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

[HollyB]

I knew what you meant, that was good ; ) Now to get it down to zero.

[blam]

Thanks, bookmarked.

[nufsed]

I waiting for my appointment as Apple Pie w/ Ice Cream Czar.

[eleni121]

Lots of failures on that list. Kerlikowski couldn’t even handle the Buffalo crime situation...

[FormerACLUmember]

Unelected.

Unaccountable.

Unconstitutional.

Unbelievable.

[pillut48]

Anyone want to place a bet that when the White House and Congress is finally cleared of these anti-American ‘czars’ come the 2010/2012 elections, that we’ll be seeing some legislation coming out almost immediately that BANS czariness craziness in the future?!?

Van Jones—buh-bye! Don’t let the door hitya where the good Lord splitya! LOL! :-)

One down, only 43 to go!! Thank you, Jesus, for answered prayers!!

[pillut48]

You know this is all about the fact that there's a black man in the White House and people are just out to get rid of him, no matter what he does!! How dare you ask these kinds if questions, how dare you QUESTION the Great HolyO!!!! /extreme leftie anti-American liberals off BTW, anyone catch Maxine Waters on Georgie Steph's show this morning? She actually used this argument, that people are against Obamacare simply because he's a black man in the WH. WTH?!? I cannot wait until these boneheads are voted OUT!!!! >:-(

[NewLand]

If the RNC was smart (I u/stand they are not) they would focus on THIS issue for the 2010 congressional races.

*All Dem Congress and Senate members are either negligent or complicit in this end around of The Constitution.

*This shadow govt is by design to WEAKEN the balance of power between the Executive and Legislative branch.

These dopey dems in congress/senate don't even realize they have been had themselves! ...unless they are willingly giving up their power to this POTUS and his shadow govt.

Conservative House and Senate candidates should include this issue in primaries and general to eliminate the shadow, unconfirmed, uninvestigated shadow govt and restore balance to the Fed Govt...also to eliminate the RINOs who are not protesting this now.

The average American voter will UNDERSTAND THIS and AGREE with this, and are more willing to punish Congress than a President.

Michael Steele...where are you? FReepmail me for more ideas...

[pillut48]

A Vetting Czar??

That one I just might go along with!! Too bad President Bush didn’t have one to vet out this loser in the WH!!

[pillut48]

I’m wondering if they have to pay taxes, etc. on *their* paychecks, or if they are getting a pass simply because of their titles!! TRANSPARENCY: SOMETHING HOLYO HAS NO IDEA HOW TO IMPLEMENT IN HIS ADMINISTRATION.

D’oh.

[woofie]

Google Czar?

[DoctorBulldog]

The list omits the FCC "Diversity" Czar, Mark Lloyd

[wafflehouse]

bookmark

[drierice]

Given what we know about these czars (like Van Jones) and all we don’t know, and given the broad agendas going on, some research could reveal CzarGate.

[Islander7]

1 down 43 to go.

[freespirited]

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?

We had a thread Friday night that showed salaries for "everyone" in the Exec Office of the President. Only a handful of the czars were listed. Salary range was around 150-172K.

I think what is going on is that despite the czar title, some of these people are technically categorized as employees of regulatory agencies.

How much power each has no doubt varies, but it is safe to say that none of them are insignificant. Van Jones reportedly had 30 billion to dole out for "green jobs." My understanding of Sunstein's (regulatory czar) role is that he is supposed to review regulations. It is hard for me to imagine that he could implement regulations on his own. That would be too simple. The regulatory process cant tolerate simplicity, because it has evolved to the point where its primary purpose is to keep lawyers employed.

[Born Conservative]

bfl

[marbren]

Is GE's Immelt a Czar?

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Here's a suggestion for these "czars" in Obama's White House.
For purposes of classsification, I suggest we stop calling them "czars"
and start calling them Commissars.
(Russian: комисса́р)
Like Commissar Holdren, Commissar Jones, Commissar Sunstein, etc.
It fits better with the Alinskyite and Fabian Socialist agenda.
And will prove less confusing in tracking Obama's Commissariat.

[marbren]

Is Jones really gone?