Invisible Children

I don't understand politics. I try to avoid them as much as possible because it just doesn't make sense to me. But yesterday I was practically livid.

Okay so in a nutshell: In Uganda the LRA is a rebel force that is opposing the government. In order to build their army they kidnap children at night and brainwash them. The children are forced to walk for days without food or water. In their first night they are told they must make a kill and it only counts if the victim is beaten beyond recognition and the killer has blood on them. They are then taken to camps where they are brainwashed and treated in horrific ways that I don't want to remember. The girls are used as killing practice or as sex slaves. It is horrible to say the least.

Children in smaller villiages walk into the main town (for some this takes 6 hours of walking back and forth) to sleep on the sidewalks, in bus depots, in alleys, wherever they can. Thousands literally of children are crammed into the streets to sleep. But this is not exactly a safe haven. Girls are raped or molested. There are fights between the boys, theft, and so on. In short this a heinous place to be. All of it.

Three guys have made a documentary about it: www.invisiblechildren.com has much more information, not just about the children but the timeline, story for why this is going on.

Here's what made me so angry. Thousands of children are living in fear, hundreds of children have been turned into worthless killing machines and one man is free as he runs this whole thing. Now, I ask the question why is our army not doing anything? These men are terrorists, which is exactly what we've been trying to fight. Sure they're not attacking us but they are murdering innocent people! What is the worth of a child's life? Why are we not going in. I'm no military expert but I'd bet if we sent in some of our highly trained special ops we could take Kony out and save these children. The UN for crying out loud isn't this their job? Someone told me the reason why we probably won't ever go in to help in Uganda is because they don't have oil and the countries we do fight usually have oil. That pushed my button to the point where I was irrate. We value oil above a human life? What is wrong with us?

Granted there are some great private, Christian organizations that have taken action to rehibilating the children that escape and the three guys who made the documentary are trying to build a safe village for the children. They is a positive presence there trying to help. I am so thankful for that I find myself trying to think of ways I can help, I'm working on getting a showing of the documentary at my church and raising money to send but still I want to do more. I just don't know what. It seems like such a great injustice.

Please go to the link above and check out. If it tugs at your heart in any way, no matter how small, get involved.

Some People are Overrated...

...especially those that rearend you, stop, look at you getting out of your car to inspect the damage and promptly drive off, chatting away on their cell phone.

Very few people really make my blood boil but this chick did. I thought about chasing after the sleek black car that was nice enough to give my rear bumper a nudge into oncoming traffic and saying thank you in my own way. Rationality kicked in and I realized this would not work. So I was left standing outside my car at night, at the end of the freeway watching cars whizz by. Contemplating what to do next and why are some people just jerks. Seriously now!

Thankfully other than a sore, stiff back and slight scratches there's no real damage. It just makes me mad.