!

In regards to the following comment in the article

“You don’t need to teach a man how to fish, as the Chinese used to say. Instead of giving him the fish, instead of teaching him how to fish, you have to teach him how to sell the fish so that he eats something else besides a fish.��?

OK - This man almost sounds like he has ideas of Grandeur. Why does this statement sound like it defys the laws of physics .... or gravity??? Am I reading this wrong?
jajaaj

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