— Senator
Barack Obama,
March 31, 2008
Health firms paid Nancy-Ann DeParle
$5.8 million. The disclosure statement filed by White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle,
released this week, shows that from the start of last year until her appointment this March, she pulled in
more than $2.3 million from her positions on the boards of six firms likely to be significantly affected
by the health care reforms that she's championing.
Caesar
Salad With A Kaiser Roll. The president can't criticize America for "abandoning its principles"
during a terrorism-driven crisis, only to turn around and abandon the nation's core political values with his
Caesar-salad-like approach to problem solving outside of the electoral or representative box. But
frankly, he seems to be pulling it off, largely because he has the mainstream media as an ally for the
moment. We are witnessing the emergence of a new czarist America, not just with the appointment of so
many "experts" who will watch the store, but from the very top of the ladder, or better: pyramid.
We the People Need a Tyranny Czar.
America's system of checks and balances, designed to safeguard against tyranny, is in shambles. Thus, our
tyrannical president, committed to replacing free and private enterprise with government run socialism, is able
to do so, virtually at will. That same tyrannical president is able to downgrade national defense, drive
the nation to the cusp of financial ruin, and trash the best health care system in the world in favor of a
government run HMO, again virtually unchallenged.
A Czar Too Far.
President Barack Obama recently introduced Kenneth Feinberg as America's "compensation czar." ... Feinberg is
just the latest in a dense line of Obama czars. It's hard to keep track of exactly how many czars he's
crowned in these first few months in office, but a quick scan through media reports reveals at least a dozen.
Even liberals are becoming wary. "Does anyone know ANYTHING about these people? Guess what?
That's the point," wrote a blogger on the liberal Web site Salon.com. "It's easier to 'get things done'
when you are anonymous." Indeed.
When did the lowbrows
take over the culture? [Scroll down] Obama's 22 White House czars. That's really
stupid. As well as a violation of the Constitution. ... It's so obviously wrong and power-mad that it's
not worth debating.
Obama's
Endless Czar List Now Includes a Domestic Violence Aide. President Obama has appointed yet
another czar — you know, one of those people in his administration with a long title, huge portfolio and no
budget to get anything done. This time, it's a worthy enough portfolio assigned to Lynn
Rosenthal — fighting domestic violence. But it's a czar-like post of such little consequence,
the public announcement was handled by Vice President Joe Biden, not President Obama.
Czarred And Feathered.
It's been suggested that the White House has more czars than the Russian Romanov dynasty. Has the administration
forgotten that we have a government of elected officials, not of imperial appointments? Many of these
czars, most of whom are useless or counterproductive, are sitting in newly created positions. [They
include the] Green jobs czar. This post is held by Van Jones. Officially he is Obama's special adviser
for enterprise and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Jones was a founder and
leader of Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement. The group, now disbanded, had Marxist,
Leninist and Maoist influences. Jones admitted that he became a communist and radical after the officers
accused of using excessive force on Rodney King were acquitted.
A
czar here, a czar there, everywhere a czar. Quick, how many "czars" do you think President Obama has
appointed since becoming president? Eight? A dozen? Guess again. Try 31, at least
according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, which actually counted them.
Czar Watch. Czars. We joke about them, and President
Obama's obsession with them. By most accounts, there are too many. Let's have an updated look at them.
Twenty One and counting. I think. Nothing seems to be definitive. Glenn Beck puts the count
at 18, the most recent addition being the Health Choices Czar.
'Car
czar' Rattner steps down after five months. Steven Rattner, head of President Obama's task force
on restructuring the auto industry, is stepping down after seeing General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC enter
and emerge from bankruptcy proceedings during his five-month tenure.
FOX NEWS: Czar 54, Where Are
You? By definition, a Czar is accountable to no one. There is no vetting, no confirmation
hearing, and no public debate regarding any of these Czars' appointments. As Democratic Senator Robert
Byrd, who, as the oldest serving member of Congress, knows a thing or two about acquiring and maintaining
power, observed: "They [the Czars] rarely testify before congressional committees and often shield the
information and decision-making process behind the assertion of executive privilege." At times, he said,
one outcome has been to "inhibit openness and transparency, and reduce accountability." "The rapid and
easy accumulation of power by White House staff can threaten the constitutional system of checks and
balances," Byrd said.
The
Mind-boggling Extremism of Obama "Science Czar" John P. Holdren. As part of his series of
profiles on President Barack Obama's many policy "czars," last night FOX News host Sean Hannity looked at the
new "Science Czar", John P. Holdren. ... The longtime Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental
Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Holdren is no stranger to controversy. As
Hannity pointed out in his segment, Holdren has been quoted as calling the United States the "meanest of wealthy
countries." He has also, according to Hannity, "left the door open" to prosecuting "global warming deniers."
Questions
Raised Over Influence of Obama 'Czars'. President Obama might have slipped Monday, when he
introduced Gil Kerlikowske as his "drug czar" while speaking to an urban policy group in Washington.
Kerlikowske's real title is director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. The
administration generally rejects the term "czar" as a media-generated buzzword. But as the so-called
"czars" keep piling up, it's raising serious questions about how powerful these White House insiders are and
seems to make the term "czar" all the more appropriate.
Two
Scientists, Two Standards. The New York Times recently warned its readers about a wacky
scientist in the Obama administration. But the fish wrap of record let the real nut job off the
hook. ... The rationality police in the newsroom have not ... seen fit to print the rantings of a radical
secular evangelist now serving as the White House "science czar." John Holdren, Obama's director of
the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology, co-authored the innocuously titled "Ecoscience" in the 1970s with population
control extremists Paul and Anne Ehrlich.
"Green Jobs Czar" is a
self-described "communist". Like a character out of
The Big Chill, Van Jones seems to have evolved
from radical activist to Establishment insider. Perhaps only a left-wing administration incapable of recognizing
irony would put a self-described communist in charge of creating jobs. Luckily for Van Jones, and Obama's many
other "Czars", his new job was not dependent upon making it through Congressional hearings.
Why
You Were Right to think that Czars are Un-American: According to one report, Obama has named at least
18 such czars — people who wield enormous power but who are appointed without Senatorial scrutiny and who
proceed more or less without accountability, except to the President. That's the way the autocrats of old did
things. But until recently we tried to do them differently in the United States.
Obama Comes To
Michigan, Tea Party Breaks Out!. Today, Obama came to Macomb County, Michigan, where he was
set to unveil (what else?) more spending of our children's money that we don't have yet. To much
applause by the seals in the audience by the way. He wasn't the only arrival at Macomb Community
College, however. A good showing of protesters, numbering about 200, that probably won't receive
much in the way of coverage by the local or national MSM, showed up to have their say as well.
This Can't Be the Same Country I Grew Up In.
[Scroll down] I mean, we've got czars now. Czars like John Holdren, who has proposed forcing abortions
and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population. The latest is the nominee for regulatory
czar, a Harvard Law professor named Cass Sunstein, who is a friend of Obama's and embraces the ever-so-popular
"senior death discount" that calculates the lives of younger people as having a greater value than those of the
elderly. And he also believes in giving legal rights for livestock, wildlife and pets so they can file
lawsuits. Human rights for livestock? This is not the America I grew up in.
Obama's
32 Czars. By appointing a virtual army of "czars" — each wholly unaccountable to Congress
yet tasked with spearheading major policy efforts for the White House — in his first six months, the
president has embarked on an end-run around the legislative branch of historic proportions. ... Vesting
such broad authority in the hands of people not subjected to Senate confirmation and congressional
oversight poses a grave threat to our system of checks and balances.
Two Hundred Days of Hope and
Change. I suppose some people might consider a return to the rule of the Czars a positive step in human
history, but there is no system of accountability: America
was a constitutional republic in which chief
officers were vetted and approved by the Senate. The other workable system has been parliamentary democracy in
which responsible ministers resign when their departments screw up. What is the Obama system? Who knows?
Overly inquisitive inspectors, we know, get fired, but that's about all we know.
The 'Ivan the Terrible' of
Obama's Czars: How this guy got a job in government is beyond comprehension — unless you live
in the United States under Barack Obama as president. Meet Obama's "Green Czar" Van Jones — former
radical communist by his own admission, now a born again capitalist — at least when it comes to remaking
the business world into an environmentally friendly sector.
Pay Czar Collects Firms'
Proposals. For years, the question of what constitutes fair and appropriate compensation for top business
executives has been debated by legislators, corporate directors and activist shareholders. Now, for the first
time, a government voice will have a real say in what that pay should be.
The Pay Czar's
Power Grab: Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg's official government title is "Special Master for Compensation." ... Asked
by Reuters whether his powers include reaching back and revoking bonuses awarded to financial industry executives before his
office was created earlier this year, Feinberg asserted broad and binding authorities — including the ability
to "claw back" money already paid out. ... House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has yapped
all year long about extending pay curbs to all financial institutions and perhaps to all U.S. companies.
I would
say the road to tyranny is all downhill from here.
Union Labor Head as Czar of All U. S. Industries?
The latest example of this rule of fear and suppression was announced on August 24, 2009 by the National
Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. that Ron Bloom, former United Steelworkers Union executive, who was
appointed by Obama as his "car czar" some months ago, will soon be named to oversee ALL of America's manufacturing.
How's that for stacking the deck against American workers and consumers?
Video:
Green
Jobs Czar: 'White Polluters' Steered Poison Into Minority Communities.
Obama's Diversity Czar: Obama's
new Federal Communications Commission Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd is a big fan of Venezuelan dictator Hugo
Chavez and his Soviet-style control over the media. ... Lloyd has his own Soviet-style plan to shut down talk
radio. This new FCC plan would foster "competition" by implementing a tax equal to 100 percent of
a talk radio station's operating budget to fund its left-wing competition. Yet another far-left radical
appointed to a place of power by the President — this time targeting your freedom of speech.
Czar: 'Spread the wealth! Change the
whole system'. Just days before his White House appointment, Van Jones, President Obama's
environmental adviser, used a forum at a major youth convention to push for what can easily be interpreted
as a communist or socialist agenda. As WND previously reported, Van Jones, special adviser for green
jobs, enterprise and innovation to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, is an admitted black
nationalist and radical communist.
Obama Regulation Czar Advocated Removing People's
Organs Without Explicit Consent. Cass Sunstein, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), has advocated a policy under which the government would
"presume" someone has consented to having his or her organs removed for transplantation into someone else
when they die unless that person has explicitly indicated that his or her organs should not be taken.
Boren
says Congress should push for removal of unconfirmed "czars". U.S. Rep. Dan Boren said Congress
should use the power of the purse to push the Obama administration to remove so-called czars that do not go
through a confirmation process. Responding to questions during a telephonic town hall, the Oklahoma
Democrat said he was glad Van Jones, who resigned over the weekend as controversy continued to build over
past statements, has left his post.
Much more has been said
about Van Jones, if you're interested.
Obama's
Science Czar: Traditional family is obsolete, punish large families. President Obama's
Science Czar, John Holdren, took a controversial and amoral approach to the science of population by
recommending mass compulsory sterilization and even forced abortion (and/or forced marriages) under certain
circumstances. His 1977 tome, Ecoscience, which he co-authored with Paul and Anne Ehrlich, also
displays a revealing disregard for the institution of the traditional human family.
Congressman
wants all 'czars' to testify. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) on Wednesday [9/9/2009] called for
President Obama's "czars," or appointed high-level advisers, to testify before Congress about their "authority
and responsibilities" in the executive branch.
Obama and the Left:
Our guess is that [Van] Jones landed in the White House precisely because his job didn't require Senate confirmation, which
would have subjected him to more scrutiny. This is also no doubt a reason that Mr. Obama has consolidated so much of
his Administration's governing authority inside the White House under various "czars." Mr. Jones was poised to play a
prominent role in disbursing tens of billions of dollars of stimulus money. It was the ideal perch from which he could
keep funding the left-wing networks from which he sprang, this time with taxpayer money.
Czar Dish: With virtually no input
from the mainstream media, the alternate media exposed and forced the resignation of Communist, racist, intemperate
partisan Van Jones. He will not be the only White House czar forced from office in this way.
White
House defends czars, House to create yet another panel. The Obama administration is defending
its "czars" online — among other things, claiming there are no "czars" as such and also telling
Republicans, "Bush did the czar thing, too!" Partisan bickering aside, if the real issue is the
proliferation of low-profile functionaries who direct executive policy, dozens of whom are not confirmed by
the Senate, then it's something in which both parties should be interested — then, now, and in
the future.
A
Secret White House Power Grab Is In Full Swing. It's one thing for President Obama to surround
himself with the advisers he'd like to have, but it's another to bestow on them sweeping powers to broker secret
negotiations and push forward vast new regulations that could cost American families thousands of dollars. ... Driving
the push for this massive power grab and circumvention of the elected branches is a key White House official who
avoided Senate confirmation by being installed not as EPA director, but instead as White House Climate Czar:
Carol Browner.
Climate Czar
Browner: What Conflict of Interest? Well, here's yet another thing the unconfirmable Obama
"Climate Czarina" Carol Browner got around disclosing thanks to, and one more reason for being stuffed into, a
position of influence through the backdoor of a phony job not subject to Senate confirmation, even while lording
over Senate-confirmed constitutional officers: She was on the board of one of the leading carbon offset
trading companies, APX.
Obama and the Last Hurrah of
Liberalism. The Administration has blithely declared a tripling of the national debt over the next
10 years as if it were immaterial. President Obama has championed "health care reform" and a "carbon tax" in
an attempt to control the day-to-day lives of the American people. There are now 32 advisors (czars), to the
President, most being left-wing ideologues, with the power to implement his agenda, none of whom have been approved by
the Senate.
'Diversity czar' takes heat
over remarks. President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly
of getting white media executives to "step down" in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more
successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela "an incredible revolution." Mark Lloyd's provocative
comments — most made during a tenure at the liberal Center for American Progress think tank — are
giving fodder to critics who say Mr. Obama has appointed too many "czars" to government positions that don't require
congressional approval.
Senate
kills bid to make White House czars accountable. A proposed amendment that would have given
Congress more oversight over the White House cybersecurity czar and at least 17 other czars appointed by
President Obama was shut down in the U.S. Senate today [9/24/2009].
Obama and the
Policy Approach. Perhaps the most distinctive political characteristic of the Obama
administration thus far is the sheer ambition of its early legislative agenda, which seeks to move a host of
enormous initiatives all at once. The administration's most prominent organizational feature,
meanwhile, is its reliance on issue "czars" to manage broad areas of policy. By the end of his first
summer in office, Obama had named some 35 such policy superintendents — "more czars than the
Romanovs," as one blogger quipped — overseeing matters ranging from health-care reform, energy,
and regulation to stimulus accountability, corporate executive compensation, cyber security, and the
Great Lakes.
The
continuing battle over Obama's radicals. Barack Obama is fighting a lot of political wars these days. ... They're
all serious and time consuming. But the war that has become unexpectedly intense in recent days isn't about any
particular policy. It's the war over personnel — the president's choices to fill important but not
necessarily high-profile jobs in his administration.
When
will Diversity Czar Lloyd Appear Before Congress? [Mark] Lloyd has a long and troubling track record of
virulent opposition to the First Amendment, particularly as it pertains to the rights of conservative and Christian talk
radio hosts and stations. It is time he discuss his views with someone besides fellow Leftist Fellows at liberal
think tanks and on Socialist media "reform" panels.
FCC Won't Allow 'Diversity' Chief Mark Lloyd to be Interviewed
about Public Policy Views. The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) won't allow its Chief Diversity
Officer Mark Lloyd to be interviewed by the news media about his views and past statements on federal communications
policy. Lloyd, who cites the radical author Saul Alinsky as an inspiration, has argued that public broadcasting
outlets in the United States should be funded on a level equal to the funding of private broadcasting companies —
with the money coming from licensing fees levied on private broadcasters by the government.
FCC 'Diversity' Chief Calls for 'Confrontational Movement'.
Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), called for a "confrontational movement"
to combat what he claimed was control of the media by international corporations and to re-establish the regulatory power
of government through robust public broadcasting and a more powerful FCC.
Feingold hits Obama's use
of 'czars'. Senators say the arrangement goes against the Constitution because many czars are never
vetted by Congress, even though they have a major role in making policy. But there may be few options for
reeling them in.
Kevin Jennings' twisted
terminology: Kevin Jennings is Safe School Czar not by some vetting breakdown. He was an official
in the Obama Campaign as its Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual fund-raising co-chair. For twenty years until 2008, Jennings
succeeded on a massive scale at pro-homosexual propagandizing of school children. His adeptness and
accomplishment at semantic deception are extraordinary.
Besieged czar, EEOC chief safe, Obama
tells homosexual crowd. President Obama last night received a warm welcome at the annual dinner
of the homosexual support group Human Rights Campaign, promising to sign hate crimes legislation, to repeal
both Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act and to continue supporting his besieged appointments
as "safe schools czar" and head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Cass Sunstein. Mr.
Sunstein is a reputed "1st Amendment scholar." Having attended law school myself and actually practiced law for a
quarter century rather than retreat to the head-swelling-brain-shrinking environs of academia, I can assure you that if he
is, America is in very deep trouble. President Obama has made clear his White House Masterregulator is intended to
regulate virtually every aspect of American's lives — including the environment, healthcare, finance, and the
economy — regardless of your feelings about such matters much less your freedom and liberty. Sunstein
has argued in his prolific literary works that the Internet is anti-democratic
because of the way users can filter out
information of their own choosing.
All the President's
Mao. President Obama and "the other side of Barack's brain," Valerie Jarrett —
whose stepfather coincidentally maintained close ties with the President's adolescent mentor and Communist,
Frank Marshall Davis — handpicked the following bureaucrats and placed them in positions of
great authority, power, and visibility...
White
House: Policy 'czars' won't testify. The White House has told Congress it will reject
calls for many of President Obama's policy czars to testify before Congress — a
decision senators said goes against the president's promises of transparency and openness and
treads on Congress' constitutional mandate to investigate the administration's actions.
More
examples of Obama's flip-flops and broken promises.
Obama
Taking Us On Path To Fascism. [Scroll down] This government expansion also
is a restriction of our freedom because as the government gets bigger, the individual citizen
gets smaller. Consider some of the belief systems of his Czars. Ron Bloom, the
manufacturing czar thinks the "free market is nonsense." He also agrees with Chinese
tyrant Mao Tse Tung that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Anita Dunn, a
communications director, also a big fan of Mao, expresses those views even when speaking to
young students. And there is Mark Lloyd, Chief Diversity Officer at the FCC, who views
tyrant Hugo Chavez in Venezuela as his model.
Dismantling America.
Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member
confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut
the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? Did you think that
another "czar" would be talking about restricting talk radio?
Czar light,
czar bright. After a flurry of justifiable outcries over a number of individuals President
Barack Obama chose as his "czars," the political heat seems to have cooled. How unfortunate. But
perhaps with the lowered temperature, the Senate will have the freedom to take some responsible measures to
address this ever-expanding problem.
Radicals to rule us all.
[Scroll down slowly] These latest appointees fit right in with the 40 or so "czars" Mr. Obama has appointed
to high places in federal agencies. Since "green jobs czar" Van Jones resigned on Sept. 6 after
being outed as a self-described communist, Mr. Obama has been a bit more careful to appoint people who are
merely radical leftists, not necessarily communists. Still, he has an outright socialist as "energy
czarina" in Carol M. Browner...
Top
Obama advisers Jarrett and Axelrod given car privileges. President Obama has expanded the very
small group of top aides who are given the privilege of taxpayer-funded personal drivers — who take
them from their house to work and back home again each day — to include two top political advisers.
The Bush White House did not give the same privileges to any of its political advisers, according to former
Bush administration officials.
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