George Soros has surfaced again : this time in Europe, where he advises the members (and would-be members) of the European Union to stop wrangling over the terms of a constitution-and adopt his world wide "Open Society" instead.
The EU Observer notes of Soros : "The Hungarian-born US citizen, who became famous as a financial speculator in the 1980s and 1990s, currently heads the Open Society Institute which promotes liberal democracy worldwide and which has been particularly active in the former Soviet bloc. "
What the Observer does NOT say is that the experience of Russia with Soros' "Open Society" was not especially beneficial : the highly visible result was an inflation rate of 2500% ,the formation of a corrupt cabal of Russian and American businessmen (sometimes referred to as oligarchs),and the looting of $100 BILLION dollars in IMF loans, USAID loans,and other foreign assistance : all under the thoughtful guidance of Soros beneficiary Jeffrey Sachs and the merry crew at the Harvard Institute for International Development - referred to sardonically by the Russians as "The Garvardniki" -(The Harvard Boys).
Sachs resigned on 5/25/99, and Harvard shut down its operations in January,2000 -after settling a lawsuit brought by USAID for a modest $26 million.
The whole business soured US and Russian relations , and may still be a factor in ongoing tensions between the two nations.
Soros is also credited with engineering the "Orange Revolution" in the Ukraine : a revolution that,two years later, is considered to have faltered and lost its way - with substantial assets again disappearing amidst the FOGS (Friends of George Soros).
For all that , people still dance happily along behind this cryptic "pied piper" like the fabled children of Hamlin : eager to scoop up the occasional small coins he strews in their path ; ignorant of the fact it is their money he is spending so lavishly; and chillingly ready to follow him to the Land of No Return.
It is even more chilling that a growing number of Democrats (and not a few Republicans) in this country have begun to listen to -and dance to the Piper's tune.
If this be "tinfoil hattery" - then make the most of it !
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