Anheuser-Busch. (It's Belgian for Haliburton.)

 

Michelle Obama was in the news yesterday. The media was all abuzz about her need to apologize to FOX News for her "Terrorist Fist-Jab" Remark, [ 2 ], her unfortunate status as an unwed mother, and about how she allegedly never used the word 'Whitey'.

According to those in the media, the very existence of a tape on which Michelle Obama didn't use the inflammatory language described might actually be wild speculation on the part of the media because no one has yet produced a tape that depicts the event, but the story is still somehow worthy of an endless loop of coverage.

It would seem apparent that the media is going to insure that Michelle is going to be a political liability to the Obama campaign, but they haven't figure out exactly how they are going to go about it just yet.

Also in the news is the story that Anheuser-Busch is being courted for a possible take-over merger bid by a Belgian company.

This would create a new mega-company that would become a virtual Wal-Mart of the Beer industry. I heard the story touted all day yesterday on CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, etc. Chris Matthews felt that Ed McMahon should bring out the Clydesdales to help Anheuser-Busch seal the deal. (Yes, that's really what he said.)

Naturally, Anheuser-Busch stockholders are very happy to hear that their stock in the company has risen sharply in value due to the news of the possible merger. Speculation arose about whether Busch Stadium will have to change its name and what will happen to their theme parks or whether sports facilities and college dorms will have to start serving Belgian waffles. Everyone is talking about the Budweiser Brew-haha.

Even Missouri Governor Matt Blunt is rallying round Anheuser-Busch's Belgian takeover bid, and can't wait for American jobs to go overseas after he first offers huge tax breaks for the corporate interests in his state that might be affected by the merger.

But few in the media seem to have picked up on this part of the story: Cindy McCain is chair of Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation. If this merger takes place and more American jobs become 'outsourced' overseas, the people that will benefit from the deal will be not only be Senator John McCain and his wife, but also the head of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, William Franke. [ 1 ]

The idea that it might be seen as just a little odd that Cindy McCain's company is entering into these potentially highly profitable merger negotiations at exactly the same time that Senator John McCain's presidential election campaign is starting to get increased media coverage (now that Senator Hillary Clinton has dropped out of the Democratic primary) is being referred to by some as a Conspiracy Theory.

This may bear some some resemblance to certain positive business fortunes that were experienced after recent events during the present administration that happened as a not-so-mysterious coincidence of Vice President Cheney's ties to Haliburton or President Bush's ties to big oil.

Senator McCain's recent vow that he will, "veto every single beer" may have had more Freudian undertones than was originally suspected, and may give us a clue as to what is really on his mind at this time.

It's not like the the media isn't paying attention to the stark differences between Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain, however. I did find two different articles that cover this story in detail. One was from Korea and the other one was from Africa.