Don Rittner
Boy Scouts, Detachable Collars, and a Troy Connection? By Don Rittner on December 30, 2020 at 9:21 PM
By Don Rittner
Chances are everyone knows a Boy Scout or two. This youth building movement began in London back in 1908. It was brought to America shortly after by W. D. Boyce, an American newspaperman, who after being aided by a London scout thought it would a great program for kids in the US.
After returning to America in 1910 he joined up with Edward S. Stewart and Stanley D. Willis and incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8 of that year. Boyce was encouraged to take it nationally by Edgar M. Robinson, a leader of the YMCA in New York City, and offered financial help. That year the Woodcraft Indians led by Ernest Thompson Seton, the Boy Scouts of the United States headed by Colonel Peter Bomus, and the National Scouts of America headed by Colonel William Verbeck were absorbed into the new Boy Scouts of America. The first office
specifically deter manafort and deter those who would commit a similar series of crimes. that s signed on behalf of the special counsel s office. they are recommending 19 1/2 years to 24 1/2 years in prison and fines and restitution of up to tens of millions of dollars. now, this is just the filing from the prosecutors. we will now expect quickly to see a filing from manafort s defense team that says, seriously, you guys, don t be crazy. he s a boy scout who missed a few merit badges. community service would be more than appropriate, your honor. i m paraphrasing what i expect, but given these guideline ranges, given the felonies that manafort has been convicted of in this case, and given the fact that this is the first of manafort s two federal sentencing processes, this is only the first judge who is going to sentence him. i think what s important for all of us, not just for paul manafort, not just the
the sentence must serve to specifically deter manafort and deter those who would commit a similar series of crimes. that s signed on behalf of the special counsel s office. they are recommending 19 1/2 years to 24 1/2 years in prison and fines and restitution of up to tens of millions of dollars. now, this is just the filing from the prosecutors. we will now expect quickly to see a filing from manafort s defense team that says, seriously, you guys, don t be crazy. he s a boy scout who missed a few merit badges. community service would be more than appropriate, your honor. i m paraphrasing what i expect, but given these guideline ranges, given the felonies that manafort has been convicted of in this case, and given the fact that this is the first of manafort s two federal sentencing processes, this is only the first judge who is going to sentence him. i think what s important for all
take into the account the gloveglove gravity of this contact and detour manafort and those who would commit similar crimes. that s signed on behalf of the special counsel s office. they are recommending 19.5 years to 24.5 years in prison and fines and restitution of up ts . this is just the filing from the prosecutors. we ll expect quickly to see a filing from manafort s defense team that says seriously, you guys, don t be crazy. he s a boy scout who missed a few merit badges, community service would be more than appropriate, your honor. i m paraphrasing what i expect. given these guideline ranges and felonies that manafort is convicted of in this case and given the fact that this is the first of manafort s two federal sentencing processes, this is only the first judge that will sentence him, i think tonight what may be important for all of us here, not just for paul manafort as a person in this case, not just for the
hypocrisy. but, it s deeper than that hypocrisy isn t simply a recurring feature of modern liberalism. it s the whole point of it. being a progressive allows you to attack others for the very same sins that you yourself are committing in greater abundance. and it s not just true of wearing blackface. it s true of everything. let s say you got rich doing something that earlier generations would have recognized as dishonorable if not criminal. you manipulated international currency markets, for example. where you placed a huge bets in the stock market, based on insider information. or you stripped functioning companies for parts and left of the employees with nothing. let s say you made a quick bundle doing something like that and many have. in order to show your friends just how rich you were, you then, of course, purchased the usual vulgar merit badges, the private airplanes, walled estates, football sized yachts, the point would be to brag about your wealth. and, yet, on some level yo