SOROS CALLS FOR MONITORING IRAQ'S OIL REVENUES

DeutschePresse via bloomberg no url | 5/20/3

[Mister Baredog]

Soros called on the U.N. Security Council to modify the latest draft of a resolution written by the U.S. and Britain

Give some guy a bunch of money and he thinks he's important. LOL! (What country does he represent?)

[Mister Baredog]

``It would also undermine international law,

The concept of "international law" is clear as MUD.

[fooman]

He owns his own country!

OF course he should pay 5% of his wealth to the US.

Otherwise we cant guarentee his safety...

[Dane]

Well, well, the sugar daddy for the pro-drug movement in the US is basically against the lifting of UN sanctions.

What else is new. The Libertrians on FR will still say that it doesn't matter what their sugar daddy says.

[Cicero]

Let the UN give back the $20 to $40 billion dollars it stole from the Iraqi oil for food program before they are allowed any further contact with Iraqi oil. The same for the French, Russians, and Germans.

[KarlInOhio]

Soros said at U.N. headquarters in New York that Iraq Revenue Watch will monitor the defeated country's oil industry, which should be managed ``with the highest standards of transparency and that the benefits of national oil wealth flow to the people of Iraq''.

If we let Kofi have his 2% skimmed off the top like he had on the "Oil for food" program, will he go away?

[NativeNewYorker]

This is the first time I can recall Soros taking a very public stance athwart stated US national defense policy.

[anniegetyourgun]

Seriously. Georgieporgy is concerned about the integrity of the U.S., but not the waste, fraud, and abuse of the U.N. Give me a break....

[ken5050]

Man, oh man..if only Nixon was running the IRS today..

[AdamSelene235]

Give some guy a bunch of money and he thinks he's important. LOL! (What country does he represent?)

'I have always harboured an exaggerated view of my self-importance. I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes, or, even better, like Einstein.' - George Soros

[NativeNewYorker]

IIRC, Nixon THREATENED to use the IRS against foes, and failed. DIRT ex-POTUS actually DID use the IRS repeatedly, against enemies.

[JimSEA]

George should visit my friends in Thailand, with a quick side trip to Malaysia and discuss the highest standards of transparency vis-a-vis his investment funds. Talk about a rock thrower who lives in a glass house.

[AdamSelene235]

What else is new. The Libertrians on FR will still say that it doesn't matter what their sugar daddy says.

Soros is also anti-gun and fancies himself the next Keynes. He has far more in common with Keynesians like Bush's economic advisor, Mankiw, than with libertarians.

[Dane]

Soros is also anti-gun and fancies himself the next Keynes. He has far more in common with Keynesians like Bush's economic advisor, Mankiw, than with libertarians.

Soros is the main money bags for the pro-drug movement in the US, no doubt about that.

Oh well, the Libertarian denial goes on.

[Shermy]

What's his cut?

And is this his leverage to make the US accede to the "UN"?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20030520/bs_nm/markets_forex_soros_dc

Soros Says He's Selling the Dollar

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros, in an interview with cable television station CNBC on Tuesday, said he was selling the dollar against most major currencies.


In the wide-ranging interview in which he assailed the Bush administration's policies, Soros said he was buying the euro and the currencies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand against the dollar, as well as gold. The euro briefly broke above $1.17 following his comments before retreating.


"I have to disclose that I now have a short position against the dollar because I listen to what the Secretary of the Treasury is telling me," Soros said in the interview. He referred to recent remarks made by U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow that signaled a shift away from a strong dollar policy.


Soros was sharply critical of Snow's policy shift, branding it a "mistake," and labeling it a wrongheaded attempt to stimulate the U.S. economy at the expense of other economies.


"It's a beggar-thy-neighbor policy," he said. "I think (Snow) was somewhat irresponsible by talking down the dollar."


Soros was dubbed "The Man who broke the Bank of England" for his role in amassing bets that the pound would fall in 1992 -- thus facilitating Britain's ejection from Europe's exchange rate mechanism that year.


Though analysts say Soros' influence in markets has waned, many are reluctant to fight the trend that has seen the dollar fall sharply against major currencies.


With the dollar already under pressure, traders sent the euro above $1.17 , a fraction of a cent from Monday's four year high at $1.1738 -- a hair below the single currency's launch price. Gold, meanwhile, set a three-month high at $370 an ounce.


The Canadian dollar held a six-year high against its U.S. counterpart, trading near C$1.3476 , or 74.21 U.S. cents.

[AdamSelene235]

Oh well, the Libertarian denial goes on.

Yep, I deny that Soros is a Libertarian. Like many Republicans he supports the Assault Weapons Ban and Keynesian economics.

Marijuana is not much more difficult to obtain than beer. The reason for this is that a liquor store selling beer to a minor stands to lose its liquor license. Marijuana salesmen don´t have expensive overheads, and so are not easily punished. -William F. Buckley, JR.

I suppose you consider Buckley a libertarian as well.

[aculeus]

Soros, newbie American who made his money on foreign exchange markets, hates this country.

[NativeNewYorker]

What's his cut?

...just having that conversation with someone right now!

[jmc813]

Well, well, the sugar daddy for the pro-drug movement in the US is basically against the lifting of UN sanctions. What else is new. The Libertrians on FR will still say that it doesn't matter what their sugar daddy says.

Louis Farrakhan supports the War on Drugs. Does that make him your sugar daddy?