townhall.com - 1/12/2009
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The Washington Times today reports on Obama global warming czar Carol Browner's leadership of a socialist group's (Socialist International's) Commission for a Sustainable World Society.Of course, if a Republican...
townhall.com - 1/19/2009
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Flying back to Los Angeles yesterday afternoon, I
happened to look over at the news coverage my...
airplane seat-mate was watching, thus seeing it with the sound off.What was striking were the images being touted by...
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Carol Platt Liebau: The Secular Saint
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Right-Wing Global Warming Denier Machine Screams: ‘Czar’ Browner Is A ‘Socialist’!
Wonk Room —
The right wing has discovered that Carol Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s new White House energy and environment adviser, was briefly a member of the Socialist International’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society. The commission first convened in November 2007 to “articulate from the world of progressive politics a way forward to address global environmental concerns, climate change and the issues of governance required to deal with these common challenges” at 10 Downing Street, hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Leader of the British Labour Party.
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The right's new red scare
Political Animal —
THE RIGHT'S NEW RED SCARE.... The headline from the conservative Washington Times yesterday was certainly attention getting: " Obama climate czar has socialist ties ." The article reported that Carol Browner, set to become the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, was "listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change." This, as one might imagine, caused quite a stir among far-right bloggers and media personalities. Glenn Beck pointed to the story to ...
BROWNER, SOCIALISM AND THE RED SCARE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
WASH MONTHLY: THE RIGHT'S NEW RED SCARE.... The headline from the conservative Washington Times yesterday was certainly attention getting: "Obama climate czar has socialist ties." The article reported that Carol Browner, set to become the Assistant to the ...
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