http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tidesfoundation/ en-us Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:55:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts <p>IF YOU ENJOYED the election crisis of 2000, you’re going to love what Democrat leaders are cooking up for November.</p> <p>"George Soros has purchased the Democratic Party," charges Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson. (2) Some might dismiss Miss Iverson's comment as hyberbole. However, Soros' massive soft-money contributions have indisputably given him power over Democrat strategy.</p> RichardPoe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364074/posts Although large majorities of House and Senate Democrats have voted to cut off funding for ACORN, this rebuke could be reversed as soon as November 1st. This is a point that has been overlooked in press coverage of the besieged left-leaning community action group. Moreover, even if ACORN (the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now) does lose out on public funding it continues to receive support from foundations, corporations and individual donors, including George Soros. Despite the scope and magnitude of ongoing scandals that have ensnared ACORN officials, there remains a certain slyness to the news coverage in that... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364074/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2348526/posts TIDE FOUNDATION: Overview Tides Foundation & Tides Center When is a foundation not a foundation? When it gives away other foundations’ money. Most of America’s big-money philanthropies trace their largesse back to one or two wealthy contributors. The Pew Charitable Trusts was funded by Joseph Pew’s Sun Oil Company earnings, the David & Lucille Packard Foundation got its endowment from the Hewlett-Packard fortune, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grew out of General Motors profits, and so on. In most cases, the donors’ descendants manage and invest these huge piles of money, distributing a portion each year to nonprofit groups of... Activist Cash http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2348526/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339923/posts Illegal Market Manipulation, Felony Insider Trading, Villain, Currency collapses Is it possible to lay the global financial meltdown, the radicalizing of the Democratic Party, and America’s moral decline, at the feet of one man? It is indeed possible. If George Soros isn’t the world’s preeminent “malignant messianic narcissist,” he’ll do until the real thing comes along. Move over, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. There’s a new kid on the block. What we have in Soros, is a multi-billionaire atheist, with skewed moral values, and a sociopath’s lack of conscience. He considers himself to be a world class philosopher, despises... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339923/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336886/posts GEORGE SOROS’ BACKGROUND: To give you an idea about this guy, here’s a news nugget from a while back, this guy can make money in a heartbeat, and pump it into far-left causes with no effort, generally using “shadow corporations”, and “dummy corporations” to do his bidding. One Man's Thoughts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336886/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:04:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312754/posts I came across a book written by David Horowitz and Richard Poe about George Soros. The Shadow Pary. It was written three years ago. With what is happening in our country and the involvemnt of Acorn, Unions, activist groups and media blackouts this is worth reading. Book by David Horowitz and Richard Poe, Shadow Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312754/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:57:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333654/posts A rising chorus of discontent – more a citizens uprising – shows Middle America’s deep suspicion of President Obama’s health care reform proposal. Average citizens have voiced their disapproval at townhall meetings hosted by Sen. Arlen Specter and HHS Director Kathleen Sebelius, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Rep. Tim Bishop, and staffers of Sen. Claire McCaskill. In a burst of passion-envy, Chris Matthews asked on Monday night’s Hardball, “Where the Hell are the people who want health care, the poor people out there…the union people? Where are they? I haven’t seen one placard, let alone one protest demonstration, for health care.” In... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333654/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 01:35:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332375/posts From inside the Obama White House, green jobs czar Van Jones has been orchestrating a campaign to greenwash the meaning of 9/11 using federal resources and a political front group he founded, new research suggests. It is unclear if this is illegal but at a minimum it raises questions about ethics, self-dealing, and the proper use of U.S. government resources. *snip* As I wrote last week, about 60 groups including ACORN, Apollo Alliance, Color of Change, and Rainbow PUSH Coalition are trying to help the Obama administration modify the meaning of 9/11. They want to turn each Sept. 11 into... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332375/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325635/posts Note these names in particular: George Soros–Multi-billionaire funder of leftwing causes and groups, Tides Foundation’s Wade Rathke (ACORN founder), and Anna Burger–Secretary Treasurer of SEIU, with massive influence over Obama. The Alliance has boasted of writing both the stimulus bill AND Cap and Trade. And it is driving the Obama Reich’s agenda with unbelievable force. Right Soup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325635/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:25:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325053/posts Very few Americans realize there exists a large network of far left philanthropists and foundations in America dedicated to destroying the American way of life, our Christian-based culture and our free enterprise system. They seek to remove America from its constitutional foundations and move it toward a European-style socialism. Much of this effort is coordinated by a little known group called the Tides Foundation and its related group, the Tides Center. The Strategic Principles of the Tides Foundation Over the course of its 33 year history, the Tides network has given hundreds of millions of dollars to anti-free enterprise groups,... Western Center for Journalism http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325053/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:51:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322875/posts Scripps Howard columnist Ann McFeatters, "Lynch-Mob Mentality Stirs Health-Care Debate": Americans are flocking to town-hall meetings, screaming and shouting down nonplussed legislators, brandishing guns and throwing around false rumors as if they were hand grenades. [...] Do we not want to make the best of this brief window of opportunity to make changes aimed at benefiting millions, bringing down costs and helping small businesses? Syndicated columnist Gene Lyons, "The Lunatics Are No Longer on the Fringe": It's not possible to reason with people peddling grotesque and preposterous lies, bargain with people who are screaming, or negotiate under threats of violence.... Reason Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322875/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:13:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319372/posts Father of ‘Public Option’ Says It's Not a ‘Trojan Horse’ for a Single-Payer Health-Care System (CNSNews.com) – SNIPPET: "Hacker said that he hopes the public option, if adopted, would eventually lead to a government-managed system--but it wouldn't happen overnight. In a 2008 video obtained and aired by Fox News Channel, Hacker not only suggested that his plan would lead to a single-payer system, but said it would do so openly, in a gradual way, he admitted. “Someone once said to me, ‘Well, this is a Trojan horse for single payer.’ I said, ‘Well, it’s not a Trojan horse, right? It’s... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319372/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:09:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2304400/posts Below Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck explains the Apollo Alliance on his July 28 show. Beck mentions the Obama administration’s “stimulus” blueprint, “The New Apollo Program: Clean Energy, Good Jobs,” which you can read here. Glenn Beck via RBO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2304400/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302941/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- A former official at a San Francisco charity has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $132,000 over three years. Jason Ramon Sanders, 38, of San Francisco, will be sentenced Aug. 26 for stealing $132,600 from the Tides Foundation from 2005 to 2008. Sanders, who was a philanthropic adviser for the foundation, pleaded guilty March 25 before U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco to a count of theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, because the charity is in the Presidio. SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2302941/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283979/posts The following is a news item pulled from the website of LaRouchepac.com June 23, 2009 (LPAC)--Health Care for America Now (HCAN), endorsed by President Obama as the coalition pushing his health-care (euthanasia) reform, is a project of billionaire British-agent speculator George Soros, his Tides Foundation, and the Saul Alinsky counter-insurgency networks Soros used to ramp up the Obama Presidential candidacy. Though labor unionists will come into Washington on June 25 to rally and lobby for the Obama "reform," the HCAN organization sponsoring the D.C. events explicitly opposes the single-payer health-care plan favored by labor and by most Americans. The group... blog.nj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283979/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:10:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/961444/posts Dr. Howard Dean’s fans come out for the big Democratic summer shindig As Tom Andrews, the director of the leading national antiwar coalition, began his speech at the Maine Democrats’ big outdoor summer shindig in Falmouth, John Baldacci signaled his bodyguard/driver to move the large, dark SUV up the driveway. The vehicle soon hid in the trees, its engine quietly humming. At first, the governor seemed to be paying attention as Andrews, the former First District congressman, launched into rousing tales of how the country, under President George W. Bush, had gone "from peace and prosperity to war and recession."... Portland Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/961444/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:08:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298971/posts Last month, the Statistical Assessment Service (STATS), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization affiliated with George Mason University, released "Science Suppressed: How America became obsessed with BPA," a report which accuses the media "of ignoring the extensive research of respected scientists and major health agencies in the United States and around the world, which found BPA was not only safe but played an important role in ensuring food safety."   It also confirms what countless previous studies have said; BPA is safe. If you're unfamiliar with Bisphenol A (BPA), it is a chemical used to make lightweight, versatile, durable, high-performance plastics.  It's... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298971/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:06:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282849/posts Embezzler Bernard Madoff, who swindled clients out of at least $50 billion, was sentenced to 150 years imprisonment Monday. Very few media reports have focused on the damage that Madoff did to left-leaning foundations and political causes. I wrote about this topic in the American Spectator in January. The record-breaking fraud is forcing the closing of the JEHT and Picower foundations, longtime supporters of leftist groups. Left-wing groups funded by those charities include ACORN (known for its massive voter-fraud campaigns), the Center for Constitutional Rights (a pro-Castro member of the open borders lobby), and Alliance for Justice (which supports habeas... NewsReal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282849/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:21:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994821/posts What is the Story of Stuff? From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all... The Tides Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994821/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 01:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968902/posts Candidate's Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics. In 2001, McCain founded the Alexandria, Va.-based Reform Institute as a vehicle to receive funding from George Soros' Open Society Institute and Teresa Heinz Kerry's Tides Foundation and several other prominent non-profit organizations. McCain used the institute to promote his political agenda and provide compensation to key campaign operatives between elections. In 2006, the Arizona senator was forced... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968902/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:01:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901757/posts Democracy: George Soros is known for funding groups such as MoveOn.org that seek to manipulate public opinion. So why is the billionaire's backing of what he believes in problematic? In a word: transparency. How many people, for instance, know that James Hansen, a man billed as a lonely "NASA whistleblower" standing up to the mighty U.S. government, was really funded by Soros' Open Society Institute , which gave him "legal and media advice"? That's right, Hansen was packaged for the media by Soros' flagship "philanthropy," by as much as $720,000, most likely under the OSI's "politicization of science" program. Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901757/posts#comment Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:26:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829229/posts The war of words between Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly and the left-wing Web site Media Matters for America has heated up, with O’Reilly accusing the site of lying about funding from Bush-bashing financier George Soros. On April 24, O’Reilly told viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” that Soros and several other wealthy radicals were helping to fund Media Matters — which says it is dedicated to “correcting conservative misinformation” in the U.S. media — by donating money to a foundation that in turn contributed to the Web site. Media Matters countered that while Soros’ Open Society Institute (OSI) did contribute to... News Day.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1829229/posts#comment Sun, 6 May 2007 17:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791092/posts In the late Middle Ages, professional pardoners sold indulgences to Roman Catholic parishioners with the promise that their sins would be forgiven. It was one of the practices that led to the success of Martin Luther's Reformation. Today, some environmentally conscious people purchase so-called carbon offsets to compensate for the CO2 emissions they are personally responsible for. ...At least 50 companies sell offsets for air travel for between $5 and $30 per ton of CO2. Some of them sell offsets for other activities as well. Chemical & Engineering News (membership required for online access) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791092/posts#comment Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791084/posts You can neutralize the rest of your pollution—through offsets. When you buy offsets, you essentially pay someone to reduce or remove global warming pollution in your name. For example, when you buy 10 tons of carbon offsets, the seller guarantees that 10 fewer tons of global warming pollution go into the atmosphere. While the pollution you produce yourself is the same, you get the credit for that 10-ton reduction. Environmental Defense http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791084/posts#comment Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:25:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1786337/posts The U.S. Constitution defines treason as (1) levying war against the United States and (2) giving aid and comfort to its (presumably declared by Congress) enemies. This means that MoveOn.org-endorsed candidate John Murtha is not legally a traitor to our country. His recent actions are every bit as reprehensible as those Vidkun Quisling, Pierre Laval, and Benedict Arnold: another former war hero who turned his coat. U.S. Rep. Murtha touts way to choke off Iraq war reports, "U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a leading congressional opponent of the war in Iraq, on Thursday said his plans for placing conditions on how... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1786337/posts#comment Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:07:38 GMT