All of the people I work with, my favorite is Mohammed. He’s a Sunni Muslim from Egypt. He worked for the US Embassy in Egypt for 15 years. Ya know that big line of limos that take all the famous people around? He was the supervisor for it. He was Egypt’s top driver. He’s led around folks like George Dub, Clinton, and Colin Powell. This morning we talked for a couple of hours on religion and politics, and he had a lot of interesting things to say.

He told me that Dick Cheney’s daughter wastes the Embassy’s money on trips to the pyramids and such. Apparently, you usually get the driver a gift. She bought him shoes. I can’t imagine what other countries think of Americans.

Anyway, he said something interested this morning. He said that when Colin Powell goes over to the Middle East, his face is always in pain. He often cries. He is by far the favorite American in the Arab countries. Personally, I wanted Colin Powell to run for President in 2000. He would have had my vote, whether that’s good or bad. Although I had no idea what was going on, it’s been pretty much etched in my mind that Colin Powell is America’s top American. Don’t ask me why. I’m a product of 80’s music and Desert Storm.