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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 02:29 PM
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Obama Has Fed His Green Jones to King CONG
Edited on Sun Sep-06-09 02:30 PM by kpete
Obama Has Fed His Green Jones to King CONG

By Harvey Wasserman (about the author) Page 1 of 1 page(s)

For OpEdNews: Harvey Wasserman - Writer

Van Jones has been fed to King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes & Gas).

Obama's one serious green bright spot been sacrificed at the McCarthyite altar of the corporate bloviation machine.

The brilliant, charismatic Jones was responsible for the administration's single significant accomplishment to date. With clarity and verve Jones finally brought to the mainstream the critical message that what's good for the environment is also good for the economy.

The convenience of this simple truth has long been known to the green power movement. Since the early 1970s we have argued that converting away from fossil and nuclear fuels---coal, oil, nukes & gas---and onto a Solartopian system based on renewables and efficiency is the only route to long-term prosperity. With community-based solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, mass transit, increased efficiency and efficiency, we can and must build a sustainable economy that will create jobs and geo-political stability.

more:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Has-Fed-His-Green-Jo-by-Harvey-Wasserman-090906-776.html
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 02:38 PM
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1. While I hate the process under which Jones had to go, There are others more qualified for the job.
We'll survive this...
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5X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 02:42 PM
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2. He didn't have to go, he got thrown under the bus.
I like what someone else said, just hire beck and be done with it.
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notesdev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 05:12 PM
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4. Not the first time either
Look at how easy this kind of thing is to ridicule:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfL-Oj1rQ-c

The one thing that can hurt Obama the most is to become a laughingstock, and he invites this kind of thing every time he leaves his allies high and dry. He needs to have the courage of his convictions or his Presidency is going to be a major train wreck. When the President gets beat by a paranoid, bug-eyed commentator, that's a major problem.

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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-06-09 03:34 PM
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3. Its never a good idea to create more problems for your boss than you are worth
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