Q: What do you think of Barack Obama?
A: I think he is a very attractive, very intriguing and, to many, a very stimulating candidate. I think he is one step away from being a socialist.
Posted on 02/28/2008 9:53:57 AM PST by fgoodwin
Q: Let’s talk about your new book, “On My Honor,” which draws on your experience as an Eagle Scout and champions the values of the Boy Scouts of America, to whom you are donating your royalties.
A: Yes, to their legal-defense fund.
Q: Which has been fighting the A.C.L.U., to keep gays out of the scouts. Why do you see that as a worthy cause?
A: I am pretty clear about this one. Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation.
Q: It’s a shame the Scouts are alienating so many American kids when they could be a force for equality and civic unity. What about the Boy Scout merit badges? Do they ever update them?
A: Oh, yes, absolutely. I was looking at a young man’s sash the other day, and he had merit badges on there I didn’t know.
Q: I was just looking at the hundred-plus merit badges online and was surprised that the Boy Scouts haven’t introduced more relevant projects than coin collecting.
A: They’ve done that. They’ve reached out and included things like the environmental-science badge.
Q: I know they have a dog-care merit badge, but why not a child-care badge?
A: Why not teach scouts how to change a baby’s diaper and help out moms? I don’t have a problem with that.
Q: How about a merit badge in vegetarianism?
A: It’s out there. It’s your choice. We raise a lot of vegetables down here in Texas. We like for people to eat vegetables.
Q; And instead of a shotgun-shooting merit badge, how about a gun-control badge?
A: Now you’ve stepped across the line. Remember, you are talking to a Texan.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Please ping your Scouting List.
To the Nyet Slimes:
Q: The A.C.L.U. has been fighting the to get gay scoutmasters in charge of the scouts. Why do you see that as a worthy cause?
Here is the Q/A I wished he would hav presented:
Q; And instead of a shotgun-shooting merit badge, how about a gun-control badge?
A: The shotgun-shooting merit badge *IS* a gun-control badge.
He gave pretty good answers to a hostile lefty!
It isn't an IMPROVEMENT. It is just an endurance test to see if you can limit your food intake sources based on a MORAL choice. Meanwhile to do the same thing with romantic relationships is considered "intolerant".
Gun SHOOTING is a skill.
Gun GRABBING is a violation of constititionally identified basic RIGHTS.
Because it's a free country, you stupid idiot.
Q: What do you think of Barack Obama?
A: I think he is a very attractive, very intriguing and, to many, a very stimulating candidate. I think he is one step away from being a socialist.
I didn’t care for the diaper answer. I would have prefered “like teach young men good father roles”? Nothing wrong with guys changing diapers and helping mom but focus on guy stuff.
NYT doing its best to mock the B.S.A..
I think he did a good job too!
Hey, they have Girl Scouts for that already.
Seeing as the average scout is between 12 and 16 before he gets his Eagle, I feel it is inappropriate to teach them anything about parenthood. It is the job of the parents when they see fit.
I think scouting has changed for the worse when it comes to the new merit badges and such. Scouting is and will always be about building self-confidence, respect for authority, citizenship, and mostly camping. That is why as a scout leader I do not push nor encourage the “new” badges and we camp at least once if not more a month.
Why do they think that old is always bad and new is good? I was thinking the other day that I should get some old Father knows Best, Mayberry, My 3 sons types of movies for my grandkids to watch occasionally.
This reporter needs to grow up.
You may not realize it but you are already teaching a father role to these boys. This starts at birth. A child sees how a man treats his wife and family. Mothers do the same with daughters. Kids that have a negative role model can get the chance to see a better way from mentors. People always think of parenthood as sex. That is not what I’m talking about.
That's a question?
Look I'm all for unity. Everyone should agree with me and then we will have complete unity.
Spot on :)
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