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My favorite signer is Pete Stark, that perfect specimen of civility and equality. A man who once called a fellow congressman a "Fruitcake". Brilliant....you couldnt make up stuff like this!

I have to say I disagree that saying boys and girls each have unique developmental needs that are best met by positive role models of their own gender is expressly "sexist" (with all the negative, politically-correctness charged connotations I assume were implied). To realize boys and girls develop differently, at differing rates and with differing challenges, one need only be mildly observant. Equal does not mean identical. It is generally recognized that there is a lack of positive male role model influence among boys in our society. It is further accepted that the positive influence o

OGE, Regarding your question about female's being good rolemodels for boys. I have the same stance as the GSA. I believe women can be good rolemodels for boys but that male role models are especially important to young boys during their developing years. From: the GSUSA book "What We Stand For". What is GSUSA's position on men in Girl Scouting? The Girl Scout organization does not discriminate. Every volunteer and staff position in Girl Scouting is open to men as well as women. Because we believe that female role models are especially important to young girls during their develop

OGE, Regarding your question about female's being good rolemodels for boys. I have the same stance as the GSA. I believe women can be good rolemodels for boys but that male role models are especially important to young boys during their developing years. From: the GSUSA book "What We Stand For". What is GSUSA's position on men in Girl Scouting? The Girl Scout organization does not discriminate. Every volunteer and staff position in Girl Scouting is open to men as well as women. Because we believe that female role models are especially important to young girls during their develop

""No it won't work" just doesn't cut it as a valid argument." I never said it wouldnt work. I simply stated cost is a challenge to uniforming. I simply don't jump to the conclusion that someone not in proper uniform just doesnt care. This is something to be watched and evaluated on a unit by unit if not person by person basis. Its one thing to question the commitment of kid that can be in uniform but choses not to make the effort but totally different when looking at a child that can't afford a uniform.

Stosh, You're still wrong. And you forgot that you had to walk up hill to school in the snow...both ways. For many of my youth there is no affluent neighborhood in bike riding distance. Not that any parent in their right mind would let a kid ride his bike across Houston these days. Some of these kids are working already to help put food on the table at home. There are people that have nothing or close to it. We are trying to put a scouting program on that will provide a little glimmer of hope and opportunity for them to stay on the right path. If they show up in an incomplete

I didnt say it couldnt be done. I noted what I have seen as a major challenge to getting boys in complete uniform in my district. I think its asinie to suggest that finances arent a legitimate barrier to uniforming. We arent talking about a few percentage points of boys needing assistance. Just under 40 percent of my district lives below the poverty level with over 75% of the children in public school in this area being on the free lunch program. How are you going to buy a used uniform on ebay when you don't have a phone much less a computer and internet access. Our council can not

Brent no I am not kidding and Stosh your dead wrong. I serve as vice chair in a district that has a large percentage of scouts living well under the poverty level. Many of these families have trouble keeping their kids in regular clothing much less an overpriced scout uniform. As for raising money on their own, if you live in a poor community, who are you going to sell overpriced scout popcorn too? Your destitute neighbor? My troop is much more affluent then average but, since you asked, our campouts cost our boys $10. We don't have a uniforming issue at my troop but that is not

Part of the problem is the uniforms are too expensive.

Polanski WAS charged with Rape, specifcially Rape by Use of Drugs (Count 4) in his original indictment along with (Count 1) Providing a Controlled Substance to a Minor, (Count 2) Lewd or Lacivious Act upon a Child Under Fourteen, (Count 3) Unlawful Sexual Intercourse, (Count 5) Perversion, and (Count 6) Sodomy of a person. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/polanski/capolanski31977ind.html The charge of rape and most of the others were dismissed under the terms of his plea bargain. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse wi

Polanski WAS charged with Rape, specifcially Rape by Use of Drugs (Count 4) in his original indictment along with (Count 1) Providing a Controlled Substance to a Minor, (Count 2) Lewd or Lacivious Act upon a Child Under Fourteen, (Count 3) Unlawful Sexual Intercourse, (Count 5) Peversion, and (Count 6) Sodomy of a person. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/polanski/capolanski31977ind.html The charge of rape and most of the others were dismissed under the terms of his plea bargain. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse wit

Perhaps he "took the fall" on advise of Counsel. It would not be unheard of. The prosecution stance is you plead no contest or guilty and get probation but if you go to court, we are going to seek hard time for you.

(CBS) There is no statute of limitations governing the case of Roman Polanski who was arrested by Swiss police on Saturday on a 31-year-old arrest warrant. CBS News legal analyst Lisa Bloom said that is because the director, now 76, had already pleaded guilty in 1978 to having had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. "He already has been convicted." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/28/earlyshow/main5346108.shtml Also, it isnt just about being rich or powerful. Depending on the international agreements between countries, people can get away with all kinds of crazy stuff.

The sword cuts both ways. Not just against those speaking out against faith. There are places in the world were openly practicing your faith is a dicey proposition. (i.e. China, the former Soviet Union, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Cuba etc.)

The word uppity's etymology indicates it came from blacks commenting on their peers. From http://www.etymonline.com uppity 1880, from up; originally used by blacks of other blacks felt to be too self-assertive (first recorded use is in "Uncle Remus"). The parallel British variant uppish (1678) originally meant "lavish;" the sense of "conceited, arrogant" being first recorded 1734.