Obama to Award Warren Buffett Medal of Freedom

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Obama to award Warren Buffet Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will name Warren Buffet as one of fifteen winners of the 2010 Medal of Freedom, a White House official said on Wednesday.

Buffet, one of the world's most successful investors who has donated a vast chunk of his multibillion dollar fortune to charity, will receive the medal at a White House ceremony early next year. The award is the highest U.S. civilian honor.

Buffet is one of Obama's closest defenders in the business community and the president has sought his counsel dating back to the 2008 presidential campaign and since.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101117/bs_nm/us_obama_buffet_1

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. SO in touch.

[Barack_America]

2. So, how much do I need to donate in 2012 to get one of those bad boys?

[fascisthunter]

3. wtf does freedom have anything to do with charity?

[ProudDad]

4. I thought this was an Onion article...

:rofl:

right-wing heads explode all over the blogosphere...

[enough]

5. Guess that explains Buffet's oped in the NYT today. He's feeling grateful.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17buffett.html?scp=2&sq=warren%20buffet&st=cse

[peace frog]

6. "Quid pro quo, Clarice." nt.

[pam4water]

7. I used to really respect Buffet until I read a book on his business practices. His corporation

have done as much as all the other corporations to skirt around paying federal taxes.

[TheeHazelnut]

8. This is why!

If you dodge enough taxes then you get to build a monument to your own ego by contributing to massive amounts to charity so that you get media attention, awards, and buildings named after you.

[Cal Carpenter]

9. ROFL

[slackmaster]

10. At first I thought the Medal of Freedom had been renamed. Did they sell a sponsorship?

"The Warren Buffet Medal of Freedom."

It has a nice ring to it.

[sally cat]

11. We need Buffet if Soros is going to pull out.