[Rhodes22-list] The anarchist rears his head again - commenttoDavid Bradley

[Thena Carville]

it is not just you.....
Thena



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commenttoDavid Bradley


> Is it just me, or do other people want to see this two hold a 3 race
> contest?
>
> -mjm
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> toDavid Bradley
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> Dave:
>
>               There are socialist, fellow travelers, others, who
> acknowledge their political agenda.  Then there are those who publicly 
> deny
> an agenda and vehemently claim their apolitical nature.  However, when
> challenged, they boldly assert no one has the right to challenge their 
> words
> except to the extent that they permit.
> It appears that Bill believes that everyone should have the right to
> say as
> they please, as long as it's consistent with what Bill believes.
> If you search the archives, Bill has a track record of making
> statements
> allegedly factual but the facts he cites are really a statement of another
> not supported by accurate and reproducible references.  It becomes a fact
> because Bill says so.
> Now we have Bill creating meanings to words where the word means
> what Bill
> says it means.
> Understand that is the methodology of an Anarchist, using the
> accepted
> classical definition as used during the 20th Century.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
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> David Bradley wrote:
>>
>> *dis.claim* 
>> <javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?discla01.wav=disclaim')>
>> Pronunciation: dis-'klAm
>> Function: *verb*
>> Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *disclaimer,* from *dis-* + 
>> *
>> claimer* to claim
>> *intransitive verb*
>> *1* *:* to make a
>> disclaimer<http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/disclaimer>
>> *2 a* *obsolete* *:* to disavow all part or share *b* *:* to utter denial
>> *transitive verb*
>> *1* *:* to renounce a legal claim to
>> *2* *: DENY <http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/deny>,
>> DISAVOW<http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/disavow>
>> * <*disclaim**ed* any knowledge of the contents of the letter>
>>
>> Never thought I'd have to do that for you, of all people, though I'm
>> guessing you'll have a better dictionary.  Ed must be pleased.   -)
>>
>>
>> On 1/10/07, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> No, no, not disavow; disclaim.
>>>
>>> This will do.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> David Bradley wrote:
>>> > Bill, I'm not sure what you want me to disavow.  I have no legal basis
>>> > for
>>> > asserting my opinion.  Just a close seat with a decent view.
>>> >
>>> > I moved to Seattle to go to work for another Bill Gates company (not
>>> > Microsoft).  My CEO has been working closely with Bill for about 20
>>> > years,
>>> > and has been involved in a number of issues with the Foundation given
>>> his
>>> > legal background.  I've been very impressed with what I've seen and
>>> > heard.
>>> >
>>> > Dave
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 1/9/07, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Disclaimer, please.
>>> >>
>>> >> Bill Effros
>>> >>
>>> >> David Bradley wrote:
>>> >> > The work they are doing at the foundation is incredible, and people
>>> >> > underestimate how far they have to push the envelope on non-profit
>>> >> > governance and organizational capability to manage an undertaking 
>>> >> > on
>>> >> this
>>> >> > scale.  Imagine what this will be in five years...
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Dave B.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On 1/8/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Microsoft bashing seems to be almost a sport nowadays but how many
>>> of
>>> >> >> the
>>> >> >> arguments have any real substance.  Yes, I realize that 70% of the
>>> >> >> world's
>>> >> >> largest websites use Linux, Apache and other open source software,
>>> >> >> but, I
>>> >> >> still need a Windows PC for many of the applications related to my
>>> >> work.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> This LA Times article, which has been widely cited in the last day
>>> or
>>> >> >> so,
>>> >> >> examines whether the purchase and use of Microsoft software
>>> products
>>> >> are
>>> >> >> somehow good for the advancement of public health in poor
>>> countries,
>>> >> due
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> >> the efforts of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
>>>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx07jan07,0,4205044
> ,full.story
>>> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Mike
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
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