today's the day... thank you Andrew and Madison

Laura's E-Blast http://www.LauraIngraham.com September 10, 2009

I've just found out that once again, Barack Obama is shadowing me. I am in Minneapolis for a speech (scheduled for many weeks) about how we must defeat Obamacare. And now he is heading to Minneapolis for a speech (just scheduled) about how we (the people who disagree) must be defeated. What can we expect from Obama? Surely he won't miss the opportunity to trash America (a la last night's "we're the only modern Democracy that doesn't have blah blah blah"). He will no doubt continue to make farcical claims about how his plan won't add a dime to the deficit or interfere with patient-doctor relationships. Z-z-z-z-z What is most striking about his Wednesday night speech is that for all the breathless build-up, he really didn't say anything to answer the main criticisms of the plan. For months now, he has been making three claims: (1) we will cover everybody; (2) there will not be significant rationing; and (3) we will not add significantly to the budget deficit. Last night, he merely repeated these same claims. The problem is that those statements cannot be true. If we are giving everyone free health insurance, we will either see rationing, much higher taxes, or much higher deficits. That's just common sense. He can keep making these claims all he wants, but they're just not persuasive. So despite all the fanfare, the president's speech was the same old same old broth with a bunch of red-meat rhetoric tossed in for the left. He brought no certainty or clarity to the debate. He didn't lay out any deadlines. He didn't even say whether he will veto a bill that does not contain a public option. And he certainly didn't respond to the serious concerns that have been raised by Republicans and others about the financial and economic consequences of this bill. Points that are not credible when made in a normal tone of voice are not made more credible in the louder tone of voice he used last night. Of course the media savored the slaps at conservatives over "death panels" and the like. And for a few days, we will hear that the speech was a "home run." But if the GOP holds firm, and gives the people time to process the speech, we will see that he hasn't really answered any of the major concerns expressed by so many Americans during August. My prediction: the summer of the Democrats' discontent will turn into their fall.

Jaycee May is Dan and Joy May's daughter.... wow... things do change.. haha

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Hubble's most amazing photos... these are actual, not photoshoped!!

Link to photo site

ABOUT THIS IMAGE:

These four images are among the first observations made by the new Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the upgraded NASA Hubble Space Telescope.

The image at top left shows NGC 6302, a butterfly-shaped nebula surrounding a dying star. At top right is a picture of a clash among members of a galactic grouping called Stephan's Quintet. The image at bottom left gives viewers a panoramic portrait of a colorful assortment of 100,000 stars residing in the crowded core of Omega Centauri, a giant globular cluster. At bottom right, an eerie pillar of star birth in the Carina Nebula rises from a sea of greenish-colored clouds.

Object Names: NGC 6302, Stephan's Quintet, Omega Centauri, Jet in Carina

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

TECHNICAL FACTS ABOUT THIS IMAGE:

About NGC 6302

Object Name: NGC 6302 (Butterfly Nebula, Bug Nebula) Object Description: Planetary Nebula Position (J2000): R.A. 17h 13m 43s.3 Dec. -37° 06' 10" Distance: 3,800 light-years (1,200 parsecs) Constellation: Scorpius Data Description: The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11504: K. Noll and H. Bond (STScI) and B. Balick (University of Washington). Instrument: WFC3/UVIS Exposure Date(s): July 27, 2009 Exposure Time: 1.5 hours Filters: F373N ([O II]), F469N (He II), F502N ([O III]), F656N (H-alpha), F658N ([N II]), and F673N ([S II])

About Jet in Carina

Object Name: Jet in Carina Object Description: Stellar Jet/Young Stellar Object Position (J2000): R.A. 10h 43m 51s.30 Dec. -59° 55' 21".0 Constellation: Carina Distance: 7,500 light-years (2,300 parsecs) Dimensions: This image is 3 arcminutes (6.6 light-years or 2.0 parsecs) wide. Data Description: The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11501: K. Noll (STScI), C. Proffitt (STScI/CSC), D. Leckrone and M. Niedner (NASA/GSFC), and M. Livio and Z. Levay (STScI). Instrument: WFC3/IR and WFC3/UVIS Exposure Date(s): July 24-30, 2009 Exposure Time: 8.4 hours Filters: WFC3/IR: F126N ([Fe II]) and F164N ([Fe II]) WFC3/UVIS: F280N (Mg II), F502N ([O III]), F656N (H-alpha), and F673N ([S II])

About Omega Centauri

Object Name: Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) Object Description: Globular Star Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 13h 26m 45s.9 Dec. -47° 28' 37" Constellation: Centaurus Distance: 16,000 light-years or 4,800 parsecs Data Description: The Hubble images were created from data from the calibration proposal 11452: E. Sabbi, J. Kim Quijano, and L. Dressel (STScI). Instrument: WFC3/UVIS Exposure Date(s): July 15, 2009 Exposure Time: 2.7 hours Filters: F225W (U), F275W (U), F336W (U), F438W (B), F606W (V), and F814W (I)

About Stephan's Quintet

Object Name: Stephan's Quintet (HCG 92) Object Description: Interacting Galaxy Group Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 35m 57s.51 Dec. +33° 57' 35".68 Constellation: Pegasus Distance: Stephan's Quintet is 290 million light-years (90 million parsecs) away. NGC 7320, superposed in the foreground, is 40 million light-years (12 million parsecs) away. Data Description: The Hubble images were created from data from proposal 11502: K. Noll and M. Livio (STScI), D. Leckrone and M. Niedner (NASA/GSFC), and Z. Levay and M. Mutchler (STScI). Instrument: WFC3/IR and WFC3/UVIS Exposure Date(s): July/August 2009 Exposure Time: 17 hours Filters: WFC3/IR: F140W (J-H) WFC3/UVIS: F438W (B), F606W (V), F657N (H-alpha + [N II]), F665N (H-alpha + [N II]), and F814W (I)