Post by steveaztec on Sept 7, 2009 7:37:06 GMT -8
One communist down.
What a brilliant man to be appointed to our White House. Whoever appointed Van Jones to the White House has very, very, bad judgement.
Oh, was that Barrack Hussein Obama that appointed Van Jones?
voices.kansascity.com/node/5768
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Lesson for Van Jones: Don't get too uppity
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Van Jones loved the spotlight. Heck, who wouldn't, after being named a special adviser and green jobs czar for President Barack Obama.
In Kansas City last week, Jones was one of the federal officials flown in to take a look at the Green Impact Zone, an idea to upgrade 150 blocks of low-income neighborhoods.
Jones was introduced twice by fellow, higher-ranking fed officials -- and on both occasions, Jones made sure to interject that he was a "special adviser" to Obama.
But now he's not part of the administration at all, thanks to imprudent remarks and a petition he signed years ago, a petition that implied the federal government allowed 9/11 to happen.
The statement that really got Jones in trouble with radio shock-jock Glenn Beck and other conservatives came in February, when he was at a green energy conference in Berkeley.
When asked why Republicans were more effective when they held Congress, Jones replied:
The answer to that is: They're assholes. That's a technical political science term. And Barack Obama's not an asshole. I will say this, I can be an asshole. And some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama are gonna have to start getting a little bit uppity.
Of course, for Beck and the rest of the white-America crowd, Jones got a little too uppity, especially when a group co-founded by Jones went after Beck and got some advertisers to pull out of supporting his show.
What a brilliant man to be appointed to our White House. Whoever appointed Van Jones to the White House has very, very, bad judgement.
Oh, was that Barrack Hussein Obama that appointed Van Jones?
voices.kansascity.com/node/5768
___________________________________________________
Lesson for Van Jones: Don't get too uppity
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Van Jones loved the spotlight. Heck, who wouldn't, after being named a special adviser and green jobs czar for President Barack Obama.
In Kansas City last week, Jones was one of the federal officials flown in to take a look at the Green Impact Zone, an idea to upgrade 150 blocks of low-income neighborhoods.
Jones was introduced twice by fellow, higher-ranking fed officials -- and on both occasions, Jones made sure to interject that he was a "special adviser" to Obama.
But now he's not part of the administration at all, thanks to imprudent remarks and a petition he signed years ago, a petition that implied the federal government allowed 9/11 to happen.
The statement that really got Jones in trouble with radio shock-jock Glenn Beck and other conservatives came in February, when he was at a green energy conference in Berkeley.
When asked why Republicans were more effective when they held Congress, Jones replied:
The answer to that is: They're assholes. That's a technical political science term. And Barack Obama's not an asshole. I will say this, I can be an asshole. And some of us who are not Barack Hussein Obama are gonna have to start getting a little bit uppity.
Of course, for Beck and the rest of the white-America crowd, Jones got a little too uppity, especially when a group co-founded by Jones went after Beck and got some advertisers to pull out of supporting his show.
