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George Soros Must be Laughing Himself Silly
Aside from being completely disgusted on hearing that George Soros was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, I couldn’t help thinking that the very country he is trying to destroy, in so many ways, has given him an elite award. Ironic, don’t you think?
If you talk to his supporters, they’ll tell you what a great humanitarian he is. On his own website, he lists his accomplishments, as well as his reaction to receiving the Medal:
In the United States, Soros has advanced racial justice, invested in drug policy approaches informed by public health data, revolutionized end-of-life care, and helped achieve one of the most significant civil rights victories in modern American history—the 2015 landmark Supreme Court case securing marriage equality in all 50 states.
‘As an immigrant who found freedom and prosperity in America, I am deeply moved by this honor’ George Soros remarked. ‘I accept it on behalf of the many people around the world with whom the Open Society Foundations have made common cause over the past 40 years.’
And yet his gratitude reeks of mockery, when we learn about his efforts to upend our justice system.
There’s been much discussion in conservative circles about the insidious activities of George Soros. Last August the Media Research Center received documents that explain Soros’ actions to control the U.S. justice system:
The Media Research Center obtained nearly 8,000 pages of internal documents through public records laws that show how a Soros-funded group called Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) ‘directed Soros prosecutors to manipulate the rule of law concerning illegal immigration, drugs, abortion, election integrity, capital punishment and laws against childhood sex changes.’
The FJP maintains strict control of the prosecutors who were elected through Soros funding:
FJP had the Soros-backed attorneys sign 33 pledges to not enforce certain laws — including election integrity measures and immigration laws — and attend more than 50 meetings or ‘convenings,’ some of which were ‘mandatory.’ FJP pressed prosecutors to let criminals off the hook if they are black, having them pledge to ‘reduc[e] racial disparities in case outcomes by at least 20%.’
Prosecutors who didn’t enforce the Soros mandate were targeted and eventually defunded in their election efforts.
Gov. Ron DeSantis was criticized for removing prosecutor Andrew Warren after he signed one of these pledges; DeSantis said that it proved “that Warren thinks he has the authority to defy the Florida Legislature and nullify in his jurisdiction criminal laws with which he disagrees.”
One of my biggest disappointments was learning that George Soros funds the Anti-Defamation League. Many of their positions have been questionable over the last few years, but I also discovered that they go out of their way to condemn criticisms of Soros as “disinformation.”
I suspect that Biden didn’t carefully review the list of medal recipients before he agreed to give them out, any more than he reviewed the list of 37 death row criminals before commuting their sentences.
Let me see if I have this right: a man who is out to destroy the rule of law, and people who viciously killed human beings, are forgiven and rewarded for their actions.
What a tragic world we live in.
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And then he goes on rants about “gender” etc…
The Presidential Medal of Freedom has been losing its luster as presidents have used it to award friends and political allies.
I was thinking that perhaps Congress could revoke whatever statute that authorizes it, or at least mandate a decision process of awarding it that includes others besides just the president.
It turns out it was created by executive order by President Kennedy and there is no statute authorizing it.
While it’s considered of equal status as the Medal of Freedom, there is also a Congressional Gold Medal that precedes our present form of government.
So it’s much older than the presidential version, and George Washington, and the soldiers under his command, were the first recipients.
So despite its longer existence, it has been awarded 184 times since 1776, when the Continental Congress awarded it to George Washington.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom has been awarded 652 times since 1963.
That is fascinating, Al! Thanks for the background information. I would think the Congressional Gold Medal would have been highly regarded. Thanks.
I wish Thomas Sowell were 20 years younger. We could use him around for another two decades or more.
It will be such a loss when he dies…
Hey! Hey! Hey! Lay off! We will all go when it is time for us to go.
When I lived in Kazakstan in the 1990s and 2000s, I had great respect for Soros’ Open Society Foundation. They did a lot of good in Kazakhstan, promoting independent media, government transparency, and reforms in education and health care. They sent a lot of students to study at the Central European University. They were willing to tackle areas of reform that USAID wouldn’t touch because of diplomatic and political niceties. According to their website, they are still doing what I would consider important work.
But when I returned to the US in 2007, it seemed like Soros had gone off the rails, promoting drug legalization and assisted suicide in his adopted country. And then it got worse with BLM and Soros prosecutors. I’ve lost all respect for him.
But what happened? Was he always promoting evil causes in the US but good causes in Kazakhstan and the rest of the post-Soviet bloc? Or did I not have the full picture of what he was actually promoting in Kazakhstan? It is a conundrum.
It may be that what you saw in Kazakstan was just the shiny outer layer covering much evil just below the surface. Maybe such things are easier to conceal and kept hidden in Kazakstan?
Interesting. I’ve always thought he was a very mixed bag, sometimes on the side of the good guys and freedom. But there had also been all this other stuff.
That’s fascinating, Steve. I suspect his evil side was always present, but we saw it late into his tenure. I’m glad he’s doing good things, and despise his other activities. It reminds me of Hamas: when the Palestinians voted for them to govern, they were promised that people would be fed, there would be civic services, and so on. But then there was that other nasty stuff, too.
Nah, there’s something else going on. Tyson was never pretty good at hitting a ball.
I suspect the award has more to do with Alex Soros rather than the old man.
Alex seems to be going for lots of publicity with a different outlook than his father. The active IG is evidence of that. The old man avoided it to some extent. The award probably means nothing to the old man, but the son I’m sure really enjoyed the spotlight.