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The right's new red scare
Political Animal —
... , arguing that some [ sic ] in the "environmentalist movement " are "merely fronts for the some collectivist, totalitarian, statist impulses that have reared their ugly heads throughout the 20th century with such devastating results for so many." Drudge, naturally, promoted the story heavily. Brad Johnson has a helpful piece , not only documenting how this story worked its way up through the conservative movement, but just as importantly, explaining why there's less here than meets the eye. The [Commission for a Sustainable World Society] first convened in November 2007 to ...
BROWNER, SOCIALISM AND THE RED SCARE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Brad Johnson has a helpful piece, not only documenting how this story worked its way up through the conservative movement, but just as importantly, explaining why there's less here than meets the eye. ...
Inhofe: Browner Is A Secret Socialist Who Belongs To A Scary Group Called The Center for American Progress
Think Progress —
... that Barack Obama’s White House energy and climate adviser Carol Browner is a secret socialist. The source of the right-wing paranoia is Browner’s brief participation in a group called the Socialist International’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society. ...
“Grapevine” Pushes Faux Fox Fantasy About New Global Warming “Czar’s” “Socialist” Ties – Ewwww, Socialism, Be Scared, Boogah-Boogah!!
News Hounds —
... New Democratic Party of Canada, the center-left Israeli Labor Party, and the ruling Labour Party in Great Britain.” According to the “Wonk Room” at Think Progress, Steven Milloy, a “scholar” at the anti global warming “Competitive Enterprise Institute” and columnist for FOX NEWS found out about Ms. Browner’s membership and ran with it – straight to a newspaper chain run by right wing Christian Phillip Anschutz who is connected to petroleum and intelligent design groups. Check out the Wonk Room for the chronology of the lunacy which lead to Fox News. From what I can determine, ...
The Intellectually Bereft FOX News Theatre Company, Starring James Inhofe!
Daily Kos —
... This morning, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly balefully intoned that Carol Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s selection as his White House climate adviser, was "a leader of a socialist group." As banners blared "BROWNER BELONGED TO SOCIALIST GROUP SEEKING ‘GLOBAL GOVERNANCE’" and "SOCIALIST TIES," Kelly interviewed inveterate climate denier Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who called Browner "pretty extremist" and wondered: ...
Inhofe: Browner Is A Secret Socialist Who Belongs To A Scary Group Called The Center for American Progress
The Hollywood Liberal —
... that Barack Obama’s White House energy and climate adviser Carol Browner is a secret socialist. The source of the right-wing paranoia is Browner’s brief participation in a group called the Socialist International’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society. As the Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson ...
Clinton defends the U.N.: ‘If we didn’t have a United Nations, we’d have to invent one.’
Think Progress —
Earlier today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressed the Model U.N. Conference and offered a strong defense of the United Nations and the role it plays. The organization has long been a bogeyman of right-wing conspiracy theories, often championed by former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, frequently involving climate change policy and the “threat” of global governance (which is often confused with global government). In response, Clinton explained:
CLINTON: If we didn’t have a United Nations, ...
