Van Jones Resigns

by the Left Coast Rebel

Giving new meaning to the term, a day late and a buck short, the Van Jones story hit me by surprise this morning. So to fill you in quickly, it's official, Mr. artist formerly known as the Green Jobs Czar has resigned - fired if you can read between the lines.

So without even reading any other blogs or news sources today, my thoughts come to several points.

1. This is an incredible victory for the fight against statism and the basic common-sense idea that our leaders and those that have their ear are reputable and have integrity.


2. This story also points to the fact that the Left-boycott of Glenn Beck was an incredibly mismanaged collective backfire. Even though I haven't even spoken of the boycott here at LCR and hadn't necessarily planned on it, the ousting of Van Jones points to a sweet poetic justice that we all can learn from. You cannot stifle free speech, hear the roar of the right.


3. The amateur hour at the White House continues. Like I told reader C-gen in an email exchange yesterday, we as conservative/libertarians/liberty-minded folks could not do the damage to the progressive big-government agenda that these folks are doing to themselves. Pat over at So it Goes in Shreveport points readers to this.


4. We conservatives are The Mob, as the left points out, I mean this though in a good way. We outnumber the radical-left, (that borders on socialist), 3 to 1, maybe 4 to 1. We can stop the agenda, the runaway freight-train of debt, malfeasance and corruption. This is our hour, not theirs.


5. Van Jones bit the bullet due to the hard work of bloggers, alternative media like Beck + talk radio. The main stream press largely ignored the issue and the man. This is a teachable moment for us as concerned citizens and as citizen-journalists. Cap and Trade anyone? Obamacare? Well, I just point you to yesteryear's Amnesty fiasco that we shut down even though GOP leadership was gunning for it. The Van Jones deal is just as big as that was for the cause of liberty, transparency, common sense.

So we are hearing a crescendo of shrill voices from the left on this affair - the cries of 'high tech lynching' and such echoing across the net. Surprising? Not hardly. Tune in later this evening to the Left Coast Rebel for the definitive roundup of Left sites and their collective reaction to the Van Jones story - from the horse's mouth, so to speak. I must leave this story for attendance to a Labor Day party in Los Angeles, it breaks my heart to do so, I want to keep writing!

For now, in my haste; I will leave you with the White House statement from the artist formerly known as the Green Jobs Czar, in his own words -

"I am resigning my post at the Council on Environmental Quality, effective today," Jones said in a resignation letter released by the CEQ late Saturday."On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me. They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide," he said. "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight,'" he continued. "But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the
future. "It has been a great honor to serve my country and my President in this capacity. I thank everyone who has offered support and encouragement. I am proud to have been able to make a contribution to the clean energy future. I will continue to do so, in the months and years ahead."

Inspired by the Van Jones resignation-firing - I am the mob.

The Left Coast Rebel, a concerned citizen, sitting at his desk, not getting paid or compensated for ranting and blogging - I am the mob!