The Bizarre Czars of Barack Obama

At last count, Barack Obama employed some 22 "Czars" in his administration. These men and women represent unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats with immense power. As best I can figure, the current list stands as follows.

1. AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley 2. Bailout Czar: Herbert Allison Jr. 3. Border Czar: Alan Bersin 4. Car Czar: Steve Rattner 5. Counterterrorism Czar: John Brennan 6. Cyber-Security Czar: Melissa Hathaway 7. Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske 8. Economic Czar: Larry Summers 9. Deputy Economic Czar: Paul Volcker 10. Energy Czar: Carol Browner 11. Green Jobs Czar: Van Jones 12. Guantanamo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried 13. Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle 14. Info-Tech Czar: Vivek Kundra: 15. Intelligence Czar: Dennis Blair 16. Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein 17. Religion Czar or Faith-Based Czar: Joshua DuBois 18. Science Czar: John Holdren 19. Stimulus Oversight Czar: Earl Devaney 20. Trade Czar: Ron Kirk 21. Urban Affairs Czar: Adolfo Carrion 22. Weapons of Mass Destruction Czar: Gary Samore

Just for the fun of it, let's examine the policy positions of some of the key Czars.

• Obama's "Science Czar", John Holdren, is a horrifying loon whose positions include supporting mandatory (forced) abortions, mass sterilizations and a planetary government that rules over the United States. These ideas, and other equally outrageous recommendations, were articulated in one of Holdren's books. In it, the "Science Czar" endorsed policies such as:

      o Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;

      o The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;

      o Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;

      o People who "contribute to social deterioration" (i.e. undesirables) "can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility" -- in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.

      o A transnational "Planetary Regime" should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans' lives -- using an armed international police force

• Obama's "Regulatory Czar", Cass Sunstein, is a well-known law professor from Chicago who believes the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are mere roadblocks on the Democrat highway to totalitarianism. He "explicitly supports using the courts to impose a 'chilling effect' on speech that might hurt someone's feelings." That includes bloggers, who Sunstein insists must be responsible not only for their own posts but also for those of their commenters. The New York Post's Kyle Smith puts it simply: "Sunstein is an enemy to [the First Amendment, ] every news organization and blogger. We should return the favor and declare war on him."

• Obama's "Energy Czar", Carol Browner, is a self-acknowledged Socialist, and -- as recently as January -- was listed as one of Socialist International's climate change directors. The group seeks to undermine the American government and set policy through international legislation that supersedes U.S. law.

Is this what mainstream Americans desired when they voted for "Change"? I think not.

In 2010, I believe that we will witness the full fury and vengeance of the American people, who were subjected to the most egregious lies imaginable during the Czar of Czars' presidential campaign. Congress will see a dramatic reduction in its Democrat numbers and, I predict, a full-fledged mutiny by a substantial number of Congressional Democrats shortly thereafter.