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Today, the
New York Times is running a story featuring a new twist on the tradition of Boy Scouts. The Explorer program, which began 60 years ago, is now training Scouts as young as 14 to “confront terrorism, illegal immigration and border violence”. Does anybody else find this disturbing?
At a time when President Obama is calling us all to service, while facing an economic crisis that is threatening every one of our communities, we need to be training our young people to help their communities — not grab guns and junior military garb to play scare tactics along the border. We need sensible, professional border security, not kids who want to play a real-life version of G.I. Joe.
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