He is a citizen of the world now... would be very happy if he found somewhere else in it to live.
Bill Gates Donates 1 Million To Gun Control (I-594 in WA)
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abean4187
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- Apr 16, 2013
- 1,327
While I’m not a fan of this action, it is pretty hard to hate on a guy that has donated literally billions of dollars to multiple good causes throughout the world.
For the most part, Bill Gates is a good guy. Uses his money to help people and keeps it out of politics. Can’t say the same for Bloomberg or the Koch brothers. Really, this issue is just more proof that we need to amend our constitution and get money out of politics.
For the most part, Bill Gates is a good guy. Uses his money to help people and keeps it out of politics. Can’t say the same for Bloomberg or the Koch brothers. Really, this issue is just more proof that we need to amend our constitution and get money out of politics.
501st
Ultimate Member
- Jun 16, 2011
- 1,629
If he wants liberal friends on the left, why not do something environmental related, civil rights related or perhaps send the robin hood foundation some money?
Why gun control which is a very polarizing issue?
Why does he even need to buy friends on the left? Aren't his existing connections/relationships good enough?
And why do you think his wife is behind most of it?
1 million out of a kabillion is nothing. He's not serious. As said above he's buying friends.
Think about it. He's worth 80,000 millions and donated 1 million. 1/80,000th.
I make far less than 80,000 a year and have donated a hell of a lot more than $1 to pro-gun causes so I'm outpacing Bill.
He has probably donated to all of those causes.
Think about it. He's worth 80,000 millions and donated 1 million. 1/80,000th.
I make far less than 80,000 a year and have donated a hell of a lot more than $1 to pro-gun causes so I'm outpacing Bill.
He has probably donated to all of those causes.
501st
Ultimate Member
- Jun 16, 2011
- 1,629
Too bad you are not the norm for gun owners.
Ungermc
Uses Gun-oil Aftershave
El Patron Grande says:
This is from the same a-hole who spent $5 million per week to rent a vacation yacht.
"White Privilege" is alive and well at home with the leftists.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-sideshow/i-m-on-a-boat--bill-gates-vacations-on--330m-yacht-193011058.html
This is from the same a-hole who spent $5 million per week to rent a vacation yacht.
"White Privilege" is alive and well at home with the leftists.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/the-sideshow/i-m-on-a-boat--bill-gates-vacations-on--330m-yacht-193011058.html
- Jan 30, 2013
- 34,315
Just received this (which at the bottom authorizes forwarding and copying. Them, not me):
CCRKBA’S GOTTLIEB CHALLENGES GATES TO
‘PUT HIS MOUTH WHERE HIS MONEY IS!’
BELLEVUE, WA – Gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and a leading opponent of Initiative 594, today is publicly challenging billionaire gun control supporter Bill Gates to debate the measure, to which he just donated $1 million.
“It’s time for Gates to put his mouth where his money is,” Gottlieb said. “It’s one thing to be for background checks, but I-594 is poorly written bad law, and all the money in the world won't make it better.”
Gates made headlines earlier this week when it was reported that he and his wife, Melinda, had contributed a million dollars to the campaign to pass I-594. That’s the 18-page gun control initiative that is opposed by rank-and-file law enforcement organizations representing more than 7,500 police and sheriffs’ deputies, plus the state’s sportsmen and women, competitors and gun collectors.
Gates is one of a handful of wealthy Seattle-area elitists who have shelled out big bucks to push this measure. The campaign has become a battle of class warfare, pitting the rich against Washington State’s far-less-privileged middle class firearms owners, and their families and friends.
“If Gates accepts,” Gottlieb said, “I expect him to explain why he thinks I-594 is such a hot idea when the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, and the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association – the largest and most highly-respected law enforcement groups in the state – oppose the measure. He will also have to explain why both organizations emphatically support Initiative 591.
“Bill Gates and his billionaire friends Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Nick Hanauer are using their riches in an effort to buy an election,” he continued. “They will purchase slick advertising, buy professional spokesmen and try to steamroll their opponents. But Gates should speak for himself, and be willing to defend his position one-on-one.
“Gates should also make sure that if he accepts, his bodyguards do not loan each other firearms, because that would be prohibited under the language of the gun control initiative he’s funding,” Gottlieb concluded. “I won't bring bodyguards, because I don't have any. My defense is the facts.”
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425) 454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to InformationRequest@ccrkba.org.
CCRKBA Facebook Page
CCRKBA Twitter Page
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Copyright © 2014 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, All Rights Reserved.
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
James Madison Building
12500 N.E. Tenth Place
Bellevue, WA 98005 Voice: 425-454-4911
Toll Free: 800-426-4302
FAX: 425-451-3959
Email: InformationRequest@ccrkba.org
CCRKBA’S GOTTLIEB CHALLENGES GATES TO
‘PUT HIS MOUTH WHERE HIS MONEY IS!’
BELLEVUE, WA – Gun rights advocate Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and a leading opponent of Initiative 594, today is publicly challenging billionaire gun control supporter Bill Gates to debate the measure, to which he just donated $1 million.
“It’s time for Gates to put his mouth where his money is,” Gottlieb said. “It’s one thing to be for background checks, but I-594 is poorly written bad law, and all the money in the world won't make it better.”
Gates made headlines earlier this week when it was reported that he and his wife, Melinda, had contributed a million dollars to the campaign to pass I-594. That’s the 18-page gun control initiative that is opposed by rank-and-file law enforcement organizations representing more than 7,500 police and sheriffs’ deputies, plus the state’s sportsmen and women, competitors and gun collectors.
Gates is one of a handful of wealthy Seattle-area elitists who have shelled out big bucks to push this measure. The campaign has become a battle of class warfare, pitting the rich against Washington State’s far-less-privileged middle class firearms owners, and their families and friends.
“If Gates accepts,” Gottlieb said, “I expect him to explain why he thinks I-594 is such a hot idea when the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, and the Washington State Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors Association – the largest and most highly-respected law enforcement groups in the state – oppose the measure. He will also have to explain why both organizations emphatically support Initiative 591.
“Bill Gates and his billionaire friends Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Nick Hanauer are using their riches in an effort to buy an election,” he continued. “They will purchase slick advertising, buy professional spokesmen and try to steamroll their opponents. But Gates should speak for himself, and be willing to defend his position one-on-one.
“Gates should also make sure that if he accepts, his bodyguards do not loan each other firearms, because that would be prohibited under the language of the gun control initiative he’s funding,” Gottlieb concluded. “I won't bring bodyguards, because I don't have any. My defense is the facts.”
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425) 454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to InformationRequest@ccrkba.org.
CCRKBA Facebook Page
CCRKBA Twitter Page
<Please e-mail, distribute, and circulate to friends and family>
Copyright © 2014 Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, All Rights Reserved.
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
James Madison Building
12500 N.E. Tenth Place
Bellevue, WA 98005 Voice: 425-454-4911
Toll Free: 800-426-4302
FAX: 425-451-3959
Email: InformationRequest@ccrkba.org
ozwyn
Ultimate Member
I just hope that money ends with the same rocket scientists running Bloombergs efforts. Its like every time Bloomberg tries a new major attempt to publicize gun control, gun right groups get new members
we need that same level of cash/incompetence with all the big money anti-gunners
we need that same level of cash/incompetence with all the big money anti-gunners
One law for the rich, another for the poor.
And because celebrities are the Gods of the left, it's ok.
fleaman64
Ultimate Member
- May 12, 2011
- 1,367
My thoughts exactly.
Time to start removing the power from these a**holes. If everyone wasn't so dependent on their buggy, spying, back door NSA operating system, he would be broke.
This is another jerk who thinks the world should be depopulated by 95% - he's got a good head start with his forced "vaccination" programs in 3rd world countries...
Just another elitist do gooder who thinks he knows what's best for the rest of us useless eaters.
fleaman64
Ultimate Member
- May 12, 2011
- 1,367
Uh, not really. What's your definition of "help"? Time to take the red pill.
Brooklyn
I stand with John Locke.
Seriously someone needs to read up on Andrew Carnegie... .for real. This is the scam. It works because folks are not willing to do the home work... windows is a bill of goods so is Bill Gates. IP theft is the least of it...
Lookup Stac electionics v Microsoft as a start.
abean4187
Ultimate Member
- Apr 16, 2013
- 1,327
The work of Bill Gates has directly resulted in the almost complete destruction of polio. It if wasn’t for some retarded terrorist in the middle east it would already be taken care of. Please, do tell me, what worldwide virus have you recently almost completely wiped out?
Like I said before, dumb move on gun rights but out of the famous billionaires this guy is flat out top class, which can not be said of the Bloombergs and Kochs of the world.
Brooklyn
I stand with John Locke.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 31,216
So I disagree with Gates's position on 2A. This in no way takes away the fact that he has leveraged his money into serious attempts to eradicate diseases in the Third World, which, like it or not, affects the USA due to air travel vectoring.
Malaria and polio are unpleasant, to say the least. I stand behind any realistic attempt to eradicate these diseases. It is unquestionably The Right Thing To Do, and I salute him for doing it.
Sure, Salk developed the vaccine. No one is trying to diminish his achievement, merely trying to make it widespread. Come on, being responsible for completely eradicating this disease would get him into the heaven of his choice.
