Raising Men: 100 Years of the Boy Scouts of America

Inside Catholic ^ | November 27, 2010 | Chuck Piola

[surroundedbyblue]

I’m glad to hear that. Perhaps my perception is skewed since I live in such a heavily democrat area. After years of the ACLU & media attacking the Scouts, painting them as “homophobes” etc I don’t know anyone with a son in the Scouts or who really even gives them a second thought. Very sad. I work in a children’s hospital & most of the kids I meet are couch potatoes who are addicted to their computers & video games. I shudder to think of what the country will be like when these kids are running the show

[twister881]

Loved my time in Scouting, particularly the camping trips. Our Scoutmaster (a grizzled CIA agent), took us every month, in snow, rain, sleet, sunshine...it did not matter.

My father, WWII veteran and COL, USA (ret.), was a Scoutmaster, and my mother was a Cub Scout Den Mother. All three brothers in Scouting, and we all went to Service academies.

One of my regrets is not making Eagle Scout; my middle brother did, and after military service eventually became a multimillionaire entrepreneur and retired at 50. Large percentage of astronauts and other successful people attained Eagle rank.

My hero Roy Rogers also had some good rules by which boys and girls should live.

Roy Rogers Riders Club Rules
1. Be neat and clean.
2. Be courteous and polite.
3. Always obey your parents.
4. Protect the weak and help them.
5. Be brave but never take chances
6. Study hard and learn all you can.
7. Be kind to animals and take care of them.
8. Eat all your food and never waste any.
9. Love God and go to Sunday school regularly.
10. Always respect our flag and our country.

[steveyp]

Once DADT falls, the left will focus like a laser beam on scouting.

[cyclotic]

Yep.

I just moved to a new state. Some of us are trying to start a new troop. I’ll be Scoutmaster. I’ve been an ASM for several years, but I’m a litle nervous.

[Cheetahcat]

“LOL...I am the one with the BCEG device on my face (birth control eye glass)”

Very cool, thank you for the picture.

[rlmorel]

LOL… I thought some of you might get a kick out of it…groan… how I hated those eyeglasses.

[Rannug]

Gotta brag. Two sons, two Eagles. One a midnight Eagle. I have had the honor of serving as a Committee Member, Chair, and Scout Master. By no means am I bragging about myself. As I said, my privilege.

Trail the Eagle,
Trail the Eagle,
Climbing all the time.
First the Star and then the Life,
Will on your bosom shine.
KEEP CLIMBING!
Blaze the trail and we will follow,
Hark the Eagles’ call;
On, brothers, on Until we’re Eagles all.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[AppyPappy]

Scoutmaster isn’t supposed to do anything but encourage. That’s the secret

[Red6]

I’m shocked, a BS that joined the military, I would have never expected that one. lol

There is the way Hollywood and the news media wishes and pretends the world were, and then there is the way it really is. In reality certain ways of thinking create certain predictable outcomes. While they’re not 100%, there are trends and statistical facts that allow one to create fairly logical deductive arguments (albeit the liberals will call this generalizing and prejudicial since it’s not in their favor- when it’s in their favor it’s OK).

Let me guess- married, kids, either in a profession or vocation but in either case a productive member of society, possibly divorced (but not proud of it), no real issues with the law, most likely a church going person (but not proud or considering himself intellectual superior over those that do if not), even if poor the living conditions are OK because of self initiative to make the best with what one has............. But we don’t want to be close minded and prejudicial, because we all know the message of hip hop is a positive one and the outcomes of those that want to follow the foot steps of TuPac are equally positive.

It’s culture that makes wealth, not wealth that makes culture. The BS teach a certain culture. Follow that blue print and the likelihood of a successful outcome goes up exponentially.

Don’t follow that blue print and the likelihood of failure, crime or disease goes up exponentially: http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/ngmHAAD2010PressRelease.html (But that’s very close minded of me)

[OriginalChristian]

Eagle Scout, 1979. APO Life Member. Served on their board 2 terms.

[little jeremiah]

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Bravo for the Boy Scouts! And gratitude for all who become Scout Masters or in any way support and help the BSA. Evidence of why the BSA need to keep homosexuals out of the organization, and why the leftists hate the Boy Scouts.

[rlmorel]

Heh, right on most counts. However, I got my creed of personal responsibility and honor from my father, who lived it. I miss him so much, he has been gone ten years now...I can hardly believe it.

But I do believe, as the Scouts do, that your word is your bond. Honor. Funny, you simply do not hear the word honor mentioned by nearly anyone. Must be a Victorian concept (the Scouts are, right?)

Screw them all. It is all about setting high standards and trying to live up to them. Liberals in particular don’t want any standards being set, because if you don’t have standards, you can’t fail to live up to them. To liberals, hypocrisy is the worst crime you can be accused of. Setting standards and not living up to them is, in their eyes, hypocrisy.

As the son of a 30 year naval veteran, a military brat, a Boy Scout, and a veteran myself, I believe that I want to set my standards as high as I can.

If I fail to live up to those standards, it is not the standards that are at fault, it is me. And because I take responsibility for my actions, I can change.

To me, is not a crime to have high standards that I cannot always live up to.

It is a crime to have no standards at all. And those who are enemies of organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America and the US military are exactly the type of people who have no standards at all.

[rlmorel]

Exactly.

[esquirette]

My husband was a Scout master for 7 years. Scouting trained our sons to be men, while the fellowship and friendship Hubby continues to share with the dads made a better man of him as well.

[bareford101]

One of the best organizations for young boys.... excellent... let’s try and keep the filthy hands of the libs off of it.

[little jeremiah]

One of the best organizations for young boys.... excellent... let’s try and keep the filthy hands of the libs off of it.

YES!

[LomanBill]

Yes, there was a Troop 69 in Colorado...



...NO, we were not from South Park.

[aSeattleConservative]

God Bless America, and the wonderful organizations like the Boy Scouts that helped make us great.

[aSeattleConservative]

The recent legal actions against the BS,...

Fantastic post! You should submit that to a conservative magazine for publishing.