So, he got the hottest women he could find for his ads. It's telling that the controversy isn't about the calorie content - Hardee's burgers are the heaviest you can get from a fastfoodery. It's not like the supermodels would actually eat one of those things...

The biggest ruckus about Puzder will ensue when the hoi-polloi discover he said this:

"For example, Apple did $39.5 billion in business last year, and only has 97,000 employees. So they made about $407,000 dollars per employee, which gives you a lot of latitude to increase wages, if you want to do so.
In the retail segment, if you take all 22 retailers on the Fortune 500 and add them together, they did about $34 billion in business last year, and … made about $6,300 dollars per employee.
Now if you give a minimum wage employee an increase to $12 dollars an hour, rather than making $6,300 dollars an hour on employees, you lose about $1,100. If you give them a raise to $15 dollars, you lose about $6,000 dollars per employee."

Yeah, he knows that minimum wage laws are just flat wrong. That's why I quoted him.

Given that Ms. Cauterucci's blog, Where Girls Go, is described as an arts and culture blog for queer women in Washington, DC, and one of her past times is throwing queer dance parties, it's unlikely she's dated either the "really sweet guy" at any gas station or a "hot" barista (at least, one of the cishetero variety), or has a clue why Mr. Puzder airs ads that target "young, hungry guys."

Yawn. White noise.

Trump could send his plane into a war zone to fly out women, children, and nuns and MSM would find a negative.

These people (article author) were bitter and hate filled before and certainly will not change any time in the future.

Most people (gay, white, whatever) are busy w/work, surviving, being w/family, being w/o family, etc. that Trump, Obama, and Bush don't really register. Who has the time or energy except for those where the basics (food, shelter, heat) are provided by others.

Not putting food on the table or paying a medical bill or car repair is much more important. Stay tuned 'cause if Trump makes an improvement on that it will make a lasting impression. (Regan did that for me in the '70's and paying a bill off w/a minimal increase in take-home pay was awesome.)

Being the "really sweet guy at the gas station" isn't that bad of a gig (speaking from experience). The trick is to play up to mom, get in good with her; kind of like getting pre-approved for a car loan.

Yeah, I'm amused when an opinion writer claims that someone that they oppose is "speaking in code", which only the writer is smart enough to figure out. We're Hardees territory here, and even though the two brands carry the same menus, they don't use the same advertising. But I looked at some of the ads online -- and quite frankly, it isn't anything that I haven't seen a million times before. (And I don't find Paris Hilton all that attractive -- to me, she's very plastic, and she has a voice mannerism that I find annoying.)

I feel harrassed and put upon: https://youtu.be/WlUvQkW4B1k

I used to live in Carl's Jr. territory and the ads never convinced me to purchase a burger from them. I live in Hardees territory now and have yet to eat there. The Cholesterol-on-a-bun menu is a big turnoff.

...and she has a voice mannerism that I find annoying. ~ Cousin Dave at December 13, 2016 6:40 AM

Vocal fry

I had my first experience with an actual Vocal Fryer at a Starbucks at the airport three weeks ago, about 22 years old. She wasn't talking to me or anything, just to her friends, and we were both in line. There was nothing interesting or appealing about the kid at all, and zero reason to think we'd ever have any interaction in the future, and not even eye contact in that moment.

I still wanted to break her nose and rip her throat open.

STOP THAT.

The necessity is for a guy to be so smitten by a girl that he will defend her from muggers, commit to supporting her and children for life, work 2 jobs. If feminists expect guys to not go crazy for girls, then they won't do all that stuff. If you just casually like a girl, why would you? Passion is what makes marriage (and life) work. This is nothing but old-fashioned puritanism dressed up in modern clothes: "ewwww, the girls aren't dressed and the men are looking at them and drooling".

The video IRADA posted makes me grin widely for more than the lovely Charlotte McKinney: the music is Stranglehold ! Not only should it trigger the snowflake looking for offense (Stranglehold! It's advocating killing that woman!), it's by Ted Nugent, the least politically-correct person on the planet (Oooh! Heee owns Guuunnns!).

Shriek!

Some of their burgers taste pretty good Conan. If you are going to eat a burger why not go all out.

Healthy burgers are like tofurky or vegan cheese cake. Stop trying to pretend to be something you aren't. You just do a poor job at both.

Healthy burgers are like tofurky or vegan cheese cake. Stop trying to pretend to be something you aren't. You just do a poor job at both. ~ Ben at December 13, 2016 10:03 AM

I'm not looking for a healthy burger, if such a thing exists. I had a veggie burger once, it was like eating fried styrofoam. The vegetarian coworker who talked me into trying it was munching his and smiling like it was the best thing on earth. Vegetarians are delusional.

The burgers Carls Jr. advertised in California were double bacon chili heart attacks on bun with fried onions on the top. Can't I just get a cheeseburger, preferably one not larger than my mouth? If I want artistry in my food, I'm not going to a place that relies on a deep fat fryer and teenaged minimum-wage cooks.

Supposedly salmon with veggies on a pita is a healthy burger. But that isn't a burger to me. Vegan cheese cake is made of cashews instead of cream cheese. Which isn't a cheese cake no matter how much the vegans insist. Just call it a cashew cake fer gods sake. I actually like tofu in a number of dishes. But tofurky is still an abomination.

I can eat a Carls Jr. about once every 5 years. I really can't handle more than that. But they aren't alone. Krispy Kreme is like that too. I can eat one or two and then I am done with donuts for the decade. But for that little bit both of them taste pretty good.

I think most of the Hardees here make most of their money off of breakfast business. The steak biscuit is a big favorite. Their lunch menu is nothing special.

Radwaste, the music in the commercial is the tune "Apache" written by Jerry Lordan and performed by whatever band.

You might have missed the ausfahrt on Surf Route 101.

I like the part where the fat chicks are angry.

"Radwaste, the music in the commercial is the tune "Apache" written by Jerry Lordan and performed by whatever band. "

Nonsense. I have the album. Here it is: Ted Nugent. Stranglehold.

You guys must have watched different ads. "Apache" and "Stranglehold" are nowhere similar.

And today's musical trivia: The singer on "Stranglehold" is not Ted. He gave it to the band's other guitarist, Derek St. Holmes, to sing because parts of it were out of his range. It's ironic that it became one of Nugent's best known songs.

"the band's other guitarist, Derek St. Holmes"

Derek was to Ted as Mick Taylor was to Keef: highly talented and inevitably booted from the band for it.

Beware the boss's ego.

"Radwaste, the music in the commercial is the tune "Apache" written by Jerry Lordan and performed by whatever band. "

Nonsense. I have the album. Here it is: Ted Nugent. Stranglehold."

I think we're both right and referring to different videos. This is the video of the Carl's Big Sausage ad, which has "Apache" as the music:

https://youtu.be/qnkRfjs45hY

Okay. So how do you explain the link in comments above having Stranglehold for their theme?

It's not Charlotte McKinney in Big Sausage, is it?