What’s With All The Czars!!!
Let’s count Obama’s czars; Health reform Czar , Urban affairs Czar, Energy and climate change Czar, Car Czar, AIDS Czar, Drug Czar, and he just recently picked his gaffe galore VP as the Stimulus Czar.
And now a Cyber Czar!!!
A czar is defined as “a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917); a person having great power.” The Wikipedia entry for “Tsar” ends with:
“Like many lofty titles, e.g. Mogul, Tsar or Czar has been used as a metaphor for positions of high authority, in English since 1866 (referring to U.S. President Andrew Johnson), with a connotation of dictatorial powers and style.”
So what’s the big deal?
Czars are not accountable to Congress or to Cabinet officials and rarely testify before congressional committees. These Czar will not go through confirmation hearings, and they are not accountable to public. So why is he doing it, well a Democrat Senator Byrd thinks that Obama’s administration is tying to accumulative more power through these czars and asserting more control. This is a direct conflict with Obama’s commitment to openness and transparency.
There is no hope and no change!! Another broken promise.
With the different colors, this site is just darn hard to read, especially with the dark background. I stumbled on it, and I want to immediately flee….