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Vermont Boy Scout Citizen of the Year?
Bayley Hazen Blog ^ | April 12, 2011 | Deborah Bucknam

Posted on 04/19/2011 5:16:20 PM PDT by jacjmm

The Green Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts of America has decided to honor Sen. Bernie Sanders as Citizen of the Year. I attempted to email the Green Mountain Council a copy of The Senator from Antipathy, an article quoting Sen. Sanders' own words from his memoir, "Outsider in the House" . The email from the Scout's website refused to receive it, saying "possible offensive words found in the message text". I then tried to send it from my own email address. Again, it was rejected. The message stated:

"A recent e-mail apparently sent by you contained words or phrases that are inappropriate for the BSA e-mail system on 4/12/2011 3:52:13 PM. Your e-mail was not delivered."

In neither email did I use any offensive words. I only quoted Bernie Sanders..

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; sanders
I find it difficult to believe that the Vermont Boy Scout Council couldn't come up with someone more appropriate as citizen of the year. I know a lot of more deserving Vermonters!
1 posted on 04/19/2011 5:16:24 PM PDT by jacjmm
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To: jacjmm

Here is the Senator from Antipathy article mentioned in the blog.... http://bayleyhazenblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/senator-from-antipathy-by-deb-bucknam.html


2 posted on 04/19/2011 5:17:41 PM PDT by jacjmm
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To: jacjmm

Agreed. Can’t think of too many that reside west of Marshfield though.


3 posted on 04/19/2011 5:30:05 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: jacjmm

That’s a cute way of getting two hits on your blog. But I’ll just skip going to your second link.


4 posted on 04/19/2011 5:42:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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To: TigersEye

Here’s a link to the same article that doesn’t go to the blog. http://truenorthreports.com/the-senator-from-antipathy


5 posted on 04/19/2011 5:56:44 PM PDT by jacjmm
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To: jacjmm

Why not just post the offending quotes in the body of your thread?


6 posted on 04/19/2011 6:25:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/15/08 and why?)
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