Missouri State Beer
Mar 10, 2008 beer, general food
Okay, I get to steal one away from Mike and Ian this time because honestly, this just irritates me.
A state lawmaker wants to give the “King of Beers” its own kingdom by making Budweiser the official beer of Missouri.
“We’ve got a state dinosaur, a state frog, a state reptile, a state flower, a state nut, but no one has given a thought to a company that’s been in Missouri for many, many years and is bringing prosperity to our state and manufacturing a product in our state that many people enjoy,” Dougherty said.
[via AP]
Like or dislike of Anheuser-Busch aside I fail to see how hadrosaurs, American bullfrogs, three-toed box turtles, white hawthorn blossoms and black walnuts have anything to do with a large corporation’s brand name and image.
Although other states have gone the brand name route, if this were to pass it would put us in unique company with the one state proud enough to call a spirit their own, Alabama, whose Conch Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey is a “recreation of a high-quality aged moonshine whiskey.”
So Rep. Curt Dougherty, here’s to you and your Budweiser drinking compatriots for making us look like a bunch of complete jackasses. Not since we elected a dead guy have I seen a news story that had Missouri setting a more clear cut precedent for looking like the podunk morons people outside our state seem to think we are, and I further raise my glass to AB for publicly stating with class that the offer was “‘flattering’ but not requested.”
Tags: Anheuser-Busch, black walnuts, missouri
March 10th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I think make the state beer American Lager, would be a fine idea. Not directly promoting any company, but still paying tribute to the best selling beer in America that is head quartered in St. Louis.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Who looked dumber, the citizens who voted a dead guy in to office, or the guy who gave a cabinet post to someone who couldn’t beat a dead guy?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
You really got worked up about something that doesn’t bother me in the least.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:46 am
You figure this guy gets paid by people like us to be a state representative.
With all the other things going on, if the best thing he can come up with to do with his time is to try and get a beer voted in as the MO State Beer, he needs to get the obligatory boot kick on home.
Plus I’m kind of riled up this morning.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
We have a state dinosaur?
March 11th, 2008 at 8:22 am
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March 12th, 2008 at 6:43 am
One, I don’t think it’s appropriate - corporations do have a tendency to merge and relocate - think Carter Carburetor, TWA & May Co., to name but 3. Two it’s a waste of legislative time and energy - there are bigger issues to “solve”. But three, if they’re busy doing this, they’re not doing something else that could have a much bigger impact on our lives, such as emulating the draconian beer laws found in some other states (sales by six-pack only, no Sunday sales, no grocery store sales, etc., etc.) . . .
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August 19th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
A state lawmaker wants to give the “King of Beers” its own kingdom by making Budweiser the official beer of Missouri.
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