Charlie Rose

markhas  09/05/2009 10:40 AM Report

gates sr's answers to the insipid question about the regulation needed to prevent criminals from recreating another financial crisis shows he is just as criminal as the wall street bankers. Pogo said it all "we have met the enemy".

JerryKemp_Founder  05/07/2009 03:49 PM Report

Although this interview was more than a week ago, the love and respect between father and son endures. Here's a thought for this Mother's Day from www.viewniverse.net and www.tvnblog.org:

Mother's Day reminds me of the old military call to denote a break time -

"Smoke 'em if you got 'em!"

This may seem indelicate to civilians, but I mean to impart the idea that Mother's Day is a good thing for everyone - even if your Mother is gone and "you don't got 'em."

My Mother has been gone for 15 years now, but I still celebrate her life internally during the annual festivities for the Mother of my children. Mothers are indispensable. So are Fathers, but there's a special place in every child's heart for Mom - no matter how bad a Mother has performed.

Erika, the Mother of my children, will always be the love of my life.

I wrote this poem in tribute to her a few years ago:

the well

as she sat in her bra upon our bed

cross-legged with a book,

i saw again the young coed

who caused my second look,

who saved me from my selfish self

that midnight long ago

at a bus stop in los angeles.

how little did i know…

she’s reading harry potter now

like every little girl

who dreams of love and mystery

and magic in the world,

who’s ageless in her innocence,

who’s beauty’s pantomime,

who makes her man feel lucky just

to watch her grow through time…

i’ve watched her bear our children

and read to them each night

and tuck them snugly into bed

with full-face pure delight.

i’ve seen her find forgiveness

i never did deserve

and stand behind my foolish dreams

with stable steely nerve…

this woman, mother, lover, child

and fountain of my truth

is everything i dreamed that life

could bring me in my youth.

in short, i’ve lived in heaven

though earth can be a hell

and given less than i’ve received

from her full loving well…

So, hug your Mom this Sunday. Even if the hug is in your mind, "you still got 'em."

Warm Regards,

Jerry Kemp

doodahdaze  05/01/2009 10:17 AM Report

or52, Bill Gates was more concerned about winning the game than he was about producing the very best product for his customers, he is a board game and poker player, which is fine and dandy. But what makes you think, if somebody else was in his position, couldn't or wouldn't have done a better job and technology couldn't or wouldn't have been 10 years advanced from where it stands now, because of Bill Gates led crusade of accumulative rhetorical breaches and undermining of consumer confidences causing resistance to further gadgetry nonsense... The giving to charity is what all rich people do to keep and expand their control of their wealth and to soften their edges to justify their behavior, past, present, and future... Once you pass a certain threshold, and enter the domain of the Super wealthy, it's quite fashionable to abandon your conservative reality, and pretend to embrace the "liberal"ly evolved.

outrider52  04/30/2009 06:43 PM Report

REMant you clearly don't know anything about Bill Gates. This man is a living legend. Shut up about Turner and the frontier thesis. He was right. Competition and the free market is what built this country, not the government. You might like to live in a static society, but most Americans prefer a dynamic and evolving society that capitalism is the key force behind. Read or listen to Richard Epstein, Milton Friedman, and learn about the great figures of American history who have strived to exceed the limits of human accomplishment.

REMant  04/30/2009 01:20 PM Report

The only interesting thing about this was trying to figure out what made them think that they ought to sell this drivel, a clue to which emerged only in the last dreadful 15 mins. The pair strike me as typical West Coast sorts. They would probably be outraged for me to compare them to Reagan, but I think that's fair. They remind me of the ppl who've gone from running "seminars" on house-flipping to how to make money off foreclosures. How such ppl reconcile having cheated so many others with their good works is beyond me, but they aren't alone, past or present. Ppl steal software, movies, and compact discs, because they feel ripped off. Frederick Jackson Turner had the idea the frontier gave the country its vitality - dynamism, used here - but he was still smart enough to realize that such behavior was to be tamed, a part of his book that is overlooked today by the same ppl who interpret Tocqueville as being a partisan of democracy. If the West Coast ever succumbs, I suppose we will have to look for the next efflorescence in Hawaii, Guam or Alaska. In any case, business ppl with this attitude have been involved in public education since the beginning and not for the better. Gates may want to consult David Tyack about the matter, if he is still alive, or read Managers of Virtue. Competition is certainly not one of the things likely to make education better, either. That requires curricular material that defines and solves relevant problems, well-understood and applied by competent teachers. In other words, the Socratic method. Exactly the opposite I gather of what Bill encountered in high school. Africa would also probably be better off if the West simply left them alone, and a lot of their problems better addressed by applying simple rules of hygiene, sanitation and self-reliance, they likely already know, unless they've forgotten them.

DavidBaker  04/30/2009 12:51 PM Report

Twelve interviews with Bill Gates since 1996. That is only about one a year! Charlie's regular shows with people that have great minds and that have something really interesting to say may be the best thing on television...but how about a nice homey special show, perhaps bimonthly, gathering Bill and his family, and perhaps Warren too, around the table to just chat about whatever?

ShalomFreedman  04/30/2009 11:11 AM Report

A few thoughts on this interview. First, both Gates' are to be strongly commended for their dedication to giving to others less fortunate than themselves. Many people who have a great deal of money do not do this. To Bill Gates credit and apparently in part at his father's urging he has devoted billions of dollars to Charity.

Second . There is something especially commendable about a son who has succeeded well beyond his parent continuing to listen to and learn from his parent.

Thirdly, it is not correct to say that it is Bill Gates' curiosity and ability to retain learning which primarily define his contribution. Clearly Gates is a person of extraordinary inventiveness and creative ability.

Fourthly , it is understandable that people so successful should be optimistic about the future. But they miss the mark in not speaking about the difficulties for humanity and the setbacks it is suffering from. It seems a bit callous to promote the Future so vigorously while so many are suffering here now.

ShalomFreedman  04/30/2009 09:01 AM Report

In a world in which there is so much disturbance in family relations, in which there are so many absent parents this interview exemplified a respectful,loving and cooperative relationship between father and son. A successful caring father set the example for a son who had the confidence to pursue his passion and interest, and develop his own world.

Charlie Rose is at his best in this kind of interview, respectful, caring, insightful humane.

myke  04/30/2009 07:11 AM Report

Father and Son at the oak table. A truly memorable presentation, Charlie. At our home we are grateful to the Gates. Our son, the younger of two children, is among this year's Gates Millennium Scholars - a gift of a lifetime. May he too give generously. Thank you William, Mary, Bill and Melinda.

harry_m  04/30/2009 12:01 AM Report

ho-hum

If Charlie Rose and Bill Gates want to find out the real problems in schools across the country, let them join the NSTA Nat'l Science Teachers Assn. and go onto the teacher

listservs.

codymr  04/29/2009 05:04 PM Report

Strangely, this video will not buffer properly... I have tried to stream it on 2 different bowsers but the video stalls at the 1min 9sec mark...

I tested other video streaming sites like YouTube, but everything works properly there... this is odd behavior because I have never had an issue with charlierose.com before?!

doodahdaze  04/29/2009 10:49 AM Report

If Bill Gates is such a great learner and absorber of information, then why is he always giving the same old boring sales pitch? over and over again. At every public appearance... I'm tired of hearing about how wonderful Microsoft and technology is. If it's so great, then why does it have to be defended so much?

peter1936  04/29/2009 09:12 AM Report

one of the finest and most important interviews that we have ever watched/listened to...thank you