I don’t really have a lot to say about Van Jones.  My two sources for my comments are both articles at Power Line (also Power Line).  It was reported last week that in addition to openly professing to be a Communist, Van Jones was a 911 truther.   He also supports cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal.  This is not a wonderful resume.

The articles point out:

“Jones also signifies the cooperation of the mainstream media in Obama’s machinations. The nonfeasance of the mainstream media in the performance of their job has been virtually complete. They have left it to the likes of the indomitable Gateway Pundit to reveal what a man we have in Jones, and therewith the project in which the Obama administration is engaged. The mainstream media have Obama’s back. Yesterday Byron York ran a Nexis search on Van Jones and posted the resutls:

Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.

“As of today, I think York’s calculation still obtains for the New York Times, but the Wshington Post has contributed a few words on the White House’s “tepid support” of Jones. A reader is more or less left to fend for himself in figuring the the substance of Jones’s statements or views that have produced this “tepid support.””

Van Jones is one of President Obama’s czars.  That means he did not have to go through the confirmation process in his search for a position at the White House.  Is there anyone who actually believes he would have been able to get through the confirmation process?

The fact that Van Jones has a position in the White House shows that our system of government is breaking down.  Czars are not a part of the US Constitution.  They are a way of avoiding the checks and balances that are supposed to be built into the system.  We need to find a way to put those checks and balances back in!