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| Van Jones, Czar of the Undefinable |
Avowed Communist and Barack Obama Administration "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones late yesterday released via the White House press office a statement apologizing for offending anyone with any of a series of inflammatory and indeed ridiculous things he has said in the (very recent) past.
The latest bit of Jones inanity news was in fact not something he said, but rather something on to which he signed. That would be an October 26, 2004 "Truth Statement" that asserts amongst other things that President George W. Bush had a hand in the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Making Jones a 9-11 "Truther" (sort of like a "Birther," but with a lot less media coverage), i.e. a conspiracy-addled doofus. (He is addled by other conspiracy theories as well, but for now this will do.)
In said apology statement, Jones uttered the following:
Story Continues Below Ad ↓In recent days some in the news media have reported on past statements I made before I joined the administration - some of which were made years ago. If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize. As for the petition that was circulated today, I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever.
My work at the Council on Environmental Quality is entirely focused on one goal: building clean energy incentives which create 21st century jobs that improve energy efficiency and use renewable resources.
That last sentence is interesting. After all, he is the"Green Jobs Czar," right? We are asked to forget that (amongst other things) he thinks the previous President and the government for which he now works had a hand in murdering nearly 3,000 of its citizens, and allow him get back to creating those "green jobs."
But there is a problem. As we originally highlighted, Jones is unable to define what a "green job" is. In fact, no one is. From our July 29th effort:
President Obama devoted nearly $60 billion of his stimulus package to building a new green-based economy rich in renewable energy and strategies to cut carbon. But despite the price tag, not one green job yet exists. It comes down to a problem of etymology. No one can yet agree on what a green job actually is.
Good thing we allocated $60 billion to allegedly create a numbers of something no one can define. Newsweek would have done well to ask for said clarification in, say, January.
The working definition paints a broad stroke: a job that's good for the economy while simultaneously healing the earth. But that leaves lots open to interpretation-natural gas is technically a cleaner fuel than crude oil, but it's still unsustainable-making it difficult, if not impossible, to measure whether eco-based jobs are being created and whether, as the administration has claimed, they're the saviors of a sagging economy.
Since no one can define a green job, it is impossible to know whether we've created any. There's also probably no way of telling how many have been saved, either.
Again, why hadn't Newsweek sought this clarification while the plan was being considered, rather than after it has become law?
In large part, the very idea behind a green job ensures there will never be a full definition, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics agreed in April to start measuring data on them. (Critics, in response, quickly suspected that the BLS, an agency supposed to measure objective data, could soon help carry water for an administration eager to show the stimulus is working.) Several environmental advocates polled by Newsweek defined green jobs the way Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously defined obscenity: I'll know it when I see it.
By the by, the Leftist group The Apollo Alliance claimed credit for helping to write the stimulus bill, which steered $60 billion towards developing "green jobs." Which coincidentally is their mission:
The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs.
Again, they can't define what "green jobs" are. Again, no one can.
On The Apollo Alliance Board is (or was; regardless, he was there) - Van Jones, who got the "Green Jobs Czar" gig overseeing the $60 billion.
Will Jones direct any of that copious coin back to his current/former pals at The Apollo Alliance to help not create any undefinable "green jobs?" 'Twould be nice were Newsweek, or anyone in the media, to ask.
He apparently warranted some coverage then; he definitely warrants some (more) now.
—Seton Motley is Director of Communications for the Media Research Center and Contributing Editor for NewsBusters.org.
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Did you retouch that yourself Seton?
September 4, 2009 - 10:34 ET by nwahsDid you put the red tint on the image yourself, Seton? I couldn't find a link to the the photo elsewhere to check, but it seems a little too red to be an actual media photo. Nothing like fighting media bias with retouched photos eh? :D
"If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names." -Elbert Hubbard
Zzzz....
September 4, 2009 - 10:42 ET by Sergeant ROCK.. that's the best you can do?
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
I've giving artistic criticism
September 4, 2009 - 10:47 ET by nwahsI mean why not a photo montage of Van Jones and Castro? Too gaudy? With photoshop, he could easily put Van Jones' face on that black panther at the Philadelphia polling station. I know. Do the face replacement AND have him hugging Castro with a hammer in one hand and a cycle in the other! I mean, a simple red tint, thats understating the point - someone might miss it.
:)
"If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names." -Elbert Hubbard
Get real
September 4, 2009 - 11:41 ET by onewiseguyYou consistently prove yourself a moron. The guy (Van Jones) is an admitted communist and you have a problem with an image tinted red? The image implies a very clear, accurate point. Why don't you try addressing the points of the article instead of trying to deflect to some irelevant off-topic (yet still incorrect) point? Oh yeah, becsue you can't address the real points.
Consider reality.
September 4, 2009 - 11:56 ET by sevenThat is a red reflection of fires. Yep. Fires that are burning because of 1 degree increase in mean temps. Just 2 days ago, The Honorable Joe Romm( soros sock puppet) declared the L A fires were do to AGW.
Green would not be a great enhancement.
That took about 20 seconds to check
September 4, 2009 - 10:44 ET by dboAnother conspiracy theory gone south.
Well in light of new evidence
September 4, 2009 - 10:51 ET by nwahser - sorry :) I should have googled the image. I just checked the link.
Again- sorry, that was stupid.
"If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names." -Elbert Hubbard
correction
September 4, 2009 - 11:26 ET by cheesegraterI believe you meant to say "I was stupid" (meaning you nwhas) rather than "that was stupid".
and now that his criticism is destroyed
September 4, 2009 - 11:44 ET by candanceOur resident pseudo-conservative has no more to say on this thread. Apparently it's okay for convicted criminals and 9/11 truthers to control 60 billion tax dollars. As long as NB doesn't photoshop a picture. That would be unethical.
NWAHS: You remind me of
September 5, 2009 - 07:49 ET by BDNWAHS:
You remind me of the character from Monty Python who engages in arguments simply by automatically gainsaying what the customer says.
Why you would ASSUME the photo was doctored shows a certain predisposition. Hardly a conservative one at that.
Oh save your piety
September 5, 2009 - 09:10 ET by nwahsSave your piety for someone who cares. I apologized for suggesting Seton Motley doctored the image. Don't suggest NewsBusters has never run retouched images. Granted, they get the doctored images from other places on the net ( and if not give credit the the NBer responsible for the artwork), but they do use them. Being against using distorted reporting to remedy distorted reporting has nothing to do with conservatism. It has to do with consistency and a disgust for entitlement.
"What we have to do today is make a covenant to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing." -Michele Bachmann advocating covenants and self mutilation as a response to health care reform.
Hardly Pious. You pose as
September 6, 2009 - 08:15 ET by BDHardly Pious.
You pose as a conservative in your postings thinking it will give you a false flag of credibility. When called on for it you obfuscate.
You remind me of the poem from a PJ O'Rourke book in which the liberal finds fault with self and no one else.
In my memory you have championed this position.
Well, typical lib that he
September 4, 2009 - 10:51 ET by ckc1227Well, typical lib that he is, all that really matters is making the allegation. What's true isn't really relevant in the alternate universe of liberalism.
The self-proclaimed
September 4, 2009 - 10:46 ET by ckc1227The self-proclaimed Conservative strikes again!!!! There's a 9/11 Truther working for the president, yet nwahs' main concern is.....picture tinting.
You can come out of that closet any day now, poser. You aren't fooling anyone...except maybe yourself.
It's Rush Limbaugh's fault!!
September 4, 2009 - 13:15 ET by Sergeant ROCKHas to be.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
It's the background
September 4, 2009 - 11:36 ET by CobraManIt's the red background that is causing that 'tint." Check out this link for more examples: http://images.google...
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
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Unless you're a fetus.
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Yes, I saw those.
September 4, 2009 - 11:50 ET by nwahsI should have googled Van Jones images before posting that. Ain't the first and won't be the last dumb post I make :)
"If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names." -Elbert Hubbard
"Ain't the first and won't be the last"
September 4, 2009 - 13:09 ET by jdlybrandThere you go making those gross understatements again.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Here's the photo link,...
September 4, 2009 - 13:23 ET by Seton Motley... barrel-scraper.
http://ow.ly/o6FZ
Seton Motley
Director of Communications
Media Research Center
I apologize for that comment
September 4, 2009 - 13:46 ET by nwahsI made it before I properly checked, which was an idiotic thing for me to do. I do sincerely apologize for suggesting you retouched it.
"What we have to do today, is slit our wrists be blood brother on this thing." -Michele Bachmann advocating self mutilation as a response to health care reform.
nice tagline
September 4, 2009 - 13:48 ET by katainkentbe sure to visit the Montel thread.
remember when nwahs...
September 4, 2009 - 13:55 ET by candanceclaimed to be conservative, and his proof was a list of famous conservatives he hadn't attacked yet? Heh. Add another name to the "nwahs did in fact attack" list.
Birthers have 10 times the
September 4, 2009 - 10:34 ET by mattmBirthers have 10 times the credibility of "Truthers".... This nutcase is a perfect metaphor for the entire obamanation misadministration.
Sorry, Van the Man, too little...too late!
September 4, 2009 - 10:58 ET by goldenthroat"Avowed Communist and Barack Obama Administration "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones late yesterday released via the White House press office a statement apologizing for offending anyone with any of a series of inflammatory and indeed ridiculous things he has said in the (very recent) past."
THAT WAS AN "APOLOGY"? The only reason you "apologized" is that your sorry a## got caught! Who are you trying to kid?
You also get appointed - or in Osama Bama's kingdom it's defined "annointed" - to a job you have absolutely no clue about, in a country whose ideals and principles you are diametrically opposed to, and now deny you ever signed on to the "truth" statement? What a freakin' ball of bull crap!
You are yet another fine example of left-coast, bleeding-heart, "do as I say, not as I do" liberalism at work - you fit into the Obama adminstration well, you jerk!
"Inferior people should not be employed." - Nick Danger, Third Eye
Van Jones is assuming that
September 4, 2009 - 11:23 ET by ThisnThatVan Jones is assuming that we will all accept his apology as proof of his true feelings. A truther to the core.
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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT
ThisnThat, if that is what Van the Man thinks...
September 4, 2009 - 14:37 ET by goldenthroat...then I have some prime real estate at the base of Mt. St. Helens I'll sell ya.
"Who am us, anyway?" - Firesign Theatre
Exactly right gt...Van fits
September 4, 2009 - 14:58 ET by bigtimerExactly right gt...Van fits right in with their mold...to a tee.
This isn't an accident, what is though is he got caught with his big mouth open spewing his dumb-a$$ blather in various places.
His apology is comical.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
Comic potential
September 4, 2009 - 10:42 ET by KC MulvilleThey appointed a "truther" to a job that no one can define, whose only known public statements are to call Republicans a-holes and that Democrats have to get more uppity. (coffee spews...)
Seriously, are we Candid Camera? We elect a guy to the ultimate executive job who has zero executive experience. He complains about the failed fiscal policies of the last eight years, and then commits trillions of dollars in pure political giveaways to his own supporters. He promotes a new politics where there is no conflict, and then in the first week of his term, brags that "he won," and the Republicans can go pound sand. He nominates borderline psychotic people to undefinable jobs.
This is becoming a bad eighties sitcom.
This man right here should
September 4, 2009 - 10:42 ET by taterThis man right here should be yet another reason why Obama needs to be impeached...could you imagine the reacton a president would get if they appointed a self proclaimed communist as recently as 30 years ago?
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"The Rosary is my weapon."
-St. Padre Pio
Maybe not avowed but
September 4, 2009 - 17:11 ET by ahusserI think FDR had a few.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
correct
September 4, 2009 - 17:17 ET by katainkentAmity Shlaes book "The Forgotten Man" sheds some light on the politics of the time.
Incredible...did this idiot
September 4, 2009 - 10:44 ET by Alpedhuez55Incredible...did this idiot need senate confirmation? We are now in a country where the lunatics are running the asylum.
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
That's the problem . . .
September 4, 2009 - 11:19 ET by GalvanicNeither Jones nor the other czars need Senate confirmation. They are, technically-speaking, advisers to the President, and not government officers like Cabinet secretaries.
There are reportedly over 30 such czars, and some like Jones and the science czar are quite radical. The WH will deny their notorious pasts, but their records are written and clear.
Note how Jones is denying that he ever agreed with the "9/11 Truth" conspiracy group who's document his signature appears on. So, why did he sign it?
Obama remains tone-deaf to the ground swell of public distrust, triggered by the stimulus bill no one read before voting on it, and exploding over Obama-care. Some in the MSM are now waking up to the reality that it isn't Obama who's changed; he is what he has always been. They are slowly acknowledging that the 2008 image of Obama was their wishful projection of a young, black JFK onto a little-known community organizer with absolutely no leadership experience, and a novice when it comes to leadership. The smart Dems are beginning to distance themselves from him.
Its Doctor Tar and Professer Feather
September 4, 2009 - 11:37 ET by OhmingYou read the book, HERE IS THE MOVIE!!!!!
The MSM will not embarrass
September 4, 2009 - 10:45 ET by d1carterThe MSM will not embarrass the "One" by covering this guy and his selection as "Green Jobs Czar". Most of the MSM support the selection and they don't care if he is an avowed communist, truther or convicted felon. The real question is where is the money going and to whom? As taxpayers we at least should know who are the recipients of the wealth redistribution.
Well of course it's impossible to define a "green job"...
September 4, 2009 - 12:21 ET by JohnMcGrew...because real "jobs" as we understand them were never the point. This was just another $60 billion gift from the government extracted from the productive sector to the far-left Democratic constituency. The private sector has absolutely no use for the overflow of people like Van Jones. When the private sector can no longer afford to voluntarily fund such nonsense, it's natural that the government will step in to fill the void. It's all part of the "spreading the wealth around" thing.
Radical Pose?
September 4, 2009 - 10:58 ET by humanearAre we supposed to believe him now? The guy that was quoted as saying "I'm willing to forgo the cheap satisfaction of the radical pose for the deep satisfaction of radical ends."
I don't think so.
This guy is a self-avowed
September 4, 2009 - 11:02 ET by nyyankee55This guy is a self-avowed Communist, Barry needds to be indicted for Treason for putting this fraud in the White House. Only a traitor would put a communist in a position where he is privy to US Top Secret Info.
Indict Obama
Leave Jones where he is . . .
September 4, 2009 - 11:24 ET by GalvanicPerhaps the best thing is to put a spotlight on his radical past and agenda, and let him try to acoomplish anything. Like the health care reform debacle, anybody as radical as Jones is going to get opposition from moderate Democrats.
If Rahm Emanuel's political strategy is to overwhelm the public's attention with multiple initiatives, let czars like this guy run with the ball. They'll get stopped by Republicans and Blue Dog Dems, and Obama's popularity will continue to plunge.
Van Jones is the latest in an ever lengthening line...
September 4, 2009 - 11:08 ET by PrairieSkyof completely inappropriate choices that Obamessiah has chosen to surround himself with in his government. Jones is an inept, profane, racist, radical loon, and is indicative of the types that Obama is and always has been attracted to, and now he's bringing them into the White House with him. Van Jones needs to go...Today...Not tomorrow, and not after Labor Day. A very clear message needs to be sent to this president that the American people will not tolerate any more of his radical Marxist/Communist buddies in the government.
Enough is enough.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
I am so sick of this guy
September 4, 2009 - 11:10 ET by StarAZStandard radical rants--he says everything TWICE. OK, I get it. Community organizer within the govt. Even if the president kicks him out--he won't go far.
Even if he drops out, there
September 4, 2009 - 11:49 ET by PoljunkEven if he drops out, there are plenty of others lined up to take his place, some are visible others not so much! Sadly I am starting to think it would be best to let them run their course, let Americans see the fruit of their elections and perhaps the next time some Charlatan shows up to sale snake oil folks will think twice.
I love Clinton's line: "you want to roll the dice"... guess the folks rolled the dice...... I won't finish my thought
Ha Ha Ha.. Obama never 'aware' of anything!
September 4, 2009 - 11:15 ET by Sergeant ROCKObama apologists now saying that Hussein Obama wasn't aware of this guy's comments about 9/11!! Yet, another example of either woefull incompetence or outright lies.
Not only that, but the doofuss said that his comments were in the past and that he doesn't 'believe it now', nor has he ever believed it.
Hillarious!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
The bottom line is this...
September 4, 2009 - 11:32 ET by PrairieSkyThe only person that can be blamed for this latest mess is Obama...It is his administration...Jones is his friend and associate. Since this was a "czar" appointment, that means that this was Obama's call from start to finish, and there was likely no vetting involved, and even if there was, I'm sure the thinking was that those involved wanted Jones in this position, and were banking that no one would either know or care about his background. Another huge misjudgement and miscalculation on team Obama's part.
And does anyone believe Jones' BS about not reading the "truther" document fully, or that he didn't believe that crap then or now? If he didn't believe that BS propaganda, then why sign it? Jones is a liar and an idiot, and is typical of the types that Obama seeks out and wants around him.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Birds of a feather
September 4, 2009 - 11:44 ET by Sergeant ROCKWhat's funny is that B. Hussein Obama surrounds himself with nuts like this one and he gets a pass every time by just saying 'I wasn't aware' that my life-long buddy was a racist-communist? Huh?
And Obama followers would have you believe that he's so smart he can end world hunger, cure cancer, etc., etc...
I ain't buying it.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Sergeant ROCK...This is a pattern with Obama...
September 4, 2009 - 14:29 ET by PrairieSkyThis "I wasn't there" or the "I don't recall hearing that" or the ever popular "I wasn't aware of (fill in the blank)..." garbage that he continually indulges in is ridiculous and insulting...How stupid does Obama think we are? He did this during the campaign, most notably with Jeremiah Wright, when he expected us to buy his "I wasn't aware of Wright's racist, black nationalist propaganda being spewed from the pulpit every Sunday" crap, even though he had been a member of the church for 20 years, and said himself that Wright was his "mentor".
I ain't buying it either...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Ignorance IS bliss
September 4, 2009 - 14:35 ET by Sergeant ROCKNo kidding. The question is, is he really as smart as his followers would have you believe and ignorant of these revelations? Or is he just a really good (or not so good) liar?
In either case, why is that the quality you look for in a President?
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Sergeant...Exactly...
September 4, 2009 - 14:54 ET by PrairieSkyObama's Obamatons will have us believe that he is the smartest, the wisest, the most compassionate, the most honest (gag) president we have ever had. Of course, these people are all suffering from some mass delusion, and need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
If Obama is so smart and wise, why have his poll numbers dropped farther and faster at this point in a presidency than any president in our history? Why has he been surrounded by almost non-stop controversy and strife since he took office? These are the questions that the Obamatons don't and won't answer.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
what's the salary of a Czar?
September 4, 2009 - 11:14 ET by Red JeepJust wonderin'. Whatever it is multiply it by 24+ Czars...
And then double it:
September 4, 2009 - 12:08 ET by olddog3006Positions being planned:
thats a good list!
September 4, 2009 - 12:12 ET by katainkentsourced links included. A lot of work there. Thanks!
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Safe schools czar?
September 4, 2009 - 12:16 ET by Sergeant ROCKSafe from what? Differing opinions? School vouchers? Private schools? Prayer?
Someone needs to look into that one.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Brilliant work, olddog!
September 4, 2009 - 12:34 ET by Ted ClarkeMan-oh-man! That list is something to behold. It reminds me of "The Incredible Hulk" when Bill Bixby goes all green and starts exploding through his clothes. But instead of an expanding molecular biologist, where looking at an expanding U.S. government where Washington bloats itself right out of its shoes and right into a much larger carbon foorprint. Oops! There goes the environment!
Cheers, olddog and thanks so much for posting that list. Amazing work, indeed!
I've been having
September 4, 2009 - 12:46 ET by olddog3006a bit of fun with this. I've even sent a few suggestions to Obama, here's one:
Czar of "re-education" for conservative opponents.
I'm just hoping he dosen't actually do that, but based on the current list, it wouldn't suprise me.
Would love to hear other suggestions!
Re-Education Czar
September 4, 2009 - 13:19 ET by Sergeant ROCKYeah, that almost happened starting this Tuesday.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Some Czar suggestions for olddog....
September 4, 2009 - 13:28 ET by Ted Clarke1) "The Green Acres Czar"...as an adjunct to the "Green Jobs Czar". The perfect person to appoint?...Czar-Czar Gabor, or perhaps Arianna Huffington, because they are practically interchangable. And if not them, then perhaps Eddie Albert Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag, himself!
2) "The Czar Czar"......to help Obama find more Czars.
3) "The Par Czar"......to help Obama imrove his golf game.
4) "The Terrorism Czar"...immediately to be renamed "The Man-made Disaster Czar".....to help Islamo-fascist terrorists feel better about themselves.
I wonder if these ideas are workable. What do you think?
hilarious!
September 4, 2009 - 13:38 ET by katainkentyou darn near owe me a new keyboard.
I will forward
September 4, 2009 - 14:51 ET by olddog3006those on to President Obama! Excellent suggestions!
How about "Animal Protection" Czar? Of course Michael Vic would be the best choice for this position.
Hey. Don't forget the
September 4, 2009 - 15:00 ET by QueenMumHey. Don't forget the Underwear Index czar.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
I forgot about the
September 4, 2009 - 15:06 ET by olddog3006"Propaganda" Czar - however, there are too many candidates from the MSN to choose.
"Lobster" Czar - have you seen the story about the lobster wars in the NE? They're using guns now!
And of course
September 4, 2009 - 15:31 ET by olddog3006"Physical Fittness" Czar - Barry Bonds would be my choice!
Underwear Index czar
September 4, 2009 - 15:12 ET by nwahsUnrerwear index czar - Inspector 12
http://www.youtube.c...
I don't know how to do all that fancy linking stuff :)
"What we have to do today is slit our wrists, be blood brother on this thing." -Michele Bachmann advocating self mutilation as a response to health care reform.
Ooh, nwahs. That is
September 4, 2009 - 15:17 ET by QueenMumOoh, nwahs. That is sooooo... titillating. Shame on you. ;)
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
I don't know how to do all that fancy linking stuff :)
September 4, 2009 - 15:21 ET by vrwc13....just highlight (click, hold, and drag) over any word like "here", then click on the little link icon below, and then paste your link in the top box...
v
Oh I see
September 4, 2009 - 15:27 ET by nwahsThank you kind person. Hehe, and I thought that little doodad was a hieroglyphic.
"What we have to do today is slit our wrists, be blood brother on this thing." -Michele Bachmann advocating self mutilation as a response to health care reform.
nwaha...this one's for you
September 4, 2009 - 15:43 ET by vrwc13...here is one for you...
v
The sound you hear
September 4, 2009 - 16:23 ET by nwahsThat sound you hear is her dad throwing all of his fly tying gear into the stream...
"Look what I found daddy"
"What we have to do today is slit our wrists, be blood brother on this thing." -Michele Bachmann advocating self mutilation as a response to health care reform.
Thanx! that took alot of work.
September 4, 2009 - 15:15 ET by Red JeepNow I am wondering if the Czars get health insurance and benefits. Wonder where they office all these people. Do Czars have to be American citizens? Can they have arrest records?
all the czars...
September 4, 2009 - 15:17 ET by vrwc13...if all these guys are czars, than that makes 'the man in the Whitehouse' the czar of czars...
czar
–noun
1.
an emperor or king.
...thus he is the king of kings? hmmm...thought someone else had that title...another Lucifer in the making?
v
"Making Jones a 9-11
September 4, 2009 - 11:18 ET by robert108"Making Jones a 9-11 "Truther" (sort of like a "Birther," but with a lot less media coverage)..."
Couldn't let this smear get by. While "truthers" are definitely whackjobs, the so-called "birthers" are people who rightly question Obama's coverup of his real birth certificate.
Big difference.
Van Jones
September 4, 2009 - 11:20 ET by cheesegraterEverytime I see this fellow's name I'm reminded of Jack Benny's valet Rochester VanJones.
My New Slogan..........
September 4, 2009 - 11:24 ET by DanoMy New Slogan ,
"LETS START TO CLEAN OUT THE PIGPEN....... IN 2010"
Aaahhh.. HA!
September 4, 2009 - 11:29 ET by Sergeant ROCKGood one!!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
I have only one question: Why aren't the republicans...
September 4, 2009 - 11:28 ET by R D Helm...sreaming bloody murder from the rooftops about all of these commie-czars, and especially this one?
-Dave
Even when the government tries to kiss you, it is just a prelude to a good screwing. -Neal Boortz
how embarassing
September 4, 2009 - 11:30 ET by katainkentwell it would be, if it made something other than Fox news, which it doesn't. Ever. Am I frustrated? Heck yes.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
kat... You claimed last
September 4, 2009 - 11:34 ET by Jerkat...
You claimed last night you had seen Dan's apology to me. Were you serious or just joking around? If the former, would you be kind enough to direct me to it.
Thanks, Jer
I tried to PM this request, but you apparently don't accept PMs
allo
September 4, 2009 - 11:41 ET by katainkentsorry I was on my way to bed last night and was already 2 hrs past. One of the open threads... either yesterdays or the day before... it was early morning since I'd just gotten off work. I figured you'd have found it by now.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
B***Slap
September 4, 2009 - 11:31 ET by OhmingThe appointment of Czar jones is another fine example of reaching across the political party aisle ............. Yea, to B****Slap those ****hole Republican White guys.
Allow me to vent ...... This admin has created so much racial and political divide that I must admit I am starting to avoid places of business that employ obvious "left" principles, attitudes or reflections.
Czar Jones! Ha. :) Rosie
September 4, 2009 - 11:40 ET by QueenMumCzar Jones! Ha. :) Rosie O., call your agent.
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher
Jones' Newsweek Interview: Stumped On Green Jobs
September 4, 2009 - 11:42 ET by BondPlainBondVan Jones is incapable of defining a 'Green Job' and he's the 'Green Jobs Czar'.
In a major interview as the 'Green Jobs Czar', Van Jones was stumped when asked about the so-called "green jobs" he is supposed to be creating, unable to answer in any manner, shape, or form.
Asked by Newsweek whether he supported the "green jobs" program, Jones stared blankly for a moment before turning the question back on Newsweek. "In what respect?"
The Newsweek reporter responded, "Well, what do you interpret it to be?" clearly testing his knowledge of the policy that has been in place since Obama took office.
Jones couldn't say, offering an answer that didn't even mention a single "green job". "Well, we still don't have a unified definition, and that's not unusual in a democracy. It takes a while for all the states and the federal government to come to some agreement. But the Department of Labor is working on it very diligently. Fundamentally, it's getting there, but we haven't crossed the finish line yet."
There were times during his Newsweek interview that Jones seemingly did not have a full grasp of Obama's own "green jobs" policy or positions.
(with thanks to Seth Colter Walls and Sam Stein of The Huffington Post)
"Green Jobs" defined!
September 4, 2009 - 11:45 ET by Ted ClarkeI think Obama and his butt-buddy Van Jones are making great headway in their efforts to make "Green Jobs". As more and more folks find themselves jobless, penniless, homeless and hopeless, ANY job will be seen as a "Green Job"....in that it will be the source of great envy. The "Green-Eyed Monster" is, afterall, the driving force behind everything Obama thinks and does!
Incidentally, I would like to take issue with this quote from above:
"...a 9-11 'Truther' (sort of like a 'Birther', but with a lot less media coverage), i.e. a conspiracy-addled doofus...."
What's with the hostility toward so-called "Birthers"? As far as I know, they are only asking for a few simple and legitimate questions to be properly answered:
1) Where is Obama's official birth certificate? -- And no, that Certificate of Live Birth doesn't count.
2) Why has he fought tooth and nail to NOT produce a document that all of us are so capable of producing?
3) When he was adopted by his step-father and became Barry Soetoro, did he become a citizen of Indonesia?
4) If he was a citizen of Indonesia, where are the documents that prove he is no longer Indonesian?
5) Was he or was he not listed as a foreign student in his college days?
Mind you, none of these questions are making assertions that Obama is not an American. They are simply designed to honor and defend the carefully crafted constitutional requirements that all presidents must honor. -- Unless, of course, that President happens to be black, which means that standards must bow down to the specter of perceived racism.
Are these the questions of a "a conspiracy-addled doofus"?
And how can anyone compare a so-called "birther" to a person who would seriously believe that thousands of Americans actually teamed up in a massively complex and evil effort to murder -- or aid in the murder of -- thousands of innocent people?
Anyway, I'm looking forward to "Demolition Derby Night" when Barry rides his bus over the Van. And then good ol' Joe will come out afterwards, dressed in his clown suit riding up high in his monster truck to deliver the coup de grace...at least that's how I HOPE it will all turn out. Hey! All this "Hope 'n' Changey" stuff does have its good points!
Does the United States
September 4, 2009 - 11:49 ET by olddog3006still have a Department of Labor? Why is this "czar" necessary? If and when this czar creats a "green job", will that job fall under his jurisdiction or the Dept. of Labor's?
This creating of a sub-government has got to stop!
For the sake of argument
September 4, 2009 - 12:08 ET by StarAZSay, just for drills, that Jones is really supposed to be "creating" green jobs. Are these all govt jobs or would he need "capitalist" connections such as links to venture cap and energy firms? I know GE is a lock, but would he need entrees to others? Would he have to know about linking say, windmills, to the grid? What are his technical skills--besides rabble-rousing...?
Dear Van Jones
September 4, 2009 - 12:08 ET by candanceThis is a letter to say thanks for all the many favors you've done for the American people. You got Geico to remove their stupid talking lizard from Glenn Beck's show. Watching the show is much more enjoyable now. You also exposed several other whimpy, spineless company executives that can now be boycotted at will.
Most of all, you littered the internet with a ridiculous amount of evidence against you. This has made the job of conservie bloggers so easy. We knew you were kooky, but signing an online truther petition - that takes the cake.
But you know what the best part is? You were so confident that Beck would get censored, you didn't even plan a line of defense to spare Obama the embarrassment. Signing a petition you supposedly never read? We could not have asked for a lamer excuse. You look like a jerk, Obama looks like a jerk for hiring you, and Fox News is laughing all the way to the bank.
Please give our condolences to your friends at Color of Change, and advise them in the future not to pick any more fights with Glenn Beck.
Have fun in the unemployment line.
Yours truly,
the vast right wing conspiracy
Van go...
September 4, 2009 - 12:48 ET by acumenVan's had a tough go carrying all that hate-righty baggage . So in the spirit of reaching out to Van and his Apollo Alliance Board this GOP ahole offers the following examples of some famous green jobs:
The Hulk
Leprechauns
Green Lantern
The Wicked Witch of the West's Winkie Guards
The Geico Lizard
The Green Blade
Shrek
Gumby
Mr. Toad
The Grinch
Kermit the frog
Mean Joe Greene
Van Jones (although many question if this should be considered a real job or just political payback)
Nice job, but you left out Garofalo's teeth
September 4, 2009 - 13:53 ET by SickofLibsNice job, but you left out Garofalo's teeth
Saving them
September 4, 2009 - 13:59 ET by acumenfor a bit about ol' yeller.
Green Jobs
September 4, 2009 - 13:14 ET by VengeanceIsMineHere are a few "green" jobs. Windex-ing solar panels, scraping up dead bird parts around wind turbines. Sounds like a couple of really fulfilling gigs. About as appealing as recycling "jobs".
"You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt." Daniel Hannan
Green Jobs and Minority Jobs
September 4, 2009 - 13:22 ET by Kingfish17The state of Arkansas is looking for an employee for a new position in the Arkansas State Lottery: Small and Minority Business Coordinator (Diversity and Green Purchasing Manager).
Here is a quote from their website:
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) is recruiting for a key position to fulfill two important initiatives of the organization. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with an interest in moving business practices towards more sustainable and responsible models. The position will take on two areas of responsibility: Green Purchasing and Supplier Diversity. Green Purchasing means aligning the procurement of goods and services with environmentally sustainable principles. Supplier Diversity refers to the incorporation of historically underutilized business segments (including minority- and woman-owned companies) in the purchase of goods and services.
(End of quote.)
http://lotterycommission.arkansas.gov/about_commission_staff_openings.html
Now an argument can be made that "Green Management" or "Green Jobs" are important, and an argument can be made that diversity in utilizing minorities and women's businesses is important, but for some reason it seems that government, be it State, Local, or Federal is in the process of intertwining minority interests together with Green interests. I don't for the life of me understand why these two seperate issues are being merged into one.
"I've sentenced boys younger then you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it, but I felt I owed it to them." Judge Smails
Coincidence? Or Subliminal Propoganda?
September 4, 2009 - 13:59 ET by sic721"My work at the Council on Environmental Quality is entirely focused on one goal:......"
The Council of Environmental Quality=The Council of E-Quality=The Council of Equality
Coincidence? Or is this exactly the type of subliminal messaging the left has used for years?
"Life's tough.....It's even tougher if you're stupid."--John Wayne
September 5, 2009 - 10:14 ET by jessieHHe isn't any good at his job, whatever it is. For the price of the cash for clunkers, we could have had a lot of solar panels for our homes. I don't think the govt. cares about green jobs at all.