[Philmont] A Scout is Reverant

Boy, the Texas stuff just keeps going - so can't resist jumping
in. Don't have but one Texas story that I rightly recall at the
moment. Seems in 02 one of my North Carolina crews broke the
3-season-long record at Sawmill, held by a Texas crew, for the most
pullups, or somthin' like that. He was a puny little guy, too - well
maybe not so puny. (See crew photo 705-N-2, 3rd pic down page, front
row seated 2nd from left -
http://www.troop116.org/philmont/phl02.htm.) Seems he beat a Texas
crew and a California crew that evening on the way to a new
record. Texas folks were not happy. Sorry 'bout that.

Was Texas once part of North Carolina? Texas flag sort of has that
NC look. Not sure.

Julian
Charlotte, NC

----Original Message Follows----
From: John LeBlanc <philmontjohn@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:20:44 -0700 (PDT)

John Notes:
    So don't blame me for what Calvin done at Beaubien. If Beaubien
would have taken better care of his homeworks and da flagpoles at his
cabin none dis wood have happen in da fist place.
    How does that explain the raising of the Texas flag at
basecamp? The poor staff did not get a chance to wake up and have
breakfast before the flag was posted photographed and hidden again.
    Hmmmmm I gotta get them pictures off the camera and see how they
turned out.
    Signed:
    The guy who does not need to travel with his state flag to know
where he comes from.

    ************************************************************************************************

    So where do you come from? Do they have cornbread and chicken?
    Well to 'splain all the above flag stuff, I'll try. Here goes:
    Whereas the land at Philmont was once a part of the Republic of Texas,
    and Whereas once Texas, always Texas,
    and Whereas the home office of the BSA is located in the great
state of Texas,
    and Whereas numerous permanent staff are bred and born Texans,
    and Whereas numerous spouses of permanent staff are bred and born Texans,
    be it so resolved that flying the Texas flag over CHQ is herby
deemed rational, natural
    and proper conduct,
    however, if those showing this respect weren't such scardy cats,
the Texas flag would still be flying over Philmont CHQ.
    be it also resolved that we Texans don't have to look at a flag
to know who we are, or where we are from, but since our ancestors
fought and died for that flag many times over, we simply are proud of
it and want less fortunate souls to get a glimpse or her.
      and that's just the way it is.
    and God bless Texas and all those who love her and all those who don't.
    and God bless the other forty-nine states and the residents thereof.
    Amen

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Received on Fri Oct 20 17:58:11 2006