what are these "czars" that Obama seems to have placed?

[Blue_Roses]

is this another rwing bullshit lie? My crazy rwing BIL is all in a huff about it:eyes:

[SteppingRazor]

1. A "czar" is simply a person appointed by the president...

to oversee a certain aspect of the administration's policy. The first notable use of "czar" was the person in charge of drug policy -- the "drug czar." That title dates back to Nixon, and was used regularly by the time Reagan became president.

Yeah, Nixon and Reagan. Those damned commies.

[Clio the Leo]

2. Yep, I was about to say, something Regan and Nixon liked to use. NT

[zbdent]

3. czars ...

From Wikipedia

Drug:

Nixon and Ford administrations

* Jerome Jaffe, head of the Special Office for Drug Abuse Prevention
* Myles Ambrose, head of the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE)
* Dr. Robert Dupont, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and head of the Narcotics Treatment Administration

Carter administration

* Peter Bourne, Director of the National Drug Control Policy
* Mathea Falco, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics

Reagan administration

* Carlton Turner PhD, ScD, Director of the Drug Abuse Policy Office
* D. Ian McDonald, MD. Deputy Assistant to the President, Drug Abuse Policy Office

Since 1988

* The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

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George W. Bush's "War Czar"
The Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, also known by the informal expression War Czar,<1> is a position the George W. Bush administration created to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies.

(But I guess if it's a Repug who did it, it's not communist, right?)
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and more Bush madness:

"terrorism czar" for a Presidential advisor on terrorism policy, "cybersecurity czar" for the highest-ranking Department of Homeland Security official on computer security and information security policy

[SpartanDem]

4. Much ado about nothing

the has media latched on calling white house advisers czars for the policy areas they oversee

Obama czars and their offical titles

Alan Bersin Border Czar Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security
Carol Browner Energy Czar Assistant to the President, White House Office of Energy and Climate Change
Adolfo Carrion Urban Czar Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy
Vivek Kundra Infotech Czar Chief Information Officer of the United States
Joshua DuBois Faith-based Czar Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Nancy-Ann DeParle Health reform Czar Director of the White House Office of Health Reform
Herb Allison TARP Czar Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, US Department of the Treasury
Earl Devaney Stimulus accountability Czar Inspector General, US Department of the Interior
Gary Samore Nonproflieration Czar
John O. Brennan Terrorism Czar Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security
Cass Sunstein Regulatory Czar Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Daniel Fried Guantanamo Base closure Czar Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department of State
John Holdren Science Czar Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Melissa Hathaway Cybersecurity Czar Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity
Kenneth Feinberg Compensation Czar Special Master for Compensation

[iconocrastic]

8. The beauty is that they don't have to be confirmed by Congress

and they report directly to the President.

[jberryhill]

5. I can hire an expert to give me advice on whatever and call him a Grand Poobah if I want...

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. "teleprompter" "promises" "czars"

Every week they throw more bullshit, and every week some category of DUers eat it up.

[Blue_Roses]

7. well, we are here to learn...

aren't we?:shrug:

[dionysus]

9. russian guys in funny hats.