the brouhaha continues: Gates, Crowley and Obama all chose foreign-produced beers

Or is that brewhaha! ;-)

Protectionists are outraged...

Here's the story-- with a few nice puns-- by Robert Tomsho in the WSJ...

The president's plan to toss back a few cold ones with some high-profile guests at the White House has the American beer industry hopping mad....

The problem is that all three beers are products of foreign companies. Red Stripe is brewed by London-based Diageo PLC. Blue Moon is sold by a joint venture in which London-based SABMiller has a majority stake. And Bud Light? It is made by Anheuser-Busch -- which is now known as Anheuser-Busch InBev NV after getting bought last year by a giant Belgian-Brazilian company....