REGAINING FOCUS - AT 9:09 A.M. ET:  While the Democratic Party has been busy with the important work of launching the 1,237th denunciation of Rep. Joe Wilson for his outburst against President Obama, mature adults  are busy with the critical business of defending the country.  From CBS: 

NEW YORK (CBS) —  Counter-terrorism officials on Tuesday urged local police to be on the lookout for evidence of homemade bombs, a day after the FBI raided four apartments in Queens looking for bomb-making components.

Police departments are being urged to be on the lookout for specific indicators of terrorist activity.

"I believe it's prudent to put that information out. We welcome it," said NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

The directive speaks of the possible use of hydrogen peroxide in bombs, and to look for people who may have burns on the face, hands and arms.

We have to wonder what has happened to prompt this alert.  But it's good to know we have people on guard...until the ACLU gets to them.

Officials Monday were apparently looking for an Afghan national from Colorado who may have links to al-Qaida. Sources said he stayed at the home of an acquaintance on a recent trip to New York.

A law enforcement official told The Associated Press Tuesday that the FBI had put Najibullah Zazi under surveillance in connection with a suspected plot to make homemade bombs.

COMMENT:  This activity broke in New York on a day when President Obama visited the city to make a speech.  Yet, the worthies of the Democratic Party didn't express the slightest concern for the president's safety.  They're more worried about tea-party goers and town-meeting speakers, who, they apparently believe, constitute some grave threat to the nation and the president.

Talk about misplaced priorities.

September 16, 2009