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President Obama's czars, a look at them in light of the Van Jones controversy


Instead of creating more czars Mr. Obama, start creating some jobs!

Over the past few days, due to Van Jones being under intense scrutiny, the czars that President Obama has picked put are getting a closer look by members of the media, Republicans, and by voters. Van Jones, President Obama’s “Green Jobs Czar” was caught saying and doing things that are quite controversial. He referred to Republicans as “assholes” several time while answering questions at a forum, signed a 9/11 petition essentially saying that the Bush Administration was behind the attacks, blamed pollution on “white people,” and referred to himself as a “communist.”

This raises serious questions about the Obama White House. Either they knew of this guy’s controversial past and didn’t care or they did not properly screen him. One of the two is the case and hopefully we can get the answer as to what it is, but I have a feeling they knew all about Mr. Jones. Now, he should be fired or resign within the next few days. If not, Mr. Obama will just be putting another distraction on the table and giving his opponents more ammunition to use leading up to his important speech on Wednesday night. This man is a complete radical that has no place as a special adviser to the president.

Now, here is a list of Mr. Obama’s czars: 

1) Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke

2) AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley

3) Auto recovery Czar: Ed Montgomery

4) Border Czar: Alan Bersin

5) California Water Czar: David J. Hayes

6) Car Czar: Ron Bloom

7) Central Region Czar: Dennis Ross

8) Domestic Violence Czar: Lynn Rosenthal

9) Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske

10) Economic Czar: Paul Volcker

11) Energy and Environment Czar: Carol Browner

12) Faith-Based Czar: Joshua DuBois

13) Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis

14) Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones

15) Guantanamo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried

16) Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle

17) Information Czar: Vivek Kundra

18) International Climate Czar: Todd Stern

19) Intelligence Czar: Dennis Blair

20) Mideast Peace Czar: George Mitchell

21) Pay Czar: Kenneth Feinberg

22) Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein

23) Science Czar: John Holdren

24) Stimulus Accountability Czar: Earl Devaney

25) Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration

26) TARP Czar: Herb Allison

27) Terrorism Czar: John Brennan

28) Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra

29) Urban Affairs Czar: Adolfo Carrion Jr.

30) Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter

31) WMD Policy Czar: Gary Samore

These men and women need to have their past examined and see what shakes out. Here is a link to Glenn Beck’s list of the czars and their background. http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/29391/

For all of you will say that Beck is a kook and his list cannot be trusted, go look up the information yourself. I did, I could not find any inaccuracies and I doubt you will be able to either. Attack the source of the information, but do your homework and see where it leads. You might realize that Mr. Beck’s list reflects the reality of these people. I did my homework and wrote an article about it.

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Jacksonville Republican Examiner

Patrick is a recent graduate of Stetson University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He has written a political column for three...

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  • charles 2 years ago
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    Van Jones is a Black Radical and has been that way all his life.

    Im not even sure this guys name is Van Jones, Cant verify he graduated from Yale in 1993, and he says he is an attorney, but i cant find him to be a member of any bar association. Is this guys front all lies?

    Van Jones is the founder of STORM... you can read the manifesto of STORM here: www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stormsummation.pdf

    This on top of the videos is enough. I dont need to listen to the guys lies.

    if Obama dosnt fire this guy, then we know where the American people stand with this president of the USA. Obama, does the "white man" owe your too?

  • LofmN 2 years ago
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    Why does the Pres. of U.S. need czars???

    Look "czar" up in the dictionary!!!!!!!

  • Michael Joseph 2 years ago
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    Patrick,

    Interesting you never spoke about GWBush's czars, he had a bevy of them before Obama. Why all of the complaints about Obama’s so-called “czars” and use of that derogatory term. Bush's czars included:

    Auto czar, as reported by Fox News,Dec 8, 2008

    War czar, as reported by Fox News, May 6, 2007

    Budget czar, as reported by Forbes, April 18, 2006

    ...and there were many more czars.

    If you are upset with today’s “czars,” and that monarch-like term, were you asleep during the Bush years, including the worst terrorist attack on America, or, do you simply find Democrats a convenient target?

    Hope your future reporting is more accurate and thorough than this piece.

  • Rob 2 years ago
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    Dude. Shut up. Just what constitutes a czar is murky, and it isn't clear how many Obama has compared with previous administrations. Critics have brandished lists singling out 30 or so Obama administration appointees, but nearly one-third of those hold posts that existed during the Bush administration. Others hold positions subject to confirmation by the Senate. Others dubbed czars are longtime government officials asked to take on specific projects. Again... Shut up

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