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So why doesn't she take just a small percentage of her vast wealth and buy it? n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #1
I'm sure it's not a one-time thing. randome May 2013 #2
It is easy to detect one's level of commitment by what one is willing to do, Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #8
Do you understand what the population of this planet is? MineralMan May 2013 #22
Yes. Funding for the entire world is not the issue, read the piece. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #24
wow thanks lady gates elehhhhna May 2013 #3
"Lady Gates" and Sir Bill? lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #4
Maybe if enough wealthy Catholics speak out and act as Melinda Gates is doing, we JDPriestly May 2013 #5
Neither of them ever saw the inside of a public school except on a tour. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #9
You can say the same thing about any of the Kennedys yet they are still revered question everything May 2013 #10
I don't revere them or anybody except in cases where someone actually does something significant. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #13
You would be wrong about that. Ms. Toad May 2013 #11
Bill attended The Lakeside School before Harvard, Melinda is the heir to the Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #14
Bill. Ms. Toad May 2013 #15
Well I write corrected then. Although View Ridge is hardly anything like the majority Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #16
The school is not nameless. Ms. Toad May 2013 #17
No, I readily admitted that Bill attended one of America's best public elementary schools Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #19
I don't worship them - Ms. Toad May 2013 #20
Is your argument that the public school he attended wasn't shitty enough to make it 'real?' msanthrope May 2013 #18
That's how I take it. n/t Ms. Toad May 2013 #21
"working to improve education..." Rex May 2013 #6
Yup. Imagine if they were attempting to destroy it. Oh wait, they are. MichiganVote May 2013 #7
+1 leftstreet May 2013 #23
she had to travel to figure this out ? JI7 May 2013 #12
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