Twenty-Eight, apparently, one to hold the light bulb and twenty seven to turn his chair around in circles.

  Dictionary.com defines "czar" as 1.  emperor or king, 2.  an autocratic leader or

3. any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field

Van Jones’ recent resignation/termination as Czar of Green Jobs brought national attention to the role of czars in the Obama Administration.  Czar positions have been around since the Roosevelt Administration; however, President Obama has increased the number more than any of the  previous presidents to at least 28 czars. 

Originally intended to bring special emphasis to the certain presidential projects or programs , the unapproved position under the Obama seems to serve as a way to get his people appointed without subjecting the appointees to Senate confirmation since not every politically appointed czar is required to undergo the Senate confirmation process.  PolitiFact.com published the list of czars shown below.  

An equally interesting story related to the Jones resignation is how the major news outlets have again been caught completely asleep at the wheel at reporting stories related to the Obama presidency.  

Cable news king Fox and host Glenn Beck of Fox's Glenn Beck Show beat CBS, NBC, and ABC  when Beck exposed Van Jones' for crudely describing of Republicans in a recent public question and answer session.  Beck provided background on Jones that showed his resume to be that of a hard core leftist, by providing the public with evidence of his remarks, writings, and leftist radical philosophy. 

Beck presented evidence that Jones had been associated with the 9/11 Truth movement, a collection of loosely organized groups that espoused the view that U.S. government insiders were connected with the 9/11 terrorist attack, specifically, that President Bush purposely with held information that could have prevented the attack. 

Jones signed a letter of 100 notable Americans who called for answers to these charges.  Many of the Truth movement websites are associated with anti-Semite statements that connect Jewish interest with the 9/11 attack.  Even though he is a lawyer and he signed the statement of 100 notable Americans, Jones said," "I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever." 

Meanwhile, the networks finally got around to reporting that Jones had resigned. 

 Should we expect anything different from the neworks?  After all, one can only watch the 6PM news on any of the three channels to see proof that they are part of one monolithic structure.   Their stories are almost identical.  You want diversity; change from channel to channel comparing cable news networks?

Name       Czar Title           Actual            (boring)   Title

Herb AllisonTARP CzarAssistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability

Alan BersinBorder CzarAssistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs

Dennis BlairIntelligence CzarDirector of National Intelligence

John BrennanTerrorism CzarDeputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security

Carol BrownerEnergy CzarAssistant to the President for Energy and Climate

ChangeAdolfo Carrion, JrUrban Affairs CzarDirector of the White House Office of Urban Affairs

Ashton CarterWeapons CzarUnder Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar Chief Technology Officer

Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Cameron Davis Great Lakes CzarSpecial advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan

Nancy-Ann DeParle Health CzarDirector of the White House Office of Health Reform

Earl Devaney Stimulus Accountability Czar Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board

Joshua DuBois Faith-based CzarDirector of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Kenneth Feinberg Pay CzarSpecial Master on executive pay

Danny Fried Guantanamo Closure Czar Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay

J. Scott Gration Sudan Czar Special Envoy to Sudan 

Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan CzarSpecial Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

John Holdren Science Czar Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology

Van Jones Green Jobs CzarSpecial Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Gil Kerlikowske Drug CzarDirector of the Office of National Drug Control

PolicyVivek Kundra Information CzarFederal Chief Information Officer

George MitchellMideast Peace CzarSpecial Envoy to the Middle East

Ed MontgomeryCar CzarDirector of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers

Dennis RossMideast Policy CzarSpecial Adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia

Gary SamoreWMD CzarCoordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Todd SternClimate CzarSpecial Envoy for Climate Change

Cass SunsteinRegulatory CzarDirector of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Paul VolckerEconomic CzarChairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board