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Let me introduce you to my friend Andrew Carnegie, raging asshole & builder of amongst other things the world's largest free public library system, or my other
by fiatmoney 13y ago
Let me introduce you to my friend Andrew Carnegie, raging asshole & builder of amongst other things the world's largest free public library system, or my other friend Howard Hughes, raging asshole and founder of one of the world's largest medical charities, or my other friend Werner von Braun, responsible both for massive civilian casualties and also bootstrapping human exploration of space.
Oh what a piece of work is man, to be able to do both good and bad things.
- ilamont 13y agoAgreed. You could fill out that list with many more names. But what has Pincus done, beyond appearing in a photo opp and asking Obama to do something that others have already demanded?
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoPincus sat down with the most powerful man on earth and told him to his face that he should pardon the whisteleblower who has most embarrassed him. That takes real guts, no matter what else he's done.
- sneak 13y agoIt could be argued that Keith Alexander is more powerful than Obama these days - but your point stands.