Posted on 08/15/2009 7:57:09 AM PDT by Freedom Rings No.1
Edited on 08/16/2009 5:23:40 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
From the WND article linked to the post:
“Colors of Change says the controversy stems from Beck’s recent comment while a guest on another Fox News show that Obama is a “racist” with “a deep-seated hatred for white people.”
I don’t think Obama is racist in the same vein as George Wallace or Louis Farrakhan. I saw the entire town hall meeting in Montana on a local program. He hides his racism well if he is.
Thanks for providing the links. Redstate's site is back up now and your link to the story is working again.
A long and interesting articleFox News Notes Communist Past of the 'Green Jobs' Czar
July 10, 2009 - 17:16 ET
The administrations Green Jobs czar, Van Jones, has a very checkered past deep-rooted in radical politics, including black nationalism, anarchism, and communism. The broadcast network newscasts have mostly failed to report on Mr. Joness past political affiliations which are lock-step with the networks downplay of coverage regarding President Obamas associations with the former radical and terrorist William Ayers during the election.
At 6:47 a.m. EDT on the July 10 edition of Fox and Friends, Americans for Prosperity Policy Director Phil Kerpen, told interviewer Brian Kilmeade that Jones is somebody who was involved in radical politics in San Francisco, was self-admittedly radicalized in jail and found Communism and anarchism. Kerpen compares Van Joness Communist past with his new quest for environmentalism and the creation of green jobs:
Obama appointed Communist "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones, unreported by the media. Added to extensive list of "czars"
So...apparently Obama has quietly appointed a Communist to a government position. The position of "Green Jobs Czar" is now held by admitted Communist Van Jones. Yes, this is news to us too. The media has more important things to concentrate on, like Michael Jackson.
From East Bay Express:
Jones had planned to move to Washington, DC, and had already landed a job and an apartment there. But in jail, he said, I met all these young radical people of color I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, "This is what I need to be a part of." Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary. In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th, he said. By August, I was a communist.
These little czars are interesting little positions:
Maybe it is time that the American people, Congress, and the Judicial branch stood up and demanded an explanation and accountability for this unconstitutional position creating of "czar" on the part of the Obama administration. We as the American people have no idea what these people even do or how much power they have. They answer ONLY to President Obama.Very dangerous, and with no accountability except to The One.
The definition of a Czar in Merriam Websters dictionary is the following: One having great power and authority.
Here is a list of Obamas current and prospective Czar positions:
1. Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra.
2. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske
3. Copyright Czar: Not appointed yet.
4. Energy Czar: Carol M. Browner
5. Car Czar: Ed Montgomery.
6. Terrorism/WMD Czar: Gary Samore.
7. Health Care Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle.
8. Education Czar: Not appointed yet.
9. Economic Czar: Paul Volcker.
10. Mortgage Czar: Not appointed yet.
11. Urban Affairs/Housing Czar: Adolfo Carrion.
12. Guantanomo closure Czar: Danny Fried.
13. Great lakes Czar: Cameron Davis.
14. Stimulus accountability Czar: Earl Devaney.
15. Cyberspace Czar: Not appointed yet.
16. Border Czar: Alan Bersin (Former US attorney).
17. Intelligence Czar: Admiral Dennis Blair.
18. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein.
19. Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg
20. Iran Czar: Not appointed yet.
21. Tarp Czar: Herb Allison.
22. Middle-East peace Czar: George Mitchell.
23. Science Czar: John Holdren.
24. Green jobs Czar: Van Jones.
25. Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke.
26. Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration.
27. Mideast policy Czar: Dennis Ross.
28. Information Czar: Vivek Kundra.
29. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley.
30. Faith-based Czar: Joshua Dubois.
31. Climate Czar: Todd Stern.
Obviously, many more czars have been added since the picture below, but you get the idea. There really is nothing like shredding the Constitution and completely bypassing the American people and Congress.
They all need to be investigated throughly.
Science Czar John Holdren is especially insidious, and has been exposed some here at FR lately.
The other side, they want us distracted, they relish the infighting over trivial disagreements. We can agree to disagree on many political issues, but to win, we must be UNITED.
We must choose to stop the bickering amongst ourselves over what are, for the moment, less important things.
I couldn’t agree more with your first paragraph.
I stand by everything else.
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