Van Jones

Is he really a 9/11 Truther or is it just hype?

President Obama’s “green jobs czar” Van Jones has been targeted again and again by conservatives for his controversial views and now they’ll have another item to use as fodder.

Mr. Jones signed a statement for 911Truth.org in 2004 demanding an investigation into what the Bush Administration may have done that “deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war.”

His name is listed with 99 other prominent signatories supporting such an investigation on the 911Truth.org website, including Code Pink co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodi Evans, comedienne Janeane Garofalo, Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia and others. He's identified as the executive director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights on the statement, which he founded before going to the White House. The statement is available here. Mr. Jones is number 46.

Mike Berger, a spokesman for 911Truth.org, told the Washington Times over the phone that all of the signers had been verified by their group. He said 9/11Truth.org board members “spoke with each person on the list by phone or through email to individually confirm they had added their name to that list.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/back-story/2009/sep/03/green-jobs-czar-signed-truther-statement-in-2004/

WOW:

http://www.breitbart.tv/van-jones-only-suburbal-white-kids-shoot-up-schools/

http://www.breitbart.tv/van-jones-uses-ebonics-to-do-lively-imitation-of-george-bush-on-crack/

The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
09/04/09 11:30 AM EDT
From a Nexis search a few moments ago:

Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.

If you were to receive all your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving President Obama's Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, your response would be, "Huh?" If you heard that that adviser, Van Jones, had apologized for a number of remarks and positions in the recent past, your response would be, "What?" And if you were in the Obama White House monitoring the Jones situation, you would be hoping that the news organizations listed above continue to hold the line -- otherwise, Jones, who is quite well thought of in Obama circles, would be history.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/The-Van-Jones-non-feeding-non-frenzy-57271402.html

This is the name association thread, right?

The reason there was no Van Jones controversy in the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, CBS Evening News, etc, is there is no Van Jones controversy.

xoxoxoBruce;592778 wrote:

The reason there was no Van Jones controversy in the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, CBS Evening News, etc, is there is no Van Jones controversy.

Ok, so you don't accept that there is a media bias. I get it.

media bias leads to a bias in how they report things. They're hardly likely to pass up the opportunity of a news story though. They'd still report something they just might report it differently. It is completely ludicrous to think that there is some kind of conspiracy of silence going on with all those media outlets. Did any of them report things about Pelosi? or did they remain silent because she was a dem and on Obama's team?

You're really reaching here Merc, as is your 'source'.

TheMercenary;592796 wrote:

Ok, so you don't accept that there is a media bias. I get it.

No you don't. Jones supporting an investigation... so what? So did a lot of other people. That's neither news nor a controversy.

xoxoxoBruce;592837 wrote:

No you don't. Jones supporting an investigation... so what? So did a lot of other people. That's neither news nor a controversy.

I agree with Bruce. Asking for an investigation does not necessarily suggest that he believes it. Also, this would not directly affect his job in the way that, say his being a Creationist would.

Considering that we have sitting Congressman calling for "birther" investigations, with not a peep from the moderate or 'sane' conservatives, I'll chalk this one up to partisanship.

BTW, most of the 'mainstream' media also gives a free pass to nutjob conservatives (and liberals) in government. There's simply too many out there for it to be news.

If it was news worthy they'd report it. They may report with a liberal bias, but they'd not do themselves out of a story.

There must have been nothing to it....

He quit the job. Why quit if there is nothing there?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itKcwMMlf6EtyLvYW9VjF2xcVK7gD9AHNN280

While I was at the hospital waiting to be let into the ICU at 0500 Saturday, I saw a commentator on CNN talking about Van Jones. The guy said "He's an acknowledged communist. What's he doing in the White House?"

CNN calling someone a commie. It near took my breath away.

They also showed the No Black Columbines video clip.

TheMercenary;592933 wrote:

There must have been nothing to it....

He quit the job. Why quit if there is nothing there?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5itKcwMMlf6EtyLvYW9VjF2xcVK7gD9AHNN280

He didn't quit his job because the people smearing him had anything that actually mattered. He quit his job because he doesn't want dishonest, scummy, sleazy, worthless, Republican smear machine going after him and his family because they were mad that he told the truth about the Bush administration and because he didn't want to allow the Republicans use insurance company PAC money they've gotten to take attention away from health care reform and environmental protection legislation.

Republicans are desperate for a win and they are being backed with a HUGE amount of money from health care insurance companies. They want to give President Obama a black eye, but it really doesn't matter. If the Democrats stick together, the health care reform will pass. They don't need a single Republican vote to make it happen.

He couldn't stand people bringing up facts about his past, his comments, and what I believe to be racist views on the rest of the nation. That is why he quit. He couldn't stand the heat, he left the kitchen. Good ridens.

Ohmigod Merc calling somebody a racist.

Color is no barrier to racism in America.