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We need all the scientists and engineers the country can produce to keep us competitive. Why do high tech programming jobs get shipped to India? Could it be they have talented programmers in a more available labor pool? We have to stop dumbing down America and stress math and science. If we don't it'll be our grandkids heading south over the Rio Grande looking for work.

FOG, I learned a lot as a scout, Life Scout, quit when I was 17 joined the army at 18. Do I wish now that I finished Eagle? Tough one. Go to college and double major in physics and philosophy and don't finish. What are you......a well educated drop-out, that's what. You have to meet all the requirements to get the end reward, how can you not learn something beneficial along the way? (This message has been edited by Trail Pounder)

Our Ship is one year old now. We're a competitive rifle team. We've set up an air rifle range in our American Legion, thanks to the NRA Foundation we were able to purchase all the gear for 4 positions. We have 4-6 shooters show up on Sunday evenings. The Civilian Marskmanship Program (CMP) conducts monthly matches where we shoot the match on our range, I score them, attest that the rules were followed and forward to the state director. We also shot the Venturing/NRA 3-P Air Junior Postal Match, the American Legion Junior 3-P Air Shooting Matches, the NRA Junior 3-P Air, and then we will travel to an NRA event, and lastly the Junior Olympics qualifier. 3-P Air is a sport where self disciple is a must. What I've enjoyed the most is seeing them taking their shooting more seriously each week. I tell them "Rifle is a sport for people who don't like to move." When one of our newer boys were firing for the first time on a prone position, he started complaining about his arm hurting. One of the experienced guys, tells him, "keep the sling tight, when your arm goes numb, it won't hurt anymore." They all laughed. I guess they were listening to me! We've got a 50 mile backpacking trip planned over Easter Vacation, we're going to discover scuba, and we're going skiing in two weeks. We're traveling a bit, but we're taking our Boatswain and Boatswain's Mate to VLSC next month. I've got a sail boat lined up for some sailing on the big lake this summer. The boating is a crew idea. If they like the sailing. We'll start selling pancakes until we can get our own. The also want to shoot .22's and skeet this summer. I've found two places that couldn't say yes fast enough for us to shoot both events. We'll add a couple active troop members to the ship after 8th grade graduation in the spring. But, we didn't pick up any non-scout high schoolers this year at all. Why not?

Dave, Best Wishes at your new job!!!

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I read something interesting in the paper about the Canadian military and how it is in danger of vanishing because of bad planning. Bad Planning and a little help from the Illinois Air National Guard.

I hope it's a glitch. Something isn't acting right with this thread tonight. So, we'll see tomorrow.

Cool, the ignore feature works perfectly!!!

Does anybody know where FOG's posts went to and why?

I say the thing to do would be to accept a young man into the troop with open arms. Have him work with the troop's chaplain, pray with him, have him work on the God and Country award, help him see the light, and help correct the eternal mistakes his parents have subjected him to.

Eamonn, Bob is probably reading his Ranger Handbook by campfire light inside his snowcave, while roasting a rabbit he caught.

In Trail Pounder's World....the flag is not an option.

Who siad that the girl Scouts were wrong? I'm just poining out that no one questions the GSUSA policy as vocally as they oppose BSA policies. FOG, did you mean "said"? FOG, did you mean "pointing"? Ha!!!

I wasn't finished yet.... In our troop, we allow and encourage conversation and differing opinions, but we don't allow 16 year olds to call an adult or an adult's opinion "stupid". That dog don't hunt. If you allow teenagers to speak like that in your presence you might as well put out the campfire, cancel the campout, and just tune in to MTV full time.

"So...Whats your point other than you wanna make stupid ill warented comments." That from 16 year old firstaidchild directed to FOG was disrespectful and rude. I've noticed that some of you don't say boo when that atheist reprobate spews his hatred of BSA onto this thread, but want to limit Old Fat Guy's to posts that you might agree with.

"So...Whats your point other than you wanna make stupid ill warented comments." That from 16 year old firstaidchild directed to FOG was disrespectful and rude. I've noticed that some of you don't say boo when that atheist reprobate spews his hatred of BSA onto this thread, but want to limit Old Fat Guy's to posts that you might agree with.

Einstein's birthday???

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Where did you go to college? I want to send my kids there.

"Roman Catholics have their own as do Jews, Orthodox Christians, Buddists, Momorms and so on." FOG, did you mean "Mormons"?

WHATever!!! Hmmmph!!! I have empathy. I'll show my solidarity. My daughter did laundry last week. I got pink underwear too now!

I still think it was a funny joke. Did I just get called a bigot for posting that joke?

NJ- Bad day at work, eh?

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