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Thread ID: 18771 | Posts: 14 | Started: 2005-06-22
2005-06-22 22:57 | User Profile
Thomas Sowell
June 20, 2005
Back in the days of the Hapsburg Empire, there was a town in Bohemia called Budweis. The people in that town were called Budweisers and the town had a brewery which produced beer with the same name -- but different from the American Budweiser.
Like many communities in Bohemia during that era, Budweis had people of both Czech and German ancestries, speaking different languages, though many were also bilingual. They got along pretty well and most people there thought of themselves as Budweisers, rather than as Czechs or Germans. But that would later change -- for the worse -- not only in Budweis, but throughout Bohemia.
The mayor of Budweis spoke both Czech and German but refused to be classified as a member of either group. His point was that we are all Budweisers.
As with virtually all groups in virtually all countries and in virtually all eras, there were differences between the Germans and the Czechs. Germans were more educated, more prosperous, and more prominent in business and the professions.
The German language at that point had a much wider and richer literature, the Slavic languages having acquired written versions centuries later than the languages of Western Europe. Educated people of whatever ethnicity were educated in German.
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2005-06-22 23:11 | User Profile
Drinkin' beer will make you smarter...it made Budweiser. :jester:
Actually, the Busch family of Budweiser are a bunch of Latrino/Nafta/Suckies...your Budweiser maybe brewed in the US, but, chances are the bottle is made in Mexico.
2005-06-23 16:46 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Pennsylvania_Dutch]Drinkin' beer will make you smarter...it made Budweiser. :jester:
Actually, the Busch family of Budweiser are a bunch of Latrino/Nafta/Suckies...your Budweiser maybe brewed in the US, but, chances are the bottle is made in Mexico.[/QUOTE]At one time in Dubois, Pennsylvania there was a beer called Dubois Budweiser after their onetime brewer who eventually moved to Saint Louis. The Busch family through the courts finally made the Pennsylvania brewery stop using the Budweiser name.
I understand the Busch family attempted to deny the Czech made pilsner Budweiser from using that name. Thankfully they lost.
2005-06-23 20:20 | User Profile
Very Prophetic. No doubt the same tye of scenario which will evolve here in the Southwest once the Nation of Azatlan nationalizes the brewery's and allows only sales of Tecate.
2005-06-24 07:36 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jeffersonian]Very Prophetic. No doubt the same tye of scenario which will evolve here in the Southwest once the Nation of Azatlan nationalizes the brewery's and allows only sales of Tecate.[/QUOTE]
What? No Corona? Oh well, I guess I'll just drink tap water instead. Not much difference anyway.
I love telling Mexicans that Corona is a "terrible beer." You wouldn't believe how much this irritates them!
2005-06-24 16:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Kevin_O'Keeffe]What? No Corona? Oh well, I guess I'll just drink tap water instead. Not much difference anyway.
I love telling Mexicans that Corona is a "terrible beer." You wouldn't believe how much this irritates them![/QUOTE] Corona's beer? Wow, you learn something new every day.
I'll take a pint of ale please.
2005-06-24 16:09 | User Profile
"AZTLAN BEER" [U]Todays beer for tomorrow[/U], hummmmmm I like it, but I'll stick to Coke. :thumbsup:
2005-06-24 19:02 | User Profile
Didn't the Mexicans used to piss in the vats at Corona's factory?
And I'd bet you a pint that the Budweiser beer in Czech Republic is better than Anheiser Busch Budweiser. :cheers:
2005-06-24 19:18 | User Profile
Budweiser Budvar is commonly for sale in Germany. I never tried any, however, because I only ever saw it in bottles, and I always drank draft when I had the option (which, in Germany, was always.)
2005-06-24 19:44 | User Profile
everybody remember "BUD DRY". I never got a chance to try it, during that week back in the 80's when it was available. These days I usuall stick with Bud. Not Bud Light, that stuff tastes like throw-up, just good old Bud.
2005-06-24 20:06 | User Profile
While I was in Germany, I had Czech Bud often. Unremarkable.
And why so down on Corona. With a slice of lime it's quite tasty.
2005-06-25 07:45 | User Profile
I do not see much point to his article I can not say I like this article or Sowell. Sounds kind of Neoconish. I am sure he would let in the Mexicans because they can become Americans. He seems to with the Neocons on ending filibuster in the Senate and pro-Patriot Act.ââ¬ÅFor generations, it was racial bigotry which provoked filibusters to prevent the Senate from voting on bills to extend civil rights to blacks.ââ¬Â Sean Hanity has been saying the same thing. He seems 100% for the Bush War.
2005-06-25 07:54 | User Profile
More stuff:
[QUOTE]Budweiser
The original Budweiser was made in Czechoslovakia. A copy of the recipe made its way to the USA where it was bastardised into the weak watery product that is now exported all over the world.
When the original company first started exporting its product in the late 80s the American company sued to protect its trademark. Fortunately they lost and now in any decent drinking establishment you can buy Budvar Budweiser, the original Czech drink, which is a world away from the substance that comes in those red and white tins.[/QUOTE]
Who Owns The Name Budweiser? [url]http://www.american.edu/TED/budweis.htm[/url]
2005-06-25 09:52 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]Didn't the Mexicans used to piss in the vats at Corona's factory?
Acrtually, that was a myth spread by Anheuser-Busch product representatives, in order to deflate Corona's rapidly growing market share, back in the late 1980s. The Mexicans drink that stuff themselves by the gallon, you know, so it really makes little sense.
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]And I'd bet you a pint that the Budweiser beer in Czech Republic is better than Anheiser Busch Budweiser. :cheers:[/QUOTE]
I've had them both, and you're quite right. Ain't hard to top Buttwiper.