An environmentalist's dream might be a businessman's nightmare. But when it came to describing the the environmental team Pres.-elect Obama has assembled, it was sugar plum fairies for GMA this morning. Rachel Martin, who came to ABC from NPR, narrated the segment.
RACHEL MARTIN: They are calling it the "Green Dream Team."
Which invites the obvious question: who's "they," kimosabe? Running down the team line-up, Martin viewed things from an environmentalist perspective.
So who are these folks?
- As NewsBuster Paul Detrick has noted, one business commentator finds Carol Browner "scary" for the radical solutions she favors.
- Lisa Jackson was NJ Gov. Jon Corzine's former Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Her most notable action in her Wikipedia entry: "Jackson led compliance sweeps in Camden and Paterson . . . following multicultural outreach efforts to inform and involve community residents and businesses." Not just an environmentalist: a multiculturalist!
- As for Chu, Martin touted the fact that he is "widely respected by environmental groups for his proposals to aggressively tackle climate change." Great. I'm sure New Orleans would appreciate some help digging out of the snow.
Martin then rolled a clip of the president of an environmental group, who gave the team a big green thumbs-up. So what did the head of the business group have to say about the appointments? Come on, I said this was GMA: no such representative appeared. The only allusion to business interests was when Martin described Obama's environmental goals as "lofty," then wondered whether he would have "support from business leaders to pursue his energy initiatives in the current financial crisis." Translation: will those mean-spirited businessmen stand in the way of the green team's dreams?
But wait a second: just before that, Martin had rolled a clip of Obama saying he would "launch a massive effort to make public buildings more energy efficient" and that this would "save you, the American taxpayer, billions of dollars each year." So if just this one initiative would save billions a year, surely the entire Green Dream Team agenda would save bazillions. Why should the financial crisis be a reason not to proceed full geo-thermal steam ahead . . . unless going green isn't the cost saver it's cracked up to be?
—Mark Finkelstein is a NewsBusters contributing editor and host of Right Angle. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net.
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In this case, GREEN is in
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 09:32 ET by billbIn this case, GREEN is in reference to money!
euphemism
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:06 ET by CatherwoodThe lefty propagandists can call the environmental Obamamites (as in lice) what they please, but the fact remians that these misguided, gullible greenies are just a problem waiting to happen. All they will do is create roadblocks to any kind of progress by enacting new draconian laws which will only serve to impede new construction, new farming and new enterprises. And, they will do so not because of what's right or what works, they will do so for the sake of appeasing leftwing nut groups like Greenpeace and its ilk. These new and powerful enviro saviours will base their decisions on 'what research shows' or what some scientists in Berkely think about the sand newts in Florida even they have never seen a sand newt or have never been to Florida. We will all suffer from the idealism of these psuedo intellectual scientists and researches who have been given power by a liberal president who himself is nothing more than an elite, corrupt Chicagoan who lives in a neighborhood with the likes of Bill Ayers, Louis Farakan, jessie jackson and Jeremiah Wright. When food runs short and the economy collapses, we will, at least, know whom to blame.
Ignorance and apathy
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:25 ET by iveseenitallAll of this is based on the pervasive ignorance of modern-day Americans. Millions have been "educated" in our public schools and indocrinated by the left-wing media. Logical thinking has been cast aside, replaced by feel-good emotionalism. In the long run it is ignorance and apathy which will be cause America's demise. And only the charlatans like Algore and Barry Obama will enjoy the immediate rewards of the Fall. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
When Rachel Martin and her
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:46 ET by TEWhen Rachel Martin and her like-minded fools of the Washington press corps allege that "they say", "people say", "the American people say", "the public says", "critics say", etc., that means "leftists, like Rachel Martin, say".
Jimmie Carter had big
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 10:53 ET by MidAmericaJimmie Carter, way back in the 70's, had big ideas about regulating what Americans could have in the way of resources. If barry starts lowering our standard of living he will also be remembered as an example of a misguided, out of touch, failed one term President.
Cap-and-Trade Could Cost the Average Family $10,800 in Income
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 11:25 ET by PopularTechCap-and-Trade Could Cost the Average Family $10,800 in Lost Income (US Newswire)
Hey it is just money right? Who needs an economy when you can have environmental socialism?
Bullshit! Environmental Hysteria (Video) (29min)
Have no fear Obama's dream team of green socialists will save the earth from the evil CO2. LMAO!
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution
The Green Dream Team
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 11:33 ET by iveseenitallThe adolecent, poorly educated "liberals" love rhymes and alliteration. "They" are calling it the "The Green Dream Team". Wow. ----Ignorant Fools!
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
For me the only lasting
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 12:42 ET by fitzfongFor me the only lasting image from the original "Dream Team" is that thug Charles Barkley assaulting that Angolan player with the Angolan team already well beaten. That image is the perfect metaphor for this lame "Green Dream Team"...with Barkley representing Browner/Jackson/Chu/Obama and that poor Angolan player representing the rest of us.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
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how about the Pipe Dream
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 19:34 ET by jwm45how about the Pipe Dream Team?
→ Gang Green
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:10 ET by Cool ArrowPerfect name for these pustules of putrification.
We're going to get our Gluteus Maximus amputated after unsuccessful maggot therapy.
I can't take it
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:38 ET by bigtimerI can't take it anymore...
It's real simple...we are all forked.
Period.
I don't think people in this country really realize how all of this is going to affect everything we do cost wise...businesses going belly-up to boot...on and on.
It is going to be like an octopus...arms outstretched clutching our wallets and daily lives, strangling us with mandates on our homes ect from sea to shining sea.
Smile...be happy.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
A massive tax increases
Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:42 ET by afuelis what is coming from Green Team. Cap and Trade could be the largest tax ever imposed on the country and the world. A completely bogus, fabricated revenue stream based on lies and greed. Low cost labor and energy is what will bring the world out of this recession not a massive tax on energy that will insure more US production goes offshore. The icing on the cake is nuclear power is off the table for this same group.
No Representation in NorCal