Is there a cheese boycott planned? Which brands use California cheese?

Their governor is union busting.

Wisconsin surpassed us in cranberry production here in Kennedy country, and it just ain't right.

package. Something about grateful cows. No, happy cheese. I don't remember, but it says California.

"unhappy" cows from another state? ;)

are going to be a big day for our unions. They are busing into Madison to voice their concerns.... Keep them in your thoughts.....

governors in New Jersey, Florida, Ohio and several other states are also going after unions.

from vermont... yum

do with their dumping practices??? I remember something about it from some months ago.

All these boycotts are getting ridiculous.

in addition to the State workers? :shrug:

It's not fair to blame innocent people in a state for what their governor does. Or even their legislature, either.

cab drivers/prostitutes/bookies/whatevers".

By that logic, no protest is possible, since the putatively innocent ALWAYS suffer in such matters.

But the innocent are suffering now as well.

fuck that bogus logic, status-quo apologetics masquerading as social concern.

All I'm saying is do it to the right parties. The dairy farmers of Wisconsin are no more responsible for their governor and what he does, than dairy farmers in California were for Governor Schwartzenegger.

Economic boycotts that have nothing to do with some inherent part of the product being boycotted (like the lettuce and grape boycotts of the 1960's, because of how they were harvested) are counterproductive. They just make additional victims out of a bad situation.

ones like the ag lobby?

what would your suggestion for an economic boycott be?

any economic boycott will hurt someone who's not *directly* responsible.

and that is indeed the *point* of an economic boycott.

When there is no obvious connection between the "bad" behavior and the people being punished by a boycott, then it needlessly alienates those who would be most likely to effectuate change in a particular state. There's nothing I can do directly about Wisconsin's governor (other than contribute to an opponent) but the Wisconsin farmers all have a vote in that state. If the Rethugs say, "Look at what them libruls want to do to you," then they're more likely to co-opt the Wisconsin farmers to their side.

I guess I just have trouble with economic boycotts, and you seem to favor them as a weapon of first choice.

Look at Iraq, after all!

I find your attitude to be callous and condescending. The innocent are already suffering, so what's a little more financial and emotional distress between friends and supporters? That's YOUR approach to "social concern?"

Protest IS possible. Get your ass out on the street, where thousands of other people have been and will continue to be through the week. Do a little research to find out which corporations supported Walker and boycott them! Some are already mentioned down-thread. Make some phone calls! Write letters! Look at some of the websites and facebook pages that have been set up since Friday, to inform people as to how they can actually help.

Yes, it takes a little more time to use Google and find out which corporations supported Walker and are pushing for his agenda. Yes, it will be miserable out on the streets, but you can bundle up and put on good walking shoes. It is a little more work than sending out a "valiant" email declaring that people should "bring Wisconsin to its knees," but you'll be in good company, and might even meet a few dairy farmers, cranberry growers and cheese-makers out there.

Thousands and thousands of people have mobilized since Walker's statement on Friday, in order to keep our state from being brought to its knees by a corporate-supported thug. Thanks, but no thanks to your offer to "help" with bullying of your own.

toward the entire country? Bring it to its knees. Punish everyone because the right-wingers have taken the House, and are determined to take the Senate? What did you do for the eight years bush/cheney ran the country?

OK, well, I'm off to make some calls and see what I can do to help our legislators who are trying to stop the governor. While I'm at it, I'm going to eat some local cheeses, jellies and breads and have a Spotted Cow. I'll drink one on your behalf.

Have a nice day.

Your governor chose a battle and I want him to lose.

in crushing the lower and middle class.

And yes, I believe that Walker is part of a nation-wide effort by the right wing to break the backs of unions.

And with that cheery thought, I will just agree to disagree with you. Thanks for the discussion. I'm going to get my (self-employed, therefore non-Union) work done so I can spend my afternoon and evening trying to stop the dictatorial governor I did not vote for.

If people quit buying WI good because he's an asshole, then Wisconsinites will have more than ample motivation to toss his ass out.

generally pay the price... yes, that is what the protest/boycott is about in the first place... logic gets twisted

This should come as no shock to anyone that I'm interested in this.

:hide:

varieties :9) - what else does WI make that I can not buy? :shrug:

;)

Also, I was being facetious...

Each and every one of these makes fantastic artisan cheese, many award winning- everything from goat cheese to alpine cheese to blue, brie, gouda, etc. And many of them are available throughout the country at good cheese shops.

Blue Ledge Farm

Blythedale Farm

Bonnieview Farm

Boston Post Dairy

Cabot Creamery

Champlain Valley Creamery

Cobb Hill Cheese

Consider Bardwell Farm

Crawford Family Farm



Crowley Cheese

Dancing Cow Farm

Does' Leap

Fat Toad Farm

Franklin Foods

Grafton Village Cheese
Green Mountain Blue Cheese

Hildene Farm Signature Cheese

Hope Farm

Jasper Hill Farm

Jericho Hill Farm

Lakes End Cheeses

Lazy Lady Farm

Maplebrook Farm

Mt. Mansfield Creamery

Neighborly Farms

Orb Weaver Farm

Peaked Mountain Farm

Ploughgate Creamery

Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Sage Farm

Scholten Family Farm

Shelburne Farms

Spring Brook Farm

Taylor Farm

Thistle Hill Farm

Twig Farm

Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery.

Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company

Vermont Shepherd

von Trapp Farmstead

West River Creamery

Willow Hill Farm

Woodcock Farm

http://www.vtcheese.com/

what will we have with all the whine? :shrug:





:smoke:

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Whine, a Loaf of Bread--and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"

See, no cheese needed! :)

they specifically supported Walker. See my post on this.

It's worth repeating.

Along with these other major contributors to Governor Douchebag's campaign:

ABC Supply Co
Agrecol Corp
Allen Edmonds Shoes
AMK Concepts & Services
Anew Health Care Services Inc
AO Smith Corp
Apache Stainless Steel
Artisan Partners
Atlantic DQ
Audio Implements/GKC
Badger Meter
Baraboo Growth
Bevco Ergonomic Seating
Blomquist Benefits Consulting
Boerke Co Inc
Bradley Foundation
Brian Retzlaff Trucking
Briggs & Stratton
Burke Properties
Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Call Solutions
Campbell Wrapper Corp
Carpenter
CD Smith Construction
Chambers & Owen
Charro Restaurante
Charter Manufacturing
Church Mutual Insurance
Cobalt Partners LLC
Commonwealth Development Corp...
Continental Properties Co Inc
County Concrete
Couri Insurance Agency
Custom Pak Products
EBY-Brown Co
Einhorn Associates
Emergency Medicine Specialists
Endeavors Group
Fabco Equipment Inc
Fashion Angels Enterprises
Feather Larson & Synhorst...
Fiduciary Management
First American Funding
Fisher Barton Inc
Glenora Co
GMR Marketing
Gogebic Taconite LLC
Gold Leaf Development
Hal Leonard Publishing
Hammes Co
Harris Associates
Hay Creek Pallett
Heartland Advisors
Hexagon Investments
High Crossing Development Corp
Holton Brothers Construction
Horton Group
Hovde Financial
Hy Cite Corp
I-Robot
Iconica
Inpro Corp
Insight Industries
Irgens Development Partners
Johnson Controls
Johnsonville Foods
JSD Professional Services Inc
Kapur & Associates
KBS Construction
Koss Corp
Krier Foods
Kwik Trip
Lorman Education Services
Lubar & Co
M&I Bank
Meissner, Tierney, et al
Michels Corp
Midwest Neurosurgical
Milksource
MillerCoors
Minnesota Wild
MJ Construction Inc
Morrison Creek Cranberry
Nicholas Company Inc
Nova Surgical LLC
Orthopaedic Associates of...
PACUR
Panduit Corp
Paper Machinery Corp
Payne & Dolan
Pinstripe Inc
Plastic Surgery Group
Prent Corp
Promotions Unlimited
RCI FirstPathway Partners
Reiman Publications
Richardson Industries
Rite Hite Corp
Roehl Transport
Salomon Smith Barney
Sargento Inc
SC Johnson & Sons
Schneider National
School choice
Sendik's Food Market
Shannon Sales Inc
SIG Financial Holdings
Specialty Underwriters
St John Properties Inc
Standard Process Laboratories
Stark Investments
Super Steel Products
Tamarack Petroleum Co
Tankcraft Corp
ThedaCare
Tries & Rice
Uihlein Wilson Architects
US Counseling Service
US Oil Co
V Duane Rath Foundation
Wausau Homes
Wausau Paper
West Allis Salvage
West Bend Clinic
Zenith Tech
http://www.facebook.com/onewisconsinnow#!/pages/Boycott-Scott-Walker-Contributors/101624709918554

nt

has a label stating such. look for it.

so I can't contribute to this boycott.

MOOOOOOOOO!!!



I used to love that commercial growing up.. I don't know if they make cheese, but I always liked Monterey jack!

Especially if you're making chiles rellenos or quesadillas!

Even if there's a boycott, I'll rest easy knowing that we can rely on our "contented" (and snarky) CA cows. :)

and one is from IL.

I live there and would like to buy local if possible.

of my package of shredded cheddar. :-)