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The Soros Money Machine
IBD has a brilliant piece on the George Soros money machine and the impact his machinations has had (and continues to have) on American politics.
The focus of the piece is on Soros' Open Society Institute, not MoveOn.org. It points out that the OSI has had its finger in many pies that have been shaping U.S. policy without revealing its involvement until it publishes its annual report.
Some of the high points:
Funding NASA employee James Hansen (no relation) to push his global warming agenda on America. This is the guy who accused NASA and the Bush administration of attempting to silence.him. OSI provided legal and media assistance.
Remember that illegal immigrant rally last year that was supposed to be so spontaneous. Turns out that OSI was involved in funding that as well.
Then there is the OSI involvement in squashing military tribunals for terrorists at Guantanimo. These are guys who are not only NOT subject to U.S. constitutional protections, but the only thing they can expect under the Geneva Conventions is due process by bullets. Instead, the Soros money machine is pushing to protect them and get them civil trials and constitutional protections.
There is more (IBD).
On the political front, Soros has a great influence in a secretive organization called "Democracy Alliance" whose idea of democracy seems to be government controlled solely of Democrats.
I checked the DA website, which provides darn little information, then I checked Source Watch to see what they have. Guess what organization accused of voter fraud is on their list of recipients? If you guessed ACORN, you win a cookie (go raid your own cookie jar, though…mines empty).
The activities may not be illegal. It is the lack of transparency that is a problem. By keeping its involvement in various lawsuits, protests, and other activities clandestine, it is able to impact policy with huge ramifications on America, policies that are frequently not in our best interests. By hiding their involvement until after the fact, they show that they are also ethically challenged.
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