Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Scalia Conversation On The Constitution: Principles of Constitutional and Statutory Interpretation recorded on Monday, Oct. 26th, 2009 at the Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson Convention Center.

Scalia and the other Originalists know the democratic process as designed in our institutions is slow and difficult, so they serve as sort of goalkeepers against progress just in case the people happen to get a shot off, this may not be their intention, but that's always been the effect, and it's no coincidence that these judges find a way to align their policy option selections congruent with their rulings. The Scalia side has little rationale when confronted with the Breyer view and I think Scalia knows it. Highly entertaining.

From Political Wire, Frank Luntz's GOP guide to undermining Health Care Reform.

If Frank want's to publish his propaganda playbook, by all means. It's important to point out that public policy polling supports a robust public option and if Democratic so called "centerists" listen to this made to order sciency briefing they are following the same pied piper that got us into the Iraq War, Budget Defecits, and all the W and GOP policy failures emanated from the pen of either Frank Luntz, Karl Rove, Dick Morris, or Bill Kristol or all of them simultaneously. These are the guys that sunk the GOP in to a 25% approval rating.

The people want a pro-consumer Health Bill, stay the course in the Legislative Process and next week Obama needs to blow-up these bullshit talking points and asset his commitment to the pro-consumer, cost-cutting, health improving biggest public option implemented along with all of those other reforms as close to 2010 as possible. Remember Blue Dogs this is the same guy that told Bush to pursue the privatization of Medicare, he's ineffective and has been leading people off of cliffs for over ten years now. The Democratic Party and Obama's fortunes are tied together and we rise and fall as one. Don't let the GOP and Joe Lieberman exploit any of the rifts in our strongly melded caucuses. Teeing up a Health Reform Bill that is badly needed and desired not only to cover the uninsured and improve medical outcomes but to reign in the deficit and not swinging or not swinging hard enough and/or not getting the most bang for the consumers buck is the biggest political mistake you could ever make in your career.

There is a tiny window for success or failure and history will remember those who stepped up to the challenge and delivered for working families instead of MegaCorporations for once, and the voters will know that, remember those who fought for them and reward that commitment to the people. Those on the wrong side of history will stay in their 25% popularity hole. This is what's known as a "no-brainer". It cuts the deficit, it stops redactions and pre-existing conditions, the people will love it so long as they are not funneled into more corporate controlled bins without the choice of a public plan. If the Democrats fail the people, they will lose the Congress, if they are strong and don't mind the lawyers for the staus quo they will rightly retain their position.

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Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tue, October 27, 2009 -- 9:10 PM ET
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Brother of Afghan President Is on C.I.A. Payroll, Officials Say

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a
suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium
trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence
Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according
to current and former American officials.

The agency pays Mr. Karzai for a variety of services, and
those financial ties and the agency's close working
relationship with him raise significant questions about
America's war strategy, which is currently under review at
the White House.

OK, I'm officially double-plus unhappy with the Afghan expedition. Mostly because a small, minority of Americans are fighting this war on behalf of a majority who couldn't be bothered to lift a finger when it comes to national service or even community service. We cannot kill our way out of this problem and I don't know if we have the troops to secure the Mountainous and Tribal regions of Afghanistan, especially since they just flee to the Pakistan side of the border. At the same time, we can't allow Afghanistan to continue to be a narco/terror state, it is one of many, but the answer is economic development and Secular democracy that creates an environment that is secure to do business in. We don't have the money in the treasury to do this the old fashioned way, so I better hear some new ideas that not longer include breeches in International Law, because when we sign a treaty, it's the law of this land, not just, over there, otherwise no treaty process would ever be pursued. Afghanistan needs a sustainable agricultural transition from Poppy's to a crop that will provide enough for their self-interests more then growing Opium. That means we need cops on the beat to protect these rural regions from the Taliban when Coalition forces aren't there. The only way to do that is with a physical police presence to execute the law on behalf of the people. The military isn't designed to enforce the law, they're designed to destroy enemies, so we need cops on the beat. That means going to the UN, and bolstering International Law such that UN police forces have teeth to enforce the legal process and we need to use not only carrots, but sticks when it comes to encouraging our allies with common interests to send "police", as you train as many of the locals to enforce their democratic sourced laws as possible.

I have a problem with drone assassination and I have problem with Al-Qaeda running around unencumbered. We need a better legal framework for dealing with irrational actors and their groups, and that framework starts with understanding that when a tiny minority group believes that violence is part of their political solution that we enforce the law such that it doesn't compromise the legitimate political process. Like The Manson Family, this is a police issue, and not a military issue. We need to prevent the conditions that allow people to turn to terror from forming. Poverty, Hunger, Corruption, these are the enemies of the will of the people, which is contrary to the democratic mission, but we can't proceed like Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, because history has shown over and over again that we need a new way other then war to progress our international political ecosystem. Bin Ladin wants us to over react, kill the people we're supposedly protecting, and create anti-West sentiment. I say spite the Devil, and find a way that allows the interests of the people to be met without killing them.

Congratulations to Harry Reid for going strong for competition that holds the insurance corporations accountable by supporting a comprehensive public option. He's not only meeting, he's beating expectations, and the White House should be thrilled.

Let GOP leaders explain to their State's why their people's Health Care bills go up when they opt-out of a public while their neighbors health bills go down. Good luck with that.