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NJ, Your first paragraph was funny!!! But boy, you just keep going on and on and on and on and then my eyes glaze over and my forehead hits the desk. Then it's time to read the news at Townhall. Acco, what a coincidence, I think the same thing every time you post.

Another homosexual pedophile atheist got through screening and YP. We have to stay vigilant people!!!

When I was in the army, we had a smart guy with a degree from Harvard, who enlisted to pay back his student loans. Man could he dig holes!!!

I'm fairly certain that the requirement would be he needed a letter, not necessarily from a religious leader, but from a person who can attest that he lives his life according to the Scout Oath and the Scout Law and has a belief in God.

Use and modify items from this book. http://www.macscouter.com/Eagle/EagleBook.pdf

http://www.whitestag.org/ceremonies/index.html#998050

http://home.stny.rr.com/ritterme/bohcharg.html

http://members.aol.com/venturecod/ceremony.html

I'll post what I find, you turn it into a ceremony. http://www.mcctraining.org/mccventuring/history_silver.htm

How many kids are in the First Grade at Pine Ridge? If our ship was to collect book bags and fill them with supplies, what should they be filled with? Could one of you teachers make us a list please?

Its the seamanship yer learin, not the badges that yer earnin, that will comfort ye an save ye, when ol Neptune starts achurnin!

Don't forget the Sea Promise. As a Sea Scout I promise to do my best, To Guard against Water accidents, To Know the loacation and proper use of all lifesaving equipment on every boat I board, To BE Prepared to render aid to those in need, To Seek to Preserve the motto of the Sea Women and Children First. Skipper heading to Wood Badge!!!

Are you referring to a backward fall into the locked arms of a group of 8-10 others? Prepare to fall, Falling!!! What a neat confidence builder. Don't ruin the experience for the group because of the rantings of a loon!!!

Can a kid even get a balanced education today? Where can a student go where there's no Che Guevera posters and gray-haired professors sporting pony tails?

http://hnn.us/articles/1731.html The Academic Bill of Rights: Not Exactly McCarthyism By Thomas Reeves Mr. Reeves is the author of A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy. His latest book is America's Bishop: The Life and Times of Fulton J. Sheen (Encounter, 2001). One of the most obvious facts of life is that America's colleges and universities are dominated by the Left. This is easily documented by the examination of campus catalogues, lists of speakers invited to campus, studies on faculty political affiliations, positions taken by faculty governments, and by book lists. Some liberals even admit the bias on campus, arguing that there is a sort of necessary correlation between reason, justice, and leftist political, social, and moral positions. What is less understood, at least by the general public, is the intolerance that haunts American campuses as the result of the partisanship, especially in the social sciences and humanities. While more research is needed on this topic, examples abound of the persecution of conservative professors and students, the confiscation and destruction of conservative literature, and the harassment of the few conservative speakers invited to campus. It is widely known that in many disciplines, such as history and literature, conservatives are rarely hired or granted tenure. Why most faculty in the social sciences and humanities are on the Left is a fascinating topic that can't be dealt with here. But it is sufficient to say that liberals virtually own higher education in America. Now preferring to call themselves "progressives" and "moderates," thousands of zealous faculty members see themselves on a mission to liberate the country from ignorance, fanaticism, and oppression. They see conservatives (especially the Christian variety) as the enemies of all that is good. Which means that the Right has no place in academia, at least outside the schools of business and engineering. Activist David Horowitz, once on the Left and now on the Right, has recently upset the cozy consensus on campus by writing and defending what he calls the "Academic Bill of Rights." It should not be very controversial, for it is an endorsement of the venerable concept of academic freedom in America, for both faculty and students. It is a document that seeks to secure intellectual independence on campus by opposing ideological or religious tests for faculty hiring and promotion, calls for balanced courses and reading lists in the humanities and social sciences, advocates free speech on campus, and seeks the restoration of research free of ideological restrictions. (Have you read, say, the Journal of American History in the last two decades?) The Academic Bill of Rights might be adopted by the governing board of a college or university or perhaps even by a state legislature, concerned with the quality of public higher education. It is a statement of principles, designed to reopen the university to diversity at its highest level: A diversity of ideas. As Colorado State Senator John Andrews put it recently, "political pluralism, open debate, and tolerance of all viewpoints aren't the property of any party. They are simply the American way." Quite naturally, the Left opposes anything which threatens its hegemony. The reaction of late has reached hysterical proportions, with charges of McCarthyism (the most overused and badly understood term in our political lexicon) and Nazism being hurled at Horowitz. It is said that he is trying to create quotas for the employment of Republican faculty members (this from the people who champion quotas and goals on the basis of skin color), that he would infuse science courses with superstition, and that he sanctions "mind police" to strip the faculty of its convictions. Horowitz has issued effective denials. As to quotas, for example, he replies, "I hold that quotas at our universities are never justified for any reason. Discrimination is always wrong, no matter whether it's based on race, religion, or political belief." The Bill of Rights would actually bar campuses from setting out to hire more conservatives. Academic merit would be the sole consideration. It's about time for governing boards and state legislatures to begin pondering the value of the ideological straightjacket limiting our college and university campuses to a single point of view. Even if the Academic Bill of Rights is only a statement of principle, without any enforcement mechanism, it will have established a mission statement worthy of a free people in a free country. Read the document for yourself. The preamble reflects a century of statements by the American Association of University Professors--forgotten in recent decades. David Horowitz, it seems to me, is merely reminding us of the values of intellectual freedom. If that seems subversive to the politically correct, the case made by Horowitz is all that much stronger.

Using Venturing to increase "new unit" stats is a formula for failure. The unstructured program format is going to take, IMHO, a couple key items: 1. The youth MUST take ownership of their program. 2. They have to create an innovative, creative program and DO make it happen. (Too much talking and not enough backpacking, makes for a doomed unit). 3. An advisor that's going to stick through all the up and down, until he successfully trains the youth to actually take ownership. 4. The feeder troops have to see the crew as a positive, natural, challenging step for the older young men. Having hacked-off Scoutmasters just doesn't make for a good environment, teenagers hear more than you think and they remember everything, (except Shakespeare). 5. If they are going to be a "High Adventure" crew than start getting active. Pick a theme or mission for the crew, EMT, Religious, High Adventure, Sports Team, Sailing, Living History, Shooting Sports, etc and have the youth leaders take ownership of the program. Starting a crew is easy. Keeping it going and growing is not easy at all.

There's nothing like skippering a crew of mutinous sea dogs on the big lake for a weekend!!!

The Sea Scout Bronze is the equivalent of the Ordinary Rank. But to earn the rank, you have to attend 75% of your Ship's meetings, have a Skipper's conference, recruit a new member to the ship, attend quarterdeck training as a petty officer or prospective petty officer, earn the long cruise badge, etc. I would say no also. But, you can easily re-charter that crew as a Sea Scout Ship next year or tomorrow and get them started on Quartermaster!!!

Venturers can work on the Venturing advancement. Sea Scouts can work on Sea Scout advancement along with the Venturing advancement.

you bunch of internet wannabe 60s hippy holdovers, you don't stand for anything, you just **** , moan, and complain, you make me want to hurl...

After careful deliberation, I've concluded that packsaddle can go pound sand too!!!

The vote's in. You Godless activists can not be Scoutmasters. You can go now. Make like the wind. At one time I saw this forum had 3,800 registered users. If that is true, than you 3 or 4 heathens have poisoned or firmed up the opinions of nearly 4000. I never gave atheism a thought previous to this forum, having read the posting of these representatives, I'm totally behind BSA, more rock solid than ever before. Congratulations.

Ker....plop!!!

NY, Sea Scouts have Skippers. They must have been actors, real Sea Scouts would've tried to rescue the victim!!! "Women and Children First!"

How many 11 year old atheists do you know? Exactly. There aren't any. How many 11 year old homosexuals do you know? Exactly. There aren't any. It's not until these few, who have percieved themselves to have been dealt a crummy hand, reach adulthood do they choose their reprobate lifestyles. Pouring money into the Scouting movement should actually be a priority of the government, not an bone of contention in the courts due to the dissatisfied with life of several Godless atheists. What an incredible way for our country to positively influence its future citizenry and leadership.