The car czar is a horrible idea. A vehicle viceroy would be much better
Why exactly is that, every time we put a government official in charge of some big, less-than-well-defined task, he or she becomes a czar? (Car czar, drug czar, energy czar, cybersecurity czar, there must be more.) I get why Führer and duce aren't gonna work. But there are lots of other options: emperor, king, queen, prince, archduke, chancellor, sultan, viceroy, maharajah, to name just a few. Yet for some reason we keep falling back on the Slavic derivation of Caesar, and we always spell it czar, not tsar.
Now this isn't quite as lame as the practice of naming every Washington scandal by putting -gate at the end of it. But it is odd, and strikes me as vaguely un-American. We can do better.
Update: My office-neighbor Jim Poniewozik suggests "auto-crat."
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Auto-tarian
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The judicial representative formerly known as a Bankruptcy Judge!
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Autocrat, I guess is best.
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O BAILOUT CZAR OF MICHIGAN
(O Little Star of Bethlehem)
WilliamBanzai7O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Shining through economic headlights dimmed
Giving the light for brainless management
Guiding the BIG 3 on their way
Unto the TAXPAYER GOOSE THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS
O BAILOUT CZAR
Ride on!O BAILOUT CZAR the hope of Detroit's life
Guiding the motor city morons through their plight
Over the mountains of high yield debts and union overhead
Into the land of ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CARS
It will be a a lovely day
O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Ride on!O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Shine upon us until the glory days return
Give us subsidies and BRIDGE LOANS to pave the way
Until we make em run on HYDROGEN
O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Ride on!O BAILOUT CZAR its a total disgrace
The card carrying rank and file
Yonder in the union halls
They think its MILLER TIME
BIGGER is BETTER just like the SUV design
O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Ride on!O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
Shine upon them until FINANCIAL VIABILITY returns
Give BAILOUT cash to pave the way
Until MOTOR CITY HAPPY DAYS return
O BAILOUT CZAR of MICHIGAN
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"Now this isn't quite as lame as the practice of naming every Washington scandal by putting -gate at the end of it."
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I was just complaining about that over in the Swamp, but unfortunately its spread beyond Washington scandals such as the useless "Spygate"... -
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Yeah, "Blagogate." What an outrage. I of course prefer Blagodämmerung.
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At least they could use Tsar, which is how I learned to pronounce it when studying Russian. I was actually shocked to find out recently on Reason that we still have a Drug ( Fill in your favorite here ). I don't even know who I'm being ruled by. How clueless am I?
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It does underscore the complete unoriginality of human existence, doesn't it?
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A headline czar could set it right.
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I wrote two articles this morning titled "Wake up and smell the roses" and "Treason" that directly address the issue of why bailouts will not work and why the job losses are going to get worse.
Please read those articles and help put America back to work so that our retailers, manufacturers and raw material producers will be able to stay in business and put American's back to work in America.
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