President Obama's 'Czars' [The list.....]

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President Obama's 'Czars' By: Politico Staff September 4, 2009 06:19 PM EST

Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke

AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley

Auto recovery Czar: Ed Montgomery

Border Czar: Alan Bersin

California Water Czar: David J. Hayes

Car Czar: Ron Bloom

Central Region Czar: Dennis Ross

Domestic Violence Czar: Lynn Rosenthal

Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske

Economic Czar: Paul Volcker

Energy and Environment Czar: Carol Brower

Faith-Based Czar: Joshua DuBois

Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis

Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones

Guantanamo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried

Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle

Information Czar: Vivek Kundra

International Climate Czar: Todd Stern

Intelligence Czar: Dennis Blair

Mideast Peace Czar: George Mitchell

Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg

Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein

Science Czar: John Holdren

Stimulus Accountability Czar: Earl Devaney

Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration

TARP Czar: Herb Allison

Terrorism Czar: John Brennan

Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra

Urban Affairs Czar: Adolfo Carrion Jr.

Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter

WMD Policy Czar: Gary Samore

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what a way to govern...........

[paudio]

I asked this question on another thread, but I think this one is more relevant:

Do those czars get their jobs with senate hearings? In terms of job coverage, they basically are as important —if not more— as those Secretaries...

[Uncle Miltie]

"Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/12/obama-climate-czar-has-socialist-ties/

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answer - nope. not accountable - how’s that?

[SERKIT]

Here is what I got from FReeper "deckofczars.com"

deckofczars.com to SERKIT

"i already have the deck of czars in the works going to print in 2 weeks i’ve been working on the deck for a couple of months. Please check out deckofczars.com, the website will be up in 1 week. The deck will contain the czars plus others shady associates of obama. the jokers will be pelosi and ried."

I'll buy some when ready....

[GRRRRR]

They are not vetted by anyone and they are not approved by the Senate. They are all Obozo flunkies...not bound by rules or any Congressional oversight at all.

They are simply Obozo’s minions accountable to NO ONE.

[OrangeHoof]

They forgot:

Race Card Czar: Jesse Jackson.

Anti-Semitic Czar: Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Pentagon Bombing Czar: William Ayers.

Intern Hitting Czar (females): Fmr President Bill Clinton.

Intern Hitting Czar (males): Fmr Rep. Gerry Studds.

[Spartan79]

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” July 4, 1776

[xkaydet65]

This takes the idea of Kitchen Cabinet and turns it into Catering Hall Cabinet.

[Nachum]

http://www.nachumlist.com/Obamaczars.htm

[paudio]

If they are not vetted by anyone, but holding such huge responsibility and implication, shouldn’t someone —perhaps Republicans in the Senate— make a big deal out of it? Can it be seen as circumvent the Constitution?

[GRRRRR]

It is a circumvention of the US Constitution, but they are DEMONRATS so the laws don’t apply to them...just ask Charlie Rangel, Timmy Geithner and so on and on and on and on...

[PJammers]

Dear Mr. Sorotero,

I would like to be considered for the position of Get Rid of the Czars Czar.

Your Friend Always,

PJ

[Freedom2specul8]

Thank you..

[paudio]

It’s probably time for the conservatives to give the liberals their own favorite pill: sue the president all the way to the Supreme Court. I think this issue may resonate well even among the ‘moderates’ and ‘independents’.

[mkjessup]

That's quite amazing, all of those 'czars', answering to a little pipsqueak at the very top, who isn't even a czar himself, just a CZARDINE.

[snippy_about_it]

I found a different list from Aug 10th. Hmmm.

• Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar, Richard Holbrooke
• AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley [openly gay white man]
• Auto recovery czar, Ed Montgomery
• Behavioral science czar, position not yet filled
• Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Jr., [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate]
• Border czar, Alan Bersin
• Car czar, Ron Bloom [Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury , under Senate oversight]
• Climate change czar, Todd Stern
• Copyright czar, not appointed yet
• Counterterrorism czar, John Brennan
• Cybersecurity czar, position will be vacant on August 21st [upon the departure of Melissa Hathaway]
• 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]
• Domestic violence czar, Lynn Rosenthal
• Drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske
• Economic czar, Larry Summers
• Economic czar number two, Paul Volcker
• Education czar, Arne Duncan
• Energy czar, Carol Browner
• Food czar, Michael Taylor [a former Monsanto executive, or, the fox in charge of the henhouse]
• Government performance czar, Jeffrey Zients
• Great Lakes czar, Cameron Davis
• Green jobs czar, Van Jones [who has a communist background]
• Guantanamo closure czar, Daniel Fried
• Health czar, Nancy-Ann DeParle
• 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.]
• Intelligence czar, Dennis Blair [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position. He is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral]
• 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.]
• Mideast peace czar, George Mitchell
• Mideast policy czar, Dennis Ross
• Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg
• Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein
• Religion czar, aka God czar Joshua DuBois
• 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]
• Science czar, John Holdren
• Stimulus oversight czar, Earl Devaney
• Sudan czar, J. Scott Gration
• 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]
• Technology czar, Aneesh Chopra
• Trade czar, Ron Kirk
• Urban affairs czar, Adolfo Carrion
• War czar, Douglas Lute [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security]
• Water czar, David J. Hayes [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight]
• Weapons czar, Ashton Carter [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation]
• Weapons of mass destruction czar, Gary Samore

[Jim Noble]

It’s a coup in embryo.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

All these czars remind Obama of his fondness for Soviet Russia. His love for Marx and Stalin, gulags and politburos, secret police and the KGB. Obama must be in heaven right now.