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'Banker' who lends to the poor wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Times ^
| October 14, 2006
| Philippe Naughton
Posted on 10/13/2006 3:50:33 PM PDT by MadIvan
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This gentleman is spreading capitalism and thus lifting people out of poverty. Well done, sir!
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:50:34 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: Mrs Ivan; odds; DCPatriot; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; ...
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:50:56 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
Well, I guess Cindy Al-Sheehadi wont be getting it..
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:51:33 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi..)
To: MadIvan
For once you can be proud of your grandfathers people ;-)
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:52:31 PM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: MadIvan
Indeed yes!
Thus poor ole Cindy Sheehan was left in the dust?
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:52:38 PM PDT
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: MadIvan
What does the delusional, self-appointed runner-up Cindy Sheehan get, a plaque?
To: MadIvan
btw. Could you please put me on your list.
If you are back to stay that is :-)
Cheers,
Euro.
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:53:26 PM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: VRWCTexan
Thus poor ole Cindy Sheehan was left in the dust?Contrary to the voices in her head, she wasn't a finalist.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:53:41 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
(It was won last year by the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Egyptian head, Mohammed ElBaradei.)
What a shame there are so many undeserving people who win this prize!
To: Eurotwit
Yes - good point!
Bangladeshis in general seem to be dedicated and hard-working - aiming to better themselves under tough circumstances - too bad the same is not true for the Pallys in Gaza
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:55:06 PM PDT
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: MadIvan
The citation concluded: "Yunus's long-term vision is to eliminate poverty in the world. That vision can not be realised by means of micro-credit alone. But Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that, in the continuing efforts to achieve it, micro-credit must play a major part." I wonder how our forefathers in the West ever accomplished what they did without micro-credit.
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:56:04 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: MadIvan
Oh Boy...at least it wasn't cindy sh*thead... ;o)
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:57:04 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: MadIvan
There is no such thing is as a finalist.
My political party in Norway nominated George Bush and Tony Blair. Ahlmark, the former politician from Sweden nominated Bolton, the UN ambassador. They were all included in a group of close to 200 nominees. Cindy Sheehan might have been one of them. Rumour is that Jimmy Carter nominated her.
Cheers
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:57:36 PM PDT
by
Eurotwit
(WI)
To: MadIvan
This is cool news indeed. I did some think tank work with the guy who started GrameenPhone - providing cell phones to the poor in Bangladesh. He based his idea on the Grameen banks. Some people had the only phone in the village and made additional money by charging for calls, others used the phones for farm and other work-related information. It's turned into a real example of 'doing well by doing good.'
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posted on
10/13/2006 3:59:18 PM PDT
by
radiohead
(Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
To: Moonman62
I wonder how our forefathers in the West ever accomplished what they did without micro-credit.Who says they didn't have microcredit? You could take out small loans from general stores in the Old West.
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:00:47 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
To: MadIvan
The bank, which is owned almost entirely by its own borrowers...Why that sound's like George's explanation about the Bailey Building and Loan when the run started and Potter was offering fifty cents on the dollar.
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:07:18 PM PDT
by
Nomorjer Kinov
(If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
To: MadIvan
To: MadIvan
Finally, it sounds like a good choice has been made. A little better than Arafat.
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:10:13 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: MadIvan
This gentleman is spreading capitalism .. Which is why I'm absolutely gobsmacked they got the prize.
L
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:10:24 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Fear is the inspiration for stupidity.)
To: MadIvan
U.S. Bankers - pay attention!(Wasted words.
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posted on
10/13/2006 4:13:23 PM PDT
by
Apercu
("Res ipsa loquitur")
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