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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has started what he calls a "do tank" (which is the same thing as a think tank), now that former President Donald Trump is out of office.
It appears the American Cornerstone Institute will allow Carson to travel around the country and hold roundtable discussions about conservative values, The Washington Post reports. But it sounds like what he's really excited about is potentially launching a new youth organization called the Little Patriots. "It will be something like the Boy Scouts," Carson told the Post. "But heavily exposed to the real history of America."
It's not entirely clear what the venture will entail, but the purpose may be an attempt to counter calls to remove certain statues and monuments in the U.S, although Carson focused on a far more dramatic and severe global example to make his point. "You probably notice when [the Islamic State] goes into a place, they destroy the history; they destroy the monuments," he told the Post. "History is what gives you identity." Read more about what Carson and other former members of the Trump White House are up to these days at The Washington Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ben-carson-wants-launch-version-191400105.html
Sounds like the goose stepping Trump Youth Corps.
Bev54
(10,045 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,637 posts)Demovictory9
(32,445 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,409 posts)underpants
(182,736 posts)Id be shocked if they didnt.
woodsprite
(11,910 posts)underpants
(182,736 posts)Shermann
(7,411 posts)Each Scout has to contribute $9 to join a Scout group. They then have to recruit at least 11 other Scouts for whom they become the Scout Leader. They keep keep 9 dollars for each 99 dollars they make, the rest goes to their Scout Leader.
Polybius
(15,368 posts)Normally I would say that we don't all look the same, but since there are only like 3 black Republicans, you definitely deserve a pass on this.
Well Ben Carson is creating the 9-9-9 Scouts in honor of Herman Cain.
Which one had the nutty beliefs about the pyramids being grain silos? Hard to keep them straight.
Blue Owl
(50,340 posts)samnsara
(17,615 posts)Ilsa
(61,692 posts)"Real" history of the US? As told by Carson? Geez.
magicarpet
(14,144 posts)marble falls
(57,063 posts)... spends a small fortune on this. Unless, of course he has a large fortune to burn.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)UTUSN
(70,672 posts)Xavier Breath
(3,621 posts)JHB
(37,158 posts)Or maybe it should be the Patriot Guards, after Mao's youth groups for the Cultural Revolution.
Because there's only one side in America with this level of extremism, and it's not anybody who votes for Democrats.
doc03
(35,324 posts)carpetbagger
(4,391 posts)Johonny
(20,828 posts)Coventina
(27,093 posts)If so, I'll join!
Blue Owl
(50,340 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,737 posts)sarcasmo
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