GOP Rep Grabs ‘Czar’ List From FreeRepublic

The Washington Independent ^ | 2009-09-09 | David Weigel

[rabscuttle385]

Following up on this morning’s post about Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) calling for a hearing on “44 czars,” I asked McHenry’s spokesman Brock McCleary where that number came from.

“We’re using a variety of sources and finding everyone who has been referred to as a ‘czar,’” said McCleary. “It would be appropriate for the WH to release a formal list.”

In the meantime, McClearly provided me with two sources that McHenry’s office is using to build a czar list: this list from Politico, and this thread from the conservative web forum FreeRepublic.com. The FreeRepublic thread begins with a list from the conservative AmericanDaughter.com, which calls the appointment of czars “the beginnings of dictatorship” and includes several administration officials who’ve actually been confirmed by the Senate.

[roaddog727]

oops.....

Line out # 22

Gonzo!

[netmilsmom]

Ping.
You’re being used.

[xcamel]

Someone should dig up that song “88 lines about 44 women”
and call it “88 lies from 44 Czars”

[xcamel]

FYI:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ITtKae130

[jessduntno]

“Ping. You’re being used.”

I feel so cheap...

[Rutles4Ever]

Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.

“Compleat”?

[kidd]

So Rep. McHenry uses accurate sources.
All the better for the rest of the country.

And yes it would be appropriate for the WH to issue a list

[jessduntno]

Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.

“Compleat”?

It’s a play on the world’s most famous and often published (325+ languages) outdoor book, “The Compleat Angler”...as in let’s go fishing for these bastards...

[jessduntno]

(325+ languages) should be (32+ languages)

[buschbaby]

This is so typical of the media today. Instead of focus on the czars they make a big deal about where the list came from. To me the mistakes are just more proof we know so little about these people and what they are doing.

But, hey! Let's slam the list and those who used it and turn a blind eye to this administration. What good little worker bees the media is.

[jessduntno]

“Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.”

Actually, given the nuance, I think we look well read, intelligent and thoughtful...but WTF do I know?

[Lazamataz]

325 languages in 57 states in the 350 countries situated on the 12 continents, who are fixed on the two inhabitable planets in our solar system(s).

[NoObamaFightForConservatives]

In the linked FR czar thread linked why in COMPLETE spelled wrong in the title or do I need glasses?

The Compleat* List of Czars

?

[jessduntno]

Is that you Barry? Say hi to Larry for me...

[Tzimisce]

What’s a “Disinformation Czar”?

MidEast Peace, Mideast Policy and Afghan Czars all seem like they could be one.

Religion Czar? Isn’t that a violation of the 1st Amendment?

Pay Czar?

War Czar?

There is a reason this guy hasn’t filled any Cabinet positions: he doesn’t have too.

[mvpel]

Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.

"Compleat" is spelled correctly, though perhaps not properly used in suggesting that the "czars" have all the necessary or desired skills.

• Main Entry: com·pleat
• Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈplēt\
• Function: adjective
• Etymology: archaic variant of complete in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton
• Date: 1526

: having all necessary or desired elements or skills : complete; also : classic, quintessential

[eeevil conservative]

FREE REPUBLIC.....where the world goes for truth and information.

We know it, the Media IGNORES IT!

[Rutles4Ever]

Got it, that’s cool!

[kellynla]

BTTT

[sportutegrl]

I took it to be a play on The Compleat Beatles.

[MestaMachine]

In the galaxy of Andromeduh.

The TITLE is perfect. If idiot lefties don’t know what niggardly means, why would we give a damn if they don’t have the intelligence to understand a nuance?

[VeniVidiVici]

44 fascist czars on the wall, 44 fascist czars,
You take one down, bash him around, 43 fascist czars on the wall.

[jessduntno]

Lefties will assume niggardly has something to do with a slur against our dark skinned brethren...

[MestaMachine]

Yeah. Remember when a NY legislator used the word in a sentence and they immediately called him a racist and wanted him fired. That’s what I’m talking about.
Too stupid to live. Why do I care if THEY are stupid? Eventually the left looks like the moronic mob it is.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Hey if the issue is typos, Politico called her “Carol Brower”.

I did a big automated search on them all and started with the (shorter) politico list, but then came back for the more comprehensive FR list, WITHOUT the Carol Browner typo, by the way.

[jessduntno]

“Yeah. Remember when a NY legislator used the word in a sentence and they immediately called him a racist and wanted him fired. That’s what I’m talking about.”

When they got caught looking dopey on that one, it became all about “the intent to use a word that associated with bigotey” and still made a big deal out og it...me, I just call a spade a spade...

[MestaMachine]

Uhhhh....

Somewhere in the back of my mind is the CORRECT reponse to that, but for the life of me, I just can't.....trailing off before I get band

Thanks for the grin in the middle of a really bad day.

[roaddog727]

I thought I was referring to Van Jones, # 22 on the published list. line him out......

[pabianice]

[Overtaxed]

It's an archaic spelling.

From Answers.com

Dictionary: com·pleat (kəm-plēt') pronunciation

Compleat

adj.

1. Of or characterized by a highly developed or wide-ranging skill or proficiency: “The compleat speechwriter … comes to anonymity from Harvard Law” (Israel Shenker).
2. Being an outstanding example of a kind; quintessential: “Here was the compleat modern misfit: the very air appeared to poison him; his every step looked treacherous and hard won” (Stephen Schiff).

And in Merriam-Webster:

* Main Entry: com·pleat
* Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈplēt\
* Function: adjective
* Etymology: archaic variant of complete in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton
* Date: 1526

: having all necessary or desired elements or skills : complete; also : classic, quintessential

[I Buried My Guns]

"...“88 lines about 44 women”..."

Gina drove her Chevrolet into the San Francisco Bay!

[McGruff]

44. Weapons of mass destruction czar, Gary Samore

ROFL. I thought there were no WMDs? Bush was right?

[Man50D]

I sent an email to my Representative demanding he investigate the czars and cosponsor HR3226(Czar Accountability and Reform (CZAR) Act of 2009)

[steve0]

schoochildren, Who said that?
Long live Freepers. Heart Jim.

[GVnana]

The Compleat* List of Czars A famous old spelling best known from the book, "The Compleat Angler."

[tiki]

You forgot the 9 oceans.

[rabidralph]

It’s an alternative and more ancient spelling.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

44 fascist czars on the wall, 44 fascist czars,
You take one down, bash him around, 43 fascist czars on the wall.

Pretty good, how about:

44 Bamazar queers on the wall, 44 Bamazar queers,
You take one down, bash him around, 43 Bamazar queers on the wall.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I thought there were 57 czars, or is that states?

[ChildOfThe60s]

L. Sprague de Camp. One of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th century. Harold Shea, the reluctant hero (and Compleat Enchanter).

[SunkenCiv]

• Van Jones: On the 9/11 Attacks, Not Just a 'Truther,' a 'Deserver'
  (AmeriKKKa "deserved" attack!)
• Legislation introduced to ban 'czars'
• Congressman wants all 'czars' to testify
• H.R.3226 - Czar Accountability and Reform Act (CZAR)
• Keyword: casssunstein

[Son House]

44 fascist czars on the wall, 44 fascist czars, You take one down, bash him around, .43 46 fascist czars on the wall.

They grow like stink

[CitizenM]

But, hey! Let's slam the list and those who used it and turn a blind eye to this administration

We fall prey to the expression "Blame the messenger for the message." Anyone who is a supporter of Obama hates to hear the truth. They will debunk it and us until he is gone forever, not just out of the WH but years from now when he is dead, the media might get over their stupor that they have been ever since he announced his candidacy.

[Ron H.]

44 Czars

44 Commissars - there fixed it