Obama presented Cameron with Goose Island 312 beer from Chicago while Cameron gave the President 5.2 percent Hobb Goblin beer.
A detractor might say that a Chicago beer makes it the overly safe pick, but you did alright. It’s the flavor of home - very appropriate - so I very much approve. Not brilliant, but I’ll still give you a “Bravo.”
However, I will not forget that at the one and only Beer Summit you poured yourself a Bud Light.
I’m not in the habit of giving free advertising to MNCs with questionable employment practices and working conditions; however, this made me smile.
Update: The first 12 seconds make this video. All I want is that on a loop.
In reference to my previous post: it appears that, while Americans may have lost the privilege of saying “tipples,” we did dodge quite a bullet.
Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London, launched an attack on Thursday on what he called the “anti-British rhetoric that seems to be permeating from America”. His statement typified the growing British backlash against the perceived scapegoating of BP by Barack Obama.
Just in time for the USA’s World Cup opener against England on Saturday. Maybe it takes an epic disaster to get American’s interested in soccer/football (delete according to country of origin).
Oil aside, I stand by my previous prediction:
Revolutionary War… War of 1812… on June 12th we make it 3-0. Warming up by wasting tea and punching people in red.
