Originally Posted By YourPalEd I tell you rich people, who give away their money just seem more like saints to me, than normal people. I wonder what these world travelers are up to? They create world events wherever they go.
Originally Posted By woody >>I tell you rich people, who give away their money just seem more like saints to me, than normal people.<< This is a bunch of bull. They have a lot more to give. Whatever they're giving away, they haven't given up anything in their lifestyle. A "normal" person will have to give up a lot when giving anything away. You can feel it.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd The fact they gave away billions that other's like cheney would have not, is what is important.
Originally Posted By woody Lovely, Cheney doesn't have a billion. Yet, maybe you have a point. He evidently doesn't believe in balanced budgets. He is spending billions of borrowed money on the American public.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd Cheney actually has more than mere money. If you would equate his power with money, it would be a trillion. His nuclear fallout shelter which he built in washington dc, before 9/11, cost him an estimated 155 million alone.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd By the way, cheney has more than one privately owned nuclear fallout shelters, he likes to have them near by. He makes his nightmares become real, instead of dreaming of peace. Do buffet and/or the gates's own private nuclear fallout shelters?
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>This is a bunch of bull. They have a lot more to give. Whatever they're giving away, they haven't given up anything in their lifestyle.<< There is a parable that describes this. I don't have a Bible on me right now, but the parable is a rich man and a poor widow give money to the temple. The rich man gives a large amount. The widow just gives a few coins. Jesus then says that the widow gave more, because the rich man gave from his bounty (his surplus) while the widow gave from her need.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I think the woman gave only a penny, but it was all the money she had saved, while the $10, placed in the platen, from the rich man, was only a 10,000th of his savings. But what about the penny owner who gave nothing, and what about the rich man who didn't even give the 10,000th of his savings?
Originally Posted By JazzCat It's actually not a parable, but in Mark 12:41-44. The Widow's Offering 41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins,[a]worth only a fraction of a penny. 43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."
Originally Posted By YourPalEd <<<but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.">>> Which explains her poverty.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/09/21/branson.warming.reut/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINE SS/09/21/branson.warming.reut/index.html</a> "Branson pledges $3B to fight global warming POSTED: 11:58 a.m. EDT, September 21, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline and rail businesses, to combating global warming. "We are very pleased today to be making a commitment to invest 100 percent of all future proceeds to the Virgin Group from our transportation interest, both our trains and airline businesses, into tackling global warming," Branson told a news conference at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. "We have to wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels. Our generation has the knowledge, it has the financial resources and as importantly it has the will power to do so." Yipeee!!!! Good ole Clinton. Good old democrats, and humanitarians, and futurists.
Originally Posted By woody >>Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline and rail businesses, to combating global warming<< So no money for the hungry or healthcare for the poor? The big charity is Global Warming. It's a big boondoggle to industries. The 3 billion will be spent on things that may not affect the weather in any way. Is he willing to bet his money on something many (not all or most) scientists dispute? It's his money but Liberals always want a seat at the table so why not criticize it?
Originally Posted By jonvn Probably because if global warming gets bad, it won't matter about the rest of it, because millions will end up dead.
Originally Posted By DlandJB ^^That's what I was thinking. And yes, it is his money and he can spend it as he sees fit.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd Didn't jesus help the poor? So was the woman just giving for her cause, knowing her investment would come back to her. Also i mean, she went to jesus cause she knew he was capable of miracles. She didn't want to give me the penny. She was giving her penny toward HER faith. It was still a selfish act, wasn't it? So, i mean in this case this fellow isn't insulting jesus and giving to his church. I'm sure he is also giving to his church, but the point is he is giving his 3 billion back to society, to the customers who gave him his money for services rendered. It's him doing his best to help spread life, instead of like bush, who spreads death with his money and power. And the venezulean fellow can make fun of bush all he wants to, he isn't my anything, he is a known traitor, who only my enemy respects. That doesn't mean chavez should have any form of nuclear power. But the known traitor, george bush, has caused so much suffering around the world, that anyone who wants to, can make fun of him. I think that is what he is for anyway, a punching bag. Sort of like the person taking your order at macdonald's, who you yell at, but you know they are just working for minimum wage, and have nothing to do with the decision making process. I mean you can get upset if they press the button with the big mac on it, instead of the salad you wanted, but the item and price appears on a screen on the opposite side of the cash register now, so the customer can precheck all they want. Ah, MacDonald's, what a great american institution. The exquisite quick cuisine still thrills me. The one near disneyland on ball road, has stools now. I prefer half standing to sitting all the time. I haven't had backpains since i started getting out of my chair every 20 minutes and doing a few things, before sitting down again.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Did Jesus then take the money and buy some doritos with it or what?>> ???
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Did Jesus then take the money and buy some doritos with it or what?>> ???
Originally Posted By woody >>Probably because if global warming gets bad, it won't matter about the rest of it, because millions will end up dead.<< Millions are already dead from abortions, a liberal dearly held issue. And they want to spread euthanasia. Why not divert all money from the poor to Global Warming? That'll fix things for good.
