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10) The Compensation czar is Kenneth Fineberg. He's in charge of the TARP program, Troubled Assets Recovery Fund. He has been in the news for demanding the salaries and bonuses of bailed out companies to be cut by as much as 90%. The initial reaction of many people is that no one should receive those outrageously high salaries, but why should the government have any say in what corporate America does with its legal profits? This is still a capitalistic society. The Democrats say they stand for the "little" folks, but Fineberg's bonus cuts hit not just the executives of a company but all the employees down to the so-called non-essential secretarial pools and maintenance men who rely on their annual bonuses.

11) The Cyber Security czar is to be announced soon, with the leading candidate being Frank Kramer. Supposedly the Dept. of Homeland Security is in charge of this office, but some say the power is held by the NSA and we should not leave it in the hands of a super secret intelligence agency. Sounds like someone is a little paranoid.

12) The Domestic Violence czarina is Lynn Rosenthal. She is a former director of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

13) The Drug czar is R. Gil Kerlikowski. He is a former Seattle Police Chief, known for down-playing drug busts in his city, and who has a son with known drug problems.

14) The Economics czar is Paul Volker. How's that working out for us?

15) The Faith-based czar is Joshua DuBois, a 26 year old man whose previous job was working for Rep. Rush Holt, a Democrat from New Jersey.

16) The Global Warming (or Climate and Energy) czarina is Carole Browner. She is tied to the Commission for a Sustainable World Society, a socialist group which believes "rich countries must shrink their economies by $300 billion a year to address climate change". Interestingly, the Socialist International Group, which fully supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies, has quietly removed Ms. Browner's name and bio from their web page.

17) The Great Lakes czar is Cameron Davis, a Chicago environmentalist. You may be interested in knowing there are already 140 programs dealing with the Great Lakes environment.

18) The Green Jobs czar was Van Jones, who recently resigned under pressure. He was a California civil rights activist with many left wing views. He is the one who signed a petition that stated his belief that the Bush administration was behind the 9/11 attacks.

19) The Guantanamo Closure czar is Daniel Fried, a career diplomat who wants our allies and Yemen to take the detainees. Another program which is not quite working as planned.

20) The Healthcare czarina is Nancy Ann DeParle. She is another Clinton administration member. She sits on the boards of several health corporations which leads to conflicts of interest. The issue of not prosecuting patients or suppliers of medical marijuana is in the news now, and so begins the slide down the slippery slope. Rahm Emanual's brother Ezekiel Emanual is also involved with this office. Enough said!21) The Information czar is Vivek Kundre, on whom I have no information. 22) The internet czarina is Susan Crawford. She wants to see the government take over the internet, destroying private control. She would use $1.2 billion of the stimulus money for broadband. President Obama has said he will take a back seat to no one in his commitment to net neutrality. This is one more step toward socialism. Americans for Prosperity is one group leading the fight against this because, as long as the internet is free, conservatives can use it to communicate, educate, and organize. 23) The Intelligence czar is Dennis Blair. He is a retired admiral who has held posts with the NSC and the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon, and at the CIA as an associate director for military support. His conflict of interest comes from serving on the boards of two defense contractors while studying bids for the F-22 fighter. 24) The Iran czar is Dennis Ross. 25) The Manufacturing czar is Ron Bloom. 26) The Media Diversity czar is Mark Lloyd, a political leftist who used to work for CNN and NBC. His job is to get rid of talk radio. He is a great admirer of Hugo Chavez who took over all private radio and TV stations in Venezuela. Mark Lloyd believes that all media should be public media.

27) The Middle East czar is George Mitchell. He recently returned from another attempt to get Israel and Palestine to resume peace talks, but, to no one's surprise, it failed.

28) The Performance czar is Jeffrey Zientz. I'm not sure I want to know what his job is.

29) And now we come to the Regulatory czar, Cas Sunstein. This man believes that the government should be required to fund abortion with taxpayers money, that we should abolish marriage and go to civil unions, that we should ban hunting entirely, and that we should take organs of terminally ill patients with or without permission. He would change the rule about organ donation to a system where one must opt out rather that opt in for donating. This man wants to change the interpretation of the Constitution by 2020. He has written a book called the Second Bill of Rights, a radical set of welfare rights for every citizen. Among these mandates are the right to a useful job, enough money to provide adequately for a family, the right of every farmer to make a decent living, a decent home for everyone, adequate medical care, protection from unemployment, a good education, and the right to act against unfair competition. He has stated that America would move naturally toward socialism but we are held back by the white majority which opposes welfare since it largely benefits blacks and Hispanics. This is your Regulatory czar!                  30) Then we go to the Safe School czar, Kevin Jennings. He has been under attack recently for advocating the teaching of homosexuality to all students from kindergarten up. He has expressed admiration for Harry Hay, one of the first advocates for NAMBLA, the North American Man Boy Love Association. He has recounted the story of a sophomore boy who came to him to tell of a sexual relationship with an older man. Even though required by law as a teacher to report this behavior to the boy's parents, school administrator, or the police, he encouraged the boy and said he hoped he knew how to use condoms. He has shown disregard for parental rights and our children's well being, yet the President has chosen him to keep our schools safe.                                         31) The Science czar is John Holdren, who also holds long time leftist views. His goal is population control. To achieve this he believes in forced abortion and compulsory sterilization, and says we must all lower our consumption levels. He has stated that abortions could save the planet. After all, embryos are just a handful of cells.                                                              32) The Stimulus Accountability czar is Earl Devaney. 33) The Technology czar is Aneesh Chopra.                                                                                                  34) The Terrorism czar is John Brennan, a former Associate Director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He is working toward an increased role for Hezbollah in Lebanon, making him highly unacceptable to Israel.                      35) The Urban Affairs czar is Adolfo Carrion.                                                      36) The War czar is Douglas Lute.                                                                     37) The Weapons czar is Ashton Carter.                                                            38) The Weapons of Mass Destruction czar is Gary Samore.                             39) The Weatherization czar is Gil Sperling. Apparently, these last five czars have yet to do something scandalous to get in the news. I don't know if there will be more appointees, but Obama appears to satisfy the needs of any special interest group by naming a czar. I have heard that those with unclear responsibilities and relatively low budgets are referred to as "czardines". Many of these people have not been subjected to even a basic FBI background check. As advisors to Obama they can claim executive privilege if ever subpoenaed to testify before Congress. They are not subject to transparency laws, and they answer to no one but the President.

There is an effort currently underway in Congress led by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) to force the czars to testify before Congress with respect to their authority and responsibilities. And Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has introduced legislation that mandates czars be appointed only with advice and consent of the Senate.

Laura Ingraham has coined the term Freedom Czar, and is even selling T-shirts and ball caps with the logo. That is who we all are. We are Freedom czars. Even though we are not on the White House payroll we must assume the authority to take back our country, one freedom party at a time. Just repeat the goal---November 2010, November 2010, November 2010.