O. K., for a start, the Scouts were not exactly firing on all cylinders when they plonked their dining room tent underneath power lines and killed off several leaders; but then there was this heat stroke thing as 40,000 of the little dears waited in an arena for George W. to address them.   And he never showed!! It turns out that the Scouts have to go through lengthy security checks (why not just ask them to repeat the Scout oath?), and then stand around waiting for a guy who doesn't show up because of the threat of thunderstorms.

I smell conspiracy here.

I was a Boy Scout once, and attended these jamborees. What was I thinking? I have many stories of stupid Scout leaders, but I guess when they stopped hiring gay leaders, they lost the IQ fight permanently.

yours,

Peter T. (attained one merit badge on my way to being a Star scout)