Tools. The technical name for those whiney faux hurt idiots.

Look at what teh Gayz and teh atheists have made the Boy Scouts do! Scout councils defend logging of their lands

(01-29) 20:11 PST -- For nearly a century, the Boy Scouts of America have proudly described themselves as campside conservationists, good stewards of the land.

"The Boy Scouts were green before it was cool to be green," said national spokesman Deron Smith.

But in recent decades, local Boy Scout councils around the nation have ordered clear-cutting or other high-impact logging on tens of thousands of acres of forestland they own, often in a quest for a different kind of green: cash.

A Hearst Newspapers investigation has found dozens of cases in which the scouts ordered the logging of prime woodlands or sold them to big timber interests and developers, turning quick money instead of seeking ways to save the trees.

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In some cases, councils have sought revenues from logging or land sales to make up for funding lost because of the organization's controversial bans on gays and atheists.

"The Boy Scouts had to suffer the consequences for sticking by their moral values," said Eugene Grant, president of the Portland, Ore., Cascade Pacific Council's board of directors. "There's no question" that the Scouts' anti-gay, anti-atheist stance has cost the organization money, he said. As a result, he said, "every council has looked at ways to generate funds ... and logging is one of them."

Oh well.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday Anne W!

But an NPR blogger wonders if it's fake? [link]

The NPR blogger is Miss Alli, FWIW.

I was just reminded that Sunday's tv watching includes the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet (in addition to some game with a pigskin or other).

"The Boy Scouts had to suffer the consequences for sticking by their moral values....There's no question" that the Scouts' anti-gay, anti-atheist stance has cost the organization money, he said. As a result, he said, "every council has looked at ways to generate funds ... and logging is one of them."

So they've now confirmed the level of their moral values.

I don't know if I buy that rationale. I kinda think kids just have a lot of things to do and Boy Scouts is being left behind. If you've got karate, soccer, softball, video games, and any number of other things, maybe there isn't much appeal to joining the Boy Scouts.

One of the guys I met networking is a Boy Scout leader who runs a troop in Lowell that gets low income/immigrant boys for whom it really is a path for upward mobility and wider opportunities. This being MA, he's very apologetic about the national organization's political stances, but for him the good that he sees being done far outweighs the bad.

Mac had/is having a teary episode at therapy. Hellllloooooo long night.

Maybe I'll just start some cleaning tonight.

I see the same thing here with the Girl Scouts and the "city kids". It is, in some ways, an alternative to a gang, and thus does really great things. I think the problem is that they need money to do this and are losing he middle class kids to karate, baseball, etc. And I did stop donating to them because of the gay thing and I will not buy their popcorn.