I would first like to start congratulating Mr Goldsmith, as I am an avid scouter, and proud of it. It is nice to see someone wanting to better themselves and the world around them in many ways. I have just attained my rank of Eagle scout, and I had thoughts of going and seeing how many badges I could get before I hit the limit.

I would like to say to Rob, with the upmost respect, you are wrong. At the age of 13, I proved myself as a young man, able to attain the rank of Eagle scout, and this was because I came from an extremely active troop, that camped at least once, if not twice a month. When I moved to a different troop and council, I was told I had to wait until I was the age of 15, and I had to move troops, because the project I had laid out was for my aunt, who was diagnosed with Multiple Mialoma (cancer of the bone marrow) a few months earlier, we did not know how much time she had, and out of honor for her, I wanted to do the project, with meanings of higher powers. If a boy is able to earn the rank of eagle at the age of 13, then so be it, I believe it is would be nice in my troop to have a boy that young to attain the rank, and then go and earn every merit badge. Yes there are a lot of badges that are easy, but I do know of at least 60 that would only take one afternoon for each. I know for a fact that Mr. Goldsmith did not cheat himself through getting all of these badges, because if it was that way, I will put everything down, saying that he could have been doing other things.

It's delicious! What are you thinking?

bastille day is coming ;)

at least she didn't waste that money on human progress