UPDATED: This is the first of several posts on Obama’s Czars. Simple Listing of Czar Titles:
1. Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) Czar: Richard Holbrooke
2. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley
3. Behavioral Science Czar: Not appointed yet.
4. Bailout Czar: Herbert Allison Jr.
5. Border Czar: Alan Bersin (Former US attorney)
6. Car Czar: Ed Montgomery
7. Climate Change Czar: Todd Stern
8. Copyright Czar: Not appointed yet.
9. Counterterrorism Czar: John Brennan
10. Cybersecurity Czar: Melissa Hathaway
11. Domestic Violence Czar: Lynn Rosenthal
12. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske
13. Economic Czar: Larry Summers
14. Economic Czar II: Paul Volcker
15. Education Czar: Arne Duncan
16. Energy Czar: Carol M. Browner
17. Food Czar: Michael Taylor
18. Government Performance Czar: Jeffrey Zients
19. Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis
20. Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones
21. Guantanomo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried
22. Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle
23. Infotech Czar: Vivek Kundra
24. Intelligence Czar: Admiral Dennis Blair
25. Latin American Czar: Arturo Valenzuela
26. Mideast Peace Czar: George Mitchell
27. Mideast Policy Czar: Dennis Ross
28. Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg
29. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein
30. Religion Czar: Joshua Dubois
31. ‘Safe Schools’ Czar: Kevin Jennings
32. Science Czar: John Holdren
33. Stimulus Oversight Czar: Earl Devaney
34. Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration
35. TARP Czar: Elizabeth Warren
36. Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra
37. Trade Czar: Ron Kirk
38. Urban Affairs/Housing Czar: Adolfo Carrion
39. War Czar: Douglas Lute
40. Water Czar: David J. Hayes
41. Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter
42. Weapons of Mass Destruction Czar: Gary Samore
Potential Czars not yet vetted:
1. Income Redistribution Czar: Not appointed yet.
2. Consumer Financial Protection Czar, aka Mortgage Czar: Not appointed yet.
3. Land-Use Czar: Not appointed yet.
4. Radio-Internet Fairness Czar: Not appointed yet.
5. Student Loan Czar: Not appointed yet.
6. Voter List Czar: Not appointed yet.
7. Zoning Czar: Not appointed yet.
A special thank you goes out to American Daughter Media Center who provided me with further details and corrections to this list…
Tsar or czar[1] (Bulgarian цар, Russian: ru-tsar.ogg царь (help·info), Ukrainian: цар, in Serbian: цар / car, in scientific transliteration respectively car’ and car), occasionally spelled csar or tzar in English, is a Slavic term with Bulgarian origins used to designate certain monarchs. The first ruler to adopt the title tsar was Simeon I of Bulgaria [2]
Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).
Occasionally, the word could be used to designate other, non-Christian, supreme rulers. In Russia and Bulgaria the imperial connotations of the term were blurred with time and, by the 19th century, it had come to be viewed as an equivalent of King.[3][4]
This is our first post; successive posts will give backgrounds on each Czar plus related research by other bloggers. We will also delve into the Consitutionality of Czars… Stay tuned for updates since this list seems to keep shifting and changing as well.
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ehansen said,in July 15th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
What the heck?? Is anyone else watching this??
ArfinGreebly said,in July 15th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
For those of us who survived Civics and U.S. History in elementary and high school, here’s a pertinent and relevant quote for you:
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,
and eat out their substance.”
Extra points to the first person to guess the original source of that line.
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Alan G said,in July 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am
ArfinGreebly-
Thanks for the Declaration of Indepenance quote.
I’m gonna use often whenever someone mentions this administration or the damn Czars.
Thank You Sir!
(PS – found this site through the Anchoress . . .)
leg said,in July 16th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I concur with Alan G. I re-read the D of I a couple of weeks ago and recommend everyone should read or re-read it, then think about what Obama is doing. Our Founders must be turning over in their graves.
I too found this site via the Anchoress, and I would like to thank Noisyroom for this list. I knew the czar thing was way out of hand, but did not realize it was this extensive/bizarre. A person might shrug off one of Obama’s appointees, but when you look at them all in totality and see the consistent strain of socialism/marxism and bizarre concepts that they have espoused, I find that this administration is getting awfully scary.
TMH said,in July 16th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
You are welcome leg – and we will be profiling each Czar with what info. we can get. This will be an on-going series on NoisyRoom.
Candida said,in July 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
How long are we going to put up with this socialist BS? There must be some strong leaders somewhere that can rally the people before it’s too late. Do we just let the bullies kick us to the curb and take what we have spent our lives to develop? What a mighty roar there will be when the “sleeping giant” awakens! It will not be sweety-pie nice, will it?
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A_Nonny_Mouse said,in July 20th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Does anybody have any idea what power or authority these “czars” will have? Or what “checks and balances” are set up to avoid misuse of any such power? Or what they’re paid and who has the power to allocate the funds for their salaries? Or who determines what their appropriate function is and makes sure their activities are limited to that function alone?
I have a LOT of concern about the Executive Branch delegating power to minions who don’t have to answer to “We the People”.
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