This is One down, we have 999 to go, the way I see it.
That being said, I get great pleasure in giving this to-
Van Jones - - - ZOT!!!!
Posted on 09/06/2009 8:52:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just how comfortable was the Obama team with the far left, radical statements and beliefs of Van Jones?
Obviously, they believed he fit right in. Somewhat lost in the controversy over Jones Trutherism, his conspiracy mongering about whites trying to kill black people through environmental degradation, his anti-Semitic statements on Israel, his support for the cop killer Mumia, and other beyond the pale beliefs is the fact that, as Paul Mirengoff of Powerline points out, Obama had his eye on the "former" communist for years:
Having watched the rise of Van Jones, why did Team Obama nonetheless "recruit" him into the White house? Because what Jones says and believes is well within the range of what Obama believes, and thus not jarrring to him and his crew.
If Jones is now beyond the pale, it is only because the Obama crowd finally hears him through the filter of a controversy. When Obama and company heard him only through the filter of what they believe, there was no controversy because his statements -- e.g., his attack on Israeli "occupation" dating back to 1948 and his claim that "U.S. tax dollars are funding violence against people of color inside the U.S. borders and outside the US borders" -- are not particularly controversial to Team Obama.
This, of course, is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright phenomenon all over again. Wright's racist, anti-Israeli, anti-American statements didn't jar Obama while he was sitting in Wrights's church for 20 years because they were not that different from what Obama believes. Even when controversy erupted and Obama's political future was on the line, Obama at first found Wright's pronouncements no more in need of being "disowned" than his grandmother's view that she'd rather be driven to work than be panhandled by an aggressive black man at the bus station. It took a shot by Wright at Obama himself to cause the candidate to break with his spiritual mentor.
One of Paul's friends is quoted as saying, "Van Jones is simply Jeremiah Wright behind a White House desk." How true, indeed.
Obama's radical associations may not have prevented him from winning the White House. But I have a gut feeling that his links to these nutcases won't get quite the free pass he received in 2008. A few more Van Joneses coupled with Obama's attempt to restructure our economy and the voter won't need the MSM to tell them that something is terribly wrong with the president and the company he keeps.
Van Jones was many of Obomba’s MANY alter egos.....he has others waiting in the wings....
er...that is....Van Jones was ONE of Obomba’s MANY alter egos....”
Another One Under the Bus
Oh! Let's go!
Greyhound One rolls down K street
Barry’s head hangin’ low
Rush done got the scoop on another old friend
Now that sucka has to go
No time for tears, no time for good byes,
Just jerk him up out of his seat!
Open the doorway, toss him out,
He screams to the sound of the beat
Yeah
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one under bus
Hey
He's gonna ditch you too
Another one under the bus
Barry knew if he went far not all friends could come along
But hey its cool, he doesn’t miss them when they’re gone
He lets them make him look strong
And then moves on on his own "You’re my friend ‘til I’m worried
So you better not bring me any heat
Or out the doorway you ass will fly And you too will scream
To the sound of the beat"
Look out
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one under bus
Hey He's gonna ditch you too
Another one under the bus
E-he! Alright!
Hey
Oh take it – Under the bus
Under the bus, hey
Hey Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus, ow
Another one under the bus, he he
Another one under the bus, hay yay ya ya ya
Ooh shout
How many friends have made Barry look bad
And he’s thrown them to the ground?
There’s Bill Richardson, Tom Daschle,
Louis Caldera, William Ayers,
Granny was thrown too, and you know Biden’s soon to follow
Yeah
Van Jones, Father Pfleger and
Reverend Wright have hit the street
Out of the doorway they all flew
As they screamed to the sound of the beat
Another one under the bus
Another one under the bus
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one under bus, yeah
Hey, He's gonna ditch you too
Another one under the bus
Hannity and Savage and Coulter and Levin and Ingram and... well, heck - there are more talk radio shows out there who deserve credit than I can cite. In addition, JimRob and JohnRob and ALL the wonderful folks in the New Media (including all of us who pay attention to it) deserve a portion of the credit for this battle victory.
Thank you to them all.
Drink one toast to celebrate this victory... But don’t forget there is a lot more left in this war.
While it may have been used before, I like the "ring" of the "Obama (or a/k/a Zer0) REGIME.
Thank you to them all.
Drink one toast to celebrate this victory... But don’t forget there is a lot more left in this war.
INDEED!
Pardon me for leaving out those fine folks.
Ah, Michele M. and Mark Levine belong in there too!
LOVE ALL OF THEM!
We need to send them thank you e-mails for exposing these freaking monsters for what they are.
He could have had Jones around for a long time but he got called the "Green Czar" ~ mostly because he wrote a book ~ and then he stuck out.
This is why he had to undergo a "beat down" ~
Here's another problem ~ you have to have 5 years of federal government employment to qualify for a federal retirement annuity (outside of the Thrift Savings Plan). Congresscritters get their 5 years in quickly by counting each year in Congress as 2 years of regular government employment. Just get yourself drafted, then elected twice, and you're in ~ for life.
With these appointees it's a 1 year service for 1 year credit.
They're getting into the government a bit late ~ 9 months? That means they need all of the rest of Obama's term, plus another 21 months under someone else to qualify for the basic FERS annuity.
If they had their 2 years as a draftee out of the way, they'd just make it, but they don't.
The question arises about where they are going to go to get the extra time, and I think that's the answer to my question about why Obama can't attract talent.
The talented people know how to count and they see this guy as a One-Term President at best, and it could be shorter (Rezko holds the key to some jail time for him). What that means is that they would need another couple of years government service somewhere else to get a retirement annuity later on.
Frankly, the smart guys just don't see that happening knowing that if you are tainted by working for Obama's clown car regime you are not likely to get into any other government agency, not even a Congressional staff, down the road.
This is going to get worse isn't it.
He was outrageous; but I miss Freddie. An uniquely talented individual.
Its good in a way Obama was elected.
The idea of a Black president in now history. We, as a nation, tried giving him the benefit of the doubt and he has disappointed.
It’ll be a cold day in hell before the people of this country will elect another racist, inept, inexperienced community organizer.
I read the Wikipedia version of his Marshall's and the radical aspects seemed whitewashed to me. Do you agree?
See this FR link: The Frank Marshall Davis Network or this Absolutely.
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