Posted on 09/06/2010 8:24:07 PM PDT by Brandonmark
George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, plans to announce on Tuesday that he is giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch to expand the organization’s work globally.
The philanthropist George Soros said in an interview that the gift to Human Rights Watch is the first in a series of large gifts that he planned to make.
It is the largest gift he has made, the largest gift by far that Human Rights Watch has ever received, and only the second gift of $100 million or more made by an individual this year, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. “We’re seeing noticeably fewer charitable gifts at the $100 million level from individuals reported than we did just a few years ago,” said Patrick Rooney, the center’s executive director. “Between 2006 and 2008, an average of about 13 gifts a year of that size by individuals was reported. In 2009, it dropped to six, and this year, we know of only one other.”
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Is there a statute of limitations on helping the Nazis that this corporation could charge against Soros?
Maybe the miserable old fart is going to do himself in so he’s shedding his fortune.
“Human Right Watch” will next go after Arizon’s new illegal immigration law, I would wager.
He will expect his investment to be used to go after Arizona and any other state that follows their lead and defies Obozo.
Just in time for the next elections.
Just saw his name referenced on wimp.com.
His version of capitalism .....
http://www.wimp.com/ethicalimplications/
soros helped to kill Jews when he was younger.
THEN, he helped a baby killer—Barrack-Barry-Hussein-Soetoro-Obama—get into office as POTUS.
I hope soros is enjoying his billions of bucks$....’cause, he can’t take them with ‘im where he’s going.
Since they are in the human rights game; maybe they would like to distribute his money to the rightful owners like the people he stole it from.
Of course, they are probably another slush fund laundering service.
George Schwartz deserves to be stripped of his wealth and be swinging from some rope !
Soros is on the Board Of Directors. So is Bernadine Dohrn (Mrs. Bill Ayers).
I’m saving fireworks to celebrate the day of his demise.
“Soros Makes $100 Million Rights Gift”
Which “anti-rights” organization is in their crosshairs?
Just in time for....
Never mind. I figured it out.
Interesting quote from Wikipedia concerning a Human Rights Watch internal disagreement:
“Robert L. Bernstein, a founder and former chairman of HRW, argued in October 2009 that “Human Rights Watch has lost critical perspective” on events in the Middle East.[12] Bernstein argued that “[t]he region is populated by authoritarian regimes with appalling human rights records. Yet in recent years Human Rights Watch has written far more condemnations of Israel for violations of international law than of any other country in the region.”[12] He urged the organization to recognize “a difference between wrongs committed in self-defense and those perpetrated intentionally.”[12]
Tom Porteus, director of the London branch of Human Rights Watch, replied that the organization rejected Bernstein’s “obvious double standard. Any credible human rights organisation must apply the same human rights standards to all countries.”[13] Jane Olson and Jonathan Fanton wrote “we were saddened to see Robert L. Bernstein argue that Israel should be judged by a different human rights standard than the rest of the world”
NOTHING Soros does should EVER be confused with philanthropy. He is evil and manipulative, bent on accumulating power for himself.
Indeed going to be some very happy democrats,got to pay the right people before Novemver,see unions too.
Good guess.
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