Let the Carl's Jr boycott begin! n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

[JaneyVee]

1. What happened?

[shenmue]

3. I dunno

[hlthe2b]

9. don't know, but then again, I don't need more reason to boycott "heart attck in cardboard" Carl's JR

[NaturalHigh]

59. Correction...

that's "delicious heart attack in cardboard."

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. why?

[Electric Monk]

8. ...?

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. The background music in their commercial was Stranglehold by The Nuge. n/t

[lunasun]

27. Never seen one Guessing it's in the south?Ted Nugent reminds me of poopie pants and pedos

So not appetizing choice by their marketing group imo

[reddread]

29. its Hardee's elsewhere

same place, different name. I dont know what the difference is.

[YarnAddict]

30. Hardee's

is a Carl's Jr. chain. Pretty good fast food.

I'm not boycotting.

[reddread]

35. toss some change into the donation jar for Ted's kids

someone should start a telethon to support all the 12 year old girls that scumbag has raped.
see how long Carl's Jr runs that spot.

[2naSalit]

49. +1!!!

[GP6971]

76. I thought that their

Food was overrated. Same with Arby's and Roy Rogers

[cordelia]

46. So, people in the South remind you of poopie pants and pedos?

Telling.

[xmas74]

47. I think the poster meant to say that Nugent reminds him/her of poopie pants

and pedos, since he has that history.

[cordelia]

53. Thanks for your clarification.

[xmas74]

58. Not a problem.

Nugent bragged about pooping himself as a way of not being drafted. He became the legal guardian of a 15 year old so he could have sex with her and not worry about someone pressing charges.

[lunasun]

70. When he was a guitar hero years ago, he claimed he would often shit his pants on stage too

And had to wear diapers while performing
Yes he is a pedo perve and racist too

[xmas74]

72. Why would anyone even admit to it?!

If that had been an "average" person they'd never be able to live down the humiliation of pooping on themselves.

[Go Vols]

67. None in the South

except Texas I believe.

[lunasun]

68. Looked it up since I got so many replies Carl's Jr. is in the top ten fast-food chains

predominantly operates in the Western and Southwestern states. As of 2013 it has started expanding or is already in Canada, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Malaysia, Denmark, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Singapore, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Panama, Ecuador, Turkey, Indonesia, China and Mexico
I guess I am too far East and North and have never heard the name

[Go Vols]

69. They are exactly the same as Hardee's

just a diff name,same owner.

[quakerboy]

77. This.

I thought I saw Hardees all over the south and east, but It wasn't my first choice of place to stop, so I couldn't swear to it. The one morning I stopped at one, it was Identical to our west coast Carls Jr, except with better biscuits. And now the biscuits have been upgraded, so if you couldn't look at the signs, I suspect you wouldn't know which one you were in.

[PeteSelman]

4. No.

You can do what you want.

[TeeYiYi]

11. On behalf of newyawker99…

…and in her stead, I would like to take this opportunity to preemptively congratulate you on your upcoming 1000 post milestone here at DU.
TYY

[benz380]

5. A smoking dog eating a Carl's burger was seen breastfeeding a baby on TV. nt

[neverforget]

6. At Olive Garden

[benz380]

10. And the baby was unvaccinated.

[11 Bravo]

18. And circumcised.

[salin]

34. and dancing on kudzo

[NuclearDem]

38. And is planning to bomb the moon.

[salin]

39. while munching on oven baked chicken

[11 Bravo]

42. That was coated with corn flakes.

[salin]

43. while counting a bazzilion yaks

[AngryAmish]

54. with an Israeli with a gun

[EX500rider]

56. ...while walking a pitbull who was a NRA member..

[zappaman]

7. Easy for me since I never eat there!

My favorite kind of boycott!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. There were calls to boycott Carl's Jr. a few years ago when their CEO trashed Obama

to the extreme on Fox. He also said that he had to move his company headquarters out of California to Texas for tax purposes but out of the other side of his mouth he told the TV audience that his company was making record profits. His name is Andrew Puzder and I haven't been to Carl's Jr. since then, and I really like the western bacon cheeseburger with onion rings.

[ailsagirl]

17. Haven't had the western bacon cheeseburger with onion rings

for YEARS-- but I'm often tempted. It's delicious

But I've managed to avoid it in the meantime

[Throd]

71. Best hangover cure ever.

[LadyHawkAZ]

13. "Begin"???

Have you ever tasted their food? It's shit. Who eats there *now*???

[GGJohn]

22. Apparently enough people for them to stay in business. eom.

[TlalocW]

15. Considering the conservative causes they donate to

The boycott should have begun sooner.

TlalocW

[melman]

16. I don't think I've ever even seen one

[GoCubsGo]

73. They are Hardees in the Eastern US.

[1bigdude]

19. Love their burgers; Couldn't care less about their politics. NT

[HappyMe]

20. Now what?

Were smoking pit bulls promoting kudzu salad at the Olive Garden for un-vaccinated kids?

[Bluenorthwest]

21. I've been boycotting them since the late 1970's, thanks for joining the efforts!

A right wing outfit that funded anti choice activists, anti gay activists, you name it.

[MineralMan]

23. Again? What happened this time?

How about a little information or a link...or something?

[snooper2]

24. Do they make breakfast?

[HappyMe]

25. Yes, they do.

[NaturalHigh]

60. Yes, great breakfast.

Some of their selections are a little out there (bologna and velveeta biscuit - ugh!), but their standard fare is really good. They're better than MacDonald's except for the coffee, which is fairly bland.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. What I don't understand is why they don't invest in their restaurants and not on advertising.

They definitely need an upgrade.

[reddread]

28. a blatant entendre

a high five to pedophile supporting right wing gun nuts.
balls.

[Orrex]

31. Whoa! Pedophile-supporting?

Hadn't realized that part, though the commercials are egregious enough.

Supporting pedophiles how?

[reddread]

32. what do you call Ted Nugent?

besides asshole.

[Orrex]

33. Oh. Double-puke.

Didn't realize that he was the soundtrack until I just re-read the thread.

I'm surprised that he managed to shop shitting himself long enough to cash his check.

[donco]

36. Who is

Carl?Why should we be boycotting him?

[Throd]

37. Never. The Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger is my favorite burger of all time.

My apologies to the In-n-Out Double Double.

[miyazaki]

74. Oh that's a good one. That bbq sauce is what does it.

Carl's isn't going on my "better boycott this place because the DU net nannies said so or you're an asshole" list.
Pretty long list already.

[mountain grammy]

40. We've pretty much avoided eating out at chain restaurants.

So many of them are corporate owned and actively working against the working class, I can't justify spending my money there. We've been trying to stick with non corporate owned eateries.

Here's a Forbes article from a couple of years ago..
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriebennett/2012/07/23/red-plate-blue-plate-fast-food-by-political-persuasion/

Edited to add:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fast-food-ceos-earn-1000-times-more-than-their-workers/

[1bigdude]

41. So I'll go to Carl Jr.'s for lunch, Chic-fil-A for dinner! Politics & food do not mesh!! NT

[reddread]

44. thats funny, they sure like to work it

maybe you should let them know?

[NaturalHigh]

62. I'll go with Carl Jr.s for breakfast, Chic-fil-A for lunch...

but I don't really do fast food for dinner. I'm getting old, and my stomach gets a little grumpy toward bed time.

[benz380]

45. Don't forget Zaxby's. They have the Duck Dynasty people on their commercials.

Plus an old girlfriend owns a couple of them and I despise her.

[BubbaFett]

48. Carl's Jr. has determined that you are an unfit mother

Carl's Jr. . . Fuck You, I'm Eating.

(Idiocracy)

[Gothmog]

50. I refused to eat at this place before this incident

Thsi company is owned by some right wing nut cases and I was already boycotting it

[2naSalit]

51. I wouldn't eat fast food from anywhere even if someone paid me to. n/t

[FrodosPet]

64. Someone is paying people to eat fast food?

Got a link, email address, website, Twitter handle, anything?

C'mon! Help a poor road warrior who can only have a cooked meal if it comes thru a drive-thru out!

[2naSalit]

65. Couldn't tell ya

but if you're really looking for that sort of thing perhaps you could start by looking for someone who's looking for guinea pig types for academic studies on the affects of such substances on the human body?

[FrodosPet]

75. People have accused me of being a science experiment gone wrong

My preferred solution is a better job in an industry which hasn't been torn up by Uber driving down wages/profits.

But middle aged with a beat down body, guinea pig may be my last remaining option.

[Ykcutnek]

52. Why? Because they have good food in their restaurants and eye candy

in their commercials?

I can't NOT boycott. No Carl's here. But I can give the company my wallet vote at Hardee's and I will.

I don't care if a restaurant gets on TV and wipes their ass with a social security card to the tune of Dixie, if the food is good then I am there.

[outside]

55. I find it strange

that people are more upset about the Nugent song than the way the young lady is paraded around like a piece of meat.

[KamaAina]

57. It should have begun a long time ago.

It has always been a right-wing company. The founding Carl's right-wing proclivities are discussed at the beginning of Fast Food Nation.

[tenderfoot]

61. Are you mocking critics of Ted Nugent? Or boycotts based on ideology in general?

Because I'm not sensing that your op is sincere or that you're upset with a franchise that has opening expressed a hatred for President Obama is using music from someone equally hateful toward the President in one of their commercials.

[NaturalHigh]

63. I haven't seen the offending commercial yet.

My son told me about it. He didn't seem overly offended.

[yuiyoshida]

66. I never go there anyway..

np.

[cleanhippie]

78. Why? Carls Jr. is the only fast food I eat, it's that good.

If you've never had a Double Western Bacon Cheeseburger, you haven't lived.



What could they have possibly done that would deserve a boycott?