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"Talk," she commanded, standing in front of me. "Who, what and why?" "I'm Percy Maguire," I said, as if this name, which I had thought up, explained everything. Dashiell Hammett, "The Big Knockover"

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Czars & Czarinas

It seems that the only organization that is hiring these days is the White House. It appears that the President needs a "czar" for just about everything and anything.

Of course, this may be the cause of a bigger problem. For instance, who's in charge? The Senate-confirmed Secretary or the close-to-the-Oval-Office czar?

A military tenet has been "unity of command." In other words, there is one boss and one chain of command. Unless of course, you don't want to get anything done.

Curiously, this may be causing some nostalgia for the Clinton Administration -- although he used a bit of sleigh of hand -- he actually reduced the size of the White House. Although it was all style and little of substance -- he was willing to make a show of sharing the pain that America was feeling.

Better that than an employment agency for make-work czars.

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