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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Bill/WA who wrote (89960)2/28/2001 8:50:11 PM
From: starhawke  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
Re: "Did you watch the clip of Gates scrambling off the stage ;-)" - I think I saw part of it. It didn't look like he panicked or anything, but I may not have seen it all.

The laughable part was when some schmuck reporter asked him about the earthquake and what it might mean. As if he were a geologist. Bill's knowledge of seismicity only extends to making small software companies quake in their boots.

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S

PS. Also giggled about the talking heads telling people to stay home, don't drive, etc. all the while begging viewers to bring videotape of the earthquake and its aftermath to the stations. Whatever.
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