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He was not always the dynamic, witty, confident figure he is today. Van would be the first to tell you that he started out life as a constantly sick skinny kid with a speech impediment and a limp, and had to work hard to overcome these setbacks.

He was, however, able to rise above his challenges to become one of the most well known, well liked, powerful and strategic human rights activists alive today. Marianne Manilov, a close friend and ally of Van’s, says that when she first started working with him fifteen years ago, he was extremely shy and wouldn’t lift his head from his legal books long enough to engage in conversation during their activist carpool ride. When they pulled up to his home, he’d say, “thanks” and then practically run inside.

After years of working on himself and adjusting to the limelight, he’s finally earned the Superman belt buckle a friend of his awarded him as a Christmas present last year. It’s taken much encouragement and support from close friends for him to accept himself and his position enough to step into the role as the spearhead of a major social movement. Van strongly believes that if we’re going to change the world, we’re going to have to do it together. He believes that each one of us has the power to affect this shift.

It took Van two years of facing his spiritual self, feeding his health needs, and spending time with people outside of his work to return to what he considered a stable place. His breakdown happened just a few months after Julia Butterfly Hill came down from her two year tree-sit. Both of them emotionally raw and wanting to work hard to change the world, they helped each other walk through this difficult time.

I also asked if he is ever afraid that someone will exploit his mistake and make him look bad. He says that, no, he doesn’t worry about this because he’s not so concerned with the way he’s making himself look.

He’d rather confess than accuse. “I can't rail against all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators OUT THERE,” he says, “without first confessing to all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators that I carry within myself.

I am just as bad and terrible and greedy and selfish as all the people in the White House whom I like to criticize and oppose. I have no doubt about that.” !!!!!!

Van and Rosemary at Bioneers, 2007

Written by Rosemary Pritzker

salon.com

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So, let's summarize: He works to alleviate poverty, helps at-risk youth and finds eco-friendly solutions to our job crisis, all while looking like he's wandered straight off of a Ralph Lauren shoot. We're not sure, but we suspect that he loves puppies, too, and that when he goes home at night, he asks his wife how her day was and really, really wants to know. And yes, that's the bad news: Jones is married with two young sons. But, hey, we can still dream, can't we?

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This is where I read he's married: salon.com.

Control freak. This is very Hitlerian. You can also see it in his Mussolini-esque gestures when he gets worked up in a speech, and when he gets into "power" issues. The guy goes stark raving mad. (He is actually a bit funny in a standup, Bill Cosby kind of way). At any rate...

You can tell this guy is armed with a serious can of seething, under the surface "pay back" he wants to open up on whitey's ass at the most opportune time.

These childhood incidents are all the root.

A little dictator we have. Yep. A litle dictator.

I recognized it the first time I laid eyes on one of his speeches. A week later, not it is confirmed with these personal background stories. These are the most dangerous kinds of libs. Who are seething under the surface for some past injustice, imagined or real, maybe even 30 years later, and are just waiting to take it out in the form of revenge. Hitler harboured hatred of Jews from his young days of learning art in Vienna....and we all know what that was converted into.

When did Van Jones marry Eric Idle???

That is one scary article:

It took Van two years of facing his spiritual self, feeding his health needs, and spending time with people outside of his work to return to what he considered a stable place. His breakdown happened just a few months after Julia Butterfly Hill came down from her two year tree-sit. Both of them emotionally raw and wanting to work hard to change the world, they helped each other walk through this difficult time.

I also asked if he is ever afraid that someone will exploit his mistake and make him look bad. He says that, no, he doesn’t worry about this because he’s not so concerned with the way he’s making himself look.

He’d rather confess than accuse. “I can't rail against all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators OUT THERE,” he says, “without first confessing to all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators that I carry within myself.

I am just as bad and terrible and greedy and selfish as all the people in the White House whom I like to criticize and oppose. I have no doubt about that.” !!!!!!

“He’d rather confess than accuse. “I can’t rail against all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators OUT THERE,” he says, “without first confessing to all the warmongers, polluters and incarcerators that I carry within myself.”

Oh great, we have such quality people joining this administration.
I’m sure Vlad Putin fears our nation more than he did last week.
This administration makes small rabbits tremble.