McHenry goes to war against czars

I would like to know if anyone has an answer to this question:
Who gave the order from within the Obama administration that prevented the "FBI" from investigating the Czar appointees?

After 8 years of Bush Administration refusing to appear before Congress and thumbing their nose at the balance of power, do they really expect anything different from the Democrats?

The Republicans need a Decency Czar

The Democrats need a Reality Czar

The People need a Politician Death Panel Czar

I thought it was very ironic that Jimmy Carter was accusing anyone of being racist. Him of all people. Does he think that people forget his treatment of staff in the white house? Talking about a pot calling the kettle black. The stories that came out of the white house while he was there. Man, that guy is either demented or he thinks people are blinded by his Habitat work. I still laugh when I hear about his carrying his suitcase until the reporters were out of sight and then he would quickly hand it off to a staff member. I wonder if he does the same thing when he goes on sight of a Habitat build.

I have much more respect for the president than I do for Carter. As far as I am concerned, Jimmy is still number one on the worst president list.

Bonus - the pop-up is lifesized and comes with a house full of roommates.

Isn't it hilarious? I haven't seen more racist Republicans scrambling to defend a gay guy since the last episode of OZ.

.... and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper,....

Let's see McHenry had no job when he came into Congress, so he had no net worth. Could someone explain how he has a net worth of over 1 million dollars now? He is just on his second term and he now has like 3 houses on what he makes. I know how republicians hate gays and there have been stories about him, so it is a little strange. I am just saying all these politicians are corrupt.

DemLib says "Czars are technically unconstitutional. They have to be vetted and authorized. Therefore, the tax payers money is currently being fraudulently embezzled by the administration."

That is complete nonsense.

John_burns

You seem to know a lot about Obama's grass roots work....what 'other' community organization did he work for? Was that organization affiliated in any way with other organizations or was it a 'stand alone' organization?

John_Burns,

Let's say you are a lawyer in a law firm and Microsoft is your client. You conduct legal work for Microsoft and they pay you a fee for the work that you do for them.

Then, you want to get a new software client like Oracle...and Oracle asks you if you do any work for other software companies and you say "Yes, I do work for Microsoft".

Are you a liar?

In the same way, Obama did work for ACORN. He was not on their "payroll", but he clearly did work for them. If you want to make that distinction, fine, but it an overstatement to call 'liar' when someone says he did work for them.

John_Burns

Do you stand by ACORN?

Or do you denounce their corruption?

Also, help me understand what is 'ridiculous' about stopping corruption in the government?

John_Burns

Your put downs don't affect me. I use facts, logic and compassion to formulate my views. You are free to use name calling, insults, race, and pejorative derision as you see fit.

Obama won fair and square and I for one am extremely proud of our country for electing our first African American to the highest office of our land. He's an intelligent and very decent man and I have the utmost respect for him as a person, although I disagree with his leftist agenda. I see him as the President and an American. I focus on the content of his character and find it unfortunate that others emphasize his race.

Obama won with 52% of the vote, a majority, but not necessarily a 'clear majority' as you suggest. Obama won with 44% of the 'white' vote, the exact SAME 44% that John Kerry won when he lost to Bush...so, I'd say based on facts, it didn't look like 'race' played much of a part in it. Most whites thought we was as qualified as Kerry. He also won 96% of the black vote, so I don't know what that means.

John_Burns

I did not know that ACORN was an organization that 'serves the African American" community. Is that correct?

Are they there to serve a particular race? I did not know they were a race-based community organization.

I thought they were focused on helping the needy regardless of their racial background.

Bonus - the pop-up is lifesized and comes with a house full of roommates.

Non-racially motivated statements based on facts:

Barack Obama was elected by the clear majority of the American people and is endeavoring to do what he was elected to do.

-AND-

Your writing is ridiculous.

YES! I emailed him about this! THANKS Congressman McHenry!

NOW, WHERE is the NEWS on the NC ACORN investigation, and WHY are their (only 2) offices closed, and their former director avoiding calls...google
NC ACORN and you will find the # for John P. Comer, former EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR!

I have emailed and called this newsroom two people to report on this...nothing...if they are working on something big, they could say they are working on it...lets have some old school REPORTING folks!!!

John_Burns

Most people believe Corruption is an American issue...it's not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue or a racial issue....

What do you think?

We'd like to know if you could share a non-racially motivated statement based on facts? Could you do that?

Do you defend ACORN?

The last time I heard a "Freeman" rant so much, he was yelling at a Federal judge that the yellow fringe on the flag behind the judge meant it was a flag of admiralty and therefore the judge had no power. Oh, and the guy claimed to be a sovereign state all to himself.

Nice to see the rhetoric coninues in just as unhinged a fashion.

Here's a hint, just because Glenn Beck drools out a sentence on FoxNews doesn't mean you have to un out and retype it at your local paper.

Are you a parody bot or do you actually believe / mean the tripe you write?

lie. Obama did not work for ACORN. He once represented them but he worked for an entirely different grass-roots community organization.

I realize you think all organizations that serve African American citizens look alike, but seriously.

Wouldn't McHenry have to join the armed services first to "go to war?"

He started running for office while still in college and was in Congress by 29. He has literally never had a job other than politics.

When you look up the phrase "career politician" in a dictionary a pop-up of McHenry jumps out of the book, spits on you and takes 10 feet from your front yard for a right-of-way before sending you a bill for his tireless service.

He couldn't be right about anything wrong with Washington if he actually tried, because HE IS THE PROBLEM.

You can tell a cause is just when it attracts Virginia Foxx and Patrick McHenry. Yes. That's sarcasm.

Nice of Fox News to get Patty a phone book to stand on, though. That was a nice touch. Otherwise he would have looked like Danny DeVito on an ATM camera.

The closest thing to a job Obama ever had was 'working' for ACORN. You can find out what kinda org they are at www.biggovernment.com .

Where's the ACORN story? !

Attention: No one pay attention to the Pink Elephant in the corner

Here's the latest ACORN statement....the title could be "Fox guarding Hen House" and we don't mean Faux.

"ACORN will work with its advisory council, which includes prominent supporters of President Barack Obama, such as John Podesta, president of the nonprofit Center for American Progress, and Andrew Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, to name an independent auditor and investigator, ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement."

Good to know that Congress and Eric Holder are 'on the case'....NOT!

Bush's Czars and Obama's Czars are very different on two dimensions - NUmber and Type:

1) Number --- Bush had b/t 10 and 15 according to most credible sources. Obama has b/t 35 and 45, that's a 3x to 5x increase.

2) Type --- Benign Czars and Malignant Czars

Bush appointed many 'Benign Czars', like the Katrina Czar, as interim appointments to lead the fix to a known problem....like the Katrina Disaster. They were in response to a know issue that needed extra focus and were temporary in duration.

Obama has appointed many 'Malignant Czars' with pre-meditated agendas to 'fundamentally transform the existing system' of government in our nation. He has deliberately selected some known radical communists and Marxists such as Van Jones.

Not that it matters much, but why is it that the only reference to Bush having 36 czars is a Washington Post article? Was that the best source of fact that someone could come up with? I have found other sources that say Bush had between 1 and 4, and some that say 12-15 czars. Does it even matter? Czars are technically unconstitutional. They have to be vetted and authorized. Therefore, the tax payers money is currently being fraudulently embezzled by the administration.
If you call this a diversion Blackdog, then maybe that's what we need right now. Rushing into this major issue (health care)right now, with the current status of our gov. finances is irresponsible.

....Czar is a great term.

It sounds Imperial and it connotes arrogance, elitism, and a total disregard for the common man.....

If the shoe fits, wear it.

jesmyopinion says "A 'Czar' is probably the correct term to use for this Administration as it is a Communist term if I understand correctly - ."

completely incorrect history. Lenin and the Communists opposed the Czar.

Where's the ACORN story? The silence is deafening.

Go ahead liberals...defend ACORN....

Defend your idealistic "community organizers" who simply help those that need some help.

What's your excuse....let's hear it.

While he praised Islam during his inauguration, Obama elaborated during his speech in Egypt months later.

He carried a greeting from "Muslim communities" in America, complained how Muslims had been "denied rights and opportunities," and stated, "I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam at places like Al-Azhar that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's renaissance and enlightenment."

Besides crediting Islam with significant responsibility for the development of civilization in Europe, Obama also said Muslims have served similarly in America.

"And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States," Obama said. "They have fought in our wars. They have served in our government. They have stood for civil rights. They have started businesses. They have taught at our universities. They've excelled in our sports arenas. They've won Nobel Prizes, built our tallest building and lit the Olympic torch. And when the first Muslim American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same holy Quran that one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, kept in his personal library."

Does anyone know if the president has an Islamic czar yet? Doesn't he need one?

Muslims who are working to stage the "Our Day Has Come" day of prayer at the U.S. Capitol have discussed views that include an Islamic takeover of the White House, from where they say President Barack Obama is providing their inspiration.

How long until Ezekial Emanuel is officially named the "Death Czar" who will develop the formula that will dictate who is worthy to receive healthcare and who is too old, young sick, etc. to have resources "wasted" on them?

Submitted by blackdog on September 16, 2009 - 11:08am.
Typical.... We need health care reforms, illegal alien reforms, banking reforms, on and on. But the republicans only offer diversions from the real work that we pay them to do.

Is that what you call yesterday's congressional bashing of Joe Wilson? I really don't think you mean what you said. Now, Jimmy Carter wants to put a racial slant on the whole thing. That doesn't sound like a Republican diversion to me.

"A 'Czar' is probably the correct term to use for this Administration as it is a Communist term if I understand correctly"

You don't understand correctly.

The title Czar/Tsar (like Kaiser) is derived from the original "Caesar". After the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium), the Kievan Rus laid claim to the remains of the Empire and began referring to their leaders as "Tsar". Not only does this term predate Communism by several hundred years, the Communists hated the monarchy and Tsar Nicholas II so much they slaughtered his entire family and everyone associated with it.

With that in mind, I give you another stupid Communism connection:

Communists hated Czars
McHenry hates Czars
McHenry is a Communist

Could we please, please stop trying to paint our President as Communist or Nazi or whatever Glenn Beck decides to cook up next week?

Oh Boo Hoo - where was this moonbat when Karl Rove refused to testify before congress? Hypocrite, thy name is McHenry!

Republicans have made it clear time and again they only want *Democrats* to be held accountable.

Did the GOP-controlled congress "confirmed" a horse judge to the top post in FEMA, or they take the "hands off" approach? And does that matter when President Bush backed it up with a "heck of a job, Brownie."

In Republicans' minds, we need some good, Real American confirmations, similar to former US Attorney General Alberto "are you loyal to the Republican party?" Gonzales's hiring practices.

It is sad that Republicans are building a stone wall with all the stones they can't cast due to their past sins and failures.

Watching McHenry go to war is like watching a Sissy fight with him being the odd sissy out! " I want my Country and South Carolina back" Send McHenry and Joe Wilson to Afganhstan with a box of Glenn Beck Creampuffs......

LOL. Banner Elk Republican is politician from Banner Elk, NC.

McHenry is a joke. "It's apparent they seem to be making some big decisions," McHenry says. Well, in the face of Congress' inability to make decisions, someone has got to do it. Better a trusted advisor to the President, than the scoundrels in Congress whos only recent ability seems to be blowing a lot of hot air. McHenry continues "I believe that every President should be advised by the best and brightest our country has to offer." What's his excuse for being in congress then?

Where was this new sense of "accountability" during the bush-league administration? They don't seem to be accountable for anything except allowing the biggest terror attack in history on their watch! Don't forget the biggest financial disaster since the great depression. George Herbert Hoover Bush!
Patrick, keep praying that no one opens your closet door!?

Here's a little blast from the past when McHenry repeatedly stood before Congress back in 2005 defending his indicted mentor Tom Delay:

Again, and again, and again, and again, and again, ad nauseum.

In honor of the great Russian-oil-money-taking former Republican leader, I give you:

Writers: leo sayer & david courtney

I was travellin' down the road, feelin' hungry and cold
I saw a sign sayin' food and drinks for everyone
So naturally I thought I would take me a look inside
I saw so much food, there was water comin' from my eye

Yeah there was ham an' there was turkey, there was caviar
And long tall glasses, with wine up to yar

And then somebody grabbed me, threw me outta my chair
Said before you can eat, you gotta dance like fred astaire

You know I can't dance, you know I can't dance
You know I can't dance, you know I can't dance
I can't dance!

I am a man of the road -- a hobo by name
I don't seek entertainment, just poultry and game
But if its all the same to you, then yes I will try my hand
If you were as hungry as me then I'm sure you would understand

Hmmm
Now wait a minute
Let me see now

Of course I can dance, of course I can dance!
I'm sure I can dance, I'm sure I can dance...
I can dance!

I can dance
I really hit the floor
Ah feels good
Look at me dancin!

I did a two-step, quick-step and a bossa nova
A little victor silvester, and a rudy valentino
You should a seen me movin', right across the floor
Hand me down my tuxedo, next week I'm comin' back for more

I can dance -- oh yes! I can dance!
Look at me dancin' the floor movin'
I feel good -- I can dance
I can dance, I can dance, I can dance.

That is just too funny. :)

You ROCK freeman! But, your not the last,sorry, but rather simply one of many. Still, I hold up my lighter to you.

A 'Czar' is probably the correct term to use for this Administration as it is a Communist term if I understand correctly - and 'Comrade Obama' would probably be more appropriate also.

I'm going to say there's absolutely nothing wrong with Obama's Czars.

He can have as many unauthorized, unvetted, unapproved Communists, Marxists, and Socialists as he wants at as many newly created senior positions as he wants.

And, he can spend as much money on tham as he wants....Billions for all I care....there's just no limit to the power and money that he can concentrated in these Czar positions.

Why? Because I don't want Jimmy Carter, or anyone else, to call me Racist.

I'm smart enough to know I must comply to his every desire...or else, by liberal edict, I'm a racist.

First, the story clearly points out that Van Jones'statements regarding the U.S. government's roll in 9/11 were made "several years ago". Clearly the intent of this statement is to promote the understanding that we need not live in the past, but simply need to move on. It leaves out that Jones' acknowledged this belief as recently as 2004.

Additionally, it is fortunate that the story submits this as the prime reason for his resignation, avoiding his more recent hearlding of his "Marxist philosophy" (Washington Post verbage, not mine) with Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM).

Secondly, I understand the phrase "Banner Year" but what is a "Banner Elk Republican"? I didn't even know that ungulates were political. Is that anything like a Log House Republican?

Why does the arguement "bush had czars and that was wrong" lead to "obama has czars and that is right"... Starting to feel that if a President needs so many people just to figure out what's going on, the federal government has just gotten too bloated?

They got it from wikipedia, just go there.

Typical.... We need health care reforms, illegal alien reforms, banking reforms, on and on. But the republicans only offer diversions from the real work that we pay them to do.

Thanks naughty - I'll look at the list & compare them to Obama's.

Hmmm, looks exactly like the list from whitenoiseinsanity. Now that's a fascinating site - keeps track of how many "hits of rage" they get. So much hatred and meanness - seriously, why are you liberals so furious all the time? The conservative blogs & sites I visit are not anything like that - the viciousness & vitriol is just stunning. Anyone reading this should go visit the site - look at the picture of typical WNI trolls & read the hate -just mean.

I doubt your list of Bush czars compares apples & oranges to Obama's czars, but being the fair-minded, non-partisan individual I am, I'll investigate for myself.

All right you caught me. It wasn't 36.

Abstinence Czar (Randal Tobias)
AIDS Czar (4 Czars: Scott Evertz, Joe O’Neill, Carol Thompson, Jeffrey Crowley)
Bank Bailout Czar (Neel Kashkari)
Bioethics Czar ( Leon Kass)
Bird flu Czar (Stewart Simonson)
Birth control czar (Erik Keroack)
Budget czar (3 Czars: Mitchell Daniels, Joshua Bolton, Rob Portman)
Clean Up Czar (2 Czars: Jessie Roberson & James Rispoli)
Communications Czar (Dan Bartlett)
Cyber Security Czar, Cyber Czar (2 Czars: Richard Clarke, Rod Beckstrom)
Democracy Czar (Elliott Abrams)
Domestic Policy Czar (Karl Rove)
Drug Czar (John P. Walters)
Faith-Based Czar, Faith Czar (4 Czars: Don Willett, John Dilulio, Jim Towey, Jay Hein)
Food Safety Czar (David W.K. Acheson)
Global AIDS Czar (2 Czars: Randall Tobias, Mark Dybul)
Health Czar for WTC, World Trade Center Health Czar (John Howard)
Health IT Czar (David Brailer)
Homeland Security Czar (Michael Chertoff)
Homeless Czar, Homelessness Czar (Phil Mangano)
Gulf Coast Reconstruction Czar, Hurricane Katrina Recovery Czar (Donald E. Powell)
Intelligence Czar (2 Czars: John Negroponte & John Michael McConnell)
Manufacturing Czar (2 Czars: Albert Frink & William G. Sutton)
Policy Czar (Micahel Gerson)
Public Diplomacy Czar (2 Czars: Karen Hughes & James Glassman)
Reading Czar (G. Reid Lyon)
Regulatory Czar (2 Czars: John D. Graham & Susan Dudley)
Science Czar (John Marburger)
Terrorism Czar (3 Czars: Richard A. Clarke, Wayne Downing, John O. Brennan)
War Czar (Douglas Lute)

Name the 36 Bush czars naughty duncan.