The Beer Summit: WTF?
Am I the only one who thinks this Beer Summit is a stupid, stupid idea? Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with a few guys sittin’ around drinking beer and talking. Hell, I do it all the time! What I do find problematic is that the President of the United States is endorsing alcohol as the solution to all life’s problems. Does anyone else hear the echoes of Homer Simpson there?
Why couldn’t he just say he was inviting the two parties over to help smooth things over without mentioning beer? Instead, this thing is being called the Beer Summit and prominent members of our government are offering to make the beer run. By putting the focus on the alcohol, the message is getting drowned out.
Look, they can drink all the beer they want to. Let ‘em pull an all-night kegger. That’s not the point and I don’t care if they drink beer. I’m concerned about the federal government’s public endorsement of alcohol as part of the problem solving process.
