Jeremy Herndon

I don’t understand a lot about what’s going on in the financial disaster news, but I was under the impression that this big bail-out issue was a pretty important issue, and that if the bill did not pass we were going to have a serious economy collapse that would wreak havoc with almost everyones life.  So I was very surprised to hear that the House of Representatives rejected the big Bail-Out.  I hope this is not a result of people holding out for some pork-barrel favors!   I don’t know what the other options are to the bail out package, so I sure hope that someone comes up with a solution that prevents us all from losing our jobs, and homes, and starving to death!  This is pretty serious stuff!

I like Ralph Nader.  I really and truly do.  I was reading an article on The Washington Post website today about how there was a unity rally of third party candidates yesterday that went downhill fast when Bob Barr refused to attend the rally and essentially insulted the other candidates.

I think Ralph Nader would make a good president, but I don’t think that the United States will ever see a President elected from a “Third Party.”  The two-party system is just too strong.  I think if Ralph Nader ever really got serious about running for president and joined the Democratic or Republican party, he just might win, but as long as he stays with a Third Party I think his efforts will be unsuccessful.

I can’t believe how much the press is making a big deal about Bill Clinton not having spoken to Barack Obama since Hillary withdrew from the Presidential race.  They are acting like they think he is being a sore loser!  I think that perhaps he does not want to interfere with his wife’s chances of becoming the Vice Presidential nominee!  Maybe he is respecting Hillary’s wishes, maybe she asked him to back off for a bit.  I think that the press needs to find something more important to write about and give the poor man a break!  Like the war overseas perhaps???????

I was hearing on the news that Barack Obama quit his church, the Trinity United Church, after having been a member there for twenty years. I hear that it is because the minister of the church has recently been holding some pretty outrageous services that have caused a lot of controversy over what kind of President Obama would be if he goes to a church and listens (and endorses) the nutty sermons that his minister has been preaching!
I think it is a shame that his minister has chosen to use the limelight that has been thrust into every aspect of Obama’s life to try to father his own personal agendas. He should be ashamed of himself, but apparently he is too self-involved to realize the harm he is doing to Obama with his tirades.

I’ve always held a little bit of a mixed-emotions feeling about Ted Kennedy through the years. I think that the scandal around his female friend drowning years ago in the car accident at Chappaquiddick just always left a sour taste in my mouth.

But, ever since then he has been trying hard to champion the rights of the “common folk” and trying hard to improve our lives as best we can. Since I am ONE of those “common folk” I have to say that I am glad that he has been trying to further our cause. So, I guess I have what one might call a “begrudging” admiration towards him, for his good deeds that he has done SINCE the scandal of the car accident so many years ago.

I was sorry to hear that he has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. I understand that this type of cancer is very difficult to treat and does not have a very high success rate for long-term survival. I do hope that he can beat the odds and recover from this.