From: Dr. Blake Nelson (bnelson301@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 21:35:30 EST
In a tangentially related note, George Soros has --
despite the comments that Rich quotes -- decided to
spend whatever it takes to try to unseat George W.
Bush in 2004. See the Washington Post article cited
below:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24179-2003Nov10.html
The two introductory paragraphs:
George Soros, one of the world's richest men, has
given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in
the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia. Now he has a
new project: defeating President Bush.
"It is the central focus of my life," Soros said, his
blue eyes settled on an unseen target. The 2004
presidential race, he said in an interview, is "a
matter of life and death."
Leaving aside which side of the political aisle one
might be on, that goes to Burgy's questions about the
morality of using money to get one's voice heard more
loudly. It happens on both sides of the political
aisle as Burgy's illustration points out. There are
certainly social science/religious concerns that are
raised by this, but since social scientists are thin
on the ground on the list, I will forego delving into
them.
--- RFaussette@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/12/03 6:33:40 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> jwburgeson@juno.com writes:
> "To suggest that Christians not use wealth to
> protect their "altars" is
> naive.""
>
> I did not suggest this. I did suggest that there
> were both moral and
> immoral ways to use one's wealth.
> George Soros with whom you are unfamiliar is far
> more leveraged than any
> fundamentalist you have mentioned (Putin just closed
> his office) and the quote I
> offered was his accepting responsibility for
> wielding his power, an act which
> seems not to have earned him any stock among his
> peers as can be gleaned from a
> snip from the previously posted quote below. I
> merely took advantage of the
> opportunity you offered to juxtapose the positions
> which both arrived in my
> mailbox at about the same time.
> -------------------------
> Soros had said:
> “I’m also very concerned about my own role
> because the new anti-Semitism
> holds that the Jews rule the world,” said Soros,
> whose projects and funding have
> influenced governments and promoted various
> political causes around the world.
> “As an unintended consequence of my actions,” he
> said, “I also contribute to
> that image.”
> After the conference, some Jewish leaders who heard
> about the speech reacted
> angrily to Soros’ remarks.
> “Let’s understand things clearly: Anti-Semitism
> is not caused by Jews; it’s
> caused by anti-Semites,” said Elan Steinberg,
> senior advisor at the World
> Jewish Congress. “One can certainly be critical of
> Bush policy or Sharon policy,
> but any deviation from the understanding of the real
> cause of anti-Semitism is
> not merely a disservice, but a historic lie.”
> Abraham Foxman, national director of the
> Anti-Defamation League, called Soros’
> comments “absolutely obscene.”
> ------------------------
>
> And that argument among those Jewish VIPs contrasted
> sharply with a Christian
> questioning the morality of another Christian who
> uses his leverage to his
> advantage and perhaps to the advantage of other
> Christians.
>
> rich faussette
>
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