czar, dennis ross, the sudan czar, j. scott, climate czar, todd stern, car czar, steve rad in her -- rat in her. he's been all over the place -- ratner, he's been all over the place. economic czar, the executive pay czar, that's one of my favorites right there. the executive pay czar is kenneth feinburg and then the cyber security czar, position to be announced, but they're going to have one. now, right off i wondered about the cyber security czar because we've got an infotech czar up here which is sort of both in the same -- both first cousins, anyway. and i don't know whether they'll be working together or what. but they're going to have absolute power in their field, whatever that means. i think this is something we ought to be curious about. that's so many czars, you know what's interesting, the russians gave nicknames to some of their czars based on their behave -- behavior. i don't think anybody would want to be called, like, allen the terrible, you know? we had an ivan the terrible in the russian romanov dynasty. w

i don't think they have a very high profile but czar, czar, czar, 22 times. 18 czars in all the history of the romanovs, did i get that right? mr. carter: that's correct. mr. king: understand a it occurs to me that czar, if you -- and it occurs to me, if you think about the flow and continuation of history, all the czars were precursors to the marxist era of russia. so i don't know if this is any kind of thing we ought to be thinking about, but the implications that come with this are the people that are supposed to be managing these jobs that we already had people to do, causes me to think, is this a precursor for what's happening in a nation that's seen our major industries nationalized? large investment banks nationalized, the largest insurance company nationaled. i didn't see any czar here of denationalization for one thing. i'm looking for that and i'd like to point that czar of denationalization and i can find about anybody on the republican side of the aisle that would make a good denationalization czar because, you know, i present this list that's in my head, not very well refin

so, we could get rid of the car czar, the executive pay czar, a lot of these other czars, if we would just say, this is their mission, here's when we expect that mission to be accomplished, as we did to our soldiers, and this is when we expect it to be accomplished and by that date you either accomplish it or you're getting out. you know, i personally think the way we look at this massive $1.5 trillion worth of authorized spending, authorized by this house, mainly that side of the aisle, the way we look at that right now is, we should be saying, stimulus means rapid infusion into the economy. everything that hasn't been rapidly infused this year we should halt. so if they haven't spent the $787 billion or whatever that number is, like right now, at least some papers report only $25 billion of that money, other yous say $40 billion of that money has been used so far -- others say $40 billion of that money has been used so far. if you study those projects, many of those projects are giving money to people for things that will not have an affect on our economy for years, three, five, sev

president, this is the car czar award for wednesday, june 10, 2009. the award is a service to taxpayers from america's new automotive headquarters: washington, d.c. it's a second in a series of car czar awards to be confirmed, to be conferred upon washington meddlers who distinguish themselves by making it harder for auto companies your government owns to compete in the world marketplace. on monday i presented the first car czar award to the honorable barney frank of massachusetts for interfering in the operation of general motors. congressman frank, chairman of the house financial services committee, intervened last week to save a general motors distribution center in his massachusetts congressional district. the warehouse which employs some 90 people was slated for closing under g.m.'s restructuring plan, but mr. frank put in a call to the g.m. chief executive officer, fritz henderson, and lo and behold the facility has a new lease on life according to "the wall street journal." mr. frank, of course, is chairman of the house committee that recently

these czars avoid scrutiny of congress. there is no advice and consent by the senate and little oversight and no one knows what these czars do. there is no authority found anywhere in the constitution to appoint these czar rules. the czars claim they know best how to take care of the masses. this administration used this russian term czar since the russians invented the polit bureau. it was made up of political party appointees that made political decisions and ruled the country through their dictates. we have 21 czars and we are moving towards the socialist control and less government by the people. and that's the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? -- ohio rise. mr. kucinich: request permission to address the house for one minute. despite agreements over funding for the monetary fund and closure of the guantanamo bay detention facility, the primary inintent of the supplemental is to continue funding the wars in iraq and afghanistan. as members who remai

president, there should be plenty of material for these car czar awards. for example, last week auto executives spent four hours testifying before congressional committees about dealerships. i assumed the executives drove to washington, d.c., from detroit in their congressionally approved modes of transportation. probably hybrid cars, leaving them very little time on that day to design, build, or sell cars and trucks. i've counted at least 60 congressional committees an subcommittees with the authority to hold hearings on auto companies and, no doubt, most will. car executives trying to manage complex companies will be reduced to the status of some assistant secretary hauling briefing books between committees answering questions under oath, of course, about models, about sizes, about paint colors, about plant closings, about fuel efficiency, and about why the g.m. volt's battery is being made in south korea. and should congressmen run out of reasons to meddle, the president and his aides stand ready. already general has been warned that it is making too ma

the senate does not have to confirm the auto czar, the pay czar, so, yes, it is taking executive power and using it. congress, with all the members in congress they have plenty of powers, subpoena power, to get this information. there's a hearing thursday and house oversight committee on the bank of america. the ceo ken lewis will be called up to testify. congress still has the ability and a lot of oversight. host: to inverness, florida. caller: hello, i was wondering why gm does not look for merger instead of selling out hummer? as an executive branch maybe they could put a limit on the president's spending. as a veteran i can hardly afford to go to the movie theater. host: we will talk a bit more about the auto industry in an upcoming segment, but go ahead, if you would like guest: when the government rescued the auto companies the key was putting together a program to move the company's ford with a new slimmed-down structure. seen some of these brands sold off this week expected when they received government host: aiaid. host: d.c. any parallels between the auto and -- do you see an

czars had purveyors for everything. czars provided them pianos. there was even a real ontrack roil each man. so you could literally name anything and bazaar had a purveyor. but smirnov was the czars purveyor's as well you can well imagine in russia being a vodka purveyor was a very, very big deal. so what happens to smirnov though is that he gets to be so good at what he does, that he almost becomes a lightning rod for the debate on alcohol in russia. so alcoholism still today, problem in russia, then as well a problem in russia. and smirnov being so prominent by then becomes somebody who gets associated with a drinking problem. people began to write about him or people you may have heard of. for example, anton chekhov, the wonderful playwright wrote a column in his early years and he called smirnov by name and other vodka makers seems a blood. so he didn't mince words at all. another critic was tolstoy. tolstoi, i didn't know this, but i did learn this, he was a very prominent advocate in russia and he devoted much of his writing and much of his

well, he made a deal with the czar that, okay, if you let my men go i will go. and the czar said, okay, but you can never come back to poland and you have to promise never to attack again. so in order to free his men, who were in prison, kosciuszko agreed. czar paul also gave kosciuszkor 60,000 rubles and he gave him a fur coat because he was going to kq sweden and he needed something to keep him warm when kosciuszko made his way back to america after the revolution he gave that fur coat to thomas jefferson. now, thomas jefferson is seen here in the most famous portrait of him but in addition to that, if you go down to the jefferson memorial, you'll see that jefferson is also portrayed wearing this fur coat. now, it was not just blacks, jews and peasants that kosciuszko stood up for. he also stood up for the native americans when he saw that the founding fathers began murdering them and pushing them west. well, this is chief little turtle who showed up kosciuszko's room with a present. he gave kosciuszko this peace pipe and he said i hear you're this righteous

and receive in a real leach man so you could literally name anything and the czar have a prayer but smirnov was in the vodka purveyor and as you can well imagine and russia it was a very big deal. so what happens to a smirnov though is that he gets to be so good at what he does that he almost becomes a lightning rod and for the debate on alcohol and russia. alcoholism still today is a problem in russia and it then was still a problem in russia and the smirnov and been so prominent by then become somebody who is associated with a drinking problem. people began to write about him, people you may have heard of for example on -- anton chekhov and the wonderful thrill playwright wrote a column in his early years and he called smirnov by name and under oath bottom makers pillars of stake blood so he didn't mince words adderall. another critic was tolstoy and tolstoy i did not know this but i did learn this, he was a very prominent temperance advocate in russia and he devoted much of his writing and much of his talking and much of his energy to the sobriety movement. in fact, there is a gr

no business is safe when you see the administration appoint czars, car czars, wage czars. there's over 20 czars that have been appointed. what do they do? they bypass the congress. we are the people's elected representatives. we have been bypassed. we have an imperial presidency where the president has appointed various czars reporting to him and reaching into the confines of private businesses and overnight rendering them virtually worthless, unless they have a special tug, a political tie to a local democrat congressman. is that what we've come to? and i yield back. . mr. akin: i appreciate the lady's passion and strong support for the concept of freedom. you know, what we're really talking about here is what is the job of the government? and we have come to a point where we have actually elected people who have forgotten this basic concept and that is the government that can give you anything you want can also take away anything from you. including -- everything from you, including your freedom. and that's the great danger of this insidious creeping bureaucracy where th

of 22, let's do the denationalization czar, the exit strategy czar, put those two people together and maybe they can get to work to eliminate the other czars and get us back to common sense. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. does the gentleman have a motion. ? mr. king: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the house stands >> today on the house, members debated several members include the bill on special authority for the inspector general in afghanistan and special crugs and schools to create a safety plan for off-site overnight trips. tomorrow the house takes up the measure to provide housing assistances to homeless veterans and additional war spending for iraq and afghanistan. >> in a few moments president obama's speech today to the american medical association. he outlined his plans for the future of health care. the speech is an hour and after that, r

i said in my previous speech, maybe we need a process czar, a fair play czar around here. we've got 25 czars in the obama administration. maybe we need a czar around here to at least be fair, give us more time, give us more consideration, let us know what we're going to be voting on. so before i talk about the results of the c.b.o.'s analysis of the kennedy-dodd legislation, i need to point out that this analysis is incomplete. it is incomplete because despite our persistent requests for more information from our democratic colleagues and friends, one day before the markup of possibly the most important health care bill ever to cross the senate floor, they have not released the complete legislation. in fact, even when the "help" committee begins our markup tomorrow, we will not have a complete picture of what we are marking up. the most contentious components of the bill will not be released until sometime on thursday morning, leaving us around 30 hours to digest these significant policies, vet them with our people back home, take the specifics back home to the health care

i'm here to present the car czar award for monday, june 8, 2009. it's a service to taxpayers from america's newest automotive headquarters: headquarters. this is the first in a series of car czar awards to be confirmed -- to be conferred upon washington medallers who distinguish themselves by making it harder for auto companies, the auto companies your government owns to compete in the world marketplace. today's car czar award goes to congressman barney frank of massachusetts for interfering in the operation of general

i'm concerned that we have more czars than russia. from the 1960's on, once we went off the gold standard we make up numbers and the dollar is not worth anything. if your company does not succeed, the best medicine is the failing of the company. when we talk about bailouts, i believe any company -- the best thing for the society is the elimination of the business. here is a great idea. let the government treat the people just like i treat my checking account. if i do not have the money i do not spend a. the best medicine is the total collapse of the financial industries, let everything fall apart, and then from the ashes we can rebuild on value. there will be a true value for every dollar that is worth x a mount of gold. what would this society look like if we were still on the gold standard from the 1960's? guest: the gold standard is certainly an issue. it is always on the periphery. i do not think at this point in time it would ever be realistic to move back to that time. instead of letting -- letting everything fail and go to ashe

>> that is not about omb, it is the policy czar. i think this is a unique time, there are extraordinary challenges that need coordination, something that is essential. with the read is the d p c, all of the policy councils, they're playing a courageous -- creative role in bringing together the administration. given that vision, it has to happen. >> kind of yes. spencer, you work in one of those agencies. in an office most people think of as doing the work nolan is suggesting, deciding which techniques to be used. the office of legal policy. it has an important role in the transparency question. that has been your background. there has been some disappointment on the progressive side too. the question about withholding vice-president chaney's testimony to patrick fitzgerald, that came up as a political question. tell us about the legal policy, how would you assess the administration's efforts? >> just to start off, it is nice to see so many young friends, and that at scan mentions was certainly an honor. they have one on one conversa

you have the car czar and education czar -- we need to get rid of them. host: say the faa is not doing their jobs on the regional carriers? caller: no, we need to go back to the imperial image of america. that means allays a fair. -- lee is a fair. less government. leave the banks alone and leave the railroads alone. we probably could have passenger trains again. host: back to "usa today" and that opinion peace and regional carriers. the editorial board calling for more regulation or at least closer scrutiny on regional carriers. about salisbury, a dirty little secret in the airline industry is the regional pilots awfully woefully underpaid. the " pilot in the colgan air crash was earning less than $24,000 a year. kansas city, dawn on the independent line. -- don. caller: this would apply to everything you are talking about, the whole regulation thing. as long as we put regulations out there, there will always be another republican president to come along and tell the regulators don't regulate. so it does no good. just like with health insurance. in a, th

to have washington bureaucrats simply take control over failed businesses and continues to appoint czar after czar to exercise government control over our free market system, the question still remains, madam speaker, what has this administration done to fix a broken system, and is it working? government control is not the answer. as ourure peaian neighbors have figured out recently and spoken recently through their elections to change their left-leaning programs and political regimes. this economic crisis was created by a flawed system, a system that is indeed need of structure reform. however the administration's answer to this glaring problem is to continue to throw more money. taxpayers' money at the problem which essentially increase this is country's unsustainable debt and increases federal bureaucrat control over all of our private institutions. this country must stop the taxpayer paid for corporate welfare from being handed out and simply return this economy to what has worked for over 200 years. a system that rewards people who take risks, prudent risks, and punishes those whic

and then the money that kosciuszko was given by the czar in london, he never touch that money because he felt that was blood money and in the end he wrote a will, giving some of it to a friend and some of it to one of zeltner's daughter's. he also had money in paris and switzerland and he said that money saved, use and given to peasants in switzerland who have gone to carry me to my grave. >> you show this in the crypt. was he given last rites by the catholic church in poland, considering his differences with the church and poland being so caplet? >> he was given last rites. in the end, he was 71 and he was writing a course andy fell off the horse and was injured and they brought him back to the room where he was staying. he was given last rites before he died. he ended up dying of a stroke and catholics due regard him as a hero and there are a lot of people in poland as well to understand that the church owned serfs and this was on unconscionable. [inaudible] >> he was very-- he was buried by the catholic church and in fact he had his heart taken out of line with his entrails and bur

i don't understand, we have the government, car czar, if you will, taking control of the auto industry. they are forcing the executives of the companies out of office and replacing them with handpicked people by our government through the car czar and the auto task force. so the government is taking over the auto industry and closing these dealerships, putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work, closing thousands of dealerships across the country, and actually hurting the american auto industry's ability to sell cars when they are in competition car companies around the world. it just doesn't make any sense to me. so once again here we have the government taking over an industry, socializing the auto industry, and really killing an awful lot of the people who work in it. not to mention the restaurants and stores that surround these car dealerships who have been in business for years as well. it's going to cost them jobs. government involved in the private sector, government control of the private sector just destroys the private sector. and they want to now take over our healt

the climate czar. he can't predict the weather for tomorrow, but they are predicting the temperature 100 years from now. i have a son who is going to have an outdoor wedding in august and i would like to know the weather. the climate czar isn't going to tell me. 100 years from now, he will make a prediction, but won't tell you what it's going to be like next week. but the presumptions that are there, meteorologists understand predicting the weather tomorrow tomorrow let alone 100 years from now. physician sifts have studied the exact science. when they put together a computer calculation that brings in a lot of factors, there always have to be assumptions. the assumptions are plugged in by the meteorologists and the numbers are calculated by the other exact science people and they have great confidence in their numbers and they understand the inter relationships of the factors they put on their calculations, but still based on assumptions. . the assumptions are this, they assume the greenhouse gases em

czar paul gave kosciuszko six delge-- 60,000 rubles which he put in a bank account for him in london and he also gave him a fur coats. because he was going to cross sweden in the winter to go to england so we figured he needed to be warm. now you see the fur here when kosciuszko made his way back to america after the revolution. he gave that fur coat to thomas jefferson. now thomas jefferson is seen here and the most famous portrait of him but in addition to that if you go down to the jefferson memorial you will see jefferson is portrayed wearing this fur coat. now, it was not just blacks, jews and peasants that kosciuszko stood up for. he also stood up for the native americans when they saw the founding fathers began murdering them and pushing them west. this is chief little turtle who showed up in kosciuszko's room in philadelphia with the present. it was a combination tomahawk and peace pipe and he gave kosciuszko this piece by bennie said i hear you are this righteous white man who is standing up for everybody's so we wanted to show you we appreciate this. kosciuszko saab that ch

abc is planning one called "dancing with the czars." [laughter] nick at nite has a new take on an old classic, leave it to a uighers. -- "leave it to uighers." i thought that was pretty good. these shows all be competing directly with governor schwarzenegger's new reality series, i'm a celebrity, get me out of here. [laughter] that's how i feel tonight. it's nothing personal. but this dinner conflicts with my day and night. -- date night. i was posted well with michelle for thai food in bangkok. [laughter] but i have been doing a lot of traveling. i just returned from a trip abroad, as you know. in egypt, we toured the pyramids. by now, i'm sure all of you have seen the pictures of rahm on a camel. i was a little nervous about the whole situation. i said at the time, there is a wild animal known to buy tickets that, and who knows what a camel might do. [laughter] -- bite, kick, and spit. who knows what a camel might do? [laughter] no matter where i went, there was one thing i heard over and over again from every world leader. no thanks,

a pay czar to monitor firms receiving the most aid. treasury secretary timothy geithner is expected to push all firms to lowmore closely tie employment performance to stock rather than cash. good morning, this is joe on our in the pimm line. caller: good morning. i would have to switch the question around -- how are the banks and the insurance companies handling the administration? the politicians had no choice. they were put into this position, otherwise financially we would have disintegrated. i believe when i went to college the rate was like 23%-26%, and with the way the fees are now you can get a better deal borrowing money off barney the loan shark on the corner. they have to do something about this. it is not just the banks. it is also the health insurance thing. the question yesterday was the health insurance and some guy was happy about paying $800 per month for health insurance. they are making a lot of money. there are people getting rich off this. i would have to give for grade -- i would give obama a c, and bush before him

that is what you see with the energy and health care czars, bringing people to the table and making sure their views are considered and they are part of the policy-making process and the president gets the best advice he can get. >> let's talk about one of the places i think progressives felt perhaps the biggest change would follow from a conservative administration to a progressive administration is in the selection of judges. we now have with the selection of judge sotomayor, an inkling about the way the president is thinking about this. you are involved during the course of the transition, and ron, you were involved. ticket in order. whoever wants to go first. what is his criteria ask i wou? why has it been so slow in producing nominees? >> i want to make two quick points. my perspective is limited. olp focuses on vetting judges. we support through the vetting process. i will say that the first bush nominees were in may in

it is not controlled by religious czars or even -- people like ahmadinejad. i would like to quote something from the book of rahm emmanuel -- we believe the popper judy for all special privilege for none is america's special mission. -- the opportunity for all. i think if we stick with that we can see iran overcome its situation. another said that at every stage and under all circumstances the essence of the struggle is equalized the opportunity. host: thank you. guest: to be courted alongside fdr, rahm if use watching the show and i'm sure that he is, would be very pleased. i agree with the gentleman. i also want to say if you pay this despot into a corner -- if you remember during the cuban missile crisis, bobby kennedy said let's not paint khrushchev into such a corner that he will react so violently -- that is what they did the deal in turkey. you have to get someone out or he would just lose it. there's no measure to the damage he can do to his own people. host: here is another message from twitter. let me turn to one domestic issue concerning sonya soto

and in the money that kosciuszko was given by the czar in london, he never touched that money because he felt that was bloodmoney. in the end, he wrote a will giving some of it to a friend and some of it to one of his eldest daughter's. and that he also had money in pairs and in switzerland, and he said that money save and use and get to peasants in switzerland who are going to carry great comic carry me to my grave. >> was he given last rites by the catholic church in poland considering his differences with the church quek and poland being so catholic. >> he was given last rites. in the end he was 71, and he was riding a horse and he fell off a horse and was injured. they brought him back to the room where he was staying. and he was given last rites before he died. he ended up dying of a stroke. and catholics do regard him as a hero. and there are a lot of people in poland as well to understand that the church owned serfs and this was unconscionable. >> but he was buried by the catholic church? >> yes, and in fact he had his heart taken out along with his entrails and buried in switz

we could use someone in the room who will say how exactly will this new initiative, this new czar, or a bill that will have causal relationships, how will this create new jobs? two years -- two weeks ago we heard a lot about cap and trade. the report released on tuesday by the council on economic advisers claims that the president's concept of health care reform will create 500,000 jobs a year. well, we can all look forward to those potential jobs in 2012, 2014, 2016 when they take effect, but where is the plan to build job growth this month or even this year? looking at the numbers released this morning, the only industry that is on a hiring spree is us, the federal government. it only makes sense that at the rapid pace, the size and scope of the federal government has increased over the last four months. the federal government would need more employees to keep up. government spending is a boon for people living here, but government hiring is not an effective method for aggregate job growth or all state employment gains. we can look at the home foreclosure numbers. nationally, the fo

is it 1800 car czar? celly who to call so i can help the dealers in my area that have been so badly hurt. >> i don't understand your question with all great respect to the office, i have to say i am not aware of any dealer that was ever removed from the list that was submitted to the judge. i have no knowledge of that. i would very much like to see if i could get that. >> it was in all of the paper's yesterday, at barney frank made a call to someone and got his dealer to stay open. it is unconscionable what is going on also is good joint economic committee i was just told a gm dealer. i am sorry. so that is mr. henderson. >> it is not a dealer at all. select just tell me the telephone number that i call. that is what i am after. >> we have to look at the sales warehouses big long two general motors and is part of the restructuring plan for facilities to be close. >> will interrupt you but the fact is a member of congress made a call and it was not closed that was slated foreclosure. it is fundamentally un

but the rebellion in the 18th century would take a single czar in 1919 in ukraine, that it would be the rural people who would rise up, slaughter their lords. but these guys believe that if enough of these guys kill people, that pretty soon other people would get the idea and kill others and then one day people would say why do we have capitalism, why do we have the state? why do we have this duo? history, in 1500, there are 1500 states about. some note bigger than the archbishop's gardens. in 1871 and in 1914 there was about 37, and there. so the consolidation of state powers. and a cardiff, not violent anarchism but there was a lot of response to this. i'm not an anarchist. my michigan maes days inn bluejays. but it was a logical response because day, you know, the state was protecting these people and the third republic was full of corruption. the scandal were the sudden loss of president of france was involved. kind of like american politics. in many ways and so it was so corrupt that anarchism for many people, and there weren't many as nearly anarchist in france as other places. it

some have accused the president of exercising czar-like powers. reason number two is the economy. we already know how many billions and even trillions of dollars have been basically put other to help rescue the economy without even a say so by congress at this point. we have a crisis, the president gets more power. number three is that people love obama. in that roosevelt ", he said -- in that roosevelt quote, he said the president should be a powerful man and watched by the people and tell to strict accountability. i am not sure he is right now, because i think congress has capitulated again and again, and i think gladly, the republicans do not much but they do not have the power to do anything about it at this point. it is in the nature of the president, the kind of person who runs for president, to seek more power. right now, he is going to continue to do that. the fourth thing is the people love him so the accountability is not there and the democrats in congress love him to the accountability is not there. the fourth reason is that it is the nature of people who run for presi

adding a pay czar to monitor the firms receiving the aid. an announcement is expected today. . >> the republican proposal drafted by a troopegroup calls r increasing nuclear power. no new nuclear plants have been ordered in the united states since 1978. the bill calls for increased oil and gas production on public and private land and offshore. the house is in at 10:00 a.m. eastern on the senate side, patrick leahy's decisions to began supreme court nominee so the mayor on july 4 h13. meanwhile, the brother of judge sotomayor says the critics appeals judge do not know him. he called his 54-year-old sister tough as nails. he had assertions that -- assertions derogatory and insulting. millions of dollars received in free travel and lodging is legal and that it saves taxpayers money. the government watchdogs say it allows donors to exert influence for a small investment. u.s. magistrate judge hears arguments today about whether walter kendall miers and his wife should continue to be held until they go to trial. the former state department emplo

if any of you in school had ever read them, pick three books out of random -- at random, julius keys czar's gall -- gaelic wars, you would have understood, as long as the school helped you, a little, not much, you would understand how a small force can take a larger, more potent force and divide it against itself, and win the battle because the stronger force is busy arguing among themselves and that is what you would have learned from caesar's gaelic wars and if you ever read marcus are real yous's meditation which we were compelled to read in 7th grade, i'm grateful for, during the second world war before the schools really went down the toilet, and what aurelius shows you is the single wealthiest man on the whole planet and this single most powerful man on the whole planet says, flatly, that nothing you can buy with money or order with power is worth having. now i can hug him for that. and finally, thomas hobbs, in the middle of the 17th century, spelled out how a monarch can keep a leviathan state together and leviathan state, an easy book to read and you still see things sophisticated

. >> two questions, we have the 20th czar you have named. in terms of bringing these people from the outside, i want to know -- >> we do not have any special names for them. >> why not use someone who is already in the administration? >> obviously, the seven companies that we are talking about, 100 employees for each of these companies, obviously this is something that will take a great deal of time, and something that we think is better focused on by the use of a special master. >> and the plan, you said the president is very flexible on the details, he has been specific about this and he says that he wants this to be in there. in terms of the structure, which is the subject of a lot of debate, is this owned by the government? it's the open to all the possible forms of the public plan? >> these and other questions, i appreciate the opportunity to comment on every single juncture of the legislative process -- this is something i am asked every day. we will let the process go through and have a sense of where we are going. >> organizing for a

there is a very active economic czar in the white house used to be the president of harvard. there is, there are the epa officials who want to be telling them what size cars to build a and it was not very long ago that the administration told the general motors it was building too many suv's and that its old was too expensive to work and the president himself find the president of general motors of giving the stock to the taxpayers who actually pay for it is the only way to get the government out of the company's hair and give them a chance to succeed. and, it will create an investor fan base of 120 million or so americans who are now stockholders and the companies who may be little more interested in what the next model chevy might be. thank you-- this ownership is the judy among the people of green bay. this is the fastest way to get back to the wise principle. if you confided in the yellow pages the government ought not to be doing it. more than the money, it is the principle of the thing. the other day a visiting european automotive executives said to me with a laugh, tha