Why should Bol give a shit who owns A-B?
According to Last Week's Polls
A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Anheuser Busch, which is based here in St. Louis, was sold to some foreign beer company for $60 gozillion or something ridonkulous like that.
It was a traumatic incident for a lot of people here in St. Louis. I remember seeing on the 5:00 news the day it happened. Mofos were pissed! Even the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal sent reporters down to interview dudes who drink in bars down by the Brewery.
Check the following amusing bit from a story in the Wall Street Journal:
"I'll tell you one thing," said the 21-year-old concrete worker during his lunch break at The Brick of St. Louis bar, in the shadow of this city's storied Anheuser-Busch Cos. brewery, "If Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey." (Wild Turkey, a Kentucky bourbon, is owned by French drinks giant Pernod Ricard SA.)
Ah, St Louis.
Long-time readers of this site know I drink the Great American Lager like it's going out of style. But now that it's not really American anymore, I had a decision to make. Last week's poll had to do with whether or not I should continue to drink beers made by Anheuser Busch.
The results:
Should Bol stop drinking A-B beers now that it's owned by furriners?
- No (60.1%)
- Yes (39.9%)
A 60-40 split in favor of no. I'm actually surprised it didn't turn out the other way. I know a lot of you fruits didn't like the fact that I've been known to sip a Bud Light or 20 even before A-B was owned by furriners.
I wonder if it takes being from St. Louis to really why A-B being owned by furriners is such a big deal. Aside from the fact that the Great American Lager isn't even gonna be American anymore,there's the fact a shiteload of people who work for A-B here are eventually gonna lose their jobs.
Not that switching to another brand of beer is gonna help the employment situation around here. But if mofos are gonna get laid off anyway, you might as well stick it to the man.
That being said, it's not like I ever got a dime out of Anheuser Busch back when it was owned by Americans. And switching one's beer is a lot to ask of a man.
