Ben and Jerry's founder pays for PR firm for mother of fallen son (Sheehan again)

PR World ^ | 8-20-05 | Mark Hand

[atomic conspiracy]

The Hollywood/Madison Avenue cultural axis in action. For the real story of the symbiosis between the advertising industry and radical politics, see Thomas Frank's remarkable cultural history, The Conquest of Cool. This goes back to the 1950s to document exactly why and how anti-American, subversive, and culturally destructive biases came to be the norm within the mass media. It is probably the most important book of the last 10 years. Frank's status as a prominent lefty simply makes his damning indictment of big media all the more credible.

[MarMema]

Capitalism and the wealth it produces do not create opportunity for everyone equally. We recognize that the gap between the rich and the poor is wider than at anytime since the 1920's.We strive to create economic opportunities for those who have been denied them and to advance new models of economic justice that are sustainable and replicable.

[MarMema]

[mtbopfuyn]

I never buy that over-priced ice cream and now will make sure I never do.

Ya know, my list of boycotted products is ever growing but I find I don't miss any of them. There's other products out there just as good or better and many lower priced.

[atomicpossum]

Why aren't all the McDonalds-hating fat activists out there picketing Ben and Jerry?

[highlymotivated]

Agreed. I have not bought anything from those two hippies in decades.

[Charlespg]

http://www.starspangledicecream.com

[SandRat]

I've been boycotting Ben&Jerry's products since the War started because of their giving $$$$$ to anti-war outfits. Anyone else care to join me in the boycott and to urge other to do the same?

[escapefromboston]

Is Phish Food a lame version of Cherry Garcia???

[EagleUSA]

Creeps. Loser leftists.

[garyhope]

I don't buy Ben and Jerry's. I've always hated all that hippie junk.

Ben and Jerry (or one of them) also supported cop killer Mumia.

Commie, America hating, hippie scum.

[citizencon]

B & J can't have their 'ice cream' and eat it too.
Boycott B & J!

[ozzymandus]

Ben & Jerry are a couple of real punks.

[Porterville]

Ice cream is far too important a part of my diet for me to mix up in politics. The sugar and cream balance feeds my brain, politics starves my brain of oxygen.... I choose ice cream

[El Gran Salseron]

I think she exposed herself as a total nut job when she said that nuclear weapons were being used in Iraq and that "it would be contaminated until nearly eternity."

[operation clinton cleanup]

Agreed. I have not bought anything from those two hippies in decades.

How long have they been selling? I have only seen their products in gas stations over the last couple years... I would never buy ice cream called "Cherry Garcia".

[atomic conspiracy]

Yep, the entire left-wing activist industry is little more than a corporate protection racket. This hippy image-mongering and left-conformity keep the food police and eco-wackies off B&J's back when they should rightfully be a prime target. It also scores them big points with the segment of the consumer population that is most influenced by image, a segment which also has sizable discretionary income.

Ever notice that the producers of consumer products are almost never targeted by lefty anti-corporate activists? Their ire is reserved for supply-side businesses that have little contact with individual consumers, like Halliburton, the aerospace industry, and the nuclear power industry; or high-profile retailers like Wal-Mart. Even SUV manufacturers get the kid-gove treatment compared to the dealer network or individual owners.

I think this pattern has a lot to do with which industries and businesses are most dependent on high-intensity advertising. Wal-Mart, of course, is a large volume advertiser, but they are also the subject of much complaint and whining from the ad-intensive manufacturers whose feet they hold to the fire on costs and quality. They are also a threat to those retailers who cannot compete on price or quality, but who do benefit from a strong media image and its fabrication.

[Manic_Episode]

Their fired.

[Petey139]

"Agreed. I have not bought anything from those two hippies in decades."

You too

[RedRepublic]

B&J ice-cream sucks. Chocolate on their waftle cones taste like wax.

Those are among the reasons I don't buy B&J ice-cream.