Don't Turn Around (Uh oh!) Der Commissar's In Town!

[elfs]

Comrades, listen closely!

(NYTimes Jan 30, 2007): In an executive order published last week in the Federal Register, Mr. Bush said that each agency must have a regulatory policy office run by a political appointee, to supervise the development of rules and documents providing guidance to regulated industries. The White House will thus have a gatekeeper in each agency to analyze the costs and the benefits of new rules and to make sure the agencies carry out the president's priorities.

Is Commissar the right word? Apparatchik?

Comments

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's "Political Officer"

The U.S.S.R. didn't collapse - it migrated...

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with the first, and only slightly disagree with the second. The Busheviks have just recognized that the USSR developed some useful tools for authotitarian regimes.

[srmalloy.livejournal.com]

Aka 'zampolit' (заместитель командира по политической части -- 'deputy commander for political affairs').

Because I'm Itching to use my Russian...

[sarienpalth.livejournal.com]

Zamestitel Komandira po Politicheskoye Chasti

I'm a bit rusty, but considering it's been five years, I'll consider the fact that I remember how to read Cyrillic and remember what most of the sounds are to be a bonus.

Pointless Trivial Detail Sar