guilty by association

It's not often that you something or someone and pipe up with "hey, I know him!". Unless you're from a huge metropolis it's not often you can point to X and say they're from your hometown. Omaha leads one to Malcolm X and Gerald Ford's birthplace. A sort of association with Johnny Carson comes to mind. More importanly to me is that the Saddle Creek Record label has taken Omaha to the front of the music world. (And by important I don't belittle Mr. X...just how my life is affected.) Now (again) we get to claim Mr. Buffett and his forward thinking. I read the article in Time about the Gates Foundation, Bono, Buffett, and the meeting in Omaha earlier this year...and so wanted to be a part of what's happening. Funny how you can curse Bill Gates' business practices and suddenly throw out some forgiveness because the man and his wife are contributing $40 billion to the world. ($40 BILLION) That money is not going to symphonies, museums, Harvard University... but to the World. With his mindless need to succeed it can only do good. Now Buffett is on board and pushing $1.5 billion a year in contributions to solve AIDS, malaria, other diseases, American inner city shortages, and the mankind that needs help. It's not a half-hearted effort...the rules are strict, and money will be dispensed. There is no bad side to this. As I type on my Apple I've got to say that I truly hope the competition amongst the money becomes something like "taking the great wealth of the world and doing good". I can see what I want to do...maybe no monetary but with time. Apparently Buffett said during his news conference that his kids would have enough money, but not too much. He said something like, "They'll have enough to to anything they want, but not enough to do nothing." I think we rarely find someone of his mind. Well done.