Maybe he'll donate all he earns from it to the demacratic party.

So what?

Boy you guys really got a hard on for Soros.

Get a room already.

If I had money I would love to get in on the gravy train...

Bush et al are throwing billions down the rat hole that Iraq has become...

If he can make money playing their game so be it...I am sure his "winnings" will get back into Democrat coffers...

Another war profiteer at it.

What a schmuck. Nice to see the $ wins again.

That's just good business. No wonder he's a billionaire.

"Another war profiteer at it."
Posted by eberly at 2007-03-02 08:53 AM
YEAH! "Another"?

When did you call out the other ones?

I hate to do this but I must agree with EBerly. What a fucking shmuck He is. This is why I wished like Hell that Oil Bottles came with Country of Origin upon the Bottles. Oh and Gasoline coming with Country of Origin Labels too. Maybe even a different Color of Gasoline for say Middle East one for Canada One for Mexico and so forth that way You would know EXACTLY where that Gasoline came from.

Larry

That's just good business. No wonder he's a billionaire.

Hence the reason I'll never be one. I tie my business practices to my morals.

He's probably just planning a slow take over to shut the death merchants down or at least be in a position to expose some of the juicier business strategies (aka war creation and political manipulation).

And suddenly all those pesky Congressional investigations of the evil Halliburton came to a screeching halt.

If Soros pours himself a bowel of Wheaties for breakfast you best not go pissing on them.

When did you call out the other ones?

Posted by Redneckville

I'm not calling Soros out on anything. We certainly don't know the whole story (sound familiar). I won't jump on Soros as being a "war profiteer" any more than most people who are engaged in politics.

I might call him a hypocrite though.....along with plenty of repubs.

I hate to do this but I must agree with EBerly.

I know it sucks doesn't it. Look at it this way......personally, I insure some businesses here in Wichita that supply companies like Raytheonl, Lockheed, Bell, and other defence contractors. All of them are dependent on the financial success of our defence contractors....just like Soros. It doesn't mean it's bad necessarily.

defense.....sorry.

Zulu - investigations into Soro's investment? Yeah, I can see this killing them.

"I'm not calling Soros out on anything. "
Posted by eberly at 2007-03-02 04:01 PM

YEAH! Except you already did!
"See Another war profiteer at it."
Posted by eberly at 2007-03-02 08:53 AM

I don't see a "?" or any other sign of "wonder" inflected anywhere in that statement!
But that's your Sean Hannity style now isn't it! Deceptive, dishonest, immoral and intellectually corrupt!

might call him a hypocrite though.....along with plenty of repubs.
Posted by eberly at 2007-03-02 04:01 PM

YEAH! "Might"? "Might" sounds awful grey for a Bush serving "Black and White" er.
But then again, that's your Sean Hannity style now isn't it! Deceptive, dishonest, immoral and intellectually corrupt!

I might call him a hypocrite though.....along with plenty of repubs.

Posted by eberly at 2007-03-02 04:01 PM

YEAH! Well here is your chance!
See below!


Norquist Plans Conservative Agenda: Learn To Belly Dance, Golf, And Say No, No, No, No For 2 Years'
At the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, right-wing activist and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist urged conservatives not to work to accomplish anything in the current Congress.
"Get married, develop a hobby, learn to belly dance, learn to golf -- you know, we got two years free, but we gotta spend time and effort playing defense here," Norquist said. "Our job is to say no, no, no, no' for two years."
Norquist predicted, "People are gonna go, oh maybe this bill isn't as bad as it looks.'" But he warned, " Don't eat it, don't swallow it, don't touch it. Nothing good passes this Congress." Watch it:
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Transcript:
NORQUIST:Nothing good happens in the next two years out of this Congress. Nothing good.
If you read in the newspaper that there's a bill with a nice sounding name, and it sounds in the first sentence like the bill is good, you haven't read the whole bill.
Nothing good happens. They're not going to cut taxes.
(APPLAUSE)
Look, get married, develop a hobby, learn to belly dance, learn to golf -- you know, we got two years free, but we gotta spend some time and effort playing defense here.
Because the Democrats are going to be like young men on prom dates -- they're gonna keep asking the same question of us over and over and over again. And our job is to say "no, no, no, no" for two years.
It doesn't do us any good to go "no, no, yes" okay? It has to be "no" for two years in a row. It's going to be tiresome, it's going to be boring. People are gonna go, "oh maybe this bill isn't as bad as it looks." Don't eat it, don't swallow it, don't touch it. Nothing good passes this Congress.
Plan for the future and read novels.


YEAH! Party of Obstruction Who?

"Look, get married, develop a hobby, learn to belly dance, learn to golf -- you know, we got two years free, but we gotta spend some time and effort playing defense here. "

YEAH! "Free" On the tax payers dime!

"read novels"

YEAH! On OUR time!

Lets hear it eberly! Lets hear you condem norquist and call him a hypocrite!

"Zulu - investigations into Soro's investment? Yeah, I can see this killing them."

Halliburton might very well become less of an urgent matter for the Democrats now, at least the ones who know what's good for them.

Redneck,

I should have put a :( or something like that after my comment so you would know i was joking. Any other libs confront me? no just you. They all understood I was joking with that comment. You didn't. Gee..sorry about that.

As far as Grover Norquist goes....don't know him. I'm referring to most elected repubs who voted to approve any spending bill in front of them. that makes them hypocrites...I don't know if Norquist is a hypocrite or not...is he elected to something?

But then again, that's your Sean Hannity style now isn't it! Deceptive, dishonest, immoral and intellectually corrupt!

You want to know who really mirrors a right-wing pundit on the radio....YOU! You are acting like Michael Savage with these rants of yours. You have accused me of so much shit and you haven't gotten a single thing right....not once.

RCADE should run your ass off for being such a frigging obsessed poster who is stalking another poster and constantly harassing them with absolute shit.

You are way off the deep end Redsamiacocoville.

I have said this about Soros before and I will continue to say it again and again. George Soros has done more to advance the cause of America and Democracy around the world with his money then most will ever do in their lifetime.

His foundation which finances top students coming from Eastern Europe and attending US colleges for a year and staying with American host families has given these kids a real look at our society and when they return, they are pretty much friends for life. As top students, many enter their own government or have influential places in their own societies which continue on for the rest of their lives. This is person by person stuff and Soros has been doing it for decades with tens of thousands of students who are now well into their own careers with a very important background and personal experience vis a vis the US. Perhaps its why although America isn't much liked at the moment in Western Europe, its a very different story in the East.

And if that's not enough, who do you think was behind much of the "velvet revolutions" that took place in Ukraine and Georgia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe ? Where do you think much of the money was coming from to enable tens of thousands to remain in the Kiev square so that the powers that be finally agreed to redo a Presidential election and returning the government to the actual winner of the election? It was Soros.

I cringe when I hear that idiot O'Reilly trash Soros knowing how much he's done for this country in such a positive way. I know it because I'm married to one of those former students who fell in love with this country after a year here in Buffalo and never wanted anything more then becoming an American after that.

bawahhahahah!

Tools of the left are bitten again by the thing some refer to as 'reality'.

First Soros profits by shorting the US currency. Then he invests in the company many leftist on this blog claim Cheney pushed into war to benefit.

I tell you ol' George is about as slick as my mentor.

Will the MSM give him a pass? Lets wait and see.

Where is Danni?

"I have said this about Soros before and I will continue to say it again and again. George Soros has done more to advance the cause of America and Democracy around the world with his money then most will ever do in their lifetime."

Well, other than George W. Bush.

i also say what
so halliburton may have a reputation of profiting from war, but they did not start the war nor did the enact the policies that created the opportunities for them to profit from war.
Are they really more or less corrupt than any other major company in that field?

And if that's not enough, who do you think was behind much of the "velvet revolutions" that took place in Ukraine and Georgia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe ? Where do you think much of the money was coming from to enable tens of thousands to remain in the Kiev square so that the powers that be finally agreed to redo a Presidential election and returning the government to the actual winner of the election? It was Soros.

If you are going to assert that Soros has benefited this country so much then perhaps you should point to some things that happen here. You pointed out that former USSR countries and students from Eastern Europe have benefited. I'm not saying that he hasn't done something but you examples could be a little closer to home.

Where do you think much of the money was coming from to enable tens of thousands to remain in the Kiev square so that the powers that be finally agreed to redo a Presidential election and returning the government to the actual winner of the election? It was Soros.
So his people stood on street corners handing out money? What a load of crap!


This is person by person stuff and Soros has been doing it for decades with tens of thousands of students
Thats alot of students. No wonder college is so expensive. Why should I have to foot the cost for a state run university to expand in order to handle all of these foreign students. Apparently the US is hated in Europe, so why bother.

who are now well into their own careers...
As most never return home to their home countries...

Huh?

GZ a Hungarian?


I have said this about Soros before and I will continue to say it again and again. George Soros has done more to advance the cause of America and Democracy around the world with his money then most will ever do in their lifetime."

Well, other than George W. Bush.
Posted by zulu at 2007-03-02 04:35 PM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AHA!

The only thing GW ever "advanced" was GW himself!

i wonder if moveon.org will take a principalled stance and no longer accept money from hallburtion,.,,,eeeeerrrrrrrr soros???

"He's probably just planning a slow take over to shut the death merchants down or at least be in a position to expose some of the juicier business strategies (aka war creation and political manipulation)."
--PANCHOVILLA

LOL aren't you the dreamer.

YEAH! If you didn't have the mental prowess and the observational skills of an Alzheimer's patient you might realize I am no "lib"!


Anybody here want to jump in and agree with Redneck that he ISN'T a liberal?

"i wonder if moveon.org will take a principled stance and no longer accept money from hallburton"

I'm just waiting to see how they spin this, once they're done changing their underwear.

A total fucking moonbat playing like you're a moderate. A total fucking Bush server pretending to be a "concerned American"!
You're a fake, a phony and a piss poor liar!

You are hurting my feelings. I'm going to tell.

If racade so chooses to ban me for beating shitheaps like you over the head with their very own caustic rhetoric then so be it! Why don't you take your "personal responsibility" shirking ass over and whine incessantly to someone else so THEY can do something about it!

Uhm, you attacked me bub. What have I done except point out that you can't understand satire....and I did it politely despite the fact you are acting the way you are.

What you would you like me to do redsamiamcocoville?

Just so you guys realize Soros did not buy the 2mm shares on his own. It was his management company. This company runs plenty of hedge funds that have plenty of professional money managers making the decisions, so chances are he didn't even have any say in buying the shares. But you should all ask George how well he was like in Asia right around 1997-1998...do a little research and you'll realize this guy is as ruthless and manipulative to the market as every other successful money manager out in the real world. If spending 30mm USD on ads and a nifty website putting down George Bush and republicans makes the man sleep easier at night, more power to him. I find it easier and cheaper to drink some beers and down some NyQuil to get to sleep (check out the CVS brand it's cheaper).

I guess redneck had to go.

LOL

Sharks,

You kind of ruined most of this for me.

Thanks a whole lot.

"But you should all ask George how well he was like in Asia right around 1997-1998"

should read **how well he was LIKED**

hahah, sorry bout that Zulu. try the beers and NyQuil. i promise the hallucinations will bring you right back into the zone.

I guarantee Soros is not doing this for investment purposes. He's doing it to gain a voice as a major stockholder.

""I have said this about Soros before and I will continue to say it again and again. George Soros has done more to advance the cause of America and Democracy around the world with his money then most will ever do in their lifetime."

Well, other than George W. Bush.

Posted by zulu at 2007-03-02 04:35 PM | Reply"

Funny Flag for Zulu!!! You are on a ROLL today, sista!

he bought less that .2% of the company. there are almost 1 billion shares outstanding. he is going to have to buy a lot more shares to become a major voice in the board room.

and that is point 2 percent. not 2 percent.

How many individual shareholders own more than $62M of Halliburton stock, Sharky?

His Hedge Fund that bought the shares. Please see my previous post. It isnt George Soros himself directly owning the shares. There are plenty of other decision makers that can buy 62mm USD worth of shares in his company. I am certain that he didnt even have a choice to stop the shares from being purchased. And the largest single owner of the shares is David Lesar, the CEO of Haliburton.

i need to lay off the beers and NyQuil, or atleast proof read my comments...its been a long week. Please see re-post below without horrible typos and errors:

It's his Hedge Fund that bought the shares. Please see my previous post. It isn't George Soros himself directly owning the shares. There are plenty of other decision makers that can buy 62mm USD worth of shares in the Soros company. I am certain that he didn't even have a choice to stop the shares from being purchased. And the largest single owner of the shares is David Lesar, the CEO of Haliburton.

How ironic that Soros owns more shares of Haliburton stock then Cheney does

If Soros calls Halliburton headquarters, I think someone will take his call, and that ain't true for many shareholders.

If you called Halliburton Investor Relations, and were a shareholder, I'm sure they would take your call as well. If you worked for an investment company and had well formed, thought out, and intelligent questions on their business practices, revenue streams, i am sure they would answer them and you the same as they would for George, or whatever other Portfolio Manager that called. there are much larger dogs in the name than Soros.

"If you are going to assert that Soros has benefited this country so much then perhaps you should point to some things that happen here. You pointed out that former USSR countries and students from Eastern Europe have benefited. I'm not saying that he hasn't done something but you examples could be a little closer to home."

Thats easy enough ... guess who employs much of Kiev these days? Good ol' US of A corporations from Microsoft to DD & B ... its considered a dream job to work for one of the US corps .. and can you imagine they get paid the fabulous wage of a bit more then $1000 a month.
Some of these kids are incredible programmers. I'm not being sarcastic - a grand a month is a fantastic wage over there. There are now US real estate developers all over Ukraine.

Before you make the point that this is taking jobs away from Americans .. well not exactly since for example those working in the ad biz wouldn't be doing Ukrainian campaigns from a desk on Madison Ave. Much of whats going on is for those markets but is enriching our companies which in turn uses that income here.

And what about trade policy thats being made by people who were part of this exchange program Soros funded all these years? don;t you think the policy id being made at least even handed and I would submit more then likely its more favorable to the US ... that directly impacts US, US workers and/or farmers.

"If Soros calls Halliburton headquarters, I think someone will take his call, and that ain't true for many shareholders."

BS..he might be able to force board seats if he gets to the hart.scott.rodino level but he doesn't get anything at the .2% level. He likely didn't have much say in the matter if done via the hedge fund..he won't like it but in all liklihood it's simply a passive investment for him...

I guess if you are a company that rips off the American taxpayer to the tune of tens of millions of dollars per day, $62M+ is just chump change, right?

I guarantee Soros is not doing this for investment purposes

Yeah right

Monte, When the company is valued at 31 billion USD a 62mm USD stake is not that dramatic. Also, whatever Soros fund bought the shares bought them on the open market so Haliburton would not have a reason to really feel one way or the other on its investment.

Alliance owns2 bill
crm 1.7 bill
Vanguard 1.7
Fidelity 1.3 billion
state street 1.2

barclays 900 million
blah blah blah

"Soros buys 51% of Halliburton", now THAT'a a headline.

.51% ?

Only 2 million 0f 990 million share

Dave,

isnt it amazing how much more intelligent the commentary on this board, especially regarding anything business related, would be if people simply educated themselves? Astonishing really.

Very typical and NBD...no big deal! You get use to it after awhile :-)

So are the righties on this site still going to call him a commie?

He's definitely a war profiteer, he's one of you now isn't he? (not that there's anything wrong with that)

"I don't see how anyone, left or right, can defend THIS super-douche."

You're right. I can't defend him...with the exception of this:

"America, under Bush, is a danger to the world," says Soros."

That statement, I agree with 100%!

See above post for another example of the left being sick, stupid, and evil.

Sharks, et al-
This is a very interesting thread. I've seen sides of posters i hadn't the wit to see before. GZ, for example, and the various other odd divisions that I'm not sure I'd have imagined. I feel a bit less stupid for being addicted to this blog.

(insert what i'm told is a well choreographed dance bit where I'm trying to piss on your head -- all in good fun...yeah, ok, we'll cut that scene)

Jets

Oh Billy.....you love me.

Admit it.

Then after you admit that, admit Bush is a fuck up.

It will do your heart good.

Billy, I searched your history for something of substance and came up dry.

And suddenly all those pesky Congressional investigations of the evil Halliburton came to a screeching halt.

They have? When?

Then after you admit that, admit Bush is a fuck up.

It will do your heart good.

Posted by Lisa at 2007-03-03 02:21 AM | Reply | Flag


hey how could anyone not love someone so lady like as this comment......hee hee


DANNI ????

o h DAAAAANNNNNNIIIIIIIIIII.......


hello....hello.....(chirp chirp...)


danni....where are you????

(who who....an owl hooting and birds chirping as in a lonely and SILENT setting)


DANNI......anyone home????


anyone seen danni?

hello hello....anyone home...............
dannnnnIIIEEEEEEE........( last letter goes WAY UP just like your mother did when you were late getting inside from playing after school..)


damn young lady.....this has to hurt.

and does this make someone else who is a liberal hero a little lower on the hailiburton roll call.........the name moore somebody comes to mind........hee hee

Make sure his money wasn't printed in Damascus.

Were the arrows Robin Hood bought with money he robbed from the rich hypocritical?
Personally, I think it is hilarious that Soros makes the money that some other investor would make anyway and then contributes heavily to Democrats and liberals. It must gall the neocon board of directors to know that a portion of every cent of profit flows into and then right out of Soro's bank account and right into the dirty hands of the working class politicians. Must hurt to know that the Moveon commercial that lambasts the right was paid for by their very own war for profit.
I think it also sort of dispels the ridiculous argument that Soros is a Socialist or something when he fights against the right using their own favorite system called Capitalism.

"hey how could anyone not love someone so lady like "

Hey Bushlover?? Where's the criticizm for the one who I was responding to??

In your book, it must be gentelman like to refer to a womans' post and call her sick, stupid and evil. That doesn't make you such a gentleman either, not defending her honor. Especially when you consider her, a friend.

No big deal, Bushlover...I'm used to your hypocritical behavior.

It must gall the neocon board of directors to know that a portion of every cent of profit flows into and then right out of Soro's bank account and right into the dirty hands of the working class politicians.

"working class politicians"??



Who? Do you know any? At the Federal level where Soros puts his money?

George Soros contributes $$$$ to help the working class

How?

Read more about the man behind the "vast right-wing conspiracy."


Wow! Do you even know what a conspiracy is Danni?

How?

Posted by eberly at 2007-03-03 09:01 AM

Good question Dipshit.

Now tell us what Duhhhbya has done for the middle (working) class.

No. Tax cuts for the wealthy don't count.

Now tell us what Duhhhbya has done for the middle (working) class.

Posted by itsme

What kind of jerkoff are you? I'll answer your 100% deflection question....NOTHING. Understand? Now either answer my question or STFU and let Danni do it.

I'm obviously the kind of *jerkoff* that can get you pissed of at 9:17 on a Saturday morning!

Nice answer........what was that who called me a "dipshit" and then called ME "pissed off"?

"who"..not what

Me pissed? Not likely considering I just had my Saturday morning "smoke".

Good to hear. My point is that I don't think Soros is some "knight" for the middle class. He is a wealthy liberal man who funds democrats campaigns....fine with me. Danni can believe what she wants about him and give him status he doesn't deserve. Any republican owning 2 shares (much less 2 million) of Halliburton is considered a Bush loving asshole who doesn't even love this country. Soros does it.....fine with her.

I'm not defending GWB nor attacking Soros. Danni will choose the opposite under any circumstances.

Now was that so hard to explain?

Have a good day.

For a while there I thought Soros was an angel. I guess this puts things into perspective.

Dem President LBJ Johnson,s family ouns Halliburtion!why not Geoge Soroge buy stock there,hes a Liberal Dem! Bill Clinton gave out big contracs for 8 years no Wars only a little police action,you Lebs didnt open your eyes! Crybabbes!!!!

RF

May I be the first to honor you for your fine grasp of spelling, punctuation, and syntax. It is truly breathtaking.

You seem a little upset. Now, breathe.

Soros buys 62 mil of Helliburton?

2% of his total investments?

Does this make GS a war profiteer?

Only if the stocks go up.

Be Well.

Soros is a master spy for the VLWC, infiltrating the enemy, getting inside info on Uncle Dick's Excellent Warmongering Adventure.

See "Aviator" where Leo as H. Hughes defends his war profiteering in front of Congress...very instructive & amusing as well.

The Spruce Goose apparently flew as a result of those hearings...of so the movie suggested ~ thus HH stayed on US soil for many more years of war profiteering:>)

In your book, it must be gentelman like to refer to a womans' post and call her sick, stupid and evil. That doesn't make you such a gentleman either, not defending her honor. Especially when you consider her, a friend.

No big deal, Bushlover...I'm used to your hypocritical behavior.




Posted by Lisa at 2007-03-03 08:02 AM | Reply | Flag:


lisa....please......once again your female genes come to the fore.....another over reacting to a simple and silly little comment meant in jest only.....

take a pill and relax......or a neck rub.....damn that sounds good......

I believe anyone making money off this war, democrat, republican, liberal or conservative needs to give the profits of their investments directly to the wounded soldiers.

Or SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE LACK OF PATRIOTISM IN OTHERS FOREVER MORE.

DANNI........what a fabulous deflection.....you should win some sort of an award.

DANNI........what a fabulous deflection.....you should win some sort of an award.

Posted by bushlovertwo

like u? Preening in front of the mirror again?:>)

no I was just getting into this gay talk thing...

she really was 'FABBBBULous

I always get worried when soros buys a stock I own because he is getting ready to short it to 0..

don't let hatred of bush and his crowd get in the way of makin money with them-principles ain't soros's strong suit
jasman

How ironic that Soros owns more shares of Haliburton stock then Cheney does

Posted by Bowa at 2007-03-02 06:22 PM | Reply |

I am not sure that "ironic" applies. It ought to be illegal for Cheney to hold ANY shares of Halliburton.

"How ironic that Soros owns more shares of Haliburton stock then Cheney does"

Cheney still gets a larger pension from Halliburton than Soros.

ah yes but what irony....

and the thing is.only the left could get away with this since its almost a stealth issue.
just imagine the uproar is ,,,,,,oh say some right wing preacher were making money off of selling condoms or something like that.....the same apologists and FABULOUS DEFLECTORS would be cuming in thier pants just to insult them......

Soros is an astute investor. Smart investments are not political, they're just investments.

why arent you guys all over the drug companies and banks, their profit margins are much higher than the oil companies? i dont understand the hatred of oil companies, the prices are decided abroad and much of the price is based on speculation. what is the excuse for the profit margins of drug companies and banks, greed perhaps?