Van Jones' Accepts NAACP Image Award; Speech w/t Message to Pres. Obama, Americans and Glenn Beck!

[FrenchieCat]

Van Jones was awarded with the NAACP President's Award.

As most may already know, Jones is the social activist and environmentalist that
Fox talk show host Glenn Beck branded a "communist" last year,
pressuring Jones to resign in September 2009 from his position as the White House "Green Czar."

I believe the award show happened yesterday, Friday....

Here is Mr. Jones' speech in accepting his award:

First of all giving honor to God and also to my mother Loretta Jean Kirkendall Jones--let me get it right. Get that right, straight! I want to thank my beautiful wife and our two boys Matai and Cabral. I want to thank the staff and supporters of Green for All, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change, incredible freedom fighting organizations.

I also want to give a shout out and a salute to President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama who is a world class leader, a man who volunteered to be the captain of the Titanic after it hit the iceberg, and we're still floating, and we're still floating. Let's stay with this president!
snip

I have had 1,000 defeats in this past year, but I had one victory, and it's the most important victory to me: I don't hate anybody. I'm not mad at anybody, and I still believe in the politics of hope. I still believe! You can't take that from me. You can't take it from me.

And I know one thing, we have people in every community in America right now watching this program who don't have jobs, who are suffering, who are afraid, living in economic uncertainty, and I know there's a future out there for them where they get a chance to make the products of tomorrow. If we want the jobs of tomorrow, we have to make the products of tomorrow. There's somebody right now who's in Detroit, and they know how to make cars. They're a skilled machinist, but they're idle. Let them make the wind turbines and the smart batteries and the solar panels to repower this country. Let them work! Give them hope! Give them the opportunity!

There's somebody right now who's living in Appalachia, who's living in rural America, who's afraid she's going to lose her land because she doesn't have enough sources of income. Let her put those wind turbines up. Let her grow an energy crop. Give her the opportunity to hold on to her land and be a part of this energy revolution. Let's get everybody involved in repowering America in a clean way.

And for a country that beautiful, that prosperous, that innovative, that united, I am willing to walk through fire and brimstone and fire and brimstone until we get the job done.

The last thing I want to say is this. To my fellow countryman, Mr. Glenn Beck, I see you and I love you, brother. I love you and you cannot do anything about it. I love you and you cannot do anything about it. Let's be one country! Let's be one country. Let's get the job done.

(Transcript of Van Jones's speech accepting 2010 NAACP President's Award at the Image Awards)
http://bigsole.blogspot.com/2010/02/van-jones-accepts-naacp-award-with.html

very inspirational!

Go Van!

[tosh]

1. Well done, Mr. Jones!!

[butterfly77]

2. K&R!

:dem: :dem: :dem:

[jenmito]

3. K&R. I wonder how Beck is going to deal with THAT-or if he'll just ignore Jones' words. n/t

[MadMaddie]

8. No he will say that Van is pushing the gay agenda..

It really hurts to think like they do! I would put the sarcasm smilie up but I am serious.....sigh..

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Any video?!?

Thanks for posting!

[FrenchieCat]

5. I haven't found any yet.

[SalviaBlue]

6. Van Jones has more class in his pinky finger than Beckkk has in whole

loathsome body.

rec.

[Cha]

7. I love Van Jones in a very..

"he's so inspriational" way! :cry::) Verklempt!:patriot::patriot:

[FrenchieCat]

9. He is our future.

But you see, the Repukes can advocate seceeding from the United States, and get to run for Governor and show up as leading in the poll.

While Van Jones gets to question the possibilities of 9/11,
and is otracized by the other side, and with a big push from the media.

That's some shit there!

[Cha]

10. It's the corporatemedia we have to

conquer and make the majority aware of their..agenda(obvious to a lot people).

[Number23]

11. love this. kicked and rec'd

[craigmatic]

12. Good for him. He doesn't have to hate beck there's enough of the rest of us to do it for him.

[Robbie88]

13. K&R

Van is a class act.

[Clio the Leo]

14. We need MORE of this attitude....

... I cannot KICK this hard enough!

[JTFrog]

15. K&R