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Greenwashing 9/11

Green for All’s free-for-all, so to speak, all in the name of national service.

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Meanwhile, David Paine, president of My Good Deed Inc., a 9/11 families group involved in the upcoming National Day of Service, told me in an interview Monday night that he wishes to make it clear that his group has nothing to do with the Green the Block campaign.

Paine didn’t express an opinion on Green the Block but said his group wants the National Day of Service to remain outside the realm of government, adding “We would oppose anything that would make it either political or commercial.”

“No one should utilize 9/11 to try and score political points,” he said.

Paine said his group is encouraging people voluntarily to serve their communities on Sept. 11 as a way to honor those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We’re not promoting any particular activity,” he said. “This is a free country.”

He also stressed that his group, which pushed for a National Day of Service for years, resisted earlier calls to make Sept. 11 a federal holiday.

“We believe volunteerism should be something that people do out of the goodness of their hearts,” he said. “Self-directed service: Americans know what needs to be done.”

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About the Author

Matthew Vadum is an award-winning investigative journalist at a conservative watchdog group in Washington, D.C. Vadum is also author of Subversion Inc: How Obama’s ACORN Red Shirts are Still Terrorizing and Ripping Off American Taxpayers.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (43) |

Big J| 9.1.09 @ 7:36AM

iday.

"We believe volunteerism should be something that people do out of the goodness of their hearts," he said. "Self-directed service: Americans know what needs to be done."

Oh, yes we do - we know exactly what needs to be done.

Expose these crooks for who they are, indict and prosecute them, and take our country back.

That's exactly what needs to be done.

And, if patriotic Americans will take a moment on September 11, 2009, go to:

http://project2996.wordpress.com/

Read and remember the victims of this heinous crime on freedom-loving Americans.

You can take your national day of service and stick it where the sun don't shine.

reads1| 9.1.09 @ 8:34AM

I did my "National DAYS of service from August, 1942 until Jan., 1946. I look at what has become of the Country to which I dedicated this 'service' and I am ashamed of the results. I suppose I and my children and grand-children bear some responsibility for this but none of us will sully the memory of those who died on 9-11 at the hands of a so-called "Religion of Peace" group. This Communist, who leads this effort should be summarily dismissed from our Government payroll, along with all his supporters. It will not happen as there are too many Demoncrats in Congress that are in sympathy with this thinking. I have but a few, if any years to devote to this Country but will continue to hope that all was not in vain!

joseph p bell| 9.1.10 @ 10:33PM

reads 1 ( i did my Service from 1952-1956 ) i am a 911 truther, and i am totally ashamed at the people my age ,or older because they are the reason this country is the way it is , a DISASTER of major proportions :The entire Administrations of BUSH 41 and 43 are responsible along with CONGRESS ;regardless of party .. everyone is asleep in this country .. 99.9 % of the people are brain dead .I have reverted to usa has the united sheeps of arabia and israel .our children and grand children will be the losers here ... Democrats and Republiecans are all the sam now .GREEDY and afraid of life /// the usa is GONE until Jimmy Carter can come back ...

Duke| 9.1.09 @ 11:42AM

It has been a mystery to me how the populous has allowed the lefties to try fade the memory of 9/11. First it was "lets not play the tape of it anymore", then all the apologies and attempts by obama (the lowercase "o" is intentional) and his lefty-wacko minions to tell us what we did to deserve it. Now this! Another hard left Communist with viable power in DC is furthering his agenda in this tawdry, despicable manner with obamas blessing. I sometimes wonder what this country will look like in 3 more years.... it chills me.

Marc Jeric| 9.1.09 @ 12:06PM

Having escaped years ago from a communist hell I think I could introduce some clarity in what is happening to our country, by translating this new vocabulary now in vogue. ACORN brownshirts together with SEIU and AFSCME union thugs are in reality a system of local soviets or block committees charged by the White House to demonstrate, threaten, intimidate, and if necessary to apply violence against the political enemies of the ruling party; they are also paid for that work through the $9 billion in the stimulus bill, with more to come in the next year. The 34 so-called czars in the White House are in reality what we refugees used to know as komissars - unelected, unconfirmed, and solely responsible to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Only one thing is still missing - the system of local soviets (sorry - community organizations) within the National Guard and the military, and then our Great Leader, Abu Hussein from Kenya, our Community Organizer-in-Chief, can dispense with future elections with the excuse of "extreme crisis" and "saving the nation".
National day of Service - indeed!

joseph p bell| 9.1.10 @ 10:43PM

DUKE AND MARC JERIC AND SL TODDARD : WHERE HAVE YOU ALL BEEN SMOKING THAT WEED ;HOW DID BUILDING 7 GO DOWN , ? ILL HUFF AND ILL PUFF AND BLOW THIS HOUSE DOWN .. and if you think Commercial jets can fly like they did(didn't ) on 911 ;then we should be winning in iraq and afghanistan ,but , we had an AWOL "my daddy piad for me to go into the Guards ". Hitler was a corporal in the army and fought in a war. and gwb's granddaddy suplied money and oil to the Nazi's 1941, until Herbert Hoover put the handcuffs on them (Rockefeller ,Harriman . Prescott Bush NIXON's sweetheart .. check you "real "history / The Americans Indians were slaughtered by your crazy white grandparents

S.L. Toddard| 9.1.09 @ 2:14PM

The Fox News Right is *steamed* that Barack Obama is hijacking 9/11 to advance his socialist agenda. They hijacked it first to advance their imperialist agenda, after all, and in keeping with the level of political sophistication at which their supporters operate they take the "Finders Keepers - Losers Weepers" rule very seriously.

Pete| 9.1.09 @ 3:51PM

http://www.glennbeck.com/conte.....198/29967/

They are basically good people...time to buy more ammo.

Jeremy| 9.1.09 @ 4:48PM

So, in order to honor those who died in September 11th rather than having a day encouraging the men and women of this country devote some time to their communities you would rather have people put up websites? Putting up more websites isn't going to honor the deaths of those people from New York, Washington D.C., Boston, and New Jersey would died on September 11th.

This is remarkably familiar to the early days of the Iraq War when the right-wingers would self-righteously talk about their support for the troops and the yellow ribbon they bought and denounce the liberals like me who opposed the war. I spent my weekends working on rallies and performances to raise money for the Wounded-Warrior Project while the ROTC kids went on about how I didn't support the troops cause I opposed the war. (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/)

Pingback| 9.1.09 @ 5:18PM

The American Spectator : Greenwashing 9/11 | Online - Online.com.pt links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Van Jones has been orchestrating a campaign to greenwash the meaning of 9/11 using federal resources and a political front group he founded, new research suggests. … Veja o resto aqui : The American Spectator : Greenwashing 9/11 Related posts: The American Spectator : Obama's Desecrators of 9/11 On 'Greenwashing 9/11' :: Political News and commentaries :: Hyscience On 'Greenwashing 9/11' ::…

Pingback| 9.1.09 @ 5:56PM

Capital Research Center: links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…        Home       “Greenwashing 9/11″ September 1st, 2009 by Matthew Vadum My latest article, “Greenwashing 9/11,” appears in today’s American Spectator . Here is the beginning of it: From inside the Obama White House, green jobs czar Van Jones has been orchestrating a campaign to greenwash the meaning of 9/11 using federal resources and a political…

true religion jeans | 9.1.09 @ 9:28PM

I spent my weekends working on rallies and performances to raise money for the Wounded-Warrior Project while the ROTC kids went on about how I didn't support the troops cause I opposed the war.

GENE HAUBER| 9.3.09 @ 2:09PM

IF THE "MEANING" OF 9/11 IS MODIFIED BY THIS DESPICABLE, ANTI-AMERICAN WHITE HOUSE, then ALL TRUE AMERICANS, not just the "racist and bigoted whites" of this country, BUT EVERYONE WHO THINKS THAT HAVING COME TO THIS COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WAS THE """"BEST"""""THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO THEM OR THIER FAMILY, THEN IT ONLY PROVES WHAT OUR """"""ENEMIES"""""SAY ABOUT US CONSTANTLY IN THE PRESS.... AND EVEN OUR "ENEMIES" WHO SPEAK"FOR US" FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, OUR SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON.....A REAL AMERICA HATER.

Make no mistake about it folks......IF YOU BROUGHT YOUR FAMILY HERE TO AMERICA TO PROVIDE FOR THEM A MUCH, MUCH GREATER OPPORTUNITY THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY........THEN YOU NEED TO OPPOSE THIS PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO RETURN YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO THE SAME CRAP YOU TRIED TO LEAVE, SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST CONTROL OVER YOUR LIVES.

THIS IS AMERICA.....YOU SHOULD BE ...FREE....OF ALL OF OBAMAS CONTROLLING CRAP.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE IN COMING HER....I WILL SUPPORT YOU!!!

Pingback| 9.3.09 @ 8:48PM

Capital Research Center: links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…Home       Van Jones Thinks 9/11 Was A Republican Campaign Ad September 3rd, 2009 by Matthew Vadum Truthers are stranger than fiction. I’ve been reporting for a while about what a radical whackjob President Obama’s green jobs czar Van Jones is –not was, is– and then out of the blue we learn Jones thinks President Bush orchestrated the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Sweet.…

Pingback| 9.4.09 @ 4:17AM

Van Jones Thinks 9/11 Was A Republican Campaign Ad « NewsReal Blog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…old, for as long as he’s been active out in Oakland [California] and all of the creative ideas that he has and so now we have captured that. It had already been known for a while that Jones was a radical kook. Interestingly, George Soros ’s minions at Media Matters for America, who claim to fight “conservative misinformation,” haven’t posted much about Van Jones over the last 24 hours…

Pingback| 9.4.09 @ 7:59PM

The “Greening” of 9-11 « Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…World Trade Center The “Greening” of 9-11 In Campaign 2008, Campaign 2010, Capitalism, Economy, Family values, Politics, socialism on September 4, 2009 at 4:59 pm http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/01/greenwashing-911   “From inside the Obama White House, green jobs czar Van Jones has been orchestrating a campaign to greenwash the meaning of 9/11 using federal resources and a political front…

Pingback| 9.7.09 @ 4:00AM

Who is Van Jones and Why Did He Get Thrown Under the Bus? « American Elephants links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…would promote 9/11 as a “national day of service” to connect with people who were passionate about “repowering America and greening up and cleaning up America.” Matthew Vadum has pointed out the leftist groups that are attempting to modify the meaning of 9/11 and focus instead on bicycle paths, carbon emission controls, solar panels and, of course, community organizing.    The idea is to…

Pingback| 9.7.09 @ 7:44AM

| JoeWebb.com links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

JoeWebb.com JoeWebb.com Filed under: 911 — Joe Webb @ 4:42 AM The American Spectator : Greenwashing 9/11 Comments (0) No Comments No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Search for: Twitter Updates Blogroll atlas shrugs…

Pingback| 9.10.09 @ 11:13PM

I Say “NO” To Obama’s Hijacking Of 9/11 links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…aftermath of 9/11 that we need to be more tolerant of other’s views. Now he wants to change the meaning of 9/11 to be so far from the events of that day that I’m sure the victims and their families are reeling from betrayal.” Read the rest here….. Tagged as: 9/11, 9/11 families, Green the Block, National Day of Service, Obama, Van Jones Leave a Comment Name * E-mail * Website Previous post: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN…

Larry Miller| 9.11.09 @ 5:43PM

We just got rid of that wack job Bush who caused 9/11, then secretly flew Ben Laden's family out of the country on an air force jet. Then he invents intelligence so he can invade Iraq and not his buddy's country.
Then he passes the Largest expansion of Socialized Medicine in history with no way to pay for it. Then he bails out his dad's buddies on Wall Street. And he's supposed to be the good guy. How stupid are you guys? You'll follow anybody who wears a lapel pin with the flag on it. Don't you see how you're being fooled/ Everytime these guys get in office, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But you go ahead and vote for them anyway. They pick your pocket and laugh behind your back.

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