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Our Council puts on the Valley Forge encampement every Feb here in PA. Every January the have training for three to four Scouts for a day and those boys go back and train others. Have you checked out your local council and seen if they have any training.

I was wondering when someone would get tired of his bluster. Bravo SMT244.

The only problem with the Greenbelt Park is you hear traffic noise all night long. Good place to stay, very close to the Metro line, which is the best way to get around DC.

Bravo, well said Narraticong. Light a candle, stop cursing the dark Lem.

What President's Day Weekend, I thought everyone either came to the Cradle of Liberty, Valley Forge Encampment and Prilgrame http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Forge_Pilgrimage or sat at home wishing they were there. (Just kidding, but I bet it would be warmer in PA than in Boston that weekend.)

Joined a troop that had a boy with Tourettes, he was a teenager at the time. No major problems, it just took him a little longer to get a point across sometimes. He made Eagle, and is now in college, doing quite well from what I hear.

Well then Lem you would like my troop, no first name for adult leaders. Mr. or Mrs. But it just goes to show you different troops, different ways. And before anyone assumes we are a troop of marching, drill and cermony, my kids hate that stuff, as do I. Well we did have a Precision Lawn Chair Platoon, but that is another story.

Lem, I think you are seeing the negative just from hanging out on this board. I dont believe I have posted a single problem about my troop here. Yes we have problems. But it would have to be a very serious problem for me to search for an ansewer here. And it would have to be a problem me and my fellow ASMs and our Scout Master would not have a clear cut answer to. But my troops problems are pretty common, how to get a specific boy involved, how to get one to clean troop gear after taking it home from a trip. Common problems. My boys are mostly polite, I dont see any bullying

Yes, Lem why are you here?

Lem I keep hearing these grand statements about how Scouts are broken. But I have not heard how. Are we not teaching the Oath and Law. Are we not creating individuals who are self reliant and can stand on thier own. What exactly in your opinion are we doing wrong. And if you answer is antedotal evidence about a few poor scouts in your area, I will give you that not all Scouts live they way they should, heck not all Scouters either. But I could give you just as many stories about Scouts who are doing the right thing, standing firm in thier convictions, helping others who need he

No to any bailout. The big three will not go away. Reorganize under bankrupcty, maybe even be bought out by another car company, but there is still some profit in those companies (R and D patents, models that continually make money). Just need to trim a heck of a lot of fat, and get them to be lean and mean once again. And would someone turn off the funds to the banks as well. I dont think it is helping.

Wow, what an accomplishment to make 1st Class. I particulary liked the "2. Earn and deposit at least two dollars in a public bank."

Just wanted to know Oz it is a "baseball player" not a "baseballer". In your defense it is probably one of the most confusing games in the world. I dont know of any other sport in the world that at the begining of the round of play the defense controls the ball. (The Pitcher)

Personally I dont trust the goverment to make personal choices for me. One thing that would lower Health care costs. Tort reform. If you sue and it is deemed to be frivioulous and without merit you have to reimburse the person you sue for thier costs. This would cut down a lot on malpractice insurance which is a huge driver of health care costs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform) And again if you want health care get your state to run it, not the federal goverment. Get someone who is more responsive to your needs, not one plan fits all. An example of this is t

Personally I dont trust the goverment to make personal choices for me. One thing that would lower Health care costs. Tort reform. If you sue and it is deemed to be frivioulous and without merit you have to reimburse the person you sue for thier costs. This would cut down a lot on malpractice insurance which is a huge driver of health care costs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform) And again if you want health care get your state to run it, not the federal goverment. Get someone who is more responsive to your needs, not one plan fits all. An example of this is t

Personally I dont trust the goverment to make personal choices for me. One thing that would lower Health care costs. Tort reform. If you sue and it is deemed to be frivioulous and without merit you have to reimburse the person you sue for thier costs. This would cut down a lot on malpractice insurance which is a huge driver of health care costs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform) And again if you want health care get your state to run it, not the federal goverment. Get someone who is more responsive to your needs, not one plan fits all. An example of this is t

Took the troop out backpacking this weekend on the AT in PA. Seperated it into two groups. Older and Experienced did a tough ten miles, while younger, newer boys did an easy 4 miles and met at the same campsite on Saturday night. At one point with the new boys we explained why when taking a leak you do not relieve yourself on a tree. (Animals like the salt, so they will lick on the tree, and chew on it, and possibly destroy the bark, thus possilbly killing the tree). So one of the younger boys stated. That is why you should not kiss a deer, because he might have licked up someon

"Health care should be a right in this country, and every American should have access to quality care" I really do not understand this mentallity why should it be a right? Freedom of speech I understand. Freedom of the press, ditto. But freedom of going into any doctors office in the land and not having to pay, unsure of. Now then when the Federal govement has things running as smooth as maybe FedEx (Like th VA, or the Penetagon $500 hammer anyone,) then they can mess with health care for everyone.

Well the two party comment was sarcastic. I guess I should have noted that. 1. No sorry no military on the border, thier job is outside the country, going after the bad guys or detering them, I will not tie up the military that way, if individual states want to use thier National Guard that way, more power to them. Just a fence backed by lots of Border Patrol eyes both phyiscally and electronically. 2. I could be presuaded on the "no pay" instead of term limits. I might have its merits. 3. Taxes, sorry neccessary evil. Although after getting the budget back in order s

No have never been to the fine state of NH. Why do you ask.

As much as everyone loves the two Party system, I would love to create a new "party" but this one one would have a shelf life. My Movements name "We the People" Reminding everyone that the power comes from the people. (Driven Primiarly by the ideals of the Founding Fathers) When the goals of the "party" are accomplished or a set time limit is reached the group is disbanded. No, ifs ands or buts. Everyone out of the pool the party is over, the treasury gets emptied and given to either the Red Cross or the American Cancer Society or both. The tenets/planks of my party Platf

Well America gets what it deserves, that is the beauty of a demorcary. You want it, you get it. But like the old saying goes. "Be careful what you wish for." I am wearing my "Live Free or Die" T-shirt to work today.

Lem it is obvious to me that you have not particpated much is Scouting, never seen the boys pull a Klondike derby sled or compete in a First Aid meet. Some pretty fierce competition takes place. But it is also obvious that you have never seen a boy grow and mature from a troubled youth to a good leader and friend to others. From surely and selfish to helpful and one who watches out for those younger than himself. What you probably see a kids holding back others from truely excelling I see as an oppurtunity for the one who excel to coach, teach and assit the ones who dont get it as ea

"Maybe you have articulated the reason why so many scout troops look and feel like the Special Olympics." That statement alone makes me angry. We had a special needs kid in my troop growing up, what did he get out of the program, lifelong skills that help him still cope with the world. What did us kids get out it, learning how to deal with a person with his unique and problematic needs. It changed him and us, both for the better. I am not an all or nothing guy. I suggested that my ideas be an option, a choice, for those boys who want to go farther than the bar

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Albert Einstein's office at Princeton) Okay here are the rules for knot tying, the rope must be placed on a level table with the boys hands outside a twelve inch taped off section where the rope is, the boy is then told go and the knot tying commences. The boy announces done, and then the Offically trained and certified referee (not from that troop to make it offical) pronounces whether or not the knot is correct. If the boy wants his time entered into the database then the cer