the embrace and the ipod....

ok, so......i am fed up to here (imagine my hand at my neck) with the media circus around the notion that michele obama broke protocol by being photographed with her arm around the queen....from the view i saw on the huffington post, the queen's arm was around her back as well...so if it were a faux pas, this particular one went both ways.....god bless the queen for being flexible when it comes to media frenzy.....and as for the ipod.....my most treasured gifts over the years have been mix cd's from my children or from their friends....magical mystery cd's that go places i never go with sound, lyrics or rhythm.....the notion that this was an inappropriate gift to a monarch is laughable......of what possible use would an American-made crystal ashtray be to a woman who does not smoke....yeah...or maybe he should have brought her a collection of spoons from every state....yeah!...... or he could have brought her a case of bourbon (the queen does love her scotch so why not a ky-made bit of corn squeezings?), but that does not make a a good photo-op......so i say leave the obamas and their g-20 tour alone....they seem to be doing fine for a first trip out of the country.....