(Cross-posting this from my Glenn Beck thread cuz, hey, why not?):
I think the evidence, taken as a whole, indicates that Van Jones is very much a has-been radical leftist. He wouldn't be the first person to be a Marxist idealist up to the age of 25 or so, only to slide back towards the center with age, or, even more likely, upon being subsumed into the DC power culture. Participating within the power culture as a soloist is hardly effective in overthrowing the socioeconomic structure.
From his book "The Green-Collar Economy":
"[W]e are entering an era during which our very survival will demand invention and innovation on a scale never before seen in the history of human civilization. Only the business community has the requisite skills, experience, and capital to meet that need. On that score, neither government nor the nonprofit and voluntary sectors can compete, not even remotely.
So in the end, our success and survival as a species are largely and directly tied to the new eco-entrepreneurs — and the success and survival of their enterprises. Since almost all of the needed eco-technologies are likely to come from the private sector, civic leaders and voters should do all that can be done to help green business leaders succeed. That means, in large part, electing leaders who will pass bills to aid them. We cannot realistically proceed without a strong alliance between the best of the business world —and everyone else." (emphases mine)
Jones is a proponent of eco-capitalism, much like Paul Hawken, author of "Natural Capitalism", who endorsed his book. And you remember that crazy radical bomb-thrower who was promoting Hawken's book for a while? Yep, Bill Clinton, avowed Commie - the Commie who tossed welfare as we know it. But I know, I know, eco-capitalism is just secret code-talk for Stalinism or whatever..... yeah, sure.
Also, nobody's seriously upset about this guy's use of the word "asshole" - are they?
Cuz, I can recall a certain prez who called a reporter a "major-league asshole".
