Defying Critics, Obama Names Another Czar After Resignation of Environmental Adviser

FoxNews ^ | 9/7/09

[Sammy67]

President Obama's announcement of his selection of Ron Bloom as "manufacturing czar" follows the weekend resignation of Van Jones, the White House "green jobs czar" who had come under fire in recent weeks for past inflammatory statements.

As one White House "czar" departs amid a cloud of controversy, an undeterred President Obama is naming a new one to advise him on manufacturing, defying conservative critics who have raised concerns about these advisory positions that do not require congressional oversight.

Obama chose a Labor Day union picnic on Monday as the backdrop to announce his selection of Ron Bloom, a member of his auto industry task force, as senior counselor for manufacturing policy. Bloom planned to travel to Cincinnati with Obama for an afternoon announcement at the AFL-CIO event.

[Steely Tom]

I'd say that "defying critics" is a great strategy at this point in the proceedings, Obammy.

[Buck W.]

I’m sure that Mr. Bloom will enable the US auto industry to turn out Trabants even faster than the East Germans did.

[agere_contra]

Manufacturing czar? WTH is a manufacturing czar if not a way of controlling the means of production?

Hitler and Stalin had manufacturing czars (in all but name) - free countries somehow get by without them.

[Tarpon]

I wonder when the Congress will figure out they are being usurped. Hey even Democrats care about their power, which is everything when you are a politburo member.

Notice the new czar has no experience either, just another union thug.

[rovenstinez]

Bloom, is this where the term Blommin´ Idiot comes from? I’d be real cautious going into this job, knowing what happen in the game of political life that surrounds Pennsylvania Ave on it’s game plan to wreck the economy, so they can bring Gov’t control into every sector.

[agere_contra]

America leads the world in Czar-manufacturing.

[AFPhys]

Oh... THIS is going to play well...

[bethybabes69]

The longer Americans let this facade of appointing people into unelected positions of power in the US Government carry on, the more impossible it will be to remove the regime.

It's been said many times looking back at history that Hitler managed to bluff his regime into power, even on an educated population like Germany, right before the German Government was completely usurped by the Reichstag fire.

History has a terrible way of repeating itself.

Ask yourselves, what would happen if there was another 'terrorist attack' on American soil, that took out the majority of the sitting members of Government, except for a planned few? Methinks there would only be the President, his Aides and his Czars left to run the Country . . . .

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Do, re, do, mi, re, ti, la, so....

Oh damn is Obammy tone deaf.

[princess leah]

Pelosi and Reid screamed everytime Bush did ANYTHING without first calling up congress and now this fool has what, 40 czars, and all Pelosi does is grin like the Joker’s sidekick - the botox treatments ARE melting her brain!

[the OlLine Rebel]

"conservative critics who have raised concerns about these advisory positions that do not require congressional oversight."

Honestly, 1 could see this another way.

Uhbama is so incompetent that he instinctively feels the need to surround himself with "experts" as well as bodies to handle what he just can't.

[savedbygrace]

Obama put Bloom in as Car Czar in July, replacing Steve Rattner, whose equity company has been under SEC investigation.

Now he makes Bloom Manufacturing Czar less than two months later? The Obama administration seems to be ground zero for The Peter Principle World.

[RatsDawg]

Is this Obama’s idea of trying to put the Bloom back on the rose?

[dennisw]

Like I said before he got elected ..... Obama will govern like an African style dictator. Copying the ways of his socialist daddy. Obama has spent his entire life copying his absent father. Seeking approval from a daddy who was never even there.

-PATHOLOGICAL-

[FrankR]

"Obama's announcement of his selection of Ron Bloom as "manufacturing czar" follows the weekend resignation of Van Jones, the White House "green jobs czar" who had come under fire in recent weeks for past inflammatory statements. "

Coward that he is, he can't run the country without his support team.

This is the guy who will get setting manufacturing "profit" levels, as well as "salaries and bonuses". Another way to say it it, he will be in charge of "unionizing America"...especially fitting since he is a big union dude.

This appointment should give the remaining manufacturing plants that we have the incentive to move overseas, like most of them have already.

"Enviromentalism" is the excuse they use to keep us from drilling for oil in this country and offshore, but if you really study on it, if commiebama manages to kill capitalism, and run our companies and jobs overseas, the only basis he will have for his "power" is oil, coal and energy.

It is said that Colorado is sitting on oil reserves bigger than Saudi Arabia, and we all know of the vast reserves in Alaska and offshore, but logically, I think the left is planning on using those treasures to "rule the world".

What else does he have?

[SunkenCiv]

Van Jones and the W.H. casualty list
Politico | 9-6-09 | Alexander Burns
Posted on 09/06/2009 7:50:58 PM PDT by STARWISE
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2333685/posts

Glenn Beck up, left down and Van Jones defiant
politico.com | September 6, 2009 | BEN SMITH & NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON
Posted on 09/07/2009 1:58:14 AM PDT by NoObamaFightForConservatives
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2333785/posts

[Flag_This]

Have they released their Five Year Plan yet?

[ViLaLuz]

“Oh da** is Obammy tone deaf.”

I truly believe he is not tone deaf and this latest appointment is to show us that he is “in charge”, not us.

[FormerACLUmember]

A vast army of unelected, unaccountable, and unconstitutional petty tyrants.

Congress is supposed to investigate and vote on approval for them, but Congress has ceased to function. The democrat Congress has given up its Constitutional power and responsibilities, just as it rubber stamps unread vast thousand page laws written by Communist Front groups.

[nufsed]

He could save some money if he’d just fire the regular cabinet. Of course that would require a Cabinet Czar.

[Magnatron]

“I wonder when the Congress will figure out they are being usurped.”

This is pretty astounding. You’d think at least one intelligent Democrat would go: “You know, do I want this policy to be in place when a Republican takes office?”

Whether allies or not, these czars are definitely circumventing Congress’ authority. Sooner or later, the other side gets to do it, too. Incremental socialism - begun by Bush 1, added to by Clinton, escalated by Bush 2, and now in the hands of a border-line communist.

Thanks guys...

[An American In Dairyland]

Ed Montgomery replaced Steve Rattner.

[GeronL]

Czars are not “advisors”, they have given czars actual power with huge amounts of money. They need to be made accountable.

[GeronL]

FDR did something similar too for a while

[KansasGirl]

Excellent post. My thoughts exactly.

[Baladas]

I thought that was with his idea of stacking SCOTUS with leftards. Our current man-child is certainly being in-your-face about this czar thing, but please . . . STOP THE CZARS!!!

[EGPWS]

I wonder when the Congress will figure out they are being usurped.

As soon as they read the Constitution and see that the word "Czar" isn't anywhere to be found.

In other words, after it's too late for them to do anything about it except call in the fat lady to sing.

[khnyny]

Obama sees himself as the next FDR. One of his Czars - Cass Sunstein actually wrote a book saying that it’s time for the second part of the new deal and that FDR did not go far enough the first time.

[Tarpon]

Democrats always seem to think they will last in the majority forever.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

He might as well go all out and name a Politbureau too.

[JACKRUSSELL]

Manufacturing Czar (ex-Car Czar) - Ron Bloom

NOTE: on July 13, 2009, Bloom took over as head of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, replacing Steven Rattner

Title: Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury
Salary: unknown
Reports to: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council head Larry Summers
Appointed: July 2009
Department that might have handled similar issues: Treasury

• A leader of the White House task force overseeing auto company bailouts; worked on restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler LLC

• Was special assistant to president of the United Steelworkers union from 1996-Feb 2009

• Has negotiated restructuring deals for more than 50 companies, getting major concessions from unions and companies

• Was raised in New York in a pro-union family, which included a schoolteacher mother and unionized relatives

• After working for the Service Employees International Union, got an MBA from Harvard University because he thought unions lacked business smarts, he said in a 1996 interview in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• From 1985 to 1990, he worked as an investment banker with Lazard Freres & Co., which specializes in mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring, before co-founding the investment-banking firm Keilin and Bloom

List Of Obama's Czars

[savedbygrace]

So then, THIS never happened:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24876.html

I thought Montgomery was the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers.

http://jalopnik.com/5192264/who-the-hell-is-ed-montgomery

That position was called the Car Czar by some, but later Rattner was appointed Car Czar and then replaced, in July, by Bloom.

[sig226]

If Robert McNamara was still alive, he could be the “Effective Use of New Weapon Systems Czar.”

[Son House]

Watchdog group calls for investigation of Adolfo Carrion, Bronx pres. tapped as Obama’s urban czar
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/03/12/2009-03-12_watchdog_group_calls_for_investigation_o-2.html#ixzz0QRRQtkP7

The News’ reported numerous developers made tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations to Carrión around the same time he was considering approving their projects in the Bronx.

Carrión also hired an architect for one of the biggest projects to design a renovation of his home. The job was complete in February 2007, but Carrión has not paid the architect.

The White House has repeatedly declined to comment on the News’ findings except to say Carrión should pay the bill, which is slightly over $3,600.

Crew asked Holder “to initiate an immediate investigation into pay-to-play allegations” outlined in The News.

“It appears Mr. Carrión routinely approved development projects in exchange for campaign contributions,” Sloan said.

“In addition, Mr. Carrión personally benefitted by accepting free design work from an architect who needed his official assistance. This is exactly the kind of conduct that makes Americans skeptical of our politicians.”

[hattend]

I’m surprised (well maybe not) that the Pubbies aren’t making hay with all these unconstitutional appointments. Glen Beck has done their reseach for them they need to run with it.

[wolfcreek]

List of tzars and their memberships in various groups. (CFR, Bilderberg, TriLat, Rhodes, etc.)

http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=90856_0_42_0_C

[ANGGAPO]

It does look like Congress has been castrated. Even the Repubs are setting on their hands.

[PghBaldy]

At least one Democrat has complained too- Robert Byrd (KKK-WV)

[chuck_the_tv_out]

hehe. Urrrrrrrbama.

[True Republican Patriot]

Remember that OBOZO has NVER don a “BLOOMING THING” in his entire LIFE! No Pun Intended! The POS can’t even find his own Birth Certificate! OBOZO has his CZAR of the TOILET! “REGGIE LOVE!” so why NOT a CZAR of BLOOMING!

[papasmurf]

I have been looking and looking, yet I can’t find anything on their power or scope of authority, their control over money or budgets, not even who they report to or liaison with, if they fall under the protections of the “Executive”, nor how much we are paying them for their Social/Marxist “advice”.

Do you have any links to share?

Thanks

[GeronL]

I am not the Czar watcher. There are some sites and FReepers out there trying to get a handle on them. I thought I saw that some of them were paid pretty well though.

I’ll keep an eye out and get back to you.

[~Kim4VRWC's~]

bookmarked for later

[mojitojoe]

Updated list;

50 Czars! Bypassing the authority of Congress, Barack Obama rules through czars — the beginnings of dictatorship:
1.Herbert Allison Jr., bailout czar, [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate]
2.Alan Bersin, border czar
3.Dennis Blair, intelligence czar [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position]
4.John Brennan, counterterrorism czar
5.Carol Browner, energy czar
6.Adolfo Carrion, urban affairs czar
7.Ashton Carter, weapons czar [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation]
8.Aneesh Chopra, technology czar
9.Jeffrey Crowley, [openly gay white man] AIDS czar
10.Cameron Davis, Great Lakes czar
11.Nancy-Ann DeParle, health czar
12.Earl Devaney, stimulus oversight czar
13.Joshua DuBois, religion czar, aka God czar
14.Arne Duncan, education czar
15.Kenneth Feinberg, pay czar
16.Daniel Fried, Guantanamo closure czar
17.J. Scott Gration, Sudan czar
18.Melissa Hathaway, [soon to be] cybersecurity czar
19.David J. Hayes, water czar [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight]
20.Richard Holbrooke, Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar
21.John Holdren, science czar
22.Kevin Jennings, safe schools czar [nominated to be Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, a newly created post; openly gay founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools]
23.Van Jones, green jobs czar
24.Gil Kerlikowske, drug czar
25.Ron Kirk, trade czar
26.Vivek Kundra, infotech czar [Shoplifted four shirts, worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Penney in 1996 (source)]
27.Douglas Lute, war czar [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]
28.George Mitchell, Mideast peace czar
29.Ed Montgomery, car czar [replacing Steve Rattner, who stepped down amid controversy over his former firm’s role in a possible kickback scandal]
30.Lynn Rosenthal, domestic violence czar
31.Dennis Ross, Mideast policy czar
32.Gary Samore, weapons of mass destruction czar
33.Todd Stern, climate change czar
34.Cass Sunstein, regulatory czar
35.Larry Summers, economic czar
36.Michael Taylor, food czar
37.Arturo Valenzuela, Latin-American czar (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]
38.Paul Volcker, economic czar number two
39.Elizabeth Warren, TARP czar [chair of the [Congressional Oversight Panel for the Trouble Assets Relief Program; note that Herb Allison is more frequently called the TARP czar]
40.Jeffrey Zients, government performance czar [replaced original nominee Nancy Killefer who withdrew her name after issues with her personal income tax filings surfaced]
41. Ron Bloom, manufacturing czar
Positions established but not yet filled...
41.behavioral science czar
42.copyright czar
Positions being planned: 1.income redistribution czar
2.land-use czar
3.consumer financial protection czar, aka mortgage czar (source)
4.radio-internet fairness czar
5.student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money (source)
6.voter list czar
7.zoning czar

[firebrand]

You can see the czars by searching for “COMPLETE LIST OF CZARS” on google. I couldn’t copy the url. This is Glenn Beck’s list as of July 20.

[firebrand]

I see there is an updated list of czars right above my reply. The Glenn Beck list gives more information about each one for those who are interested. Tells which agency could have handled the area, and salary, when known, plus much more stuff about the people themselves.

[firebrand]

See hint below in reply 46. Tells whom they report to, salary, etc.

[papasmurf]

Thanks, that will help with my table.

[Berosus]

Yep, that’s at least twice as many “czars” as Russia had.