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KTVB.COM
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 6:16 PM
Updated today at 10:55 AM
BOISE For decades The Girl Scouts of America has been dedicated to helping young girls learn life skills. But now the organization is having to defending itself against a rumor that they say is disrupting sales of their biggest fund raiser - cookies.
The rumor started two years ago and connects the Girl Scouts to Planned Parenthood.
The CEO of the Silver Sage Girl Scouts Council, Shelli Rambo Roberson says the rumor has been fueled by social media sites and blogs, and for some reason, it's gaining traction this year.
Roberson says the rumor started at a global forum in Europe about the status of women in the world. ............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.ktvb.com/news/local/Girl-Scout-officials-say-rumor-is-disrupting-cookie-sales-138528349.html
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marmar
Feb 2012
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marasinghe
(1,253 posts)1. Ms. "Rambo" Roberson?
"Silver Sage"?
"Planned Parenthood"?
things are getting out of hand.
waiting for the repug reptiles to come out & say they're gunning for the alliteration; not for the contraception.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. I hadn't heard that rumor. People using the internet for evil
white_wolf
(6,238 posts)3. I was on a Catholic website the other day. Catholic Answers...
Mainly because I used to post there when I was interested in learning about the Catholic Church and they scared me away, and I like too see what the crazy people are saying. Anyway, I saw a post about it where a priest was telling people to cancel all their girl scout cookie orders, because of this.
MH1
(17,600 posts)4. Just another front in the war on women. nt.