under the radar?

all I heard this morning on the Sunday news shows was Iraq Iraq Iraq. that is all well and good, (it is a significant issue), but I also read in the paper that the Prez has asked again for a line-item veto, to eliminate wasteful spending.

OK, this has been a notion that has been around since the Ron Reagan years, and it surfaces from time to time, nothing new there. In the hands of this administration, this President, that authority could translate to many bad things, but absolutely would concentrate more power in the Executive branch, making it harder to unseat the party in power, (whoever they are), and rending the Congress as almost inconsequential.

(I am taking a breather here---did I say really mean to suggest that the Congress is not inconsequential?)

Keep this in mind, the proposal could slip through this time as a simple domestic bill that draws little attention against the background of terrorists, IRAQ!!!, and high visibility threats, like gays.