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Come on now Schiff; don't inject common sense into the discussion. We all know that "lead shot" occurs naturally in the soil, right?

The actual gore was not allowed to be seen, and it was usually pretty obvious who were the bad guys and what happened to them when they were bad. Even many of the bad guys were still polite to women, and kids were still expected to be respectful to adults, or they were punished and parents were still held accountable for their kids' actions. Of course, you left out the other things playing as well then, such as Ozzie and Harriet, Andy Griffin, Leave it to Beaver, Hazel, Dennis the Menace; all of them had some type of moral to the story. How many of these are now seen on modern TV. Pa

The big questions are his reasons for hating them. Probably was not a good idea to do two major activities the same summer either, as burnout will occur, especially after the fact, which may affect the experience when reviewed later. If you are averse to heat and humidity, you will not like either location a good amount of the time. If you do not really like to hike, you might not enjoy Jambo, and certainly are not ready for Philmont. If you are the much discussed "gimme Scout", you will not enjoy having to possibly fend for yourself on occasion; you have to work with the team in both

"Be Prepared!!!"

Beavah, you must really enjoy talking to walls??

Not sure the definition of "commercial banking" in this case; but if it is making sure my small deposits are covered, then it probably is desirable. After all, it was partly due to the lack of that protection that the depression had such an impact. If a small bank goes belly up our money should still be protected in some manner; otherwise people will again be putting it in mattresses and burying it in the yard.

I fail to see any indication of a threat of taking guns away. It is odd to me how anyone with even basic common sense can read that into the suggestions. As Beavah says, what is feared from rational responsible rules; we would hope most gun owners already pretty much adhere to them anyway? Now these nuts that started screaming even before anything was put on the table are really out there. There does not seem to be anything in the Presidential directives that do anything more than try and strengthen rules already in existence by National consistency in their interpretations and enfor

Put on our district FB site; thanks.

Explain to me "where" anyone is taking away the SM (or assigned leader) signature please. This is from the link posted on the first page of this thread, and you can even see a copy of the actual card if you wish, but it would not copy for me. This same quote is the start of the discussion. Do not understand where all this other stuff is coming from. Merit Badge Blue Card Revised A new version of the Application for Merit Badge, No. 34124, commonly referred to as the blue card, is being released later in January 2013. The availability of the new card will vary locally, and the

What system that bypasses the SM? Am I missing something here? The change in the blue card still requires the SM approval if I read it correctly.

This change is so minor as to be almost negligible. All it does, from my point of view, is try to assure that the leader does his job as it was intended. The whole point of having him do this is to allow him to counsel the scout and ascertain his readiness. Logically, even with the old wording, that was the intent. Unfortunately, too many SM's either do not understand their job, or are unwilling to do it. There could be a time when a scout is not quite ready, and he should be helped to see that. Just because an 11 year old scout loves horses, he is not yet likely to be ready for Horseman

Eamonn, I think your comment is probably fairly representative of the majority of the populace in reality. While many may or may not agree with the constant PC stuff in the media, overall, they are supportive in a quiet manner. As has been noted numerous times, the silent majority voice is seldom actually heard.

Jim Rogers on UNDERCOVER BOSS program last night mentioned his Scouting background a number of times and how he feels its basic precepts have been instrumental in his success. Was interesting to see his floundering in some of the jobs, and nice to hear positive comments about Scouting without PC remarks.

I am continually amazed at the strange comments on these boards at times. Service, including sometimes potty patrol, is a part of scouting; and serving at the inauguration is particularly special. If you can brag that you helped with an inauguration you will be proud of yourself. It does not matter too much the job, although much of it is less than glamorous.

Here you go; appears to be a conservative organization with ties, or direct connections with the Koch family. Certainly the main supposed idea behind them is to strengthen, though education and study the understanding of the basic documents of our country's origin. That is something that is obviously important. Now, whether their offerings to educators and students are possibly overly conservative might be of concern to some; but it also may be of help in allowing more balance to some. But, if a scout gets some funding, what is the harm; whether you re comfortable with their person

Agree; a big let down.

According to "Bryan on Scouting", there will be a segment from Texas tonight on some of a guy's collection of memorabilia. Might be fun.

There is, or was, one on one of the spoof sites. Do not know where or when; if googled and not there, then has gone away most likely.

Almost nothing will ever have one hundred percent agreement; even the most obvious subjects will be debated by "someone" using skewed and twisted logic (at least to them). We teach second graders how to try and discern "opinion" from "fact"; yet very often that skill seems to be lacking in these discussions. Our existence is mostly some shade of grey. We can deny all we want, but we all have some type of "prejudice"; it just depends on how you perceive something and how you were raised. How we respond to that prejudice is the real problem, not having it. Very few of us can cla

Just in case anyone is interested: February 8th and 9th Oxnard Elks' Lodge #1443 801 South A Street Oxnard, Ca. 93030 Contacts: Greg Metzgus coppersmith@sprintmail.com Bill Sternberg bigjockewing@yahoo.com Friday night check in 5PM; Fish dinner available at lodge; setup and seller interaction. Saturday: Silent auctions starting at 9:30AM approx; number depends on donations; Break for lunch (lodge usually has hotdogs and burgers available with fries and soda) Final live auction of "better (?)" items. About 12:30.

These links were posted on scouts-L and are very interesting. A bit cumbersome, but some of the comments are very telling. If National actually pays attention and responds it could be very helpful program wide. Here are two links regarding this: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/mission/pdf/VOS2012SpringCycleFullReport_Spring2012.pdf http://www.scouting.org/filestore/mission/pdf/VoSExecutiveSummary_Spring12.pdf

I had similar issues, and had to have one come to my place and use my computer so I could watch what he was doing and sort it out. Not sure why he had trouble, as it only took a short time on my machine; but it may have been his using the wrong browser. I have had issues with Java and IE; it does not keep its update. So, since Chrome works for the training, but not the recharter, I used it. The other one was an email change that no one seemed able to reattach to his number, so it would not let him do anything. He finally did a completely non attached training and printed the cert, whi

While I personally believe these modern versions of movies and games very likely have some effect on a few people, the fascination with violence and so on is not new. Think about the gatherings of people in the ancient periods to watch gladiators and people fighting for their lives against lions. We have evidence of similar lure to violence in the mobs that gathered to watch hangings, or the people that are observers, but do nothing to stop violence on the streets. Of course there is the so called gentleman's sport of boxing, and the worse ultimate fighter interchanges. Add into that the i

Here is the second part of the sheet of paper I found. Dear Fellow Citizen: I have the pleasure of being a member of a committee to raise fifty billion dollars to be used for placing a statue of Truman in the "Hall of Fame" in Washington D. C. We have not decided not to tease it by placing it next to Washington - who never told a lie, nor next to Lincoln, who was known as Honest Abe. It should not, either, be put next to Thomas Jefferson who served a third term. The committee was in quite a quibble. But after much and careful deliberation we decided to put it next to Columbu

My grandfather was a life long republican and pretty straight laced; so this piece I found in his old papers was interesting, as well as amusing. Dear Mr. Anthony: I am a sailor in the United States Navy, and I also have a cousin who is a Democrat. My father has epilepsy and my mother has syphilis, so neither of them works. They are totally dependent on my two sisters, who are prostitutes in Louisville, because my only brother is serving a life term in prison for rape and murder. I am in love with a streetwalker who operates near our base. She knows nothing of my family bac