Letter: Scouting is so last century
(Tony Gutierrez | AP file photo) This Feb. 4, 2013, photo, shows a close up detail of a Boy Scout uniform worn during a news conference in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas.
When I was a Boy Scout, I learned that a Scout is “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.” And a Scout leader would sometimes effuse, “Why, if you live up to all that, who knows, maybe, just maybe someday you could become president of the United States!”
Now I see that the current occupant of the White House has few, if any, of these qualities.
Perhaps those contemplating a replacement program for the 21st century could adopt a shorter list. A (potential future president) is rich, famous, loud and obnoxious.
Go, young men, go.
Kraig Johnson, South Jordan
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