NJCubScouter

I actually prefer "As a citizen of the world." I don't expect that to be a very popular view here. But the "outdoors" does not begin or end at a national boundary.

Some of our threads go wrong. Some of them go really wrong. And then, in the worst case, some of them devolve into puns.

I got the impression from the OP that this might be the kind of event where the Scouts did not know who the counselors would be in advance. They show up and there is a counselor there. Is that the case @fred johnson? If that is true, then the Scouts would not have the opportunity to do the research and "select" the counselor. Of course, one could argue that a MB event that is set up that way should be avoided. (This is probably obvious, but I did not see Fred's latest post before I posted, for some reason.)

Patches at least relate to Scouting. If Scouters need to spend time making their Scouts understand the need to act Scoutlike in regard to something that is part of Scouting, that is time well spent. The magic cards are a distraction that has nothing to do with Scouting.

If we are talking about McCabe and Flynn, I don't see how they are on "the other side of the political spectrum" from each other. They are both Republicans. (I realize that may mean less now than it did until about two years ago.) One (somewhat ironically) led cheers of "Lock Her Up" at the Republican National Convention. The other was (purportedly) fired from his job for allegedly making an unauthorized disclosure to the media of information UNFAVORABLE TO "HER" (i.e. Hillary Clinton) during the presidential campaign, and then allegedly being "less than candid" when asked about it

Other side of what?

I understand there is a way, but I would think it requires someone to take some affirmative action to tell the computer to accept this person even though they are over-age to be a Boy Scout. I suppose it is possible that this 15-year-old Boy Scout was permitted to stay in Cub Scouts an extra year due to his disability, and someone pushed the "allow over-age Cub Scout button" and it caused the computer to keep the person registered as a Cub Scout. But now we are into the realm of evidence-free speculation.

It's a little hazy after more than 40 years, but I think my favorite may have been Public Speaking. (Don't make fun of me.) I think that is because it was something I was already very interested in, was involved in my high school debate/public speaking team all four years, had already won awards in it, etc. So it was really applying knowledge and skills that I already had to a set of requirements, so maybe it wasn't the MB that I got the most out of, but it was one of my favorites. And the counselor was pretty good. (I laugh a little when I think back on it because I remember that it was j

Getting back to the topic... When you say it appears he has been registered as a Cub Scout all this time, is that based on another article, or Facebook posts, or what? Wouldn't the council's computer kick out a re-charter with (for example) a 13-year-old Cub Scout? Or is it that he was not registered as anything at all after "aging out" of Cub Scout? Either way, if he was not registered as a Boy Scout, that would be consistent with the fact that ALL of his merit badges were revoked. But some of the other things in that article do NOT seem consistent with him not being registered as

Pockets in the skort. Could be the name of a rock band.

There's an idea. Maybe he could go camping for the next 1,040 days, and leave things to his second-in-command. No, wait...

Probably. If it were me, definitely yes. I do not have a Twitter account and do not want one. With any luck I will make it to the end of my life without having to have one. I was dragged kicking and screaming into the Facebook Generation about 5 years ago, and I still only have about 15 friends, most of whom I am related to. That's already more Social Media than I want. (I can just imagine people like ItsBrian reading this and thinking, "WHAT is this guy talking about?" )

I think one important quality for a CC is to remember that the other members of the committee are also volunteers and are not servants to be ordered about for one's amusement. If you suspect that I have experience with a CC who forgot this, you would be correct.

"Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back." Those are more in the category of chemical weapons.

I don't know. Most troops I know don't have nuclear weapons, not even tiny little ones.

I'm not so sure about that. It is respectful to Native Americans. In fact, you could interpret it as being kind of anti-NON-Native Americans. (And justifiably so, especially at the time.)

I do not know why Rex Tillerson did not return phone calls or abruptly ended dialogues with other nations. But I think that if I had been him, I might be hesitant to say anything to diplomats from foreign nations, because I knew there was a high probability that whatever I said, the president I was working for would make a tweet, or an offhand remark at a campaign rally, that completely contradicted what I had just said. I mean, a few months ago, when Tillerson suggested we should talk to the North Koreans, the president publicly undercut and ridiculed him, and said he was wasting his time.

And the Outdoor Code was adopted in 1954, I believe.

You don't.

I would tell the Scouts they have the option of saying what they want there, within reason obviously. This also raises the question of why "As an American" is in there at all. The Scout Oath and Law do not specify what the speaker's nationality is. One should respect the outdoors not because one is an American, but because one is a human being.

I think the difference between regular playing cards and Magic cards is that the Magic cards themselves have "collector's value" that seems to make some kids do regrettable things. The regular playing cards are basically worth the paper (or whatever that is) that they're printed on

Depends on the girl. My daughter-in-law very happily accompanies my son to meetings at his old college where they play D&D and other nerdy games. Nerds in love, it's a beautiful thing.

Based on some of the stories I have heard (I've never been there myself), that goes too far as well. But at least it is Scouting-related.

I have never heard of the Magic Draft, but I sure have heard of Magic cards. They are a plague on Scouting (and on humankind in general) as far as I am concerned. There have been incidents at summer camp of kids stealing cards, charging each other exorbitant amounts (in U.S. $) for cards, and other un-Scoutlike behavior. I am glad my son never got into that whole thing.

Thanks!