Local carrot farmer donates $100,000 to fight gay marriage

[The Straight Story]

Local carrot farmer donates $100,000 to fight gay marriage

Interesting tidbit of election news:

Staff and wire reports

Bakersfield carrot farmer William Bolthouse donated $100,000 to an initiative aiming to fight gay marriage — a measure that will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot along with the presidential race.

The initiative qualified for the ballot Monday, less than a month after the state Supreme Court overturned a ban on gay marriage. June 17 marks the date when California counties will be permitted to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The National Organization for Marriage California donated $700,000 to the campaign. One of the organization’s largest financial contributors includes Bolthouse, who declined to comment about his donation Tuesday.

The measure’s proponents said the campaign to promote the initiative may exceed $30 million. Supporters have spent about $1.8 million to collect signatures and publicize the initiative, according to campaign filings.

Other supporters include San Diego developer Terry Caster ($172,000); hotel developer Manchester Financial Group of San Diego ($125,000); Fieldstead and Co. of Irvine ($400,000) and Knights of Columbus Headquarters in Connecticut ($250,000).

http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/politicsanyone/27751

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Wow. Hate is expensive.

I don't think I hate anybody that much. Well, in the current political system, I don't think I can afford to hate anybody that much.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. He could just *not* marry a gay person and save 100K.

:shrug:

[Journeyman]

5. Your comment reminds me of a magazine comic I saw years ago. . .

A visibly angry guy in a suit is all agitated in his living room, while his wife sits calmly behind him. Says she: 'Well, if you feel so strongly about it, Henry, you shouldn't get an abortion."

[Maat]

29. HeeHee; thanks for the laugh!

[truedelphi]

7. You know how sneaky those gay people are...

The only way to ensure that any future "wife" is not some gay guy in drag is to outlaw the premise of gay marriage.

And with the price of even carrots these days, who could blame a fellow for trying to get a little beta carotene cheaply!

[WindRiverMan]

67. Hell, sometimes I wish that were the case

men and women are pretty different creatures and we don't always think the same way. A guy in drag might be a lot easier to get to understsand my point of view. :)

[Lex]

8. LOL.

Someone should tell him it's not mandatory for him.

[acmavm]

3. WTF are these people so damn afraid of? I just do not understand

this at all.

My rule of thumb has always been if I don't have to hold anything, help, watch, or participate then nothing that two (or however many) consenting adults do is none of my damn business. Maybe something's wrong with me.

[awoke_in_2003]

53. "WTF are these people so damn afraid of?"

They fear that somewhere, somebody is enjoying life and is happy. It seems to be a christian thing (at least what it has become in the last 20 years)

[Bluebear]

4. BOYCOTT:

http://www.bolthouse.com/consumer_home.html

[Book Lover]

9. You got that right

I'll be happy to tell every deli, etc, in San Francisco why they should not be selling this guy's products.

[Mabus]

12. I've never bought it

Now I never will.

I will also print out a copy of this and show it to any store where it is sold.

[Botany]

14. This is going to cost him a lot more than 100 grand

What an idiot.

[Dr.Phool]

16. I like some of their beverages,

But, they can go fuck themselves now, and forever!

Get Costco to drop them.

[grace0418]

42. That was my first thought. CostCo is a good company. That's where I USED TO

buy Bolthouse Farm products. I will be contacting them.

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Let 'em know you won't buy their shit!

http://www.bolthouse.com/ContactUs.aspx

[grace0418]

43. Done. Here is my "suggestion" to Bolthouse:

I wanted to let you know that I LOVE your carrot juice and I buy it often at CostCo. But I have a suggestion for Mr. William Bolthouse. If you ever want me to purchase another one of your delicious products, you need to take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror. I hope you don't consider yourself a Christian because real Christians do not exclude and real Christians leave the judgment to their God. Your $100,000 decision to exclude and judge fellow humans is going to cost you a lot more in the end. First, customers like me are going to boycott your product (and I'll be sure to contact CostCo as well). But even more importantly, hatred does more damage to the person doing the hating. I suggest you think about that.

I figured they'd just throw out all the complaints they got over the next few days, but maybe they'll read a suggestion.

[varun]

57. I'm not buying thier products

Thanks for letting me know. I'm also writing to them now.

[TornadoTN]

22. Used to pick this brand up on occassion, no more

I'll make sure to cut that from any shopping that I do. Do they make anything else or supply any raw/bulk carrots under a different brand?

[libnnc]

27. I hate carrots anyways

tastes like old dirt

yech :puke:

[Midlodemocrat]

33. No kidding. My poor husband. He loves that drink.

He'll have to get a juicer and make his own 'cuz I ain't buying anything from that homophobic POS.

[CaptJasHook]

62. Really sad, my wife and I both love this drink. Too bad for them.

We also know several Progressive Deli owners that distribute the product, you can be sure we will be talking to them.

Those of you who frequent New Seasons (formerly Wild Oats) should mention something as well.

[galledgoblin]

38. glad I read this thread before I went grocery shopping today

I should be buying local this time of year anyway.

[Touchdown]

48. LOL! It looks like "Bathhouse" Farms.

A scented bottle of lube.:evilgrin:

[awoke_in_2003]

54. Shit

I used to enjoy their products :(

[primavera]

66. Damn, me too

I really love that C-Boost drink of theirs.

[bicentennial_baby]

59. Damnit! We're in...

x(

It's Sniffa's favorite. No mas!

[Fox Mulder]

60. Done and done.

[Doityourself]

6. Unbelievable...

[niyad]

10. thank goodness our farmers' market starts this weekend. does anybody know

which companies this cretin supplies?

[MountainLaurel]

19. See post #4 n/t

[niyad]

46. thank you. I have never seen these products around here, but will check costco

the next time I am there (no, will call them to see if that lunatic's products are carried here)

I wonder how many of his employees support his stand?

[shaniqua6392]

11. Why don't these so called Christians

do what Jesus asked them to do? Ya know that bit about "taking care of the lesser of these my children", etc. He could have used that money to stock the food banks that are so depleted they have had to close their doors. I am a Christian, but they must be praying to a different God than I am. I have no problem with gay marriage or abortion. I pray someday my sister and her girlfriend could marry. They have been together for years and it is just not fair and it breaks my heart.

[awoke_in_2003]

55. I ask myself that all the time.

I am an atheist, but I do know of the things that Christians are taught to believe. Hell, I think the whole "Do unto others" thing is a really great principle. I live in the heart of the bible belt and can tell you that most Christians here do not even come close to living to their beliefs.

[Mountainman]

13. He also hires farm workers at the lowest pay rate he can.

I use to be controller of a labor contractor that supplied him with contract laborers. When he wanted to pay us less, which means we pay the workers less, we did not want to do it so he would not do business with us anymore.

Bakersfield, CA is a cesspool of right wing nut cases. All you can get on AM radio there is just about 90% country music and conservative talk.

The Bakersfield Californian newspaper endorsed Bush in 2004 saying that none of the problems we faced at the time were his responsibility but were thrust on him by others.

[Maat]

36. Thanks for the information.

These discussion forums are always very enlightening; peoples' personal experiences (their accounts of the experience) are always very valuable to me.

[Vinca]

15. That's the last time I buy his lousy carrots.

Hope he's not getting taxpayer-funded subsidies if he's got $100,000 to throw around like this.

[Auggie]

17. Damn -- that's a lot carrots

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

18. A carrot farmer. Calling Dr. Freud.

Repress much?

[awoke_in_2003]

56. Sometimes a carrot is just a carrot

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

20. My mom lives in Bakersfield

and she's gonna make sure she doesn't buy any that fuckers produce anymore.

[Parche]

23. Lettuce Show Him That We Dont Carrot All About This Ignorant Farmer

Nothing but a hate monger
:grr:
:hi:

[Bluebear]

24. You produced a good reply.

[Parche]

28. Its Because I Have Bean There Before

We need to Turnip the volume, and protest this right winger, we will never apPeas this
faction of hatemongers, we need to Beet them at their own game, finally, I Relish the thought
of a good fight.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :Hi:

[Lautremont]

44. This farmer's head must have a slow Leek.

He probably believes the Internet is a series of Tubers. What would a guy like this say if confronted? Probably "I Yam what I Yam," or some such Spinach.

Apologies for this Corny post.

[Puglover]

25. That's alot of carrots.

Bless his heart. Much better use for this money rather then donating to like some needy person. :eyes:

[lightningandsnow]

26. I'm boycotting Bolthouse Farms.

Which is sad, because their juice is yummy, but no way am I going to give money to a piece of shit hateful asshole like that.

[devilgrrl]

30. Some of the comments are as disturbing as the farmer...

This nation is f*cked.

[grace0418]

31. Why can't these assholes make products that suck as much as they do?

DAMMIT! First I had to stop buying Oberweis Milk now I can't buy carrot juice.

Oh well, I hope he loses another $100,000 in sales at least. Fucker.

:mad:

[zbdent]

32. wonder how many illegals that elitist (hey, if you can afford to blow $100K on an anti-gay campaign,

you're elite) employs ... and in Bakersfield???

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. Because gay marriage is a threat to carrot farmers everywhere...

In places where same sex marriages are allowed to take place it's been proven that the demand for carrots plummet. No one is sure of what the exact correlation is between gay marriages and the lowered consumption of carrots. However, it's speculated that it may be due to more of the population becoming joined in matrimony and no longer giving a damn how they look.

I say beat the rush and stop eating carrots now! At least all those grown by Bolthouse Farms.

[lame54]

35. Things to do with a carrot...

[Stinky The Clown]

37. A carrot farmer ..... gotta love irony.

I wonder how much of his product has found its way into porn. Or bedrooms.

[SidDithers]

39. This Bolthouse Farms? ...

FDA Warns Consumers Not To Drink Bolthouse Farms Carrot Juice Due to Botulism Concerns
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01475.html

Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice
http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm55d106a1.htm

Toxic carrot juice paralyzes 2 in Toronto
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/09/botulism.html

Couple suing over tainted juice
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/305507


Maybe he should be giving the $100K to the victims of his tainted juice instead.

Sid

[Bluebear]

65. Indeed!

[AlCzervik]

40. i buy 2 bags of baby carrots a week, i just checked the bag, they aren't from his farm.

they're from Raley's, hopefully another grower supplies them.

[VP505]

45. Isn't Raleys

a California Grocery chain? Although they carry the store name they may well be from Bolthouse.

[AlCzervik]

49. they are, i know the spring mix i buy is from Earthbound farms, i looked on the

carrot bag and i still can't find out who the actual grower is.

[bean fidhleir]

63. Him.

Bolthouse Farms bottles the three brands. The recalled products, all sold in both one-litre and 450-millilitre containers, are:
Bolthouse Farms 100% Carrot Juice.
Earthbound Farm Organic Carrot Juice.
President's Choice Organics 100% Pure Carrot Juice.

(from the Toronto story, link above)

[knitter4democracy]

41. Well, I'm not buying his stuff anymore.

Good thing I have other options, but seriously--I cannot in good conscience give my money to that idiot ever again.

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. I'm sorry, but all I can think of is

Carrots wait for no one

So I'll pick them now

Before they are eaten

by some slobby cow

[KamaAina]

50. Nyaaaa (chomp chomp chomp)...

I knew I shoulda taken that left toin at Albukoiky!

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. Yeah

To bypass Beggersfield. :)

[uppityperson]

51. I wonder if he'd be so nasty if he farmed tomatoes.

Carrots on the brain, phallic symbols, etc.

[eppur_se_muova]

58. Sounds like someone's been jilted ...

spite is such an ugly thing.

[LeftinOH]

61. That Caster family sounds like a nasty bunch:

..from the list of contributions to the National Organization for Marriage:

JUSTIN CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019, ACTOR, $9,100.00

BRIAN CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019, CASTER FAMILY ENTERPRISES, $9,100.00

BRIAN CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019, CASTER FAMILY ENTERPRISES, $10,000.00

CHA CHA CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019,NOT EMPLOYED, $9,100.00

CRAIG CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019,FAMILY DISCIPLECHIP MINISTRIES, $9,100.00
CHRISTINA CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019, ACTOR, $9,100.00

NICK CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019,FAMILY DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES,
$9,100.00

BARBARA CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92021,NOT EMPLOYED, $9,100.00

CANDICE CASTER, EL CAJON, CA, 92019,NOT EMPLOYED, $9,100.00

TERRY CASTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92120, CASTER FAMILY ENTERPRISES,
$10,000.00

TERRY CASTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92120, CASTER FAMILY ENTERPRISES, $62,500.00

TERRY CASTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92120, CASTER FAMILY ENTERPRISES, $100,000.00

..Didya notice the contribution from "Cha Cha Caster" for $9,100.00? That's gotta be the family dog.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/2015place

[Dogtown]

64. "a fool and his money..." n/t