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  • smokymountainrain
    Impressive Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 22593
    #46
    Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
    Another reason I will never accept a calling in Scouts.

    This was disappointing. Almost a bit of bullying, actually:
    That seems to be how some Stake Leadership roll.
    I'm like LeBron James.
    -mpfunk

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      • wuapinmon
        Soul Plumber
        • Dec 2008
        • 30711
        #47
        Holy crap.
        "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
        The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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          • Sullyute
            a day late/a dollar short
            • Jul 2010
            • 3308
            #48
            this quote was my favorite:

            Scouting is endorsed by the prophet. He knows more than you and I about the efficacy and worth of scouting. I trust he has received revelation regarding this. For me, it is an easy and straightforward concept. I follow the prophet,” the email said.
            "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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              • Soccermom
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2008
                • 4063
                #49
                Originally posted by Sullyute View Post
                this quote was my favorite:



                Yeah, sounds like the wrong person was released. Yikes.

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                  • Jeff Lebowski
                    Corporate lackey for Jesus
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 69716
                    #50
                    Originally posted by Shaka View Post
                    Young mens leader takes a stand and loses his calling.
                    Hurray for Brother Thomas.

                    Sorry, but his SP is a fool. All he has accomplished is turning this guy into a martyr and ensuring that even more people will hear about the outrageous salaries paid to BSA executives ($383K for a local leader or $1.2M for the national leader is insane for a volunteer organization.). I read this article to my wife and she says she does not want to donate to Friends of Scouting ever again. Instead, we will donate directly to our local troop.
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                      • TripletDaddy
                        sweet triple
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 58186
                        #51
                        Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                        Hurray for Brother Thomas.

                        Sorry, but his SP is a fool. All he has accomplished is turning this guy into a martyr and ensuring that even more people will hear about the outrageous salaries paid to BSA executives ($383K for a local leader or $1.2M for the national leader is insane for a volunteer organization.). I read this article to my wife and she says she does not want to donate to Friends of Scouting ever again. Instead, we will donate directly to our local troop.
                        I also read it to my wife. She had the same thought...skip FOS altogether. She also wondered why she wasnt getting some FOS cash for being a den mother to 9 year olds.

                        MMM sassing the system!
                        Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
                        sigpic

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                          • Jeff Lebowski
                            Corporate lackey for Jesus
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 69716
                            #52
                            Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                            I also read it to my wife. She had the same thought...skip FOS altogether. She also wondered why she wasnt getting some FOS cash for being a den mother to 9 year olds.

                            MMM sassing the system!
                            Cha-ching.

                            Chalk up another anti-FOS convert for President Roth!
                            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                              • Surfah
                                Where's Wallace?
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 33726
                                #53
                                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                                Hurray for Brother Thomas.

                                Sorry, but his SP is a fool. All he has accomplished is turning this guy into a martyr and ensuring that even more people will hear about the outrageous salaries paid to BSA executives ($383K for a local leader or $1.2M for the national leader is insane for a volunteer organization.). I read this article to my wife and she says she does not want to donate to Friends of Scouting ever again. Instead, we will donate directly to our local troop.
                                This was the same thought I had when reading it. So now you're going to get even less support for FOS. Good move SP.
                                "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                                -Turtle
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                                  • WashingtonCoug
                                    Monsters like me
                                    • Jan 2009
                                    • 1489
                                    #54
                                    If I would have known that's all you have to do to get out of Scouts, I would have done that along time ago. In my last Ward where I was the scoutmaster, the Bishopric barely even mentioned FOS. They weren't big fans of scouting.
                                    "To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail."
                                    —Abraham Maslow

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                                      • pellegrino
                                        miserere me
                                        • Jan 2009
                                        • 12100
                                        #55
                                        Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Don't go astray! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! He knows the way!
                                        Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                                        God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                                        Alessandro Manzoni

                                        Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                                        pelagius

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                                          • wuapinmon
                                            Soul Plumber
                                            • Dec 2008
                                            • 30711
                                            #56
                                            Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
                                            Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Don't go astray! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! Follow the Prophet! He knows the way!
                                            I don't think I like your tone, pilgrim. Conform, or be released.

                                            Ah, la dolcezza di doppi sensi forza mia faccia a sorridere.
                                            "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                                            The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                                              • YOhio
                                                Hipster Mode
                                                • Nov 2008
                                                • 26165
                                                #57
                                                I've never heard of Friends of Scouting and CUF is the only place I've seen it discussed. True story.

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                                                  • DU Ute
                                                    RIP CUF
                                                    • Dec 2008
                                                    • 7393
                                                    #58
                                                    Does FOS cover Cub Scouts as well as Boy Scouts? I need an excuse to get released.
                                                    "In conclusion, let me give a shout-out to dirty sex. What a great thing it is" - Northwestcoug
                                                    "And you people wonder why you've had extermination orders issued against you." - landpoke
                                                    "Can't . . . let . . . foolish statements . . . by . . . BYU fans . . . go . . . unanswered . . . ." - LA Ute

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                                                      • Moliere
                                                        One man.....one pie
                                                        • Oct 2009
                                                        • 27886
                                                        #59
                                                        Originally posted by DU Ute View Post
                                                        Does FOS cover Cub Scouts as well as Boy Scouts? I need an excuse to get released.
                                                        Yes it does.
                                                        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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                                                          • Portland Ute
                                                            Junior Member
                                                            • Dec 2008
                                                            • 5647
                                                            #60
                                                            I'm not donating to FOS again either.

                                                            I had no idea how ridiculous this was.

                                                            WTF does the council director in Utah DO? for 220K?

                                                            1.5 million for the national director? GOOD HELL.

                                                            FOS? I'll pass...

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