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Cop Killer Is "Domestic Terrorist" Nidal Hassan, Not So Fast

Shoot a police officer and allegedly be the guy who also bombed some police cars, no problem. You're promptly designated a Domestic Terrorist. But when a Muslim attacks other soldiers, according to the Christian Science Monitor it could just be PTSD and, according to the Washington Post, at most it requires further study. Well, that's a head scratcher, ay?

(CNN) -- A suspect in the shooting of a Seattle, Washington, police officer is also believed to be behind the bombing of four police cars, Seattle Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel said at a press conference Saturday.

Christopher Monfort, 41, remained hospitalized in serious condition after being shot by officers during a confrontation Friday.

"This man, from everything that we can tell, appears to be a lone domestic terrorist," Pugel said.

Hundreds Of Blacks March On WH: "Obama Is White Power In Black Face"

Dayum! This dude's not going to have any friends by the end of four years! Ha! Un-freaking-believable. Only in America, folks. Only in America. h/t WW in comments.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Decrying Barack Obama as "white power in black face," hundreds of African-Americans marched on the White House Saturday to protest policies of the first black US president, and demand that he bring US troops home.

More than 200 people gathered for the first public demonstration by African Americans against the Obama administration since his historic inauguration in January, and slammed the president for continuing what they described as Washington's "imperialist" agenda around the world.

"We recognize that Barack Hussein Obama is white power in black face," civil rights activist Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black is Back coalition which arranged the protest, called into a megaphone as the group marched outside the mansion's gates.

Update: Bush Visits Fort Hood! - Obama To Camp David, Not Fort Hood???

Update: Via Twitter - Fox Reports GWB and Laura spent a few hours at Fort Hood, no photo ops. Now that's a CIC.

Are you kidding me? Camp frickin' David? What, does he have a tee time close by? For heaven's sakes, he's the CIC. And he's taking the weekend off? This guy simply doesn't care. Unbelievable via Fox.

11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses the House Democratic Caucus - Cannon House Office Building

2:30PM THE PRESIDENT makes a statement to the press on Health Care - Rose Garden

2:45PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart The White House en route Camp David - South Lawn

Tweeting The Revolution

Update: btw I'm watching on C-Cpan.

I'm tweeting the floor debate.

All the Tweets in the Housecall hash are here.

NY - 23 - LIAR!: Owens Reverses: Gimme Some National Health Care!

Via TCOTReport.

Elections have consequences. This is a bad one. LIAR!!

Sen. Tom Coburn Yells STOP!

I like Senator Coburn as much as Pundit & Pundette seem to. On conference calls, he's as impressive as he seems to be genuinely and honestly conservative. He struck me to be a truly good man and always has. That's why I was surprisedto see him endorse Carly Fiorina for a California Senate seat given some of what I've read. If I get a chance, I'd like to ask him about that.

And btw, Devore's folks reached out as some of them are friends and we're setting up a one on one for us next week. So, everyone is going to get equal time here, lest you think I am biased somehow. I'm not. I very much look forward to speaking with him for my readers and intend to give him every courtesy and the complete respect he rightly deserves so as to pass along his thoughts and positions for you as objectively as I can. I see a lot to like in both of them, myself. The important thing is that they answer questions and engage with you, more so than me. I don't get an actual vote in this one. See link above for more on Coburn's actions on our behalf.

Why We Love Sen. Coburn, Reason #325: Dr. No Threatening to Have Bill Read on Senate Floor

Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor.

Liveblogging Oba-Pelosi Careless Spending And Unhealthy HC Plan

Michelle Malkin is on top of it with rolling updates. I've never had much patience for such a tedious but informative task. So, please check in with her for the latest. 

Name That Party Update: Shelia Dixon - D

Perhaps it doesn't need to be stated given it's Baltimore. But as sitting Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon goes to trial, it's worth noting just how committed this award winning Democrat Mayor and Obama supporter was to helping women, neighborhoods and minorities. Uh, when she wasn't shopping on forced contributions from wealthy developers allegedly meant for the cause, that is. The item via Breitbart omits it, but, yes, she is a Democrat. That's with a Capitol D, so to speak.

For two decades in public office, Mayor Dixon has been a champion of neighborhoods and a pioneer for women and minorities. In 1987, she won a seat on the Baltimore City Council representing the 4th Council District, where she served for 12 years. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman elected as City Council President.

Sarah Palin To Enter The Lion's Den

Via Fire Andrea Mitchell with a Politico item. Hmm. Think she'll have a large number of fans in that room?

Not only that, look whose footsteps she's following in. She may as well, she looks as if she could more than fill his shoes at this point. Still, it's a shame his suits are so overly thin these days, given that they're already empty and just waiting for someone to wear them eventually.

Palin's attendance at the exclusive event – put on by a group of top Washington journalists – will mark the second time the former Alaska governor has flown to the capital to mix with the city's political elite. Earlier this year she attended the annual dinner put on by the Alfalfa Club, an insiders' organization that exists to throw an off-the-record winter bash.

Her planned appearance at the Gridiron also follows in the footsteps of another ambitious young politician: President Barack Obama spoke at the dinner in 2006.

Obama Forecasts A Bankrupt, Unemployed America

You can view them in the horrendous graph via this link: Obama's forecasts with and without the stimulus versus the reality Americans now struggle with everyday as unemployment jumps above 10%. The liberals were warned this would happen. They were told by economists the disastrously ineffective nature of bringing back economic policy destined to reek havoc on the American economy and bankrupt an already depleted Federal Treasury. But did they listen?

No, they did not. And now they are poised to act in another irresponsible manner without listening, again. They appear to be content to break the economic back of this country without giving it a second thought. Why not? That's what socialists do. They don't care about jobs that aren't government provided. The private sector, thriving businesses that hire real workers? Why care about those? They don't pony up for the Democrats until they are taxed. And those are coming, too. They are making it so that there is no alternative, even though our own personal and business treasuries will be depleted even more by then.

"Families across this nation are devastated by the reality of a 26-year high unemployment rate. It's hard to find a friend or a neighbor who hasn't been touched by today's news that the national unemployment rate is 10.2 percent. The challenges facing our families and small businesses are obvious to those who are listening. Unfortunately, the Democrat leadership has turned a deaf ear to the concerns voiced by countless citizens, and the American people are paying the price.

What good are wealth and private productivity in the statists view? They are valuable only to the extent that they serve Big Government, the only thing power mad Democrats really care about at all. They must be stopped before they so ruin this country and our economy, it may never come back. And we have to stop them here and now, not in some tremendously wrong-headed forecast like the ones Obama relies upon to shove more spending and taxes down taxpayers throats with his oh so lofty rhetoric. And even that doesn't look so lofty any more. It looks pathetically naive and totally out of sync with the America we all know and want to see flourish, again.

A statement by Mike Pence, who I had the good fortune of meeting yesterday when I was down in DC.