Netroots Nation 2010: Van Jones' keynote speech - "Hope & Heartbreak" [VIDEO]

"If you keep the hope alive, then change is still possible." - Van Jones (Netroots Nation 2010)

Netroots Nation 2010: Van Jones interviewed by Ari Melber [VIDEO]

"Remember, Obama volunteered to be the captain of the Titanic, after it hit the iceberg." - Van Jones (Netroots Nation 2010)

Van Jones Resigns: Score one for the assholes of America who are always against progress.

From the minute I made my post the other week a day after Glen Beck dubbed Van Jones a communist Black supremacist I knew it was coming. I figured it was going to be a matter of time before he either resigned or was thrown under the bus by president Obama. Looking back at the rhetoric on my post it was clear; and as I stated, this was indeed an attack on Black intelligentsia and community activism. Well, score one for the assholes of America folks because Van Jones has resigned.

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of controversy stemming from his past activism.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' 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." [Source: The Washington Post]

Way to go muthafuckas; so much for the whole Green Jobs concept being trickled down to our urban communities. Yep, just a day or so after it was revealed that the current unemployment rate (9.7%) is at a 26yr high. Ya happy now bitches? While Republicans and the Glenn Beck Fool-Aid drinking crew relish in this as a victory, ultimately, it is the country who loses. Yes, America loses at the hands of dis-informed mental midgets who would love nothing better than to see the current president, and former "community organizer" fail.

Well you know what? Like Bernie Mack, we ain't scared of you muthafuckas; and us Nazi's in the community are going to keep fighting. We're going to keep organizing and fighting the big machine for social justice and change. If anything, this should be a wake-up call for progressive minded political individuals the likes of myself (i.e. Progressive Negroes). As a group we must fight fire with fire. No, unlike the opposition we should not push lies and espouse vitriolic rhetoric for political expediency. What we should do is speak truth to power and educate the masses harder than ever. Surely we cannot change the minds of all. But our voice is powerful, and with the truth is on our side, we'll never lose.

Black people, it is imperative that we do a better job of defending our images and distorted perceptions in the face of the right wing sharks who do not have our best interests at heart. Van Jones will be ok; he's going to continue the good work he has always done. He will continue to champion the fight for the disenfranchised among us, the fight for saving our environment, and the fight for economic equality among ethnic groups. If these issues makes him a communist, or a Black Supremacist as he has been labeled, then I guess him and I are one in the same. On Friday Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) called on Jones to resign, saying in a statement, "His extremist views and coarse rhetoric have no place in this administration or the public debate." Really? This coming from a representative of a party who welcomes racially divisive and extremist rhetoric at town hall meetings?

My only disappointment through all of this, is that as a people (Black people) we slept on this one. We pitched a bitch about not enough key Black appointees within the current administration. But we stood bye and allowed another one of ours to be railroaded in the media. We did the same thing with the good old Rev. Jeremiah Wright as the media with it's soundbite after soundbite made him out to be a pariah. Well, are we just going to continue to allow them to do that to everything and everyone Black associated with Barack Obama? Jones was right, those of us who are not Barack Hussien Obama, are going to have to get uppity.

Well done assholes...

Van Jones a Communist? Really Glenn Beck? Uh oh, those smart Negroes are always up to something aren't they?!!

I'm gonna go ahead and say it: Glenn Beck is a slimy bastard, and I hope he gets booted off the airwaves. To date, he has lost a host of sponsors of his show due to collective activism, and the efforts of colorofchange.org. All of this because of his proclamation that Barack Obama is racist and has a problem with white people. And last night I heard he was attacking Obama's appointed Green Jobs Czar Van Jones. Yes, this asshole had the nerve to do what he does best which would be to motivate the ignorant among us with lies.

Check it out:

[you should see the comments to this video on Youtube]

Wait, you mean to tell me that we're still in the 60's where every "revolutionary" was viewed as being communists? Shit, wasn't that the same thing they said about W.E.B. DuBois before he eventually said fuck this country and moved to Africa? We're back on that weak stuff?

Listen, I happen to love Van Jones and what he has been doing for years as a "community organizer". That said, who the fuck is Glenn Beck, and what has he done for anybody but espouse the most idiotic vitriol ever on airwaves to benefit himself as he makes $20 million a year. We've seen this all before, right? Intelligent Black man becomes capable of making moves and affecting positive change, and then he suddenly becomes a threat. You know how they do Smart Negroes; shit, every once in a while they end up becoming president and we can't have that. So, instead of telling people the truth, it's more effective to attack Black intellectualism by using buzz words like Socialist, Nazi, and now Communist.

You wanna know the truth about this whole thing. Van Jones and James Rucker started the organization Color of Change. Yes, the very same organization that is responsible for corporate advertisers dropping sponsorship of Glen Beck's show. Yes, this isn't about Van Jones, or Obama, this is about Beck trying to fight back the best way his punk-ass can. And that would be with lies. I just wanted to take a minute to weigh in on this and as always, tell the damn truth.You see, the real truth here people, is that people of color, who God forbid become educated and attempt to go against the status quo, will always be a threat to the likes of Glenn Beck and the rest of the idiots in this country.

If you have no idea who Van Jones the "community organizer" really is...

check out this following clip and tell me if he sounds as dangerous as Beck makes him out to be:

Um, I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound quite like Communism to me.