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Bill Gates Is More Admired Than the Pope

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he-can-afford-more-hats dept.

walterbyrd writes "Americans admire Bill Gates more than the Pope, the Dalai Lama and even Glenn Beck. The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist was named the fifth most admired man of 2010, according to the latest USA Today/Gallup poll."

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  1. Duh by chemicaldave · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are only 68 million Catholics in the US according to wikipedia. How many Windows users are there?

    1. Re:Duh by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Another thing, Catholicism never got out of beta. They are still working on the same code base as 2000 years ago. Can't keep people's attentions if you don't add new features.

      I was raised devout Catholic. I got over it.

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  2. Re:Problem: by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, never underestimate the power of "Has never covered up a massive multinational paedophilia ring" on your CV...

  3. Even Glenn Beck?? by martas · · Score: 1, Funny

    I get the Pope and Dalai Lama part, but more admired than Beck?? That's just wrong!

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  4. Re:Problem: by TheoGB · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why login when you can be an Anonymous Coward?

  5. Re:Problem: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What can I say? I take "spreading Christ's love" very seriously...

    -The Artist formerly known as Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

  6. Re:Problem: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Obama is at the top and I can tell you more about what Bill Gates did to get there than I can Barak Obama.

    BO's Path to the Presidency:

    (1) Voted "Present". A lot.
    (2) Was the Democratic Presidential candidate after two terms of GWB.
    (3) Is black.

    At least, that's what some would have you to believe.

    You forgot two steps.

    0a. Born in Kenya

    0b. Came to the United States as a secret Muslim terror baby.

  7. Re:Problem: by MikeDirnt69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But Gates can make money out of feces!

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  8. Re:Problem: by vtcodger · · Score: 4, Funny

    One also needs to consider the competition. George the Clueless, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, the Clintons (both of them!!). With about three exceptions you could distill all the moral courage, integrity, and good sense of the folks on that list into a droplet about the size of an undernourished bacteria.

    Upon reviewing the list, I think there is only one conclusion. We're doomed.

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  9. Re:Problem: by sorak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, never underestimate the power of "Has never covered up a massive multinational paedophilia ring" on your CV...

    But everybody lies on their CV.