Bill Gates: Release the Mosquitos!
by Andrew LeighTrue story: Bill Gates — yes, that Bill Gates — released a swarm of mosquitos at a technology conference. He did it (or so he claims) to demonstrate how malaria spreads. Reportedly, he waited a minute or two before he informed his well-heeled audience that these particular blood-suckers weren’t carrying the dread disease. (Only three died of heart attacks!)
This calls to mind The Simpsons‘ Mr. Burns, who shouts “Release the hounds!” whenever he tires of visitors. Gates’ version is somewhat more subtle, but perhaps as effective — especially to mosquito-phobic people like myself. (I wonder if anybody sued? Talk about deep pockets!)
What is it about the fabulously wealthy and famous that drives them to sic wild animals on people? I suppose if I were in their shoes, I’d do the same. Nothing clears out tedious party guests who overstay their welcome faster than a pack of ravenous Rottweilers.
It got me to thinking, this could start a whole new trend of celebrities releasing dangerous things at press conferences. Imagine the possibilities:
Madonna, unleashing a horde of starving orphans desperate for adoptive parents.
Sean Penn, releasing a pack of howling Latin American dictators.
Christian Bale, hurling scores of razor-edged Batarangs (at a cinematographers’ conference, of course).
Wanda Sykes, letting loose with an unholy trifecta of black feminist lesbian jokes.
Sheryl Crow, wafting single used sheets of recycled toilet paper.
Ed Begley, Jr., winding up a garage full of tiny electric-powered clown cars.
George Clooney, unleashing the full force of his self-regard.
Rosie O’Donnell, releasing the “unrated” version of her variety show.
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Well, that is only fitting since he supports massive immigration into the US of people from places like India that carry all sorts of diseases like TB, hepatitis, etc….
Bill Gates is becoming a Batman villain (of the Adam West era).
Christian Bale’s would have to be unrated at this point, as well.
What has Ridley been smoking?
Does he think “clintonites” didn’t snipe at Bush since the beginning of the 2000 election cycle, through the contested election, up until this very moment as I type?
It is Obama who lacks class. I have heard eleven inaugural speeches and his is the first one that took shots at his predecessor. Gratuitous, ungracious and untrue shots, I might add.
Too bad he and his classless wife are finally being forced to open their mouths and speak extemporaneously because neither one of them has a neuron firing between them. Or an ounce of manners.
I have a theory that when relatively young people get filthy rich they take leave of their senses. Rather than releasing mosqitoes at egghead conferences, he should be lobbying whoever will listen, including his rich liberal friends and environazi groups, to repeal the ban on DDT. But no, he pulls a stupid stunt and advocates mosqito nets. Bill, you alone can afford to provide all of Africa with mosqito nets!
The very definition of a sanctimonious ass… not an ounce of courage to take on an “environmental” movement responsible for banning the use of DDT and causing millions of deaths from malaria, but happy to pull a cheap stunt on those “beneath” him.
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What about West Nile Virus and other diseases carried by the mosquito? Bill Gates is a pompous, ego-swollen ahole! And his products SUCK!
This qualifies as terrorism.
When I read this 2 thoughts came to mind. (A) wonder what it cost a billionaire to collect a jar full of mosquitoes and (b) reading that the founder that small Pez-trading website – Ebay – exclaim “That’s the last time I sit in the front row!” was priceless.
There’s all kinds of reasons to avoid the front row, particularly at a Don Rickles show.
And now a Bill Gates show.
This kind of behaviour explains why Microsoft writes the world’s worst software. Perhaps Bill was playing with bugs and developing delusions while he was CEO of the once mightly MS?
He’s right, though, that in the interest of equality, if some people have to live at risk of malaria-spreading mosquitos then we all should.
Have to.
Otherwise we are not true, committed egalitarianistas.
Like him.
So if you complain about this stunt, then you, sir, are fascist.
I bought a PC with Vista on it.
Brought it back the next day.
So Bill Gates finally makes the leap from anti-social oddball to full-blown sociopath. He could really do some good in this world by championing the return of DDT. The use of DDT would save (and would have saved) millions of lives and may have saved Bill Gates from performing this embarrassing, and disturbing, publicity stunt.
VISTA absolutely SUCKS! Microsoft even managed to screw up something as basic as the SEARCH function in Vista. What demonic idiots! Their entire thrust is to play S&M games with their customers and end-users. PERVERTS!
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