Susan Jewell

National:
SUMMARY
A woman was laid off in February from her $70,000 job. For two months she was able to pay her bills with her tax return money but now she is still unemployed and the money is gone. Her mom has moved in with her to help her pay her mortgage. On Good Friday she went to a food bank with her two kids. While there another woman offered to pay her utility bill. The unemployed woman broke down and began crying at that. She was in a state of shock. A company which supplies food for public uses has said that more middle class people have been coming in the with the same look of need as lower class

OPINION
This is happening to so many Americans. Statistics show a very small percentage of Americans have saved up enough money to late more than two months without a job and many fall behind on bills the week they do not receive a pay check. Although I feel sad for this woman and others in similar situations I cannot help but feel they are more to blame than the government or anyone else. Financial planning is not a government problem. Individuals need to take care of themselves. After paying off bills saving money is always a good idea to be able to use for the hard times that could come. All economies falter and America is not excluded from that. The economy has slowly been going down over the last few years. If people had been smart, if this woman had been smart, she would have saved better and splurged less. This is a common problem and not news worthy. Personal financial problems need to be dealt with personally and possibly with financial planning classes.


National:
SUMMARY
A woman who always orders a small coffee from Starbucks looked sad one day while ordering so the barista asked what was wrong. The woman said she had a kidney disease and both her kidneys were failing her. without thinking the barista got very excited and said she would be tested to see if she was a match. The blood work was done and the barista was a match. They set up the surgery and now both are happily living with one kidney which works well.
OPINION
That was so nice of the barista. I don't think I would even consider offering my organs while alive to a person I didn't know. I'm an organ donor so I feel like that cold help someone but that is once I'm dead and my organs are of no use to me anymore. that was really selfless of the barista. makes me want to go out and donate something... like clothing.

International:
SUMMARY
A woman committed suicide just two days after a court in France ruled against her for having euthanasia. She used three times the lethal dose of barbiturates to kill herself. France is now considering allowing doctor assisted suicide. The woman, Chantal Sebire, had a very rare form of cancer. There was a tumor growing under her sinus. Her nose had swollen several times its normal size and one eye had been popped out of socket. Upon having an autopsy done on the woman it was evident the drug she used was more common among veterinary circles than people. Her former lawyer feels the case will continue for some time.

OPINION
Just let the death pass. I feel as a Christian I am instinctively suppose to have some automatic feeling one way or another about euthanasia but it baffles me. In the case of this woman I feel like she should have been allowed death. I think if there is a genuine medical concern death should be allowed, but then again I think that may make God sad. I don't know how I would handle something like this. Now, all I really hope for concerning her life is that the people she was in contact with during her life remember the good she did, not that death she inflicted upon herself.


International:
SUMMARY
Zimbabwe will not allow the news media to cover its parliamentary elections. Several media groups have been denied including CNN. CNN is rather distraught over this information. They issued a request to the government politely saying it was CNN's desire Zimbabwe reconsider its initial response. The man representing the opposition party was suppose to take a helicopter to the next places he was scheduled to speak at. Once authorities found out who was in the helicopter the helicopter was grounded. The pilot was allowed to fly back to the capital city but there he was arrested. the company renting the helicopter said plans had been set up in a timely fashion and officials had been made aware of the plan.

OPINION
That's weird. A large part off me read the news report and automatically believes the Zimbabwe government is trying to hide some terrible sins. I feel like the opposition leader could very likely be assassinated. I think the news article just has a foreboding tone to it though. maybe the country wants their elections to remain private simply so the public is not swayed by media reporting. I think the current government does not want the opposition to win and will d whatever it takes to keep the other party out of office. It;s a scary world.


DID YOU KNOW ASIA IS RUNNING OUT OF RICE? SAD, HUH?