Watching "The Men Who Built America."
Right now, they're talking about the Homestead steel strike in the 1880s. Too bad people are no longer aware of stories like this, considering that we are sliding back to the same conditions that led to this.
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And I hope Henry Frick is burning in hell. 
...and it seemed to glorify people like Carnegie and Morgan.
That Frick was directly responsible for that flood because he lowered that dam. Frick gave money to public works?! 
I have forgotten more American history than you'll ever bother to learn, especially the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Trust me, even if you gave Bill the best BJ he's ever had (and according to persistent rumors, that wouldn't be hard) he still wouldn't give you the time of day, let alone a tip.
But, at least you're always good for a chuckle and kick or two to a deserving thread.
Here's one that should require a Pavlovian reply; M$ has never created a single application or OS that wasn't a complete clusterfuck, not one that wasn't inferior to virtually every other comparable application on the market. What they can't steal, they buy and destroy, either through their own incompetence or to keep the superior product off the market. If it wasn't for mommy's money and connections he would be managing a fast food franchise for somebody else, and be lucky to have that.
To the jury: This poster has been carrying on this bizarre campaign for months. Please consider that this is simply a continuation of what appears to be an obsessive compulsion on the part of this poster.
I've turned them down several times over the years, although I did take one fat contract with them. Do you happen to have a MCSD cert?
I have never once denied that he has hidden, not millions and millions, but tens of billions (that's thousands and thousands of millions, just in case) behind his tax shelter. And since you like to imply that you know what you're talking about, name one app (or OS, if you dare) that M$ has created that was even equal to its competitors, let alone superior.
You like people to think you are smart, now is your chance to prove it.
How cute.
The rags to riches bill gates who gives all his money to charity while somehow still remaining an uber zillionare.
I'm sure he doesn't get publicity, tax write-offs, special legislation, monopolistic contracts or anything for his kind, kind, sharing heart.
Well, except for that federal government contract his mumsy got him back in the 80s. I'm sure that didn't help him much at all.
Hero worship. It's just so danged precious. But then, I grew up on "Stairway to Heaven."
*sigh* My hero worship days died when it was reported Audey Murphey was a womanizer. I was about 7...maybe 8. 
