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Chicago Billionaire: “I’ll Buy The Hotel If Obama Stops Pissing On Conventions”



Apr 27, 2009 11 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

Real estate entrepreneur Sam Zell is publisher of the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. He also owns the Chicago Cubs.


  • DesignR

    A Capitalist speaks. It’s hard to understand how rare an event this really is.

  • Sixchuter

    Will he put his money where his mouth is? Will he finance those who want to fight for capitalism and the constitution?

    • DesignR

      Don’t hold your breath.

      I didn’t say he was a Christian Billionaire. Rich people, I know, are focused on ‘the deal’ over and above their own children. So to ask an old reprobate, like this guy probably is, is to ask too much.

      You have an incredibly good point though!

      Where is the Capitalist George Soros? A truly motivated Capitalist who is willing to spend his entire fortune to flip the Left’s ‘card table’ over.

    • Randy

      Where is George Soro’s? He’s making his money from the crisis he caused. He truly is a financial terrorist.

  • YERMOM

    LOL…WHILE HE’S AT IT MAYBE HE COULD STOP SHITTING ALL OVER THE REST OF AMERICA’S INDUSTRIES.

  • Badger

    The Stimulus is not working people; I voted for Obama and am trying to give him every benefit of the doubt. I don’t know of one person that has applied for relief that actually got it.

    Just to check the stimulus apparatus, the beginning of March I parked $400,000 in two separate secured savings accounts. The accounts were opened in two separate well known National Banks with the initials of B and A as well as C,I,T,I to purchase real estate for my daughters in my name.

    The Banks would not use my secured savings as collateral, not even if I doubled the amounts????? Is this not insane? Both institutions wanted me to begin the entire loan process from scratch. The real estate is valued at $250,000 each but wanted another $150,000 for remodeling etc. Thus far fees have totaled over $6500 to the banks for what seems simply their attention and the generation of documents. After 60 days with a 849 credit score coupled with five times the loan request in cash sitting in their vault no commitment as of today 4/27/09.

    If I can’t get the bank to move using my own money, no one is getting financed, period.

    Change? You bettya and I told the bank to refund all fees or I would be filing a complaint. They said sue us! I purchased the properties cash and received a 22% reduction in the sales price. I was planning on purchasing the homes for cash anyway until my neighbor, a fairly well known producer of documentaries, asked that I do it this way to memorialize and record how well the bailout plan is working with our largest banks. It’s not and I am convinced there is no plan. Time will tell but do any of you know anyone who has benefitted? And as one who could not pull the lever for McCain or Obama.

    43 more months of this deceit. I really wonder where this stimulus money will wind up or will it simply vanish? Americans obviously don’t give a damn or they don’t understand what’s happening. If that’s the case just ask questions of your local representative until you get answers. Problem is Obama’s plan is for no answers and the American public is asking no questions….perfect storm.

    Just remember $9 trillion when all is said and done. I can tell you now that folks will be going to jail when this is all over and my guess is by 2013.

    Either way, Good luck folks…..

    • TerryTate

      Please forgive me for saying this Badger, as you sound like a fairly nice and intelligent fellow, but is this what it took for you to realize that Obama is a sham?

      I mean, geeze fucking louise, if guys like you simply don’t get it, we are completely fucked. By guys like you I mean people that have wealth and can influence the agenda of this country.

      You said:

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      I can tell you now that folks will be going to jail when this is all over and my guess is by 2013.
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      As I said, please don’t take this the wrong way, but the truth is a lot of people may be dead before this is done and over with. We will be lucky if all that happens is the right people go to jail.

      Notice that I said the right people. Do you think that Obama’s intention to prosecute CIA and Bush administration officials for protecting this country from terrorism would be sending the right people to jail?

      Hell no.

      While I applaud you for stating the truth through your own experience, I’d tell you that you are a couple of years behind a lot of others that have been trying to tell people that what you said was the truth and that Obama would not be able to deliver on the promises he was making, well before the election. That is not an endorsement of McCain either, but Obama?

      I’m not trying to discourage you or condemn you, I guess I’m just frustrated.

    • Bob USMC

      How on earth could you vote for this Marxist? Seriously, what possessed you? Was it not blatantly obvious that Obama was an empty suit liberal?

    • Randy

      Badger, If you voted Obama, then you are part of the problem. You are part of the (vast)class of voters who voted on emotion and not on fact. Had you had the sense to actually research Obama the candidate and his radical positions instead of believing the shit you were spoon fed by the MSM, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

      You can redempt yourself, though. Obama voters can repent and join our cause of giving America back to the people and following the guidelines of the Constitution.

      Here’s hoping you do the right thing.

    • RC

      You can thank the Dems for much of the malaise you describe. The only real investment you should worry about now is surviving the marxist onslaught spearheaded by O, Pelosi and Reid.

      Stock up on food, ammo, medicine etc .. a good aim, courage and bare essentials for now will see you through, and don’t worry millions of patriots will cover your back when the time comes to expel these blood-sucking traitors for good.

      The problem with libs is they do not anticipate what’s around the corner.. revolutionII is coming and it won’t be pretty.

  • Mark Gibbons

    The only people going to jail will be humans like me. Not anyone directly involved in this left wing circus will be prosecuted. I am sitting and waiting for these puppets to show up and take me away. Badger- Can you smell the difference between low tide and a flower bed?