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Bush and Maliki supposedly are drawing up plans for the long-term relationship between Iraq and the U.S. Except that lots of lives are at stake, it sounds kind of like a couple that’s been living together for nearly five years finally announcing their marriage plans.

Bush, Maliki Sign Pact on Iraq’s Future (Washington Post)

The interesting question is whether this term-limited pair actually can impose anything long-term on their countries and the region. Will they get away with it legally, and do they have the political clout to leave their wish list for their successors?

P.M. Carpenter weighs in on these issues in “Another power-grab — Bush’s unexceptional bullying in the face of congressional timidity.” Also raising the issue is Yale University Professor Bruce Ackerman, writing in an LA Times Op-ed, “Bush Isn’t the Only Decider.” Bob Fertik at Democrats.com analyzes the “agreement,” as well.

Will Iraq ignore their constitution and go along with Maliki? Will the U.S. Congress wake up to take back their constitutionally granted power to enact (or not) international treaties? Will the Democrats running for president draw a line in the sand, and call the bluff of an Executive lame duck?

If not, why not? Do they simply agree with Bush that the US belongs there for another fifty or one hundred years, as long as the oil, and our need for it, remain?

Hi. It’s Chad. The debate last night and other pondering thoughts led me here today.

Perhaps you don’t have the technology or aptitude to upload a video. Or if you do, it somehow has to get past the CNN “deciders.” And it has to be succinct, odd but not too odd, and mainstream, and ideally tying to a key MSM direction (e.g., immigration for Republicans, health care for Democrats).

The process means that many problems that affect Americans were ignored by these CNN/YouTube debates.

So today’s question is really simple: What question would you ask and to whom would you ask it? You could ask either a Democrat or Republican.

There are some ground rules for this, but they are so basic. Try to keep the questions within reason (no huge essay questions), ask a current candidate for president (not Al Gore), and the usual no obscenity/libel/vulgarity, etc. Otherwise, go for it.

Hi. It’s Chad. Not being afraid of controversial topics once again today.

Cynical doesn’t even begin to describe my reaction to Bush finally noticing the Israeli-Palestine issue. Though Republican presidents tend to pay little attention to the process (partisanship aside, Clinton and Carter are the only ones who excelled at this), the current resident has exceeded the low expectations of Republican presidents in his disdain.

One of the cynical (yes, there’s that word again) reasons Bush has ignored the process is the evangelicals’ line about Israel needing to keep its land to fulfill their vision of Biblical destiny. I am so ready to believe that is true. I know some Jewish people appreciate the “support” from evangelicals, but it creeps me out. A group saying they believe in your cause in the short-term, but believe in your annihilation in the long-term.

But it raises the question: why now? Why is Bush getting involved (well, sort of) now?

Bush talks about his vision of a two-state solution, but won’t impose it. Of course, he won’t impose it because his base would have his hide. Yet he’s able to get away with saying “two-state solution” yet doing nothing about it.

Clinton got so close to a solution that if Gore hadn’t been denied his rightful place, we may have had a solution already.

And in case, Bush doesn’t get it: the animosity in that part of the world has been heightened by his refusal to get involved before now. And in even getting involved, his effort is not even half-hearted.

So what should we make of this “effort” to find some place between Israel and Palestine? Complete cynicism? Is there an evangelical angle to all of this? We know it’s going to fail, but is this a way for Bush to say “I tried”? If so, he shouldn’t have bothered.

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So Dick Cheney has an irregular heartbeat, as we’ve discovered. Some could say the discovery would be having a heartbeat. But while Cheney is an evil man, he’s still a man.

But he also sits in the VP chair. And his (latest) health scare opens up the door to a question: who would Bush pick as VP should something happen to Cheney?

Any of us could die at any time, but this political cycle is unique on several fronts. A sitting VP is not running for president. The party in power has no clear cut frontrunner.

Would Bush give the nod to a Giuliani or Thompson, giving them a huge edge? Would either of them want to standing next to Bush?

This country went almost 200 years without a process to select a vice president, due to resignation or death. Seven of them have died in office, with the last one being James Sherman in 1912. John C. Calhoun actually resigned on December 28, 1832 to jump to the Senate. Between those times and other instances where a VP took over as president, the VP chair has been empty a lot in our nation’s history.

But thanks to the 25th Amendment, the chair can’t remain empty. Section 2 of the 25th Amendment reads: “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.” So the Democrats would have a say, though protocol would likely allow them to approve any reasonable pick.

Since the 25th Amendment was approved, we have used the provision twice. Spiro Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973, upon pleading no contest to charges of accepting bribes as Maryland’s governor. Gerald Ford had to be approved by both houses. But given his relationship (he was House Minority Leader) and his acceptability (given the other candidates, including Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush), Ford was an easy shoo-in. And Nelson Rockefeller was also approved by both houses after Ford became president in 1974.

If I were to select someone I’d think Bush would pick, it would be Condoleezza Rice. Not for the significance of being a woman or African-American, but because Bush really thinks highly of her, and he would want someone he valued in that slot. I don’t think he’d pick a current contender, nor pick a caretaker such as James Baker. I’m not saying whether Rice would get approved, but she would be an interesting pick.

Hi. it’s Chad once again. We will be filling in this week once again. Hope the holidays found you refreshed and ready to kick it back into the discussion.

So Trent Lott has joined Dennis Hastert with this “sudden” need to retire so quickly. And unlike Hastert, who is leaving with a year left, Lott has 5 YEARS LEFT. Then again, the speculation is that Lott and Hastert aren’t motivated by a better/higher/further calling, well, except for money.

This nugget from Op-Ed News says it all:

“Once 2008 rolls around, new laws will require legislators to wait two years, instead of the current one year before starting as a lobbyist.”

So the integrity of finishing out your term, as I mentioned last week, is replaced by the need/greed for money.

Yes, being a Congressman or Senator gives you tremendous power and opportunity. And perhaps a small advantage isn’t so bad, given the sacrifice of being in Congress. But the Gingrich mentality of “grab all you can” abuses that understanding.

Congress shouldn’t be seen as a gateway to lobbying. And while it’s Republicans who are taking this path so far, and Republicans are doing more than fair share, Democrats lobby too once they leave.

The Billy Tauzin story is particularly egregious. Not that I like to quote from Wikipedia, but once again, this nugget says it all.

“On January 3, 2005, the same day he left Congress, Tauzin began work as the head of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, a powerful trade group for pharmaceutical companies.

It was reported that they had offered more than $2.5 million per year for his services, outbidding the Motion Picture Association of America, which had offered Tauzin $1 million to lobby for it.^[1]

Two months earlier, Tauzin had played a key role in shepherding the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill through Congress, which had been criticized by opponents for being too generous to the pharmaceutical industry.”

So do we need to truly clean House (and Senate)? What proposals would you make to clean up this mentality in Washington?

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I’ll try to check in a few more times during the long Holiday weekend, before disappearing again next week.  After that I’ll be back “fulltime.”  Meanwhile, continue to enjoy the superb work of our guest bloggers.

Even when judged by the often troubling standards of “routine” law enforcement use of tasers, a recent incident out of Utah is particularly disturbing.  If you haven’t seen the video, it’s worth investing a few minutes: as a citizen in an allegedly free nation you need to know what’s being done in the name of enforcing your laws.

Digby has the YouTube link here.

This particular incident is bad enough that it won’t surprise me terribly if the officer involved ends up being reprimanded, notwithstanding the normal tendency of police forces to protect their own.  But there’s more at stake here, obviously, than the isolated actions of one zap happy law enforcement officer.  We are dealing, instead, with the broader trend toward increasing police use of tasers, not in self-defense, but to compel compliance with police orders, or even just to punish back talk. 

And what’s particularly troubling is the fact that all this is happening within the context of an increasing consensus within this country that when a street cop issues an order to a citizen, even in a non-emergency situation, that citizen is duty bound to snap to attention, regardless of the validity of the officer’s actions. 

But that isn’t freedom.  And if freedom doesn’t exist in the streets where people actually live, then what’s the point of it anyway?

Believe it or not, the common law actually recognized a legal right to use reasonable non-lethal force to resist unlawful arrests.  That’s how seriously it took the right of a citizen to be free from wrongful restraint.  Modern statutes and court decisions have moved away from this position — probably wisely given the risk of violence — but the underlying point remains valid: the fact someone carries the commission of a law enforcement officer gives that person no greater right, outside of the carefully defined powers of their office, than anyone else to boss other citizens around.

Here, of course, we’re not talking about merely bossing people around, but running 50,000 volts of electricity though them.  And to use what is for all intents and purposes an instrument of torture to compel compliance with the non-emergency orders of a street cop isn’t just abusive: it’s un-American.

As I noted a year ago in discussing another controversial taser incident:

Presumably this same technique could be used to good effect to breakup any politically motivated sit in.  Instead of carrying the protesters off to the paddy wagon, just zap ‘em until they finally crawl over to it themselves.

But there are lines you simply don’t cross in a liberal democracy, like, oh, say, torturing suspects (yeah, I know).  And allowing the government to use high-voltage electrical shock as a method of compelling compliance to its dictates is one of those things.  You can’t do that and still use words like republic and democracy to describe yourself as a nation: They just don’t fit anymore.

This is a road we’ve already gone far too far down.  

Hi. It’s Chad. This is the last of our Thanksgiving-related items. We are taking a well-deserved holiday, but will be back Monday. Enjoy the holiday!

A holiday is supposed to be a time of reflection. And even though many get the day after Thanksgiving off, it’s not technically a holiday.

But if the “sales holiday” begins at 4 a.m., as it does with Kohl’s this year, and you would have to go to bed at 8 p.m. just to get 7 hours sleep (with an hour to get ready and down to the store), then aren’t we cutting into the actual holiday of Thanksgiving?

The beauty of a holiday is to enjoy the whole day, a difficult task if I have to brush my teeth and get ready by 8 p.m. (After all, there’s now an extra NFL game at night on Thanksgiving Day.)

Of course, you could go the other way, such as the Eden Prairie Center or the Boise Town Square is doing and opening at 1 a.m. Friday morning. Hey, just stay up all night after you’ve had a pound of turkey in your belly and go shopping.

Plus, if you are looking online for what sales to hit, you are spending a considerable part of your Thanksgiving holiday on your computer, planning and strategizing. And quite frankly, given the state of the economy and the need for some things, these sales are tempting.

Have you ever shopped that early? Was it worth it? Are you going to go it again this year? Or do you think the crassness of shopping wrecks Thanksgiving for you?

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