Why is it that every time I hear Van Jones speak, I am immediately energized and motivated? He is smart, funny, articulate and quite handsome. I'd love to have lunch with him! Until then, I'll have to be content to see him at Bioneers or hear him on the radio.
I heard him on a weekly radio broadcast of the Commonwealth Club (heard on KPBX 91.1 in Spokane, WA Thursdays from noon until 1:00 p.m.).
I was very disappointed when Van resigned from the Obama administration and didn't understand why he didn't stay and "duke" it out in DC. Now I understand. He didn't want to be a distraction and wisely determined that if he left the post, more green collar jobs would be created and the programs he has been so passionate about would go forward. He didn't say this on the radio and I didn't read the coverage when the Van scan(dal) blew apart. I didn't have the heart to listen to people run him down.
Van suggested that the American people ask the "banksters" for their money back. I agree. WTF? They did pay back the bail out money which was swell, but filled with self-interest. The banksters just wanted to go back to doing whatever they heck they want to, loan money (or not), fleece people, just business as usual without dreaded "government oversight." Not a fan of Wall Street. I'm keeping it real on Main Street.
Read Van's book and get inspired too. The Green movement is here to stay. Green energy is America's next industrial revolution. So Sarah Palin can drill baby drill her ass right to the bottom of the ocean along with BP. Oil is the past. Electricity, wind and new inventions are the future.
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Collar-Economy-Solution-Problems/dp/B003GAN3FK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1279953913&sr=8-1-catcorr
Friday, July 23, 2010
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