Instapundit Glenn Reynolds narrates a fun and exhaustive PJTV accounting of the various presidential czars appointed by Barack Obama.
More czars than there are in heaven!
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Fist of Etiquette|8.20.09 @ 4:19PM|#
Where are the Bolsheviks when you need them?
|8.20.09 @ 4:24PM|#
I wish it was called "capo" instead.
What was the first instance of an American issue czar? (Federal level)
|8.20.09 @ 4:25PM|#
And the danegeld is paid.
For now.
|8.20.09 @ 4:58PM|#
My reading of Russian history leads me to conclude one would be sufficient to outnumber the czars in heaven.
EJM|8.20.09 @ 5:00PM|#
Where are the Bolsheviks when you need them?
"Drug Czar Toppled By Drug Bolsheviks"
(OK, so it's from 2007.)
|8.20.09 @ 5:01PM|#
You're gonna be czarry!
Tim|8.20.09 @ 5:02PM|#
We have some difficulties in our relations with Russia. We need a czar to coordinate our diplomatic efforts with Russia. We need a Russian czar.
|8.20.09 @ 5:12PM|#
Three.
Wait, that's how many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop™. Never mind.
|8.20.09 @ 5:14PM|#
So cabinet secretaries have become something like the practice squad--not good enough to make the real team, and gets beat upon for the privledge of hanging out with the stars...
tassawwuf|8.20.09 @ 5:29PM|#
at this point, i nominate we just appoint the last Czarnian to clean up Washington...bonus, he's already a resident of DC...
|8.20.09 @ 5:33PM|#
Found the czar backgrounder (wiki).
Short answer : war time FDR and then revived by Nixon with Energy Capo... sorry, Energy Czar.
Hopester|8.20.09 @ 5:48PM|#
Are the Czars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright.
I Only Have Eyes For You, Dear.
The Libertarian Guy|8.20.09 @ 6:05PM|#
"Capo" works better, given the Chicago thug politician mindset now running the show...
Other metaphors could include "minions", though that would be more applicable to the SEIU gangstas intimidating people at the townhalls.
More: autocrat, despot, leader, ruler, king... and the ever-popular much, much more.
|8.20.09 @ 7:40PM|#
"How Many Czars Does it Take to Start a Revolution?"
42
|8.20.09 @ 8:12PM|#
As I've said all along, we need a czar czar.
|8.20.09 @ 8:43PM|#
As I've said all along, we need a czar czar.
Wouldn't "capo di tutti capi" sound way cooler?
|8.20.09 @ 10:54PM|#
We have some difficulties in our relations with Russia. We need a czar to coordinate our diplomatic efforts with Russia. We need a Russian czar.
[Spit-take]
Guy Smiley|8.21.09 @ 9:11AM|#
There's a "God Czar"?
I assume he regulates God, and God's salary.
pistoffnick|8.21.09 @ 9:36AM|#
How about a Ta-czar?
One who would keep tabs on the police use of "non-lethal" electrical weapons.
coyote1284|8.21.09 @ 12:53PM|#
It's an American thing. We can't go around calling our heads of these departments "Ministers". That'd sound like we had religious leaders running our government and we can't have that. Besides, "Czar" sounds more flashy than "Director".