Israel Matzav

Columbia gives yet another Jew-hater a platform

Remember Van Jones, President Obumbler's 'green czar,' who was thrown under the bus after Jim Hoft outed him as a 9/11 truther? Jones is trying to rehabilitate his image and 0 as usual - Columbia is willing to oblige him.

The Green Collar Economy: /A discussion with Van Jones, President Obama’s former special advisor on green jobs.
Monday, February 15th, 6 – 7pm, Uris 141

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

From March to September 2009, Van worked as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. In that position, he developed policy recommendations to help implement the Obama Administration’s commitment to clean energy jobs.

Van Jones website: http://www.vanjones.net/

It's going to take a lot to convince anyone but the real moonbat Left that it's worth it to listen to Jones. ABC News reported on Tuesday that after spending $2 billion(!) on wind turbines, the Obama administration has succeeded in creating about 6,000 jobs overseas and 'a couple of hundred' in the United States (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). So each of those American jobs cost $10 million to create, and if you're charitable and add in the overseas jobs the cost of creating or saving 6,200 jobs is still $322,580 per job.

But the moonbat Left still loves Jones anyway, because he has the number one qualification to be one of their favorites and to be invited to speak at Columbia: He's a Jew hater.

Here's a transcript of a 2002 radio interview with Jones that gives us some more insight into yet another Jew-hating associate of Barack Obama:

Dennis: now w Van Jones "AUDIO of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in San Francisco.. Van: I came to the holy land to get a view of the human rights situation.. I was totally unprepared.. THE WORST RACIAL PRACTICES OF THE LAST CENTURY ARE PRESENT HERE, IN SHOCKING COMBINATION.. Arab citizens under a pass situation like apartheid.. about the harrassment of an Arab American in our group at the airport.. people in the US don't have a clear view of what is going on.. like 'settlements'.. 30,000 people in massive cities, with Burger Kings and malls, and defended with the whole might of the Israeli army.. wholesale demolition of Palestinian homes.. the US supporting the whole mess.. to see it.. to see what it means for Arab people is really really distressing.. Dennis: US media shows Israel backed into a corner.. Van: I came over here very concerned about Israeli children living in fear.. nobody is winning here.. WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE GOES FAR BEYOND WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SAFETY.. ABSOLUTE HOUSE ARREST FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN A CITY.. 24/7 FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.. NONE OF THIS COULD RATIONALLY BE CONCEIVED OF AS DEFENCE.. I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG OPPONENT OF ANTI-SEMITISM.. NOW NOT TO SPEAK OUT HERE IS ANTI-SEMITIC.. WE OWE IT TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.. AND PALESTINE.. TO PUT AN END TO THESE KIND OF ABUSES.. THERE IS NO DIVISION BETWEEN US POLICY TOWARD IRAQ AND TOWARD ISRAEL-PALESTINE.. THE US GOVERNMENT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF SANITY.. to push Iraq into a corner and threaten it with massive war.. we need new leadership in Tel Aviv and Washington.. let's link all these situations together.. boldly speaking the truth.. I went to the funeral of a young Palestinian boy shot by Israeli soldier.. I saw his bloody body being placed into the ground.. since I've been here four children killed by soldiers.. not being reported by the media.. but being recorded in the hearts and minds of the mothers and fathers here.

I wonder if anyone will show up to heckle him.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:17 AM