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To: bruinbirdman

Anybody who thinks Planned Parenthood is doing a “lot of good things” is nearly evil incarnate. An old, self-obsessed coot who believes in inheritance taxes and hates the unborn. Can you think of a more Dickensian villain?


2 posted on 12/27/2007 8:35:43 PM PST by farmer18th
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To: farmer18th

Only “nearly”?


5 posted on 12/27/2007 8:40:00 PM PST by ducdriver ("Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance." GKC)
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To: farmer18th

Anybody who thinks Planned Parenthood is doing a “lot of good things” is nearly evil incarnate. An old, self-obsessed coot who believes in inheritance taxes and hates the unborn. Can you think of a more Dickensian villain?


I actually read his autobiography and was struck by his total disconnection at a personal level. He basically pored over investment data before noting his wife had left him. This only occurred to him after he ran out of his favorite drink and noticed that his wife had hired a personal maid to come in to take care of him as a parting gesture. Top that off with that he doesn’t believe in helping his family, but willing hands over billions of dollars of Berkshire stock to the nonprofit Gates foundation (which nicely shelters his wealth from taxes), and it is obvious that the guy owns the world but really is completely broke when it comes to people who care about him. How he has become some sort of warped folk hero is quite amazing considering the outcome of his life (disregarding his obvious financial success). His obsession with killing babies further paints him out as a very cold human being.


11 posted on 12/27/2007 9:08:15 PM PST by Gen-X-Dad
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To: farmer18th
An old, self-obsessed coot who believes in inheritance taxes and hates the unborn. Can you think of a more Dickensian villain?

Among living titans of industry, only George Soros springs to mind as a possible rival.

Maybe they can share the same oven in Hell for all eternity.

[Barring the miracle of Salvation.]

17 posted on 12/27/2007 9:36:14 PM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: farmer18th
He ain’t “nearly evil incarnate”. Nor is he an elitist Snob or a raving leftist on EVERY issue.

In many ways Mr. Buffet is just folks. Most of his favorite Omaha eateries are neighborhood places, and old family-run restaurants. He took Bill Gates to “Petrows”.

His view of Planned Parenthood having done lots of good ECHOS his belief that the Catholic Church has done much Good. He never said that either of those were PERFECT.

He gave more to the Boy Scouts, after the NEA became effective in driving Scout Troops out of our Public Schools.

Heck, He even answers his own door, when a Pizza is delivered.

28 posted on 12/27/2007 10:46:34 PM PST by PizzaDriver (an heinleinian/libertarian)
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To: farmer18th

he is a typical greedy corporate egotist as well....talks big about donating his money....an amount that I am sure offsets his tax obligations....but then he buys most of his furniture that he sells in his stores from China, not the USA....how many Americans are poorer because the North Carolina furniture business is a shadow of its former self.


35 posted on 12/27/2007 11:14:19 PM PST by cherry
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