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To: Brumar89 who wrote (322926)	9/6/2009 10:41:26 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793927

Obama commissars least likely to be dangerous - iow they're incompetent political hacks Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar In 2005, Chopra admitted in an interview that he has no expertise in technology systems, and has no appreciation of or insight on policy. Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Crowley is not a doctor. He is, however, a gay activist, so who better than to reinforce an unhelpful stereotype? Crowley has already come under criticism from many in the AIDS-support community for utter failure to obtain more funding, back research, lift travel bans, and for cutting funding to hospices and residential services. Indeed, some critics believe Crowley’s more an appeasement to the gay community, and has no real value to the AIDS community whatsoever. Cameron Davis Great Lakes Czar Davis is an environmental activist who contributed to Rahm Emanuel’s campaign and later swung support to Obama. The Chicago-based liberal advocate has a bit of a checkered past, since his Alliance for Great Lakes organization looked the other way when Democratic Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District illegally poured billions of gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan. This leads one to believe his appointment is all politics, and has nothing to do with his alleged environmental expertise. gormogons.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (322926)	9/6/2009 11:16:24 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793927

The moderator must have overslept at HuffPo. There are so many right-wing posts on the Van Jones story. All the comments are really funny from both sides. It's good to see the President get something right by firing this jerk. Yeah, it's called a resignation...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (322926)	9/6/2009 12:22:25 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793927

EDITORIAL: The NEA's partisan work for Obama Federal agency organizes artists to push Democratic agenda By THE WASHINGTON TIMES When the Obama administration launched its United We Serve volunteerism program earlier this summer, it was all about building playgrounds, caring for wounded veterans and reading to homeless children. Weeks later, the Obama White House, the National Endowment for the Arts and United We Serve have revealed the actual agenda -- backing the administration's political priorities with coordinated propaganda, perhaps boosted by millions in stimulus cash. In a conference call with dozens of politically connected artists held Aug. 10, Yosi Sergant, director of communications for the NEA, made the plan explicit: c "This is just the beginning. This is the first telephone call of a brand-new conversation. We are just now learning how to really bring this community together to speak with the government." c "So bear with us as we learn the language, so that we can speak to each other safely and we can really work together to move the needle and to get ... stuff done." c "I would encourage you to pick something, whether it's health care, education, the environment.... Then my task would be to apply your artistic, creativity community's utilities. Bring them to the table." c "Take photos. Take video. Post it on your blogs. Get the word out. Like I said, this is a community that knows how to make a stink. Do it. Do it within your town. Do it nationally. Call on other producers, marketers, publicists, art -- you know -- artists, people from within our community and get them engaged." The Obama administration had to know that its effort to use a supposedly independent arts agency and a national volunteer program to coordinate political propaganda in support of the administration's agenda was shady, to say the least. The most important unanswered questions are: Which artists and organizations were invited to be part of the effort? How many of them were recipients of grants from $80 million the NEA has distributed this year as part of the stimulus program? Clearly, there is something here because the first reaction of the administration to questions about the effort was to fudge. After the basic facts of the conference call broke on BigHollywood, Andrew Breitbart's Web site, The Washington Times called Mr. Sergant to ask for details of the effort, including a copy of the invitation sent to artists. In an act of shortsighted amateurism, Mr. Sergant -- an Obama political appointee -- told a Washington Times online producer the exact opposite of the truth: that the invitation "didn't come from us, so I don't have it to distribute. The corporation who set up the conference call and who conducted the conference call is another federal agency." The next day, BigHollywood published the invitation. Not only did the NEA send the invitation, but Mr. Sergant is the one who sent it. The invitation itself says the NEA was working in "collaboration" with United We Serve and the White House Office of Public Engagement. And Mr. Sergant was a dominant participant in the conference call. When government officials deceive the public, it's usually to cover up something wrong.