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Absolutely no one is prevented from sharing their opinion. All that is happening is that EVERYONE is sharing their opinion in ways that others do not like, and so those who do not like your opinion have the freedom to equally verbally or through action they have the right to do express their opinion. The duck guy is not even being suspended for what he said, but how he said it.. Most liberals are not surprised or offended by his opinion on the subject, just his crass statements.. He is suspended, not fired.. I am sure A&E is holding out for an apology that allow Phil the right to stand by his opinion, but apologize for how it was said. Seems by the stand-off Phil does not want to. But, for any Company a spokesperson who feel they have the right to say anything in any crass manner is a liability for future offenses.. So both for now are not backing down. Barring that, look at other people who have been fired for what they said or how they said it. There are many fired over what they say on their facebook page, Paula Deen fired for her attitude towards blacks in the past.. A Executive was fired by his company when on his lunch hour, he berated a chick-fil-a employee about the companies support for gay rights.. Every time it happens then people take sides on if the employee should have been fired, based on if they agree with the persons statements or not.. Normally for a company, it is not the opinion, as the nation is split on the opinions, it is the rude, crude, insensitive way that the person expressed their opinion. Both the comments, and the right for a company to fire, (or in the ducksters case suspend) a person due to disagreement of opinion is perfectly within the person's or companies rights.. And conservatives who feel that companies should have full rights and employees should have no rights, should been fine with and support A&E enacting their rights.. Don't know what will happen to your rednecked TV show.. I understand it is popular and brings A&E a lot of revenue.. But, if this full family is insisting that they can run around expressing anything they want, in any crass manner they wish, that is a liability the company may not be willing to continue risking..

Well right now my son is the Cub Master, and "NO" he would no longer want to be Scout Master for the troop.. In fact I am waiting for when he bows out of the Cub Master position.. This summer he moved so now to do anything with the Pack it is an 1.5 hour trip to come back to this area.. When he does make that move though I fear if anyone will step up to take the CM position, since as of right now, we have no one wanting to even take on ACM positions.. Actually I took on UC when the only Adult leader was a very absentee Cub Master who had done NOTHING with the pack from the start of the school year until she was finally removed in January.. Then we had 6 tigers and a parent willing to be a Tiger Den Leader and the only ones coming back were 2 Bears and their Den Leader, and we did get 3 people willing to be committee members.. But, no Cub Master, so knowing my son had been a ACM for a while in another Pack, and had interest with the SM position the troop associated to the Pack. It was I who asked him if he would be willing.. With him excepting we were able to resurrect the Pack last year.. I don't think it bothered the DE that we were related, they just wanted the Pack up and running again.

Only if people get run over, more often then not.. And then those who want to prove that getting hit by a motorcycle is awful, go out and stomp and jump up and down and kick and hit with a baseball bat those people who got hit by the motorcycle in order to make sure that they are as bad off as getting hit by semi.. My point is when going through this, it was not my family situation that had any negative effect on me.. It was my teachers who did not want to waste time on me, telling me to my face that I was not worth the time and energy as I was from a broken home.. Or the minister of my church who also told us we were not worth anything.. Or our neighbors... You have to have a very strong, tight and supportive family life in order to keep yourself on a positive trajectory when so many people outside of your family are working so hard to bring you down in order to prove their personal or political agenda..

Maybe a child raised in a loving home with mother & Father is the best.. But, I can tell you from personal experience that a child raised in a home with a mother & father who no longer love each other, or where one or both parents are abusive is worse then being raised in a home with a single mother (or single father).. And I would imagine many children who are being raised by a homosexual couple will tell you that it is far more preferable then being an unwanted child who is simply "in the system".. Are you also advocating that if a parent dies, the child should be ripped away from the surviving parent in order to be placed in a family with a mother & Father?? Life is what it is.. You can not conform it to fit into your definition of what is politically correct. Although my sisters and I had some emotional adjustments over being of a divorced home in the '60's when it was a bad stigma to carry.. All of us believe looking back it was much better for us then our parents staying together for the sake of the kids.. I also feel the adjustment was made far harder for us than need be by the teachers, ministers and neighbors who wrote us off as not being able to amount to much due to being from a divorced family.. Thank goodness we had a very strong mother who protected us where she could, and taught us to rise above the negativity of the small minded, and prove them wrong.

If it is really 2 days and they don't plan to do any Cub Scout advancement in those two days, I would just have them register with the Troop.. The only reason you would need to reregister them with the Pack would be if they are doing CS advancement after the rechartering. It saves the $1, it also saves on confusion.. I know my son once reregistered with a Troop due by Dec 31st.. In January he changed troops.. So we put in a transfer and paid the $1.. Six months later found out he was still registered with his old troop.. When they researched why, it was because they processed the transfer first, then the recharter registration 2nd.. So he moved to the new troop, then got removed back into the old troop.. Transfering a month or two after rechartering is taking a risk that it will not be processed right.. Now your council may recognize a scout now in a Troop would not go back to a pack.. But that is if they are thinking while doing, and not just mindlessly doing..

RememberSciff - Remember that it is no longer a Tour Permit but a Tour Plan, and it is now not required on every outing, but only if you go out of council or plan some event with some hazards, like boating or rock climbing.

Woops posted in the wrong place.

OOE - If most troops at your roundtable sleep on cots, have you ever noted this when at a camporee near them? It does seem strange, because it does limit where you camp. I would imagine these troops do not backpack.

don't know if this is crafty enough, because it is also scientific. A hovercraft. http://hoverkid.hovercraft.com/photos/03-balloon-hovercraft/03-balloon-hovercraft.html or http://www.minieco.co.uk/quick-craft-balloon-hovercraft/

testing this out, to see if I have the same problem as twocubdad. Of course, I never had a time I could open & create replies either, just that replies don't change who and what time the thread had activity on it. edit : Guess it's something specific with your setup Twocub.

Welcome.. Most times all it takes is an opinion, and perhaps some thick skin when others disagree with your opinion.

That's why I think the church is not the CO.. That this might be a "friends of" organization that simply used the church as it's meeting place.. Otherwise, I don't know, people not understanding how the program worked, I don't think could get that high up without the Council straightening out the mis-information.. The troop I am UC of I think may have assigned their own COR, not understanding the position and it is not up to the troop to appoint.. Our DE told me they have listed for COR someone other then the IH, when I know our IH planned on being COR of the BSA units.. Now, things may have changed, and if a member of the church is a member of BSA, this arrangement may be a recent event.. But, considering the troop thought they were done with the yearly re-chartering simply by going on-line and using the software.. I think it most likely they choose a COR themselves figuring out the software required them to have one listed.. NOW my DE is unaware this different COR may be a problem needing to be fixed.. But I would think he would have picked up on if they sited some troop member as IH when he knew the church and knew who the IH was..

I agree with everyone else, that if the Troop splits, you being the group leaving will not get to take all the toys.. It will stay with the half of the group that is staying.. On top of that, if the COR is also the IH, then he would be the one that is the person to go to in order to ask for anything, the minister of the church has no say in anything, he basically has decided to have nothing to do with the unit.. The church is just providing the space. It is almost like a group of parents did form this group, As DuctTape put it. If you formed a group called "Group of Citizens" or "Friends of Scouting" and a school said you could meet at their school, then years later they decide to split or even if they just want to meet at a new facility.. The school principle is not who you would go to for permission to move to the other location, or if splitting from him to decide which group gets what.. That IH, owns it all.. It does not sound like he will give you a single tent stake.. Find a new CO, or a new location and form your own CO..

No pictures, but I will share this.. Plan to read it at the Pack slumber party as a bedtime story ~~ ‘Twas the Campout Before Christmas By Kimberly Gilbert With Apologies to Clement C. Moore ‘Twas the campout before Christmas, and all through the Pack All the parents were sleeping, each one in their sack. The wet socks were hung up on a half-hitch taut line, In hopes they’d be sorta dry by den hike time. The Cubs were all snuggled in cold weather mummies, With too many s’mores stuffed down in their tummies. And Ma on the air mattress and I on my cot Had just settled down – without pillows; we forgot. When outside my tent there arose such a noise, I sprang from my cot thinking, “Oh, those boys!†So I grabbed my flashlight with the non-slip grip, And fumbled with my front door so hard to unzip. The moon shone through the treetops so clear and so bright, I could see like the day time even though it was night. And what to my red, weary eyes should appear, But a blue and gold sleigh and a pack of reindeer. A little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. Much faster than Eagles his den of deer came. He held up two fingers and called them by name. “Now, Tiger! Wolf, Bear! Now Weeb and Low! On Bobcat! On Den-Chief! On Den-Leader! Go! To the top of the tent, to the dining fly yon, Now hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. Go on!†As lightning bugs flit and light like a fairy On a soft summer breeze that moves through the prairie, So up to the fire ring the reindeer did glide With a sleigh full of toys and St. Nicholas inside. And then in a twinkling, I heard them all munch On all of those carrots left over from lunch. As I turned on my flashlight and tried to turn round, I tripped on my tent line and fell to the ground. And there stood St. Nick – he was dressed all in khaki! With his red wool patch jacket that looked kinda wacky. A bundle of goodies he had flung on his back. He looked like a den chief just opening his pack. His eyes – how they twinkled! His dimples – how merry! His cheeks were like hot coals, his nose like a berry. His lips they were holding a “Hot Hands†aglow, Which lit up his beard which was white as the snow. His kerchief was wreath green and rolled nice and tight. For any good Scout he was surely a sight! He had a broad face and a round little tummy That shook when he laughed like a big red squid gummy! He was chubby and plump – a right jolly, old Scout, And I laughed and I smiled for I hadn’t a doubt. A wink of his eye and a two-fingered sign Soon let me know I would be just fine. He said not a word but went straight to his work He filled all the wet socks and then turned with a smirk, And laying two fingers aside of his brow, He gave a big belch after sampling our chow! He sprang to his sleigh, to his pack gave a shout (Confirming to me he was really a Scout). But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, “Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good night!† 

I would have said the same thing ScoutNut, except this year our IH decided not to find a new COR and take the role on himself, when time came to recharter I asked council if we would have a problem and was told the IH being the COR is very common.. Really if your IH is actively engaged in the BSA unit, why would he need an middleman?.. It does make sense.

You say "The COR owns the unit" in which case maybe not.. If your COR is also your Institutional Head then he is the end all in the decision maker.. BUT, some CORs are not the institutional head, this is the head of the organization you are chartered to. The COR could be the middle man between the IH & the troop.. So if your COR is not the minister of the church, or the President of the organization or whatever, then you can go to them.. Beware though the IH will more take the COR side especially if he knows the COR, doesn't know you personally, and really hasn't involved himself in knowing what boy scouts is about.. That's because he assigned the COR to manage the BSA for him, and he will most likely take his opinion and back him (unless he is fine with his COR quitting.).. Basically the COR (and/or IH) decision is not something you can fight.. They can hire and fire the volunteers in your group. That is why their signature is on the Adult application.

next time look at the very bottom see if you see the message : "Do you want to open or save 108421db.json (17 bytes) from scouter.com?" (option buttons) Open, save, cancel the json file name may be different.. But, it looks like it locks up, it is sitting waiting for a response. "Cancel" works fine.

Not in the MB pamphlet, but one of the main rules for any MBC, repeated constantly is " not add to, delete from, or modify the merit badge requirements in any way" Better stated is this.. "â—¾Don't make the requirement more difficultâ€â€or any easierâ€â€than stated. A Scout may undertake more activities on his own initiative, but he cannot be pushed to do so " That at least gives you something you can do.. You can offer, to go further in the subject as long as it is an invitation, not a push.. If the scout is hooked on the subject, they will probably be happy to work further on the subject matter.. But if just going through the motions to get a signoff, you won't get him to go a step further then necessary. http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/boyscouts/guideformeritbadgecounselors/mbcounselorguide.aspx

You can not find a real one, but no reason you can't make your own sort of jokingly.. I know our SM once made these big wooden boards he cut round and had just painted the Life saving merit badge on for a thank-you for someone who had used his lifesaving skills in an emergency situation.. So he presented him with the overlarge symbol at a COH with some nice words of appreciation.

I guess I was wrong about the thread "Can I bring my younger son to scout campouts?" being the only thread who now does not consider comments to someone's post not being acknowledge in the last person and time someone posted to the thread.. This Thread is doing the same thing.. Sentinel947 commented to SSScout, but it didn't register that he was the last to post to this thread. Since I am doing a new post, this one should show up as me being the last to post to this thread..

Ok, that was enough for that post. Yesterday. I was logged in, but I lost the new thread button, and I also lost the post and comment button everywhere.. I thought I would log out and log in and hoped this would fix it, but when I logged out, the screen flashed, but I stayed logged in.. I tried the contact us. but I could send anything. Because when I hit send it said something about it couldn't send because ??? something like no human intervention ?? or something.. I had it in my mind they wanted me to do one of those type in this picture of crazy hard to decifer letters.. But there wasn't anything like that.. Later it was fine. Most times I post I get some prompt on the bottom. "Do you want to open or save 108421db.json (17 bytes) from scouter.com?" Open, save, cancel I tried open & save, but cancel seems to work the best. Also I think the number of the .json changes all the time.

But in the "New to Scouting" area, thread "Can I bring my younger son to scout campouts?".. RichardB commented, then I commented to him and one other post in that thread. RichardB still showed up as the last person to post. Then BP commented to RichardB, still RichardB was shown as last person to post, also my first comment to RichardB had disappeared. I commented to BP. Still RichardB was the last person to post. This morning I created a new post in the Thread, and then I became the last person to post on the thread.. Thought it was fixed. But see Sentinal has commented to RichardB, and yet the thread now shows I am the last person to post. So it is acknowledging a new post, but not acknowledging anyone who is commenting to a post on the thread.. At least that is what I am coming to the conclusion of. Yet I don't see this with any other threads..

It's weird even though there have been others who have written after RichardB, he stays displayed as the last person to make a comment. I don't have anything to add, just seeing if a new message rather then a comment to RichardB will kick it out of being hung up on Richard.

BP This rule is definitely not new, and really if you read it. It doesn't say you cannot... period... It just says it is discouraged, because it is not healthy for the troop or the under aged youth.. Therefore, if you want to ruin your troop with pack level campouts, go ahead.. But, basically National really sees things more the way myself and Eagle92 see it.. It really should be used as a last resort, that the boys can not go on a trip without the parent with youth in tow.. So you have the control and the say.

True, and not true.. The SM did not bring along his daughters or under aged sons.. He brought along his boy scout aged sons.. The thing, is that the SM did not do the program for the scouts in the troop, he did it for his sons.. The only thing we get from the OP is that he wants to bring his under aged son with him for father/son bonding.. He did not post any reasoning why this was necessary to help the troop out of some crunch, or consider pros and cons of the situation, and come up with some rationalization of why the pros won out.. But, just simply he and his son.. No thought to the effect on the troop at all. When that is all there is to go on, you show the guy the rule book, and that is that.. "NO". Please stay home with your son, if that is what you prefer. PS. The boys nor SM(Dad) were obnoxious. Personally everyone liked them just fine, and all was fine until he took the SM reins.. The SM(Dad) was just not troop oriented, he was family oriented, and that caused a problem.