What Stories/Legislation Will Be Buried During All Pope-All The Time Week?

[chlamor]

It might be important and necessary to keep a close eye on the slick 3 card monte technocrats in D.C. as this Papal distraction is sure to receive the 24/7 treatment aka Schiavo and other Bread and Circuses.

Keep your eye on the ball.

Any bets on crushing legislation that might be introduced?
This would be a good week to reinstate the draft. Who would notice?

[Ironpost]

1. The nuclear option probably

[seemslikeadream]

2. Bush Order Allows Isolation of Those with Bird Flu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush issued a directive on Friday allowing authorities to detain or isolate any passenger suspected of having avian flu when arriving in the United States aboard an international flight.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=8065862

[Catt03]

3. Bill Frist will re nominate William Myers

to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 4, 2005 when the Congress returns to Washington.

re: Myers

As the Interior Department's top lawyer, Myers aggressively worked to weaken the same laws he once fought as a lobbyist for the cattle and grazing industries. He rolled back regulations protecting public lands from the impacts of livestock grazing, and gave the go-ahead to a gold mine in California that would destroy sacred Native American sites and harm the environment.

Worse, Myers consulted almost exclusively with industry lobbyists while making these decisions. While weakening the grazing regulations Myers met more than thirty times with industry and with only one environmentalist. And he failed to even once consult with California's Quechan tribe before approving the mining project. This one-sided approach to issues impacting the environment is inappropriate for a public servant and unfit for a judge.

......thus will trigger the nuclear option

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[chlamor]

4. How about conservative

judges being slipped under the radar. This could help the Fundies get over Schiavo-"She died for a reason, to save the unborn".

[seemslikeadream]

5. CDP director placed on leave by Homeland Security IG

ANNISTON, Ala. - The director of the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the Homeland Security Department inspector general's office, the agency says.

No details were available about the reasons for Marion Cain's removal Monday as the head of one of the nation's premier terrorist-response agencies.

CDP Associate Director Mike King has been named acting director, CDP communications director Kathy Wood told The Anniston Star for a story Saturday.

...

The CDP is Homeland Security's only federally chartered weapons of mass destruction training center. It began operations in June of 1998 as the only all-hazards training center, offering training on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/11238880.htm

[CatholicEdHead]

6. The WMD report with the failure to find anything

[Mnemosyne]

7. HJ9, keep watching folks.

H.J.RES.9
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. (introduced 1/4/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Yes, I know someone put this up when Clinton was in office, but how far did it get?

I've been watching it and it's moved rather quickly IMHO.

Time will tell.

Good post chlamor, thanks, food for thought and something to keep our eyes open watching for whatever these maroons will pull next.

[chlamor]

8. Restructuring of Endangered Species Act

or Patriot Act 2? Never know what madmen will do.

[mmonk]

9. The same stories that would normally

be buried by the Michael Jackson trial and other non issue related items.

[Vinca]

10. The 18 dead Americans at Abu Ghraib is already gone from the news.

The latest WMD report is history. Tom Delay is tap dancing on Terri's grave to keep the focus away from his criminal doings. There's been no publicity on the ouster of citizens from Bush "town meetings" and no coverage of false news reports. Between Terri and the Pope, we're looking at a month where Dubya and his cronies can do just about whatever they want.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. The latest update on Abu Ghraib is 56 hurt

The breakdown is 44 US forces and 12 prisoners. As far as I know there are no confirmed fatalities at this point. It was VERY hard yesterday to get any details.

Here's a link
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=636742

[chlamor]

12. and now another attack

at Abu Ghraib.