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<title>Slog - Comments on Poor Bill Gates</title>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates</link>
<description>Our boy Bill* is no longer the world&apos;s richest man. The Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder has been overtaken on the world&apos;s richest list by Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, according to a Mexican financial news service quoted by Reuters. A 27 percent surge in the stock price of Slim&apos;s wireless company, American Movil, in the second quarter has put his worth at close to $67.8 billion, Reuters reported Tuesday. Reuters quoted financial tracker Eduardo Garcia, from Sentido Comun, an online financial publication. Garcia estimated that Gates was worth $59.2 billion, Reuters reported. * That&apos;s a musical theater reference. Can...</description>
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<title>Comment by hetero musical theater fan</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Carosel?</p>]]></description>
<author>hetero musical theater fan</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c756987</link>
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<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:16:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by hetero musical theater fan</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Carosel?</p>]]></description>
<author>hetero musical theater fan</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c756990</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c756990</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Providence</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>It's Carousel.  Ain't google wonderful?</p>

<p>Billy<br />
I wonder what he'll think of me<br />
I guess he'll call me the "old man"<br />
I guess he'll think I can lick<br />
Ev'ry other feller's father<br />
Well, I can!<br />
I bet that he'll turn out to be<br />
The spittin' image of his dad<br />
But he'll have more common sense<br />
Than his puddin-headed father ever had<br />
I'll teach him to wrestle<br />
And dive through a wave<br />
When we go in the mornin's for our swim<br />
His mother can teach him<br />
The way to behave<br />
But she won't make a sissy out o' him<br />
Not him! Not my boy! Not Bill!</p>

<p>Bill... My boy Bill <br />
I will see that he is named after me, I will.<br />
My boy, Bill! He'll be tall<br />
And tough as a tree, will Bill!<br />
Like a tree he'll grow<br />
With his head held high<br />
And his feet planted firm on the ground<br />
And you won't see nobody dare to try<br />
To boss or toss him around!<br />
No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully <br />
Will boss him around.</p>

<p>I don't give a hang what he does<br />
As long as he does what he likes!<br />
He can sit on his tail<br />
Or work on a rail<br />
With a hammer, hammering spikes!<br />
He can ferry a boat on a river<br />
Or peddle a pack on his back<br />
Or work up and down<br />
The streets of a town<br />
With a whip and a horse and a hack.</p>

<p>He can haul a scow along a canal<br />
Run a cow around a corral<br />
Or maybe bark for a carousel<br />
Of course it takes talent to do that well.</p>

<p>Aha-ha-ha-ha!<br />
He might be a champ of the heavyweights,<br />
Or a feller that sells you glue,<br />
Or President of the United States,<br />
That'd be all right, too<br />
His mother would like that<br />
But he wouldn't be President if he didn't wanna be!<br />
Not Bill!</p>

<p>My boy, Bill! He'll be tall<br />
And as tough as a tree, will Bill<br />
Like a tree he'll grow<br />
With his head held high<br />
And his feet planted firm on the ground<br />
And you won't see nobody dare to try<br />
To boss him or toss him around!<br />
No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, <br />
Pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully<br />
Will boss him around.</p>

<p>And I'm hanged if he'll marry his boss' daughter<br />
A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water<br />
Who'll give him a peck<br />
And call it a kiss<br />
And look in his eyes through a lorgnette...</p>

<p>Hey, why am I talkin' on like this?<br />
My kid ain't even been born, yet!<br />
I can see him when he's seventeen or so,<br />
And startin' to go with a girl<br />
I can give him lots of pointers, very sound<br />
On the way to get 'round any girl<br />
I can tell him ...<br />
Wait a minute!<br />
Could it be?<br />
What the hell!<br />
What if he is a girl?<br />
What would I do with her?<br />
What could I do for her?<br />
A bum with no money!<br />
You can have fun with a son<br />
But you gotta be a father to a girl<br />
She mightn't be so bad at that<br />
A kid with ribbons in her hair!<br />
A kind o' sweett and petite<br />
Little tin-type of her mother!<br />
What a pair!</p>

<p>My little girl<br />
Pink and white<br />
As peaches and cream is she<br />
My little girl<br />
Is half again as bright<br />
As girls are meant to be!<br />
Dozens of boys pursue her<br />
Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her<br />
From her faithful dad<br />
She has a few<br />
Pink and white young fellers of two or three<br />
But my little girl<br />
Gets hungry ev'ry night and she comes home to me!</p>

<p>I-I got to get ready before she comes!<br />
I got to make certain that she<br />
Won't be dragged up in slums<br />
With a lot o' bums like me<br />
She's got to be sheltered<br />
In a fair hand dressed <br />
In the best that money can buy!<br />
I never knew how to get money,<br />
But, I'll try, I'll try! I'll try!<br />
I'll go out and make it or steal it<br />
Or take it or die!<br />
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<author>Providence</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757006</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757006</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:26:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>uh, huh....it's carousel...i was in it in college...i played the Starkeeper/Doctor despite the fact i can't sing...i also got to meet gordon macrae who did the movie 'cause he lived in the same city, (lincoln, ne)...<br />
it was an awful production and got bad reviews...well, except for me and some puppets:) and i shouldn't have got a good review 'cause i totally ripped the voice off the Pepperidge Farm guy...</p>

<p>wow...wasn't that fascinating?</p>

<p>hey, it's really dull at work today; sue me...</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757007</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757007</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:26:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by faggy musical theatre fan</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>"Oliver!"</p>]]></description>
<author>faggy musical theatre fan</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757008</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757008</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:26:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by inferquent</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>neither likely to be seen in burien.</p>]]></description>
<author>inferquent</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757038</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757038</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:46:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Dougsf</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>About a year ago when the US dollar tanked, I think Bill was usurped by the guy that founded Ikea. Either way, it's a shame neither of these gentleman share Mr. Gates' penchant for philanthropy.</p>]]></description>
<author>Dougsf</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757073</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757073</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:23:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Carlos Slim</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Carlos Slim is the slickest new rap name in the entire game. remember you heard it here first.</p>]]></description>
<author>Carlos Slim</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757093</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757093</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:37:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Carlos Gordo</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>@6 - Don't fuck with Burien!</p>]]></description>
<author>Carlos Gordo</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757118</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757118</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:06:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by no one in particular</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Dougsf: There were stories that Bill got usurped by the IKEA founder, but they were based on very sketchy evidence.  IKEA isn't public, so it's tough to precisely estimate the value of the company, plus they use some bizarre accounting schemes whereby he doesn't technically own the company, etc.</p>

<p>Anyway, most experts and IKEA itself said the reports were bullshit.</p>

<p>It'll be interesting to see if this stands up to scrutiny.</p>]]></description>
<author>no one in particular</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757131</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757131</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:16:33 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Jennifer</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>How can you not love Rogers & Hammerstein?</p>]]></description>
<author>Jennifer</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757336</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757336</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:25:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by J</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh, and add to the fact that Louise said the slap from her long dead dad felt more like a kiss than a slap, you might have a case for Stockholm Syndrome.</p>]]></description>
<author>J</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757337</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757337</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:28:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by Jamey</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>This story begs the question: What is this guy spending his extra money on if not donating it to causes that need it?  If the man is that rich, I should have already heard of him for doing good deeds.  Alas, I have not.</p>]]></description>
<author>Jamey</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757361</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757361</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:08:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by DJ Funkybear stole my name</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>If I were the once richest man in the world, I would be okay with losing out to a guy named Carlos Slim.  </p>]]></description>
<author>DJ Funkybear stole my name</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757376</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757376</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:57:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by lee</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>"Penchant for philanthropy" HAH!  Bill saves the 15% dividend & capital gains tax by putting it in a foundation which he controls.  The foundation must(by law)spend at least 5% of its assets per year.  It grows more than that tax-free.  He controls it and that's his POWER.  No, you can't SPEND 59 billion but you can control it.<br />
 At the rate the rich are getting richer when do you think the first trillionair will appear?  Certainly before 2025 I think.</p>]]></description>
<author>lee</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757380</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757380</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by blogger</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>We have a short blurb on Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim today and all things billion$ </p>

<p></p>

<p><b>Think Billion$</b><br />
<a href="http://thinkbillions.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://thinkbillions.blogspot.com</a><br />
</p>]]></description>
<author>blogger</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757400</link>
<guid>http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/poor_bill_gates#c757400</guid>
<category>News</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:28:28 -0800</pubDate>
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