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George Soros…. liberal weenie man

George Soros gleefully calculating his next speculative adventureWhat is it with these rich guys?

After George Soros made all of his money he set out to change the world… in some ways we might agree… in others it just sounds plain stupid. So whether the name is Kennedy, Turner… or Soros, they just can’t resist playing with the lives of us ‘little people.’

“Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker wrote in 2003 in the foreword of Soros’ book The Alchemy of Finance: “George Soros has made his mark as an enormously successful speculator, wise enough to largely withdraw when still way ahead of the game.”

Okay, so a smart guy who made a lot of money and now wants a new game to play in.

His war on the ‘War on Terror’ is another scheme that makes one wonder what his real legacy will be when he is finally done:

“Billionaire financier George Soros, whose opposition to President Bush’s conduct of the war on terror caused him to pour millions of dollars into the effort to defeat the president, made a substantial donation to the defense fund for radical lawyer Lynne Stewart, who last week was found guilty of giving aid to Islamic terrorists.”

The Sorry Tale of George Soros

Open Society Institute

George Writes a Book

Here’s what a few others report on Mr. Soros:

Flopping aces
Supporting Israel
Targeting Republicans in Congress
Snapped Shot
Lynn Stewart sentenced to 28 months?
George Soros SPEAKS!
George Soros and MoveOn.Org

Well… you have to admire someone who has enough money to be able to push the world around… most dictators work the same way, but they usually have countries…. as for me… I think I’d spend my money much differently.

Roger Freberg

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Next Time… run over the damn dog!

another student makes a great decision at Cal polyI don’t always read the local paper the San luis Obispo Tribune very often… I really — as they say — don’t care who turned 100, what shrub is now endangered or how green which politician is… once in a while a story or two pops up that says… IDIOT!

Well, here’s what happened:

“…when he swerved to miss a dog that wandered onto the road, according to the CHP.The car spun out of control and hit a large tree, impacting the right-front door, the CHP said. Mariano was taken to French Hospital Medical Center, treated for major injuries and released. Viernes was taken to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, where he died, the CHP said.”

So, what was this guy thinking? Save a dog, lose a friend is a good trade? He’s not alone, I have a female relative…. a d-i-s-t-a-n-t relative… who tumbled and totaled her car in a ditch and almost bought the big one in order to miss a ground squirrel. Hmmmm, maybe these two could find each other.

The next story is very cool by Jeff Carlton of the Associated Press entitled: ” In case of a gunman in class, Texas kids taught to fight back”. It’s about time!. It seems like Robin Browne ( a Major in the British Army reserve) is teaching students ‘they can win’ against an armed attacker. This could only happen in Texas!

Remember how the Amish boys ran away and let the girls get wacked? Had they been prepared mentally … maybe, they could have prevented it all from happening.

I remember hearing teachers and others in responsibility preaching that we must cooperate with our rapist, attacker, murderer or even worse thnigs might happen… like what? …. and, yes, we must — while driving — avoid all ground squirrels even if it means taking out a family of four riding in the opposite direction….

In any event, courage — as we should teach our children — is not the absence of fear… but the mastery of fear.

Roger Freberg

 

 

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What’s with weenie man Ted Turner?

Ted Turner has decided which side he is on in the war on terror?

Ted Turner is a true ‘existentialist’… he does what he wants and he says what he wants…. but it always leaves me shaking my head.

Take a look at his life… he built CNN and made a ton… but then he marries Jane Fonda… which has got to be one of the weirdest things to do… I guess it probably helped that you both saw eye-to-eye politically. Talk about ‘sleeping with the enemy.’

Recently, he has made a few more typically strange statements…

First, he says the ‘media’ has no place in showing an American Flag. AaaAaah, Ted, you bought the United Nations with a billion bucks, so should they be showing your flag? Frankly, the blue beenies have yet to serve and protect anyone, dude.

Your other statement about not having decided what side you are on in the war on terror is just plain wacked. Although I know you own a huge part of the frozen north in Montana or the Dakotas… a place where Osama has little or no interest… you might think about the rest of us. If you haven’t seen Ted’s interview, check it out on Youtube.com.

Here’s what others think:

Better to keep your mouth shut
Townhall
Brainster

It just is amazing how out of touch some rich guys are… they forgot their roots. After all, it was my daughter in Iraq… and not his.

Roger Freberg

 

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USC over Washington in last 2 seconds!

USC Beats Washington in the last 2 seconds! NOTICE: everyone stayed well past the end of the game to celebrate!I’ll leave all the forecasting and second guessing to the ‘pigskin prognosticators’ and the ‘experts’ everywhere. All I can say is that it was a great game to watch… especially if you were lucky enough to be in the historic Los Angeles Coliseum!

I took this picture right after the game ended and if you check out the giant screen, you will see a close up of the two opposing coaches after a tough fight.

I guess the picture of Coach Pete Carroll really impressed me… in fact, most ‘SC coaches show real class in handling victory or defeat… of course, at a top division 1 school like USC and Washnigton Head Coach after the Game‘SC, you don’t get your contract renewed if you don’t win…. and as they said in ‘Ghostbusters’, “I’ve worked in the private sector… they expect results!” Nevertheless, having coaches who show class and win is a real credit to the guy doing the hiring.

It does look like Pete Carroll is giving the Washington Coach a kiss on the nose… but the noise level necessitated close contact. It felt like row 2 in a Rolling Stones Concert… only louder!

There were plenty of complaints from bloggers who thought some of the new rules sucked… but then it was their team that lost. Some complained about the officials… but I observed something else.

Southern Cal has been hampered this year by a wide range of penalties… and it just seems to me to be a way that officials are using to ‘level the playing field’. If you add ‘SC’s penalties back into the mix… the games aren’t close. For example, if you were a Washington offensive lineman, you never got called for ‘holding.’ Hmmmm…. I haven’t seen this sort of thnig since the ACC officials won the Florida game for Florida State some years back.

Here’s what others think:

Fight On!

Roger Freberg

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I’ll take a ‘Jolly Roger’… make it a double!

a drink that you can find in a very special sports barMost people who know me, know that I have little respect for soccer or soccer players. No matter how hard they try to market themselves as ‘the world’s finest athletes’… I just find the entire process incredibly boring.

Interestingly enough, some time back when ‘Professional Women’s Soccer’ folded, a yahoo from MSNBC decided to write about what an incredible crime it was for women’s soccer to crash! To add fuel to the fire he even blamed the fans for not showing up and supporting this ‘sport.’ I could tell this guy was minus a few cards in his deck as he seemed to think the government should intervene or at least investigate. Yeah, I bet it was probably part of the vast right wing conspiracy.

Well, Rog decided to tactfully write a letter to him at MSNBC…. yeah riiight…. and show him how closely women’s soccer resembled embalming cats. For some reason, he was offended and posted my letter along with my email address. He expected the millions of loyal soccerettes and soccerellos to come and wack the heretic! Oh, I got a few who tried to show me how soccer… although boring… was better than a baby sitter… but I was very surprised by how many folks agreed with me!

One sports bar, I believe in the Detroit area… but somewhere a long way from soccer, wrote me with an amusing story. They had printed off and posted my letter on MSNBC and began to toast to my health. Isn’t that cool? The only question they asked was , “what’s your favorite drink?” Hey, I have a lot of them and they all come in a ‘long neck’… but Miller High Life is my favorite. They then wrote back and said they wanted to know my favorite DRINK…. hmmmm…. okay, I like a dry martini, on the rocks with two olives ( olives are healthy). They then said that they were gonig to name a drink after me… the ‘Jolly Roger’… I think that is better than a statue and it doesn’t gather any bird droppings either.

Almost forgot this story… thanks hun… yep, I’ll have another ‘J.R.’ if you don’t mind.

 

Roger Freberg