>>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/anheuser.inbev.ap/index.html
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>>I don't drink it, but I still think it's sad to see it sold. What's next? Mount Rushmore?
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>This is just like when the economy was on the rocks in the 70s and early 80s. Back then the Japanese were snapping up the landmarks (buildings, 'American' companies, etc).

I don't see how emotional attachment to a business can be patriotic - businesses aren't patriotic. Money is the ultimate prostitute. Besides,

q: what's the difference between a company outsourcing its work and a company outsourcing its ownership?

a: in the first case, the jobs go and the money stays... in a tax haven.

Besides 2: Budweis is a German name for České Budějovice (yep, a city in Czech Republic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice), where they really made the beer the way it should be made (clear water, yeast, hops, barley, no effing rice), and now it's somehow an American landmark... tickle me.