Bill Gates & Wife became together with U2 singer Bono persons of the year 2005 in 'Time' magazine. But who are the wackos of the year?
BOno and his band is the best.. Not just for being a great artist but on their effort to help the less fortunate people on their own way..
I think the wacko award should go to Pat Robertson. That moron got on tv and said Chavez should be killed. By the way, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda don't deserve the award either. They were probably given the award because of how much money they give to charity. People are too dumb to realize Gates has ulterior motives for giving away money, and just because someone gives you something doesn't mean they want to help you.
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono(U2) are the time magazine's persons of the year.. Bill has a good side but not to google..
Screw Bill and Melinda Gates. They are nothing but pieces of trash. They give millions to Africa for Malaria and Aids and everyone jumps around praising them like their God's gift to the world. Just because someone gives something to you doesn't mean they care about you. Bill and Melinda get BIG tax breaks from the government because they give a lot to charity. Besides, by "giving" money to Africa all they do is plunge the continent into worse poverty. Why? The old saying: "If you give a man a fish to eat for one day, he will eat the fish, and then be hungry. If you teach a man how to fish for one day, he will be able to feed himself for the rest of his days." Bill and Melinda are more than happy to give money to African countries which is abused by their corrupt governments, but why don't they teach Africans how to build their own computers or software. Why don't they help build colleges and universities so Africans can educate themselves and cross the digital divide? They won't do that because this would allow the Africans to empower themselves and be independent.
So, we don't disagree on everything do we tesla? You have an extremely valid point. If Bono wants to do some good let him give money or better yet let him make his music publicly available for free. But for Bill Gates: If he would spend his time and resources on empowering third world countries (education, education, education) there would be a lot better things to say for him.
I thought I read the bill gates is funding disease research for vacinations for african dieases http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9877432/from/RL.2/ telsa do you even know any of the things their charity does?
Its not necessary for me to know what their charity does, because their charity does nothing to help African countries. People have been singing the stupid "lets give Africa money to save them" for years. And what are the results? More dirt poor Africans dying of disease and living in poverty. Don't give money to corrupt African governments who are partly the cause of the African people suffering in the first place. Teach them how to fight their own diseases and build their own infrastructure. ferret77, why is it that you and many people believe rich and power people have the best interests of the "poor and downtrodden" in mind? Since when do the rich care about the poor? To get to the level of wealth and power that Bill and Melinda Gates have achieved requires a killer instinct, and lack of compassion and cold hearted logic. It is impossible for Bill Gates to show compassion for African people because having compassion isn't a requirement to become the richest people on the planet. I may be wrong, but it seems logical. I just don't trust rich powerful people. Throughout history they have done nothing but enslave those beneath them.
Their is one other thing most of you don't know about Bill and Melinda Gates. Both Bill and Melinda Gates have been present at the Infamous "Bilderberg Meetings" secret meetings where wealthy and powerful people from European and American nations get together every year to discuss world events and planning. Many people are suspicious to the nature of this group because their meetings are private. Add to this the fact that the meetings are guarded by the KGB, Mossad, CIA, and other special forces. The stuff I've heard about the Bilderberg Group is bad. Their is a lot of evidence that they dictate world policy.
Explain to me how anything you are saying relates to the gates foundation putting millions into researching cures for african diseases, How exactly do you make the jump from dirt poor and dying of malaria, to researching how to create vacinations? Also can you please post of link to something that verifys your claim that the gates foundation directly gives money to any african governement?
How it relates? My goodness. Bill and Melinda Gates are making the African nations "dependent" on them. Africa needs to be independent. Africans need to be able to take care of themselves, not rely on The Gates Foundation. I have no sources right now that can verify that the Gates Foundation gives money to African governments but lets use common sense. Who else would they give the money to? Aren't research institutes not connected to governments? What good is conducting research into curing African diseases when the average African can't afford the treatments?
Tesla, so you think Melinda Gates spends all the time she does in Africa for tax breaks? It sounds like you really haven't a clue of what you're talking about.
Crazy_Rob you don't know what you're talking about. And Nokia999 are you trying to be funny? Because I don't get the joke. Go ahead and believe what you want to believe. Any idiot knows they get tax breaks by giving money away to charities. All rich people give money away to charity to relieve their taxes. The FACT that Bill and Melinda have attended Bilderberg Meetings means they are members, and the organization is sinister, Keep being ignorant and believing rich powerful people have your best interests in mind. I know African people personally, and trust me they aren't impressed with the Gates Foundation or that stupid G8 crap because at the end of the day they are still starving, dying of disease, and nothing is done to help them. It is easy for you people to sit here and feel good about yourself when you probably don't even know whats its like to go hungry.
I heard the Jackson woman who caused such a stir at the super bowl was the most searched term on G. She should rate for most wacko. Got what she wanted, but none of those clicks are mine!
I never claimed to know much about the B and M Gates Foundation. But you have to be a drooling retard to think that they're doing it for tax purposes. You don't even have any facts! Do you know anything specific about the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or do you just hate all rich people so you figure they must be terrible. Besides Bill and Melinda Gates?