Van Jones Seemingly Thrilled With Capitalism When it Comes to Selling His Book
- Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:07pm by
Erica Ritz
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Van Jones has been making the rounds on various media outlets recently to promote his new book, “Rebuild the Dream.”
But some are asking, won’t the former “green jobs czar” and “Occupy” advocate feel uncomfortable with his riches in the often-protested 1%? He said just this weekend that “[The] Occupy movement pretty much saved the entire country from destruction,” and we all know how Occupiers feel about greedy capitalists.
Some are even saying Jones appears “super excited” about the capitalist system. He took the time to direct his Twitter followers to his book’s page on Amazon (one of those “giant corporations”).
He tweeted Sunday: “Whew! Just got off the set of @ThisWeekABC! @GStephanopoulos mentioned my book @RebuildDream twice! Yay! amazon.com/Rebuild-Dream-…”
He also told a fellow tweeter, “The e-book will b available on Tues. Check tomorrow, also, because a preorder option for Kindle may be available on Sunday. Thx!”
Twitchy captured one man‘s response to Jones’ tweet, where he asked, “…mr. Jones, what will you use the profits from your book sale for?”
(Photo: Twitchy)
On his interview with ABC, Jones appeared as a panelist alongside Ann Coulter. Watch their interesting discussion, below:
(H/T: Twitchy)
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Comments (87)
wuggly ump
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:43pmI really don’t care how much Mr. Jones makes I just wish he would stop playing the victim, and stop trying to take from others.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:17pm.
I’m shocked!
Another limousine liberal.
Amazing how they want to give away everyone’s money,
except theirs.
Hey Van, How about you give the book away?
Report Post »Spread the wealth.
Ruler4You
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:44pmTypical communist double speak. “It ain’t good for you, but it’s okay for me.” And I‘m here to ensure that you don’t have to get any of it.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:08pmI just wish he would go away
Report Post »jzs
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:33pmWho the f is Van Jones? Is he yet another person trying to destroy America? Wow, you can’t swing a cat without hitting someone who is trying to destroy our country. As I understand it Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Jews (like Soros and Alinsky and Soros) and liberals, Democrats and so on are all trying to destroy the country. People who advocate for the poor (like Alinsky and Piven) are trying to destroy our country. People who like Medicare and Social Security are traitors trying to destroy the country.
Best I can tell, only millionaires and billionaires, the ones who seek even more tax breaks and who want to pay for those tax breaks by eliminating any programs that support the poor and disadvantaged: free clinics, school breakfasts for those whose parents can’t feed them, educational support, college loans, low cost housing and whatever else, are true patriots.
Seems to me the Republican party is defined by their effort to help the richest in our country make even more money and pay for that by eliminating any resources “the poorest of us” could use to get a leg up.
I think you could call it the “Slum Dog Millionaire” philosophy. Any one of those billion in people living in cardboard huts in the mud and slime in India could become rich, and invent the next Microsoft, and become Prime Minister of India, if only they would apply themselves.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 3:02amAt least you spelled this one right JZSaul
Want to know what makes libs tick?
http://www.libertymind.com/
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 3:32am@JZSaul,
Here’s the deal JZS.
When I see you on here actively campaigning on a continuing basis, to get your own party to abandon it’s support of abortion, then, and only then will I believe that you actually give a crap about any “poor” or helpless person. After all, who could be more helpless than an unborn baby?
As it stands now, just about everyone here knows that all of your yammering serves only one purpose, and that is to further your marxist ideals.
Phony bleeding heart liberals.
http://www.libertymind.com/index.php?page_id=257
Report Post »karencole
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:33amThe scary thing for me, is that these people have absolutely no idea that they are “for Capitalism before they are against it” LOL. Well that and how they speak to their minions about their hatred for Capitalism and all the while get rich because of it….not in spike of it. Damn idiotic FOOLS are ruining this country!
Report Post »Loki
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:01pmto follow abbie hoffman’s words of wisdom “steal this book”….
Report Post »keep him from getting profits…
amos-moses
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:52pm@Billy
I have followed this site for awhile now and have seen people’s discussions with JZS. I though people knew he is just a troll here to condemn, antagonize, and irritate, but I’m having second thoughts seeing his ability to highjack conversations with factually inaccurate talking points.
JZS’s is no different than homophobic bigot gay bashers. The type that go to gay bars and start trouble with their close minded views. They are not there to have an open mind. Their only goal is to disrupt the lives of people they resent. JZS is no different.
He knows this is a conservative site. He knows what the general political consensus is but something has caused him to spend more than a year self righteously poking his finger in everyone’s faces. I wonder what it is? He holds so much resentment towards conservatives that letting them have their views free from his harassment is not possible for him. WHY? His plan is to force his views on those he believes are inferior to himself, just like gay bashing bigots. He has shown that tolerance is not a belief he shares when concerning people with different views.
For the reasons above, I would like to be able to read a post without seeing sidetracking back and forth with JZS.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:53pmamos-moses, gay bashing? You’re false. Nice try though.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:33pmJZSaul,
Read his post again Sherlock.
He was not saying that you ARE a gay basher, He was making a comparison.
He was demonstrating that your conservative bashing is done in the same fashion as the gay bashers.
You know, like he said, just simply going out of your way to stop in, do a little mocking, stick your finger in a few eyes to get your jollies………in the same way that gay bashers will go out of their way to go in to a gay bar just to cause trouble.
Get it?
http://www.libertymind.com/index.php?page_id=272
Report Post »So
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:34pmVan Jones, Michael Moore, and politicians. Biggest hypocrites ever!
Take the money. Take more money.
Denounce those that have money.
See a pattern there?
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:42pmYup! “Capitalism for me, but not for thee.”
Report Post »cja23
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:43pmThey’re all phonies, plain and “simple”.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:21pmProof Communism doesn’t work people like to own things.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:27pmVan Jones, unless you redistribute your wealth from this book, you are a HYPOCRITE of the HIGHEST ORDER! Don’t think Americans (at least some of us, many of us!) don’t know what a HYPOCRITE you are! I hope your book is an epic fail – JUST LIKE YOU!
Report Post »SerikFox
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:44pmBut he can use the money to fly around the country and help others “see the light”. He obviously can’t share the money he needs to do that.
Report Post »cja23
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:46pmVan Jones is a poster for “phoniness”.
Report Post »Fonebone
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:32pm@SERIKFOX, so it’s OK for some people to rationalize why they get to keep their profits, but other people can’t? If I thought it was my higher calling to help people ‘see the light’ about the truth of capitalism, would I get to use my own profits to do that? Not if Van Jones had his way, I’m sure.
My apologies if you intended your post sarcastically. :)
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:26pmTypical disciple of Obama…working the Obama system getting rich my “own money” and still collecting and livin’ on my “Obama money”!
Just “sticking it to the man”….who happens to be the taxpayers!
Report Post »liriadavila
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:23pmHe should redistribute the 99% of his profit and keep the 1%
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:20pmWe all know that Van Jones is a big hypocrite and liar!! I wonder though what kind of life he had to be so very unAmerican. I hope God forgives him!
Report Post »Sue Dohnim
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:06pmBrother Van Communist Jones flogging his book “Rebuild the Dream” has told the same false story about the need to dress his kids in Tuxedos. His book should be called “Redefine and Redistribute the Dream”.. The Nightmare….on Progressive Street.
So, we’ll be seeing the Tuxedo Hoodie as the next urban youth uniform.. Jones class division message only resonates, in the short term, with those that have been trained and indoctrinated into a culture of State dependency, they have already been captured by the dream of a false Utopia, they have given up their soul, humanity and reason to Tyranny and eventually everyone catches on to the scam as it fails to live up to the Utopian promises. Jones tries to redefine and spin it, the “American Dream” is in realty freedom and Liberty FROM Tyranny, not under it. Jones is wrapping authoritarianism, gangsterism and bullying up in a shiny new narrative bow and with a big wide used car salesman smile peddles a scam and like everything Progressives do, is based on lies, deceit and subversion to enslave the masses and gain power for themselves.. truly evil people. They are sociopathic elitists who use mobster tactics to extort then leverage the very spirit from others for their own desires.
Marshall McLuhan said “the medium is the message”, and when the medium is a Communist like “Jones”, the message is Communism, Social Justice or Tyranny. No matter how much you try to relabel it. It is oppression through Tyranny.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:31pmI bet most copies are forced purchases to be read in our educational system….instead of reading real American History and the Consitution!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:35pmHey, I should join Twitter to ask him, how much he plans to share with me since I am unemployed and poor? How much of his wealth will he distribute to me?
Report Post »ThankBabyJesus
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:19pmouch there’s that truth again.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:16pmoh yes the elites are the only ones allowed to profit from the socialist system he has been trying to rig. this is a perfect example of the garbage on the left. like usual.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:08pmOverweightdate.com??
What is it with all this damn dating sites?
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:03pmHow’s capitalism working out for ya Van Jones ? anybody at OWS ask him how much his suits cost $$$$ or his shoes $$$ is he willing to take his shoes off and give them to a homeless person, or where does he live ? will he open his door and share his home with a homeless family? if he wants everybody to live the same (communism ) then practice what you preach Van, you ( see ) they want everybody else to give just not themselves
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:27pmYeah, it is amazing how much a person working at a non-profit makes, especially when it is run by Democrats. They award them selves 100,000 + salaries. They also become paid board members for each others non-profit. This is how they scam the donors. However, if you go to a Christian non-profit those that are paid may make 50,000 if they are lucky. Most are volunteers.
Van you are the window to hypocrisy and one day your urchins will turn on you.
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:23pmCassandra, we should mention the cost of tuxedos for the boys…a ludicrous argument and sad that this anti-American gets face time like this.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:10pmCofemale
Report Post »Got a friend that makes 400k a year abroad tax free from a company that is fully funded by government grants. He only comes home to vote for Obama.
bikerdogred1
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:50pmThis is a true dirtbag.
Report Post »Mike Z4000
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:47pmThe question is? Is he going to share the proceeds from this book equally amongst the folks or will he keep the money for himself? A good little “Communist” would share it wouldn’t they!! And of course, how much government money will be used to buy these books as they will become mandatory reading throughout the Administration.
Report Post »JanetteA
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:50pmOr throughout the school system.
Report Post »Mike Z4000
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:11pmExactly!! Janettea! Our tax dollars will be used to buy a “Communist Rag” again!
Report Post »roblynk
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:43pmliberals really hate it when you throw the truth in there face
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:37pmVan Jones… has given up the Communist Revolution in America… and become a Capitalist! APRIL FOOL!!!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:35pmYou have to know that our tax dollars were spent to buy Obama‘s and Michelle’s books. I really don’t believe there are that many suckers that would buy this book either.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:30pmGreat video clip. Leave it to the formidable Ms. Coulter to cut through the crap and static to get to the root misdirection of the progressives.
Report Post »Steve
SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:28pmThere is nothing wrong with ranchers making money.I mean who’s going to dole out the feed equally to the cattle under socialism…Another Cow?Lets cut Mr Jones some slack here.You can’t expect the administrators to live like the common folk now.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:24pm…
I personally don’t think anyone will be buying his rag of a book.
In my opinion, if many of his books sell, maybe we should be suspicious of whether our tax dollars were used to buy numerous books, to prop up Van Jones’ book sales, and boost him up to “best seller” status.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:19pmWhat a hypocritical pos this douche is.
Report Post »mayihelpyou
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:16pmTypical left-wing hypocrite.
Report Post »Nothing new here.
Baddoggy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:21pmVJ go F yourself.
Report Post »JanetteA
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:48pmI was just about to post the exact same thing. Do as I say, not as I do.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:15pmThe proponents of socialism/communism just assume they will be in the elite. The bad stuff goes to the little people. To be “fair” of course.
Report Post »SoiledDove
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:14pmGood article, Blaze. Very persuasive–you really made your case here. I fell convinced of…uh…well….uh…that Van Jones has a book out. You really convinced me of that.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:44pmand you have made it blatantly clear your completely disregarded/ ignored/ or incapable of understanding the actual topic, gist of this article
way to show your lack of education/ intelligence clap / clap
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:31pmGive him/her a break Psychosis, the just of the story is way over their head for them and the ability to comprehend comes from a lack of schooling. Remember he/she was public schooled.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:14pmOnce again we see the uttermost hypocrisy of the elitist progressive communists such as Van Jones who want to rule as the rich, enlightented elite while destroying everything the nation stands for. May his book fail in style and be condemned to the history pile of those who commit such treason as him and Kaiser Obama.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 6:15pmthe good news is most liberals use the library. not many book sales to be had.
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