Guantanamo Bay.

Omar Kadhr was only fifteen years old when he was taken to the infamous detention center of Guantanamo Bay. He’s the only Canadian held there as a terrorist, and there has been some controversy over the last two years as to what he is. Should he be charged as a terrorist and possibly die? Or should he be regarded as a child soldier and simply be set free? There are multiple positions to take on this and I really don’t know what should be done about him – especially now that Obama is going through the motions of closing Guantanamo Bay Prison down. This creates an even larger issue – where will ALL of the prisoners go?

In this world where most people only want to know about the latest iPod or what Britney Spears will do next, there are few people below the age of twenty who will even have an opinion on the matter. I, for one, have no idea where these mostly innocent and displaced prisoners can go.

Did Obama do the right thing by closing the prison? I think he did but I am sure there is going to be a big issue with relocating the prisoners. The innocent will undoubtedly be bitter and resentful towards the U.S. who allowed their torture for so long and that opens up the possibility of a whole lot of radical action towards them

Over all, I am not well versed in this at all – I only see what’s on the news and sometimes I don’t get a chance to watch. This blog is my vow to stay better informed and try to blog about something significant at least once a week.

I guess this is all for now, I hope you enjoy, and feel free to suggest topics that would amuse you.

-Kirsten

My Rant.

I will be updating later on tonight or tomorrow morning after I research my next blogging topic so stay tuned for that.

FIFTYBELOWZERO:
Who are you? You seem to be stalking both me and one of my teachers. Are you a Robert Munsch book fanatic? Or someone who lives in Canada?
We're dying to find out who you are, why stay anonymous?

Happy reading, I hope you enjoy my next post (I think you will)


Farewell for now.

- Kirsten

Busiest Sunday Ever!

Well today was the usual Sunday, work from twelve until four, except for one thing. Canex was SUPER busy. It's like, normally we make maybe 800$ on a Sunday, but today we made almost nine times that. It's a little ridiculous how a day so busy can go by so slowly!! I got Alesha in the spine with an elastic band and she called me Judas so it was also quite eventful... Tomorrow is my Social final and I think it will be okay - it should be the easiest of all my finals, as that class was definitely a joke. I entered a "Roadie For A Day" contest, hopefully I get one of the prizes so I can go to Taste of Chaos.

Anyways, this is just me popping in, I'll be blogging again tomorrow or sometime this week when I can think of something at least mildly entertaining to talk about...

NOT OSAMA IT'S OBAMA

These shoes are magnificent! I am about to order me some. If you want rad Obama shoes then I guess you will have to go without. :)

The Bloggin' Life

Hi everyone. I took a long time to think about this blog and decide if it was worthwhile after the whole "Scott Frost" Debacle, and I've decided that I need an outlet - the fact that nobody reads this makes it easy to rant. Anyways, It's been a long two months. We are in the midst of final exams and I am realizing more than ever how much I hate the pressure. Anyways, did you all see the inauguration? I'm Canadian so I am of course disappointed that Obama isn't as well - we need some charismatic leaders - and thoroughly overjoyed for the U.S.A. to have lucked into a politician who really cares and can really make a difference.

I'm realizing more and more how much of a difference one person can make and I am going to try my best to find a cause I feel passionately about and fight for it. One cause that we all need to fighting to stop is the current crisis in the Gaza strip. It's been going on for as long as I can remember but we really need to make an concentrated effort to stop it. America can no longer stand by, and the UN needs to send a task force in to save people and actually try to stop this, rather than just calling a cease fire. These are innocent people dying because of radical governments and old, old beliefs and promises. Palestinians need to stop sending rockets, and Israelis need to stop fighting so hard - we all know you are a superior military force and you can stop showing off your power. I have a much more long winded answer with my ideas for a solution posted somewhere but I am too lazy to recover it.

The 2009 Warped Tour schedule is released, and I am proud to say I'll be there in Calgary this year and it WILL work out this time, it won't be like last year at all. Of course there will be something crucial missing this year, but I'll drink lots of monsters for my friend who won't be making it. I hope The Academy Is... and Cobra Starship are on the tour again, that would be magnificent. Decaydance bands never play in Alberta and I want to badly to see them. Oh well, only a year and a half before I will be in a town where I can access good concerts, whether it's Toronto or Vancouver I just don't know, but it will be one or the other.

Peace!

Kirsten

"We forget so we don't have to remember, we remember so that we'll never forget."