* UPDATE: The ultimate "In Your Face"

KaGee

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Just heard this on the radio.... GO SCOUTS GO!!<br /><br />
Boy Scouts raise funds <br />outside ACLU<br /><br />Troop takes annual popcorn sale to Virginia headquarters<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Posted: December 15, 2004<br />1:00 a.m. Eastern<br />© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com <br /><br />A Boy Scout troop that routinely sells popcorn prior to the holidays is taking its fund-raiser to the enemy this year as it hawks the treat today in front of the Virginia headquarters of the American Civil Liberties Union. <br /><br />According to Tom McKenna, chairman of Troop 828's executive committee, the boys will stake out a spot outside the ACLU office in downtown Richmond, Va., from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. The troop is chartered by St. Joseph's parish in Richmond. <br /><br />
 

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Rock 'em scouts. Set up shop at Target next week. :) :) :)
 

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Enemy? Why "enemy"?<br /><br />What do the Scouts have against Liberty?
 

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Not sure if you are being sarcastic, JB. Maybe some Graemlins will help.<br /><br />ACLU was suing the scouts from getting help from the military. The may have also (not sure) had a hand in the gay scout leader thing.<br /><br />ACLU has very little to do with Liberty.<br /><br />Ken
 

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Originally posted by JB:<br /> Enemy? Why "enemy"?
Maybe you are being sacastic like Ken mentioned.<br /><br />With friends like the ACLU, who needs enemies?? :confused: <br /> No enemy here <br /> Or here <br /><br /> And here <br /><br /> Or here <br /><br />I can go on, but that's a good start.
 

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br />
Originally posted by JB:<br /> Enemy? Why "enemy"?
Maybe you are being sacastic like Ken mentioned.<br /><br />With friends like the ACLU, who needs enemies??
Perhaps that is, "Who needs ENEMAS"?<br /><br />Yep, the Scouts have a thing about believing in God, and that really angers a lot of folks, so the ACLU was brought in to see if they could prevent the scouts from "requiring" it's members to have some faith. Also, they didn't want to have to put their Scouts in the situation where there might possibly be homosexual leaders (can you imagine that!!??) taking boys out on camping trips, outings, etc...so again teh ACLU is trying to make sure they are "tolerant" and require the Scouts to allow homosexuals into their ranks...
 

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Didn't mean to be sarcastic, guys. I was serious.<br /><br />The ACLU is famous (infamous) for championing unpopular causes they interpret as being involved in Constitutional rights (Civil Liberties) of relatively powerless people.<br /><br />In principle, I am glad they are there, though I don't agree with them very often.
 

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JB...<br /><br />I agree, the little guy needs somebody with some clout sometimes. Somewhere along the way this organization has lost it's way in that regard.
 

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ACLU... Just like lawyers and attournys... Ya hate em'.. But when ya need em', they're yer best buddys... :rolleyes: <br /><br />And, another thing... <br />If this STUNT is being perpetuated today, December 15th, "Outside the ACLU office in downtown Richmond, Va., from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time." <br />What? The kids not going to school today, so they can sell popcorn? Helllooooo? :confused:
 

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I believe it is one of the many scheduled days off.<br /><br />We never got any time off school.... just the major holidays.... :(
 

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br />We never got any time off school.... just the major holidays.... :(
And had to walk 5 miles, in the snow, uphill, both ways, and you were thankful :D
 

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Originally posted by gaugeguy:<br />
Originally posted by KaGee:<br />We never got any time off school.... just the major holidays.... :(
And had to walk 5 miles, in the snow, uphill, both ways, and you were thankful :D
Ah! You read the posts LF and I were making in the "You know you're getting Old" thread.<br /><br />And you forgot..... Barefoot! :D
 

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Originally posted by JB:<br /> Didn't mean to be sarcastic, guys. I was serious.<br /><br />The ACLU is famous (infamous) for championing unpopular causes they interpret as being involved in Constitutional rights (Civil Liberties) of relatively powerless people.<br /><br />In principle, I am glad they are there, though I don't agree with them very often.
In priciple, of course.<br />But after enduring the constant barrage they have let loose, year-after-year, on our true civil liberties and freedoms, they need to go. There is no reason to thier rhyme, JB. Without even a small amount of practical restraint, they have a documented history of trampling rough-shod on our true liberties. Thier favorite targets are our schools, (kindergarten thru college), and any civic organization, provided it is formed and conducted on American or moral cornerstones!<br />This one is a no-brainer. The ACLU is at BEST, Anti-American and dictatorial...At worst, it is a once-proud,now useless dinosaur, devouring it's own young!
 

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Scouts' sales tactic outside ACLU becomes pop smash after radio celebrity plugs Chesterfield troop's booth, popcorn orders top $28,000<br />
<br />BY MARK BOWES<br />TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Dec 17, 2004 <br /><br />A friendly jab at the American Civil Liberties Union has turned into a financial bonanza for a tiny nine-member Boy Scout troop from Chesterfield County.<br /> <br />Troop 828, with an unexpected boost on Wednesday from nationally syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck, watched its struggling popcorn sales explode.<br /><br />Scouts at a downtown booth had to call for fresh supplies. A Web site was flooded with orders from buyers in 39 states.<br /><br />At last count, sales had topped $28,000. That set a record for the Boy Scouts' Heart of Virginia Council.<br /><br />Last year the troop sold less than $300 worth of popcorn.
 

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br /> Scouts' sales tactic outside ACLU becomes pop smash after radio celebrity plugs Chesterfield troop's booth, popcorn orders top $28,000<br />
<br />BY MARK BOWES<br />TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER Dec 17, 2004 <br /><br />A friendly jab at the American Civil Liberties Union has turned into a financial bonanza for a tiny nine-member Boy Scout troop from Chesterfield County.<br /> <br />Troop 828, with an unexpected boost on Wednesday from nationally syndicated talk show host Glenn Beck, watched its struggling popcorn sales explode.<br /><br />Scouts at a downtown booth had to call for fresh supplies. A Web site was flooded with orders from buyers in 39 states.<br /><br />At last count, sales had topped $28,000. That set a record for the Boy Scouts' Heart of Virginia Council.<br /><br />Last year the troop sold less than $300 worth of popcorn.
A little bit of Justice has been served. BSA...Keep it Going. :)
 

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Oh yeah man... oh yeah...<br /><br />This was HUGE here in Richmond, VA! WAY TO GO, SCOUTS!!!! :D :D :D <br /><br />Butch A.
 
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