Uh oh...today's entry is going to be sacriligious....Posner is going aftet the Girl Scout Organization.
You cannot exit any supermarket now without having very sweet girls approach you and offer to sell you boxes of cookies, with the money being directed to support the organiztion and activities. Of coursem the Girl Scouts is a wonderful organization, but why cookies??? The nation's largest health problem is childhood obesity and here is an organization for children selling the most high-caloric cookies imaginable (ever look at the calorie count of the Tag Alongs??).
People have said "Just make a donation...dont get the cookies.."..but for an overweight person who is challenged daily in their lives, it is easy to part with a monetary donation and forego the gift that is offered? Hardly easy for sure. Human nature often does not allow us to walk away without the cookies. Some of the groups are offering to send the cookies to soldiers. I postede a blog entry months ago about the military having difficulty recruiting members because of weight problems.
Why cant they be selling plants, key chains, a piece of artwork, postcards or something else that has nothing to do with calories? I think I know the answer: they would get less donations...Americans love our Girl Scout cookies....
Anyway, sorry to accuse a wonderfully respected establishment of irresponsibility, so bring on those nasty anonymous comments....but I stand by it: Girlscout Organiztion: Think of something to sell to America other than high-caloric cookies.
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