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Booted by Forest Service, Scouts Now Help Fight Fires
worldnetdaily.com ^ | August 02, 2008 | staff

Posted on 08/03/2008 7:18:22 AM PDT by kellynla

Members of the honor society for the Boy Scouts of America who had to change their service project plans in Wyoming when the U.S. Forest Service instead allowed the Rainbow Family hippie group to use a location the Scouts had sought now are helping the federal agency fight a forest fire in the state.

According to a report in the Casper Star-Tribune the Scouts, some of an estimated 1,000 members of the Order of the Arrow in the state, have "stepped in" to help firefighters in the Bridger-Teton National Forest fight the New Fork Lakes fire, about 19 miles north of Pinedale.

The blaze started when a campfire got out of control and, during the course of about eight hours earlier this week, grew from 40 to 1,500 acres.

The Scouts are staffing the supply line that provides materials and services to firefighters, officials said. Firefighters also have established a command post at the Scouts' camp.

"It is a great help to have the extra hands," fire cache manager Heidi Zardus told the newspaper. "They are helping me get the orders filled and the supplies shipped out in record time."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; bsa; firefighters; fires; forestservice; rainbowfamily; summercamp; wildfires
The Boy Scouts didn't give the Forest Service the "three finger salute" and tell them to "read between the lines." LOL
1 posted on 08/03/2008 7:18:22 AM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla
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2 posted on 08/03/2008 7:23:46 AM PDT by Roccus (Someday it'll all make sense.....maybe.)
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To: kellynla
But because of the fact Undersecretary Rey, for whatever reason, took it on himself to do what he has referred to as an experimental process by which he does not require the Rainbow Group to have any permit, the conflict developed," Bousman said.

Ray should be fired. Then sent to restore what the Rainbow group only cleaned up. I figure working by himself, he might be done by 2012.

3 posted on 08/03/2008 7:26:59 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: kellynla

Gee, I wonder how manty of the hippie queers who got preference are volunteering?


4 posted on 08/03/2008 7:27:17 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Roccus

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5 posted on 08/03/2008 7:27:45 AM PDT by Bullfrogg (American by Birth, Irish by heritage, hell raiser by choice)
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To: kellynla

I wonder where the Rainbow hippies are right now?


6 posted on 08/03/2008 7:40:38 AM PDT by Mojave
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SUANHACKY Lodge #49

(a long, long time ago)


7 posted on 08/03/2008 7:41:47 AM PDT by Roccus (Someday it'll all make sense.....maybe.)
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To: Mojave

I wonder if someone from the Raibow Family didn’t start the campfire that got out of control. A person can do some pretty stupid things if high.


8 posted on 08/03/2008 8:02:20 AM PDT by 12Gauge687 (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
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To: kellynla

Wonder how many Rainbow Family members could put down the bongs long enough to pitch in and help?


9 posted on 08/03/2008 8:06:27 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Senator McCain, what did GWB promise you back in 2000? And you believed him? BWAHAAAAA!)
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To: Mojave

Are you kidding me. The Rainbow Family IS fighting the fire. I just know that they are responsible type and are doing the right thing. After all, isn’t that what being a hippy is all about?

NAW! I’m just joking. The are probably in the woods, stubling around stoned, and getting in the way.


11 posted on 08/03/2008 8:21:26 AM PDT by truemiester ((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
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To: kellynla
The Rainbows helped us out a lot after Katrina. The video is 26 minutes, but very informative.

Rainbow Family & Christians Unite to Give Hope after Katrina!

I'm not so quick to condemn them after seeing what they did for thousands of folks here.

...but they do smell bad.
12 posted on 08/03/2008 8:32:39 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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400 members of Rainbow Family surround, attack federal officers
Forest Service officials stoned by hippie group allowed to displace Boy Scouts' service project

13 posted on 08/03/2008 8:38:08 AM PDT by Mojave
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I wonder where the Rainbow hippies are right now?

They're on the way to Denver. Gonna take 'em a while, though. Takes time to thumb it when the micro-bus melts down.

14 posted on 08/03/2008 8:46:51 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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I wouldn't give 'em a ride.


15 posted on 08/03/2008 8:54:15 AM PDT by Mojave
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Hmmmm....I remember this. Wonder if it was the same ones here?


16 posted on 08/03/2008 10:03:43 AM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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