You deserve to know what Girl Scout cookies fund

[Playinghardball]

[WilliamPitt]

1. Ow. My brain.

[villager]

2. Make mine Thin Mints!

[progressoid]

42. Carmel Delites please.

Mmmmm...

[MynameisBlarney]

46. I like the shortbread cookies

and the peanut butter ones...and the chocolate covered peanut butter ones with the caramel inside...and well..pretty much all of them that don't have mint or coconut.

[Scuba]

58. All of those, and a couple extra boxes this year. You go Girl Scouts!!

[MynameisBlarney]

59. Indeed.

I'm gonna buy some extra this year as well, and I'll just have to deal with the extra pounds I''m sure they'll add on.

[glinda]

132. We will have to buy extra peanut butter ones this year.

[MynameisBlarney]

134. Like, the sandwich kind?

Those sinfully delicious and tasty ones?

[glinda]

139. Uh huh. Those crunchy caloric laden ones.

[MynameisBlarney]

142. The crunchy caloric laden ones

are the best ones.

[Eleanors38]

154. I'll take a flat of the shortbreads, thank you. nt

[MynameisBlarney]

160. My grandpa

used to take those and put his peanut butter spread on them...sooo good.
He'd mix milk, and sugar or honey into the peanut butter until it was really really smooth and creamy...think I'm gonna go get the fixins for that today actually...

[Eleanors38]

185. Reminds me of that Far Side Cartoon where two guys were eating cheeseburgers...

One said to the other:

"You know, I can feel the smaller ones shutting down already."

[Awknid]

55. I placed my order

The other day from the little neighbor girl. So glad I did,

[awoke_in_2003]

70. +1000. nt

[RKP5637]

3. K&R for the Girl Scout cookies!!! I never bother with the boy scouts here, way too evil IMO. n/t

[Lars39]

4. And you post this without any comment refuting rw tripe?

[WilliamPitt]

8. Are refuting comments even necessary with this?

Board nannies rule.

[Lars39]

10. Yes, I think they are....there were specifics given in that chart that should be disclaimed loudly.

The RW have tried their best to smear the Girl Scouts this past year. No comments and all the OP is doing is spreading the meme, imo, board nanny-ish or not.

[Euphoria]

14. agreed

[a2liberal]

80. Hmm?

Can you explain what in there is untrue and a RW meme? It seems to me that they are all perfectly reasonable things and this poster would be seen as an advertisement for the Girl Scouts by anyone but RWers

[tblue]

151. I hope they're true! When's the season anyway?

I want some Thin Mints!!!!!!! And those Lemon ones.

[TeamPooka]

156. only if you think those things are "bad" or "slurs". I think they show a progressive organization

that I enjoy supporting.

[Laelth]

172. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[beerandjesus]

63. Thank you. No need to state the glaringly obvious.

Wait, forgot to cite my source:
(Source: Personal interview with beerandjesus)

[sadbear]

17. That rw tripe makes me want to buy more GS cookies.

[CTyankee]

38. Me, too! With 3 granddaughters, all of them in GS, I've spent a small fortune on those cookies...

but now I'll need a double order!

[Politicub]

53. Uhm. Did you even read it?

[Lars39]

111. Did you? The language in it slants right wing.

[MH1]

125. Seems obvious to me that the OP is promoting purchase of Girl Scout cookies

the language might be hilariously right wing, but any liberal ('scuse me, "librul&quot reads that and says, cool, I'm going to buy a bunch of cookies every chance I get this year!!

(clearly, the graphic is copied from a right-wing nutjob site. but the point is, we should know this so we know it's cool to buy GS cookies.)

[Lars39]

129. Presenting this right wing chart as fact does not go very far to "each one teach one",

as there are many people that aren't liberals that come here searching for honest dialogue and facts. The OPer could have gotten the same reaction by the simple declaration that Girl Scout cookies were now on sale. No need to post a right wing chart from a conservative site.

[TeamPooka]

157. lmao. You are adorable.

[WolverineDG]

173. It's all true

you only need to "refute" it if you think statements about GS letting in lesbian & transgender kids & working with Planned Parenthool are "bad."

[get the red out]

5. Seeing that

Makes me want to trash my diet and order several more boxes from my niece. What a misogynist load of crap. These right wingers want people to believe that they aren't waging a war on women then go out and attack the Girl Scouts.

[Archae]

6. Who the hell is spreading this bullshit?

Fred Phelps?

[TheBlackAdder]

12. Probably the Mormonish Boy Scouts. Are they are feeling a shortfall of money? eom

[AngryOldDem]

177. Start with the American Life League and other Catholic groups.

I actually had an online argument with ALL's president Judie Brown several years ago about this very thing, when I laid out very specifically where cookie money goes. I even quoted her passages from GS training manuals that refuted every piece of bullshit she was spewing.

The result? Well, ever hear of the phrase, "Never argue with an idiot because people might not see the difference?"

These people and their sheeple will believe whatever they want, even if it is proven a million times over to be totally and absolutely false.

[frazzled]

7. I'll buy some!

Just not the peanut butter ones; I'm allergic. But otherwise glad to know my money will be going to good causes.

[Angry Dragon]

9. Do you support what you posted??

[Playinghardball]

15. This is from a conservative page, but it will definitely make me want to buy more Girl Scout Cookies

[Lars39]

21. So why bring a negative thing from a conservative source here?

[Isoldeblue]

33. Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....................

Know thy enemy?

Ignorance is not the answer, nor is it bliss?

One can't fight the opposition, if one doesn't know the opposition's tactics?

Take your pick.............

[Lars39]

34. I'm all for that strategy, but it should be labelled as such and not just silently presented.

No comment and it's just spreading a RW slur against the organization.

[Isoldeblue]

35. Well, that's life......

And no one ever said, life was fair. Your "shoulds" and an others "shoulds" are rarely the same. Nor should they be.

[Lars39]

36. Sigh....Times they are a changin'....this site used to pride itself on its sourcing.

[Hekate]

127. Sad, isn't it? "Consider the source" is not just a trite saying; it's actually important

If DU becomes a place where unsourced spam is allowed, we diminish ourselves considerably.

[Lars39]

130. Agreed.

[obamanut2012]

103. As a lesbian and Girl Scout -- I'm glad they posted it

Excellent!

Love the Girl Scouts!

[MH1]

126. Because it's hilarious?

and it does convey useful information that not all of us knew.

[TeamPooka]

150. you see negative while the rest of us see positive.

[Lars39]

155. Not everyone on this thread saw it positively.

It's right wing tripe, but hey don't let me get in the way if your sugar fix.

[TeamPooka]

161. irony and sarcasm are lost on you.

that is a trait I find in many conservatives.
An inability to read beyond the literal meaning of the words they see.
Not saying you are one, just that you are not seeing, getting or understanding the "irony & mocking" that we do about RW meme's here.
But keep complaining and whining.

[Lars39]

162. I see a lot of things.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

175. I see nothing negative about it.

Care to explain what aspects of this post is negative?

[Lars39]

180. It is written with right wing language and accusatory tone.

[rhett o rick]

23. Why didnt you comment in the OP? nm

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Just looking at the image... It is written in a highly biased manner.

I've got 3 girls and a boy.

I fund the Girl Scouts every year through the United Way and my eldest was a GS member.

My son was in the BS, I gave to them, and he didn't like it. I don't like the direction they have turned, that they are an extension of Mormonism, and have redirected my money to the Girl Scouts.

[Le Taz Hot]

13. I knew there was a reason I liked GS cookies!

I LOVE that they don't have the same bigoted anti-gay agenda as their male counterparts.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

61. yep, I was noticimg the contrast too.

Excellent, wondeeful contrast.


"And a little GIRL child shall lead them"

[GoCubsGo]

16. Where did you find this crap?

Please provide us with a source.

[Playinghardball]

22. From the Being Liberal Facebook page

Time to double up my GS order..

[Lars39]

24. Upthread you claim it's from a conservative page. Which is it?

[nadinbrzezinski]

144. Being liberal is a good source for a otl of this crap.

You seem upset.

[lapfog_1]

18. I am diabetic

but now I will double my usual purchase of cookies --- and give them all away.

[xmas74]

88. When I was a leader

We had orders donated to food banks, Meals on Wheels , even nursing homes.

[CincyDem]

19. If only half of this is true, it gives me a wonderful reason to double my GS cookie orders ! n/t

[Morning Dew]

20. I thought the conservative line on this was

that these private organizations get to do what they want.

If it's ok for the private Boy Scouts to discriminate, why is it not ok for the private Girl Scouts to have their own policies?

[TlalocW]

25. Sounds cool... Whatever those round ones with chocolate on the back

And chocolate stripes and coconut on the front are... Samoas? I'll take 5 boxes.

TlalocW

[Ian David]

26. If you're going to post things like that, you should either post the debunk, or offer more context.

Girl Scouts

Claim: Letter from Indiana state representative accuses the Girl Scouts of being a radicalized organization that promotes abortions and homosexuality

MIXTURE

More:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/girlscouts.asp

[ellie]

27. Must find Girl Scouts and buy cookies.

Thanks for this informative graphic! Oh, was this supposed to discourage me?

[abelenkpe]

28. Really?! I've got to order more then

Love those Savannah Smiles...

[Flashmann]

29. We'll have one box of each

Please......

[patrice]

30. I'll buy twice as many boxes as my last order. Thanks for the heads-up. nt

[Playinghardball]

31. Get your very own Girl Scout Cookies app for your iPhone

[brooklynite]

39. Is this like Grindr?

It beep when you're in close proximity to someone taking cookie orders?

[bongbong]

32. GS cookies are terribly overpriced

And thanks to the OP graphic, I'm going to buy 5X the amount I normally buy this year.

[One_Life_To_Give]

37. Now how am I supposed to loose weight

I'd like to buy a case but then I would never get these pants on.

[CTyankee]

40. It's a Right Wing plot, I tell ya! Have those liberals eat all those cookies and send us into

heart failure!

[joeybee12]

41. Those are reasons why I doubled my cookie order last year!

[Hekate]

43. Please tell us where you obtained this piece of s**t?

I object to posting it with neither attribution nor comment.

Hekate
Girl Scout Supporter

[G_j]

44. OMG. Sexual rights!

We all know that women have no sexual rights....

[AsahinaKimi]

45. I was in the Brownies and

Girl scouts and don't remember any such "indoctrination". I remember camp outs, and s'mores... rowing boats.. sing around the campfires..Selling Girl Scout Cookies, .. Things change I am sure.. but the way Right wingers sound, you think this was .. some kind of Soviet Indoctrination..or something.

what idiots they are.... Garu sukauto wa saikodatta ne. Sore ga tanoshikattadesu.

[southernyankeebelle]

47. Thanks for letting me know. I will now go out of my way to buy the cookies I normally wouldn't.

[AsahinaKimi]

52. Just becareful...

I used to sell some, than I would buy a huge order for myself and family...


OMG.. drools..these were soooooooo...good.

[Separation]

64. You have just won the Internet with this picture.

Those are the best! I have placed an order for 5 boxes of those and 5 boxes of tagalongs in your honor from my niece.

[AsahinaKimi]

92. I wish I knew some girl scouts...

If I did buy cookies these ..I would buy at least five boxes and stash them in my freezer.. have you ever had them cold?
O. M. G! drools...

[Separation]

102. Eating them cold is the best!

[AsahinaKimi]

105. I do that with all chocolate bars..

There is just something yummy about frozen chocolate..but it works great with Samoas/Caramel deLites ...frosty yummyness!

[wryter2000]

65. Have pity on the dieters

Until I saw that picture, I thought my salad tasted pretty good.

I'm going to have to buy some cookies. Only, how will I keep the box closed long enough to get them to work where someone else will eat them?

[AsahinaKimi]

87. You buy some for you family

and hide your stash like a professional drug dealer! haha!

[wryter2000]

120. LOL

"Are those Tagalong crumbs, mom?"

Actually, I live alone. My officemates will eat the cookies, if they make it to work.

[ZRT2209]

77. mmmmm coconut

[southernyankeebelle]

79. The one with peanut better and choclate is my favorite. The one you are showing is my least

favorite. I wonder which one is the most popular cookie. Do you know. I think its the tag-a-long. Well I don't have to worry about eating to many. I am already fat but I don't usually eat alot of cookies. My husband (who is very skinny) is the cookie monster.

[barbtries]

83. i think the most popular is the thin mints.

they are definitely the most popular in my house.

[southernyankeebelle]

91. They're good but not my favorite.

[AsahinaKimi]

99. see post #93

eom

[southernyankeebelle]

116. Thank you.

[barbtries]

108. going by sales they are the most popular

The Question:

What are the best-selling Girl Scout cookies?
The Answer:

According to the Girl Scouts of America, here is the percentage-of-total-sales breakdown of its most popular cookies, as of 2011:
Thin Mints 25%
Samoas/Caramel deLites 19%
Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs 13%
Do-si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich 11%
Shortbread/Trefoils 9%

—The Editors

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/most-popular-girl-scout-cookies.html

[southernyankeebelle]

115. Thank you for the info.

[Eleanors38]

166. Vital info in an on-going national debate. Another shortbread.

[AsahinaKimi]

89. The most popular?

Why the mints of course..

[southernyankeebelle]

90. Really? I mean I like mints but I would never have thought that.

[AsahinaKimi]

93. The mints always sold the best..

Maybe because they were small and not so messy when you ate them. They went well in school lunches, and taken to work in a baggy. I don't get it either.. but they always sold the most.

oh and there is this:

What are the best-selling Girl Scout cookies?
The Answer:

According to the Girl Scouts of America, here is the percentage-of-total-sales breakdown of its most popular cookies, as of 2011:
Thin Mints 25%
Samoas/Caramel deLites 19%
Peanut Butter Patties/Tagalongs 13%
Do-si-Dos/Peanut Butter Sandwich 11%
Shortbread/Trefoils 9%

—The Editors


Read more: The Most Popular Girl Scout Cookies — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/most-popular-girl-scout-cookies.html#ixzz2IMaFUk1o

[southernyankeebelle]

98. Thanks for posting the information. It was really nice of you.

[AsahinaKimi]

100. sure! no problem!

[Honeycombe8]

133. Mmmmmm. I might get some o'those. Do they still make lemon zingers? nt

[AsahinaKimi]

136. Yes...

[Honeycombe8]

141. Lemon coolers....these

These were what I was thinking of. I might get these lemon coolers, if they still make them, and those gooey caramel delites. I don't need cookies. Uh-uh. Fattening. Bad for ya. But....sometimes it's worth it.

I usu. don't buy them, but this year I think I will.

[Arkana]

49. Good.

I'll be sure to buy 10 boxes of Tagalongs, another 5 of Thin Mints, and maybe a box of those new Gay Abortions....er, Samoas.

[Motown_Johnny]

50. and I had trouble resisting them before..... argh

No way to pass them up now



On the bright side, it is good to know that some of my money would have gone into some of those causes.

[robinlynne]

51. I already buy them because I loved being a girl scout. . will now buy double!

[JohnnyRingo]

54. I had no idea!

Thanx for posting this.

What a difference from the rigid intolerance promoted by the BSA.

on edit:
I can't believe you're under attack by some for posting this. What would be considered a bane by conservatives is welcomed with open arms by liberals. I read it at face value. If republicans see this graphic as a reason to shun sweet little girls in green at the door selling cookies, it works just as well the other way too.

Because of this kind of petty pile-on I've cut back on my posts. So often people have made me wish I didn't even get out of bed that day.

[a2liberal]

85. +1

I don't understand the attacks. Yes, it was probably made as an attack by conservatives but that doesn't mean that the things stated are actually bad. Kind of like how Repub candidates tend to run better ads for their opponents than the opponents themselves. "Joe Democrat was a union leader and supported the right of terrorists to a fair trial"... well gee thanks, that's a much better as FOR Joe Democrat than his own "Joe Democrat wants to reduce wasteful spending and cut taxes" ad!

Fighting a characterization of liberals as liberal only means you're ashamed of being liberal. It shouldn't be something to be ashamed of.

[Skittles]

56. I'LL TAKE SOME THIN MINTS AND SOME DO SI DOs

THROW IN SOME SAMOAS TOO

[Marrah_G]

57. Time to buy some cookies!

[DinahMoeHum]

60. Thin Mints! (clap clap) Thin Mints! (clap clap)

etc.

And remember: Girl Scouts Wear Green Berets

[JDPriestly]

62. In other words, the Girl Scouts are preparing real girls to live in the real world.

How utterly shocking. (sarcasm).

[TeamPooka]

165. exactly

[DreamGypsy]

66. Catholic Bishops Challenge Girl Scouts USA For Conflict With Church Teachings

Wow, great strides forward by Girl Scouts I didn't know that so many good things were happening. As I was discovering some of the facts I encountered the inevitable backlash...

Catholic Bishops Challenge Girl Scouts USA For Conflict With Church Teachings

I am not going to provide any excerpts, because you all know basically what the article reports. If you, particularly Catholics and particularly Catholic women, want to help change the situation, the details will be important.

[ZRT2209]

74. this is when GS learn the meaning of the word "misogynist"

and also "hypocrite"

[lunasun]

135. Well I will!! Article states 1/4 of GS are catholic- wonder if they will give in to the bishops??

1/4 is a lot of GS
and the group has already modified for catholics according to the article
I am wondering if they won't modify more due to religious demands

.......In other instances, the scouts have modified materials that drew complaints – for example, dropping some references to playwright Josefina Lopez because one of her plays, "Simply Maria," was viewed by critics as mocking the Catholic faith....
.......The inquiry coincides with a broader effort by the bishops to analyze church ties with outside groups. Rhoades' committee plans to consult with Girl Scouts leaders and with the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, which has been liaising with the Scouts for two years about various complaints.
The federation's executive director, Bob McCarty, praised the Girl Scouts for willingness to change some program content.
To the Girl Scouts, some of the attacks seem to be a form of guilt by association. Critics contend that Girl Scouts materials shouldn't contain links to groups such as Doctors without Borders, the Sierra Club and Oxfam because they support family planning or emergency contraception.
And although it's a secular organization, the Girl Scouts embrace partnerships with religious groups. Scouts can earn a "My Promise, My Faith" pin for activities linked to their religious beliefs...........

I don't think the leader moms will stand up to the bishops either - also from the link

.......One uneasy Catholic parent is Jody Geenen of West Bend, Wis., a troop leader for the past 14 years as her three daughters – now 18, 14 and 12 – became Girl Scouts.

She complains about some program materials adopted by the Girl Scouts in recent years. One example she gave: a patch honoring Hispanic labor organizer Dolores Huerta, whose shortcomings – in the eyes of some Catholics – include a 2007 award from Planned Parenthood.

Geenen hopes the Scouts will change their ways. "I love the Girl Scouts," she said. "But it can't remain the way it is."..........

Their CEO currently stands firm -just hope the GS do not morph into Intolerant Girls

[Eleanors38]

167. Another challenge, aye? I'll have another shortbread.

[catbyte]

67. Awesome! I'll take 5 boxes of Thin Mints & a couple boxes of those lemon thingies

[okasha]

68. Thanks for posting this.

I always buy extra to freeze--I've absolutely loved the mints since the long-ago days when I was selling them--so this year, I'll buy extra extras. And some for gifts.

[Capt. Obvious]

69. An oldie but goodie

Did any of the outraged upthread alert on this post?

[Iggo]

71. I dunno.

They sure got outraged, though.

[ZRT2209]

72. an extra 5 boxes for me please

ow my waistline but yum

[rurallib]

73. Wow - and to think - we used to be leaders in this group

Nice to know they still deal with reality

[kimmylavin]

75. I've seen this one a lot...

And every single one of my friends who have posted it led with something like, "This was created to turn people off to the Girl Scouts, but it just makes me want to buy more cookies!"

I'm pretty much buying from every Girl Scout I know!

Additionally, I'm in CA, but my family is back in NJ.
Got a message from my cousin's daughter.
She's selling cookies, of course, but if you are long-distance, or just trying to stay on a diet, you can donate money.
For every $4.00, a box of cookies will be sent to Operation Shoebox, to be sent to the troops.

Win-win all the way, as far as I'm concerned!

[UtahLib]

138. Thanks for the info about being able to donate.

That's what I will do since the Girl Scouts seem to have been sidelined in this state. Participating in the BS is strongly encouraged but not so the Girl Scouts. Now I know why.

[Ilsa]

76. I bet a few parents of Boy Scouts

wish their sons could join their sisters.

Can you imagine how wide the gender gap on policy will be in twenty years?

[a2liberal]

78. Proud to buy Thin Mints (n/t)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

81. The conservatives are targeting the Girl Scouts? Fine, I'll double my order!

Take that you dolts!

[blue_heron]

82. unfortunately....

this right wing propaganda has resulted in troops being abruptly kicked out of their meeting places in Virginia in the middle of the year Catholic Churches), and innocent Daisies/Brownies (5-7 yr olds) being insulted at door-to-door sales and cookie boothes.

And they object to girls learning about environmentalists like Rachel Carson.....such a 'horrible' role model for young girls (dripping sarcasm)

[mercuryblues]

84. I was a terrible GS leader

I never taught or went to any seminars/classes that encouraged this.

[silverweb]

86. Great response to the above nonsense here:

After watching the video, I found myself getting lost in the website that’s promoting it, Honest Girl Scouts. This group seems to have a host of issues with the GSUSA, and they have no problem letting you know about them. In their “cookie boycott flyer,” they list all the reasons folks should stop buying those delicious cookie shaped bits of tasty, tasty, crack.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Read the whole delicious piece: That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles.

[blue_heron]

95. they really don't like WAGGGS (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)

who look at the global problems facing girls and women (education, health, rights) and that GSUSA won't 'denounce' WAGGGS.

Go buy some Girl Scout cookies!!!!!!

[okaawhatever]

94. SNOPES on something similar. A letter sent from Indiana house GOP member link:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/girlscouts.asp

How pathetic.I am so pissed. You can't unring a bell. The damage that has been done both to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer fund and now the Girl Scouts isn't easily repaired. WWJD? Jack azzes

[blue_heron]

97. bad comparison

what Susan G Koman did was trying to defund Planned Parenthood

Girl Scouts has Nothing to Do with Planned Parenthood, makes no donations, and does not advocate or denounce Planned Parenthood.

This is all lies. (I re-read the link...the letter at the top is the lie....the responses at the bottom are accurate)

[Pakid]

96. Good for them

It nice to see an organization stand up against the right-wing hate machine. I will make it a point to buy some cookies

[bobclark86]

101. So now I have two reasons...

to buy them.

1) They're crunchy and taste good with ketchup (minus the last word)

and

2) They don't support their girls going out into the world so they can become a statistic (as in teen pregnancy), which helps save taxpayers money and makes a smaller government (the last part to point out the irony of making girls have kids and then bitching about them going on public services).

[katsy]

104. Sign me up!

I embrace everything they stand for. Go Lesbian progressive Marxist Abortion advocate extreme left role models! YAY! <------- Cheer

[kestrel91316]

106. If I ran things you'd be banned for posting this.

I notice that you have no criticism of this crap.

Shame on you.

[Lars39]

114. Thanks, kestrel....

can't believe people aren't more discerning on the language used in the op chart. Unless he's deleted the post, he admitted he got it from a conservative site, too.

[Viking12]

107. I'm glad I ordered a bunch!

[Maeve]

109. Damn! Now I gotta go buy me some cookies!

Just to make up for the nasties who write and distribute this crap

[matt819]

110. Great.

I need to get me some Girl Scout Cookies.

[NYC Liberal]

112. People asking "Do you support this?" -- I do, 100%

I am pro-choice.
I support Planned Parenthood
I have no problem with "trans-genders", lesbians, or "progressive socialists"
I support "information-based sex education"

Go Girl Scouts, if this is accurate.

[Gothmog]

113. I am going to increase my order

I am a former cookie daddy for my daughter's units and I make it a point to always buy cookies from any girl who actually asks me to buy their cookies.

[OnionPatch]

117. Whew, you scared me for a minute.

My daughter is a Girl Scout and I'm a leader. We're gearing up for cookie season. I was afraid you were going to reveal some horrid rightwing connection. I should have known better! Girl Scouts rock!

[libodem]

118. I hope that is true

I fully support all that!

[LiberalAndProud]

119. Signed: Rep. Bob Morris, (R)Fort Wayne

Origins: In February 2012, Indiana state representative Bob Morris sent the above-quoted letter to House Republicans to explain why he refused to add his name to a resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts (a resolution which was passed unanimously by the rest of the Indiana House), maintaining that the Girl Scouts are a "radicalized organization" that promotes abortions and homosexuality and serves as a "tactical arm" of Planned Parenthood.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/girlscouts.asp

The man is, quite frankly, an ass.

Indiana should be proud. /sarcasm

[etherealtruth]

121. I guess I will be buying girl scout cookies again this year

Every year I swear I wont (high caloric/ low "food value&quot ... but then i read garbage like this and buy multiple boxes.

Sorry Boy Scouts ... I won't support y'all

[ProfessionalLeftist]

122. Awesome! Next time I'll buy enough for the whole office!

They'll just think I'm being nice. And, well, I am!

[Iris]

123. I'll take 24 cases.

[pediatricmedic]

124. Still buying some...nt

[friendly_iconoclast]

128. I'll be sure to get some extra this year...

[MarianJack]

131. I'll take a few extra boxes this year, please!

PEACE!

[lunasun]

137. Pay New Age consultants to train Girl Scout executives????? Now you know it is from Whacko World!

[NancyDrew]

140. This is complete Hoooey - Support your local Girl Scouts!

The RW hates the Girl Scouts because they are open to all girls and the organization does not promote one religion over another. Thank goodness there is a place like that for girls!

If you see Girl Scouts selling cookies, buy a box to support them or buy a box to donate to others (the girls know how to do that). Or you can just give them a few dollars to support their Troop.

Go Girls Scouts of the USA and Happy 100th! (1912-2012)

[TeamPooka]

163. by showing RW attacks like this we are supporting those attacked. Welcome to DU

Irony and sarcasm are all around here......

[nadinbrzezinski]

143. when are you making one gluten free?

[JHB]

145. Two boxes please. The chocolate-mint ones and the peanut-butter thingies

[mwooldri]

146. If some more "conservative" groups have breakaway Girl Scout troops...

... then they have no right to use the name Girl Scouts. Just as there are breakaway Boy Scout groups (Baden Powell Service Association comes to mind) the breakaway girl troops have to pick a new name. Girl Guides would be available for use in the USA.

On another note, some national scouting groups are now co-ed.

[TeamPooka]

147. I think I'll go have some Samoas.

[Tab]

148. An improvement over the Boy Scout's policies n/t

[kcass1954]

149. Well, crap! Now I have to change my purchase plans, 'cuz there's

nothing I like better than supporting a subversive organization like the Girl Scouts.

Now where did I put my cookie mom's email address???

[copperearth]

152. Proud of you Girl Scouts pf America

They obviously have their heads screwed on right! They believe in the real world and not some fantasy that promotes fear, hate and sex abuse. Girls will be girls and have their fun, no matter how many times you tell them that sex has consequences. They are acring responsible and deserve our support. You go, GIRLS!

[LWolf]

153. I guess I need to find a girl scout

during the next cycle of cookie sales.

[Jackpine Radical]

158. I seem to have this sudden urge for Girl Scout cookies…

Just when I was hoping to lose some weight, too.

Maybe I'll have to cut out pizza or something.

[rdking647]

159. i bought a case of thin mints

[jerseyjack]

164. That's it. No more Samosas for me.

[DirkGently]

168. Got 3 boxes on order. nt

[gtar100]

169. My support of girl scouts just went up.

This is graphically presented in a way to scare right-wingers but it's a big fail on their part. They say words like 'abortion', 'sex education', 'feminist', 'gay and lesbian rights', 'planned parenthood', etc., as if they were bad things when in fact they are not. They are actually good things that make this a better world.

[Beartracks]

170. Is it that time of year again...

... when the socialist, Marxist, extreme-left lesbians come by to sell cookies and provide door-to-door abortion services already??

My, how time flies. The war on Christmas isn't even cold yet.

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[Laelth]

171. Guess I need to buy more cookies, then. Nice to know. Thanks. n/t

-Laelth

[Recursion]

174. I feel much better about my addiction to Thin Mints

Good to know!

[AngryOldDem]

176. Oh, not this shit again!

I wish these assholes would just stop.

If you don't want to buy the fucking cookies, then DON'T BUY THE FUCKING COOKIES! More for the rest of us.

Sorry to shout, but this bullshit gets old real fast.

By the way...most of the proceeds go to fund stuff like Girl Scout camps and other council programs that have NOTHING to do with social engineering. Troops actually fund trips with the proceeds they get from their sales.

Christ. I wish these people would get a fucking life, or at least drop out of society and let the rest of us alone to enjoy our Thin Mints.

One kernel of truth in the otherwise swill above: Girl Scouts have always been welcoming of gay, bisexual, and transgendered members, always as far as I can tell, and I was involved as an adult in GS for years. Compare that to other organizations like the Boy Scouts.

[mzteris]

178. dammit!!

I wasn't going to buy any, but now I have to. hmmmph.

I was a Girl Scout. Sold the most cookies in my entire district one year. Back when we sold the boxes, not took orders. (Of course they were 50 cents a box back then, larger cookies & larger boxes!)

It's not that I didn't want to support the Girl Scouts, but I don't need to eat a box of cookies, & my son is prediabetic so I keep those types of temptations to as bare a minimum as possible.

But dammitall, if the freaking freaks are going to try and denigrate the Girl Scouts - which by all counts is infinitely superior to the Boy Scouts (yes I said that) - then I reckon I'll just have to take one for the team. (Besides, eating a whole box of Thin Mints isn't that much of a sacrifice, I suppose! )

[aquart]

179. How come the girls are so different from the boys?

And what a stupid question.

[Zorra]

181. I'll be buying them as "Just to remind you that I love you" gifts for family and friends,

as well as a few boxes for home.

Conservatives are just so icky.

[left is right]

182. Come on, fess up

your daughter, granddaughter, or favorite niece is selling them and the girl selling the most boxes wins a new bike or something, You posted this because you are shrewd and know that this right-wing piece of trash happens to be the best GS cooky sales tool, ever. Send her around to my place and I will buy 3 boxes of Trefoils and 2 of mints.

[KatyaR]

183. "...to include radical activists..."

I want you to know these assholes said ANNE FRANK was too radical to be referenced in a Girl Scout book.

Think about that for a minute.

ANNE FRANK.

Unfortunately, they won that battle. One of the few decisions GSUSA's made that I'm still angry over.

Otherwise, just a reminder--it's Cookie Sale time! Enjoy!!!

[DeschutesRiver]

184. I looked for them online, but apparently they do not sell them online. :( nt