More of a Good Thing

Pictures: Sunday evening at Lakeview: Colleen and Opa strolling down #5; Colleen relaxing on #4 green; and a casual Ian who took the top two pictures while golfing with Opa and his mom and dad.


GeoPolitics

Good article by Peter Baker of WAPO on the attempt by Bush to spread democracy around the world. Article's closing lines, by the author of the book that helped inspire the attempt:

"I give him an A for bringing the idea and maybe a C for implementation," said Sharansky, now chairman of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Israel. "There is a gap between what he says and what the State Department does," and he is not consistent enough.

The challenge Bush faced, Sharansky added, was to bring Washington together behind his goal.

"It didn't happen," he said. "And that's the real tragedy."

And of course the world didn't get behind it very much either after seeing Bush's efforts to bring democracy to Iraq. Who wants democracy at the end of a gun? What were these guys thinking!? Oh, I remember, they were thinking since we were the number one military power in the world, we had the moral duty to make the world a better place. And if that meant going in with guns, well so be it. Ah, America, beacon of hope for millions around the world.

Sports

-Ochoa wins easily at Canadian Open. Boosts her earnings to $2,636,590. Not peanuts and I'm sure she makes a bundle from off course activities and endorsements but next to the earnings of her male counterpart, it's pine nuts. (Any idea what Tiger has earned so far this year?)

-Kevin Johnson in town for a couple of weeks. You might try to catch him at the golf course and play a round with him. He finishes up PGA School this December. He promises a round of 30 for himself and a 38 for his dad, Curt. (It's public now, Kevin. Should add a little motivation to make it happen.) Expect Kevin to join Tuesday Men for league play tomorrow... Wonder if we could get Mark Potts down for another go at it? Would be a good pairing.

-Tuesday Men's League has a Long Ball Competition starting tomorrow. First of three Tuesdays where contestants' tee shots on #6 go for the long ball competition. Will mark the long ball location for each event and go from there the next time. Longest drive over the three days gets the pot of money. You got a long drive in you? Sign up and go for it.

-Tuesday Boyz go to Hidden Hills tomorrow. Start time is 8:30 our time. I think Junior is going up, maybe Ray too.

-Community League starts its final two weeks which includes a Team Tournament. BTW, Jeff Brookshire definitely benefited from his little golf goddess' presence yesterday - shot a 36. Best ever, Jeff? Meanwhile, Lucas Bird had the round of the week for the Community League with a sterling net 29 for the youngster who in the process beat his Oma by a stroke, 50 to 51.

-Wayne Souerdike shot a par round of 35 in the USG League last week. One of Wayne's best rounds of the year. (You have shot par before, haven't you, Wayne? Expect you have but don't know for sure. Excellent round in any case!)

-'nuff for now... Go play golf, it's good for you.