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| 2004-06-04 |
| "You have nothing to lose but your brains!" by Erin Montgomery, The Weekly Standard. EFL. OVER 2,000 [$129-329 per night, meals not included] The conference--sponsored by the activist group Campaign for America’s Future--began Wednesday, June 2, and concludes this afternoon. Attendee Chris Maroul, of Houston, Texas, planned his summer vacation around the conference, and was one of the first in line at the registration table Wednesday morning. "I needed to use up my vacation time from work and went online to see what was going on in D.C.," he said. There, he stumbled upon the conference information. "It was meant to be," said Maroul, who wore an eye-catching T-shirt, which read, on the front: "The Few, The Loud, The Peaceloving Texas Liberal." And on the back: "In Houston, they refer to me None of the people who attended or spoke at the conference could top the comments of [billionaire moonbat George] Soros, but many came close. . . . In a conference session entitled "The Populism Moment," national radio commentator Jim Hightower [star of "Radio Free Moonbat"] teamed up with nationally syndicated columnist Who-Dat? Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) to tell us what we common people really need: John Kerry to be our next president. Naturally, it was an hour of unadulterated Bush-bashing. . . . After Hightower, the mediator made jokes about Dick Cheney having an "undisclosed heart attack" somewhere. Then it was time for Huffington to take the stage. In the middle of her glib remarks, a telling anecdote appeared. Last year, Huffington ate Christmas dinner with some Greek-American friends, during which she had an interesting conversation with their 11-year-old son, Constantine. Constantine, a Bush supporter, told Huffington that he could convince her to vote for Bush in the upcoming election, and that he could do so by asking her two simple questions: (1) Do you want to keep more or less of your money? and (2) Do you want to get serious about the war on terror? Needless to say, Constantine didn’t change Huffington’s mind. "Zat iss because I haf no mind to change, dahling!" She thought the clever lad was "asking the wrong questions." It’s really sad when an 11-year old kid proves to be smarter than a whole room full of wealthy moonbats. No, it’s not sad, it’s funny. Hilarious, actually. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #16 an ideological war between the value neutral post-modernists versus the death of right and wrong idealists--plato haters vs platonists Even if the anti-Platonists are ascendant, they would be damn fools after 9/11 to not see our action as simple self-preservation. This should be obvious to all except the most dogmatic PC amongst us, because those Islamofacist bastards showed us that their main goal in life is to kill us. Sometimes I wonder though. . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-04 7:05:23 PM |
| #15 between the value neutral post-modernists versus the death of right and wrong idealists--plato haters vs platonists--its a deep thing I would arue Popper is the sucessor to Locke, Hume, and JSM. It is Utilitarianism updated. Do what works and what people find most beneficial, and yes there are no absolutes in knowledge or morals. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-04 6:58:40 PM |
| #14 soros was a student of karl popper--euro philosopher of and author "the open society" known in britain as written by one of its enemies I don't want people to get the impression that Soros is somehow following a Popperian philosophy becuase he is not. For many people on the Right, myself included, Popper is our philosopher of choice. People should read his books. He is easily the most readable of the heavyweights. As far as Soros is concerned, I consider him an example of how being seriously rich really messes up your world view. It is ironic that taking money away from dingbats like him, is the single argument in favor of socialism that I find compelling. |
| Posted by: Phil B 2004-06-04 6:51:31 PM |
| #13 Soros should be monitored closely since he and his commodity trading firm were deeply involved in the FOREX market, triggered the 1998-99 economic 'Asian Flu' by 'shorting' the Malaysian currency, crashing it. Many Asian economies were seriously harmed by Soros' manipulation. Soros, as a Holocaust survivor, turned multi-billionaire, should be thoroughly ashamed of his current disciple actions in attempting to buy a presidential election in order to weaken the national security of the United States in a time of war against a fanatical enemy, equal to the Nazis, in their promotion of global conquest and mass enslavement. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-04 6:25:05 PM |
| #12 "PROGRESSIVES" A term the radical leftists use to mask true intentions. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-06-04 6:12:58 PM |
| #11 soros was a student of karl popper--euro philosopher of and author "the open society" known in britain as written by one of its enemies--they are totally opposed to "natural rights" guys who follow leo strauss-- so this is an ideological war between the value neutral post-modernists versus the death of right and wrong idealists--plato haters vs platonists--its a deep thing |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-06-04 2:42:13 PM |
| #10 if this is true - then that is a very smart boy... as for me i make more and pay less taxes than i did in the 90's...do we really want big govt and more taxes -- a big HELL NO! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-06-04 2:09:11 PM |
| #9 remote man-If the RNC does not want to do this, is there a 501c3 organization that could counter his 501c3 baby, "MoveOn", and put this stuff out? "Soros believes this, and is trying to buy the election" |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-04 1:34:23 PM |
| #8 There are lots of his positions that if they were well known would be anathema to the majority of voters in this country. He is a one world government guy, totally supports assisted suicide and the legalization of drugs. He has actively brought down one government (Georgia...the country not the state) and created the Asian melt down of the late '90's. Like I said, the guy is a freak. The comments he made yesterday are just nuts. The RNC needs to come out on this guy hard. He wants to personally affect change in our government. Most people will recoil at that possibility. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-06-04 1:27:43 PM |
| #7 Mike, I am not necessarily suggesting scandal. I am suggesting that his personae, his fixation on Bush is beyond political opposition, it is PERSONAL, and psycopathic! Exposing more of him to the public would likely bring that aspect to the light of day. With his fortune he can buy silence of death of anyone who would have anything truly scandalous that would hurt him. But, if he opens his fat mouth, in the "right" venue, he could shoot himself down, and that would be the best possible venue to accomplish diminishing his value to the move-on-ists. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-04 1:19:08 PM |
| #6 Ed: Soros is a very self-centered, egomaniacal piece of work, but there's nothing in his biography to suggest that there's a major discrediting scandal lurking there. Even if there was, I don't like the idea of relying on scandal to defeat our ideological enemies. (Look how well it worked against Clinton, after all!) We have to meet him and beat him in the realm of ideas--where the poor devil is all but unarmed. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-06-04 1:10:40 PM |
| #5 What makes Soros worse is that he seems to follow no particular philosophy. Being in his position, Socialism would be anathema. It seems he has a hangup about the Bushes. With his fortune, that is what is so bad about him. What can be done by us ordinary middle-class grunts to thwart him? Certainly our financial situations preclude any battle on that front. Is there someone who has the nose to dig into his past, and find something that would so discredit him that only the slobbering Deaniacs would continue to follow him? It would have to be in the public record, and something directly tied to him. From the sound of it yesterday, Hannity is on the same page as we are, and he has the bully pulpit. Soros is from Hungary. They use his past of being under both Nazis and Communists to build his credibility. But that is a deflection. It doesn't stop him from being a nutcase. The fact of his personal campaign against Bush as an individual is tell-tale. What is the source of that? We aren't talking about ruminations elected hacks like "Lurch" Kerry, "Bagogas" Kennedy, "Cruella DeVil" Clinton, "Twilight Zone" Dean, or "Chauncey Gardner" Biden. We are talking about one man with a demented personal vendetta against GWB, and that is what has to be given the fresh air of knowledge, so it can be stopped. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-04 1:00:33 PM |
| #4 Soros scares the hell out of me. Think about the Dems being beholden to one man. That is so different than being on the hook to a corporation or an interest group. Those other entities are made up of lots of people who have to have some consent on a particular course of action. The consensus process usually means a watering down of the extreme nature of the particular position. A larger group also leaves open the possibility of a leaker should the proposed course of action be really nuts/illegal. Soros has none of these things holding him back. He is a freak and a real menace to the safety and security of this nation. |
| Posted by: remote man 2004-06-04 12:28:04 PM |
| #3 In Adriana's defense, much of her income is from writing. In years where she doesn't have a book published, her income drops and when her income drops, she doesn't pay much in the way of income taxes (she did have a big property tax bill though_. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-04 11:41:53 AM |
| #2 Frank that is consistent with the liberal mind. They want every else to pay taxes not them. BTW I think that Arrianna's tax bill was zero for the last couple of years and she never was close to being a real candidate. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-06-04 10:54:11 AM |
| #1 when Arriana was running for governor in the recall, it was disclosed that she has very adept accountants, allowing her to bring in hundreds of thousands in income and pay virtually nothing in taxes. The boy's problem is that she is for the rest of us ("the little people") paying more taxes while she and her 'elite' friends continue to skate |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-04 9:59:47 AM |