Anti-choice group says they've been threatened by scary girl scouts

[theHandpuppet]

The article gets more ridiculous as it goes along. And that "scathing", "threatening" letter! Scary! I must remember to put some GS cookies on my shopping list.

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/02/17/girl-scouts-usa-threatens-lifenews-after-reporting-its-link-to-planned-parenthood/
Girl Scouts USA Threatens LifeNews After Reporting Its Link to Planned Parenthood
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 2/17/14 12:31 PM

During the last two weeks, LifeNews has brought international attention to the link between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business and the national boycott of Girl Scouts cookies sponsored by pro-life groups.

The pro-life movement has been concerned for a number of years about the ties between the Girl Scouts and the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Although the Girl Scout organization maintains that it takes “no position” on the issue of abortion, parents, churches, and pro-life activists have long complained of the pro-abortion slant of the Girl Scouts’ resources, role models, and affiliations.

After a series of articles on the boycott and the Girl Scouts-Planned Parenthood link, that featured the Girl Scouts logo to identify the organization, Brian Crawford, an executive with Girl Scouts USA, wrote LifeNews a scathing letter attempting to intimidate us into stopping our reporting on their link and to no longer use their logo or image to identify them as we bring attention to their support for the nation’s biggest abortion business.

In his letter Crawford again denied any connection to Planned Parenthood and he complained about LifeNews.com “articles that outline alleged ties to Planned Parenthood,” saying “GSUSA has an obligation to protect the Girl Scout name.”

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[Scuba]

1. Good. Now I have an excuse to buy even more cookies!

[theHandpuppet]

2. It just tells me the anti-choice forces are getting desperate

When your big stink is a war with the Girl Scouts, you know you're losing all credibility.

[okaawhatever]

3. When do girl scout cookies go on sale? These life news folks make me ill. nt

[theHandpuppet]

4. Here ya go.

https://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/find_cookies.asp

[okaawhatever]

11. Thanks for that. I found that Hobby Lobby is one of the places they are holding booths. Good to know

Hobby Lobby is slightly less evil than i previously thought.

[Scuba]

13. Thank you! Question, when they list "Cookies are here" with a booth location ....

Does that mean you can buy cookies on the spot, or is it still the old "order for later delivery" model?


http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/cookie_season.asp#results

[theHandpuppet]

18. I know in my town they sell them directly on-site

Don't know if that varies by location.

[Scuba]

25. Thanks!!!

[d_r]

28. here

our presale time (where you order for later delivery) is over, and the booth sales time will start next week. We pick up cookies on Wednesday to distribute to the presell orders and to use for booth sales.

[dflprincess]

32. As I understand it, Girl Scouts changed it's model a couple years ago (at least in my area)

now the troops order the cookies before they get any orders. Kind of mean deal as they have to make a guess at what they need.

I ordered some from my little neighbor last week and she had them to my apartment within 5 minutes of leaving with my check. I plan to buy some more and donate them as I don't need the cookies myself - but I really want to help GSA out now that the wingers are out to get them.

[momrois]

36. That's the way we did it

50 odd years ago. I like that, actually.

Haven't had any scouts come to my door in a couple of years. Now I'm really hungry for some trefoils and Nutella!

[Iggo]

14. Yes!!!

Thank you.

[JI7]

7. on sale now, i prefer the nuts and other items they had in the fall though

[tosh]

5. LifeNews.

[shenmue]

6. Life Site News is really crazy

[theHandpuppet]

15. Yeah, reading the Girl Scout alert was enough for me.

But I've seen some pretty whacked-out websites out there. None of them were scared of Girl Scouts, though.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Girl Scout thugs running rampant

When will our long national nightmare be over?

[theHandpuppet]

16. When the Girl Scouts win.

[Warpy]

9. I can't eat the cookies, alas

Maybe I'll send them a donation.

[theHandpuppet]

12. Yeah, I wish they had some sugar-free cookies

But you could buy some and donate to the local food pantry. I always try to include some treat-type items in my bags.

They do have some gluten-free cookies, though.

[KatyaR]

19. Most councils will allow you to buy cookies for the troops.

At the end of the sale season, the military collects the cookies and mails them overseas.

You can support the Girl Scouts and the Military at the same time--double win!

[d_r]

29. you can buy a box of cookies

and have it donated. The local troops will have someone selected like the local foodback, etc., you can ask who the are sending domations to.

[lpbk2713]

10. Better watch out. They might be carrying switch-blades.

OMFG

[Iggo]

17. What an adorable gang of thugs!

Aw!

[theHandpuppet]

22. A Regular Village of the Damned

Tempting us into eternal hellfire with Do-Si-Dos and Thin Mints.

[Iliyah]

31. Children of the Corn!

Adorable, will be buying cookies.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

27. Girl power! As the box says, Oh what a girl can do! Watch out, right wingers! nt

[theHandpuppet]

20. BTW, don't forget our allies at Planned Parenthood

They also need our support and are constantly under attack.

[gerogie2]

21. These people are the lunatic fringe.

They support forcing a woman with a non-viable fetus to carry it for the entire 9 months because their God could perform a miracle.

[theHandpuppet]

23. Well they're just making themselves look ridiculous

Which is just fine by me, because they are.

[ck4829]

24. It was that renegade Troop from the movie "Dodgeball", Troop 417!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

26. I would like everyone to know that ordinarily I wouldn't buy more than 1 box of GS cookies...

But now that this has happened, when the daughter of my boss came by taking orders, I bought 6 boxes, and will be giving them to my friends.

[d_r]

30. those dumbasses are about to be sued

they posted the logo right there with the letter telling them not to use it.

[Botany]

33. D F W T G S!

[tinymontgomery]

34. I think the girl scouts are pretty smart

[raven mad]

35. Rock on, Girl Scouts!

Lifenews = Death wish.