Republican Representative Jack Kingston (GA) and 29 Republican co-sponsors filed legislation that 
would force Obama to actually be accountable by vetting his Czars. This is probably one of the most needed pieces of legislation that we will see in our lifetimes. Obama has a list of 34 Czars – some ‘positions’ that still need to be filled but of that number 27 have not been vetted by Congress. In 6 months Obama has taken it upon himself to bypass Congress and the American people by appointing his very own ‘shadow government’. The Czars report directly to him and are not held accountable to Congress; therefore, not held accountable to the American people – who pay their salaries.
From the United States Constitution - Article II, Section 2 :
“[The President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; 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, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.”
This clearly states that what Obama is doing by appointing Czars left and right is a violation of the Constitution. I realize that Obama doesn’t seem to think much of our Constitution but we, the people, DO. The only government officials who can make policy are the members of Congress who WE nominate. The ‘Pay Czar’ cannot tell anyone what their salaries or bonuses will be limited to, it has to be legislated by Congress. Yet Obama seems to think that his Czars can do whatever they want and most people probably don’t understand that his ‘Yes we can’ is really our “Hell no you can’t”. Finally someone is standing up for us against Obama’s outrageous appointments.
I am currently researching Obama’s ‘Shadow government’ appointees and so far I am finding that some of these people are clearly radicals like Obama. There is at least one Socialist (Carol Browner), a fellow ACORN organizer (Adolfo Carrion Jr.), a complete nut job who wrote a book about sterilizing people to quash the growing population (John Holdgren) and his latest appointment Cass Sustein who believes that animals should have the same rights as people, including bringing lawsuits against people. These Czars are clearly not representative of America or Americans. They should not be anywhere NEAR the White House or Capitol Hill other than to attend one of Obama’s Wednesday night soirees.
Presidents in the past have had Czars but they usually act as advisors and do not make policy. Obama has specifically appointed these people to make policy. The most Czars in any administration was during George Bush’s reign who appointed 19 Czars in 8 years. Obama has appointed twice the amount of Czars in 6 months as Czarist Russia had in 300 years! As Kingston points out on his website: “At this rate, we will have: 272 czars in Obama’s fist term (48 months) 544 czars if he lasts two terms (96 months)”. This is obviously Obama’s attempt to bypass Congress to further push his radical agenda by appointing radicals to make policy.
We all must push for this Act to be brought to a vote and passed. This is for our present and our future. We cannot let the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sit on this. After reviewing some of the representatives who are on the Committee, it is clear that this may be a battle as it is filled with partisan party-line-voting Democrats -Tierney, Maloney, Kennedy, Kucinich - are some examples. Email, call, write, fax every member of the Committee to let it be known that WE, THE PEOPLE, are aware of the Act and fully support it. The Republicans have brought this Act forward, it is now up to us to tell Obama “Hell no you can’t”.
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See my Previous article about Obama's 'stupidly' made comments regarding healthcare and the Cambridge Police officer case: http://www.examiner.com/x-9100-Boston-Conservative-Independent-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Obama-stupidly-comments-on-issues-he-knows-nothing-about--Healthcare-and-a-racial-profiling-case
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I find this entirely entertaining....Republicans worried that the executive branch of the government is acting shady. Where the hell were you the last 8 years???
OK, that came across a little harsh. That wasn't meant to be an attack on you, just a general statement. Sorry about that!!!
What the heck do I know anyway? I'm just a sports guy...lol.
I cannot say I don't disagree... I can't stand the 2 party system. We need people to work for US, not the other way around!
And I didn't get into politics until this past September... when I wondered who the hell this Obama guy was.. whew... boy was I right to look into 'that one'!!! :-)
LOL Sean... I totally understood what you meant!!!! Trust me... I would have been nailing Bush as well!!!
Hey you aren't just ANY sports guy... you are the sports guy of the best team on the planet!!!!!!!
For those eho keep blaming Bush, wake up youfools, yo uelected a radical and this President is manipulating and insultng your freedoms under your nose. You will feel these effects soon and there will be noone to blame but yourself. Stupid is as stupid does.
For those who keep blaming Bush, wake up you fools, you elected a radical and this President is manipulating and insultng your freedoms under your nose. You will feel these effects soon and there will be noone to blame but yourself. Stupid is as stupid does.
The only way the Democrats can sell this bill is by lying. That's all they have left. And the lies are getting bigger and more obvious as we go along. They've lied about how much it will cost, that it won't add to the deficit, that your private insurance plan won't be affected, the small businesses will benefit, that you can still choose your own doctor...the list just keeps growing like some nightmare involving Pinocchio's nose.
The Democrats are banking on nobody paying attention right now as well as the hope that by the time the American people actually realize what kind of health care reform Congress has wrought, it will be too late to stop it. Most people really won't find out how bad it is unless or until they get sick.
By then, they may very well wish they had never heard of health care reform.
While I agree that the Czars need to be accountable to the people, there needs to be another group rather that Congress which can do the job. They are accountable to nobody!
Libs that posted here. You days are coming to a close! Sean, did your parents drop you on your head? Bush did not have Czars and a shaddow goverment. He protected your sorry ass after 9/11. and the Colts are going to trample you Pat(sys).
Mark and Jen I couldn't agree more!!!!
Curt - well technically to US but they only seem to do what WE want when it comes time for re-election. Something has to be done for sure!
Michael I will kick your keaster.. LOL.. Talkin' smack about my Pats!!!! Bush did have Czars but only 14 in 8 years and I do not think they made POLICY, which Obama is specifically allowing HIS Czars to make!!! And give Sean a little break... as he IS the Pats Examiner... :-)
great post....sadly we font have a majority in Congress and these lib loon radicals are taking advantage of it with all there radical, anti-american plans.
Bush went WAY over the line on this. However, Obama makes him look like an amateur in the Tyrant business.
Too bad it will go nowhere...We have no power over this man..I fell like I now live in Cuba... I'm not worried about shady, I worried about a socialist takeover of America and that's what we are up against.
9/02/09
Jack Kingston Republican congressman has just filed a motion
with congress that Pres. Obama has overstepped his authority
in appointing the Czars 34 now. and should be investigated
because he has broken the constitution on several ocassions.
Thank God someone is awake and taking a stand.We dont need
people like Jones claims to be a communist in the white house.
The members of Congress should be at least as annoyed about all these czars as we are. The czars bypass Congress and reduce it's power. If there's one thing all government officials fear and detest it's someone reducing the power of their office. With this in mind, when we write to our senators and "representatives", we should approach it from the this standpoint and appeal to their overblown egos. We should also remind them that it's their job to represent their constituents and they can't do that if the president and his czars reduce them to impotent figureheads.
Accountability on both sides. At least didn't invite radicals and tried to go through proper channels. Obama flagrantly flicks aside the Constitution like it doesn't apply. Republicans need to wake up and start acting like conservatives. There is no room for RINOS and Moderates now.
Great Article Kimberly, keep up the good work. For a litle help in your research, check out my 5 part series titled "Is Barrack Obama the King of Kings?" I wrote this weeks ago, before all this came to the forefront. I am thinking of opening that issue back up and looking a little deeper into more of these "kings." Look me up under Nashville Examiners, it won't let me post the link here.
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