Eagle Scouts

[JohnnyReb]

Thanks. Doing the work was a challenge, especially after I had to do a second community project. My first one wasn't good enough. 

The last kid in our troop to make Eagle did 3....well....he started 2 others. they weren't done right or something and finally finished the third one.

[TVDOC]

My stepdad took over as Scoutmaster of the same troop I was involved in as a boy. He would regale me of all the PC leftist bullshit that the Boy Scouts found themselves having to fight off after I left for the Army.

After I retired and came back (briefly) to Michigan, I rejoined the troop as an assistant Scoutmaster and went through the required training. Yeah, the two-up requirement for two leaders to be present with Scouts at all times was shoved down our throats and repeated ad nauseum.

Never would have even thought of such bullshit when I was a boy. It just wasn't necessary.

Thanks, you ****ing pedophile, faggot pukes. You went after just about the only decent organization intended for the development of young men and turned it into a ****ing PC travesty.

Asshats.

^5!   Back in  the day, when I was in scouting, of course there was no such requirements, however, I can't remember any campout, trip, or event what wasn't attended by both the scoutmaster, and at least one of the assistants.  Our troop actually had a cabin in the woods, on about a hundred acres that we used frequently for weekends......and (gasp) on several occasions we even had joint campouts with the local girlscout troop (they, of course camped in their own group).  We also  had (another gasp) a rifle range, an archery range, and built or repaired our "cabin" and storage facility.

BTW, Euph, just a few miles north of you, Great Rivers Council built a scout camp called "Camp Thunderbird".  I don't know if it is still even there, but I was part of building it back in the '60's.  Have absolutely no idea of what it is like today, but we spent two summers building a dock for the lake, boathouse for canoes, and platforms for permanent wall tents (for those that participated it was counted as our Eagle "project").  The Council had a contractor build a mess hall and a couple of other ancillary buildings.  All of the troops had fundraising efforts for several years to build it.  I  took my OA "Ordeal", and "Brotherhood" initiations there, as well as working on the staff the first summer that it was opened.  Compared to the camp we formerly used down at Lake of the Ozarks, it was very "rustic"......but a lot of  fun.

doc

[IassaFTots]

^5!   Back in  the day, when I was in scouting, of course there was no such requirements, however, I can't remember any campout, trip, or event what wasn't attended by both the scoutmaster, and at least one of the assistants.  Our troop actually had a cabin in the woods, on about a hundred acres that we used frequently for weekends......and (gasp) on several occasions we even had joint campouts with the local girlscout troop (they, of course camped in their own group).  We also  had (another gasp) a rifle range, an archery range, and built or repaired our "cabin" and storage facility.

BTW, Euph, just a few miles north of you, Great Rivers Council built a scout camp called "Camp Thunderbird".  I don't know if it is still even there, but I was part of building it back in the '60's.  Have absolutely no idea of what it is like today, but we spent two summers building a dock for the lake, boathouse for canoes, and platforms for permanent wall tents (for those that participated it was counted as our Eagle "project").  The Council had a contractor build a mess hall and a couple of other ancillary buildings.  All of the troops had fundraising efforts for several years to build it.  I  took my OA "Ordeal", and "Brotherhood" initiations there, as well as working on the staff the first summer that it was opened.  Compared to the camp we formerly used down at Lake of the Ozarks, it was very "rustic"......but a lot of  fun.

doc

Back in my day, the GS and the BS would have shared outings as well.  The camps were close enough that we could do that.  Camp Iti Kana (GS)  Camp Tiak (BS).  I loved camping, but I hated the water moccasins.

[Wineslob]

Bertram, why is it that the Gay male community is fixated on infiltrating an organization that has a concentration of young boys/men?

You don't find that...........strange?

[Doc]

Bertram, why is it that the Gay male community is fixated on infiltrating an organization that has a concentration of young boys/men?

You don't find that...........strange?

I don't believe that your suggested motivation is the real reason for their interest.

What REALLY pisses off the homos and liberals is that the Boy Scouts is a "private organization", which doesn't rely on government funding, and is therefore, entitled to set their own standards as to who can or cannot participate.  They cannot be "forced" to comply with the PC agenda, either through public pressure or through the courts.........they tried in the courts, and got their butts kicked.

What the PC crowd DID accomplish was, again "back in the day", when our troop participated on long trips to Jamborees (I went to two), we would lease a bus, and en route we would stay at various military bases.

The Army, Navy, or Air Force would put us up overnight in a barracks, feed us in their mess halls, give us a tour, and generally welcome us to their "home".........I think that is gone now, as the PC crowd determined that having the military provide temporary accommodations to scouts, was a defacto method of "government support", and in order for it to continue, the BSA had to comply with all of the PC agenda.......

doc

[Eupher]

^5!   Back in  the day, when I was in scouting, of course there was no such requirements, however, I can't remember any campout, trip, or event what wasn't attended by both the scoutmaster, and at least one of the assistants.  Our troop actually had a cabin in the woods, on about a hundred acres that we used frequently for weekends......and (gasp) on several occasions we even had joint campouts with the local girlscout troop (they, of course camped in their own group).  We also  had (another gasp) a rifle range, an archery range, and built or repaired our "cabin" and storage facility.

BTW, Euph, just a few miles north of you, Great Rivers Council built a scout camp called "Camp Thunderbird".  I don't know if it is still even there, but I was part of building it back in the '60's.  Have absolutely no idea of what it is like today, but we spent two summers building a dock for the lake, boathouse for canoes, and platforms for permanent wall tents (for those that participated it was counted as our Eagle "project").  The Council had a contractor build a mess hall and a couple of other ancillary buildings.  All of the troops had fundraising efforts for several years to build it.  I  took my OA "Ordeal", and "Brotherhood" initiations there, as well as working on the staff the first summer that it was opened.  Compared to the camp we formerly used down at Lake of the Ozarks, it was very "rustic"......but a lot of  fun.

doc

I've not been involved in Scouting since I left Michigan, and probably won't ever again, though I still think of Scouting as THE organization for young men to become involved in. It does build character, inner strength, and courage, and the experience helps make men out of boys.

I have no idea what troops are here in this area or where they have their activities/campouts, though I know of one guy at church who is heavily involved in Scouting.

I never got involved in OA, though. Not sure why, but it's just something I never did.