14 March, 2008

DC sound bites for dullards

Drug Czars Energy Czars, Wars on poverty Wars on terrorism - I've never been a great student, but I read a bit, including stories about American history suggesting that our founding fathers got their ideas from the Enlightenment, not feudal Russia. Or so they (Madison, Marshall, Jefferson...) said. What more? Post Office Tsar? They'd save a bundle by annointing the "Unemployment Czar." Who'd ask Ivan the Terrible for $250 a week? Really, I bet even incumbents would agree that our national role models should not be the same as those of Stalin.