[Numbers Guy]

Soros is considered by some to be a hero. He's Michael Milkin with less ethics but a better PR man.

Soros made his money manipulating markets and now he thinks he has the right to push his socialist agenda on the rest of the world. He hates America, hates the idea of competition because he made his fortune through inside deal-cutting, so he has no respect for free enterprise or this nation.

[AndyJackson]

Soros made his money manipulating markets

He may have had some inside leads for some of his trades, but a lot of his money was made by betting against governments who tried to manipulate markets. It is just that despite his genius for making money, in other things he is no smarter than the next guy.

[JoeSchem]

He's Michael Milkin with less ethics but a better PR man.

Some of us regard Milkin to be a hero. He rescued the bond market in the 1980s, and Ivan Boesky, a real crook, got off easy by fabricating lies against Milkin to suit the wishes of prosecutors going after 'the big fish.' Soros, of course, has greased the right palms. Like Ross Perot and Larry Ellison, his billionaire status rests on being the favored child of omnipotent government.

[boris]

"Soros is considered by some to be a hero."

And here I thought he was the Antichrist.

Somebody post that photo of people jumping out of the WTC on 9/11/2001. Suits Soros just fine.

--Boris

[ffusco]

Soros is a brilliant man, however as he has become wealthy he admits to being a classic "limousine liberal." As a philantopist, he is opposed to any nationalist sentiments yet also sees the UN as useless. He discounts certain facts about the US role in maintaining world order. We have reluctantly become the world's police. IMHO the Bush doctrine is just more aggressive crime fighting. He also discounts the fact that We have permitted other nations to become nuclear powers without military intervention. From the first paragraph he uses the word "disconect" to allude to his reflexive theory of the markets and pushes his argument ad absurdum to make it fit.
The real sin of omission is that he fails to support the true Open Society.

[arete]

hates the idea of competition because he made his fortune through inside deal-cutting

It would seem that he would feel right at home on Wall Street where the most corrupt criminals in the world find a home.

Richard W.