The people who suggest that appointing "Czars" is communist, really need a history lesson

Conservatives (a la Glenn Beck and many Republican Congressfolk) have lately been going nuts about the number of Obama "Czars". Many of the 9/12 protesters last week carried anti-Czar signs.

Well, this article shows how ridiculous these people are and how Glenn Beck, once again, is manufacturing a non-existent controversy.

These elected officials seem to be unaware of some basic facts. Many of the people they insist need to be confirmed by the Senate already have been confirmed. Many of the people they consider to be holding unprecedented appointments are merely filling well-established positions. In some cases, these lawmakers seem to have forgotten that they themselves passed laws that mandated the appointments. And in a few cases, they just select some established functionary at random -- like a State Department envoy or the Deputy Secretary of the Interior -- and call that guy a "czar" just for fun!

Apparently, in truth the Bush Administration had 47 Czars! And there sure wasn't any peep out of these numbnuts about them. Just as there wasn't any protest out of them when Bush was spending a trillion dollars for two wars. But try to spend some money taking care of other Americans, then the crap hits the fan.

Stupid, stupid hypocrites.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/16/dancing-with-the-czars-de_n_289465.html