Bluzmann57
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Mon Mar-01-10 04:53 PM
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Ok ok I have a lot of thoughts that "some" would consider strange, but anyway, it seems that Obama and the PM of Canada had a wager on the hockey game. Each man bet a case of beer and as we all know, team USA lost so Obama owes a case on Yuenling (sp?). But my thought was, I wonder how the right is going to try and spin this? "Oh that Obama, gambling! We can't have a gambler in the White House!" or something equally as ridiculous. Or maybe they'll be all P.O.ed about him not betting some commercial national "beer" such as Budweiser or Miller. Just a (somewhat strange) thought. I guess the right complains about EVERYTHING Obama does, so I expect someone to complain about this too.
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Mayberry Machiavelli
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Mon Mar-01-10 04:56 PM
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1. You said it all with your last sentence, pointless to worry about it. |
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The right is determined to have conniptions and be outraged about everything President Obama does or doesn't do.
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MiniMe
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Mon Mar-01-10 05:12 PM
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2. I believe that the bet was for beer from the oldest brewery in the country |
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They have nothing to complain about. They probably would have complained if Obama has won a case of Molsen
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Mon Mar-01-10 06:18 PM
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3. Miller is no longer an American company |
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I think Budweiser is now also owned by a non-US company. You know, you really can't be sure of the origin of anything anymore.
While I'm thinking of it, were US olympic team uniforms American made, whether union or not.
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Mon Mar-01-10 07:51 PM
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7. Bud's no longer US owned. |
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I think Embev (Imbev?) bought them last year.
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Mon Mar-01-10 06:43 PM
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Mon Mar-01-10 07:00 PM
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5. Yeungling - but only because I grew up down the road from Pottsville. n/t |
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Tue Mar-02-10 09:20 AM
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8. Yeah, but most people can't pronounce it so everyone calls it "lager". |
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It doesn't matter how many OTHER lagers are on tap, every bartender in PA knows you mean a Yeungling.
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Tue Mar-02-10 02:51 PM
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10. "Ying-Ling"? Well, to be fair, it does sound all communist and fer'in. n/t |
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Mon Mar-01-10 07:10 PM
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6. Fuck them...ain't no Hockey in that Bible Belt worth speaking of anyway ! |
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Tue Mar-02-10 09:29 AM
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9. The fact that he lost the bet is good enough for 'em. nt |
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Tue Mar-02-10 03:23 PM
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and I have heard no complaining about gambling, but have heard snickers because some say it is a non-union workforce. I don't know if it is or not, but any complaining over it would be ridiculous, since this type of wager is nothing new.
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