Conservative Pulse

InBev merger a sign of big changes

A lot of people were disturbed when the InBev / Anheuser-Busch merger was first announced. Having a foreign company own one of America’s most iconic brands, an increasingly common situation, is still a little but unsettling. Particularly a company like Anheuser-Busch that had proudly touted it’s “American heritage” in ad campaigns over the [...]

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McCain, you are a backstabber

John McCain’s campaign has changed the locks and told Phil Graham to stay out.  What a great way to turn on a loyal adviser and strong lieutenant.  Until his comment about the crybabies that are right now scaring investors and ushering in a psychological recession, Graham was a hero inside the campaign. Ever the big believer [...]

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McCain, don’t shoot the messenger!

I’m hearing a lot of talking heads saying the economy is going down the toilet.  The dollar is low, gas is high, things are bad, the Apocalypse is coming.  Oh, it’s so bad.  Oh shit, we’re headed for 40 years of chaos, what will we do?  Whine, probably.  Whine all the way down… But now it [...]

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Feels like we’re headed for a crash

Today brings more bad economic news as General Motors announces that it is considering another big round of lay-offs and downsizing the number of brands that the company builds.  This comes as mounting consumer debt forces an increasing number of mortgages into default. And it’s not just the subprime sector we’re talking about any more. Individuals are [...]

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