Van Jones resigned
 

...thanks...or no thanks...depending upon ones viewpoint...and this owed almost entirely to Glen Beck...and I am sure that he will be crowing about it come his Monday show.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/...dviser_resigns

Van Jones has been a tool for a long time. Amazing he was ever picked. Well, not really.

Well Glenn Beck was the only one reporting on what a dangerous radical he was. No man that dangerous should be that close to the president, for the presidents safety. Now Obama should say sorry for picking him without doing a proper background check on Van Jones. :2 cents:

We will probably never know how much the President actually knew about this guy before approving him for the job...but I think that is really the key question that needs answering. In addition there are apparently several other whack jobs that are "Czars".

Yeah. I am sure msnbc will report on those other radical Czars next. :1orglaugh People can say what they want about Glenn Beck but he was 100% right with Van Jones.

I used to play football with this guy as a kid in my front yard. He was super intelligent at a young age but he must have tipped the scale and fell on the crazy side.

His mom was also a teacher of mine and she was one of two teachers I had that I felt were racist against white people. She was an angry woman who disrespected the white students any chance she should.

Environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past inflammatory statements, has resigned his White House job after what he calls a "vicious smear campaign against me."

So it was a smear campaign, eh.

Have you actually seen what Van Jones has said in speeches and interviews? The guy is a radical that, if the president does not agree with Van Jones agenda, can be very dangerous to the presidents safety.

If you can call using his words from what he has written and showing videos of some of his speeches...against him...then yeah the "lies and distortions" he claims was a smear campaign. In actuality it is difficult to believe that he could have even been considered for the job he had...let alone actually given the job.

thank god that dangerous radical didn't invade multiple countries and slaughter thousands of innocent mothers and children.

thank god he was stopped by a tv witch hunt by a nation of half wits and retards whose brains have been rotted by tv, junk food, junk media and an impovrished educational system.

grab a brain morans.

Just because we disagree with Van Jones that makes us warmongering Bush lovers? Thats pretty ignorant.


But this does explain how Obama got voted in

:Oh crap

retards whose brains have been...
 

...rotted by TV, junk food, junk media and an impoverished educational system...

...one down, a few more to go...

look at google trends. you seriously can't tell me that people have been dumbed down to an astonishing degree.

it's impossible to take anything coming from america seriously nowadays. also no outrage against common sense and human decency seems improbable.

what happened america?

You really have gone off on a tangent here, and said very little that is actually relevant to the topic at hand. Personally, I think both parties are full of idiots and don't buy what any of them are selling. But let's face it. 9/11 "truthers" are too stupid to be left breathing, let alone given a position of authority within the government. Glenn Beck is a fucking nutjob, but in this case he's absolutely correct. Not because Van Jones is dangerous, but because he's a fucking moron.

He was given the job specifically because of his beliefs and past actions which were well known and documented. The Obama administration is populated with leftist radicals (including Obama himself) who think the same as Von Jones and therefore they saw no problem with his appointment. :2 cents:

Apparently...out of the thirty or so "Czars" the President has employed...at least a few more are radicals/nuts. So there may be more forced to resign before the dust settles.

There have been previous Presidents have "Czars" but not all and only a hand full at most...where as the current President has thirty or so.

I would like to know what fund is paying the salaries of these "Czars". I have never known of a special fund a President has to personally hire people to work for him.

Does anyone have an answer to this?

I'm not totally sure, but I think that special fund is called "China".

some of y'all are talking like this guy was a player on the whitehouse cabinet team.

he was a mid-level advisor, nothing more.

A mid level adviser (not ever part of the cabinet team)...with a reported 30 billion dollars to spend as he saw fit...in the green jobs/projects area...and the ear of the President.

my point still stands, he was a mid-level advisor for green jobs. also, he didn't have carte blanche to spend 30b.

i never found him to be a radical in the slightest. i'm not a fan of his though and certainly not impressed with the new president.

He was a member of several radical groups...over the years...in addition to being an avowed communist...has demonstrated that he is a racist...is a 911 truther/nut...if that isn't being a radical in your opinion...it definitely is in my opinion.

that's not accurate, based on what i've read of his writings and about him.

he is not an avowed communist and certainly not a truther, he simply signed a clipboard document that was asking for more investigation into the possibility the government was involed in 9/11 (which was why he was shitcanned by the whitehouse before the press really made something of it since the anniversary is upcoming.

Good news for America.

america needs radicals in power.

I think I recall seeing him on video stating that he is an avowed communist...or was at the time. People do change their politics sometimes...but his entire history is that of being a radical and racistl...which cannot be denied as he belonged to several radical groups and I think was a founder of one or more.

i see what you are saying and while i understand how his history can be viewed that way, i always thought of him as more of a free-thinker, which i find to be a good thing.

i find the fact that he was fired by the admin to be more revealing about the obama adminstration and less about jones.

I find the fact that he was hired to be more revealing about the President than the fact that he was "forced" to resign...but I really do not know how much the President knew about his history...but I do feel that he should have known...and should know the history of his advisers.

"I am resigning my post at the Council on Environmental Quality, effective today.

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

I have been inundated with calls - from across the political spectrum - urging me to "stay and fight."

But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future.

It has been a great honor to serve my country and my President in this capacity. I thank everyone who has offered support and encouragement. I am proud to have been able to make a contribution to the clean energy future. I will continue to do so, in the months and years ahead."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elec...ter-van-jones/


He was one of the crowd and their agenda (which he was a part of) will carry on without him. Just a small fish in a sea of sharks.

I don't want to miss Glen Beck's show today to see how much gloating he does over the resignation. He has several others that he has been working on so it will also be interesting to see if he steps up the pressure on them...since his success with Van Jones.

I was cracking up last night when some chick politician said something to the effect of, it is unfair that in today's age it is so easy to dig up one's past skeletons to be used against them.

As in, politician says something stupid and it is up on YouTube forever.

You gotta be a whack job to NOT think our goverment let 9-11 happen.:2 cents:

Could someone here please explain to me how building nuber 7 fell down exactly like it was wired for a controlled demolition yet it had NOT even been hit by a plane?

Why did the official investigation IGNORE building number 7? Why why why? Explain that to me please.

Your question has been explained over and over again by multiple sources...you just do not like the answers...and it is you that is the "whack job"...in my opinion...if you think our government had anything to do with the destruction caused on 9/11. Other than this comment I will not argue the matter with you...so troll somewhere else please.

Glenn Beck, as crazy as he is sometimes, is spot on more times than people want to admit.

The rumor in DC is this has more to do with Van Jones and Michelle's evolving relationship then Glenn Beck.

Can anyone answer the question...what fund is being used to pay these "Czars"?

I am a half-enthusiastic Obama supporter for the time being. He inherited a lot of shit and I am willing to give him a fair shot, but I don't think he is heading in the right direction.

I say this because I don't want to be labeled as a wing nut ...

BUT

Obama was close to Rev. Wright and may have been close friends with Ayers. With connections like that, could a guy like this really be a major concern when it comes to personal safety?

I am going to take an educated guess and say the budget of the executive office of the president, for which the buck stops at Obama.

Where do you live?

I live outside of DC and most of my friends are politically connected in one way or another (natural giving the proximity) and I have never heard that rumor.

Amongst friends, I have a Congressman and somebody high up at State that required Senate confirmation. Gossip like this spreads like wildfire and I have yet to hear it come from someone that is actually connected.

Nice try though. Please play again.

i wonder if the fact that we spend so much time attacking people on unrelated issues (does his view on 9/11 have anything to do with him creating green jobs???) contribute to the fact that nothing ever gets done...Its done on both sides of the aisle so this is not a prop for dems...

ultimately every govt program and salary is paid for by you. whether directly or indirectly out of taxes or the sale of treasuries which we have to pay juice on or by borrowed funds that our kids will have to pay back...

That is a given...but I want to know the specific fund that is being used to pay for these thirty some odd "Czars"?

[QUOTE=theking;16288825]That is a given...but I want to know the specific fund that is being used to pay for these thirty some odd "Czars"?[/QUOTE


Im pretty sure it was all allocated and accounted for in the bailout legislation- isnt that where they set up the new czar positions and programs???

[QUOTE=urgeag;16288838]Maybe you are right...I don't know...and searching has not done me much good at this point...that is why I am asking the question.

My favorite part of the cnn article of van jones stepping down. I don't give a rats ass one way or the other about this guy, but this pretty much sums up why glenn spent 2 weeks carrying on about this guy.

Surprising...he didn't gloat.