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Powerline nicely summarizes the problems with (now former) Obama Administration official Van Jones: Who do they have in the White House? A self-proclaimed Communist. A vulgar Marxist twice over. A supporter of cold-blooded cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal. A 9/11 Truther . A racist hater, whose hatred extends to the United States. And insofar as his current job is concerned, we have a man who sees the “green jobs” con as a tool for overthrowing capitalism. We have, in short, the complete left-wing nightmare package.

Barack Obama’s “Green Czar” Van Jones resigned early this morning citing a “vicious smear campaign against me.” In recent days and weeks statements and associations from Jones’ past have been brought to light, primarily by Fox News, and Glenn Beck. One of the most controversial of those associations came in reports that Jones had signed a petition supporting the “911 Truthers Movement”. 911Truth.org is an organization that claims that 9-11 was a U.S. government planned attack on its own people. Jones’ signed the document back in 2004.

CALL CONGRESS: Taxpayers demand a complete audit of Jones' federal agency. Ohaha gave Jones $30 BILLION to do with as he pleased. This conniving Communist surely found numerous ways to shovel US government money to himself, and to his lefty friends and relatives, during his blessedly abbreviated tenure. CALL CONGRESS : SBOARD 202-225-3121 Toll-free capital switchboard: 800-828-0498 Toll-free 877-762-8762-----800-965-4701 REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET ON THE THIS FAST: Taxpayers demand a complete audit of Jones' federal agency. EMAIL THE RNC chairman@gop.com

Video of Joe Friday taking 0bama to the woodshed. Very Funny!

A young Christian girl who ran away from her Muslim parents in Ohio when her father allegedly threatened her life will be allowed to stay with her foster family in Florida and keep her lawyer for now, a judge ruled today. As WND reported, Fathima Rifqa Bary, 17, an honor student and cheerleader, was raised in a Muslim family in Columbus, Ohio. She became a Christian four years ago as a result of her interactions with children at school. But Bary, a native of Sri Lanka, hitchhiked to a bus station and ran away from home July 19 because she...

Nancy Pelosi repeatedly stood to applaud Barack Obama when he addressed a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

I heard on NPR last week that some lefties are making noises about withdrawing from Afghanistan. Although its just stating the obvious, we remind the left that we are in Afghanistan fighting extremism because they attacked us.

Research presented Sept. 6 at European complement conferenceA harmless shard from the shell of a common childhood virus may halt a biological process that kills a significant percentage of battlefield casualties, heart attack victims and oxygen-deprived newborns, according to research presented Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the 12th European meeting on complement in human disease in Budapest, Hungary. Introducing the virus's shell in vitro shuts down what's known as the complement response, a primordial part of the immune system that attacks and destroys the organs and vascular lining of people who have been deprived of oxygen for prolonged periods, according...

The Compleat* List of Czars in American Daughter, by Nancy Matthis Bypassing the authority of Congress, Barack Obama rules through czars -- the beginnings of dictatorship: Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar, Richard Holbrooke AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley [openly gay white man] Auto recovery czar, Ed Montgomery Behavioral science czar, position not yet filled Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Jr., [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate] Border czar, Alan Bersin Car czar, Ron Bloom [Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury , under Senate oversight] Climate change czar, Todd Stern Copyright czar, not...

We have been hearing for the past several decades about racism. It is ever present; its practitioners are legion; it is the prime reason that blacks are wildly over represented in prison; it is responsible for the great disparity in per capita income; the list is both elastic and infinite. All of this is, of course, total bunk. It is espoused by various pitchmen who have a vested, very vested, interest in promoting the idea that failure to compete by a black is always someone else’s fault. Invariably that impediment is white or, occasionally, a black that dares to disagree...

TALLAHASSEE -- When Gov. Charlie Crist anointed George LeMieux as Florida's new U.S. senator, he did more than hand his closest adviser the plum job of a lifetime. With a hug and a handshake, Crist transformed LeMieux from a little-known insider ("George LeWho?'' one paper asked) to a major political figure, suddenly thrust into a spotlight that's illuminating how his public service brought him private profit. Amid charges of political cronyism and claims he was picked to be the governor's proxy in Washington, there is renewed scrutiny of LeMieux's dealings and those of his law firm, Gunster Yoakley & Stewart,...

YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Rich Ellerson has Army playing option football again and the initial results were promising. Kingsley Ehie ran for two touchdowns and Army beat Eastern Michigan 27-14 on Saturday night as the new Black Knights' coach became the first to win his debut with the academy in 18 years. The Black Knights rushed for 308 yards as Patrick Mealy, who rushed for 109 yards on five carries, and Jameson Carter also had touchdowns runs.

Link only - Chandler’s not-so-recent Rangel connection

Howard Dean said Van Jones was "brought down" and calls his resignation a "loss for the country." Dean said Van Jones didn't intentionally sign a petition blaming the government for 9/11.

Wrongly convicted Texans become instant millionaires New law makes Texas most generous state for payments to cleared prisoners.DALLAS — Thomas McGowan's journey from prison to prosperity is about to culminate in $1.8 million, and he knows just how to spend it: on a house with three bedrooms, stainless steel kitchen appliances and a washer and dryer. "I'll let my girlfriend pick out the rest," said McGowan, who was exonerated last year based on DNA evidence after spending nearly 23 years in prison for rape and robbery. He and other exonerees in Texas, which leads the nation in freeing the...

They're all over him -- swarms, flocks, flights of critics taking apart President Obama: his style, his motives, his modus operandi, assuming he has one. Charles Krauthammer, in a dead-on column, called him "Obama the Mortal." Peggy Noonan, in the Wall Street Journal, sought to close the deal: "Obama has grown boring … He always has the same stance. There is no humor or humility in it … He is cold …" Cries of alarm escaped the mouth of Time Magazine's Joe Klein: "He has to lead, clearly and decisively, starting now." How's he going to restore his sagging popularity...

Host Tucker Carlson, asked experts, teachers, publishers and parents the same question: "Do you know what is inside your children's textbooks?" From kindergarten through college, we found staggering errors and omissions which may be pushing agendas, hidden and otherwise. We spoke to the author of "The Language Police," education historian Diane Ravitch, who said textbook publishers censor images or words they deem to be controversial in children’s textbooks. She told us that publishers pander to special interest groups, and assemble bias and sensitivity review committees. These committees decide what words to ban or redefine, and even what images are deemed...

First off, I’m not calling you, my patriotic readers, aholios; that dishonor goes to Van Jones, Obama’s self-avowed communist Green Czar, Barack’s sweetheart, 9/11 Truther, and Muslim terrorist sympathizer. By the way, don’t you get the strange yet delightful feeling that VJ’s about to learn what it feels like to tumble underneath an Obama bus? I hope it’s a green one. Yep, America, you may now add that derogatory label to the litany of other slurs the TOP LEADERS on the Left have been leveling at constituents who do not smoke their political crack. Have these radicals never heard of...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Former US president Jimmy Carter said Sunday Palestinian leaders were "seriously considering" a one-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following a visit to the Middle East. "A majority of the Palestinian leaders with whom we met are seriously considering acceptance of one state, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea," Carter wrote in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post. "By renouncing the dream of an independent Palestine, they would become fellow citizens with their Jewish neighbors and then demand equal rights within a democracy," he explained. "In this non-violent civil rights struggle, their examples...

Parents are talking about keeping their kids home from school this week. Some so-called leaders are expressing grave concern "for the children" in fear of an impending disaster. And the provocateurs who commandeer broadcast microphones on a daily basis continue to warn of a serious contagion that the nation must fight "by any means necessary." I could understand it if these folk were worried about the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus, but that’s not their concern. The infection they are afraid of is the president of the United States and his possible influence on America’s children. In an age when schools...