AH---another tempest in a teapot ( you have to love Shakespeare). Semantics. This has nothing to do with royalty or evil leaders of other countries. It has everything to do with the dignity of the office and not its holder at the time. Do I like Bush---No---should he he called Mr. President---Yes. And so on.

McGrath---that may be a problem. The lack of respect and formality and shown in the tirades in the House of Commons. Actually a well applied term. How can one show more respect for a powerless monarch than the actual leader of your great nation.

SO--back to the beer. I find it hard to believe that Pres. Obama would get involved in this nonsense---and it is nonsense that he should never have initiated because of a fau pax on his part. Picture this---FDR or JFK or even Nixon sitting down with someone with a LOCAL issue and resolving it over a brew---well, perhaps Andrew Jackson. Not a great example of diplomacy for sure.

Well---back to Vodka and contemplating this inane time we are in where a Pres. after all his hard work to attain the office is willing to lower himself to the level of two antogonistic individuals---one of which I disagree with and one I think handled a difficult situation well.

Bill Hahn