Ben Cohen, co-founder of the far left, politically charged Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company, among others, were arrested for a demonstration featuring a simulation of the jet noise that will be generated by the aircrafts from the Air Force’s plans to base 18 F-35 aircrafts in Burlington starting next year.
CommonDreams The activists, including Ben Cohen—whose ice cream company is based in Burlington—were arrested for disorderly conduct and violating city noise ordinances by playing “jet noise from a tower of speakers mounted on the back of a pickup truck at a level they said simulated what it would be like to be underneath the flight path,” the Burlington Free Press reported.
Cohen’s sound machine played 115 decibels of jet blast noise for six minutes (no way is an F-35 directly overhead for 6 minutes)—the same amount of time that residents would be exposed to the F-35’s jet blast if the planes are sent to the Vermont Air National Guard Station at the city’s airport, according to a statement from the group Save Our Skies Vermont, which opposes the basing plans.
“If it’s legal for the F-35 to make this noise 16 times per day, 4-6 days per week, 52 weeks a year, for the next 50 years, it should be legal for us to do this limited demonstration of extreme jet blasts which are the subject of Item #6 on the March ballot,” he added, referring to the ballot item that would instruct city officials to request that the Air Force cancel the basing plans.
The demonstration, which began around 11am, was intended to simulate the sound of the F-35 jet blast, said Lieutenant Matthew Sullivan of Burlington police.
Sullivan explained that amplifiers were attached to a rig and led by a vehicle Cohen was driving. He was cited numerous times before his arrest for violating the city’s noise ordinance. ‘Because it was the third violation it’s disorderly conduct by noise so they were arrested,’ Lt. Sullivan said. ‘Three protesters were arrested.’
Ben and Jerry are vile communists and have been since they started making it big time. They are the poster boys for typical guilt ridden prog/dem/socio/commies……
What a pathetic girly male!
I love the sound of jet noise, it’s the sound of freedom. I would love to be living near an Air force base or Naval Air Station seeing F-22s, F-35s or F/A-18s flying overhead all the time.
There’s a national guard base 30 mins away from me and I love seeing those C-130s and Blackhawk helos fly by now and then.
God bless our Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard pilots and aircrew and protect them every time they are up in the air.
We know that islamists employed in food service industry willfully deliberately contaminate non-halal food with pathogens. I hate to think what Ben & Jerry’s contaminate their Unilever ice cream with.
The left are nut jobs. It would be interesting having jets around
If Ben Cohen were attacked by Islamic or any other kind of terrorists because he is Jewish, I bet he would be grateful for any help the military offers including the use of F 35s or any other kind of military hardware that would get the job done.
I NEVER eat communist ice cream. Ever.
We have fought to keep our air base open. I lived right by it for awhile. You hear some jets sometimes. So what?
I live about seven miles from a combined military complex. Hear very few jets, hardly any of which are going fast. The only problem is when they have artillery practice, which they do announce ahead of time. Sometimes the walls shake and the ground feels like it is moving, but this is not very common.
compare with muslim ‘call of prayer’ making racket for 30-60 minutes 5x a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks a year that mean 910-1820 hours of islamic ear rape each year,
Two new ice cream flavors are being rolled out soon. Sharia Strawberry and Buster Cherry 9.
What a whackadoodle!! I lived on the outskirts of Beale AFB for 4 yrs and NEVER heard the racket that they’re manufacturing! There were all kinds of jets flying out of there including U2s and I hardly noticed. I didn’t even know that I was in a no fly zone until I started training for my pilot’s license.
On a rare occasion I would hear one, but mostly the only time that I knew they were flying overhead was when I saw a chem trail. Experienced much more noise living close to Sac Metro from commercial flights than I ever did living close to Beale.
Fighter jets……that’s the sound of FREEDOM!! Keeping our airspace safe, protecting our eastern borders, WTF is wrong with people?? He enjoys the benefits of a free, capitalist society, but pisses and moans about an inconvenience? Bet he’s also a Bernie Sanders supporter!! Buy some earplugs a’hole!! Or, maybe make another flavor of ice cream? Pussy flavored?? It’s not just about Vermont!! It’s NATIONAL security! That means ALL of us!!!
Emma, don’t you love how this schmuck claims that people would hear the F-35 for a full 6 minutes overhead?
And yes, they were active campaigners for commie Bernie.
Haha. If you heard any of these fighter jets for a full 6 minutes, I dare say that they were in trouble and lastly headed for the ground! Even when the U2 crashed last yr. there was no on the ground warning. This moron’s rantings are imbecilic! You know that saying, ” Best to keep your mouth shut and let others think that you’re stupid, than to open it and prove them right!”
I don’t know much about fighter jets, but I do know that living close to the base never caused an insult to my ears. When I did occasionally hear them, it gave me comfort knowing that they were there watching out for me! God Bless them all and keep them safe! Takes quite a bit of cojones to fly those babies! But, I suppose this ice cream vendor would deem that toxic masculinity??? Gawd, I love men that know that they’re men!!! Screw him and his ice cream! I can make my own with my Kitchen Aid. Tastes better, costs less and I know what’s in it.
Emma, I was in Florida at my parents condo on the beach when the Blue Angels did an air show there. I was on the 20th floor and they flew the planes so low I could see the pilots faces in the cockpits as the jets zoomed by, and yes, it was very loud. But they were flying close to the ground so the public could see them. Most exciting air show I ever saw.
But at the speed they fly, mere seconds after they take off from the air base, they are high up in the air over residential areas, and the noise is barely audible. This stupid commie Jew from Vermont needs to get a life.
LOL…
I lived near a small airport once, and during air shows, the planes wold fly right over my back yard as they finished up their fly by’s for the people at the air field, and I could see them very closely, and they were low…and it was thrilling, as an aircraft buff, to hear those souped up Pratt and Whitney WASPS or the Wright CYCLONES in the B-25 Mitchell that would do a routine at the show…right over my back yard…sitting on my swing with a beer or 6 watching, and LISTENING to these things snap, crackle and pop overhead.
And the vintage jets, like the F-86 Sabre and even the F-80s or T-33s were fun to hear and watch…and they’d fly in some some super-duper CF-18’s on occasion and they’d do their aerial dance. Then the little Tudor Snow Birds…great fun…and most of them went no more that 300 or 400 feet above my house.
Occasionally I would go over to Detroit and watch the Air National Guard do “touch and goes” at Selfridge air base…spend all day there…got a good show with lots of variety, for free.
I also saw a Canadian CF-100 crash in London way back in 1957 with my father.
Sadly, the 2 airmen died in that crash, but ‘ll never forget it as long as I live.
Amboy, I love them too. Got to see both the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds air shows down in Florida . Of course I am biased, but I think the Blue Angels were better.
Bonni…as a true multi-generational Canadian, I can tell you this, without sounding like I prefer the United States over my own country…when it comes to many things…it’s strictly a personal, subjective opinion about which country is better…and most times it is a very close call…
But when it comes to entertainment and the performing arts…the United States pretty well kicks every other countries ass in the entire world. Not always, every time, but one helluva lot.
The States can make almost anything interesting and exciting…
In Canada, we follow you guys like a little puppy dog when it comes to television entertainment…American Idol…Canadian Idol…The Great Race…The Great Race Canada…America’s Got Talent…Canada’s Got Talent…LOL
The list goes on…and that’s okay because we are just 10% of your size…
You guys can make paint on a wall drying…EXCITING…well…sort of.
I think there are several countries around the world that have precision aircraft flying teams, and they are indeed, all quite impressive.
We had The Golden Hawks in the late ’50’s and 1960’s with the Sabres…they were very famous, and I liked them better than our Snowbirds because the Snowbirds are only little trainers, and I’d rather see the front line aircraft perform…
One thing is certain, they don’t have much room for error up there.
Keep up the great work…
Actually, Amboy, the IDOL and GOT TALENT programs were started in Britain. But I know what you mean. Personally, I couldn’t care less about the Entertainment Industry in America. Haven’t been to a movie theater in at least 10 years.
Stop the F-35? Stop Ben and Jerry’s I say. Stop eating that junk. (I did) Eat an apple, go for a walk and talk with your family and friends and get healthy and save money at the same time.
*Epic run on,eh?
No, good advice.
LOL…
“run on”…it’s a good one…but not many know what that is…a few friends of mine, who are “grammar Nazis” like me, would have contests on who could make the best run on sentences that made sense…we often drank during these events. LOL
Somebody needs to beat the shit out of this libtard.
This is why I have boycotted their ice cream for years.
Conservatives everywhere please do your part and bocott the overpriced Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. Old Ben is about as un-American as he can be.
I’d love to boycott it but since I’ve never bought any, I can’t. I alway hated the political nature of the names on the ice cream.
So a jet blast noise last a couple seconds and that’s really bad, so in Ben’s wisdom, lets give them a lethal amount. Idiots.
Ben & Jerrys was taken over by mega-corp. Unilever who also make soap powder. Both taste the same.