And, it’s the yearly histrionics over those most evil of
confections…….GIRL SCOUT COOKIES! And it’s
not Jillian Michaels making all the noise.
Nope, it’s the Right-Wing Crazies!
They have again called for a “Cookie-cott” of Girl Scout cookies because
they supposedly teach horrible, feminist things and won’t pledge their allegiance
to the Right-Wingers and all they hold Holy.
This year’s scream-fest is over a Tweet about a poll that included evil,
evil women like Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius and that most evil of all
feminists, Wendy Davis (aka “Abortion Barbie”).
I am a veteran Cookie Mom.
I was a Troop Leader for four years for my daughter’s troop. We started as Daisies and ended as
Juniors. I have done my fair share of
cookie sales and, only recently, have I been able to look at the little
buggers. I have had a zillion boxes in
my garage, have done booth sales, have picked up box after box at the “cookie
cupboard” (where your council sets up a temporary cookie warehouse) and have
become sick of the sight of colorful boxes with smiling girls on them.
So, as a GS Mom and former troop leader, I am here to tell
you, GSA does NOT promote anything remotely controversial. Most of us Leaders are hard pressed enough to
find entertaining things for a bunch of little girls to do once a week! I always have to laugh when I read the
hyperbole that comes from the imaginations of the Right-Wing about GSA. From the way they talk, us Troop Leaders were
having round-table discussion about abortion while serving biscotti and lattes
and not making friendship bracelets while serving cookies and juice boxes. Trust me, the average Girl Scout is SO not
interested in abortion, Wendy Davis or anything else that adults obsess
about. They want to spend that two hours
making a craft, eating a snack and trying to earn badges.
Another thing that the Right-Wing loonies get wrong is about
where the money goes. I did the finances
for cookie money. WE got about twenty
percent. And we planned on how we used
that money, as a Troop. It was usually
something extremely fun because those tykes worked HARD for the money,
honey! We would plan a camp out or a
trip or something along those lines. I
love how Right-Wingers have to lie to get people to boycott by telling them
that a large portion of cookie money goes to GSA National. I am here to tell you, as a someone from the
trenches…..BULLSHIT!!!!!!! It does NOT HAPPEN. We only had to pay for our cookies….profit
goes to the Council and the Troops. All
LOCAL. Yes, GSA National DOES earn seven percent on
LICENSING. Bastard people! How dare they want to keep the lights on and
pay salaries!
Honestly, what this boils down to is that GSA, unlike Boy
Scouts of America, refuses to get into bed with the Right-Wing. So, because of it, they declared war and have
been going after GSA for years now.
Because GSA refuses to discriminate, get religious or basically let the
adult bullshit mess things up for the kids, like BSA did, the Right-Wing
lunatics have been deviling GSA and trying to smear them. That’s how screwed up the Right-Wing is…..they
are more concerned about their dogma than about little girls having fun and
learning about cooperation. They already damaged BSA to the point of having lawsuits and ill feelings. Now they want to destroy GSA. They just aren't happy unless everyone is miserable.
So, please……buy Girl Scout cookies. Help the girls out by expanding your
waistlines. Plus, really…..what would
you rather do? Listen to the lunatic
Right or each Thin Mints?
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