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According to the wikipedia entry, George W. Bush had 35 czars, compared to Obama's 32. Granted, Bush's number is over an 8-year span. But over 8 years, Clinton had 6.

Still, if czars are acceptable, how many is too many? Well, the number appointed by a Democrat president is too many, obviously.

And as far as affronts to the Constitution go, did Lamar! happen to notice any tiny affronts during the Bush administration?

This complaint goes in the same category as the Republicans newly-discovered concern for the federal deficit. Under Bush, they hardly gave it a thought.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._executive_branch_'czars'

Here are a few ripostes to the thundering of the echo chamber on Van Jones.

An excellent counter to Glenn Beck's attacks on Van Jones.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eva-paterson/glenn-becks-attack-on-van_b_271518.html

An article on the original source of the Van Jones slime attack.

http://washingtonindependent.com/57776/far-right-site-gains-influence-in-obama-era

David Sirota on the firing (especially the third paragraph on how appeasing the right doesn't defang it, it just emboldens the crazies:
http://www.openleft.com/diary/14958/taking-the-movement-out-of-the-white-house

Speaking of crazies, BHO has appointed some other real loons to these posts. Czars are an issue but it may be they are needed, I don't know. You don't either , Marvin.

Loonies being appointed as czars may not be the issue for Lamar but it IS a legitimate issue nontheless.

If ever there was a perfect illustration of the watermellon "environmentalist" (green on the outside, red on the inside), Jones is it.

Of course the notion of government trying to push so-called "green jobs" at all is loony to begin with.

A pefect illustration of the broken window fallacy.

I havnt seen Van Jones on the talk shows telling why he said what he did. Any PR advisor would be telling him to do so, if it were just a smear job. He obviously has some unpopular beliefs

If you want to really laugh at a head of state get a load of the Prime Minister
of Australia on this webpage.
The Chinese got this guy in their
pocket and he has already leaked conversations about George W. Bush
to newspapers for personal gain.
This guy is the new joker in the
pack.