Re: To Lighten Things Up A Little...
Humm...so since the money is coming from Bill Gates, the work of the Gates Foundation is obviously disingenuous? So replace the name with the Buffet Foundation and then you wouldn't be pissed? Lulz.
Also I'm sure it has been looked at by smarter people than you and I, but maybe they made a conscious decision to go the direction they do vs. infrastructure etc. It could be the most cost effective route to help the most amount of people, maybe? Just saying "build roads and pipes that have water in them and they will be cured" ain't that simple. If it were I'm sure it would have been done already.
think in the interview that Buffett's son did a while back showed that you can't just throw money at the problem and give people infrastructure and expect it to work ala like what he is doing with his company teaching farming to 3rd world countries. Just giving them expensive equipment and a bit of training actually didn't help in the long. He is seeing it takes much more than that to make it sustainable when it is a systemic issue from the top down.
But I'm sure I'm wrong on everything above...also RIMM is about bankrupt. They fucked up. Too bad I loved my BB for typing. They need a major OS overhaul if they want to stay in the market much longer. :lol: