MNN roundup: Why the resignation of green jobs czar Van Jones matters
The White House special advisor for green jobs resigned his post over Labor Day weekend. Read on to learn more about the controversy that followed him after his March appointment and to understand why he's considered a rock star of the environmental community.
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Rob and Dan, I HIGHLY DISAGREE with both of you! Rob, if you don't want change, you may as well just end it now! That is one of the stupidest things I've ever read! You both need to be more OPTIMISTIC! How will we create a better world with pessimists like you! You need to BE the change you would like to see in the world! And also, a more greener future is not proper English, Dan :)
Enter your comments here. For eight years Bush degraded our nation and accomplished NOTHING ; he is an intellectual void, shameful(Katrina),
and some folks are upset about things that seem
trivial when compared to
the much larger set of problems before us.
Has anyone noticed that the entire point was to discredit Van Jones and then force him to resign by reaching into his past and pulling at strings that really didnt even exist? Democrats know this game. We reached into Bush Jr.'s alcohol and drug abuse, business failures, etc to discredit the man instead of having the courage to speak directly to him and his issues. Such a moral society we are to see this as any different. Perhaps we'll start to learn our lesson from this... blind emotional.... More
Enter your comments here- I am heartbroken about the loss of Van Jones from the white house and the setback to the green movement in general. We still need him and his expertise- MORE THAN EVER-- but
tell me, what does this say about the people opposing him?
Karl's comments for one are totally incorrect, Van Jones is a Communist and admitts it. Secondly Green Jobs will not make that many since most everything from cells to solar panels are made by machine. Jones has no more expertise in the field than I do. Getting to a more greener future also needs to be done with a better more one step at time approach. This dream of getting green jobs going in depressed areas is just that, a dream. Manufacturing will be done in states that are more.... More
Good riddance to bad socialist rubbish. I don't want change and I don't want Obama. Anybody that can work to stop his agenda is my friend.
