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

[Bean Counter]

Van Jones gave us an unintended peek into either how poorly these “Czars” have been vetted, or, proof that someone at the top of the food chain deliberately over-ruled the Secret Service, because Van Jones would not have been allowed past the front gate of the White House as a visitor because of his police record, at the very least.

I think Van Jones was the tip of the iceberg, and there are going to be others who follow him out the door, and soon I hope...

[R0CK3T]

America is “Jonesing” to have this crowd investigated to determine their fitness to serve.

[taildragger]

We need to split up in groups of 44 vai 9/12 or here and coordinate our research.

No sense finding something someone else has.

A 100 people per would really knock the skin off the ball IMHO....

[rotstan]

Dont forget the Russian Tsars. At least as many as 0!

http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-russian-rulers

[Nevadan]

thanks for the list! Someone needs to make a deck of cards with their pictures and all the damning facts about them.

[wolfcreek]

COMING SOON: Alternative to the word, CZAR.

[taildragger]

Who, What, When, Where, Why....

We need a mega dollar donor to assemble a group of retired FBI/CIA types as consultants (44 of them for starters not including other staff) and do this in a hurry.

My question is, where do the Czar's intersect with one another, (projects, schools, 501(c)(3)'s etc).

My guess these folks are all fellow travelers, down the new progressive/socialist road with some savory aspects no doubt....

[kosciusko51]

How about a variant on the old commissar: Commie-czar

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

44 Czars in DC my frined,
44 Czars in DC!

Take one down pass him around,
43 Czars in DC!

[GOP Poet]

something needs to be done about these Czars.

[cdnerds]

1 down 29 to go!

[jessduntno]

something needs to be done about these Czars.

Keep posting their crappy histories...where do you think Beck and Malkin get their info?

[CottShop]

that shoudl read “ComBLEAT list of Czars” Because htey are nothign more than hand-picked sheep bleatign the marxist propoganda of Obama

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

These lists really need to come with time stamps - something like "this list current as of 6AM EST, Sept. 06 2009" etc.

 

 

[Lurker]

For later research.

[Alex Murphy]

Ping for later. Great thread. Lots of links.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Yes - I have been bitching to people about that very thing for months. When I explain that the system of checks and balances has been compromised, people get thoughtful looks on their faces, indeed. I think that the Founders never in their wildest nightmares ever thought that all of the branches of government could turn up so depraved at the same time. We are certainly deep in the doo-doo and we are going to have to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps to get clear.

 

 

[HollyB]

Thanks for that information. I was wondering about it.

[savedbygrace]

The 44 was supposed to be under a strikeout, and it was when I previewed it, but after it posted the strikeout disappeared.