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You are here: Home / Politics / Domestic Politics / Another Boy Scout Problem

Another Boy Scout Problem

by John Cole|  July 28, 20058:05 pm| 6 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics, Military

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Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh,
Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining
and they say we’ll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy
He developed poison ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.

This isn’t funny, considering the terrible deaths last week at the Boy Scout Jamboree and how deadly serious heat casualties can be, but what the hell is going on at Fort A.P. Hill:

The Boy Scouts marched onto the field singing, plopping down in the grass to wait for President Bush. But hours later, the news that Bush couldn’t make it was drowned out by sirens and shouts as hundreds fell ill because of the blistering heat.

About 300 people, most of them Scouts, suffered from dehydration, fatigue and lightheadedness Wednesday – just days after four Scout leaders were killed at the national Jamboree while pitching a tent beneath a power line.

Temperatures at Fort A.P. Hill, an Army base where the 10-day event is being held, reached the upper 90s and were intensified by high humidity.

I have trained at A.P. Hill, and like most military bases, it is on unforgiving terrain with soil that is mostly sand, and it is HUMID AS HELL from May to September. Would someone please get these scouts a wet bulb?

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  1. 1.

    Bob

    July 28, 2005 at 8:26 pm

    I quit the scouts after a spider crawled into my ear on a jamboree.

  2. 2.

    Stormy70

    July 28, 2005 at 8:39 pm

    I quit the scouts after a spider crawled into my ear on a jamboree.

    That would do it for me, as well.

  3. 3.

    Nikki

    July 28, 2005 at 8:49 pm

    The Scouts have held their jamboree at AP Hill since 1937. This just happens to be one of their worst jamborees ever. Plus, a ruling came down that the Pentagon can’t spend millions of dollars to sponsor Boy Scout events anymore, but the Senate passed legislation saying they could.

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    Jimmy Jazz

    July 28, 2005 at 10:51 pm

    I’m off to create a thread at Kos now: ACTION ALERT: Bush burns children alive!

    Heh, just kidding. There would have been more vomiting if he showed up.

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    demimondian

    July 29, 2005 at 8:18 am

    Nah, Jimmy. The title should be: Action alert: MSM ignoring Bush admin’s mass murders at Ft. A.P. Hill

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    Tom

    July 29, 2005 at 1:17 pm

    I have always admired the ideals the Boy Scouts have traditionally stood for. It’s unfortunate that in the past 15 years, the Boy Scouts have morphed from an outdoor skills group to a subdivision of the religious right empire. If you don’t believe me, ask any Scout who has been involved years ago how the Scouts of the 70’s compare to the Scouts of today. They aren’t the same group anymore. If you aren’t religious enough or straight enough, you are officially banned.

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