Van Jones: Obama's 9/11 Truther Commie-Czar

You can't make up this stuff. It's too weird.

I'm not especially happy seeing my tax dollars paying the salary of Van Jones, an avowed communist and black nationalist, to be the administration's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. His personal political affiliations don't bother me; it's his right. Having a "Green Czar" at the White House works, as well. What bothers me is having another far leftist in a high profile position officially linked to the environmental movement. If you think Joseph Stalin was concerned about pollution because he was a communist, you need a serious, reality-based history lesson.

Our environment, natural and cultural, is something we all share. Having its interests claimed by a political group is unsettling, first, because it is dishonest and, second, because it excludes and alienates those with differing points of view. I would expect President Obama's political appointments to advance the causes for which they are employed; however, this appointment bears all the hallmarks of a hidden agenda. This is the reason why. Although Glenn Beck occasionally needs stronger meds and a rubber room, I think his guest makes good sense here.

There is plenty more on the Internet about Van Jones, especially after his "Republicans are assholes" comment of February 11, 2009, went mainstream in the Washington Post and elsewhere:



Frankly, this really doesn't bother me. I think we all know what Jones was trying to say and to a large extent, he's correct; however, most folks would have exercised more discretion. Perhaps we can just call it a "social justice" moment for someone who never expected to work in the White House. In any case, Van Jones now finds himself monitoring the distribution of $30,000,000,000. All we can hope is that all those greenbacks really go to promote "green."

For more on Van Jones, there is a nicely balanced bio at Wikipedia, including a link to Jones's revealing blog at the Huffington Post. For a conservative POV and the breaking news that Jones was a 9/11 truther - and a believer that hip hop holds the key to social change - check out this link at Gateway Pundit.

I don't think we've heard the end of this story.