Star Wars Returns

     Last week during the half time of the Monday night football game, viewers were able to get the first chance to see the official Star Wars trailer. Even more important, tickets went on sale for the next movie, which comes out on December 17th. There were so many people trying to purchase tickets that multiple websites crashed. Fortunately, I was able to get my tickets on Tuesday.

     I've been a big Star Wars fan for as long as I can remember. I first watched it when my dad was watching it, and I was hooked. It's hard to pick a favorite, but so far I love The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

     The first trilogy that came out had more of a story than the second trilogy; the second trilogy was more on special effects than the actual story. I'm sure this new movie, The Force Awakens, will have amazing effects. I just hope the story is equally as good.

     I've been looking forward to it for so long, and it'll be hard for the movie to live up to the expectations. I'm sure I'd love it, though. Only a little less than 2 months to go. I'll be sure to write my opinions on the 7th Star Wars movie after I see it.

Joe Biden: Will he or Won't he

     A while ago, I wrote about the amount of attention Donald Trump receives in the media. Lately, the vice president has been getting as much attention. The question is whether or not the current vice president will run for president this election.

     For weeks, if not months, polls have been including Joe Biden. Joe Biden has been appearing on all sorts of programs, but still remains undecided. With the first democratic debate scheduled this week, CNN has a podium ready for Vice President Biden if he decides to go to the debate. There is even a group that is in existence with the goal of urging Joe Biden to run.

     In my opinion, Joe Biden will not appear in the debate. I do think he will be watching it closely, though, and will make a decision a short time after. I think he will probably end up not running, unless the debate shows weakness in the current candidates; an opening for the vice president. Since he and his family are still dealing with the death of Beau Biden I think he might not run. Also, I don't see the passion that a candidate needs in order to win a national election.

The Blessed Glass

     A strange thing happened when the Pope was here to visit. After the Pope made his speech in Washington, Bob Brady, a representative of Pennsylvania, took the Pope's water glass. Why? Apparently he believes that because the Pope touched it it is blessed. That alone is questionable because the Pope never actually blessed it. That small fact doesn't matter to Bob Brady.

     After taking the glass of water, he took it back to his office and took a sip. Afterwards he gave a sip to his wife and several of his staff members. He then poured the remaining water in a bottle to bless his grandchildren with.

     In my opinion, what Representative Brady did was absurd. Just because the Pope drank from a glass doesn't mean the glass, or the water in it, is blessed. The Pope, no matter how important he is to religion, is just a man. Not everything he touches is blessed. Also, to drink from the glass and share it with others takes away the quality of the glass. Now instead of it being the Pope's DNA, it has the DNA from at least 4 different people. Not to mention, from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not a good idea to have multiple people drink from the same glass of water.

     This isn't the first time Representative Bob Brady took a special glass. Apparently he already has the glass that president Obama sipped from at his first inauguration. While he considers that glass special, he didn't drink from it because the water and glass were not blessed. He considers it political, not spiritual.