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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,869 posts)
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 08:51 PM Apr 2021

Ben Carson wants to launch a new version of the Boy Scouts

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.

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Ben Carson wants to launch a new version of the Boy Scouts (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP
Hmm, I guess no one wants him to operate on them or give medical advice Bev54 Apr 2021 #1
Hey, BEN! I got a 'do' tank on the back of my terlet. You twit. CurtEastPoint Apr 2021 #2
I can just imagine Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #3
Yeah, no way. nt OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2021 #4
They'll use Rush Limbaugh kid books and Hillsdale College underpants Apr 2021 #5
Nah. They'll use Huckabee's books and "educational" materials. nt woodsprite Apr 2021 #13
I'd forgotten about those underpants Apr 2021 #15
It's the 9-9-9 Scouts Shermann Apr 2021 #6
9-9-9 was Herman Cain Polybius Apr 2021 #9
Ha! Shermann Apr 2021 #12
Herman would be as pleased as a grain-filled pyramid Blue Owl Apr 2021 #22
oh i bet he does! samnsara Apr 2021 #7
Little Patriots, Hitler Youth, whatever. Ilsa Apr 2021 #8
The Fuhrer's Jesus Boys.... magicarpet Apr 2021 #20
Obviously he hasn't discussed any of this with legal experts as to liabilities. I hope he ... marble falls Apr 2021 #10
Weren't Hitler Youth kind of like Boy Scouts? rickyhall Apr 2021 #11
Dr Christian SZELL was a dentist, but close enough. UTUSN Apr 2021 #14
Is it safe? Xavier Breath Apr 2021 #18
"Little Patriots"? No, no, Ben, try the Patriot Youth, after Donnie's favorite author... JHB Apr 2021 #16
That has been done already doc03 Apr 2021 #17
Been there, done that (not personally). carpetbagger Apr 2021 #19
Instead of wilderness camping, they will go into their office and take long naps Johonny Apr 2021 #21
I was going to ask if they would have a badge in napping! Coventina Apr 2021 #26
Matt Gaetz wants to be the head troop leader Blue Owl Apr 2021 #23
Gym Jordan keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #24
All Ben Carson boy scout fees are made out to, Donald J. Trump. sarcasmo Apr 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #27
Carson is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #27

Shermann

(7,411 posts)
6. It's the 9-9-9 Scouts
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:11 PM
Apr 2021

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)
9. 9-9-9 was Herman Cain
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:15 PM
Apr 2021

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.

Shermann

(7,411 posts)
12. Ha!
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:18 PM
Apr 2021

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.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)
10. Obviously he hasn't discussed any of this with legal experts as to liabilities. I hope he ...
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:16 PM
Apr 2021

... spends a small fortune on this. Unless, of course he has a large fortune to burn.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
16. "Little Patriots"? No, no, Ben, try the Patriot Youth, after Donnie's favorite author...
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 09:28 PM
Apr 2021

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.

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