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A case of arrested development

We should review the fact that he spent only 18 months as a senator before running for the presidency. Possibly, he never expected to win. Nobody knew who, or what, he was. We all cheered the fact that a minority could become president, and hoped it would invigorate a new era for America. He exploited that dream for ambition.

The recent debt-ceiling discussion ended up with him declaring, “Don’t call my bluff!” Then he walked out in a huff. Next time, he’ll threaten to hold his breath.

Will someone please tell President Obama, “It is not all about you!”

We need a real leader for our nation now, a person with proven credentials and determination to stabilize our collapsing economy and collapsing culture. I suspect the good ol’ days are not coming back for a very long time.

- Barack Obama: A case of arrested development, By Michael Donohue, Missoulian.com, July 19, 2011.

3. On July 10, 2010, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe flew by the asteroid 21 Lutetia, which at the time was the largest asteroid ever to have been visited by a spacecraft. The fly-by occurred 282 million miles from Earth; close-up images taken by the probe revealed cracks and craters running across Lutetia’s surface, evidence of the asteroid’s long and battered history.

Now an international team of researchers from France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States has analyzed Lutetia’s surface images, and found that underneath its cold and cracked exterior, the asteroid may in fact have once harbored a molten-hot, metallic core. The findings suggest that Lutetia, despite billions of years of impacts, may have retained its original structure – a preserved remnant of the very earliest days of the solar system.