>>8908278

"Krafy?" Interesting… Boy Scouts much?

How Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts could put AT&T’s CEO in a tricky spot

AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson is hardly the first corporate leader who has also been national president of the Boy Scouts of America. Current Secretary of State and former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson held the role from 2010 to 2012. The CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Rick Cronk, did so in the mid-2000s.

But Stephenson is almost certainly the first to find himself in that role while the president of the United States made a political speech at a Boy Scout event at a time when his company faces a Justice Department antitrust review. AT&T is awaiting word on its proposed $85 billion takeover of Time Warner — putting Stephenson in a potentially difficult scenario as many parents and former Boy Scouts have called for an apology about Trump's speech.

That's partly, of course, because there has never been a speech to the Boy Scouts from a sitting president like Trump's in West Virginia on Monday. He touted his election win to thousands of applauding preteens and teenagers in attendance, bragging about “the incredible night with the maps,” when “we won and won.” He threatened to fire his Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price if he didn't get needed votes to repeal Obamacare, questioned why President Barack Obama hadn't attended the jamboree event (he appeared in videotaped remarks) and called the nation's capital a “cesspool” despite saying, “Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I'm in front of the Boy Scouts?”

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/07/25/how-trumps-speech-to-the-boy-scouts-could-put-atts-ceo-in-a-tricky-spot/

>>8908346

Read this book when it came out. So many victims of the Boy Scouts were silenced.

Scouts Dishonor: A Personal story of God, Abuse, Recovery and Truth

As a precocious, enthusiastic boy of thirteen, Tommy had the whole world ahead of him…until a trusted association with his Boy Scout leader destroyed his innocence and shattered his self-perception. To make matters worse, the abuse Tommy endured took place within the sacred walls of the Mormon Church. While his tormentor went on to molest at least five other boys and was ultimately convicted on these charges, Tommy's own abuse went unacknowledged, the denial of which forever altered his life's path. Succumbing to a lack of trust and self-worth, Tommy descends into a tumultuous life of drug and alcohol abuse, always seeking to mask the pain of his past. It is his relationship with the young, courageous single mother, Arlene Ryan, and her infant daughter that finally leads him into sobriety and brings him to a point in his life where he must question the failures of those he once trusted to protect him. Struggling to understand how reputable organizations can act in such reprehensible ways, Tommy is soon embroiled in a legal drama with the Mormon Church itself as he seeks the retribution and recognition of the Truth that had been suppressed for far too long. Throughout this journey, Tommy is gradually put back on the path for which his life was destined, with the ultimate purpose of serving victims and understanding the true meaning of justice, forgiveness, and Love.

Can't post link to book. It's on Amazon