Soros Investing in Evil Halliburton

If you ever have the misfortune to read lefty websites, you'll know very quickly that the company everybody loves to hate is Halliburton. Why? Dick Cheney used to run it, and Halliburton has gotten a great many contracts for reconstruction work in Iraq...mainly because they are one of only a couple of companies worldwide capable of doing the type of work demanded.

George Soros funds many of the wackiest of the wacky left groups, but he doesn't seem to have much trouble investing in evil Halliburton (from Special Report):

While the left-wing activist groups supported by billionaire George Soros have been attacking the Halliburton Company — Soros has been quietly taking a major stock position in the company. The Securities and Exchange Commission reports Soros has purchased nearly two million shares of the company once run by Vice President Cheney — investing more than $62 million.

Editor Mike Boyer of Foreign Policy magazine writes on his blog: "The real question, however, is whether MoveOn.org, the Center for American Progress, and other organizations that have benefited from Soros' charity will see a problem with accepting money earned off Halliburton shares?"

If he doesn't divest of these shares, he may be forced to give up his Wacky Left Secret Decoder Ring which turns every issue into a Bush conspiracy.