Brahma Blogs

This team blog is designed to allow a group of friends who have known each other for 20+ years to share their thoughts on culture, politics, religion, relationships, etc.

Sunday, March 13, 2005

Who's Changed Most/Least?

Carol and I had a chance to go to Houston this weekend, where we went to a small dinner party with several old friends, including Lark and Delene. It was really a great time. I got to thinking afterwards that if I could run into the Lark from last night and the Lark from high school in some kind of time warp, it would be pretty hard to tell them apart. I can't think of anyone else like this, except maybe Michele, although I've not seen a lot of you in some time. Of the folks you've seen lately, who do you think has changed the most and/or least?

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Maybe Bush Was Right

Frame this post because you may never hear me utter those 4 words above again.
After President Bush and his administration realized there were no WMD's in Iraq, they started re-writing history and saying the "real" reason they went into Iraq was to liberate the Iraqi people and spread democracy throughout the Middle East. As the insurgency grew and Iraq became the honey that drew the bees of Islamic radicals, that whole theory of spreading democracy seemed kind of ludicrous.
But now Iraq has had a moderately successful election, and the people of Lebanon have demanded that their pro-Syrian government step down, possibly the first step on the road to democracy in that notoriously troubled country.
There are also stirrings of the same kind of movement in Egypt right now.
Is it possible that Bush was right all along?