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Thread #116884   Message #2512695
Posted By: Alice
11-Dec-08 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: enough with the 'Czar' label
Subject: BS: enough with the 'Czar' label
Am I the only one very annoyed by the label "Czar" being tacked onto positions in the US government? Ever since the "drug Czar" term, this keeps cropping up whenever there is a crisis to deal with an issue.
I don't know why it bugs me, but I'd wish the news reporters would stop doing it.
Here's the first recorded report of it according to Wiki:

The title was first published in a 1982 news story by United Press International which reported that "Senators... voted 62-34 to establish a 'drug czar' who would have overall responsibility for U.S. drug policy." Since then, several ad hoc executive positions in both the United States and United Kingdom have been established which have been subsequently referred to in this manner.