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On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 13:35 -0400, Rick Tomaschuk wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Supposedly Al Capone ran soup kitchens to feed the hungry. Its ironic</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that these billionaires are sending so much money abroad while their own</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">country is collapsing from inclement weather and corruption. American</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">elite business goals are to push for global domination. Africa is the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">next logical untapped resource. Where are people going to live...on the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">moon?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">RickT</FONT>
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Still the people in New Orleans, are far better off than the people in many other parts of the world. It must be tough for those displaced by Katrina, but they are not starving to death, or dying, in mass, of preventable diseases.<BR>
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I really don't like the idea of the BMG foundation "pushing" MSFT with their contributions whether it's intentional or implied. Is it really an honourable contribution if it increases one's own profitability? But at least much of it is going to good causes.<BR>
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