And in American hands. The Republican Governor Matt Blunt is a true conservative, and thus an opponent of the "free" market, for opposing a Belgian takeover bid.
But he and his supporters should come and see what pseudo-conservative privatisation and deregulation have done to numerous British assets, and thus to British sovereignty. It would certainly cause American conservatives to revise their high opinion of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.
At least in the Thatcher case, why doesn't it usually (there are honourable, but very rare, exceptions) have the same effect on British Conservatives?
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ReplyDeleteBudweiser belongs in Budvar, Czech Republic.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Budweiser means any beer from Budweis, which is the German name for the town of Ceske Budjevice in the Czech Rep. Martiner means any beer from Martin, Schladminger means any beer from Schladming, Pilsner means any beer from Plzen. This is a convention used across the whole of Central Europe.
ReplyDeleteThe state-owned Budvar brewery is currently the only beer brewed in Budweis - so Budweiser Budvar isn't a translation it's like saying "London Gin". The brewery in Missouri copied an import (from a different Budweis brewery) in the late nineteenth century and registered Budweiser as a trademark in the US, which is a welfare state for corporations. It has been in the courts on an off ever since.
In the world, Britain is unusual that it allows both to be called Budweiser - hence David's confusion (although Slovakia where I live is another such country).
Most countries have gone with the mark of origin rules (these say for example that Champagne comes from Champagne, Feta comes from Greece and so on), in these countries American Budweiser is usually called "Bud" - often with the subtitle "The King of Beers".
A few countries have gone with the American trademark and in these countries the Budweiser bit on the label is replaced with "Czechvar".
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