RIP Nelson Mandela

I know I am late saying this but former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela died on December 5th of this year. He was a truly inspirational person and fought for his people's freedom in South Africa. He fought the apartheid that was going on in South Africa, which is like the Jim Crow laws here in America. He went to jail for 27 years for treason for being against the apartheid. Upon his release in 1990,later on he was elected President. He was in office from 1994 to 1999.. He fought for what he believed in from the start. He was a good man in the eyes of many.

There's a lot of things people didn't know about Nelson Mandela, which was listed in a CNN news article and I found it very interesting

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/world/africa/nelson-mandela-surprising-facts/

I found it very interesting that he wasn't removed from the U.S. Terror Watchlist until 2008.. And I liked how he had a cameo in a Spike Lee film as a civil rights teacher.

Mandela will truly be missed by many. Rest in Peace

More important current events..Syria

For those of you out there that don't know where Syria is, it is an Arabic country that is going through some drama right now. If you don't know about their drama, you should definitely turn on the news because I believe it can affect us.

To clarify what happened on August 21st of this year there was an alleged chemical attack in a suburban neighborhood in Damascus. Allegedly the chemical attack was used to rid the government of their rebels that are against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But until the United Nations inspectors can find evidence of that, we can only assume.. Mind you I haven't watched the news today so I am in the dark to any current updates.

But I know that there are reports claiming that President Obama wants to step in and send a military response to Syria to prevent them from using chemical weapons again. I know he currently hasn't stepped in as far as I know.