Jones Resigns Over What?

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Powerline nicely summarizes the problems with (now former) Obama Administration official Van Jones:

Who do they have in the White House? A self-proclaimed Communist. A vulgar Marxist twice over. A supporter of cold-blooded cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal. A 9/11 Truther . A racist hater, whose hatred extends to the United States. And insofar as his current job is concerned, we have a man who sees the "green jobs" con as a tool for overthrowing capitalism. We have, in short, the complete left-wing nightmare package.

So naturally, the Denver Post hasn't yet printed a word about the (now former) Green Jobs Czar.  The Washington Post and New York Times, would-be papers of record, finally got around to covering  the controversy just in time for Jones to resign.  As with the Eason Jordan affair, readers' could be forgiven for not knowing that there even was a problem, right up until the moment that the (nor former) advisor resigned.

Of course, those outlets that are now covering the resignation are basically whitewashing the problems with Jones.  Here's the AP, as carried by the Washington Post:

Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.

"Derogatory comments" is one way of putting it.  Calling them "a**holes" is another.  Jones wasn't just "linked to" efforts (note the passive voice).  He actively linked himself to them by signing an online truther petition.  ABC News's Todd Connor is even more circumspect (audio not available online):

Van Jones decided to leave in light of recent questions surrounding a racially tinged speech and a petition he signed which questioned the official version of the 9/11 attacks.

Plenty of speeches are "racially tinged."  Few rise to this level of American self-hatred:

The American way, manufactuered by these white folks in office. By these rich men here to mock us. The United States is a stolen land led by right-wing, war hungry, oil thirsty. And when it's all said and done they still can't clean their own place because they got people of color playing servant to do that sh*t for them... The true terrorists are made in the US, in this police state... The US is a crack-fiend for oil. And they're ready to rape, kill, assault, rob anybody and everybody...

And plenty of people have questioned the official version of 9/11.  I've noted that having Jamie Gorelick sit in judgment on the 9/11 Commission was pretty close to the ultimate fox-guarding-the-henhouse moment.  That's a little different from asking whether "high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the attacks to occur."

Again, readers may be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about.

In fact, Obama has merely victimized himself here, by a (now former) Tsar System that end-runs around Congressional vetting, and has been victimized by a press corps sleeping-walking through life.  The two are not unrelated.


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AP got major fact wrong

The AP report I read stated that, "Fox
News Channel host Glenn Beck repeatedly denounced Jones after a group
the adviser co-founded, ColorofChange.org, led an advertising boycott
against Beck's show to protest his claim that Obama is a racist."  Beck was pointing out problems with Jones BEFORE the boycott.  

It's obvious

It's quite obvious what's happened here -- this is not the Van Jones that Obama knew.

You are either implying that

You are either implying that the President did not know about Van Jones' past, which means he is a President that is easily fooled and he is capable of putting this nation in great harm.  Or, more likely, this is just another indicator of who we have in office:  Ayers, Rev. Wright, Van Jones type people that hate this country.

I am beginning to think Obama is much more radical in his ideologies than I previously assumed.  The whole "Gates" incident where Obama scolded the police for being stupid commenced my pessimism about this President.  You have to admit, nobody really "checked out" Obama.  He was a surprise candidate that dawned on the American people overnight and he didn't even have a real contender to battle with.  I mean really, John McCain?

 Obama is scaring me.

Hey Hey Hey

hey guys lets simmer down.  we all know it's Bush's fault.

TIC

"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own."  CH Spurgeon

And let's stay focused...

We've now got bigger problems than a hateful, racist, anti-American, marxist, truther hanging out at the White House.  Serious problems - like who is going to pretend to create all of those make-believe "green jobs" now?

Not only will Vango have to find another pretend job, consider how this will negatively effect the thousands of green lobbyists in the pristine DC wilderness that have highly invested in Vango's great green marxist adventure.

Obama Scared Me................

Obama scared me [I'm in Illinois!] when he came out of the woodwork to be elected Senator! Just as they did in the Presidential election with McCain, the Rinos in Illinois put up Alan Keyes to run against him! What a joke!

Thats when we all started to examin him and got scared! Too bad the rest of the country didn't bother to do the same! We wouldn't have a bunch of Commies in the White House!

Welcome to the club

I'm not sure if you're kidding or not but, if not, then welcome to the club.

Many of us saw Obeyme for what he was back in the primary. He "is" Van Jones. There isn't a lick of difference between Obeyme and the people he surrounds himself with.

As radical as Van Jones seems, Obeyme is just as radical if not more so. He just hides it better. Get him in a room of like-minded individuals and I bet that the real Obeyme emerges. And I bet he's a raging maniac.

He is not who he appears to be.

Van Jones

Van Jones is Barack Obama.....Birds of a feather and all that....Time to reread Jerome Corsi's book..........

hahahahahahahahahah....ROFLM

hahahahahahahahahah....ROFLMAO!!

 

"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."

Oh, right, this is all

Oh, right, this is all Glenn Beck's  act of revenge.

Wow.  Who knew Beck had so much power!! Maybe they should recruit HIM into Color of Change!

What this is, is another shining example of what I call  the "Seat of the Pants" Presidency.

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air calls it a  Pattern of Incompetence

Make sure you check out the included "Obamateurism" link.

 

Motherbelt, Van the Man can blame whomever he wants...

Breitbart has this quote from Jones in their story:

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

Lies and distortions? No, you freakin' jackass - you have been caught red-handed with your inflammatory racist comments and a radical background you thought no one would discover! You had absolutely no qualifications to do anything within the context of a presidential administration - then again, you had no clue as to what "green jobs" were, anyway!

Osama Bama's pathetic administration is nothing short of a sham. Thank God for FNC and those who have exposed this and may they never let up. 

Good riddance, VJ. Don't let the door hit you on your sorry a** on the way out.

"Who am us, anyway?" - Firesign Theatre

Second mouse always gets the cheese

I wonder if the other cockroaches of the Obama administration are scurrying for cover in this light -- or whether they think the heat will be turned down now that the "first mouse has been caught" and they are off the hook?

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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT

Lies and distortions, of course!

Lies and distortions, of course!

That's what it's always called when someone quotes a liberal accurately!   Along with the ubiquitous "taken out of context."

And don't forget, this is something that "happened to" Jones.

He was just standing there, minding his own business, waiting for a bus, and he was run down!!

Reply to Motherbelt

Mother, you make me giggle.  Now if we could only figure out how to quickly line up the rest of the fr***in bums, we could start breathing again.

Dems and pants

"What this is, is another shining example of what I call  the 'Seat of the Pants' Presidency."

Let's not forget our previous Democrat overlord had a problem with pants too. 

I am starting to see blood come out of my eyes

"On the eve of historic fights for health
care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear
campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They
are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

 

Gawds! Another "freaking" victem! Hillary was right years ago about that sneaky right wing conspiracy stuff!

My daughter at 12 years old had a better sense of accountability that these fools do!

if you bothered to study the

if you bothered to study the Mumia case, you would know that it was not a 'cold blooded shooting.'  mumia pullled the trigger, but it was falling an intense scuffle.  being the legit journalist that you are, i am sure you are aware that mumia's brother was shot by the officer during this event.  please learn what cold blooded means.  thanks

I shouldn't bother you with

I shouldn't bother you with facts regarding the murderer Wesley Cook (AKA Mumia Abu-Jamal), but I will.

Wesley Cook, who was in a parking lot on the opposite side of the
street, ran toward Officer Faulkner and William Cook. As he approached,
Wesley Cook shot Officer Faulkner in the back. As Officer Faulkner fell
to the ground, he was able to turn around, reach for his own firearm,
and fire at Wesley Cook, striking him in the chest. Wesley Cook, now
standing over Officer Faulkner, fired four shots at close range.

Sounds pretty cold blooded to me.

D

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Of course, if the scumbag

Of course, if the scumbag Mumia had kept his much merited date with Old Sparky, this would all be moot by now.

"Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you can do for your President..."

But, if poor, innocent

But, if poor, innocent Mumia dies, who will Whoopi visit in the Pennsylvania state prison system? Poor Whoopi!

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Great points! After all,

Great points!

After all, wishful thinking by mental giants such as yourself carries much more weight than the US Supreme Court.

It would surely be folly to think that people like you are, well, shall we say, not the brightest bulb of the bunch for posting what you did.

But, by all means, remove any douubt of your mental capacity by posting more gems like this!

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shrubbo -- have a

shrubbo -- have a heart.

He is probably a longtime prison penpal of Mumia, who's assured him he didn't do it, and that they can marry when Whoopie springs him.

"Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you can do for your President..."

Scuffles are more dangerous than previously thought

"I have studied the Manson murders and conclude that they too resulted from scuffles."

The man with the misnomer of a handle lies to us.

  I want you, criticalthinking to take a hard look at your life and question why you allow yourself to be lied to.

Cook, a former member of the Black Panthers and an avid supporter of anti-government and anti-police groups, was observed firing a shot into Faulkner's back as the officer was struggling with Cook's brother William, the driver of the vehicle. The wounded officer spun around, drew his revolver, and fired back, hitting Wesley Cook in the upper torso.


At that point, the officer fell to the ground, writhing in pain from the back wound. Mr. Cook staggered a few feet, then, walked up to the helpless cop and fired at his chest. Faulkner was twisting furiously on the ground, trying to avoid the bullets. Ultimately, Cook placed the gun barrel within inches of the cop's face and fired again. Witnesses have stated that a few quick spasms signaled the end of Faulkner's life.  (1)

 

  What the hell is wrong with you that you think you can come here and spread leftist lies? Huh? Answer us. Why do you think it is ok to come to a site and lie to the people there?

  Yea. There was a struggle. With Cook's brother. And even then, there should not have been. You don't resist police officers ever. You submit and get a lawyer. Cook shot the officer in the back and then shot him in the head as he lay wounded on the ground.

  Now, explain to all of us why you think it is acceptable to bring lies to this website.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

1. http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/12/murdered_by_mumia.html

JWF.....I'm seething with anger at that post.........

Having friends that died in the line of duty at the hands of scumbags......that's as far as I go for now, before I explode with expletives!!! 

"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"

Cicero

Beg... Don't let your

Beg...

Don't let your head explode over worthless spineless trolls like critical thinker...he is not worth your salt.

...some people/trolls do get to stay here far too long in my opinion...and he has always been one of them.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

criticalthinking is a fraud and a plant.

  He does not even live in this country. He is coming in from outside to stir up as much vitriol as he can.

  He is an english troll. He is not even one of ours. 

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Cloward-Piven Strategy

The Advisors to President Obama should be called the “Cloward – Piven Strategy Group”. How many more communist is there in the White House? President Obama and his czars make Bill Clinton and his friends look like "The Little Rascals". God bless America” and He better do it soon!

We all need to send jars of M&Ms to Glenn Beck...

...one czar down, gobs to go.

Will he be replaced?

Will he be replaced?

Why replace him?

BHO will just let him be a de facto czar without the title.

You are correct.  He will

You are correct.  He will now simply draw a pay check from a liberal source (Soros comes to mind) and will use the noteriety of this event to fuel his ambitions.

And he will. . .

. . . be portrayed as a martyr whose political career was ended by racist conservatives (of course no context will ever be given as to why he was forced to resign).

sheesh

If it is good Obama had to have done it first or better...or both. If it was bad he knew nothing about it and was set up by the racist GOP.

 Add one to the government cheese line...I hope Van Jones gets "green" cheese.

 I can hear it now...It was the white man trying to keep a brutha down and it is all Glen Beck and Fox News fault. KILL WHITEY!!!

Now lets go after the rest of the czars, democrats and even a few republicans that are known "cap and traders"!

Gotta take these blessings

Gotta take these blessings when you can.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

Great

Ok we raised enough stink to scare Jones into resigning.  keep up the good work people.  

now lets get the dirt on more and more of these czars and lets get them vetted properly through congress and get out the bigots and the racist who are currently running America.

"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own."  CH Spurgeon

"vetted properly through

"vetted properly through congress"...never gonna happen, (dem or rep)

I will have to look back

I will have to look back here to see if the NYT will now completely skip this now that "Ho, ho, ho...Green Job Czar" (credit Beck for that line) is gone.

Also, wonder how the morning shows will gloss it over...I will not watch them, thanks NB for doing the "dirty work" of having to watch these shows most of us have long since given up on!

 

Van Jones...

This is the one thing that just exposed completely how in the tank all the news organizations are...Ultimately people will tune into Fox News as that's the only place you're going to find news on this inept, socialist Administration..

When Obama looks in the mirror, he sees Van Jones....Like Beck said, "Van Jones is just the tip of the iceberg"....Put on your seatbelts, it's going to be a rough ride from here on....

 

 

It is kind of scary to

It is kind of scary to think of all the things that the msm had a media blackout on before fox, talk radio and blogs.

Still though, his leaving is being presented as caused by "Republican opposition," rather than just stating the facts that would disgust 80% (I would hope) of Americans...

Oh, sure...these folks

Oh, sure...these folks never have faults in their character; it's only how Republicans "paint" them or "portray" them.

It's always a lousy frame job!!

I wonder if it is getting

I wonder if it is getting to be ever more challenging for "journalists" to report on the Obama administration/abortion--not the use of facts (such as Jones is a communist racist) but the slant they must develop to protect it.

Many like Obama himself lie with ease.  I wonder how it feels to be a tool. 

Liberalism is a convenient lie.

Jones is out, the next step

Jones is out, the next step is to find out why he was given the job in the first place.  There have been questions raised about whether Obama didn't know about Jones' background or knew about it and wanted him as an advisor because of his beliefs.  Either way, there are important questions that need to be answered to determine whether the Obama administration is incompetent when it comes to vetting people or if Jones is the kind of person Obama wants as an advisor.

If congress isn't going to protect the American people from these kinds of acts by the Obama administration, the American people will have to do it themselves.

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

You have identified the

You have identified the real story here.  Valarie Jarret is involved in the vetting process.  How he was hired is a great question.

Liberalism is a convenient lie.

Who is the Obama Administration?

Pursuit of this question is more important than flushing out one Czar. I suspect the problem is more serious than a failed vetting process.

I don't trust anyone that trusts Obama.

Vetting process??? WHAT vetting process???

It's plain that there is none.

Either that, or Van Jones is exactly the kind of guy Obama wanted, and the vetting process worked.

I think this is another example of  Obama Arrogance.  He seems to think that no one would dare question his choices. How else does one explain his repeated astonishment when opposition springs up?

 

MB - There IS a vetting process

There IS a vetting process that - as you said - got Obama exactly the kind of person he wants working in his administration. 

That's the bigger story:  Van Jones is the symptom of a much larger problem in the Obama administration. 

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

There IS a vetting process

There IS a vetting process that - as you said - got Obama exactly the kind of person he wants working in his administration. 

And a lack of  vetting on things like tax cheating and pay-to-play, you know, minor illegalities.\sarc

Tom Daschle, Bill Richardson, Nancy Killefer.... so after Geithner, I guess he learned to keep his "questionable" picks out of the confirmation process, hoping no one would look too deeply.  Of course it didn't take any more than a quick Google....so the question remains....naivete or arrogance?

Naivete or arrogance?

Arrogance.

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

One Czar down

Maybe a dozen more to go. 

 

I don't trust anyone that trusts Obama. 

CT

The MSM is going to report that it was all Glenn beck's fault by riling up the unwashed masses. It is going to take someone else to go after the others. You know exactly how MSNBC is going to portray it-right wingers.  

Semper suprene nitens

OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.  

 

yes and i can see them

yes and i can see them beating the drums to enact the "fairness doctrine"  because closeminded, coldhearted,ignorant, racists VRWC has forced a innocent black man out.

 

JAJT

Maybe a dozen more to go.

Maybe a dozen more to go.

Try THREE dozen!

I'm so proud to see what

I'm so proud to see what can be accomplished when people join together! The left wing news is going absolutely hateful today-they tend to start spewing filth and laying blame on actions they've done to themselves. (incl. the whitehouse)

Watch how the msm downplays the truth-jones even lied in his resignation letter! Ugh!

One thing I noticed when obama first became pres. I always believed the Whitehouse was the House of the People. Well, Barack believes it is HIS house as he has stated several times. "My house has this...that etc." It is time to take the White House back FOR the people. It is YOUR house and there are enough people outraged by what this pres. is doing with these czars, how he takes NO responsibility for anything etc. that we can make changes.

Getting rid of jones is just the beginning. There are how many other "czars" left??

"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."

This Was Disgraceful

An absolute egregious oversight (what a shock) by the Obama vetting process, not to mention a despicable appointment (e pluribus unum).  Having said that, it's merely the tip of the ice berg of what we have roaming around our goverment in the persona of "Czars", and the country be damned if they don't take note of what happened here and ask for answers.

Where did he have his office?  How many people worked for him?  Which goverment agency funded his operation?  And what 'actions' did he authorize or initiate during his short tenor.

 When those questions have been answered, then someone in Congress should be demanding an inquiry as to why there is not a Congressional hearing for these Czars, regardless if it's required.

 And lastly, if this was not enough, perhaps the light of inquiry should be showned upon one Valerie Jarrett and begin asking her of what roll she had in bring this monstrosity into our goverment.

 That odor you're smelling is coming from Washington, and it's emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

"That odor you're smelling

"That odor you're smelling is coming from Washington, and it's emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."

Looking back, no one should be surprised about the smell.

MSNBC says that

MSNBC says that Jones was an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality.  I checked the Council's web page and could find nothing on Jones. No quotes. No work tasks. Nothing. Did they scrub their web pages, or was Jones actually doing something else for Obama, using the Council as his front organization?

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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT

I am surprised he resigned

I am surprised he resigned because I don't believe Obami would have thrown him under the bus. Jones is Obami and Obami is Jones.  Not hard to figure these Marxist out.  They are all into and over this administration. 

In just a little while even the knuckleheads that voted this joker in will see what they have wrought on the United States.  Our best revenge will have to come in November 2010.  We have to hold out that long.

Disposable Friends

Not to worry BO's, got a bunch of them. Given Barry's propensity to through his long-time friends under the proverbial bus, I would be surprised if there aren't alot of other "friends" with tire marks across their faces in his future.

"Beware the fury of the patient man." - John Dryden

Things that make you go ummmmmmmmmmm

Well one czar gone but he will be replaced, and I am sure its not the end to the czar appointments. How many are we gong to have before someone says no more. With all these czars I am wondering what platform pollies could run on, Whats the point of saying I am going to make sure banks don't rip you off, or we will drill for more oil, better education, when we have czars for all that stuff now.  They work for the pres not you or me. They can do what ever they please without congress approval. So the question is even if the repubs win in a landslide in 2010 what are they going to be able to do really,  just asking  Will congress become obsolete?  Is this something worth thinking about or am I just nuts for thinking this way?

Kangaroo - you raise an important point

You raise an important point about congress playing the role defined for them in the Constitution.  The approach Obama's taking with the appointment of "czars" circumvents congress and consolidates more power in the Administrative branch than was ever intended.  Although only congress can pass laws, the president has considerable power to exercise control if he isn't properly restrained.  What's happening with the Obama administration is very dangerous at several levels and people need to wake up now and start opposing the actions that aren't constitutional - regardless of the alleged "benefits" of Obama's programs.

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

I agree,  hopefully this

I agree,

 hopefully this czar administration doesn't become so big and so powerful, that we will be hard pressed to even stop this nonsense

Dems are in power now, so I don't think obama will make his move until the repubs are in, and thats when he will drastically change the rules, JMO of course but the writing is on the wall so to speak

Kangaroo - Someone will have to challenge

Someone will have to challenge the constitutionality of the administration's actions and have the Supreme Court rule on it.

It won't be easy, but we have to have faith in the wisdom of the Founding Fathers setting up the three branches of government to balance each other out and make sure things like we are seeing now don't get out of hand.

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

Having totally ignored the

Having totally ignored the original story about Van Jones, the MSM will now frame this resignation in the context that he was driven out of office by a groups of right wing zelots who are against "health insurance reform".  This will fit neatly into the template of people who only get their news from the networks.  The Obama administration may now think they are in the clear after this resignation and use it to pre emptively discredit any critic of their polices.  Swiftboating is now out and anyone who uses a liberal's own words and actions against them will be said to be "Van Jonesing" their opponent.

What I find even more

What I find even more amazing, is the tact taken by ABC News in its report:

>>>ABC News's Todd Connor is even more circumspect (audio not available online):

>>>  Van Jones decided to leave in light of recent questions
surrounding a racially tinged speech and a petition he signed which
questioned the official version of the 9/11 attacks.

 

What exactly does he mean by "the official version"?  Is Connor suggesting that there is some open issue about what happened on 9/11.  Is he suggesting that it IS a matter of opinion, that the towers and the Pentagon wereattact by terrorists from al Quaeda?  Is he suggesting that there IS some uncertainty about whether the U.S. government was involved or acquiesced in the 9/11 attacks?

What a dim-witted fool this guy is - referring to the "official version" version of what happened on 9/11 - rather than "what happened on 9/11."

When it comes to Lefty psychos, Czar Jones is hardly in the unpopulated fringes of the party: A lot of them think like this.  Eh, Todd Connor?

 

 

sean robins
blog.seanrobins.com

Good catch sean... "the

Good catch sean... "the official version"

Version is defined as 

an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account....

This is the type of subtle, but unfortunately almost reflexive, bias that the MSM build into their reports.

and can we expect MSNBC to

and can we expect MSNBC to hire Jones?

All the cable news networks have their goto African-American that can blame anything and everything on the Caucasian.

I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.

 

Cass Sunstein- Obama Czar

Cass Sunstein- Obama Czar wants your organs

 

 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/53534

Good greif

This is what china is doing right now. They have built those death trucks that the nazis used. And grab you off the street for the smallest crime and throw you in the back of the truck for your organs. Read an article for it a few weeks ago, you can probably find it topix.  Anyway the chinese are building these trucks for sale to the world and it would be intersting to know if the white house have any on order.  sheesh the news only gets better day by day

  They argued that this


They argued that this could be remedied if government turned the law
around and assumed that, unless people explicitly choose not to, then
they want to donate their organs – a doctrine they call “presumed
consent.”

Every adult in the US is asked, when getting or renewing a drivers' license if they want to be an organ donor, for crying out loud!!

If it's not on their license, they explicitly chose not to!!

Is that too subtle for these people?????

Inquiring minds want to

Inquiring minds want to know....how many Communists/racists/America-haters does one president have to be involved with before it becomes more than simply "guilt by association"? Hello.....ever heard the saying "Birds of a feather flock together"? 

 

There was no "association"

There was no "association".....Rev. Wright was just a guy who preached in Obama's church; Bill Ayers was just a guy he knew from teaching at the University of Chicago....

Valerie Jarrett was the one who said Van Jones, we were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the
White House. We've been watching him really for, he's not that old, for
as long as he's been active out of Oakland

So she was obviously acting of her own accord, nothing to do with the President.... will she be the next to go?  \sarc

Can't remember who said it,

Can't remember who said it, but it goes: "Show me who your friends are, and I can tell you who you are.."

I had a nun in grade school

I had a nun in grade school who used to say that!  LOL

In fact, ALL the nuns I had used to say that!

→ Sister Mary Dyphtheria

Now I remember where I heard it.

We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy

Van "Plaxico" Jones

In honor of the coming NFL season opener, the always gracious Anthony "Van" Jones, and New York Football Giants fans- I offer this. I hope you appreciate the irony    ;-b

But, How Does Van REALLY Feel?

Attention!  Cojones:  RETRACT!

Wow.  Talk about a sniveling coward!  Jones couldn't go far enough with his White House-sanctioned racist and hate fest/agenda, now he is compelled, because of long-time radical activist training (and his own voice in teaching this kind of racism and hate), to play the wrongly-accused victim.

Suck 'em up, Van.  Get used to it.  They're gone.  You're a liar and YouTube proves it.

So.... I was talking to one

So.... I was talking to one of my little left leaning friends last night and I said " aren’t you fed up with Obamas lies? He said he would have no lobbyists but he does. He said he would end the war then adopted Bushs' war plan. He said he would allow more transparently in government then refused to allow time to read bills before critical votes or even let people see the White House guest book. He said he would seek bipartisan leadership yet let's everyone know he's prepared to push his bills with only support from the Dems. He has expanded our government both in size and expense in massive ways in only a few months... Doesn’t that make you feel let down? "My lefty friend came back with "Well.... Bush lied and had secrets and  expanded the government and all that stuff too!" I thought about this for a second and said "...Hmmm so voting for Obama got us 4 more years of Bush? You told me that would only happen if I voted for McCain."

Assuming that some of Obamas supporters actually believed they would get a country that the world loved with a balanced budget that was at peace with everyone because of the magical diplomatic skills of the Dalai-Bama and there would be free cake, flying cars and Unicorn rides for all. Some of those people have to be getting wise to the fact that all that big talks worth doodly squat and what we have is a radical activists commi-unity orgaizer with no clue about what is in the hearts and minds of the American public.

They have to wake up sometime...don't they? 

 

Thanks again MSM

The scum and perverts in the MSM or SRM did everything they could to insulate our Marxist president's sordid past from us.....and they succeeded in their efforts.

Obozo never relevealed important documents such as his college or law school transcripts, and we're still waiting to see his real birth certificate. 

He couldn't recall meeting people like his radical commie buddy, Bill Ayers, and he couldn't remember what Rev. Wright said in his sermons even though he went to his church for almost 20 years.  And the list is bigger and goes on and on, and, again, the MSM or SRM did their best to conceal this from us too.

Stupidity

Funny, in a post O/T a couple of days ago, I said off-the-cuff that the nutball Jones was probably also a Free-Mumia nut among other things, and they a day or two later someone uncovered evidence of links to evidence that he in fact was a part of the crazy Free-Mumia legion. It's probably safe to say that there is more out there on Jones waiting to be uncovered. Nothing is too far out-there for Jones.

The problem with him obviously is that he is a very stupid man. How can one person believe that 9/11 was a President George W. Bush scheme but at the same time our just desserts for fifty years of foreign policy in the Middle East?

This is further illustration of how meaningless an Ivy League degree is in the age of Affirmative Action. I have little respect left for Yale University after this episode.

slick... I saw it, I

slick...

I saw it, I remember your post.

You aren't alone with your summation either.

Btw...I think the Columbine youtube video was the end for him, plus he would be taking attention away from his messiah if this kept up next week, after all the adulation he is expecting with his school kids speech, next day to the Joint Session with Congress...he cannot have that, now can he?

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Last Word...

Van Jones is such an asshole.

Sorry if that offends you.

I'd like Beck to try to

I'd like Beck to try to figure out two things.

1.  What, if any, communication is there now between Bill Ayers and Obama?

2.  Who are the people up there advising the president that we haven't even heard about?

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

RR... I don't think we

RR...

I don't think we are ever going to know about the truth regarding what you are saying when it comes to the likes of Ayers or others for that matter, your post reminded me of something I heard a few days back now though, the WH says they will release the visitors names who have came to visit the empty-suit and his team...may be some interesting info coming out...and I do say 'may be'.

I just know a FOIA  was filed against the WH and this administration and they are now having to comply.

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BT- I think they are

BT-

I think they are releasing names of those who visited after mid-September, meaning we won't get the names of anyone who has been there already.

Also, the names won't be released for a certain amount of time after the visit (I think it's three months or so...), and certain names will be withheld (immediate family of Obama, family of Biden, environmental extremeists, racists Reverands, and commie bastards, etc.)

Tc... Well gosh darn it

Tc...

Well gosh darn it all that wrecked my day...

Just kidding, you have to know I don't think we are ever going to get the truth out of this 'transparent' administration.

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bt - the way to do it

The way to get the information out of this administration is the same process the democrats are using against the Bush administration: get your own party elected and then release the information for them.

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

FF... Oh how well I know,

FF...

Oh how well I know, I am hoping that will come to fruition.   ;-)

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bt - me, too

Can you imagine how ugly it's going to be when that rock gets turned over?

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

FF... Oh yeah...the

FF...

Oh yeah...the Clinton Duo are going to look like pikers.

Problem is the msm for the most part...we all know what they will do...if they can get away with it, which as long as Fox stays on top, they won't be able to....hehehee

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bt - wouldn't it be interesting

Wouldn't it be interesting to see the Democrats go down and take the MSM with them?  With Fox exposing the goings-on behind the facade and the upsurge of conservatives it could definitely happen.

I think, though, that things are going to get a lot uglier before they get better.  The left is used to being able to intimidate/shame their opponents into submission, and they will surely step up their game as it gets harder and harder for them to do.

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

→ Feynman

There's one key missing.

FOX owns mainstream affiliates from which they currently withhold the FOX Evening News.

If FOX decided to open its window during the Katie, Brian, and Diane hour, I'm pretty sure more Americans would have known about Van Jones, Charlie Rangel, Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, et ilk.

We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy

Cool - excellent point

I forgot about the Fox affiliates (even though there are two where I live).  Do you have any idea why they don't use them to broadcast the Fox Evening News?  Wouldn't that give them a huge audience that might eclipse the other networks viewers?

 

"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde

→ No Dang Clue

It makes no sense.

We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy

Re Local Fox News

I would like to see them do that as well, but it probably doesn't happen because for local stations the evening news (both 6 & 11pm) is a huge moneymaker for the station. By offering Fox News at newstime, your only additional reach is those on an antenna only, a limited incremental audience.

They could do both though, and eat into some traditionally not-newstime. They could also do it Sunday afternoons if they don't already.

RO... Exactly right...I

RO...

Exactly right...I for the life of me do not understand why Fox doesn't do as you have suggested, I never have.

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"We will be transparent!

"We will be transparent! Tomorrow. Sort of." - Obama

Tomorrow never comes. Ever.

RR - Beck has already

RR -

Beck has already mentioned that a group that Ayers' cofounder of the Weather Underground (his name escapes me) either co-authored or heavily influenced the actual language of the Stimulus Package.

He's also mentioned Valerie Jarrett, who introduced Van Jones in one of the video clips that forced his resignation. She is a Senior Advisor to the President and supposedly a BFF too. I looked her up on Google and saw that her parents were born in Iran, so I may look into that a little bit further. (NOTE: I do not believe being from Iran is a negative attribute, but couple that with being close to this President, then I start to worry...)

Michelle Malkin has plenty of stuff on Jarrett though.

 

Cheeser-Yes, I do remember

Cheeser-Yes, I do remember him talking about that on his show.

I guess it's just that I've been watching All The President's Men again today and I'm in "confirmation" mode, that is, there must be some insider somewhere who's about ready to crack and provide detailed information that can be substantiated.

But like the Watergate story, if no one asks the question...

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.