Molson-Coors Merger Hard To Swallow

I'm sure Molson's was ruthless, but I don't hold it against them...until now with the merger. There was no concept of equality the way many see it now back in 1782.

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The midget, Bush, and that Rumsfield deserve only to be beaten with shoes by freedom loving people everywhere.

- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, The Iraqi Informat

Strike back... don't drink their piss called beer!

Your comment is just to intellectual. What are you talking about. Don't you ever go to the US for a vacation. They have great beer companies and great beer. The only Canadian beer now is made in somebodies basement. Me thinks you don't travel much.

I travel and American beer just doesn't do it for me. I'd put British, Irish, German, Danish, Czech, Dutch, Belgian, Australian, Mexican, Japanese, and Icelandic beer before American beer. But that's my own opinion. I never cared much for Molson's anyways. We need to start experimenting with dark beer in this country similar to Guiness, Smithwicks, or Newcastle Brown Ale.

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"I pick the bones of what's been done. I'm the revolution when the door is shut. I bite the hand that slaps me senseless. I am far too Canadian" -SotW

Let's face it, "Joe Canadian" was an insecure loudmouth who had to badmouth another country to feel good about himself and his own country. Joe Canadian was a jerk. And, in typical Canadian fashion, he was using this negativity to cover the fact that the product he was in fact selling was pure crap.

In the last election, Paul Martin did pretty much the same thing - used anti-American rhetoric to distract us from the fact that he was selling us the same old tired Liberal Party. And when the next election finally gets called, he'll do the same thing. And we'll buy his stinky malt yet again.

And since when did the company we buy suds from have to pass some political correctness litmus test? For crying out loud, get a life people!

I was writing about Molsons- of course they have good micro brewery beer in the States and great brew pubs as well. But then so do we...

"since when did the company we buy suds from have to pass some political correctness litmus test?"<br />
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Since companies started behaving unethically. I will not support a company that goes against my own values; I do not want my money going to support causes I do not agree with. <br />
I do not support wal-mart because they are anti-union and anti-competitive (among other things; read this: <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/03/ma_276_01.html">http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/03/ma_276_01.html</a> ). <br />
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I do not support Coca-Cola because of their exploitation of third-world countries (see <a href="http://killercoke.org">http://killercoke.org</a> for details). <br />
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In the same way, I will not support a company that is against gay rights. If you don't care about any political causes, fine, support Wal-mart and Molson-Coors. But they won't be getting my money.<p>---<br>Every time you complain about the moderators, god kills a kitten.

>>>> For crying out loud, get a life people!<<<<<

Summs it up quite well.

Mr. Coors ran for office in Colorado as a Republican. He was defeated. Soundly. By his fellow conservatives and independence-minded, patriotic westerners. The same set that rodeo in wonderful Alberta . No need for Democrats to do much. His Liberal hate rhetoric Canadian Molson connections did him in. A few months prior to the election a grassroots movement of people of American origin isolated in Canada began getting out the word to those good western Americans as to Pete Coors' (Colorado Republican Senate hopeful/Coors CEO) connections to corporate cross border partner, Liberal Party friendly, French-Canada/Molson. Canada's "pride and joy".<br />
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Americans in the major population centers of Canada who were overdosed on a steady diet of anti-American hate propaganda coming at them from their TV sets got fed up. Americans, always more for action than the tell tale, deadbeat whining and hand wringing of others decided to act. To DO something about it. Sound familiar yet?<br />
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That propaganda was endorsed officially by the government of Canada in fact (French-Liberal-Canada), by virtue of it's complacent inaction, cowardice, and complete failure to protect an entire class of people from public abuse by one of it's most popular corporations, not wanting to potentially lose votes, or campaign funding contributions for taking such legally mandated action. It took US to finally get it done.<br />
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Propaganda in the form of Molson "I AM Canadien" commercials (you have all seen them). Weren't they just great? If they targeted Indians, or Pakistanis, Somalians, or Ethiopians with them Molson would have had hell to pay, but targeting Canada's favorite ethnic group to haze, harass and bully? Naw. You all loved it. Sold TONS of Molson Canadien to patriotic Canadiens because of the uniquely Canadian cause/effect relationship that they had so effectively established. Drink Molson Canadien beer and you are figuratively stomping on America and being a proud, patriotic, Canadien, eh. Just like Carolyn Parrish, eh. A true patriot (like what true patriot "jesse" asserts in his article above being against continuing to support Molson on "moral grounds" after they discontiued the abti-American hate rhetoric approach). <br />
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Canada's mathmatical formula for guaranteed commercial, financial, and political success: Anti-American = Good, Proud, Patriotic Canadien! Virtually identical to vivelewehateyouall.ca, and the CAP/NDeeP political party candidate's "public presentaion and advertising campaign". These Molson Canadien commercials were observed repeatedly over and over while watching evening TV by these people of American national origin with their small children (who felt upset and threatened by them and which were also caused suffering from the self esteem problems arising from being bombarded with the communist/socialist state endorsed anti-American hate propaganda) and other family members as well. It was all Canadien government endorsed, corporate Canada sponsored, official hate propaganda, whereupon the American people were portrayed as rude, obnoxious, idiotic buffoons. As a lesser class of people. Picture yourself a ten year old Canadian kid in America getting a steady does of anti-Canadian hate propaganda. Hard to do? Yes. You want to know why? Does anyone REALLY need to tell you? Because it does - not - happen. Never has. And never will. Probably should. But I know I won't ever be for doing to Canadian children what you do to American children. Neither would your average American. We're most definitely a cut above the typical NDeeP parade marcher and Molson maniac in Canada. Left, Right, or Middle. Republican, Democrat, or the Woodstock Party of the New World Flower Children. NONE of us could become that sick. Who is truly the better class of people. But that all could change. You could force us to become like you. You could teach us how to hate like you do. We can learn. We're teachable, eh. And children of Canadian national origin and background can feel just as good about themselves and just as safe and secure in America as thos American kids do in Canada. Yeah. If forced we can learn from you all of you good people up there in the Hate White North.<br />
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These concerned people (guess who was just a "minor" part of this "inneffective" movement ) reached westerners in the United states. Westerners from their old home states and old "stompin' grounds". Their "homey's". Westerners are a fiercely proud and independent people. Not about to be ruled over roughshod by ANY government be it American red repub/blue dem, or Canadian Liberal / NDeeP pink. When video-tapes of Molson "I AM Canadien" commercials (the entire series) began arriving in key western media reps hands, and the Coors link to Molson (and it's commercials)established, and discreetly(?) spread, well....the rest was history. Did you think American westerners would be FOR something like that? If so, I have some swampland for you...<br />
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A letter writing campaign preceeded this in attempts to get Coors to exercise a little "pull" with their cross border companion Molson to cease the ads. Letters were also written to Molson. They were shrugged off. So they had it comin'. They were warned after all. Kind of like some other folks we know. It took the election loss to drive the point home, unfortunately. We had hoped they'd just listen and do the right thing. Nobody would dream of trying to get rich with anti-Ethiopian commercials, would they? Get real. Did anyone there in Canada ever get curious as to why the "I AM Canadien" ads in Canada changed when they did to a more "politically correct" tone, and then finally disappeared altogether for a time after the November 2004 elections? In a close election that's all it took. At that point in time Americans were a bit "hyper-sensitive" to French-Canadian betrayal (and still are) with the France/Canada Iraqi oil profiteering, U.N. Security council vote bribery, France/Canada terrorist connections thing surfacing, and the terrorizing of the Ivory Coast people by the La Francophonie troops and the rebel militant groups which they backed. Not a really good time to appear really cozy with a French-Canadian beer company running anti-American hate ads. Poo-poo happens. Not rocket science after all, eh.<br />
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The pen IS mightier as it turns out after all. Achieving success is always good. Even us conservative "red-neck, neanderthall" types felt that a fellow conservative who would support such hate rhetoric against ordinary American people shouldn't be portraying himself in an American election as a patriotic American. NOT!!! See? It can eventually come to a point in America where it will be the kiss of death for a politician to appear sympathetic to Canada or France. Just like it is in Canada for a politician to appear sympathetic to America in her time of need. Time will tell, eh. <br />
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Yes, the letters to Coors politely requesting a cease to their Molson partner's anti-American hate propaganda. Got laughed at. Got the word out to people in the states. Coors sales slumped, Petey lost his election. Now what used to be the number one beer in western America is doing as poorly as Molson is in Canada. Nobody on either side wants to identify with it. The ber is great beer, but nobody wants to be seen in public drinking something with such associations. A PR flop in BOTH countries. Now Americans don't want to support a company so closely linked to Canada as Canadians want to support companies closely linked to the United States of America. Maybe cross border business relationships will be on their way out altogether soon enough. That would suit us fine.<br />
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Isn't that grand? We thought so . Fair IS fair. We were out for equality and a level playing field. So Canadians assisting us in "punishing" Molson/Coors for being traitorous to good Americans everywhere is an EXCELLENT start in U.S./Canadian cross border co-operation. We would like to most humbly, and graciously thank you for your generous and most influential help to those ends. Thank you so kindly vivelewehateyouryankeeguts.ca, and all you other concerned, caring, anti-American hate propagandists up there!<br />
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Guess what the Molson Canadien ads were in America while they were bashing and degrading Americans in Canada? This two-faced advertising was priceless, eh... "Molson Canadien...friends over 50 years". Now. Doesn't that really just make an American's eyes well up with tears? Touching. Yes, indeedy. We really wanna be your buddies and your pals now, eh?. That is until the folks in America learned of the Molson commercials showing in CANADA that were simultaneously trashing them! Then it was a much different response. Fairness and equality are truly good things aren't they? And truth in advertising is even BETTER!!! Really. ISN'T life grand?<br />
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And the very same network that got out the word to the voters in western America is getting back in place and currently gearing up for putting out the word about many more "American friendly" Canadian businesses and corporations now. *SIGH*.<br />
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Beer is good food...really...I LOVE beer...some beer facts...<br />
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Did anyone know that there are two vastly different systems of measurement in use for determining alcohol content in beer in the U.S. and Canada? Yes there is. One does it by volume and the other by weight. The actual alcoholic content of U.S. and Canadian beer is virtually identical! Go figure. Yet ANOTHER Canadian myth exploded.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/Jf02/justtheb">www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/Jf02/justtheb</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.worldofbeer.com/brightbeer/canbeermyth.html">www.worldofbeer.com/brightbeer/canbeermyth.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beer">www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beer</a><br />
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Speaking of operating on emotion and mythology/hype as opposed to facts. FYI. Now...<br />
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Go enjoy a nice cold Bud and be "weiser" than before, or a Blue (someone else's cross border "partner")...either way works for us. Cheers, and bottoms up!!! ~<br />
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Well excuse me! Those links were faulty...here they are again this time...the "beer necessities of life"...<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/Jf02/justthebeerfacts.asp">http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/Jf02/justthebeerfacts.asp</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.worldofbeer.com/brightbeer/canbeermyth.html">http://www.worldofbeer.com/brightbeer/canbeermyth.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beerbreak0301.php">http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beerbreak0301.php</a><br />
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That's much better...read and enjoy mates!

American and Canadian beer are brewed by the same companies, using the same recipes and procedures and have the same alcohol content. Virtually identical. Canadian biere mythology is just that. Mythology born of isolationist, nationalist, protectionist, supremicist, Molson "I AM Canadian" zealousness. Hypnotized flag waving born of ignorance in a regressive, enclosed environment. Education is the key to enlightenment, Angus. Non-north american beer is good stuff, agreed although Mexican beer is actually my favorite. So we agree on something after all, eh. Cheers.

Oh, dude we don't wanna know, man..that's all part of our progressive, enlightened, proud Canadiana. We much prefer to close our eyes, press our fingertips firmly but gently in our ears and begin...NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA....

Perturbed, Anarcho, et al are some of the more intellectual among the "Clan of the Holy (Biere) Can". They truly have all the ins and outs of Molson and Coors as well as every other facet of all other North American bieres down pat, eh. Including all the nuances of flavour. I personally wouldn't know as anarcho does, as I have never partaken in drinking, sampling, or taste testing pi**. I can only speculate that North American Biere does not taste like pi**. I at least hope that it doesn't. Every North American Biere I have partaken of was quite pleasant in flavour. Peace. And may God go with ye.

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"they should hate us for our shoes, we should beat them with our money" - Anonymous Canadien

"they should hate us for our shoes, we should beat them with our money" - Anonymous Canadien

Hey. Could the "anonymous Canadien" possibly be Belinda?