Posted by
B4REALITY on Friday, March 13, 2009 12:30:39 AM
Let's see if we can follow the Green-eyed monsters around:
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This is the first meeting of the Green Jobs: Watch the Panels.
I suggest you watch it! Van Jones is worth watching - a side note - you may now realize he was made infamous by COPWATCH - a S.F. Civil Rights activism - criminals civil rights being violoated by police. Particularly timely because of the 4 policeman murdered 3/21/09 by the hideous criminal in Oakland.
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Some new characters arise - they're new to me - but as you see they've been lurking around a long time!
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund and John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress (John Podesta is the Founder and President of the Center for American Progress
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http://revcom.us/a/v24/1151-1160/1156/june_6.htm
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This is a very interesting link. It's a link that takes you to a "revolutionary" protest...where Van Jones participated. What's even better though...the link where the link comes from --- it's a COMMUNIST GROUP - Van Jones marched on behalf of "anti-Israel" "pro-palestinian" group. Check it out (you have to go EDIT then do FIND to find Van Jones Name.) |
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Here we go! Van Jones has been appointed Green Czar
He doesn't realy know anything about green stuff...but he seems like a real nice guy.
Here are videos of Obama's most recent appointment - Van Jones - Green Czar:
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- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7htSuqtN6o
Van Jones Awards & Honors
In 2008, Van was awarded: one of Essence Magazine's "Influential/Inspiring African Americans of 2008"; the Puffin/Nation prize for "Creative Citizenship"; the Elle Magazine "Green Award 2008"; selection as one of the George Lucas Foundation's "Daring Dozen 2008"; Hunt Alternatives "Prime Mover Award 2008"; Campaign for America's Future "Paul Wellstone Award 2008"; Global Green USA "Community Environmental Leadership Award 2008"; designation as one of the nation's "Plenty 20" in the October/November 2008 edition of Plenty Magazine; San Francisco Foundation "Community Leadership Award 2008"; Environment News Feed's "2008 Top Eco-entrepreneur of the Year"; in 2008, and one of the 20 Hottest Influences in the National Urban League's Urban Influence Magazine.
Earlier in his career, Van was also awarded: the 1998 Reebok International "Human Rights Award"; the International Ashoka Fellowship; selection as a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader"; and the Rockefeller Foundation "Next Generation Leadership" Fellowship.
In 2008, Tom Friedman profiled Van in his bestselling book, Hot, Flat & Crowded. Also in 2008, Wilford Welch featured him in the book Tactics of Hope, and Joel Makower highlighted Van's ideas in the book Strategies for the Green Economy.
(Serially) Successful Social Entrepreneur
In 1996, Van co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, which advocates for juvenile justice reform, police reform, youth violence prevention and green-collar jobs. The Center's "Books Not Bars" campaign has successfully blocked construction of a super-jail for youth, closed two abusive youth prisons and helped to reduce California's youth prison population by 30 percent.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Van co-founded Color Of Change. Boasting 400,000 members, Color of Change has become the nation's biggest online advocacy organization that focuses on African-American issues.
Van is also a co-founder of a new national coalition that promotes the idea of a national "Clean Energy Jobs Corps." This multi-billion-dollar federal initiative would put hundreds of thousands of people to work rewiring and retrofitting the energy infrastructure of the United States.
Additionally, Van is a founding board member of the National Apollo Alliance and 1Sky, two national organizations promoting clean energy jobs and climate solutions.
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You might want to read about VAN'S CLEAN ENERGY JOB CORE that Obama (you and I) are funding:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS173211+12-Feb-2008+PRN20080212
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On a more serious note, Christopher Horner: