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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:45 PM Original message |
Anheuser-Busch Agrees to Be Sold to InBev |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Will Bud taste better? n/t |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Still tastes like, as my daddy said, Panther Piss.... |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. American Piss Beer |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Tastes differ, certainly but in any event |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Try Yuengling (Pronounced Ying-ling by us east coast elitists!) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. Excellent beer... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. Don't you just LOVE "beer snobs?" |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. The beer I mentioned up thread is 8 or 9 for a 12 pack |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. Blech. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. American Piss. Micro-Piss. Imported Piss. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
82. I bet you're a lot of fun at parties. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. we call it horse piss up here. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. my first thought. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. THIS Budweiser Tastes MUCH Better |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. And Cindy McCain will sell her 1 mil in shares for a 30% profit. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. but yet Obama is the elitist.... |
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oldskool (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Like the sale of gas and oil investments |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. So the Busch family no longer runs their own company |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. So does that mean we'll get beer that doesnt taste like rat piss? |
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DarthDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I wouldn't know |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. If it gets changed to the taste of some of the Belgian beers |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. If They Can Make it Taste Like Belgian Beer I'll Buy It |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Soon.... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
73. Yup, It's getting pretty scary. |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Absolutely the epitome... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I wonder if they'll keep the theme parks. |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. With any luck... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. Best beer company buys worst! |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Now, here's Ed Bruce on the Budweiser Stage! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Buy American? If you can find it. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. The world's worst beers will now be owned by Europeans. |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Anheuser-BUSHED |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. American wealthy cash out..as world picks the bones of U.S economy.... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
75. Really. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. What is American about America anymore? |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
87. Oh I'm sure someone in the Middle East would take that dilapidated |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
21. I love that red-blooded American heartland Nascar-watching beer-drinkers |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
81. Yeah, all those jobs lost, all that money shipped overseas..hilarious! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. This Bud's for You! |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Good one! It's always funny when foreign corporations buy out American businesses! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I keep wondering why working people |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #88 |
98. Working class voters vote overwhelmingly for Democrats |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. What's wrong? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. No, nothing's wrong! You're right to stick it to that stupid American heartland! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Yeah, you're saving the working class! |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I think you're being too harsh - it's unreasonable to expect the average "redn*ck" to be class-aware |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. It's absolutely curable |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Could you please point out what has betrayed my "self-destructive little nationalist fetish" |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Just what I expected.... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. well... |
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Dammit Ann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. McCain and others will make millions with this deal. |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yet another American business ... |
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poppysgal (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. What about those Super Bowl ads? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
30. Why isn't anyone screaming about foreigners buying an American icon? |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Look friend... |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. Still won't increase the buttwiper's sales overseas. Piss water. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. You mean Antarctica / Brahma / Skol in the USA? I thought their presence there was vestigial at most |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I meant the downsizing they were reporting here when the buy-out |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. I've been boycotting the right-wing donating Budweiser for years, anyway. n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That makes no sense.... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You're right. We should be forced to patronize companies we disagree with. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Go out and buy a Prius.... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Already DID buy a Prius... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Not a surprise.... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Thanks, Roger. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. If the American companies cared about making a product Americans want, Union workers... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Yes... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Missing the point, Roger. n/t |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Please make a valid one then, Ronald. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I would, Hiter, but... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Found One Good SUV from Ford |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
101. WE didn't make the decision to focus on Hummers. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. How About Because They Make LOUSY BEER! |
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DirtyDawg (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. They don't hold a candle to Coors... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Agreed, Coors is the worst. But according to some, if they're unionized, I am required to drink it. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So I take it you don't use Green detergents..... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I split my dish detergent 50/50 with EcoVer (organic) and Cascade, and only run it after 8 PM. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. woohoo! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. So hopefully Bud will taste like Bass Ale pretty soon |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
54. I'm really shocked at the number of freakin' SNOBS in here. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Surprising isn't it? |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I hope I have the opportunity |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
77. No sir, I won't turn it down because of the taste |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. I genuinely like Budweiser. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. We're "Elitists" if We Don't Like Budweiser?? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
76. LOL. |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. oh get over it |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #54 |
100. What's funny is the American micro-brews are the ones winning the awards |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
102. I drink Bud now and then, but I know it's shit |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. As George Carlin once said, "Screw Augie." |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Didn't the Busch family..... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. Don't know about ownership. I just know the Busches were awful. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. Amazing how many people are cheering on the ensuing job losses |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Why Will Jobs Be Going Away? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Here you go |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Doesn't Look Good |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
67. looks like it's local-only beer for me from now on.... |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
74. Will it make Bud better? or Stella and Bass worse?? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
78. Diese Bud's für Sie |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
91. InBev is a tough management culture |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
95. If they hurry, Busch Stadium could be renamed InBev Stadium before the 2009 All-Star Game. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
96. I'm still a "Milwaukee's Best Light" man, myself. |
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