happy as can be about their soon-to-be grandchild

Grandchildren uber alles?

Ambassador Scouts is new. When I was in high school, all the high school grades were Senior Scouts. And Cadette for us started in seventh grade, not sixth.

Last time I was there, I had to sleep with my head six inches from Michael Savage's "Liberalism is a Mental Illness," or whatever it's called. In a stack of similar books. With a box of ammunition sitting on the floor.

::sigh:: Oh, family.

My brother has the magical ability to debate with G-pa without losing his shit, so I'm going to leave that to him.

Thanks for the Barney links, I've seen them. My favorite comment was one on Gawker - "Just to keep score - we've now had a black guy, a gay guy and an Israeli Jew who have all been accused of being Nazis. Kids, this is what happens when you sleep through history class."

Fortunately, I literally have to step away from the computer now. ::deep breaths::

Girl Scout Law:

I will do my best to be: honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do, and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.

The new one. As Hill points out, it has been changed over the years. I learned the 1972 one, too.

Which is better: Girl Scout Law or Ape Law? Do Girl Scouts have a Lawgiver?

Glen Beck

I should be extremely happy I don't know who is he, right?

(And just today I ran into the understanding that yes, my country is not the same as others. And other people don't have the same worries as the people here. And I was envy of them, for a minute. I was listening to some very folkish-pop music and couldn't help but thinking "wow, is that all they can write about?" - it's not like we're low on folkish-pop-cheap-songs, but there's always the mention or the mood of war/something going on on the background that's there. Sorry, I guess the moving affects me. The sis yelled at me for acting selfish for refusing to move to Ma'ale Adumim - a settlement, and it got to me.)

{{smonster}} families can be hard.

The new version is mostly just rearranging the old version, but it leaves out the "to be cheerful." I think I like that omission. I have no obligation to be cheerful in the same way that I have an obligation to protect and improve the world around me.

t edit: it also adds "courageous and strong." I like that, too. But the rhythm of the new one is all wrong.

{{smonster}}

Glen Beck

He can be entertaining at times. My favorite is the Daily Show episode where they caught him claiming he never called the president a racist 75 seconds after calling the president a racist (not by implication, flat out).

Girl Scout Promises and Laws since 1912.

I, personally, like the one about "A Girl Scout keeps herself pure." [link]