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January 25, 2011

Ogabe's enviro-freak Energy "czar" Browner to be axed, position to be eliminated
— Purple Avenger

...Carol Browner is leaving her position as White House "energy czar," and a staff shake-up is likely to eliminate her post altogether, according to Democrats familiar with events...

Carol Browner: victim of the reelection pivot strategy. With Billy Jeff, it was a lot easier for the electorate to swallow since he his ideological basis was always pretty soft to begin with. Bill is and was a babes and good times kinda guy, any ideology was strictly eyewash for scoring hot leftist babes.

If you're trying to convince businesses you're not completely hostile towards them, and maybe they should hire more people, this is nice gesture by Obama, but it comes long after the horse has left the barn. Nobody is going to respond to gestures and B.S. anymore like they did two years ago. They'll want something more substantial than the sacking of some ridiculous czar.

Not that many will be foolish enough to actually believe Obama of course, but teh one must keep up appearances and toss an occasional scrap to the rabble. Give the MFM something to masticate on for a while to distract them from other weightier issues.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 01:47 AM | Comments (49)
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1 I'd like to see the new congress consider new laws strictly limiting the Czars of the executive branch. The president can have as many advisers as she wants but they should not be allowed to direct personnel or dictate policy in the various departments. Those powers should come directly on down through the cabinet secretaries.

Posted by: Serious Cat at January 25, 2011 02:03 AM (bAySe)

2 Moring Yall,

She even looks tired. Saving the planet from capitalism must be hard work.

Posted by: sTevo at January 25, 2011 02:05 AM (VMcEw)

3 The work of destroying/crippling nations is indeed hard.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 25, 2011 02:08 AM (YTQR3)

4 If you're trying to convince businesses you're not completely hostile towards them, and maybe they should hire more people, this is nice gesture by Obama

Yep, key words there, gesture, rhetoric, and other non-action verbs. He is trying to pull a Clinton and act like he is "triangulating".

When he redirects the EPA to quit harassing the shit out of businesses and kill the unconstitutional CO2 regulations I may believe him a little more.

But just in case, we should also have the House give the EPA zero budget.

On a related note from Weasel Zippers

The religious whacko side of the green movement

What they are really after. Thank God they are the smallest fraction of the greens.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:17 AM (M9Ie6)

5 Trying to muscle in on Ace's position as top double-poster?

Very tacky; taking advantage of him while he is "under the weather."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 25, 2011 02:21 AM (LH6ir)

6 I am still pretty damned unclear on the concept. What the hell is a "czar," anyway? We have a secretary of Energy, so Browner's position is what? A legislative whip? Or are these positions truly just gestures?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 25, 2011 02:24 AM (LH6ir)

7 My thought on these "czars" was that they actually replaced the Department Head for significant sections of the department.

It is a mechanism to get people in place who would not be approved by the Senate. People who are avowed communists would have a hard time getting approval even from Dems in the Senate.

They are plainly unconstitutional.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:29 AM (M9Ie6)

8 What they are really after. Thank God they are the smallest fraction of the greens.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 06:17 AM (M9Ie6)

So are violent Muslims the smallest fraction. For some reason, these small fractions seem to take up an awful lot of air and make an awful lot of noise and end up driving policy.

Need moar coffee....

Posted by: Museisluse at January 25, 2011 02:31 AM (u/Nbu)

9 Obviously Obama's(pbuh) choices were unbelievably awful, and the avoidance of congressional oversight is troubling. But what the hell do these people do other than add another layer to an already bloated bureaucracy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 25, 2011 02:32 AM (LH6ir)

10 I don't give a fuck if Obama did this just to earn bonus rewards points on his Discover card - this is good news. Not ball-dippingly good, but at least scrotum-patting worthy.

Posted by: schizuki at January 25, 2011 02:34 AM (M+lbD)

11 For some reason, these small fractions seem to take up an awful lot of air and make an awful lot of noise and end up driving policy.

That is because the MFM is out to sell news with hype. Too many people listen to them, especially on the right. Even here in the Moron Nation we have far too many people quoting them for stuff as if it were true.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:35 AM (M9Ie6)

12 But what the hell do these people do other than add another layer to an already bloated bureaucracy?

As I said, they are actually acting as a department head and controlling policy in the department without congressional oversight or approval. Ijn those areas the nominated and approved department head is just a figurehead.

Hillary is a prime example.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:37 AM (M9Ie6)

13 Hillary is a prime example.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 06:37 AM (M9Ie6)

Presidents have always appointed special envoys to particularly problematic areas, and they routinely stepped on the toes of the Sec State. Those aren't my concern.

Policy is dictated from above, so these czars aren't doing anything that Obama(pbuh) or Axelrod or Emanuel don't want done. From an organizational standpoint these are terribly inefficient and in some ways destructive positions. I think that they are examples not of Obama's contempt for the constitution and the rule of law, but his executive incompetence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 25, 2011 02:47 AM (LH6ir)

14 The difference here is that even "special envoys" were nominally under the control of the Department Head. These Czars are the actual department head without Senatorial "advise and consent".

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:50 AM (M9Ie6)

15 Nobody is going to respond to gestures and B.S. anymore like they did two years ago.

Then why is Barry Lackwit's approval rating up ten points in the last month?

November was a fluke; the American electorate is as stupid as ever.

Posted by: wolfwalker at January 25, 2011 02:51 AM (4Bw+s)

16 Then why is Barry Lackwit's approval rating up ten points in the last month?

Those are MFM news polls, they are totally worthless. As I keep saying over and over again, ignore everything the MFM says about politics, or at least take it with a mountain of salt.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 02:56 AM (M9Ie6)

17 With Billy Jeff, it was a lot easier for the electorate to swallow since he his ideological basis was always pretty soft to begin with. Bill is and was a babes and good times kinda guy, any ideology was strictly eyewash for scoring hot leftist babes. Yeah. All two of 'em. Probably the best description of Bubba, .....evah.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC at January 25, 2011 03:02 AM (fyNt4)

18 I think you all should be prepared for a complete makeover tonight.

I noticed in the Arizona speech that he seems to have hired a new speechwriter (and probably a new speech coach as well).   That speech was much more poetic and lyrical (looked at purely on style points) than anything he has given, including the Inaugural.

This morning ABC radio was saying that this speech will not be a laundry list, but rather a positive affirmation of America.

I expect his points will go up. I also think that the Daley brothers are now in charge, and they do not want to see the democrat brand destroyed. Browner being canned is one of those decisions that is going to move Obama back to the center for public consumption.

No, I don't think this is a permanent decision,   nor do I think it is one that Obama is comfortable with; he is a child of the far left.

But I think he wants to keep his job, and I think the Daleys want him to keep it so that democrats in the lower tiers keep THEIR jobs.   The danger, of course, is that once he gainid a second term he would do more country-destroying stuff and we would be screwed.

The correct response to this speech is "Is this the REAL Obama?"   Or is the angry and arrogant person we have seen for 2 years the real Barry?

Posted by: Miss Marple who has a science degree and is getting quite aggravated at January 25, 2011 03:06 AM (Fo83G)

19 The correct response to the speech is "this is rhetoric, full of sound and fury signifying nothing".

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 03:20 AM (M9Ie6)

20 I recall the first czar being appointed by Reagan, the drug czar. I remember the idea was to have someone responsible for policy across departments. But Obama is clearly using these appointments as a bypass of Congressional approval. What can the energy czar do that the dept. Of Energy doesn't already do?

Posted by: Dr. Heinz Doofensmirtz at January 25, 2011 03:37 AM (KMnNB)

21 Obama's "Energy Czar" and the rest of his Politburo will be back if people buy his dishonest Houdini act and are foolish enough to re-elect this destructive, ideological idiot.

Posted by: Marcus at January 25, 2011 03:41 AM (CHrmZ)

22 She has a job offer to be the choir director at the Reverend Al's Church of Global Warming.

Posted by: Reiver at January 25, 2011 03:44 AM (RFTUX)

23 What a shame, now she won't get to testify in the House ... gee, maybe that was the real reason to axe her ...

Posted by: Jeff at January 25, 2011 04:04 AM (R4vTX)

24 The correct response to this speech is "Is this the REAL Obama?"

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There is no "real Obama." There is just Obama; the Alpha and the Omega; He Is, Who Is.

Posted by: schizuki at January 25, 2011 04:06 AM (M+lbD)

25 He is going to run as a moderate again. It remains to be seen how many idiots will fall for it.

Posted by: real joe at January 25, 2011 04:07 AM (w7Lv+)

26 Anybody with half of a brain who saw the people who were his closest associates, and anybody with half of a brain who listened to him could tell that he sure as hell wasn't a moderate. Only his slimy shills in the MSM portrayed that shyster as a moderate. The irresponsible sleazes in the MSM deserves all of the blame for the election of that empty suit, street hustler, chronic fuck-up and lazy, useless and decadent dilletante.

Posted by: Brian at January 25, 2011 04:47 AM (sYrWB)

The US EPA will still try to use language in the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 and "greenhouse gases", that is, through the back door. A determined and disciplined Congress can stop them. I hope.

Carol Browner in the Obama Regime was simply the lead motor-mouth trying to get Cap 'N Trade through as law. That failed, thankfully.

It will be a long a hard battle to discredit and stop the stupidity of the Green movement and the attendant politics of it. Even now, many large corporations (like the one I work for) have openly embraced this nonsense for PR purposes, at least.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes... at January 25, 2011 04:55 AM (usS2T)

28 But I think he wants to keep his job ...

And there you have the real driving force behind all of this apparent moderation ... a nightmarish fear of being embarrassed. For an egomaniac like Obama, mere electoral loss would be a soul-crushing humiliation.

Even viewed charitably, his man is a liar and a fraud through and through. As we've already seen, he's perfectly willing to throw even his own grandmother and lifelong friends under the bus if it helps him get his way.

Obama might not be the worst President we've ever had (then again, he just might be), but he is certainly the smallest man to ever be President.

And more on point to the original post: I share the view of several others that, yes, the general public actually is so ignorant that they think he's doing a better job now, and they might actually re-elect his commie ass. How could they not be when they get virtually all of their news from television, where nice-looking liberal Democrats with fake tans lie to them night after night on the evening news?

Businessmen, though? Not so much. No one with a brain would put a penny in play anywhere near a company this administration might be interested in meddling with. For the time being, I look for corporations to continue to internalize profits and "hoard" cash (which we call paying down debt and saving), and new hiring to continue to lag far behind Administration expectations. They don't appear to have any recognition of how badly their own actions harmed the economy along the way, so, not surprisingly, they don't have any idea what to do about it now.

Posted by: Thinking things over at January 25, 2011 05:06 AM (yARWD)

29 Is Browner going to go on the circuit bad mouthing her boss? Writing a book critical of the Bush Ob+mao Administration?

Posted by: torabora at January 25, 2011 05:10 AM (Bp9mt)

Nobody is going to respond to gestures and B.S. anymore like they did two years ago. They'll want something more substantial than the sacking of some ridiculous czar.

Sacking someone he hired in the first place to fill a position he created in the first place that didn't need to exist at all get's him zero brownie points.

A thug doesn't get to rebrand themselves a hero just by taking credit for having stopped beating on you.

Posted by: Speller at January 25, 2011 05:16 AM (J74Py)

31 Give the MFM something to masticate on...

Are you sure this [masticate] is the right word, here?

Esp., considering how these libtards 'suck-up' to Teh Won^Â® (a.k.a., Barry Soetoro).

Posted by: TennDon at January 25, 2011 05:16 AM (o6Yv2)

32 No, he's got many of the corporations on board for donations in 2012 as well. See the GE model, see how the keeps Timmy Turbo Tax propping the stock market up, see how he hands out health care waivers. No, he's going to get as much or more in corporate donations as before--all the while his base will howl and scream about Citizens United and all the evil corporate money flowing to any Republican (also part of the strategy).

Unless we can split off the most radical of the leftists and get them to run a primary challenger . . . .

Because if the Cocktail GOP candidate doesn't win, they will not support the nominee and will, 85% chance, run/back a third-party.

Posted by: Jimmuy at January 25, 2011 05:25 AM (FNQi0)

33 Browner did a great job. Global warming before she was hired had given my area warm, dryer winters for years but now it is cold and wet again, if not frozen. I can't remember being this cold, all thank to Obama and Browner.

Posted by: redneek at January 25, 2011 05:27 AM (/DeBx)

34
"With Billy Jeff, it was a lot easier for the electorate to swallow ..."

Well, I guess I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: km at January 25, 2011 05:39 AM (oUaBK)

35 arrows and elephants come to mind...

Posted by: ichi at January 25, 2011 05:56 AM (iB4ad)

36 It won't matter until Lisa Jackson and possibly a few others - Chu, Holdren, maybe Lubchenko and Salazar - join Browner.

Posted by: JEM at January 25, 2011 06:16 AM (o+SC1)

37 All the czars will go silently into the night before they get defunded.

Posted by: erp at January 25, 2011 06:18 AM (Wkm4K)

38 Gas prices are at 3.25 a gallon and oil is at $100 a barrel. Thank you, President Obama. Great energy plan.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 25, 2011 06:28 AM (iAUf+)

39 B.J. and hot leftist babes. As I recall, it was a failing lounge singer, a lowly state clerk, a new widow, a businesswoman--although she claims she didn't consent, and an overweight intern.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at January 25, 2011 06:29 AM (yt878)

40 Browner, the last Tsar of Energy & Climate, is abdicating.
She deserves the fate of William Wallace.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at January 25, 2011 06:34 AM (tvs2p)

Hot leftist babes? Like?.....

Yah, I'm drawing a blank here.

Posted by: Abiss at January 25, 2011 07:11 AM (1ilyW)

42 Vic: "The correct response to the speech is 'this is rhetoric, full of sound and fury signifying nothing'."

How about, "You lie!"? Would that work? It wastes fewer words.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 25, 2011 07:17 AM (swuwV)

43 Ah, tis better to be Shakespeare than Wilson.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 07:19 AM (M9Ie6)

"Not that many[] will be foolish enough to actually believe Obama of course, but teh one must keep up appearances and toss an occasional scrap to the rabble. Give the MFM something to masticate on for a while to distract them from other weightier issues."

Make that "of the 47% who were not silly(|or deranged|or asleep|or dead) enough to vote for him the first time".

Posted by: gary gulrud at January 25, 2011 07:22 AM (/g2vP)

45 Considering the 2008 election, I don't think enough Americans "get" Shakespeare.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 25, 2011 07:25 AM (swuwV)

46 Freddy Mercury should stop acting like that before people start thinking that he's ghey NTTAWWT. I mean, look at Billy Squier.

Posted by: Max Entropy at January 25, 2011 07:43 AM (lH6z9)

47 13 Hillary is a prime example.

Posted by: Vic at January 25, 2011 06:37 AM (M9Ie6)

Presidents have always appointed special envoys to particularly problematic areas, and they routinely stepped on the toes of the Sec State. Those aren't my concern.

It's almost as though he wishes that he could be a dictator. Paging Tom Freidman, Tom Friedman, pick up the white courtesy telephone.

Posted by: Max Entropy at January 25, 2011 07:48 AM (lH6z9)

48 good post here, you can find 01262011-01, 01262011-02, and also you can go to 01262011-03.

Posted by: dnfjz at January 25, 2011 10:54 PM (bOuhK)

49 It's right here that yesterday in Bible study we were discussing what evil angels do, and the topic came around to discrimination. I said there are two kinds of research paper discrimination. The first is what we think of usually - when we make judgments based on what doesn't matter, like not voting for somebody because of their race or gender research paper. That's bad discrimination. But there is discrimination that's good and necessary. For instance, "You have no way to pay this loan back; therefore I'm not going to give it to you." When we don't properly discriminate, evil thrives research paper. I explained that the KGB wanted to get rich, powerful people in media, education, and business to believe it would be good to have a society with NO discrimination research paper. That doesn't just mean we don't have the bad discrimination, but also that we don't have the good discrimination. So there's no difference between those who work and those who don't, research paper those who make sound choices and those who don't, etc. Everyone is guaranteed the same outcome regardless of what they do. Nothing we do matters research paper. That's what communism is, and people who live under it often end up alcoholics or an average of 6 abortions in their lifetime. If what we do doesn't matter, we lose the will to live. That's the legacy of communism research paper. I mentioned that Yuri Bezmenov was amazed at how the openly-communist folks from the '60's are in control of media, education, and business. And wherever someone totally controls the flow of ideas research paper, it's ripe for the devil and his surrogates to lie and deceive. As long as the realities of life and the truth are observable to everyone, we're not going to wander too far from reality research paper. But when the truth is hidden, people can't learn from reality. Then I made my fatal error. I mentioned that all of the news companies have the proof that Obama is a member of The New Party - a branch of the Democratic Socialists of America research paper. I was going to say that they won't let anyone know that truth research paper. We can make our choices for whatever reason we think best, but when someone needs to deceive us, evil is at work and we need to watch out. Before I could finish, though, a lady jumped up waving her arms and shouting that we shouldn't talk about this in church. Church is for how we're supposed to become better people research paper. Then she and her husband stormed out. Later, someone commented that the devil can work wherever he wants to, and if we refuse to consider his role in any area of our life, we give him free rein there research paper. Another added, "I think it was clear that the devil was right here in Bible study - and didn't like being recognized." It's right here.

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