skeptic

Speaking of crazy people; did anyone else catch Rush on Leno last night? Can't decide if he or Beck has crazier eyes when they start thrashing around with their hands while they spout their vitriol and absurdities.

Paranoia reigns!!!!! Of course someone has proof that Mr. Obama had this done as part of his "plan". What is the matter with some people?

You might look for FLIVER TO CAMBODIA while you are at it. Three French scouts drive (and carry) a Model-T to Cambodia. Hard to imagine huh?

Yep; fascinating story. By Augusto Flores. Three started in Buenos Aires; only one finished. One of the others died, and the other was rescued and hauled out somewhere in the northern tip of South America. Have to go back and re-read to remember where. The book shows up occasionally still.

Yep; fascinating story. By Augusto Flores. Three started in Buenos Aires; only one finished. One of the others died, and the other was rescued and hauled out somewhere in the northern tip of South America. Have to go back and re-read to remember where. The book shows up occasionally still.

Yep; fascinating story. Three started in Buenos Aires; only one finished. One of the others died, and the other was rescued and hauled out somewhere in the northern tip of South America. Have to go back and re-read to remember where. The book shows up occasionally still.

Seems to me that the Turks have made it pretty clear they do not want us there. Of course that would just be another boondoggle anyway, if we got dragged into the Kurdish issues more directly.

Speaking of Boyce; I was a bit surprised about a couple of things in his biography, LONE SCOUT, by Petterchak. If you have not read it, you might like to. While not a founder, I am waiting expectantly for a bio of Hillcourt to finally surface. Have heard it is in the works for quite a while now. I have bio's of West, Seton, Beard, Boyce, and several of B.P. One gets a better perspective on BSA and scouting as a whole reading these. Also have the book SCOUTING ON TWO CONTINENTS, but realize I have yet to actually read it. Guess I should get around to it one of these days. When

Miki; Correct me if I am off base, but isn't most of the first year or so of BSA pretty fuzzy in reality? February 8th, 1910 was the official date of chartering, or beginning, but the organization was still in a pretty loose group of well meaning educators, boys' work experts, clergy, YMCA and so on. West had yet to come on board, and there were who knows how many "Scout clubs", for lack of a better description, that had been formed under the British design, either brought from the early Canadian examples, or formed from descriptions in the media of the time. Certainly, I would sus

America's First Boy Scout by Daniel N. Jabe Who was America's first Boy Scout? That depends on how you look at it. Would the first Boy Scout be the first one to join the Boy Scouts of America after it was established in February of 1910? Would the first Boy Scout be a Scout who was already using Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys," maybe as early as 1908 or even 1907? Would the first Boy Scout be the first boy to join an organization that ultimately merged with the Boy Scouts of America, like the Woodcraft Indians or the Sons of Daniel Boone? Any of these individua

Is that where Pedro will go to retire?

Yep, the schools generally do not seem to do a very good job with history. A large percentage of current middle schoolers do not seem to even really know about Viet Nam, much less anything prior. I sub, and because they almost always want to know how old I am, I tell them I was born during WWII. Less than half of most classes either do not know the approximate dates, or even what it really was. It led to quite a discussion once when we were reading one of the Scholastic Reader magazines, and the main article had to do with an upcoming anniversary of "D Day". What is really to bad is that

Vol; I have to ask. Why then is Fox not trumpeting this all over?

It seems to me that often simply the title will set someone off. And today, some books that do not get challenged might very well not pass muster in earlier years, and simply because of the title. An example of an extremely popular book in the lower grades in this area is the book EVERYBODY POOPS, or something to that effect. When I was that age, it likely would not have passed the test, even though it is pretty innocuous in reality. And today, if the title had Poops replaced with another over used common word in usage today, the book would not be allowed. And, I would surmise that it

How ironic, or maybe simply sad, that the majority of this thread tends to reflect exactly the problem the title is about.

Tend to agree that there is some kind of confusion here. I have never heard of a dual charter; I have heard of dual chartering organizations, but they still have to adhere to the BSA charter partner agreement. Like two small churches agreeing to sponsor one unit. It would seem to me that the CAP would be chartered as a CAP unit, and the Venture Crew as Ventures. Could they do things together? Why not? They simply would do what needed to be done to make dual activities workable. But, if somehow a CAP group wanted to charter a Venture Crew, they would still have to adhere to BSA rul

Amen! Thank you for the reminder epistle. I find most of your "advice" posts to be very insightful and to the point. It is great to have such a generally calm, sage voice here on the board. YIS

So, Vol; are you one of the doctors who will quit if health care changes finally occur? Part of the supposedly 40% or so, according to the "truth news station", Fox? Just curious.

Am I again missing something here? Are not the sites mentioned all open to public scrutiny already anyway? If you post anything on a web site, especially these kind, it can be viewed and spread by somebody if they truly wish to. "Hello; Mr. Common-Sense,please come out of hiding!"

Sorry; "old timer disesase" ; forgot the comic relief intended.(This message has been edited by skeptic)

vol: Perhaps the problem lies with your statement. "We lost the war". Somehow I often get the impression that still IS the issue with too many. "We won; they lost". That was over a hundred years ago; maybe it is time to try to put it aside?

"The right sort of camp is an education. It supplements the teaching of the school. ................. "Camp teaches the boy self-reliance, self-support, self-respect ..... "Camp teaches the boy that it is the spirit and the spiritual side of things that count. It is not only in the church that the boy comes close to God. The starry sky above him, the wonders of nature around him, the wild things that live in the woods and the streams reveal God's message."

When you apologize, then get in the media and basically recant the apology, it has little meaning. Putting a disrespectful person on a pedestal as some kind of hero because you dislike the person at whom the disrespect was aimed says as much about you as it does the perpetrator. And there lies the rub. It would likely have mellowed and been put in the background if "crazies" had not immediately made him a martyr. He is not; and now he has negated any pretense of a real apology. The President though, can be the better man, and publicly ask his party members to let it go. He migh

Sctldr; Limited funding I can definitely go for; but I would not only limit, but make it funds that they raise, not granted from government in any way. As an adjunct to that, add on a requirement that each would be allowed only "n" number of tv ads, and local markets would be required to donate say 1-3 spots for every local candidate (no national ones). Would never happen of course in this period of history, because the control is not ours. But these kind of things might again allow candidates to run that do not now, due to the ridiculous cost of winning. Also still feel term

Hopefully, those on these boards that do not see a problem with this type of behavior, do not relay that attitude to their scouts. "Live the Twelve"; "Do Your Best"! Simple, it seems. If we can even come close, it will be an improvement.