Why the BizCzar use of the word Czar??

The word Czar is popping up is the new a LOT these days. When I was in high school back in the 80's, I always associated the word with Russian Communism.

So I looked up a definition of the word

Tsar or czar[1] is a title used to designate certain monarchs or supreme rulers. The first ruler to adopt the title tsar was Simeon I of Bulgaria. [2] As a system of government, it is known as Tsarism...
...is a Slavic term with Bulgarian origins which is derived from Cæsar, meant Emperor in the European mediæval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official

en.wikipedia.org...

Ohh Kaayyy. Supreme rulers, Roman emperor?

So, I went back into the news archives and looked for the word.

The word czar was in the news a bunch around 1900. Then it wasn't used, except for referring to Russian Communist leadership, and the strange deaths of Czars.

Then, Aug 20th, 1967, the first time I see the term Czar being used for an American public official.

Here is the link: news.google.com...,1439461&dq=czar&hl=en

The title of the article is "Connally: No Czar, Just Chief." It was posted in the Palm Beach Post.

Connally? The same guy that sat in front of Kennedy when he was shot? Yep.

The article says

Is he an economic Czar? The answer from John B Connally Jr is a Texas sized no!

The article then goes on to say,

"He dislikes being called a Czar or Dictator because there isn't any Czar or Dictator in this show"

So when did it become acceptable for an American politician to be called a Czar?

The first time I see it show up in a label for a leader of a committee is April 12th, 1978

The article reads,

President Carter personally threw cold water on naming an anti-inflation "czar" to ride herd on his cabinet with the power on the responsibility to carry out long awaited proposals to dampen rampant inflation

news.google.com...,1150039&dq=czar&hl=en

Nowadays, how many czars are there.

Bush Jr. named 47 czar appointees, and currently Obama has appointed 8, with 32 positions available. Carter has to positions available, and only appointed one. Kennedy had zero.

Interesting to note, Roosevelt was the first president reported to have the position of "czar" available in the US government.

It's really quite scary when you dig into things. The unaware public has been conditioned to accept these supreme leaders.

To close out the OP.

It was Karl Marx who said, "Democracy is the road to Socialism"
thinkexist.com...

We've been a socialist country since the "New Deal" was ushered in under Roosevelt, as a result of the Great Depression, perpetuated in a corporate takeover through the institution of the Federal Reserve.

If you haven't seen the movie, Eye of the Phoenix, please watch it.
Here is part I

Eye of the Phoenix documents the bizarre history of the design of the dollar bill, exposing the occult activity surrounding the FDR administration. There is perhaps no other period in U.S. history when so many people were so deeply involved in the occult, and held positions of power that reached all the way to the White House. Phoenix focuses specifically on the years prior to World War II leading up to 1935, when the Great Seal was taken out of obscurity and placed on the foundation of America's currency.

According to official records from the State Department, FDR and his Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace, specifically chose to use the Great Seal because, as Freemasons, they believed the Novus Ordo Seclorum (which they equated with the New Deal) could only be fulfilled under the eye of the Great Architect of the Universe

Hmm.

[edit on 13-3-2010 by 911stinks]

From the top of my head:

You are conflating "Socialism" with "communism". That's rather unfortunate.

"Czar" is not a communist term or a term used in communism. "Czar" was the title of the Russian emperor in the Monarchical System that was toppled 1917. No communist ever referred to himself as Czar, as the communists were the ones who wanted to free Russia from Monarchy and "Czarist repression". In the end it wasn't the communists that toppled the Monarchy, but they played a big role in it and eventually they toppled the liberal gov under Kerensky that followed the Czar's rule.

I think that's rather important in order to understand the poilitico-historical origins of the word.


from the back of my memory:

If I remember correctly, Nixon was the first US president to officially call one of his special advisors a czar - that was 1973 if I'm correct and it had something to do with either the economic downturn or with the fuel crisis (the position of the czar, I mean).

Originally posted by NichirasuKenshin

From the top of my head:

You are conflating "Socialism" with "communism". That's rather unfortunate.

Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, they were all designed with the assumption that those in power would be honest, and fair.

Originally posted by 911stinks

Originally posted by NichirasuKenshin

From the top of my head:

You are conflating "Socialism" with "communism". That's rather unfortunate.

Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, they were all designed with the assumption that those in power would be honest, and fair.

So was Democracy, Republicanism, Fascism (partly) and Technocratism and probably any other ism that ever appeared in history as a coherent political doctrine.

Just because the marketing departments of those ideologies said they would remain fair and honest doesn't necessarily mean that that was anyones intention at all.