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The Spectacle Blog
The particularly unsavory left-wing pressure group Color of Change has an axe to grind with Glenn Beck -- and it's personal.
The extremist racial grievance group isn't happy that Beck did several news packages on Van Jones, President Obama's controversial green jobs czar who describes himself as a communist. (Green really is the new red.)
Jones is a founding board member of Color of Change, but Color of Change doesn't want you to know that. Maybe having an avowed America-hating radical on the group's board is bad public relations.
The group deleted references to Jones on its "about" page. That page used to say, "James Rucker and Van Jones came together in the wake of [Hurricane] Katrina to use the organizing power of the Internet to give Black Americans and our allies a renewed and strengthened political voice."
But now it doesn't.
The old page still exists in the Google cache. (The cache will eventually be cleared, so for safekeeping, I made a PDF of the page here.) The 501(c)(4) group's 2006 and 2007 tax returns (IRS Form 990) show Jones as a director.
Jones was also on the board of the Apollo Alliance, a hard-left environmentalist group that is now running large chunks of the Obama administration. Beck pounded away at the Apollo Alliance and Jones on a recent show.
On its website, Color of Change invited people to sign a petition to spare the life of convicted multiple murder Stanley Tookie Williams. From the petition:
Stanley Tookie Williams has become a true asset to our community. As a co-founder of the Crips, Tookie created untold suffering and death. There is nothing romantic or glamorous about the kind of violence the Crips unleashed. But Williams has taken responsibility for the harm he's done. And since then, he has saved the lives of countless young Black males. He will continue to do the same-but only if he's allowed to live. It would be senseless for the State of California to kill a man who is working every day to stop the madness of gang violence.
Mass murderers don't usually get clemency. Williams was executed in 2005.
The race-baiting conspiracy theorists of Color of Change appear to be enjoying some success in their campaign to convince advertisers to boycott the "Glenn Beck Program," which airs at 5 p.m. Eastern time on weekdays.
The group's co-founder James Rucker gloats in an op-ed at the Huffington Post that Progressive Insurance and several other advertisers have dropped Beck's show since Color of Change started promoting a boycott. Of course it's not all that surprising that Progressive Insurance dropped Beck. After all, the company was founded by left-wing philanthropist Peter B. Lewis.
Rucker is a former MoveOn.org organizer. He is also a co-founder of the Secretary of State Project, the group that helped to elect Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Ritchie, a former community organizer who has worked hand in hand with ACORN, helped set the stage for Sen. Al Franken (D-ACORN) to steal the 2008 Senate election in Minnesota.
(Hat tip as to the existence of the boycott: Jeff Poor @ NewsBusters)
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Missy| 8.12.09 @ 2:25AM
I hope Beck has good security; Obama has lots of nasty thugs in his administration. Good job, Glenn--keep it up, you must be getting close to the truth.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:05AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Jesus Christ| 8.12.09 @ 5:06AM
You people are crazy. Read my book some more; love one another, as I have loved you.
Solo| 8.12.09 @ 9:29AM
LOL!
He posts as "Jesus Christ", encourages us to read "his" book, lists the post ....like....10 times in a row and then calls US "crazy".
Tim| 8.12.09 @ 10:14AM
Obama and his stable of the unstable. God save the Republic.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque| 8.12.09 @ 11:32AM
..like....10 times in a row and then calls US "crazy".
I believe there's a way to limit the number of times something can be submitted in a certain time span, to prevent that "flooding" effect...
Bill Simpson| 8.12.09 @ 12:39PM
There sure are many thoughts on Jones and this administration, but I say it's too coincidental that he winds up an unelected "semi-official" (I guess that's his title.) A few items in this web: HE SAID, he's a communist, I didn't hear anyone label him as such. Now, think back to Michelle's campaign talk: "You're going to have to change your thinking. You're going to have to put history aside, and forget traditions!" What does that mean?? Our history and traditions are an important part of our great country, and not too many people are going to follow her advice. And then, of course, there's the Cloward-Piven strategy...do a search of it. At the listing of relevant item, choose the first two; the Amer Thinker article and discoverthenetworks.org . You decide if this is where the Obama crowd lives. Until it can be shown differently, there seems to be something "fishy" going on in Washington. And then they can't understand why Americans at the townhall meetings are questioning their "plans" for us. Bring the heat on, this is a free America for allof us.
Becky| 8.12.09 @ 1:52PM
Liberals detest Jesus Christ because they believe they are divine. Satan is more like it.
Ray| 8.12.09 @ 3:24PM
Boldly and bravely I post on www.algma.com.
I am always looking for new and revlenet material.
Send it to me, rreggie@toughguy.net
Keep up the good work Glenn
Bob| 8.12.09 @ 8:00PM
Obama represents the emergency of a meritocracy in the USA.
That's why the trailer trash are so upset.
They are used to pushing to the front of the line because they are white.
But those days are over.
Ben| 8.12.09 @ 8:33PM
Ben, sounds like you and Glenn need to seriously stick together, you with the nyt and him with the social engineering bunch. Yeesh, well we've got your backs.
Ben| 8.12.09 @ 8:34PM
Hell, I'm sorry Matt, the Ben Stein popup tricked me into thinking it was his article.
John| 8.12.09 @ 9:29PM
Obama represents the emergency of a meritocracy in the USA.
That's why the trailer trash are so upset.
They are used to pushing to the front of the line because they are white.
But those days are over.
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Bob if trailer trash are pushed to the head of the line...why do they still live in trailers? Are you just angry because some lower paid workers found affordable housing rather than government projects? Geez its all about race isn't it???? What a loser...
Justin Roether| 8.12.09 @ 10:11PM
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.
Sonny| 8.12.09 @ 10:13PM
The only ones who've ever pushed to the front of the line were minorities--it's call AFFIRMATIVE ACTION! Bob sounds incoherent, must be crack.
StewartIII| 8.13.09 @ 6:42PM
ChickaBOOMer: Obama Thugs Piss On Glenn Beck's Revenue Stream
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-thugs-piss-on-glenn-becks-revenue.html
dona| 8.13.09 @ 9:43PM
Go Glenn Go!!!! Evidently the "real media" won't vet anyone associated with Chicago politics....I live in Illinois...I know!
Deep Needle| 8.14.09 @ 4:25PM
I love Governor Schwarzenegger. Like Tookie found out, Governor Schwarzenegger mixes a might mean cocktail. Tookie took his final cocktail in the vein!
-Deep Needle
Luv the USA| 8.16.09 @ 5:52AM
Glen you are the BEST...we love you! Keep up the EXCELLENT work. Honest, ethical people are hard to find these days especially in the media so rest assured that you have a huge following. We have lots of experience in Tea Parties, Town Hall mtgs, making our voices heard and yes, we too know how to boycott companies so look out Geico, Progressive and the rest. Most importantly, we have power as our numbers are many...don't forget, we were once known as the 'silent majority' but no more! You can definitely count on us to come to your rescue if need be. Thanks 'American Spectator' for the valuable insight! Onward and upward!
Julie| 8.18.09 @ 9:43PM
Van Jones should be sued for what he did. But he won't be--he'll be lauded for his work. What a twisted world we live in.
Mike Savage| 8.19.09 @ 10:55AM
Where are those damn Weapons of Mass Destruction. Can`t even find WMD in the dictionary anymore?
Freedompass| 8.20.09 @ 4:35PM
Go Glenn Beck!!! Keep up the heat on these Marxists! It is truly amazing to me that anyone who is black in America is interested in promoting enslavement by the Federal Government. While Obama is fomenting this race baiting and thuggery, where are the blacks who love freedom? And is Beck being targeted because he is a good and honest white man who believes in freedom for all of us....not just white people? This entire Obama fiasco is truly unbelievable. Somebody needs to start reading Thomas Sowell and Walter E. Williams....instead of Saul Alinsky. !!!!!
Sam| 8.24.09 @ 1:44PM
What amazes me is how slow America is to react to dangers taking place to their freedom. It was already clear that terrorists were at war with the US before the US woke up to that fact. (after 3000+ deaths)
Now a would be dictator has manipulated the US public into getting himself elected and has been actively destroying the country from within. Now their debt has tripled, their auto industry is in shambles and soon their healthcare will be provided at the government's discretion. Americans are still stumbling around scratching their heads like fools wondering what to do.
Expect the country to be in shambles before it finally sinks in that they are being attacked by their own "leaders".
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