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[Gil White <gil.white AT xplornet.com>]

Just do what we did in Canada - call them Ministers - like Minister of the 
Environment or Mininster of Justice ( being lawyer or judge not a 
prerequisite ) and appoint them primarily from the elected representatives of 
the party in power so they have a veneer of legitimacy. Once in awhile rake 
one over the coals for something one of the legions of public servants got 
caught at - and suddenly the perception of little empires disappears.

Gil



On Jul 16, 2009, erthnsky AT bellsouth.net wrote:




Marie McHarry wrote:
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> 
> I wish the term 'czar' would be excised from public discourse unless
> we want to also bring back public floggings to make the serfs get in
> line.
> 


LOL, yeah...
I know it came from Caesar, but growing up during the days of the evil 
Soviets, when I think tsar/czar I think of pre-Soviet Russian 
dictator-kings, or someone who is above the law-laws don't apply to him.
We probably should find a new buzz word for czars.

Seriously, I do think we are going a bit overboard on the number of 
czars.  It really does disrupt the balance of power making the executive 
branch heavy.

B