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Scrooge McDuck 11 years, 8 months ago.
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- Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 3:16pm #58227
ropeParticipantSeriously – check out Paul Allen. The $100 million donation isn’t the only amazing thing he has done with his vast fortune. Owning the Trailblazers and the Seahawks (and the Seattle Sounders) are great hobbies, but this guy is actually a pretty great human being.
0 - Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:37pm #952945
Magic JordanParticipantThis is awesome. What a contribution. There isn’t really much more you can say when one person donates $100 million to something.
0 - Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:37pm #952805
Magic JordanParticipantThis is awesome. What a contribution. There isn’t really much more you can say when one person donates $100 million to something.
0 - Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:41pm #952947
ropeParticipantHe and Bill Gates have both done so much good with that Microsoft money. Their attention the vast needs in Africa has been admirable. Donald Trump ought to take a lesson or two in class and compassion from these guys.
0 - Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 4:41pm #952807
ropeParticipantHe and Bill Gates have both done so much good with that Microsoft money. Their attention the vast needs in Africa has been admirable. Donald Trump ought to take a lesson or two in class and compassion from these guys.
0- Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 9:28pm #952944
Scrooge McDuckParticipantIs being smart and creative not enough? People have to work hard and give their money away to be recognized.
Sheesh. Socialism worked for the Soviet Union and Germany I guess.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 9:28pm #953082
Scrooge McDuckParticipantIs being smart and creative not enough? People have to work hard and give their money away to be recognized.
Sheesh. Socialism worked for the Soviet Union and Germany I guess.
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- Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 8:25pm #952961
TRC1991ParticipantPaul Allen has always been a legend – finally people are recognizing him.
That being said, it’s a poor direction of his money. Ebola has claimed 1 life. Heart Disease kills 600,000 Americans a year
0 - Posted on: Fri, 10/24/2014 - 8:25pm #952821
TRC1991ParticipantPaul Allen has always been a legend – finally people are recognizing him.
That being said, it’s a poor direction of his money. Ebola has claimed 1 life. Heart Disease kills 600,000 Americans a year
0- Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 12:36am #952836
Magic JordanParticipantThere is a world outside of the US. Ebola has claimed more than one life.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 12:36am #952975
Magic JordanParticipantThere is a world outside of the US. Ebola has claimed more than one life.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 2:14am #952842
ropeParticipantHeart disease, like cancer, has an enormous world wide donor base and both are largely "lifestyle based" illnesses.
Ebola, on the other hand, has plague potential. We need to contain it. While not a direct comparisn, remember that AIDS had African origins. They simply have living conditions and such and underdeveloped medical system that an infectious disease can spread very quickly.
If there is a disease that truly has too small a donor base, it is malaria. This disease is a scourge with has never had enough attention. If you are going to judge a disease by the number of global deaths or severly debilitating lifetime conditions, malaria should be high on the list.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 2:14am #952981
ropeParticipantHeart disease, like cancer, has an enormous world wide donor base and both are largely "lifestyle based" illnesses.
Ebola, on the other hand, has plague potential. We need to contain it. While not a direct comparisn, remember that AIDS had African origins. They simply have living conditions and such and underdeveloped medical system that an infectious disease can spread very quickly.
If there is a disease that truly has too small a donor base, it is malaria. This disease is a scourge with has never had enough attention. If you are going to judge a disease by the number of global deaths or severly debilitating lifetime conditions, malaria should be high on the list.
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- Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 1:54am #952840
ChoppyParticipantWhen you compare it to how much money Australia has donated – 18mil – it’s over 5 TIMES what we have donated! A sad indictment of our government unfortunately. Really great civic mindedness from Paul Allen though.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 1:54am #952979
ChoppyParticipantWhen you compare it to how much money Australia has donated – 18mil – it’s over 5 TIMES what we have donated! A sad indictment of our government unfortunately. Really great civic mindedness from Paul Allen though.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 8:13am #952874
Scrooge McDuckParticipantI think this kind of donation is only partly public relations. The positive impact is exaggerated. Monetary donations help only so much.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 8:13am #953013
Scrooge McDuckParticipantI think this kind of donation is only partly public relations. The positive impact is exaggerated. Monetary donations help only so much.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 8:42am #952886
EndlessknightParticipantThe Gates foundation also donated $50 million.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/health/ebola-outbreak/index.html
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 8:42am #953025
EndlessknightParticipantThe Gates foundation also donated $50 million.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/health/ebola-outbreak/index.html
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 7:44pm #952938
CU.LIONSParticipantPaul Alllen is definitely up there but Richard Branson (Virgin records) has to be there as well.
0 - Posted on: Sat, 10/25/2014 - 7:44pm #953076
CU.LIONSParticipantPaul Alllen is definitely up there but Richard Branson (Virgin records) has to be there as well.
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