Contriving a controversy concerning Tillamook's milk(2nd largest domestic cheese producer)

The Oregonian ^ | Friday, March 25, 2005 | ALEX AVERY and TERRY WITT

[crazyhorse691]

Liberal activism spreads from Portland to infest innocent communities whose only crime is that they think differently than the activists. The Tillamook Creamery is so important to the regions economic welfare, that the highschools nickname is the Cheesemakers.

[BurbankKarl]

I always buy Tillamook cheese and butter here in SoCal.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Tillamook sharp cheddar is the very best cheese I have ever eaten. When I was a child, my daddy would make me midnight sandwiches of thinly sliced Tillamook and jelly on bread. Pretty soon everybody else in the household would hear the stirring in the kitchen and we'd be joined by my mother and grandmother for a late night snack. Fond memories!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

The Tillamook people could put an end to this whole issue is they would just add a few lines to their labeling.

"We here at Tillamook believe in using only the finest quality ingredients. We consistently create a safe healthy product that we are proud to stand behind. As a result, we will not bow to domestic terrorists who are attempting to manipulate our operations. - Tillamook Creamery"

[afraidfortherepublic]

I should mention that I cannot get Tillamook in Wisconsin. More's the pity!

[Servant of the 9]

Tillamook milk production, and thus cheese production will be down.

I think I will help them out by boycotting their product for caving to thugs.

Too bad, it's good cheese and I know I will pay more for a comparable product when I find one.

So9

[jennyp]

Their statement is here.

I must point out that these envirowackos are arguing that the scientists are biased, that the controversy that was caused by their PR campaign is somehow legitimate, and that since there is such a controversy, the dairy must ignore the (suspicious & probably evil) scientists and admit that rBST is something they don't want to be associated with.

It's exactly the same argument and strategy that the neo-creationists in the Intelligent Design movement are trying to do WRT teaching evolution in the schools.

[farmfriend]

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[ApplegateRanch]

(Sniff, sniff!) Do I catch a whiff of Alar?

[crazyhorse691]

I had forgotten about the daminozide affair. Certainly seems comparable in tactics. Hopefully, the internet can start to offset the inflammatory statements made by the activists and passed on by the MSM. Sciencelite is not something you want to live by.

[exDemMom]

North even admitted that his group never really cared about which way the Tillamook vote went, writing: "...it really didn't make any difference which way Tillamook voted. We'll just keep developing our grass roots efforts and continue to educate the public so they can make well-informed decisions about buying dairy products. In many ways, we're just getting started."

It's a shame. Science education is so lacking in our country that many people cannot tell the difference between alarmist propaganda and scientific information. Too many gravitate towards the alarmists because of pure emotionalism--even an excited scientist looks fairly calm and sedate--as if it's a case of the more wild the rant, the more genuine the information.

[tubebender]

Rick North of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility...

Is this a branch of the group funded by PETA...

[ApplegateRanch]

Sciencelite is not something you want to live by.

Amen to that!

The Alar scare was just that, a carefully orchestrated scare, based on half truths and contrived 'studies', and this sounds like more of the same.

I like my Tillamook, but this will just drive the price up, and the supply down, meaning I'll buy something else. Maybe New York's Heluva Good Cheese, or something from Wisconsin.

I'll take my science straight, though my faith may disagree on interpretation or details. Render unto Science those things which belong to Science; and, unto God that which are God's.

[samadams2000]

Best damn cheese out there...will buy it even if its killing me...er...uh....nevermind.

[WaterDragon]

I live in Oregon and when I travel to other parts of the country I take large blocks of Tillamook Cheese, all kinds, along with me as gifts to my hosts. It's available elsewhere, of course, but not everywhere, and in any case is always welcomed. I really love it! And I'm confident Tillamook would never do anything to its cheeses that is unhealthy!

[jennyp]

Let's see... we don't buy Toshiba because they totally caved into bogus lawsuits regarding their disk drives.

We don't buy KFC because they totally caved when they ran those "Kentucky Fried Chicken is a good low-carb food" ads & some anti-Atkins doofuses (was it Physicians for Responsible Medicine?) whined about it.

I guess we won't be buying Tillamook anymore. Oh well. Just don't tell me Safeway or Fred Meyer/Kroger caved in as well - I can't live without Safeway's sugar-free yogurt & Freddy's cottage cheese!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!