I listened to the clip a couple times, what did he say?

Strange move for a foreign wine producer. The HS has a well deserved and widespread reputation.

He said, "Don't drink Yellow Tail wine because they've made a $100,000.00 donation to a bogus charity that is killing the cattle ranching business." or words to that effect.
Yet one more bogus "charity" run by shakedown artists. It's a variation of the old snake oil, traveling medicine show, hellfire and brimstone preaching revival tent, money making scams of the 19th century brought into the era of mass communication. The difference is that the old revival tent preachers at least gave you an hour's entertainment before they relieved you of your money and they really had to work for it by putting on a good show. HSUS just gives you 30 seconds of guilt -- kind of like Greenpeace, WWF etc.

New whine: Raunchy BP.

Beautiful ruby red-green, says Mo/Boob.
Peer reviewed. Recommended by "the Indian head".

It's "raising eyebrows" at the UNO.
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"The Indian head of the UN climate change panel, already under fire over errors in a key 2007 report, is raising eyebrows again after publishing a raunchy novel and accepting help in promoting it from BP and the head of India’s biggest gas producer."

"Rajendra Pachauri raises more eyebrows with raunchy environmental novel"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7018533.ece

I don't know how a wine called 'Yellow Tail' would make it to my buy list.

Bet those cows, whose own output can resemble Niagara Falls, were thinking, "man that was some pee".

Bet those cows, whose own output can resemble Niagara Falls, were thinking, "man that was some pee".

I don't understand both from the article and the clip what the farmers are fearing from the humane society. In what way does it interfere with their livelihood? Can someone elaborate?

JMD, I was thinking a nice rear-end view of a cow doing her business would make a good spoof ad for Yellow Tail Wine.

The Humane Society of the United States spends millions sponsoring legislation through all levels of government, with the intent of making agriculture unprofitable.

They are not a "humane society" in the traditional sense - they're PETA in a business suit. Only a tiny fraction of the Humane Society's budget is used to support actual animal shelters.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4062-unpacking-the-hsus-gravy-train

Yellow-tail had to market their wine as "Easy Drinking". If you like wine, you probably don't buy Yellow-tail.

HSUS spends millions on programs that seek to economically cripple meat and dairy producers; eliminate the use of animals in biomedical research labs; phase out pet breeding, zoos, and circus animal acts; and demonize hunters as crazed lunatics.

With the level of gun control in Australia, they still managed to shoot themselves in the foot.

On another subject, does anyone really believe that guy ever drank yellow tail wine? It sounds more like something they drink on Brokeback Mountain.

Never drank it and I never will after this fellow's dis-endorsement. More of this should occur. I never bought a product of Paul Newman's Own or Johnson & Johnson or Levis because of their endorsement of, and donations to Planned Parenthood.
Neither do I give to the United Way for the same reason. Parenthood is about having and raising children, not about building and running abortion clinics. Good on this young fellow.

Rita is not an anomoly.

The wealth that the HSUS has is evidence of that.

The HSUS invests heavily in indoctrinating students in Veterinary colleges throughout NA with their anti-meat, anti-animal agricultural agenda.

Research indicates that the few shelters that HSUS and PETA do operate, do not adopt out many critters but in practice are gathering depots for animal euthanesia and fund raising.

Just for the city slickers posting here, those were NOT cows...

...and those ain't udders hangin' down there.

I like your idea, Louise.

I like your idea, Louise.

I'm becoming a lot more wary about any charity I might think of supporting. I donated to the WWF (hangs head in shame) when I thought I was helping to purchase threatened habitat and give an untrammeled tract of land for polar bears and pandas to frolic. Then I found that the WWF not only gave away MY donations to fund flawed climate research, they actually became a contributor to promoting the fraud. So now, when I hear Humane Society, I'd like to know what the problems are. I have no difficulty with insisting that agricultural animals be raised in humane conditions or despatching them in the kindest ways possible. I have no difficulty with agencies that intervene when horses are left to freeze and starve to death. I was absolutely appalled when I learned about the Toronto Humane Society and how its anti-euthanasia policy resulted in abominably cruel conditions for the animals they housed. So, it seems to me that well-meaning establishments need close scrutiny and those who donate to them should check out all the aspects of their work--including the advocacy parts. There always seems to be a pendulum swing beyond which the groups who do good work overstep their mandate and end up adding to the misery and problems instead of solving them.

So I appreciate your heads up on this and other matters.

Their boycott campaign seems a bit counter-productive.

If you are encouraged to drop off an unopened bottle of Yellow Tail, wouldn't you have had to buy it first? Doesn't "boycott" mean "Don't buy it"?

I doubt that the winery really cares what you do with it after you bought it ... as long as it sells.

rita,

If you read it here just remember that people that post here are angry and misguided. They take scraps of rants from the internet and come to all kinds of wild conclusions.

I wonder if the HSUS could start to euthanize SDA sheeple?

I recommend doing your own research and not on the internet; there are far too many opinions masquerading as empirical data.

I don't buy a lot of wine, but I have bought Yellow Tail in the past. I've enjoyed it; I freely admit to not being terribly discriminating when it comes to wine.

I'm not going to buy any in the future.

I don`t like much about the so called `humane`societies.
The clip is a rancher from South Dakota the state that brought us Rcalf, the organization that fought hard for country of origin labelling and keeping the border closed over BSE, directly attacking the Canadian cattle industry. This group told lots of lies many of which called in to question the safety of their own product, but now this guy doesn`t like it when the humane societies do the same. Maybe this is a case of he who lives by the lie dies by the lie, or pleasing your enemies does not turn them into your friends. Humm a choice between a South Dakota rancher and a Aussie, I think I`ll have a bottle of Yellow Tail with my CANADIAN steak.

I've had Yellowtail Shiraz, it's pretty good.

My policy the last few years has been to support B.C. wineries whenever possible,and after seeing this YT will never grace my table again.

not stirred enough
[.....I wonder if the HSUS could start to euthanize SDA sheeple?

I recommend doing your own research and not on the internet; there are far too many opinions masquerading as empirical data.]

And apparently Khymer Rouge.......

Not stirred enough--I take your point about where to get information. I'm just as gullible as the next person when my emotions are roused. What I find surprising is that this is an Australian group funding a US organization. Do they not have humane societies in Australia? Or are all Australian animals treated like pampered family pets? Or is American treatment of animals so terrible that the world needs to intervene?

The information on HSUS (just from one source linked in this blog) seems to raise some red flags about how they use their money. Like many charitable groups they spend a lot on salaries and on funding more fund raising. However, it seems that a very small proportion of the money ever goes to animal welfare. That alone would make me wary. Too many charities adopt names that are similar to legitimate groups to raise money--and their only "charity" is to continue to fund their existence.

I think we do need some humane societies to look into cases of animal cruelty and if some ranching practices need some scrutiny and improvement, then, I'm in favor of that. Farming isn't always pretty but it doesn't have to be cruel. I'd like to know more about what practices arouse the concern and ire of this particular humane society, and why the US farmers object. Why do they feel threatened? In what way is this group affecting their livelihood?

I have a problem with using animals in labs to test another shampoo or face creme. And if there's another way to do medical testing than on animals, I'm also in favor of that. While being cognizant of the great benefits that have been conferred on humankind by such testing I think there should be limits. Not every advance is worthy of inflicting pain and fear on a living creature.

There seems to be some truth behind the old observation that "A lot of so-called animal lovers have difficulty concealing that they are really people haters."

Sort of Pol Pot types who like to baby talk at their chihuahuas.

The person who posted as "not stirred enough" has shown a classic trait of Socialist behavior, free thinkers and skeptics must be killed for not submitting the Socialist agenda.

Without blogs like this. Urban fellows like me would not know a thing about these cons. You would never see a story like this in the MsM

Have bought it several times in the past. None from here on.

Tell them...
Yellow Tail is a product of Casella Wines

Their distributors are found here:
http://www.casellawines.com/distributor-contacts

There! Go to it....

If you would like to know an example of the sort of lobbying these animal activists do (supposedly to prevent cruelty to animals)) all you have to do is look at the UK and parts of Europe.
They have "anti-haltering" laws in place to protect cattle and horses. Which means they can't be tied up. The tradional dairy barn in Ontario and many parts of North America is a "tie-stall" and to briefly describe that..cows are tied on a head rail with a neck chain. The farmer walks in beside the milk cow and places a milker on her udder...sounds OK so far...the cows every need is taken care of as far as feed and bedding.
But the activists have changed all that in other places...requiring the cow to have her freedom...whether she is left outside or kept in a free stall barn and milked in a parlour...and that is very expensive to construct. Leaving them outside in Canada is not a option... as yes...the udder can freeze.
So all the smaller producers get pushed out because of the tremendous cost of converting facilities to meet the new rules/laws passed by governments that are being lobbied hot and heavy by activists.
Be very careful just who is receiving your charity donations.

Here in Ohio, we passed a Constitutional amendment to have a board of farmers and ordinary citizens oversee the treatment of farm animals. We did this because The US Humane Society and PETA have been lobbying for laws to regulate animal treatment on farms. I come from a farm. We took good care of our animals. We all love animals. They just weren't house pets. We raised them for milk, butter, eggs, and meat. They did have plenty of food, water and a warm, dry place to live. PETA tries to portray all farmers as cruel people who crowd a zillion animals into a barn for profit in the hope we'll all become vegetarians. Family farms aren't like that, and any regulation is going to come from us.

Very reassuring to see that others see the connection between the AGW nuts, the "population control" useful idiots, and the puppeteers behind the curtain laughing all the way the bank.

Anyone else noticed the "obesity epidemic" crowd appear to be cut from the same cloth? (Heard of second-hand obesity yet?)

From http://www.consumerfreedom.com/issuepage.cfm/topic/37

CDC Must Retract Obesity Deaths Study

Trial lawyers and food cops spreading unwarranted hysteria over the nation's so-called "obesity epidemic" have lost yet another leg to stand on. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that its March 2004 bombshell study implying that obesity kills 400,000 Americans each year was fundamentally flawed. read more here »
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"Just for the city slickers posting here, those were NOT cows...
Posted by: John Brooks at February 8, 2010 11:52 AM "

And cowboys don't drink white wine...;)

Come to think of it, that bottle looked like a urine sample.

The agricultural community knows HSUS wants us all to be vegans and stop using animals for pets, food and clothing, and are continually doing all they can towards this goal. US agriculture has a head start on most of the rest of the country, knowing that the H$U$ is all about getting donations to lobby against agriculture, just like they did with collecting donations for animals harmed in Haiti recently - where were they BEFORE the hurricane. Guess they couldn't fool anyone into giving them donations then.

A few more donations and HSUS could pay off the National Debt! Seriously, If I may, I'd like to suggest a book for those who are interested - Animal Rights The Inhumane Crusade by Daniel T. Oliver. It's published by Capital Research Center, a watchdog organization for Non-Profit Organizations.
If you love your pets, eating meat, enjoy the circus, zoos anything to do with animal usage, please pay attention to legislation being presented both nationally and statewide. Do something - do not sit idly by!!