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Who pays you to astroturf?

I find it inconceiveable that anyone would zealously defend every criminal act from an individual that, from the last two decades of his history, has absolutely no morals.

Al Capone often financed soup kitchens during the depression. It didn't make him any less a gangster, did it? Feeding a few hundred hungry people does not negate a murder, or does it? Capone knew the value of PR and a good public image. It did not change the facts. He was sent to prison. All he did was supply whiskey to folks that wanted it. He didn't misrepresent something that cost companies worldwide hundreds of billions of dollars in repair work.

You are not the only one to make noises about the so called gates foundation. Do they actually give cash? Or is it MS software? How much of a tax write-off is it? Does the timing of these 'gifts' happen to coincide with yet another one of MS infringement or anti-trust lawsuits?

What could you possibly know about him that the rest of us do not? Does MS pay you to astroturf, the way they paid people to post positive comments about MS during their DOJ trial?

With the wealth gates has, giving one million would be the equivalent of you giving someone maybe one dollar.

Of course you are entitled to your own opinion. Your post appears more of a rant. Its odd you mention foaming at the mouth like crazed zealots on a full moon night. Were you at the time? Is that what gave you the idea? At any rate, you left out the part about stump water and howling at the moon.

>>>Given this set of "rules" (find the dirt or make some up)<<<

Practically everything you post falls into this category, 99% in the latter. Particularly when MS is involved.

If you are honestly not receiving a paycheck or some form of compensation/benefit for all the incredibly zealous comments you make defending MS and gates you may want to consider seeking professional help. It appears to be an obsession with you. Are you a 'gates groupie'?

Posted by: AmusedAtItAll   Posted on: 01/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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