Ben & Jerrys: We stand with Occupy Wall St

Ben & Jerry’s: We squat stand with Occupy Wall St. FYI: B&J’s ice cream is owned by huge multinational CORPORATION Unilever, whose shares trade at the NYSE on the street the old hippies want the young hippies to occupy. Also nearby, large hedge and mutual funds have lotsa people’s (including gov’t employees) pension money invested in companies like Unilever. To cut off captialism’s nose is to spite one’s own face.

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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  • I'm sorry...I LOVE chunky monkey and pistachio pistachio. I don't care what they are doing.... I can't give those up. Sue me.

    • Their peanut butter/chocolate is great. They're weird little progressive loons but they make a good product. In short, I'm conflicted.

      • Because life isn't black and white. There are many shades of grey in how we make out choices and live our lives. There are tradeoffs everywhere. Something the children protesting don't seem to understand.

          • I bought a small ice cream maker. The booklet with the recipies is pretty good, they have a chocolate peanut butter recipie that my father in law and I love. I find that if you use heavy cream where they tell you to use half and half, and use half and half where they tell you to use milk, you get a much richer smoother ice cream.

          • I find that if you use heavy cream where they tell you to use half and half, and use half and half where they tell you to use milk, you get a much richer smoother ice cream.

            That's because you are adding more fat!

          • And I balance that by using Splenda instead of sugar. Since I'm diabetic, I can handle more fat, just not the sugar.

          • Poppa. Don't really analyze what you eat. Just choose foods from those groups. Try to eat a rainbow each day. Someof it may actually help your pain. I am with you. I try to eat well, but I indulge in dessert now and again, and even eat fried foods occasionally! (da-da-DAH) Enjoy life. Enjoy your food.

          • There is something about broccoli, bran and beer just doesn’t work for me, either.

            Well, not all at one seating anyway!

          • Overall, eat lots of fiber, whole grain, lean protein and antioxident rich foods and you can indulge now and again!

            Well Rose, I do eat bran cereal for breakfast every morning and drink green tea all day. I know that's not enough, but I am not going to spend all my time worrying about what I can and can't eat when I am going to die anyway. I have so many pain issues that I don't really relish prolonging my life that much anyhow.

          • I only make the ice cream 1-1/2 pints at a time, it's a small ice cream maker. It's not like I make it every day!

          • Exactly RHG! Overall, eat lots of fiber, whole grain, lean protein and antioxident rich foods and you can indulge now and again!

          • Ok, so make the ice cream rich and creamy, then eat it in moderation. See? I know how to do this.

          • Actually, no you can't. Diabetics have a very high tendency to develop heart disease, so while some healthy fats are good, and mediate your sugars, heavy saturated fat may bot be a good idea in large quantities. Everything in moderation!

          • But Poppa, if you are diabetic, then you are also are at risk for heart disease. Please watch the fat intake, I kinda like having you around.

  • Iv'e tried their ice cream a few times but they leave a bad taste so I don't buy their liberal beliefs or their ice cream.

    • If I want to spend too much money on an awesome ice cream, I buy a Dove Bar, vanilla ice cream with milk chocolate coating, DECADENT!!

  • Amazing how hippies become capitalists when they have some success.
    Now, they are the people that they hate!

  • Yea, at 5 bucks a pint I don't think they have a lot of room to point fingers. I don't buy their crap because of their political opinions. Not because we differ in opinion, but because they feel that they NEED to make that opinion public the way they do. F*** em and feed em fish heads

  • I'd really like to try Benny and Jerry flavored ice cream (Ben and Jerry in the ice cream)

  • I have no twit, ter or otherwise. I will also refrain from having BJs delicious ice cream ever again. It costs too much anyway. Troubling though, most of the good ones are probably funding left wing BS as well. Eh, shouldn't be ingesting that stuff anyway. It gets in the way of enjoy good beer.

    • Lmoao! If I want ice cream Blue Bunny works fine for me. Vanilla, strawberry or chocolate, what more does anyone need?

      I agree with the beer thought though. Why would anyone want to screw up the taste of a good beer!