Congress commending young men for becoming eagle scouts

[The Straight Story]

While reading over many extensions of remarks tonight I found tons like the one below.
Nothing against it myself mind you - just found it interesting. I think it is a nice gesture, just never knew how prevalent it was.

Maybe someday they will honor those who have 10,000 or more posts on DU ;)

RECOGNIZING CHAD BRENTON FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT -- (Extensions of Remarks - January 05, 2007)


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SPEECH OF
HON. SAM GRAVES
OF MISSOURI
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2007

* Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Chad Brenton, a very special young man who has exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 320, and in earning the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout.

* Chad has been very active with his troop, participating in many scout activities. Over the many years Chad has been involved with scouting, he has not only earned numerous merit badges, but also the respect of his family, peers, and community.

* Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in commending Chad Brenton for his accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of America and for his efforts put forth in achieving the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. I am honored to represent Chad in the United States House of Representatives.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Surprising that Ford was our only Eagle Scout to become Prez. nt

[jody]

2. Not all young boys/girls are good in athletic sports. It's nice to recognize young

men for their accomplishments.

Just a few Eagle Scouts who became famous.

· Famous Eagle Scouts, source Wikipedia
· Gary Ackerman; Representative from New York, serving twelfth term.<3>
· James C. Adamson; Retired Army colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-28 and STS-43.<4>
· Peter Agre; Biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins.<2><5>
· Bill Alexander; Former representative from Arkansas.<6>
· Lamar A. Alexander; Senator from Tennessee; previously Governor of Tennessee and United States Secretary of Education.<2><3>
· Bill Amend; Cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.<7>
· Neil Armstrong; Retired astronaut who flew on the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions, test pilot, and naval aviator famous as the first human to set foot on the Moon.<2><4>
· Marvin J. Ashton (deceased); Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, businessman and Utah state senator.<8>
· Norman Ralph Augustine; Aircraft businessman and former CEO of Martin Marietta Aerospace.<2><9>
· James P. Bagian; Physician and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-29 and STS-40.<4>
· Willie Banks; Olympic competitor and world-record-holding track star.<1>
· Marion S. Barry; Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, former mayor of Washington, D.C.<10>
· Harry Brinkley Bass (deceased); Navy fighter pilot killed in action over France during World War II, awarded the Navy Cross twice and the Silver Star. The USS Brinkley Bass was named in his honor.<11>
· Albert Belle; Former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles. Considered by many to be one of the leading sluggers of his time, he was the first player to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season.<12>
· Charles Edward Bennett (deceased); Representative from Florida.<2>
· Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. (deceased); Four-term senator from Texas and nominee for vice president. Representative, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Secretary of the Treasury.<2><1>
· Dick Beyer; Retired professional wrestler, schoolteacher and coach.<13>
· Jeff Bingaman; Senator from New Mexico and former attorney general of New Mexico.<14>
· Arthur Gary Bishop (deceased); Serial killer.<15>
· Sanford Bishop; Representative from Georgia .<2><16>
· Michael Bloomberg; Mayor of the City of New York, prominent businessman and the founder of Bloomberg L.P.<17><18>
· Guy Bluford; Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut who participated in four flights of the Space Shuttle-STS-8, STS-39, STS-53, and STS-61-A. First African American in space. Designated as the emissary to return the Challenger flag.<4>
· Ken Bowersox; Astronaut, test pilot and Navy captain who is a veteran of seven space flights-STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113, Expedition 6 and Soyuz TMA-1.<4>
· William W. Bradley; Former star basketball player who later became a senator and presidential candidate.<2><1><18>
· Charles E. Brady, Jr. (deceased); Astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-78.<2><4>
· James Brady; Gun control advocate and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan who was shot and became permanently disabled during the Reagan assassination attempt.<2>
· Stephen Breyer; Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.<19><18>
· Sherrod Brown; Senator-elect from Ohio.<20>
· John T. Caldwell (deceased); Educator who served as the chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1959-1975.<21>
· William D. Campbell (deceased); Founder of the World Scout Foundation, member of World Scout Committee.<22>
· Milton Caniff (deceased); Cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.<22><1>
· Russ Carnahan; Representative from Missouri.<23>
· Gerald P. Carr; Retired Marine Corps colonel and former astronaut who flew onboard Skylab 4.<22>
· Sonny Carter (deceased); Astronaut who flew on shuttle missions including STS-33.<22>
· Roger B. Chaffee (deceased); Navy pilot and astronaut on Apollo 1.<4>
· Kirk Chambers; NFL football player for the Cleveland Browns.<24>
· Gregory Chamitoff; Astronaut who is a backup crew-member for International Space Station Expedition 15.<4>
· Kim B. Clark; President of Brigham Young University-Idaho from 2005 to present, former Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School.<22>
· Tom C. Clark (deceased); Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.<22>
· Thad Cochran; Senior senator from Mississippi.<22>
· George Thomas Coker; Retired Navy commander, honored with the Navy Cross for his leadership as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War.<22><25><18>
· Barber Conable (deceased); Representative from New York, former president of the World Bank.<22>
· Richard O. Covey; Retired astronaut who was the pilot for the first "Return To Space" flight and flew shuttle missions STS-26, STS-38, STS-51-I, STS-61.<22>
· Mike Crapo; Senator from Idaho.<22>
· John Oliver Creighton; Navy combat veteran and retired astronaut who flew shuttle missions STS-51-G, STS-36 and STS-48.<4>
· John W. Creighton, Jr.; Civilian aide to the secretary of the Army; former CEO of Weyerhaeuser Co. and United Air Lines; former national president of the BSA.<22>
· Edgar Cunningham (deceased); Earliest known African American Eagle Scout, awarded in 1926.<26>
· James Dale; Litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale.<27>
· William E. Dannemeyer; Honorary national chairman of Citizens for a Better America and former representative from California.<22>
· Hal Daub; Representative from Nebraska, serving four terms, lawyer and former mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.<22>
· William DeVries; Cardiothoracic surgeon who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implantation.<1>
· Michael S. Dukakis; Former governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate.<22>
· Charles Moss Duke, Jr.; Retired Air Force brigadier general and astronaut. As a member of Apollo 16 he became one of only twelve men who have walked on the moon.<22>
· Aquilla J. Dyess (deceased); Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" during the Battle of Kwajalein.<28>
· Ronnie Earle; District attorney for Travis County, Texas known for bringing to light the Jack Abramoff controversies and for filing charges against House majority leader Tom DeLay.<29>
· John D. Ehrlichman (deceased); Assistant to President Richard Nixon.<22>
· Donn F. Eisele (deceased); Air Force colonel and Apollo 7 astronaut.<4>
· Arthur Rose Eldred (deceased); Agricultural official and executive and Navy veteran of World War I who became the first Eagle Scout. Also received the Bronze Honor Medal for lifesaving, and was the first of three generations of Eagle Scouts.<30>
· Mike Enzi; Senator from Wyoming.<22>
· Daniel J. Evans; Former three-term governor of Washington and former senator.<22>
· Philo Farnsworth (deceased); Inventor, holder of first patent for an electronic television.<31>
· Jay Fawcett; Politician, decorated combat veteran and co-founder of Veterans for a Secure America.<32>
· Jim Feldkamp; Politician, former Navy aviator and combat veteran and former FBI agent.<33>
· Robert Edward Femoyer (deceased); Army Air Forces navigator during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor.<34>
· Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Poet who is best known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beat generation.<35>
· Alva R. Fitch (deceased); Lieutenant general in the Army and former Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.<36>
· Eugene B. Fluckey; Navy submarine commander during World War II who received the Medal of Honor.<37>
· Tom Foley; Former representative from Washington, former speaker of the House of Representatives, former ambassador to Japan.<1>
· Gerald R. Ford Jr. (deceased); 38th President of the United States.<22><1>
· Dave Foreman; Co-founder of environmental activist group Earth First.<38>
· Patrick G. Forrester; Astronaut who flew on STS-105.<4>
· Steve Fossett; Aviator and adventurer known for his five world record non-stop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo airplane pilot.<22><1>
· Michael E. Fossum; Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and astronaut who flew on STS-121 as a mission specialist.<4>
· Murphy J. Foster, Jr.; Politician who was the former governor of Louisiana.<39>
· Daniel Frisa; Journalist and former representative for New York.<40>
· C. Gordon Fullerton; Research pilot, retired Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew STS-3 and STS-51-F.<4>
· Chan Gailey; Head coach of the Georgia Tech football team and former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.<41>
· John Garamendi; California Insurance Commissioner, former Deputy United States Secretary of the Interior.<42>
· Robert Gates; Secretary of Defense, Former President of Texas A&M University, president of the National Eagle Scout Association, former CIA director, <2><1>
· William H. Gates, Sr.; Lawyer and CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, father of Bill Gates.<42><18>
· E. Gordon Gee; President of several universities and law professor.<42>
· Dick Gephardt; Former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, former representative from Missouri, former presidential candidate.<42>
· Louie Gohmert; Representative from Texas.<43>
· Stephen Goldsmith; Author, politician, professor, and educator, former mayor of Indianapolis.<42>
· Matt Gonzalez; Politician, attorney, and editorial writer. Former member and president of the San Francisco, California Board of Supervisors from the Green Party.<44>
· Ronald M. Gould; Judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and former professor at the University of Washington.<42>
· William G. Gregory; Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-67.<4>
· S. David Griggs (deceased); Navy Reserve admiral and astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-51-D.<4>
· John H. Groberg; Emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<42>
· Bradley Haddock; Vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC.<42>
· David Hahn; "Radioactive Boy Scout" who attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age seventeen.<45>
· H. R. Haldeman (deceased); White House Chief of Staff.<46>
· William Hanna (deceased); Animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera.<42>
· John M. Harbert (deceased); Businessman who founded Harbert Management Company.<42>
· Alfred Harvey (deceased); Founder of Harvey Comics.<47>
· John Briggs Hayes (deceased); Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.<42>
· J. D. Hayworth; Representative from Arizona and former television and radio journalist.<48>
· Bobby Henderson; Creator of the parody religion Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.<49>
· Russell Henderson; Murderer of Matthew Shepard.<50>
· Jeb Hensarling; Representative from Texas.<51>
· Robert T. Herres; Retired chairman of USAA Group, retired Air Force general who was the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.<42>
· Dudley R. Herschbach; Chemist and Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.<42>
· William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt (deceased); Danish Knight-Scout considered to be the father of American Boy Scouting and the Scoutmaster to the World due to his prolific writings and teachings in the areas of troop and patrol structure, training, and the development of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program.<42>
· Jeffrey A. Hoffman; Co-director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, former astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61 and STS-75.<52>
· Mark Hofmann; Forger and murderer.<53>
· L. Ron Hubbard (deceased); Pulp fiction and science fiction writer and founder of Scientology and Dianetics.<54>
· Howard W. Hunter (deceased); 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<42>
· Gregory H. Johnson; Astronaut.<52>
· Jay L. Johnson; Navy Admiral and fighter pilot, 26th Chief of Naval Operations.<42>
· E. Fay Jones (deceased); Noted architect and designer.<55>
· Thomas David Jones; Retired astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-59, STS-68 and STS-80.<52>
· Darwin Judge (deceased); Marine who was an embassy security guard and was one of the last two US servicemen killed in the Vietnam War.<56>
· Michael Kahn; Recognized film editor who won the Academy Award for Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List and Raiders of the Lost Ark.<1>
· William Henry Keeler; Archbishop of Baltimore.<42>
· Alfred Kinsey; Biologist and professor of entomology and zoology who is known for his research on human sexuality.<57>
· Harry Knowles; Internet film critic.<58>
· Jon Koncak; Retired professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic.<1>
· I. Beverly Lake; Jurist and public official, formerly the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.<59>
· Greg Lashutka; Lawyer and former mayor of Columbus, Ohio, former NFL player for the Buffalo Bills.<60>
· Mark C. Lee; Retired Air Force officer and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, and STS-82.<52>
· Sheldon Leonard (deceased); Pioneering film and television producer, director, writer, and actor.<61>
· Howard Lincoln; CEO of Seattle Mariners baseball team and former chairman of Nintendo of America. In 1956 he posed for The Scoutmaster painting by Norman Rockwell.<42>
· Don L. Lind; Retired astronaut who flew SpaceLab mission STS-51-B.<52>
· Steven W. Lindsey; Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-87, STS-95, and STS-104.<52>
· Gary Locke; Lawyer and former governor of Washington.<60>
· Andrew Looney; Award-winning game designer, writer, cartoonist, photographer, computer programmer and activist.<62>
· James Lovell; Retired astronaut who flew on missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13, former president of National Eagle Scout Association.<60><1><18>
· Dick Lugar; Senator from Indiana.<60>
· David Lynch; Award winning filmmaker and actor.<1>
· Tom Mack; Offensive left guard for Los Angeles Rams and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame.<60>
· Ray Malavasi (deceased); Head coach of National Football League's Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams.<60>
· J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.; Chairman and CEO of Marriott International.<60><1><18>
· Wynton Marsalis; Trumpeter and composer who has been awarded nine Grammys and the Pulitzer Prize.<63>
· William C. McCool (deceased); Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS-107.<52>
· Michael J. McCulley; Chief Executive Officer of United Space Alliance and retired astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-104.<52>
· Rob McKenna; Washington state Attorney General.<64>
· Sid McMath (deceased); Decorated Marine, renowned attorney and progressive reform Governor of Arkansas.<65>
· Robert McNamara; Business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense.<66>
· Michael R. McNulty; Representative from New York.<67>
· Roy W. Menninger; Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, older brother of Walter.<60>
· W. Walter Menninger; Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, younger brother of Roy.<60>
· George Meyer; Writer and producer of The Simpsons.<68>
· Richards "Doc" Miller; Dentist, one of the founders of Venturing, one of the authors of Wood Badge in the 21st Century and the 2003 Boy Scout Field Book.<60>
· Tony Miller; Lawyer and former Chief Deputy for the California Secretary of State.<69>
· Scott Mitchell; Former NFL quarterback.<70>
· Lloyd Monserratt (deceased); Political and community leader in California.<71>
· Michael Moore; Academy Award winning film director, author, social commentator, and comedian.<72>
· Jim E. Mora; Sport radio commentator and analyst. Former head coach of the Baltimore Stars, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts.<60>
· John "Jack" Murtha; Representative from Pennsylvania, and decorated war veteran.<3>
· Ben Nelson; Senator from Nebraska and former governor.<60>
· Ozzie Nelson (deceased); Noted actor and band leader.<60>
· Sam Nunn; Businessman and politician who is the co-chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Former US senator from Georgia.<60><1>
· Brian O'Leary; Retired astronaut who was the deputy team leader for Mariner 10.<52>
· Ellison Onizuka (deceased); Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-51-C. He died onboard Space Shuttle Challenger.<52>
· Stephen S. Oswald; Navy rear admiral and retired astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-42, STS-56, and STS-67.<60><52>
· Mitchell Paige (deceased); Marine Corps hero who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal.<60>
· Francis J. Parater (deceased); Catholic seminarian from Virginia nominated for sainthood.<73><74>
· Scott E. Parazynski; Astronaut who flew missions STS-66, STS-86, STS-95 and STS-100.<52>
· Henry Paulson; United States Treasury Secretary.<18>
· Edward A. Pease; Former representative from Indiana and former chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee.<60>
· Ross Perot Sr.; Businessman and politician who ran for president in 1992 and 1996.<60><1><18>
· Rick Perry; Governor of Texas.<75>
· Donald Pettit; Astronaut who participated in missions STS-113, Expedition 6 and Soyuz TMA-1.<52>
· Fred Phelps; Leader of Westboro Baptist Church.<76>
· J.J. Pickle (deceased); Representative from Texas.<60>
· Samuel Pierce (deceased); Lawyer who was the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.<60>
· Danny Pintauro; Actor known for his role in Who's the Boss?.<77>
· Jere Ratcliffe; Retired Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America.<78>
· Beasley Reece; Sports announcer and former NFL defensive back.<78>
· Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr.; Retired astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-48 and STS-60.<52>
· Frederick Reines (deceased); Physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955.<79>
· Robert Coleman Richardson; Physicist who was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize.<80>
· Burton Roberts; Contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands.<81>
· John Edward Robinson; Serial killer.<82>
· James D. Rogers; CEO of Kampgrounds of America, brother of T. Gary.<78>
· T. Gary Rogers; CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, brother of James.<78>
· Dana Rohrabacher; Representative from California and former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan.<78>
· Mitt Romney; Governor of Massachusetts.<83>
· Mike Rowe; Host of Dirty Jobs and narrator.<84>
· Warren Rudman; Former attorney general and senator from New Hampshire.<78>
· Donald Rumsfeld; former United States Secretary of Defense, former representative and ambassador to NATO.<78><1>
· Harrison Salisbury (deceased); Journalist who was awarded the Pulitzer prize.<78><1>
· James Sanderson; Retired Navy vice admiral.<78>
· Dale V. Sandstrom; Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court.<78>
· Robert Lee Scott, Jr. (deceased); Air Force brigadier general, WWII fighter ace and author of God is My Co-Pilot.<78>
· Richard A. Searfoss; Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-58, STS-76, and STS-90.<52>
· Elliott See (deceased); Astronaut who was the backup pilot for Gemini 5 before his death.<52>
· Jefferson B. Sessions III; Senator from Alabama.<78>
· Pete Sessions; Representative from Texas.<78>
· William Sessions; Judge and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<78>
· Raymond P. Shafer; Lawyer and former governor of Pennsylvania.<78>
· Casey Sheehan (deceased); Army specialist who was killed in action during the Iraq War, son of activist Cindy Sheehan.<85>
· Paul Siple (deceased); Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, having first gone representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout.<86>
· Ike Skelton; Representative from Missouri, Silver Buffalo Award recipient.<78>
· Samuel K. Skinner; Politician and businessman who served as Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff, CEO of Commonwealth Edison, CEO of US Freightways, on the board of directors of Odetics ITS, and on the board of directors of Dade Behring.<78>
· Chuck Smith; President and CEO of AT&T West.<78>
· Gordon Smith; Lawyer and businessman, senator from Oregon.<78>
· Stephan Smith; Singer-songwriter, musician, poet and political activist.<87>
· Steven Spielberg; Academy Award-winning film director.<78>
· Wallace Stegner (deceased); Historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist who won the Pulitzer prize.<88>
· Ryan Stout; stand-up comedian.<89>
· Bart Stupak; Lawyer and US representative from Michigan.<3>
· Percy Sutton; Civil rights activist, lawyer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation and revitalized the Apollo Theater.<78>
· John Tesh; New age/contemporary Christian musician and nationally syndicated radio host.<90>
· Meldrim Thomson, Jr. (deceased); Served three terms as governor of New Hampshire.<91>
· Carlisle Trost; Navy submarine officer, graduated first in his class in 1953 from both the U.S. Naval Academy and submarine officer school, 23rd Chief of Naval Operations.<92>
· Richard H. Truly; Retired Navy vice admiral and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-2 and STS-8 and first former astronaut to head NASA.<92>
· Victor Veysey (deceased); Politician from California who was the assistant secretary for Civil Works for the Army, secretary for industrial relations for California, a congressman, a member of the California state assembly and a professor at CalTech and Stanford.<92>
· Richard Vinroot; Attorney and politician from Charlotte, North Carolina who is a former mayor of Charlotte.<92>
· Mick Wagner; Writer, monologist, choral arranger and radio announcer.<93>
· John D. Waihee III; First Native Hawaiian governor of Hawaii.<92>
· David M. Walker (deceased); Astronaut who flew missions STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53 and STS-69.<52>
· Sam Walton (deceased); Founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club and patriarch of the Walton family, the richest family in the world.<92>
· Larry D. Welch; President of the Institute for Defense Analyses and retired Air Force general and fighter pilot who was the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.<92>
· Togo D. West, Jr.; Attorney and public official, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. He was the former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former United States Secretary of the Army.<92><1>
· William Westmoreland (deceased); Army general who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak and who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.<92>
· John C. Whitehead; Chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, former chairman of Goldman Sachs, veteran of WWII.<92>
· Charles Whitman (deceased); Spree killer known as the University of Texas tower sniper.<94>
· E. O. Wilson; Distinguished biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and a prominent intellectual.<95>
· Walter B. Wriston (deceased); Chairman of Citicorp.<92>
· Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (deceased); Navy admiral and 19th Chief of Naval Operations.<92>

[baldguy]

3. William Bennett isn't a stellar recommendation, exactly.

[jody]

5. I believe most awards have a few recipients who didn't do well in life. n/t

[noamnety]

4. If the scouts still have to believe in a god

Then this is inappropriate.

[jody]

6. Interesting statement. Do you know of an organization that asks boys to state

they don't believe in god?

Perhaps we could find a politician to recognize them when they reach the highest rank in their group.

[BlooInBloo]

7. ... and discriminate against gay folks.

[DeSwiss]

8. Well.....

....having been a scout at one time myself way back in the Stone Age, they're not too bad as far as prepubescent paramilitary organizations go. I guess. Well, except for that requirement to believe in invisible beings and rejecting gays and all.

Still, what is interesting to me is the juxtapositioning of the scout morality versus against what we've seen coming from Congress. Particularly the Repugs. Particularly since Sam Graves IS a Repug. Maybe Chad Brenton could give Sam and his buddies some pointers.....

Boy Scout Oath (or Promise)

On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.

Boy Scout Law - A Scout is:

TRUSTWORTHY A Scout tells the truth. He keeps his promises. Honesty is part of his code of conduct. People can depend on him.

LOYAL A Scout is true to his family, Scout leaders, friends, school, and nation.

HELPFUL A Scout is concerned about other people. He does things willingly for others without pay or reward.

FRIENDLY A Scout is a friend to all. He is a brother to other Scouts. He seeks to understand others. He respects those with ideas and customs other than his own.

COURTEOUS A Scout is polite to everyone regardless of age or position. He knows good manners make it easier for people to get along together.

KIND A Scout understands there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. He does not hurt or kill harmless things without reason.

OBEDIENT A Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and troop. He obeys the laws of his community and country. If he thinks these rules and laws are unfair, he tries to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobey them.

CHEERFUL A Scout looks for the bright side of things. He cheerfully does tasks that come his way. He tries to make others happy.

THRIFTY A Scout works to pay his way and to help others. He saves for unforeseen needs. He protects and conserves natural resources. He carefully uses time and property.

BRAVE A Scout can face danger even if he is afraid. He has the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at or threaten him.

CLEAN A Scout keeps his body and mind fit and clean. He goes around with those who believe in living by these same ideals. He helps keep his home and community clean.

REVERENT A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others.


Scout Motto

Be Prepared

Scout Slogan

Do a Good Turn Daily

Naw. That would be asking just WAYYYYY too much......