Soros unveils his "world global financial rescue" idea

[Manedwolf]

George Soros is one of those people whom I would be very likely to walk up to and punch in the jaw if I were to have the misfortune of meeting him. This is why.

Oh, and he has Obama's ear now, of course.

Energy policy could also play an important role in counteracting both depression and deflation. The American consumer can no longer act as the motor of the global economy. Alternative energy and developments that produce energy savings could serve as a new motor, but only if the price of conventional fuels is kept high enough to justify investing in those activities. That would involve putting a floor under the price of fossil fuels by imposing a price on carbon emissions and import duties on oil to keep the domestic price above, say, $70 per barrel.

Finally, the international financial system must be reformed. Far from providing a level playing field, the current system favours the countries in control of the international financial institutions, notably the US, to the detriment of nations at the periphery. The periphery countries have been subject to the market discipline dictated by the Washington consensus but the US was exempt from it.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49b1654a-ed60-11dd-bd60-0000779fd2ac.html

[MicroBalrog]

Rothbard was right.

[Nick1911]

 

Why do they hate America so much?

[HankB]

Alternative energy and developments that produce energy savings could serve as a new motor, but only if the price of conventional fuels is kept  high enough to justify investing in those activities. That would involve putting a floor under the price of fossil fuels by imposing a price on carbon emissions and import duties on oil to keep the domestic price above, say, $70 per barrel.

This is beyond disagreeable, it's into the realm of hostile, malicious, and evil - it's enough to make me want to bring back the days when a man could be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail for sufficiently odious actions.

In a related story, I heard a report on the news that T. Boone Pickens has, due to the falling price of oil, lost around a billion dollars on his "windmill-in-your-backyard-but-not-mine" plan. And I guess his plans to bribe convince California legislators to pass laws requiring utilities to buy "clean" energy from him haven't panned out the way he'd hoped. Gee, my heart bleeds . . .  :rolleyes:

[Viking]

Why do they hate America so much?

I suppose many of them could be any generic looter or moocher from Atlas Shrugged. They hate excellence, and cherish the mediocre.

[MicroBalrog]

Maybe the Unabomber had it right on this one? [Yes, I know he was crazy]

15. Leftists tend to hate anything that has an image of being strong, good and successful. They hate America, they hate Western civilization, they hate white males, they hate rationality. The reasons that leftists give for hating the West, etc. clearly do not correspond with their real motives. They SAY they hate the West because it is warlike, imperialistic, sexist, ethnocentric and so forth, but where these same faults appear in socialist countries or in primitive cultures, the leftist finds excuses for them, or at best he GRUDGINGLY admits that they exist; whereas he ENTHUSIASTICALLY points out (and often greatly exaggerates) these faults where they appear in Western civilization. Thus it is clear that these faults are not the leftist's real motive for hating America and the West. He hates America and the West because they are strong and successful.

[Sergeant Bob]

Follow the money.

[Manedwolf]

Why do they hate America so much?

It's Soros. All he needs is an underground base and ninjas. It's just how he is. His dream is one world socialist government, and he's been trying to bring it about for decades by unethical and manipulative economic means.

[longeyes]

Soros truly loves "the periphery."  He proved it by fooling around, lucratively, with Thai currency years ago.  That's a nation he's unlikely to be welcome in.

If he isn't the Anti-Christ, he's a secular version of him.  Remember: Soros spelled backwards is...Soros.

[Standing Wolf]

I suppose many of them could be any generic looter or moocher from Atlas Shrugged. They hate excellence, and cherish the mediocre.

In Soros' case, America also saved him from Nazi Germany.

[Harold Tuttle]

[seeker_two]

It's Soros. All he needs is an underground base and ninjas. It's just how he is. His dream is one world socialist government, and he's been trying to bring it about for decades by unethical and manipulative economic means.

....and all we need for a good ending is a suave British secret agent, an apparent sucide, and a will leaving Soros' entire estate to pay off the American debt..... 

[French G.]

Looks like it's time to buy more of my oil sands stocks, they do great when oil price is up. Thank you George Soros.

[Bigjake]

....and all we need for a good ending is a suave British secret agent, an apparent sucide, and a will leaving Soros' entire estate to pay off the American debt..... 

Darn it, you beat me too it!

I was thinking a suave British agent packing a PPK with the apparent stopping power of a .557 TRex, that never misses.

All we have to do is find Soros a hot girlfriend for Bond to seduce.

[AZRedhawk44]

In Soros' case, America also saved him from Nazi Germany.

What is the truthiness factor of this statement?  Was he a child in a Nazi camp?

[wquay]

Import duties on oil I support. The rest we can do without.

[El Tejon]

In a camp???  No, Soros was a broker for the Nazis.

Nothing like the owner of your party being a Nazi employee.

[lone_gunman]

Ever notice how all the liberals blame George Bush for everything?  And all the conservatives blame Soros?

I think it is some type of yet-to-be-named psychiatric disorder that causes this.

[Boomhauer]

Ever notice how all the liberals blame George Bush for everything?  And all the conservatives blame Soros?

I think it is some type of yet-to-be-named psychiatric disorder that causes this.

Hey, when the man is actively trying to destroy this country, plus he freakin' helped deport Jews...

Despicable.

[Waitone]

You're surprised Soros wants a global "solution" to the financial fiasco? 

[gunsmith]

Maybe the Unabomber had it right on this one? [Yes, I know he was crazy]

wow, where did you get that?
maybe he isn't that crazy, well except for the random killing, besides that

[Perd Hapley]

wow, where did you get that?
maybe he isn't that crazy, well except for the random killing, besides that

The UnAbomber wrote a ridiculously long manifesto, which you should be able to find online. 

[Antibubba]

it's enough to make me want to bring back the days when a man could be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail for sufficiently odious actions.

You'd better hurry, because the price of tar will be going up.

[LAK]

Far from providing a level playing field, the current system favours the countries in control of the international financial institutions, notably the US, to the detriment of nations at the periphery. The periphery countries have been subject to the market discipline dictated by the Washington consensus but the US was exempt from it.

Yes, as has been said many times; to "level the playing field" it requires that the standard of living in those pesky prosperous countries like ours be lowered to meet theirs. This was the game plan from day one. It was known from the start.

Reality is not now just over the horizon - it is on our doorstep ready to start knocking. Welcome to the global plantation.

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[longeyes]

We live in a time when the Unabomber is locked up tighter than the Marquis de Sade in the Bastille but thousands of felons and would-be tyrants wearing Rolexes and wearing $3,000 suits roam free. 

Who's insane?  WE are.