The Compleat* List of Czars

American Daughter ^

[jessduntno]

The Compleat* List of Czars
in American Daughter, by Nancy Matthis

Bypassing the authority of Congress, Barack Obama rules through czars -- the beginnings of dictatorship:

1. Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar, Richard Holbrooke
2. AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley [openly gay white man]
3. Auto recovery czar, Ed Montgomery
4. Behavioral science czar, position not yet filled
5. Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Jr., [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate]
6. Border czar, Alan Bersin
7. Car czar, Ron Bloom [Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury , under Senate oversight]
8. Climate change czar, Todd Stern
9. Copyright czar, not appointed yet
10. Counterterrorism czar, John Brennan
11. Cybersecurity czar, position will be vacant on August 21st [upon the departure of Melissa Hathaway]
12. Disinformation czar, Linda Douglass [This is a new media buzz since our earlier list, a response by pundits to the White House request for informants: see Glenn Beck and Lew Rockwell]
13. Domestic violence czar, Lynn Rosenthal
14. Drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske
15. Economic czar, Larry Summers
16. Economic czar number two, Paul Volcker
17. Education czar, Arne Duncan
18. Energy czar, Carol Browner
19. Food czar, Michael Taylor [a former Monsanto executive, or, the fox in charge of the henhouse]
20. Government performance czar, Jeffrey Zients
21. Great Lakes czar, Cameron Davis
22. Green jobs czar, Van Jones [who has a communist background]
23. Guantanamo closure czar, Daniel Fried
24. Health czar, Nancy-Ann DeParle
25. Infotech czar, Vivek Kundra [Shoplifted four shirts, worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Penney in 1996 (source). His last day in DC government was March 4 but on March 12 the FBI raided his office and arrested two staffers.]
26. Intelligence czar, Dennis Blair [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position. He is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral]
27. Latin-American czar, Arturo Valenzuela (nominee) [although this post is referred to as a czar, he is nominatied to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and so is subject to Senate confirmation. Voting on his confirmation was delayed to clarify his position on Honduras. Watch WaPo's Head Count to track status of confirmation.]
28. Mideast peace czar, George Mitchell
29. Mideast policy czar, Dennis Ross
30. Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg
31. Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein
32. Religion czar, aka God czar Joshua DuBois
33. Safe schools czar, Kevin Jennings [appointed to be Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, a newly created post (that does not require Senate confirmation); openly gay founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools]
34. Science czar, John Holdren
35. Stimulus oversight czar, Earl Devaney
36. Sudan czar, J. Scott Gration
37. TARP czar, Elizabeth Warren [chair of the [Congressional Oversight Panel for the Trouble Assets Relief Program; note that Herb Allison is frequently called the TARP czar]
38. Technology czar, Aneesh Chopra
39. Trade czar, Ron Kirk
40. Urban affairs czar, Adolfo Carrion
41. War czar, Douglas Lute [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]
42. Water czar, David J. Hayes [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight]
43. Weapons czar, Ashton Carter [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation]
44. Weapons of mass destruction czar, Gary Samore

[jessduntno]

This is a target rich environment...a little googling goes a long way if we have willing hands...

[dfwgator]

And Glen Beck is the “Lenin”.

[RummyChick]

I went to DU to see what they were saying. One poster said Beck will smell blood..more will come.

Yep, those Czars need a research campaign.

It is surreal to read posts on DU these days. They say some of the same things we do..but for different reasons.

Republicans need to call for an audit of Jones agency to see what he did with our taxpayer money.

[Clive]

Czars is a misnomer.

This gang constitutes Obama's politburo.

[Eleutheria5]

She misspelled Mideast Piece Czar, though.

DOWN WITH THE CZARS!

[dfwgator]

Or “Reichskommissar”

[BunnySlippers]

BUMP

[bestintxas]

The creation of Czars unaccountable to Congress and American people is the problem.

Congress can control POTUS on this as it has the pursestrings but is complict in czar-creating.

Congress is the check and balance on a renegade POTUS like we are seeing. They are failing their sworn duty.

[jessduntno]

Another list;

http://www.puma08.com/2009/08/15/list-of-obamas-czars/

[databoss]

Inquiring Minds Need to Know....
Are all of these people being paid by the people and how much? What exactly do they do everyday? Do they have a staff and offices? Where do the offices and staff perform their duties? Can they write documents ard enact policies that get carried out by the government?

[Diogenesis]

[savedbygrace]

Nixon had 1 czar. GW Bush had 12 czars. Obama has 44 43 czars.

[uptoolate]

bookmark

[Shaka]

google is your friend

[armymarinemom]

Has Obama even finished filling the sub secretary positions yet? He still had hundreds open in April. Maybe we need to make the point that he is so busy appointed Czars that he is not taking care of business.

[ripley]

Seems like the number of czars is approaching fifty.

(Fifty state soviets to report to the supreme soviet in Washington, when the time comes.)

IMHO

[DJ Taylor]

I'm sure these Czars are drawing a hefty pay check, so who's Congressional approved budget is funding it?

[SuzyQue]

Great questions.

Also, how are we defining “czar”? Will the obamaites come back and say that they are merely advisors? That every president has had, and needs advisors?

[jessduntno]

I’m sure these Czars are drawing a hefty pay check, so who’s Congressional approved budget is funding it?

http://www.puma08.com/2009/08/15/list-of-obamas-czars/

[Grunthor]

“AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley [openly gay white man]”

And yet we are supposed to believe that AIDS is not a gay disease.