Scouter99

When it gets to the point that you want to ignore the rules and make ridiculous equivalencies to progress a political movement? Yes, I think it's probably best that one save himself the agony and find the organization he should have joined in the first place: One that shares his values, where he will be happy. You and are are discussing the very Super Moderator who shut down a thread because he doesn't like what people think about the heroes of his pet movement, is that where this forum is, pro-gay or shut up? The BSA prohibits the use of Confederate flags in patches, that's a "political

From Bryan at the blog explaining the change: Someone asked "...it raises a question for me. If the idea is to make it easier to determine which form is needed by labeling them by location rather than activity, you’ve neglected Troop HA. Many (most?) troops don’t depend on national bases for HA, and many don’t depend on council programs (which would indicate which forms to use) either. Does National care if unit HA participants have a health evaluation at or beyond X level? Then national needs to indicate which on the AHMR web page. Where I’m defining unit

I wouldn't personally spend the ink/paper on printing them for every parent when 80% will go right in the trash. If you've got a printer or copier at the meeting place I'd just say they're available for anyone who wants one.

Just in time for pederast and stalwart Jim Jones ally Harvey Milk to get his own postage stamp.

Liberace's house! Quentin Crisp's apartment.

Have them show off with one-handed bowlines around their waists

Actually, as the article noted, the effects of therapeutic culture have been a matter of study for decades. I've uploaded a more in-depth discussion of its genesis and effects taken from a history of the 80s, Transforming America from Columbia Univ Press. It's 5.5 pages, so not a long read. It begins on the very bottom of page 151 under the heading "The Therapeutic Culture" https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49...it?usp=sharing

Pascal Tessier, Zach Wahls, David and Geoff McGrath, August and Liam Easton-Calabria, and so on

USSSP has a program: http://usscouts.org/InternetScoutPatch.asp

Give your scumbag friend a chance to do the right thing, and if he refuses, he'd ought to have a lonely Eagle ceremony.

"Identifying" one MBC doesn't mean calling him for the scout or doing any of the rest of the scout's work for him. "Earning merit badges should be Scout initiated, Scout researched, and Scout learned. It should be hands-on and interactive, and should not be modeled after atypical school classroom setting. Instead, it is meant to be an active program so enticing to young men that they will want to take responsibility for their own full participation." Wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa wapa I know the idea of your snowflakes making their own decisions and phone calls is scary to

False. Recruiting and maintaining lists of MB counselors is the responsibility of the Council and District. Finding and contacting MB Counselors from the approved list is the responsibility of the Scout. Merit Badges are about more than " simply providing opportunities to learn skills" and "there is more to them than an introduction to lifetime hobbies, or the inspiration to pursue a career." They're about personal growth. And a big part of that is the Scout being a big boy and getting the counselor list all by himself, discussing the badge with the SM mano-a-mano, and calling and meeting

If your son did all the work before engaging a counselor, then the guy isn't a "counselor" is he? He becomes a rubber stamp. The worksheets are unofficial conveniences, nothing more.

Several people, as usual in Scouting, referring to a rule/definition and tossing in the word "National" for gravitas, but with no link or quote. In regards to Scouters and "rules," I'm an adopted Missourian: Show me. It may well be the case that wherever two units are, it becomes a Council event, but I personally find that hard to believe--that makes our troop open house a council event, and as follows we could offer shooting sports. Doesn't pass the smell test. Nor do I think your dual registration matters. I'm also registered in a district-level position. That doesn't make what I

You can't. It is the position of the BSA that belief in a higher power is part and parcel with being the kind of man we aim to produce. To admit atheists, we must change that belief, or resign ourselves to advancing substandard scouts and bestowing Eagle upon substandard young men. The BSA is an ideological movement--certain ideals are at the heart of what we do, and they guide why we do what we do. Not every movement is for everyone. I am not a Methodist, I do not share theology with Methodists, I don't go to the Methodist church. I am not a veteran, I am not interested in joining the

FAQ for shooting sports at each program level of scouting: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/OutdoorProgram/ShootingSports/shooting_faq.aspx "For any questions regarding these documents, please call or email Curt.Palmer@Scouting.org" Frankly, nothing has changed between last year and this year, the same people are doing the organizing and planning, the same people are coming, the same activity will be offered. It doesn't sound like it was ever a district/council activity, so you never should have been allowed to offer BB gun shooting in the past.

OA is the worst of them all, hahaha! Like I said, I'm not opposed to it if somewhere there are people doing it right. I don't personally see the point, frankly, so it's not something I care about implementing, but when they get youth to do something adults ought to be doing around here (all scouting is local ), it's a crapshow.

My general experience with youth put into adult roles is that they're connected incompetents who've been put there by adults who are more interested in making kids feel good or putting their connected kid on display than they are in a quality job being done. If you've got serous youth and it worked, fine, but I don't trust the Council or District good ole boys clubs around here (or 90% of the rest of the country) to pick the right youth much less look for them to begin with.

In either case, it's clear your committee doesn't understand scouting. How you deal with it depends on a lot of stuff, ranging from tossing up your hands, to explaining how it is and pointing out the door to dissenters.

Short spot on the scouts' local station: http://newjersey.news12.com/news/new-jersey-boy-scouts-rescue-tv-anchor-ann-curry-from-new-york-mountain-after-she-injures-leg-1.8002193