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Fw: Food for Thought....cc
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2001 9:17 pm
by Sally Carroll
| > Two men, both billionaires:
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| > One develops relatively cheap software and gives hundreds of millions of
| > dollars to charity.
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| > The other sponsors terrorism and kills thousands of people.
| >
| > That being the case, why is it that the U.S. government has spent more
| > money chasing down Bill Gates over the past ten years than Osama bin
| > Laden?
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Re: Fw: Food for Thought....cc
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:11 am
by mrbadger
For the same reason we get speeding tickets for going ten miles over the
"limit" on an empty road - easy target.
Sally Carroll wrote:
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> | > Two men, both billionaires:
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> | > One develops relatively cheap software and gives hundreds of millions of
> | > dollars to charity.
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> | > The other sponsors terrorism and kills thousands of people.
> | >
> | > That being the case, why is it that the U.S. government has spent more
> | > money chasing down Bill Gates over the past ten years than Osama bin
> | > Laden?
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Re: Fw: Food for Thought....cc
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 7:16 am
by Wiedemeyer
Nope......It's because Gates was perceived as a threat to the American way
of life, and Bin Laden wasn't. Now that Bin Laden IS perceived as a threat,
let's see how much the gov't spends chasing him down now!! Methinks the
amount spent on Gates will pale in comparison.
Bob
>For the same reason we get speeding tickets for going ten miles over the
>"limit" on an empty road - easy target.
>
>Sally Carroll wrote:
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>> | > Two men, both billionaires:
>> | >
>> | > One develops relatively cheap software and gives hundreds of millions
of
>> | > dollars to charity.
>> | >
>> | > The other sponsors terrorism and kills thousands of people.
>> | >
>> | > That being the case, why is it that the U.S. government has spent
more
Re: Fw: Food for Thought....cc
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 3:29 pm
by MikeMarjot@aol.com
Jim and Sally,
I believe its called "the American Way"!!
Mike Marjot
TB 0450