What a strange modern new world we live in. Our piece last week regarding A-B's results, and how their cost cutting has had no diminishing effect so far on their sales results, struck quite a chord with our readers, who took to the keyboard in droves. The most common refrain was that while A-B has been cutting costs like mad, so has MillerCoors, although its cuts have been more due to overlap. Here is a sample of some of our readers' responses for open mic Monday.