Nicole, I didn't mean to villify anyone. I stated quite frankly that the money was hers to do with as she wished. However, considering the aquitistion, I can't garner the faintest of applause for the choice. It IS her personal fortune, but how much of a fortune would it be if there weren't a McDonalds to attribute it to? And you are correct, giving it to the corporation wouldn't make a ripple, I'm sure, but a gift of that size to RonaldMcDonald Houses or even an employee scholarship fund would at least make a few of the lives that depend on the corporation better. That, in my opinion, would be worthy of the amount of praise this donation has birthed. But hey, the ol' gal is dead and there's no changing it now.

Totally aside PS: Clinton, a cousin of mine who once applied for a college job there sat through 2 days of 'training films', he jokingly called them the "McKhmer Rouge Diaries". I s'pose one makes their propaganda whereve one can...*g*