You'd be surprised how smart some of these teens are nowadays, especially with this kind of stuff. Anyway, pretty harmless, aimed at people that can't even vote anyway - teen and preteen girls.
Sarah Palin: The Barracuda
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You'd be surprised how smart some of these teens are nowadays, especially with this kind of stuff. Anyway, pretty harmless, aimed at people that can't even vote anyway - teen and preteen girls.
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Fair enough. Kids are getting very clever.
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oh man - that is blatantly an adult-orchestrated manipulation of kids, lol.
kid yourself if you wish zzd, lol
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Irrelevant and hopefully objective observation:
I just read this whole thread. Prior to that I didn't give a rat's who wins, and really still don't. Some rational debate, both sides. BUT, fairly intrigued at the level of arrogance and all righteousness by the Republican supporters (in this thread, I don't watch much TV). The mongrel in me would get a buzz out of the Dems winning just to see some arrogance go legs-up. Sorry, but just can't get into getting uptight about elections in another country.
I just read this whole thread. Prior to that I didn't give a rat's who wins, and really still don't. Some rational debate, both sides. BUT, fairly intrigued at the level of arrogance and all righteousness by the Republican supporters (in this thread, I don't watch much TV). The mongrel in me would get a buzz out of the Dems winning just to see some arrogance go legs-up. Sorry, but just can't get into getting uptight about elections in another country.
Aboundz - - This is an example of why the government of this 'other country' affects us:
Wow!
This Aussie hick had never heard of George Soros so of course... had to google!
What an amazingly incredible man!
Has he also helped the US or used it as a tool to help Europe, Russia and Africa from his youthful experiences?
No doubt Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have been inspired by this man!
He'd obviously be casting his vote for Obama!
Bio
George Soros
Founder and Chairman
A global financier and philanthropist, George Soros is the founder and chairman of a network of foundations that promote, among other things, the creation of open, democratic societies based upon the rule of law, market economies, transparent and accountable governance, freedom of the press, and respect for human rights.
Soros was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930. His father was taken prisoner during World War I and eventually fled from captivity in Russia to reunite with his family in Budapest. Soros was thirteen years old when Hitler's Wehrmacht seized Hungary and began deporting the country's Jews to extermination camps. In 1946, as the Soviet Union was taking control of the country, Soros attended a conference in the West and defected. He emigrated in 1947 to England, supported himself by working as a railroad porter and a restaurant waiter, graduated in 1952 from the London School of Economics, and obtained an entry-level position with an investment bank.
Philosophy
At the London School of Economics, Soros became acquainted with the work of the philosopher Karl Popper, whose ideas on open society had a profound influence on his intellectual development. Specifically, Soros's experience of Nazi and Communist rule attracted him to Popper’s critique of totalitarianism, The Open Society and Its Enemies, in which he maintained that societies can only flourish when they allow democratic governance, freedom of expression, a diverse range of opinion, and respect for individual rights.
Finance
In 1956, Soros immigrated to the United States. He worked as a trader and analyst until 1963. During this period, Soros adapted Popper's ideas to develop his own "theory of reflexivity," a set of ideas that seeks to explain the relationship between thought and reality, which he used to predict, among other things, the emergence of financial bubbles. Soros began to apply his theory to investing and concluded that he had more talent for trading than for philosophy. In 1967 he helped establish an offshore investment fund; and in 1973 he set up a private investment firm that eventually evolved into the Quantum Fund, one of the first hedge funds, through which he accumulated a vast fortune.
Philanthropy
As his financial success mounted, Soros applied his wealth to help foster the development of open societies. In 1979, Soros provided funds to help black students attend the University of Cape Town in apartheid South Africa. Soon he created a foundation in Hungary to support culture and education and the country’s transition to democracy. (One of his projects imported photocopy machines that allowed citizens and activists in Hungary to spread information and publish censored materials.) Soros also distributed funds to the underground Solidarity movement in Poland, Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet physicist-dissident Andrei Sakharov. In 1982, Soros named his philanthropic organization the Open Society Fund, in honor of Karl Popper, and began granting scholarships to students from Eastern Europe. Bolstered by the success of these projects, Soros created more programs to assist the free flow of information. He supported educational radio programs in Mongolia and later contributed $100 million to provide Internet access to every regional university in Russia.
The magnitude and geographical scope of his philanthropic commitments, coupled with the core principle of fostering open societies, has allowed Soros to transcend the limitations of many national governments and international institutions. During the 1980s, Soros financed a trip by young economists at a reform-minded think tank in China to a business university in Budapest; he also established a grantmaking foundation in China to foster civil society and transparency. In 1991, he helped found the Central European University, a graduate institution in Budapest that focuses on social and political development. Soros spent $50 million to help the citizens of Sarajevo endure the city’s siege during the Bosnian war, funding among other projects a water-filtration plant that allowed residents to avoid having to draw water from distribution points targeted by Serb snipers. Most recently, he has provided $50 million to support the Millennium Villages initiative, which seeks to lift some of the least developed villages in Africa out of poverty.
In 1993, Soros created the Open Society Institute, which supports the Soros foundations working to develop democratic institutions throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. His network of philanthropic organizations dedicated to building open societies has expanded to include more than 60 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Despite the breadth of his endeavors, Soros is personally involved in planning and implementing many of the foundation network’s projects. His visionary efforts have produced a remarkable record of successful philanthropy, including efforts to free developmentally challenged people from life-long confinement in state institutions, to provide palliative care to the dying, to win release for prisoners held without legal grounds in penitentiaries in Nigeria, to halt the spread of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, to create debate societies, to promote freedom of the press, and to help resource-rich countries establish mechanisms to manage their revenues in a way that will promote economic growth and good governance rather than poverty and instability.
In 2003, Soros said that removing President George W. Bush from office was one of his main priorities.
During the 2004 campaign, he donated significant funds to various groups dedicated to defeating the president.
Publications
In 2006, Mr. Soros published The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of The War on Terror (Public Affairs, 2006). His previous books include The Bubble of American Supremacy (2005); George Soros on Globalization (2002); Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism (2000); The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered (1998); Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve (1995); Underwriting Democracy (1991); Opening the Soviet System (1990); and The Alchemy of Finance (1987). His essays on politics, society, and economics appear frequently in major periodicals around the world.
Soros has received honorary degrees from the New School for Social Research, Oxford University, the Budapest University of Economics, and Yale University. In 1995, the University of Bologna awarded Soros its highest honor, the Laurea Honoris Causa, in recognition of his efforts to promote open societies throughout the world.
George Soros's political activities are wholly separate from the Open Society Institute.
http://www.soros.org/about/bios/a_soros/political
For more information about George Soros's activities that are separate from the Open Society Institute, visit www.georgesoros.com.
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"McCain's camp worries Palin may struggle without tight debate rules
Staff, Vancouver Sun
Published: Sunday, September 21, 2008
It's the U.S. election debate that most interested observers have been eagerly waiting for - Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden against Republican VP choice Sarah Palin - but don't expect them to get into many verbal exchanges.
According to a report in the New York Times Saturday, the campaign of Senator John McCain has fought for tight rules on how the VP debate will run, limiting the chances of anything other than short answers, and ensuring the debaters will not speak directly to one another for anything more than short periods.
This in contrast to the Presidential debates, in which Senators Barack Obama and McCain will be allowed to address each other, argue, and present rebuttals for five minutes per question, after a two-minute answer period.
The reasoning behind the tighter VP rules? According to The Times, McCain advisers were concerned that letting Palin, a relative rookie when it comes to debating national and international policy, go toe-to-toe with Biden, would leave her at a disadvantage."
Do they have to hold her hand for every thing! What happens if they get in and McCain drops dead the next day? Her inexperience is a joke in the utter face of the worlds biggest Financial Crisis and you want this woman to be prepped for every thing.
She is in NY at the UN headquarters to meet 9 major representatives on a short 30 hour crash course on forgein policy before the debate with Biden on Friday. There should be no concessions for her. Show who she really is on an open platform everyone ones to see the real thing not orchestrated script.
Staff, Vancouver Sun
Published: Sunday, September 21, 2008
It's the U.S. election debate that most interested observers have been eagerly waiting for - Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden against Republican VP choice Sarah Palin - but don't expect them to get into many verbal exchanges.
According to a report in the New York Times Saturday, the campaign of Senator John McCain has fought for tight rules on how the VP debate will run, limiting the chances of anything other than short answers, and ensuring the debaters will not speak directly to one another for anything more than short periods.
This in contrast to the Presidential debates, in which Senators Barack Obama and McCain will be allowed to address each other, argue, and present rebuttals for five minutes per question, after a two-minute answer period.
The reasoning behind the tighter VP rules? According to The Times, McCain advisers were concerned that letting Palin, a relative rookie when it comes to debating national and international policy, go toe-to-toe with Biden, would leave her at a disadvantage."
Do they have to hold her hand for every thing! What happens if they get in and McCain drops dead the next day? Her inexperience is a joke in the utter face of the worlds biggest Financial Crisis and you want this woman to be prepped for every thing.
She is in NY at the UN headquarters to meet 9 major representatives on a short 30 hour crash course on forgein policy before the debate with Biden on Friday. There should be no concessions for her. Show who she really is on an open platform everyone ones to see the real thing not orchestrated script.
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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7045e68a-6627-45cc-bad1-72a017869fc4
green thanks
:iagree:
Gee but these debates couldn't have happened at a more crucial point in history if they'd tried lol.
PS Some comments on that Canadian website ....
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green, interesting isn't it .
McCain camp claim that "Palin is no more inexperienced than Obama is" (paraphrased). In fact we keep hearing how she is MORE experienced....
Yet, lol, they want Palin to be treated with kid gloves against Biden, whereas the Presidential debates are "bare knuckles" ..
McCain camp claim that "Palin is no more inexperienced than Obama is" (paraphrased). In fact we keep hearing how she is MORE experienced....
Yet, lol, they want Palin to be treated with kid gloves against Biden, whereas the Presidential debates are "bare knuckles" ..
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Completely agree with above from Green and 2020.
When is the VP debate?
When is the VP debate?
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Experience:
Some people have 20 years experience, some have 1 years experience and repeat it 20 times.
I suggested this was propaganda but I was overseas and didn't have time to watch more than a few moments of it.
Now I have...
No way it's a teenager production!
No way teenagers could link the beats with the photo changes so professionally!
But I'd say tweenies might like it... the 5-10yo Barbie and Bratz fans!
Was it designed after Maccas (McD) ads? ... to get the kids to nag their parents for it?
I decided to check who uploaded it: Meghan McCain!
If you click on 'more info' on its youtube page you get:
1. Her web blog page: http://minx.cc/?post=272151
The page banner suggests a potential Unsub for Criminal Minds!
(Read it for yourself...
)2. Her father's web page: http://www.johnmccain.com/
3. Her photo page: http://www.mccainblogette.com/
And check out: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/mccain-daughters-book-becomes-a-best-seller/
How gullible some people are!
...made by teenagers!
Thursday next week... US time.
30 hours chatting with world leaders at the UN this week still gives her time for more GOP coaching.
This is #980 on the Barack thread:
Nice try on that George Soros biography Doris - but you left out QUITE a few things about this sinister man:
George Soros and the Alchemy of 'Regime Change'
by Kyle-Anne Shiver
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html
What does a very aged multi-billionaire do after he spends $25 million dollars to force a presidential election his way, and still falls flat on his face? Well, of course, he tries and tries again.
When George Soros failed to obtain the election of his candidate, John Kerry, in 2004, he brooded for a while, even said he might get out of politics altogether, but he just couldn't stop himself. He has stated publicly that he wishes to burst the "bubble of American supremacy," because he says our preeminence in the world is a detriment to global "equilibrium." So far, he has failed, but he keeps on trying.
And Mr. Soros has made no secret either of the fact that he sees the shortest way to effect political shake-ups, what he terms "regime changes," is through very difficult economic conditions.
Soros made his first billion in 1992 by shorting the British pound with leveraged billions in financial bets, and became known as the man who broke the Bank of England. He broke it on the backs of hard-working British citizens who immediately saw their homes severely devalued and their life savings cut drastically in comparative worth almost overnight.
When the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 threatened to spread globally, George Soros was right in the thick of it. Soros was accused by the Malaysian Prime Minister of causing the collapse with his monetary machinations, and he was branded in Thailand as an "economic war criminal" who "sucks the blood from the people." Right in the middle of this crisis, Soros dashed off his book, The Crisis of Global Capitalism, which demanded a "third way" toward economic stability.
Coincidentally, or not, during the height of the fears of worldwide recession, then President Clinton told the New York Times that he was proposing a "third way" between capitalism and socialism. Unfortunately for Soros, U.S. markets rebounded quickly, his predicted catastrophe was forestalled, and his brave new global economic plans receded for a bit.
This may have been to Soros' own good, though, because he was by 1998 up to his neck in the collapse of the Russian ruble, and buying up valuable East European resources at fire-sale prices.
And why not?
He had already been widely proclaiming that it was his own machinations that brought down the Soviet Empire. When asked about his sphere of influence in the Soviets' demise for a New Republic interview in 1994, Mr. Soros humbly replied that the author ought to report that "the former Soviet
Empire is now called the Soros Empire."
When our House Banking Committee investigated the Russia-gate scandal in 1999, trying to determine just how $100 billion had been diverted out of Russia, forcing the collapse of its currency and the default of its enormous loans from the International Monetary Fund, Soros was even called to testify. He denied involvement of course, but finally admitted that he had used insider access in a deal that was barred to foreign investors to acquire a huge chunk of Sidanko Oil.
The Russia scandal was labeled by Rep. Jim Leach, then head of the House Banking Committee to be one of the greatest social roberies in human history.
Then, George Soros did some more shady economic fooling around in France. And he actually got caught and charged with illegal insider trading in his attempt to takeover the Societe Generale bank. He was convicted and the conviction was upheld in 2 separate appeals, the last in June of 2006. They let him off, however, with a piddling $2.9 million fine.
The article continues below
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html
This guy is one of the most evil manipulators of all time. Quite a despicable character.
George Soros and the Alchemy of 'Regime Change'
by Kyle-Anne Shiver
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html
What does a very aged multi-billionaire do after he spends $25 million dollars to force a presidential election his way, and still falls flat on his face? Well, of course, he tries and tries again.
When George Soros failed to obtain the election of his candidate, John Kerry, in 2004, he brooded for a while, even said he might get out of politics altogether, but he just couldn't stop himself. He has stated publicly that he wishes to burst the "bubble of American supremacy," because he says our preeminence in the world is a detriment to global "equilibrium." So far, he has failed, but he keeps on trying.
And Mr. Soros has made no secret either of the fact that he sees the shortest way to effect political shake-ups, what he terms "regime changes," is through very difficult economic conditions.
Soros made his first billion in 1992 by shorting the British pound with leveraged billions in financial bets, and became known as the man who broke the Bank of England. He broke it on the backs of hard-working British citizens who immediately saw their homes severely devalued and their life savings cut drastically in comparative worth almost overnight.
When the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 threatened to spread globally, George Soros was right in the thick of it. Soros was accused by the Malaysian Prime Minister of causing the collapse with his monetary machinations, and he was branded in Thailand as an "economic war criminal" who "sucks the blood from the people." Right in the middle of this crisis, Soros dashed off his book, The Crisis of Global Capitalism, which demanded a "third way" toward economic stability.
Coincidentally, or not, during the height of the fears of worldwide recession, then President Clinton told the New York Times that he was proposing a "third way" between capitalism and socialism. Unfortunately for Soros, U.S. markets rebounded quickly, his predicted catastrophe was forestalled, and his brave new global economic plans receded for a bit.
This may have been to Soros' own good, though, because he was by 1998 up to his neck in the collapse of the Russian ruble, and buying up valuable East European resources at fire-sale prices.
And why not?
He had already been widely proclaiming that it was his own machinations that brought down the Soviet Empire. When asked about his sphere of influence in the Soviets' demise for a New Republic interview in 1994, Mr. Soros humbly replied that the author ought to report that "the former Soviet
Empire is now called the Soros Empire."
When our House Banking Committee investigated the Russia-gate scandal in 1999, trying to determine just how $100 billion had been diverted out of Russia, forcing the collapse of its currency and the default of its enormous loans from the International Monetary Fund, Soros was even called to testify. He denied involvement of course, but finally admitted that he had used insider access in a deal that was barred to foreign investors to acquire a huge chunk of Sidanko Oil.
The Russia scandal was labeled by Rep. Jim Leach, then head of the House Banking Committee to be one of the greatest social roberies in human history.
Then, George Soros did some more shady economic fooling around in France. And he actually got caught and charged with illegal insider trading in his attempt to takeover the Societe Generale bank. He was convicted and the conviction was upheld in 2 separate appeals, the last in June of 2006. They let him off, however, with a piddling $2.9 million fine.
The article continues below
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/02/george_soros_and_the_alchemy_o.html
This guy is one of the most evil manipulators of all time. Quite a despicable character.
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Barracuda: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda
Sarah Palin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
Sarah Palin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
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Bill Clinton has recently endorsed Sarah Palin as being a worthy candidate and someone he could understand ordinary folk voting for.
This must have been a sock in the eye to the left wing media , it hasn't been reported all that much.
She will Thermopylae poor Biden in the debate.
I almost feel sorry for him.
gg
This must have been a sock in the eye to the left wing media , it hasn't been reported all that much.
She will Thermopylae poor Biden in the debate.
I almost feel sorry for him.
gg
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doris, I was wondering what a teacher would make of that claim lol
here's your teenager zzd
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I suggested this was propaganda but I was overseas and didn't have time to watch more than a few moments of it.
Now I have...
No way it's a teenager production!
No way teenagers could link the beats with the photo changes so professionally!
But I'd say tweenies might like it... the 5-10yo Barbie and Bratz fans!
Was it designed after Maccas (McD) ads? ... to get the kids to nag their parents for it?
I decided to check who uploaded it: Meghan McCain!
If you click on 'more info' on its youtube page you get:
1. Her web blog page: http://minx.cc/?post=272151
The page banner suggests a potential Unsub for Criminal Minds!
(Read it for yourself...
2. Her father's web page: http://www.johnmccain.com/
3. Her photo page: http://www.mccainblogette.com/
And check out: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/mccain-daughters-book-becomes-a-best-seller/
How gullible some people are!
...made by teenagers!
Doris - You say Meghan downloaded it, but do you realize people send videos to both campaigns? Where do you get the info that Meghan made the video? I'll be happy to admit if proved wrong, but unless I'm missing something, I haven't seen the proof yet. I'm willing to "see" it if proven wrong.
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Doris,
Soros might be "an interesting man" but sleepyDad is correct. To paraphrase him..... Soros is a turd!
If Soros is on Palin's side, we (everyone else) should be on the other side, whoever it is.
Soros might be "an interesting man" but sleepyDad is correct. To paraphrase him..... Soros is a turd!
If Soros is on Palin's side, we (everyone else) should be on the other side, whoever it is.