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1. #1
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:05 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   “You all mind if we dance wif yo dates?”

2. #2
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:05 pm, Truesoldier said:

   The Green Collar Economy

   Sounds like some dirty laudry there.

3. #3
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:07 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   His book /The Green Collar Economy /was a New York Times bestseller and/ /is considered the definitive book on “green jobs.”

   Can be found in the same book sections along with Stephen King and H.P Lovecraft!

4. #4
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:14 pm, letget said:

   It would not surprise me one bit for van to be on this bho new climate board he is going to start. One thing about all this bho people, they never actually go away, they just get a new job title.
   L

5. #5
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:15 pm, swede said:

   Van Jones, an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy, comes to Columbia Business School to share his vision of a future “green economy.”

   Wouldn’t that be the same stage where that other great pioneer in human rights Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave such a moving and eloquent oration? – Not to mention the alma mater of the Socialist in Chief.

   If you visit a sewer, you may expect to see lots of turds and experience a rather fowl smell. Just saying.

6. #6
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:19 pm, rocketman said:

   ***
   The self confessed Communist, 9/11 “truther”, and President Obama ex CZAR will fit right in at Colombia–they already hosted the Iranian Hitler there.
   ***
   Is Van Jones still on the Taxpayer’s dime? Do we support this clown?
   ***
   John Bibb
   ***

7. #7
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:25 pm, happy2behere said:

   What green collar economy?! He must be projecting, or prostelytizing.

8. #8
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:31 pm, stillontheroad said:

   I confess, I just cannot see workers on rooftops or in a field happily whistling while they work installing Solar Panels and Wind Turbines. Maybe I have not been looking close enough. Green Collar Economy? What the hell does that mean? After all the installation is complete, the Green Collar workers go home without a job and happily eat shoe leather all the while knowing what power they could have had, but can no longer pay for, is pollution free or some such rot.

9. #9
   On February 9th, 2010 at 1:36 pm, One_American said:

   Whenever I hear the phrase “green jobs” anymore – I see in my mind’s eye the same color green that the Hamas terrorists wear.

   Why is that?

10. #10
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:36 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Ask the Spaniards about Green Collar jobs. For every Green job, they lost 2 real ones.

11. #11
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:37 pm, cheapseat said:

    WHAT GREEN JOBS? If anyone out there can tell me one green industry which produces a product that competes without subsidy, please inform me. Solar, good for heating your swimming pool, but a joke for heating your house. Wind, the perfect power source for deaf blowhards. Ocean or water currents, you can’t put a dam on a river it might hurt the fisheees, and hell no you aren’t putting any power plant on my ocean front lots. So let’s all caulk our houses!

12. #12
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:48 pm, rambler said:

    The Green job industry gave us traffic lights which don’t melt the snow and wind turbines which won’t work in cold climates. Do they have any more bright ideas? Green jobs are all about spending something that is “green” rather than saving the environment.

13. #13
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:48 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Van Jones, an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy, a self-described Marxist Revolutionary comes to Columbia Business School…

    Truth in advertising…

14. #14
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:49 pm, Hangfire said:

    Van Jones 2010 Tour Dates:

    15 Feb. Columbia University
    16 Feb. NYU
    19 Feb. Berkeley (Sold Out)
    22 Feb. SFSU
    24 Feb. Univ. of Hawaii
    26 Feb. Patrice Lumumba Univ.
    1 Mar. Univ. of Caracas
    4 Mar. Che Guevarra Univ.
    8 Mar. Univ. of Wisconsin
    10 Mar. Teheran Univ.
    12 Mar. Radio Pyongyang (Sold Out)

15. #15
    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:54 pm, Texhoma said:

    Guess we will all be making cheap necklaces and rings in the future.

16. #16
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:02 pm, RedDog said:

    What the h*ll kind of business school would actually pay a Marxist punk to lecture students on “green jobs”? What a confederacy of dunces.

17. #17
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:06 pm, JustAThought said:

    Um, the only ‘green’ jobs I know of belong to greenskeepers at the local golf courses, the arborists and the groundskeepers/lawn maintenance folks I see driving around.

    Just sayin’…

18. #18
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On February 9th, 2010 at 1:37 pm, cheapseat said:
    you can’t put a dam on a river it might hurt the fisheees

    Speaking of hydro-electric power, the greenie meanies up here in Washington convinced the voters to list hydor-electric power as a non-renewable source of electricity and then wonder why their electric bills have gone up…

19. #19
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:19 pm, corkie said:

    I hope he gets tough questions from smart students that understand the flaws in the whole alternative energy / green jobs thing.

20. #20
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:21 pm, cms405 said:

    Do you think he will come in an Audi TDI and be escorted by the Green Police?

21. #21
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:31 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    The wind turbines that have been installed in MN are not turning…..it’s too cold for them.

    Green is the new Red.

22. #22
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm, kudafa said:

    Rogue #3; You must have squandered much of your youth if you know the name H. P. Lovecraft. I’ve never met anyone else who knows of him & that he wrote very strange horror. Here’s a test to see if you really know your stuff. Who was Cordwainer Smith, what did he write & what is connection to the Orient? (Cue Jeopardy music)

23. #23
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Chew Z anyone?

24. #24
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm, J.J. Sefton said:

    I wonder if the Minutemen would like to engage in the type of free speech and righteous indignation that the leftists always champion… and rush the stage.

25. #25
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm, J.J. Sefton said:

    That is, the type of free speech and protest that was used against them at Columbia.

26. #26
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm, kudafa said:
    Rogue #3; You must have squandered much of your youth if you know the name H. P. Lovecraft. I’ve never met anyone else who knows of him & that he wrote very strange horror. Here’s a test to see if you really know your stuff. Who was Cordwainer Smith, what did he write & what is connection to the Orient? (Cue Jeopardy music)

    I’m afraid you have me there, I’ve heard his name but I don’t recall reading anything by him. Although The Planet Buyer sounds familiar to me. I’ve forgotten a lot. My tastes besides H.P. Lovecraft, was along the lines of Arthur Conan Doyle, Kipling, Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury and a lot of Sci-Fi shorts that escape me at the moment.
    I hardly ever read for pleasure anymore, but did recently pick up the complete Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and a massive Arthur C. Clarkes book for $3. I will endeavor to read them even if it kills me.

27. #27
    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:56 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Oh and H.G. Wells, read a lot of his stuff.

28. #28
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:06 pm, stillontheroad said:

    Hows about H Rider Haggard,Roger Zelazny, Phillip Jose farmer and Phillip K Dick.

29. #29
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:08 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Do Androids dream of electric sheep? Why yes, I believe they do.

30. #30
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:11 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I have the anniversary director’s cut of Blade Runner, still incredible after all these years. I wish all the old sci-fi were brought to the screen with as much attention.

31. #31
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:19 pm, stillontheroad said:

    The cut with the Unicorn Scene? One I watch from time to time is A.I. To this day I find that one well done

32. #32
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:20 pm, TheCorruptedLamb said:

    As a former boss used to say: “Follow the Yellow Brick road, and ignore the smell of manure!”

33. #33
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:23 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Hey, the Flim Flam Man is back I see. Well, everyone’s got to make a living, I guess.

34. #34
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:38 pm, max said:

    I wonder will Valerie Jarret be joining Van the Man on his triumphant tour (just to keep him away from the smitten coeds)…?

35. #35
    On February 9th, 2010 at 3:57 pm, J.J. Sefton said:

    The Van Jones/Anita Dunn Band, with their big hit Papa Ooh MAO-MAO (or should that be Mau-Mau?)

36. #36
    On February 9th, 2010 at 4:22 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    People are still using the term “green” after the climategate scandal? Slow learners.

37. #37
    On February 9th, 2010 at 4:28 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    And isn’t it rather telling the only job he can get creates nothing but hot air? Has he ever had a physical job in his life? (seriously asking, I don’t know)

38. #38
    On February 9th, 2010 at 4:54 pm, tbear44 said:

    If you are a current student or alum and can get to the event, be sure to RSVP and let us know what he’s up to

    And if you can stand that you should be awarded a medal.

39. #39
    On February 9th, 2010 at 4:58 pm, spaceycakes said:

    an award-winning pioneer

    You mean an ‘award’, like, um, a 4H ribbon? Or for his soapbox derby entry? What?

    You mean ‘pioneer’ like Daniel Boone? Lewis & Clark?

    I don’t get it.

40. #40
    On February 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pm, nail49 said:

    The only Gree Job I recall was the guys who produced Soylent Green.

    Please pass the hot sauce!

41. #41
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:00 pm, nail49 said:

    Sheesh!

    Green Job

    I know, I know, “Preview” is my friend!

42. #42
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:05 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    What’s his speaking fee? WHAT’S HIS SPEAKING FEE??!!@1!

    Let’s get a good look at his palm in slo-mo…what’s it say, WHAT’S IT SAY?! See that? See that! It says, “cap/trade…emission cuts…Marx…Republican a-holes holding us down…” The words on his other hand are pretty smeared, but I think they read, “9/11 inside job” and “Columbine white suburbanites.”

43. #43
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:13 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    *Van Jones, an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy a communist, comes to Columbia Business School to share his vision of a future “green economy.”

44. #44
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:14 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    *Van Jones, an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy an anti-American communist, comes to Columbia Business School to share his vision of a future “green economy.”

45. #45
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:15 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    *Van Jones, an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy a racist anti-American communist, comes to Columbia Business School to share his vision of a future “green economy.

46. #46
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:37 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    The wind turbines that have been installed in MN are not turning…it’s too cold for them.

    No, you’re not looking close enough. They’re turning. Even on completely windless days they turn. The power company just uses power from the grid to turn the turbines so everyone thinks that wind power is so fabulous!

    And everyone wonders why their energy bills go up.

47. #47
    On February 9th, 2010 at 5:39 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    People are still using the term “green” after the climategate scandal? Slow learners.

    All socialists do that. They just keep trying until you cave. A century of failure proves nothing!

48. #48
    On February 9th, 2010 at 6:58 pm, mattm said:

    Green Jobs. Hmm. Can Van Jones and crew tell me any “Green Collar Job” that is not in some way shape or form subsidized by the government or big Corporation. Even if it is not, if it is not the most reliable way to say, generate electricity, then it is not a job. It is a feel good job.

49. #49
    On February 9th, 2010 at 7:47 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    #19 …
    Speaking of hydro-electric power, the greenie meanies up here in Washington convinced the voters to list hydor-electric power as a non-renewable source of electricity …

    There are some power plants around here where the water from the lake flows down hill during the daytime to run the generators. At night, the water is pumped up hill to reload the source.

    Because it is not wind or solar would they qualify as “non-renewable”?

50. #50
    On February 9th, 2010 at 7:55 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On February 9th, 2010 at 2:31 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    The wind turbines that have been installed in MN are not turning…..it’s too cold for them.

    Or it could be they are just clogged up with all the dead birds that were trying to fly south in October. Those turbines are lethal. And ineffective. And stupid. Keep trying, folks. You might get something that doesn’t kill birds or fill our landfills with mercury, or use up all our corn for fuel, or stop working if the sun doesn’t shine for a few days. Geez!

51. #51
    On February 9th, 2010 at 10:10 pm, pressto said:

    Anyone want to bet he is getting $15-25,000 or so for this appearance?

52. #52
    On February 9th, 2010 at 11:45 pm, jangar said:

    letget said:

    It would not surprise me one bit for van to be on this bho new climate board he is going to start. One thing about all this bho people, they never actually go away, they just get a new government job title.

    More accurate.

53. #53
    On February 10th, 2010 at 12:12 am, sbw999 said:

    Old disgraced Marxist anti-American political appointees never die; they just lecture at lib infested colleges across the Country.

54. #54
    On February 10th, 2010 at 4:09 am, cabrerski said:

    Green collar? Is that like ring around the collar? Is that something a little Wisk detergent can get out?

    Here’s a little nostalgia for you…