Van Jones: What Was the WH Vetting Process?

In typical Democrat 'damage control' fashion, Van Jones, Obama's 'Green Red Jobs Czar', announced his resignation shortly after midnight today following what he called a "vicious smear campaign against me." Interpretation; "Oh, boo hoo, I'm a victim of those mean Weepubwicans." For Democrats, this kind of defense is easier than growing a set.

In fairness to Van Jones, we will examine his 'vicious smear campaign' defense. It was Van Jones who decided to deal with his disappointment over the Rodney King verdict by becoming a self professed communist. It was Van Jones who said;

"I met all these young radical people of color– I mean really radical: communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'

It was Van Jones who decided to found the Marxist organization Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM). It was Van Jones who established the racially biased 'Green For All' and 'Color of Change' organizations. It was Van Jones who said of the Columbine massacre;

"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!" "Now, a black kid might shoot another black kid. He's not going to shoot up the whole school."

It was Van Jones who called Republicans, "assholes". It was Van Jones who chose to sign a petition charging the U.S. government with masterminding the 9/11 attacks. And, it was all of the aforementioned acts by Van Jones which caused the outrage in which Glenn Beck, patriot and 'all around good guy', played a minor role.

Now that Van 'the commie' Jones has finally resigned, pundits on both sides of the aisle are asking what went wrong with the White House vetting process. It is really a rather stupid question! I mean, what are the choices?

A). The FBI overlooked all of the aforementioned issues in Jones' background.

B). The White House was aware of Jones' background and approved his appointment despite them.

C). The White House was aware of Jones' background and approved his appointment because of them.

Let me know what you think. At the top of the sidebar you will find a poll concerning this question.

Pelosi's Tangled Web

Here is a great video of Nancy Pelosi's tangle web of lies from GOP.gov.

Dodd Amendment Mystery Solved

The Dodd Amendment in the 'Porkulus bill', which included a date based exemption that allowed AIG to honor it's contractual agreements to pay it's employees $165 million in bonuses, was included, supposedly, to ensure that the previsions were constitutional. Now it seems that there may have been more to it than that.

Senator Dodd said this about the date based exemption;

"I did not want to make any changes to my original Senate-passed amendment but I did so at the request of Administration officials, who gave us no indication that this was in any way related to AIG."

The White House is insisting that there were no specific changes or language suggested by anyone at Treasury. As usual, there is a lot of finger pointing back and forth. It seems now, however, that both Obama and Dodd may have had good reasons for making the date based exceptions.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dodd has recieved $280,000 worth of campaign contributions from AIG since 1990. Comrade Obama has recieved over $100,000, according to Open Secrets.org.

Can you say 'quid pro quo'?

Democratic Arrogance

The following video is from HotAir.com. Jason Mattera, a correspondent for HotAir.com, went to Capital Hill to confront Charlie Rangel about his unethical conduct as a representative in Congress.



Speaker Nancy Pelosi proclaimed that hers would be "the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." Whenever a Democrat says something like this, it is your first clue that the opposite is going to be the case. Bill Clinton promised as President that his would be the "most ethical administration in the history of the country.” It was not even close. See here and here. Pelosi's Congress is shaping up in the same way. Heading the list of Pelosi's Corruptocrat Congress is Charlie Rangel.

Our intrepid Hot Air TV special correspondent Jason Mattera is back on Capitol Hill! You’ve watched him corner smear merchants Jack Murtha and John Kerry, ask William “Cold Cash” Jefferson for bribe-freezing tips, and roam the Democrat National Convention in an orange Gitmo suit exposing far Left insanity. This time he catches tax cheat Charlie Rangel and confronts him about his mounting ethical and financial scandals.

Charlie Rangel’s message for Jason - and for all you bothersome taxpayers wondering about his shady rental property deals, publicly-subsidized Cadillac, and unpaid taxes:

“Why don’t you mind your goddamned business."

Remember us Mr. Rangel, we the people! You work for us! You are accountable to us! Mind your goddamned business! Mind your goddamned business! It is our business!

In a related story, here is another Democrat who thinks he is not accountable to the people.

Does Obama Know Any Honest People?

On Feb. 19, Comrade Obama created by executive order yet another new executive office, the White House Office of Urban Affairs, and named Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. as the 'Urban Czar'. The new Czar will be tasked to guide, coordinate and oversee funding of all urban affairs policies and programs. As Bronx Borough President, Adolfo Carrion is no stranger to these duties, and the kickbacks that come with them.

New York Daily News reports that Adolfo Carrion has a long history of taking money from Bronx developers.

"The man who is President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers' money, a Daily News probe found.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion often received contributions just before or after he sponsored money for projects or approved important zoning changes, records show."

It is not known at this date whether or not Mr. Carrion has ever cheated on his taxes.

You Can't Teach an Old Dog.....

As the newly elected governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich signed an executive order in 2003 requiring all state employees undergo ethics training. This included the governor himself, and he passed. See the story here. Each employee is required to take and pass the training each year. Rod Blagojevich has passed the course each year for the passed five years.

The problem is that the training amounts to 30 to 60 minutes worth of a Computer Based Learning (CBL) session. Many corporations, especially those in retail, use similar systems to train their employees on a variety of subjects, including ethics. As long as one is attentive during the training phase, passing the self examination portion of a CBL is fairly easy. When it comes to situational ethics, most individuals know what the right thing to do is, regardless of whether they would actually do it. This is the classic definition of sin.

"Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin." James 4:17 (NASV)

This type of training is no guarantee of the ethical actions of another, nor is it effective in instilling ethics and morals in a person who is not already in possession of them. However, it is effective at identifying those individuals who are unable to discern right from wrong.

The fact that Gov. Blagojevich passed the ethics training program says nothing about his ethical foundation. The old adage is true, that 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'. It is clear that Blagojevich learned nothing from the ethics training. Having been caught doing the wrong thing, the right thing for him to do now is resign. Blagojevich waved yesterday as that opportunity passed by.

U.S. Senate Seat for Sale

Illinois Dem. Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris were arrested this morning by agents of the FBI on allegations of trying to sell Obama's vacant Senate. See the details here.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald describes the nature and the details of the complaint against the Governor in this video;



I would not have believed that any Governor, Republican or Democrat, could be this stupid, this arrogant, and this corrupt. Unbelievable! Bribery, extortion, abuse of power; this story has everything. Kind of reminds me of the Clinton administration. How many heads will roll over this? Will the Governor resign or be impeached? Who is Senate Candidate number 5? This is really going to be interesting.