Something That Caught My Eye: Guantanamo Bay

This video caught my liberal heart's attention. I became curious about  Guantanamo Bay and started reading every article I could find on the internet. I was shocked by some of the things I found.

Many of the detainees claim they did nothing wrong and committed no crime. They are victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...Afghanistan.

The president has promised to close Guantanamo Bay, but the only thing that has been done is the closing of the diplomatic office charged with resettling inmates.

Obama blames congress - congress have made it hard for Obama to stay true to his promise. He wanted to transfer all of the detainees to a prison in illinois, but congress passed a bill that made it hard for officials to transfer prisoners anywhere.

Most of the detainees still in Guantanamo Bay are now on hunger strike. They have been complaining that the army have been giving unjust treatment in their guarding duties.

1. Shooting them with rubber pellets
2. having their Korans mistreated during an inspection

Is it possible? Yeah! Don't you remember the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Human rights violations were committed against prisoners by military personnel and the CIA. The prisoners were physically and sexually abused, tortured, raped, sodomized and killed.

Yes, this may be different because Guantanamo Bay deals with terrorists and I know some may say many lives were saved by information gained at Guantanamo Bay. But is it worth it? Is it  worth losing the american morals and values? Is it worth possibly making innocent men into terrorists.

I don't think so. What do you think?

Something that caught my eye: Save Lockey's Dad

The Auden Family

I was surfing the web when three words caught my eye: Save Lockeys's Dad The words hit home for me.  Too close to home.

The Auden family is the typical American family, whose lives have been affected by terminal cancer.

Me at age four

Nick Auden, Lockey's dad, is fighting terminal cancer. He is being denied an experimental treatment that could potentially save his life.

When I was a kid, no more than four years old, my dad got sick. My sisters and I were told the "kid" truth, that daddy was feeling "tired" and needed to rest somewhere else that will make him feel better.

When I grew up I was told the "real" truth. My dad needed a kidney transplant and they didn't think he would get one.

My dad showing me off

My dad later told me, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to watch me and my sisters grow up. We all were so young at the time. My oldest sister was six and my youngest was two.

He feared missing out on our high school graduations, walking us down the aisle and being there when we have our own kids.

 Dad lived to see his girls grow

Thankfully, my dad found a kidney donor.

But not everyone is that lucky.

I know Nick Auden has to share the same fears my dad once did...that he won't be around for his three kids.

So please sign this petition and save Lockey's dad.