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Once upon a time in America, if you were a couple of little girls and you wanted to sell lemonade or girl scout cookies at a little stand in front of your home nobody would give you any problems. In fact, most of the people passing by would have smiled and would have seen it as a sign of hope that the next generation was being so industrious. Well, that is not the way that it works anymore. Today, all across America nightmarish control freaks are seeking to micromanage every single aspect of our lives. That includes banning young girls from selling girl scout cookies on their own front lawns. Yes, you read that correctly. In Missouri of all places, two young girls named Abigail and Caitlin Mills were recently taught a lesson on how to be good citizens in the emerging totalitarian control grid going up all over the United States. After a complaint from a neighbor, the city of Hazelwood cracked down on the two girls and told them that they must shut down the girl scout cookie stand that they had been operating in their front yard.
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absolutely BULLSHIT
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obama did it
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LOL how very unpatriotic of the two little wenches hey you still see that stuff here in Canada lemonade cookies girl slangen that shit on every corner we must be terrorists up here bwhahahahahahahahahah
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lol - the economic collapse blog?
surely this is a clear sign on the coming totalitarian states of america (after Obama achieves his secret plan to collapse the nation)
Girl scouts selling cookies sprout up like mushrooms all over my town. They are usually camped out in front of Barnes and Noble or something like that.
If their city has an ordinance that you can't sell "commodities" from a residence then why should these girls get some special waiver and it seems like they were it for years anyway until some neighbor complained.
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Hazelwood-Cookie-Controversy-Update-118579354.html
For the past 5 years the Mills girls sold Girl Scout Cookies from a stand in front of their home. The city of Hazelwood had warned them in the past that they were violating a city ordinance prohibiting the sale of commodities from a residence. The city didn't enforce the ordinance until a neighbor complained this year that increased traffic from cookie buyers was causing dogs to bark. Hazelwood Spokesman Tim Davidson says the city had no choice but to shut down the cookie stand.
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How big of a DB is the neighbor who complained? It only takes one. ::)
He even refused a free box of cookies:
Well, fortunately this story had somewhat of a happy ending. Philanthropist George "The Shoeman" Hutchins bought the remaining 36 boxes of girl scout cookies that the girls were trying to sell. He even had the girls deliver one of the boxes to the angry neighbor for free. But even that turned into a bit of an incident. A local news report about the story put it this way....
After "The Shoeman" bought the remaining cookies he wrote a special note on one box for the neighbor who had the stand shut down. The box of Shortbread Cookies read, "Have a nice day. Sorry for all your troubles." Mills says the neighbor refused the cookies when her daughters brought it by. But the girls eventually convinced the woman to give the cookies to a child in the home.
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How big of a DB is the neighbor who complained? It only takes one. ::)
He even refused a free box of cookies:
Well, fortunately this story had somewhat of a happy ending. Philanthropist George "The Shoeman" Hutchins bought the remaining 36 boxes of girl scout cookies that the girls were trying to sell. He even had the girls deliver one of the boxes to the angry neighbor for free. But even that turned into a bit of an incident. A local news report about the story put it this way....
After "The Shoeman" bought the remaining cookies he wrote a special note on one box for the neighbor who had the stand shut down. The box of Shortbread Cookies read, "Have a nice day. Sorry for all your troubles." Mills says the neighbor refused the cookies when her daughters brought it by. But the girls eventually convinced the woman to give the cookies to a child in the home.
and anoymously at that
clearly has nothing better to do but still, I assume the city had to respond and they do have ordinance and supposedly had warned them in the past but didn't enforce it until someone complained
bfd - and probably a good learning experience for the kids
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I would encourage all of them to sell from their front lawns, so they're not camped out in front of every business in town.
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I would encourage all of them to sell from their front lawns, so they're not camped out in front of every business in town.
being in front of a business is probably safer than having cars stopping on the street in front of a house
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I would encourage all of them to sell from their front lawns, so they're not camped out in front of every business in town.
I wish they would do both. You have to be a real idiot to have problems with girls selling Girl Scout cookies on their front lawn.
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I wish they would do both. You have to be a real idiot to have problems with girls selling Girl Scout cookies on their front lawn.
neigbor complains
city has warned the girls previously
city officials decide there is less potential liability in enforcing their own ordinance than ignoring it
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DB complains. DB is an idiot. Village Idiot identifies with DB. Shocking. lol . . . .
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I cant wait for the day when someone KTFO's one of these busy bodies.
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I cant wait for the day when someone KTFO's one of these busy bodies.
Tell me about it. We have seen, repeatedly, how it only takes one idiot to complain about something that then results in a big brouhaha.
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DB complains. DB is an idiot. Village Idiot identifies with DB. Shocking. lol . . . .
city decides there is more liability in not enforcing ordinance, especially since they have a registered complaint and the girls had been warned before
it's not like these girls don't have all the other options available to every other girls scout in the country
funniest part of this story is the right wing echo chamber offering it up as proof of the nanny state
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It's why the old saying, the best thing between 2 neighbors is a fence.
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while I understand what straw is saying, you cant have ppl selling commodities from their house etc. what if it is spoiled or goes bad and someone gets sick etc, or regulations that apply to selling certain commodities.
A little common sense goes a long way, anybody who thinks this isnt just plain stupidity and the neighbor being a bitch is out there
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I think it's total crap. Too many "do gooders" running around trying to do good is not a good thing. To me, anytime a young person tries to do something enterprising they should be applauded NOT discouraged wi petty regulation bull shit.
They were girl scout cookies for Christ sake.
Things that will ruin America:
Corporate execs
Do gooders
Lawyers
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I think it's total crap. Too many "do gooders" running around trying to do good is not a good thing. To me, anytime a young person tries to do something enterprising they should be applauded NOT discouraged wi petty regulation bull shit.
They were girl scout cookies for Christ sake.
Things that will ruin America:
Corporate execs
Do gooders
Lawyers
I posted the article on my facebook wall and my brother in San Diego said a few boys in his neighboorhood, parents were notified the kids are NOT allowed to go door to door to inquire if they need any yard or housework done. WTF, they just trying to make some money
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I think it's total crap. Too many "do gooders" running around trying to do good is not a good thing. To me, anytime a young person tries to do something enterprising they should be applauded NOT discouraged wi petty regulation bull shit.
They were girl scout cookies for Christ sake.
Things that will ruin America:
Corporate execs
Do gooders
Lawyers
does political correctness fall under do gooders?
if not you need to add that one ;)
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I read this a couple of days ago... Absolutely ridiculous!!!
Your own front lawn and you can't sell a cookie... Fuck that.
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Police state.
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DB complains. DB is an idiot. Village Idiot identifies with DB. Shocking. lol . . . .
haha ;D
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Police state.
enforcing a local ordinance = police state ??
maye you've got a problem with the ordinance but come on man
police state?
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enforcing a local ordinance = police state ??
maye you've got a problem with the ordinance but come on man
police state?
Most local laws are written by someone who's wife or husband complained and there you have it.
For instance... Many states have a "No spitting on the sidewalks" law. This law was instituted in the late 18 / early 1900s, when women wore very long dresses with lace at the bottom that went all the way down to the ground.
Men would spit tobacco juice on the ground and the women would get tobacco stains on their lace that is close to the ground.
Some city councilman's wife would then say, "If you don't make a law against spitting on the sidewalks, I won't do "X" (Cook / clean / have sex) so you better do it.
Councilman proposes a law, explains it to the council and the law is passed.
Most ordinances are just like that... retarded and stupid and because of one teeny thing, everyone suffers.
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Yes Straw - I'm sick of people like yourself and wish you would form your own colony like in that movie "The Village" and leave the rest of us alone with your wonderful nanny state bs.
Funny - you leftists love every nanny state reg and bs policy unless it pertains to abortion.
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It's not about whether or not to follow a local ordinance.
It about common fucking sense.
If it's a group of adults operating a food stand on their property with out the right permit and Licenses that is one thing, if it's a kid working to sell stuff to earn money, or better yet for a cause that's another.
That's why Fucking do-gooders should suck mule cock.
What happened here was fucking outrageous
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does political correctness fall under do gooders?
if not you need to add that one ;)
To a certain extent I say yes.
But political correctness has it's good points. For example, I might call a certain troll gimmick a cum guzzling whore, but because I am being politically correct I will not. ;D
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It's not about whether or not to follow a local ordinance.
It about common fucking sense.
If it's a group of adults operating a food stand on their property with out the right permit and Licenses that is one thing, if it's a kid working to sell stuff to earn money, or better yet for a cause that's another.
That's why Fucking do-gooders should suck mule cock.
What happened here was fucking outrageous
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Exactly...
sadly enough these days common sense isnt to common
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To a certain extent I say yes.
But political correctness has it's good points. For example, I might call a certain troll gimmick a cum guzzling whore, but because I am being politically correct I will not. ;D
LOL i see no good in political correctness, if what youre saying is the truth then there is no need to sugar coat it ;)
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I stopped supporting the Girl Scouts a while ago when I found out that the boysouts of america had distanced themselves for the girlscouts when they started taking God out of their pledge, supports and donates to planned parenthood and the list goes on. I'll post up a link tomorrow. Its pretty sad.
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Bottom line is that we are just not a free country anymore.
Every aspect of our lives is overregulated, over legislated, over taxed, too many nanny state busy bodies who won't stfu and keep to themselves, too much govt, etc.
It permeates everything whether it be this, your toilet, your sink, your shower, your car, you phone, etc.
Sad.
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Obama personally (or his security detail) ::) called and stopped the Girlscout cookie operation
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Obama personally (or his security detail) ::) called and stopped the Girlscout cookie operation
He is the poster child of the nanny state along with all the other pink panty leftists and progressives.
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He is the poster child of the nanny state along with all the other pink panty leftists and progressives.
I know.. he called himself... picked up the phone.. and told them to stop with the cookies
oh yeah.. maybe his security detail did it
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This supposed "nanny state" has been like this long before Obama got into office.
Bullshit like this has been happening all the time.
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This supposed "nanny state" has been like this long before Obama got into office.
Bullshit like this has been happening all the time.
No it hasnt.. Obama
Crashed the stock market
ruined healthcare
caused all the jobloss
is responsibile for libya and egypt.
and...it rained in LA the other night. he did that shit too
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It's not about whether or not to follow a local ordinance.
It about common fucking sense.
If it's a group of adults operating a food stand on their property with out the right permit and Licenses that is one thing, if it's a kid working to sell stuff to earn money, or better yet for a cause that's another.
That's why Fucking do-gooders should suck mule cock.
What happened here was fucking outrageous
Completely agree about common sense.
I don't think this is a "do-gooder." It's just a DB who is probably unhappy and isn't very bright.
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News Flash - tiny city enforces local ordinance and tea baggers go into a frenzy about the coming Police State
I can't imagine why anyone would have a problem a line of cars on a residential street backing up traffic, creating a possible hazard, etc... Sureley this is the current front line of Obama's secret war to turn us all into commies.
Fuck the laws mans - girl scouts should be exempt
The city should have just ignored their own law and ignored the complaint if they get sued or if some kid gets run over by one of these cars then so be it.
Girl Scouts are the new front line forces fighting Obama's police state
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (KMOX/AP) – The city of Hazelwood says they do support the Girl Scouts but not when they are violating the home occupancy code.
They’d been warned, but the city says the Girl Scouts Abigail and Caitlin Mills continued to sell Girl Scout cookies from a stand in front of their home. A neighbor complained anonymously because of all the people and the traffic and the dogs barking at all the people and the traffic.
“Based on this complaint, the city of Hazelwood had to take action,” says spokesman Tim Davidson. He says it is also against city code to sell products from home.
And while he has heard some complaints from residents that Hazelwood is being too harsh on the teens, Davidson says others have pointed out that one tenet of the Girl Scouts is good citizenship.
“The fact that we did have this code in place, it’s the responsibility of every good citizen to respect the laws that we have,” said Davidson.
But the girls’ mother, Carolyn Mills, is vowing to let them keep selling their cookies, until they reach their goal of 2,000 purchases.
She says the cookie stand is equally important as a learning opportunity. “This is teaching leadership, communication, entrepreneurship,” Mills explains. “They’re getting to know the value of money, and how to keep people from ripping you off.”
Mills says the cookie stand has been a six year tradition, that started by chance. “We were parked in the driveway, counting the cookies in the back of the van, when suddenly a car pulled up and the driver asked if we had any extras,” explained Mills. “And then another car pulled up. And another.”
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“Based on this complaint, the city of Hazelwood had to take action,” says spokesman Tim Davidson. He says it is also against city code to sell products from home.
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Does this include ebay and other home based businesses?
Straw - if you were my next door neighbor - I would terrorize you. I would mow the grass at 3 am during the week, 5 am on Sundays, blast heavy metal all day long, let my dog shit all over your yard, have biker parties every weekend, start up the harley at 6 am every day with loud pipes unil you came out in your panties w your BF to complain, etc.
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“Based on this complaint, the city of Hazelwood had to take action,” says spokesman Tim Davidson. He says it is also against city code to sell products from home.
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Does this include ebay and other home based businesses?
Straw - if you were my next door neighbor - I would terrorize you. I would mow the grass at 3 am during the week, 5 am on Sundays, blast heavy metal all day long, let my dog shit all over your yard, have biker parties every weekend, start up the harley at 6 am every day with loud pipes unil you came out in your panties w your BF to complain, etc.
LOL
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“Based on this complaint, the city of Hazelwood had to take action,” says spokesman Tim Davidson. He says it is also against city code to sell products from home.________________________________-
Does this include ebay and other home based businesses?
Straw - if you were my next door neighbor - I would terrorize you. I would mow the grass at 3 am during the week, 5 am on Sundays, blast heavy metal all day long, let my dog shit all over your yard, have biker parties every weekend, start up the harley at 6 am every day with loud pipes unil you came out in your panties w your BF to complain, etc.
first of all you live in the ghetto so how could you possibly live in my neighborhood
second, my actual next door neighbor is a retired navy seal and just as right wing as you (though not as stupid or crazy) and we have our political discussions but also get along just fine.
third, this is some tiny city that decided to enforce an existing ordinance after receiving a complaint and after warning these kids a few times. If you worked for the city you'd do the exact same thing so spare me all the grandstanding and chest thumbing about what a rebel you are
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Oh I forgot - I would get the fat biker chicks to get drunk and puke and pass out and lay across your lawn.
Every time you had a wine tasting event with your other pseudo-intellectual jerkoff friends - I would have the harleys rolling down trhe street and organize a huge pig roast in the driveway and have the smoke blow your way.
Did I mention the midget tossing in the trampoline?
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Oh I forgot - I would get the fat biker chicks to get drunk and puke and pass out and lay across your lawn.
Every time you had a wine tasting event with your other pseudo-intellectual jerkoff friends - I would have the harleys rolling down trhe street and organize a huge pig roast in the driveway and have the smoke blow your way.
Did I mention the midget tossing in the trampoline?
sounds good
I'd be there drinking beer and watching it all and maybe videotaping for posterity
btw - most of my friends and neighbors are right wingers and they are the wine drinkers