Stop Press, I see that George W. finally made it to the Jamboree. It is a bit disconcerting to hear that Andrew Card, Vice President Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld were all scouts (see remark at the outset about IQ).

But perhaps he decided to show up in order to drum up recruits for the Iraq War some years down the road given the way it is going (unless he is considering dramatically lowering the recruitment age requirement the way it has just been raised at the other end of the age cohort.)

"Scouts!! When Alexander the Great was your age he was wandering around in the Middle East!!! We are wandering around in the Middle East!!! So I was thinking......."

yours,

Peter T.