"Captain Sobel doesn't hate Easy Company private, he just hates you."

Well thank you Titus.

I admit, I laughed as soon as I read your title, I knew what was coming in the first paragraph ... hehehe.

Well - Van Jones is out. The idea that we even have a "green jobs czar" position strikes me as a sad commentary on our national course heading. It might as well be named "post industrial America czar." At any rate this is no mere partisan head hunting commentary (not that we engage in that here anyway), for this individuals ideology was shockingly radical, read: dangerous to the US economy. Among his infamous affiliations he became an avowed communist after the Rodney King verdict (I'm still trying to figure out what one has to do with the other, I mean does he prefer a shorter anagram then LAPD to conduct his citizen beatings ... say KGB?); he has described capitalism and societies that embrace it in the most derogatory of terms; he insisted we as a nation must move to an "eco-economy"; quipped that "it's white kids, not black kids that shoot up entire schools" (a Columbine reference); and the 2nd of his biggest dust-ups: he referred to Republicans (on video) as "a** holes." Now that last one I find least offensive of all, in fact I don't find any offense truth be told. Some Republicans ARE a** holes. We learned that in the bailouts, original TARP money, the Southern border debates, etc. One comes to mind immediately ... I'm thinking of a name ... rhymes with Karaln Fector ... I'll think of it in a minute. At any rate the offense that finally sealed his fate was evidence that he signed an online petition asking the US Government to reveal its role in staging the 9/11 attacks. Seriously, what exactly IS the vetting process at the White House? Or even more scary to consider - perhaps Jones aced that process. And THAT is why this resignation holds relevance - our president continually asks us to suspend our senses and buy into the notion that whether it's Reverend Wright, or Bill Ayers or Bernadine Dorn, or his warm greeting of Chavez, the off script comments about "spreading the wealth around", all the way to hiring an actual Communist in his White House, that ALL OF THIS is some series of isolated events and coincidental people within his life, and in truth he is not a socialist himself, not a practicing neo-Marxist, not a statist, that what he has in common with all of these people is a love of sports I suppose. At some point any clear thinking independent voter that was giving him the benefit of the doubt last election cycle is going to conclude that the mosaic of his life points in a very definite direction, and there goes 2012, perhaps sooner, 2010.

Well ... I do appreciate your kudos on "Berkley boy." My only regret is you weren't standing floor during all of this. But it occurs to me that the one most in need of support & encouragement going forward is his soon to be bride. I didn't mention this in my last. See, I asked him if she enjoyed politics and history, if his bride to be shared that interest of his (in an attempt to lighten the conversation at one heated point). He responded, and I quote: "Yes, we talk politics some times, but she comes from a lower socio-economic background then I."

HA! I laughed & murmured to myself, "Well buddy, I'll see you back here when you're trying to get over your divorce." Hehehehe.