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"Green jobs czar" Van Jones resigns
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Friday, September 5, 2009, "green jobs czar" Van Jones offered his resignation. This comes as no surprise surrounding the highly controversial statements he has made years ago and in the recent past.
Glenn Beck, comedian and conservative talk show host, has outed Van Jones in a series lasting over two weeks. He repeatedly aired videos and speeches Van Jones has given in February and March of this year. A student at UC Berkeley asked Mr. Jones if his ideas could be considered Marxist. Jones replied, several times "How is that capitalism working for you?"
The most controversial incident that led to the resignation was that Mr. Jones signed a petition claiming that the government was responsible or a part of the conspiracy that caused the attacks on 9/11. Jones attempted to say that he did not know what he was signing, however, Mike Berger, 911Truth.org spokesman informed the media that Jones knew what he was signing.
Van Jones is a United States citizen. Under the First Amendment, he has the right to give the speeches he gives. He has a right to be a far left liberal. He is free to call Republicans whatever he wants.
The video below is a speech Van Jones gave to Power Shift, an environmental lobbying group to Congress earlier this year. The speech is 20 minutes long, where Jones offers using green job creation to give retribution to minorities and redistribute the wealth.
Now that he has resigned, is the story over? The position he was appointed to is not subject to congressional confirmation. This raises serious questions as the president has consistently surrounded himself with many who share these values that are beyond mainstream America. When it came to light that he signed the conspiracy petition, the White House continued to support Jones, but then distanced themselves from his politcal opinions. Seriously? Or was Jones appointed to that position for his political views under the pretext of environmental policy? Van Jones used his position as the environmental advisor to further his socialist and racial agenda. Was there no other person available to be the green jobs czar that could simply focus on the energy policy?
The point is, if you like the America you have, you can keep it. Van Jones does not like the America we have, and he wants to change it. If his ideas were so in tune with the heartbeat of America, he would not have resigned, nor would the White House have denied sharing these ideas.
It is possible that Van Jones did care about environmental change, but it is also obvious that energy policy was the issue on the backburner.
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