they dont have powers........sigh seriously
Do you so seriously regard an unlimited budget, hewn from the funding of America's military men, as not having any power?
The president has written this particular set of yahoos a series of blank checks which exceed any semblance of a budget this particular President has no intention of writing or keeping with the simplistic mind that nobody will notice he has exceeded a budget since he has seen to it there is no budget. You are not so naive you think his oversight was accidental, do you? You fulfilled his whim by not noticing the money these czars have at their disposal at Presidential order and rerouting finagling like calling the Treasury in purpose to make things happen when he feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeels like it. Why do you think he earned the moniker 'boiking' around here? The reason is because others do notice. But not you. You're not about to notice this travesty and excessive usurpation of a White House demanding lavish stipends to be taken out against the taxpaying American for his every convenience of selfish and self-serving whims.
your lying or just stupid:
While they have direct access to the president, they lack operational authority over governmental agencies and often have little or no budget line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czar_(political_term)
seriously you are ******* dumb:
As head of the Office of Homeland Security during the George W. Bush administration, Tom Ridge found that these reasons significantly limited his ability to influence policy.[24] As "drug czar", William Bennett also noticed that the lack of direct authority, inability to dispense grants, and relative small staff was a "potentially debilitating institutional weakness" that he needed to overcome
I mean it punch yourself in the face for being that stupid.All you have is what your talking heads fed you on the tv or radio. You are a brainless **** who can't even think for themselves. You are just embarrassing.
List of Obamas Czars
Friday, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:26 AM EDT
As of July 20, 2009:
The Brainroom counts 32 czars in the Obama administration, based on media reports from reputable sources that have identified the official in question as a czar.
In addition, President Obama has said that he will create the position of cyber czar, and there have been media reports that there could be a health insurance czar and a copyright czar. When and if those positions are filled, that would bring the total to 35.
Since czar isnt an official job title, the number is somewhat in the eye of the beholder.
NOTE: positions that also existed under previous administrations are indicated with an *.
1. Afghanistan Czar Richard Holbrooke
Title: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Salary: unknown
Reports to: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Appointed: January 2009
Department that might have handled similar issues: State
Will work with CENTCOM head Gen. David Petraeus to integrate U.S. civilian and military efforts in the region.
45 years of experience have made him a fixture of the Democrats foreign policy establishment.
Was U.S. ambassador to U.N., 1999-2001
Brokered the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords in Bosnia
Also served as Assistant secretary of state, East Asia and the Pacific (1976 to 1980); worked in foreign service (1962 to 1976)
From 1972 through 1976, was the editor of Foreign Policy magazine.
2. AIDS Czar * Jeffrey Crowley
Title: Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Salary: $102,000
Reports to: President Obama (as part of the Executive Office of the Presidents Domestic Policy Council)
Appointed: February 2009
Department that might have handled similar issues: Health and Human Services
Coordinates HIV/AIDS policy domestically and internationally.
Senior Research Scholar at Georgetown Universitys Health Policy Institute and a Senior Scholar at the ONeill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center.
Was Deputy Executive Director for Programs at the National Association of People with AIDS
Has Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
3. Auto Recovery Czar Ed Montgomery
Title: Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers
Salary: unknown
Reports to: Larry Summers, the presidents top economic adviser, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
Appointed: March 2009
Department that might have handled similar issues: Labor
Will work to leverage government resources to support the workers, communities and regions that rely on the American auto industry.
Was Deputy Secretary and Chief Economist at the Labor Department (1997 to 1998)
Is Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland (2003 to present)
Has PhD in economics from Harvard
In 2008, made $1,200 in political donations, all of which went to Obamas presidential campaign.
Wife is the granddaughter of a General Motors worker from Portland, Mich.
Drives a 2000 Lincoln
4. Border Czar * Alan Bersin
Title: Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs
Salary: unknown
Reports to: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Appointed: April 2009
Agencies that might have handled similar issues: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Will coordinate all of the departments border security and law-enforcement efforts.
Essentially had the same job under President Clinton; served as Attorney General Janet Renos special representative on border issues, a job that he held while retaining the position of U.S. attorney for San Diego.
This time, boss will be Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who will expect him to handle illegal immigration and drug violence issues along the Mexican-American border
Previous experience: Chairman of the San Diego Regional Airport Authority (2006 to 2009); Secretary of Education for California (2005 to 2006); Superintendent of San Diego Public Schools (1998 to 2005); U.S. Attorney for San Diego (1993 to 1998)
Graduate of Harvard and Yale Law School
Talking about border security shortly before he was named Clinton border czar in 1995, said he wanted to focus on suspected smugglers of both drugs and people and was not interested in prosecuting economic migrants.
Often tied to the 1994 border policy called Operation Gatekeeper. The policy shifted the U.S. focus from the arresting of immigrants who actually crossed the border to an increased border presence designed to stop border crossing in the first place. When Bersin left the position in 1998, border arrests were on pace for an 18-year low of just more than 200,000. Latino groups complained that Operation Gatekeeper was immoral, saying the program monitored the border near San Diego but simply forced illegal immigrants to other, more dangerous areas.
Has given more than $50,000 to political campaigns since 1999, almost all of it to Democrats.
5. California Water Czar David J. Hayes
Title: Deputy Interior Secretary
Salary: unknown
Reports to: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
Appointed: June 2009
Confirmed by Senate (as Deputy Interior Security): May 20, 2009
Department that might have handled similar issues: Interior
Charged with coordinating federal agencies to ease Californias water shortage
Graduate of Stanford Law School; clerked for U.S. District Court for the D.C., has been a partner at two big D.C. law firms
Was deputy interior secretary under Bruce Babbitt during Clinton administration
From 1993 to 1995, was chairman of the board at the Environmental Law Institute, a non-profit research center.
As a lobbyist, represented the Southern California Metropolitan Water District in 2001
In August 2008, wrote a policy report while working at the Progressive Policy Institute accusing the Bush administration of leaving a damaging legacy in their natural resource management policies
Donated $2,300 to Clinton during 2008 campaign; after she withdrew, donated $2,300 to Obama
List of Obama’s Czars – Glenn Beck