Gregory D.

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September 11, 2009

Van Jones et al: Obama’s True Intentions Are Emerging

President Obama’s appointment of Van Jones as the so-called “Green Job Czar” speaks volumes about his political and philosophical underpinnings.

When conservative bloggers, not the national media, began looking into Jones’s background, they discovered he was a devout Marxist, accused white business owners of intentionally polluting black communities, believes America engages in imperialism around the world, and publicly called Republican legislators “a**holes.”

When it was revealed that Jones had also signed a petition calling for congressional hearings into whether the Bush Administration was complicit with Al-Qaeda in causing the events of 9/11, it was too much even for the Obama Administration to defend, so Jones was forced to resign.

A cursory look into other Obama appointments reveals that his choice for State Department legal advisor, Harold Koh, the dean of Yale law school, believes that in an appropriate case, there was no reason why Sharia law could not be applied to govern a case in the United States. Has he ever read the U.S. Constitution?

Yet, another appointee, John Holdren, Obama’s Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the “Science Czar,” wrote a book titled Ecoscience in 1977, in which he recommended the creation of a United Nations-run “Planetary Regime” take control of the world’s population, resources and environment. If that wasn’t bad enough, he further recommended compulsory sterilization and abortion in some cases, as part of a government scheme to control population. He even suggested that a “sterilant” be developed and added to food and drinking water, but cautioned that the substance must be “uniformly effective” and “free of dangerous or unpleasant side effects.” Holdren seems to be a mad scientist who probably mixes chemicals in his basement to find such a sterilant. Once developed, Jones’s green-jobbers and ACORN workers could be mass-produced and distributed.  

The appointment of these radical thinkers makes one wonder how they could ever come into prominent government positions. Is the White House vetting process so flawed that mistake after mistake is made with these appointments, or are these people selected for these positions precisely because of their radical views?

I think the latter is true. Obama’s use of “czars” is designed specifically to circumvent congressional hearings that would expose their radical agendas. If you had a hidden agenda, isn’t this what you would do? It is now obvious that appointing czars avoids media scrutiny and conceals their backgrounds, thoughts, papers, writings and speeches. Appointing almost three dozen czars reveals Obama’s true intentions. He is surrounding himself with like-minded people to carry out and promote his radical agenda that, if made public, the vast majority of the American people would immediately reject it.

I can only assume that these czars truthfully filled out the required seven-page, 63-question White House questionnaire every prospective cabinet member and high-ranking government appointee allegedly had to do. At the time this vetting process was announced, CNN reported: “Question 61 seems to have been prompted by the controversy over former 1960s radical William Ayres in Obama’s campaign: "Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used – even unfairly – to impugn or attack your character or qualifications for government service?"

In light of Van Jones signing a petition calling for the investigation of alleged government complicity in the 9/11 attacks, I would like to know his answer to that question. What part of associating with people and groups that could be used to attack your character or qualifications for government service didn’t Jones understand? Did Jones think that being friendly with “9/11 Truthers” was a resume enhancer?

The media is now reporting that Jones never filled out the White House questionnaire. Does the same hold true for Holdren and Koh? It appears the White House created the questionnaire only to give the appearance of vetting well-qualified candidates. Otherwise Jones would have been required to fill one out.   

When you consider President Obama’s past association with the likes of William Ayres and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, it becomes clear that the appointments of Jones, Holdren and Koh are not anomalies, but a systematic pattern of seeking out and entrusting hard-core leftists to fulfill his vision for America.

Gregory D. Lee can be contacted through his web site: www.gregorydlee.com.

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