lecture evening

monday night j, my mom, & i attended a lecture held through the world affairs oregon organization. hafez al-mirazi was speaking. he used to be the head of al jazeera for washington d.c., and was on t.v. frequently right after 9/11. i don't remember seeing him on t.v., but j does. he's now back in egypt. it was very interesting hearing his opinions on america & politics. i agreed with his point of view on everything - he was very level headed. too bad he can't run for office - he's totally got a grip on the world today and what needs to be accomplished. the funny part of the evening was his description of a popular t-shirt in egypt - the front of the t-shirt says "come to america," and the back of the t-shirt says "before america comes to you." pretty funny, but unfortunately true.