Posted on 02/21/2007 3:25:57 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084
New York, NY (PRWeb) February 19, 2007 -- www.actionagainstobesity.com -- As America's child and adult obesity figures rise, National Action Against Obesity (NAAO), calls for a boycott of the reported $700 million in Girl Scout Cookies sold annually.
Profiting off cookies -- it's the wrong message, the wrong product and the wrong era. Girl Scouts have an economic, medical and moral imperative to dump junk food as their $700 million fundraising source. NAAO would like the Girl Scouts to commit to a 5-year plan transitioning away from junk food as the organization's primary fundraiser "Girl Scout Cookies are high-calorie, high-sugar, high in saturated fat and nearly devoid of nutrition. Using young girls as a front to push millions of cookies onto an already bloated population further exacerbates an alarming crisis, no matter how cute the uniforms are," said NAAO President MeMe Roth. "The Girl Scouts sell up to 200 million boxes yearly -- that's about one box for every overweight American."
Girl Scouts of the USA have a flawed business model in direct conflict with their posted mission statement -- 'Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.' "Profiting off cookies -- it's the wrong message, the wrong product and the wrong era. Girl Scouts have an economic, medical and moral imperative to dump junk food as their $700 million fundraising source. NAAO would like the Girl Scouts to commit to a 5-year plan transitioning away from junk food as the organization's primary fundraiser," continued Roth.
NAAO suggests Girl Scouts look to Boy Scouts as a model -- they're known for community service, unlike Girl Scouts singularly identified with baked goods. "Do your good deed -- while Girl Scout Cookies are on sale through March, smile at the children, offer a donation, but leave those cookies behind."
I know...just trying to help Eric out.
...and he ripped me....
Mmmmmm, thin mints!
Too late MeMe, bought my cookies from my granddaughter.
And they can tell you "go away".
"NAAO suggests Girl Scouts look to Boy Scouts as a model"
Boy Scouts sell caramel corn. I bought some last year. It was pretty good.
Yes Yes with whole milk!
You completely miss the point...this yahoo was going to post "fake" news stories on this site. I asked him not to do that, because many times FR threads are taken seriously in the media.
Do you even read threads before you post?
Aside from the somewhat bizarre association you've made that breast cancer and smoking might have some relationship... you're perfectly welcome to ask people not to smoke around you. Sometimes.
What you're *not* welcome to do is to insist that people not smoke in places where you are not. You're also not welcome to push this little smoke-free bubble you live in around everywhere and inflict your smokelessness on others just for the fun of it.
You also have a completely free choice not to go places where people might be smoking.
I have been boycotting Girl Scout cookies for the last few years after I heard that Move America Forward had purchased many thousands of dollars worth to send to the troops with their coffee. Move American Forward received a letter from Girl Scouts of America telling them to stop using the Girl Scouts name because they did not approve of the war. If the Girls Scouts don't support our troops, I don't support them.
Dunkin Donuts
Krispy Kream Donuts
Wendy's
McDonald's
Burger King
Jack In The Box
Captain D's
Long John Silver's
Papa John's
Domino's
Pizza Hut
KY Fried
Popeye's Chicken
Church's Chicken
Baskins and Robbins
All of the 30 or so Mexican food restaurants
Zaxby's
All Chicken Wing's franchises
All Buffalo Wing franchisees
All other Pizza franchisees
ANY AND ALL RESTAURANTS THAT DO NOT SERVE CARDBOARD WITH SALT AND PEPPER ADDED, WATER, GRASS, WEEDS, TREE BARK, and it is cooked by solar or wind power only.
This goes along with the anti-oil kooks, who want to do away with oil, natural gas, heating oil, digging for coal, cutting trees for heat and fuel, all nuke power, tear down all dams for electricity, etc. Then, we can run the entire country on windmills, and that means the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, eastern Colorado, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Montana, and Utah will have to be abandoned so that every square foot of each state can be covered with these damned wind mills to run all the power needed to run the factories in the USA. Forget power to your homes. You walk every where you want to go. You have your own gardens in your back yard and grow your own food.
"Not only are the cookies wonderful, but the salespeople are irresistable."
Not when their obnoxious mother sets up a table by herself at the grocery store entry.
Is this article the truth? If not, it is offensive. To be honest, just because an article is from the MSMs does not make it truth. So what is the point? So much of the media anymore is made up spin.
See #27.
I have been a staunch smokers' rights advocate forever on FR. You have not read my posts.
I have stood fast, that as long as the smoke doesn't interfere with me or mine...more power to ya...smoke away.
I don't want government to interfere.
If drinkers don't drive...leave 'em alone.
Etc., etc.
You obviously want to flame without knowing the history of the poster.
Well, you're in luck about one thing, the third article I was going to post was from The Onion. Apparently that's a no-no here. I'm wondering, can I at least post the link to the article on a thread or is that against the rules too?
Oh, dear. I see your point. If only it had been Helen Thomas at our door, I think hubby would have refused. As it is, I'm on the hook for three boxes, and we'd been doing so well on our diets. You need to avoid that entrance at the grocery store, if you're series about avoiding the cookies, that is. ;-)
You can't get Lefter than the Girls scouts...Look who runs the org.
I went grocery-shopping last weekend, and there were about ten "irresistable salespeople" purposely blocking people's access to the store. They'd jump right in front of carts with a box in each hand, shrieking "WOULD YOU LIKE TO BUY SOME GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!!"
The loud aggressive little shit who blocked my progress had to be told No twice (the second time not so nicely) before she stepped out of my way. Then one of the two adult women minding the girls bellowed out "HOW ABOUT A DONATION, THEN?"
It was like running an obstacle course, to get around the scouts and the carts ahead of me that they'd halted in the same way.
If it had been my store to manage, the lot of them would have had their fat rude selfish butts booted out to the icy parking lot, starting with the grownups.
Tagalongs!
Thin Mints!
Do what you want. I just didn't want you to ruin a very good thread.
A lot of people put links to "The Onion," as life-imitates-art-imitates-life.
I just saw a really good post and didn't want you to muddy it up with "fake" posts, like you said you were going to do.
Just me...no one has to listen to me!!!
You will make national news with this post alone!
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