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657315 tn?1319491387

How much do YOU really know about some of President Obama's Czars?

The two that are on my mind today are the Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein, and the Safe Schools czar, Kevin Jennings.  How, how, HOW???

There are many czars - I don't even like that word(!!!) - but these two are particularly worrisome to me.
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535822 tn?1443976780
Thank you once again RJ I knew it wasnt lies , paranoia  as is suggested here ...last night speech was full of lies...he said he was excluding Lobbyists....... he has 30 lobbyists ....where is the money coming from for all the student loans he has promised...We now have the 'Jobs Bill' not the Stimulous Bill......No mention of Terorism , and NO acknowledgement to the 2 Police who brought down Hassan at Fort Hood , one of whom was severly injured, and if she had not shot him he would have killed more in his Jhaid, OBama  did  however acknowledge Mrs Obama is going to fight child obesity .she got accolades for that ...
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Under "Concurrent Resolution"   paragraph 4, it seems they are concerned about the czars (39) affecting transparency to the public.



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Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should issue, and Congress should hold hearings on, a report and a certification regarding the responsibilities, authorities, and... (Introduced in House)

HCON 185 IH


111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. CON. RES. 185
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should issue, and Congress should hold hearings on, a report and a certification regarding the responsibilities, authorities, and powers of his `czars'.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 15, 2009
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mrs. LUMMIS, Ms. FOXX, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. COBLE, Mr. STEARNS, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. SCHOCK, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WAMP, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PENCE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ADERHOLT, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. OLSON, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. TERRY, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. HELLER, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. NUNES, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. CARTER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. LINDER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. BONNER, Mr. TURNER, and Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform


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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should issue, and Congress should hold hearings on, a report and a certification regarding the responsibilities, authorities, and powers of his `czars'.

Whereas Congress recognizes that the Constitution vests in the executive branch the power to appoint Presidential advisers whose communications to the President are protected under executive privilege;

Whereas Congress recognizes the importance of coordinating executive agencies, and recognizes that Presidents often appoint special assistants, commonly referred to as `czars', to manage this coordination with regard to important areas of national policy, and to advise the President;

Whereas at least 36 czars have been appointed in 2009, raising concerns about the Federal government's provision of adequate transparency and accountability to the public; and

Whereas members of Congress are concerned that the appointment of these czars and their actions may subvert the legislative and oversight authority of Congress under article I of the Constitution: Now, therefore, be it


Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the President should--

(A) issue a report to Congress clearly outlining the responsibilities, qualifications, and authorities of the special assistants to the President, commonly referred to as `czars', that he has appointed; and

(B) certify to Congress that such czars have not asserted and will not in the future assert any powers other than those granted by statute to a commissioned officer on the President's staff; and

(2) Congress should hold hearings on such report and such certification within 30 days after the date of their receipt.



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This was my source. I copied and pasted from the web address shown. Anyone can use the address and pull it up. Not my agenda nor Beck's or anyone else.

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=287&letter_id=4322652006


I try to go to the source and stay away from opinions.
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585414 tn?1288941302
  No. Not everyone automatically thinks in a mindset that will accept ideas that are proven true whether they might have a different political stance. I am well aware that these "czars" have an agenda that is not in the best interest of America. I would think the less positions there are that are elected by the people of America the less of a democracy we have. I may be liberal but I don't see much in their agenda as benefiting myself or other people in America for that matter. I would say however that any government position that takes increasing control over people and how they should act and think (especially the latter) does detract from our democracy.
  I would say that this occured in the last administration. But I would not say it began there either. But some pieces of legislation such as the Patriot Act (which was extended by Obama) may have been neccessary but parts of it increased control over America in a way that was completely unncessary such as the fact that one aspect of the Patriot Act made it illegal to engage in lawsuits against companies that made vaccines. That has nothing to do with protecting America against terrorists. It will be the same way with the current health care reform bill in that there will be parts of it that will be a specific politician's agenda and we won't know until it is passed. Transparecy in government is essential but it has not happenned yet. I will read up further on what was posted here.
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535822 tn?1443976780
RJ there is proof out there regarding many of these czars but its no use in wasting your time and energy we will be contradicted whatever we say its the Nature of the beast and the way liberals think..  ...
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Yes there were czars before now, but personally I would pick a better bunch than known Communists, people that liked dictatorship and killing innocent people. Talk about having Security for the President, those people should not even be near the White House. They made such a big deal of a couple that wanted to be part of the "in" crowd. Most of the time gov. jobs won't accept people that have been connected to such things. My question is his long list of friends, starting with Rev. Wright, has continued to be people that are ant-American or crooks or both. Who knows that many people with the type of back-grown that he does? Does he know anyone that has a good record with no hidden past of undesirable participations?
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http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/czar-search/
Now it’s turned odious again, with Republican senators calling czars unconstitutional and cable hosts like Beck and Sean Hannity characterizing them as shadowy under-the-table appointees used by Obama to dodge the usual approval processes. In fact, of the 32 czars Beck lists:
Nine were confirmed by the Senate, including the director of national intelligence ("intelligence czar"), the chief performance officer ("government performance czar") and the deputy interior secretary ("California water czar").
Eight more were not appointed by the president – the special advisor to the EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan ("Great Lakes czar") is EPA-appointed, for instance, and the assistant secretary for international affairs and special representative for border affairs ("border czar") is appointed by the secretary of homeland security.
Fifteen of the "czarships" Beck lists, including seven that are in neither of the above categories, were created by previous administrations. (In some cases, as with the "economic czar," the actual title – in this case, chairman of the president’s economic recovery advisory board – is new, but there has been an official overseeing the area in past administrations. In others, as with the special envoy to Sudan, the position is old but the "czar" appellation is new.)
In all, of the 32 positions in Beck’s list, only eight are Obama-appointed, unconfirmed, brand new czars.
These new "czars" include the special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; the director of recovery for auto communities and workers; the senior advisor for the president’s Automotive Task Force; the special adviser for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality; the federal chief information officer; the chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board; the White House director of urban affairs; and the White House coordinator for weapons of mass destruction, security and arms control. Or, as Glenn Beck would have it, the Afghanistan czar, the auto recovery czar, the car czar, the embattled green jobs czar, the information czar, the stimulus accountability czar, the urban affairs czar and the WMD policy czar.
Some of these new positions would have been meaningless in a previous administration. Previous presidents didn’t need an Automotive Task Force or a Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. These positions are similar to George W. Bush’s "World Trade Center health czar" and "Gulf Coast reconstruction czar" in that they are new advisory positions created to deal with temporary challenges facing the administration. Others do represent new long-term concerns (urban affairs, climate change), but the act of appointing advisers to manage new areas of interest is hardly unique to the Obama administration. The Bush administration, for instance, created the "faith-based czar" and the "cybersecurity czar."
Another thing: Beck counts among his 32 "czars" three who have not been called "czars" by reporters at all, except in stories claiming that the Obama administration has lots of "czars." We’ve compiled a FactCheck.org list that discounts these positions, which seem to be "czars" only in the context of media czar-hysteria. (Our list also adds three czars Beck’s research didn’t find – a "diversity czar," a "manufacturing czar" and an "Iran czar.")
As for Obama having an unprecedented number of czars, the Bush administration had even more appointed or nominated positions whose holders were called "czars" by the media. The DNC has released a Web video claiming that there were 47, but it’s counting multiple holders of the same position. We checked the DNC’s list against Nexis and other news records, and found a total of 35 Bush administration positions that were referred to as "czars" in the news media. (Our list of confirmed "czars," with news media sources cited, is here.) Again, many of these advisory positions were not new – what was new was the "czar" shorthand. Like the Obama czars, the Bush czars held entirely prosaic administrative positions: special envoys, advisers, office heads, directors, secretaries. The preponderance of czars earned both ridicule and concern in editorials and in media, but no objections from Congress
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535822 tn?1443976780
I have come to the conclusion that you are aware and it is also your agenda for this country, nothing more to be said , except we shall see..... the Progressive Movement has never won and it wont now, its already on the run ,  the Americans loyal to the Constitution ,the founding fathers and all we stand for are fighting back, this exceptional country will not be taken over by the radicals...
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535822 tn?1443976780
We were not questioning his use of czars , we know the History we were questioning their extreme radical ideology,  READ   RJs list again , Van Jones was got rid of as he said on TV he was a communist..Anita Dunn sang the praises of MAU Tse Tung ...the history of his senior advisors is very Progressive, its all out there no secrets ...
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306455 tn?1288862071
Czars are not a new thing.
List of U.S. executive branch czars
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This is a list; for the history of "czar" as a political term, see Czar (political term).
In the United States, the informal political term "czar" is employed in media and popular usage to refer to high-level officials who oversee a particular policy. There have never been any U.S. government offices with the title "czar", but various governmental officials have sometimes been referred to by the nickname "czar" rather than their actual title.
The earliest known use of the term for a U.S. government official was in the administration of Franklin Roosevelt (1933–1945), during which twelve positions were so described. The term was revived, mostly by the press, to describe officials in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Subsequently, until the George W. Bush administration (2001–2009), the term was little used except in reference to the "drug czar."[citation needed]
The habit of using "czar" to refer to an administration official dates back at least to President Franklin D. Roosevelt [FDR Czar]
TO view a list of Czars throughout presidential history …………..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._executive_branch_czars
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Ya had 8 years. In 8 years ya had no solutions. You in fact put Obama in the white house. If it had been successful then, a dem would not be in the white house, now would he? Ya had no answers then and ya got none now. Just complaining. Time to get over it?
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535822 tn?1443976780
Like I say 'Birds of a Feather Flock together ', Gosh RJ you certainly get the information did you catch to long Government driven lecture ...No Mentiuon of the Christams day Bomber or Miranda rights given to terrorists ..and what was that about deals with Columbia , and Korea, etc ......and hey where is all the money coming from more stimulous and see the way BUSH got blamed over and over ...
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Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)  

4th-term Democrat from Maryland.  

Letters To Leaders
All messages are published with permission of the sender. The general topic of this message is Environment:

Subject:
Protest,, Obama's Czars/////
To:
Rep. John Sarbanes
President Barack Obama
Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Sen. Benjamin Cardin

November 30, 2009

WHO can look at the following and have confidence in the Obama Administration? WHO? (Except perhaps someone of the same ILK!)

OBAMA'S "CZARS"-- Read who they are and realize what they want to do.

OBAMA'S CZARS
CZAR Czar Position Summary

Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan Czar Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov. of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use. Dissolve the 2nd Amendment

Ed Montgomery Auto recovery Czar Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty. ACORN board member. Communist DuBois Club member.

Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Radical Homosexual.. A Gay Rights activist. Believes in Gay Marriage and especially, a Special Status for homosexuals only, including complete free health care for gays.

Alan Bersin Border Czar The former failed superintendent of San Diego . Ultra Liberal friend of Hilary Clinton. Served as Border Czar under Janet Reno - to keep borders open to illegal's without interference from US

David J. Hayes California Water Czar Sr. Fellow of radical environmentalist group, "Progress Policy". No training or experience in water management whatsoever.

Ron Bloom Car Czar Auto Union worker. Anti business & anti nuclear. Has worked hard to force US auto makers out of business. Sits on the Board of Chrysler which is now Auto Union owned. How did this happen?

Dennis Ross Central Region Czar Believes US policy has caused Mid East wars. Obama apologist to the world. Anti gun and completely pro abortion.

Lynn Rosenthal Domestic Violence Czar Director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Vicious anti male feminist. Supported male castration. Imagine?

Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar devoted lobbyist for every restrictive gun law proposal, Former Chief of Police in Liberal Seattle. Believes no American should own a firearm. Supports legalization of all drugs

Paul Volcker E conomic Czar Head of Fed Reserve under Jimmy Carter when US economy nearly failed. Obama appointed head of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board which engineered the Obama economic disaster to US economy.. Member of anti business "Progressive Policy" organization

Carol Brower Energy and Environment Czar Political Radical Former head of EPA - known for anti-business activism. Strong anti-gun ownership.

Joshua DuBois Faith Based Czar Political Black activist-Degree in Black Nationalism. Anti gun ownership lobbyist.

Cameron Davis Great Lakes Czar Chicago radical anti business environmentalist. Blames George Bush for "Poisoning the water that minorities have to drink." No experience or training in water management. Former ACORN Board member (what does that tell us?)

Van Jones Green Jobs Czar (since resigned).. Black activist Member of American communist Party and San Francisco Communist Party who said Geo Bush caused the 911 attack and wanted Bush investigated by the World Court for war crimes. Black activist with strong anti-white views.

Daniel Fried Guantanamo Closure Czar Human Rights activist for Foreign Terrorists. Believes America has caused the war on terrorism. Believes terrorists have rights above and beyond Americans.

Nancy-Ann DeParle. Health Czar Former head of Medicare / Medicaid. Strong Health Care Rationing proponent. She is married to a reporter for The New York Times.

Vivek Kundra Information Czar Born in New Delhi, India. Controls all public information, including labels and news releases. Monitors all private Internet emails. (hello?)

Todd Stern International Climate Czar Anti business former White House chief of Staff- Strong supportrer of the Kyoto Accord. Pushing hard for Cap and Trade. Blames US business for Global warming. Anti- US business prosperity.

Dennis Blair Intelligence Czar Ret Navy. Stopped US guided missile program as "provocative". Chair of ultra liberal "Council on Foreign Relations" which blames American organizations for regional wars.

George Mitchell Mideast Peace Czar Fmr. Sen from Maine Left wing radical. Has said Israel should be split up into "2 or 3 " smaller more manageable plots". (God forbid) A true Anti-nuclear anti-gun & pro homosexual "special rights" advocate

Kenneth Feinberg Pay Czar Chief of Staff to TED KENNEDY. Lawyer who got rich off the 911 victims payoffs. (horribly true)

Cass Sunstein Regulatory Czar Liberal activist judge believes free speech needs to be limited for the "common good". Essentially against 1st amendment. Rules against personal freedoms many times -like private gun ownership and right to free speech.

John Holdren Science Czar Fierce ideological environmentalist, Sierra Club, Anti business activist. Claims US business has caused world poverty. No Science training.

Earl Devaney Stimulus Accountability Czar Spent career trying to take guns away from American citizens. Believes in Open Borders to Mexico . Author of statement blaming US gun stores for drug war in Mexico .

J. Scott Gration Sudan Czar Native of Democratic Republic of Congo. Believes US does little to help Third World countries. Council of foreign relations, asking for higher US taxes to support United Nations

Herb Allison TARP Czar Fannie May CEO responsible for the US recession by using real estate mortgages to back up the US stock market. Caused millions of people to lose their life savings.

John Brennan Terrorism Czar Anti CIA activist. No training in diplomatic or gov. affairs. Believes Open Borders to Mexico and a dialog with terrorists and has suggested Obama disband US military

Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar No Technology training. Worked for the Advisory Board Company, a health care think tank for hospitals. Anti doctor activist. Supports Obama Health care Rationing and salaried doctors working exclusively for the Gov. health care plan

Adolfo Carrion Jr.. Urban Affairs Czar Puerto Rican born Anti American activist and leftist group member in Latin America . Millionaire "slum lord" of the Bronx , NY. Owns many lavish homes and condos which he got from "sweetheart" deals with labor unions. Wants higher taxes on middle class to pay for minority housing and health care

Ashton Carter Weapons Czar Leftist. Wants all private weapons in US destroyed. Supports UN ban on firearms ownership in America .. No Other "policy"

Gary Samore WMD Policy Czar Former US Communist. Wants US to destroy all WMD unilaterally as a show of good faith. Has no other "policy".

Glenn Bernie, MD  

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=287&letter_id=4322652006
  



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535822 tn?1443976780
Whats that frivolous saying' birds of a feather flock together' ...
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657315 tn?1319491387
Good question...why indeed?
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535822 tn?1443976780
He would help himself if he threw out most of his senior advisors who are know  with radical ties to the Progressive movement  like Andy Stern (SEIU),George Sorros, Valerie Jarrett.Mark Loyd,Robert McChesney, Vic Jones they did get rid of he was a acknowledged Communist ..what about Anita Dunn,also gone, lover of Killer of 7 Million, Mau Tse Tung . I would love to ask this President why he has surrounded himself with all these radicals if he isnt one himself......
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535822 tn?1443976780
I think we have more than the Czars to be concerned about , the senior advisors have a lot to hide, Andy Stern, Valerie Jarrett,all left wing extremists ...all with ties to the Progressive movement .....
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585414 tn?1288941302
Unions can often guarantee people their standard rights as employees. However, they can become corrupt which has been an ever present problem. The idea of various "czars" (or even the term itself) controlling more and more aspects of people's lives did not start under Obama but I agree that they are an expansion of the government that is not neccessary. The government of the United States as designated under the constitution is there to serve the people of the United States not the reverse.
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535822 tn?1443976780
I thought it was a Victory this week that the  Business Corporations won Free speech , so now business can compete with the Unions ...as the Unions put forward a left wing agenda and business could not compete ...
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657315 tn?1319491387
Well, if Cass Sunstein has his way, you and I may not be able to voice our opinions on the internet...HE'D try to limit stuff like that.  I wish people would look up what he wrote/writes!  He'd SO limit our free speech.
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535822 tn?1443976780
Thats what happens Twe, its done on purpose called Creating chaos ...its been done before , it is the Psychology of Progressives ,Saul Alinski, and part of it is to drag all the bad eggs and radical folks into the circle, create Chaos which we focus in on then do other stuff with the other hand whilst we are not looking..'..Interpol'    that happened  last week I did not know,none of us did , he had quietly gone ahead and signed it in, talk radio had no idea ..all quietly done  The czars are there for that purpose ...smoke and Mirrors ...
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