BUSH DENIGRATES RAUL CASTRO, CALLS CUBAN REFORMS "SO CALLED"

Now George Bush says he will seek to change the U.S. law on trading with Cuba to allow Cubans in the U.S. to send cell phones to their relatives in Cuba.

Bush says this move is designed to see if "Raul" carries through with his "so called reforms."

Is it necessary for Mr. Bush to call everyone by his or her first name, even other world leaders? It seems contemptuous and condescending for Bush to call President Raul Castro by his first name. I get the impression first-naming other leaders is a technique for Bush to demonstrate his own "superiority."

Furthermore, what is achieved by terming Cuba's relations "so called reforms"? Today, Cubans have many more economic freedoms and liberties than in the past. Does Bush do any good to U.S.-Cuban relations by minimizing and questioning Raul Castro's reforms to date?