Hazardous duty in Iraq? Try being a Boy Scout!

It used to be taken for granted that boys joined the Boy Scouts to learn how to trap animals and light a fire. Unfortunately, recent news about lost boys suggest that perhaps they need to be more vigilant about their own safety... or perhaps the adults need to pay better attention.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- Shoes believed to belong to a 13-year-old Boy Scout were found in the fast-moving Yellowstone River, but Luke Sanburg was still missing and feared drowned. National Park Service officials said a search would continue Monday for the boy, who fell in the river Friday evening... Sanburg, of Helena, Mont., was pushing logs into the river with other Scouts on Friday when a log clipped his legs and knocked him into the river. He was last seen, head above water, floating toward a stretch of rapids, park officials said... Luke and six members of his troop were camping in the northern part of the park, about six miles from Gardiner, Mont., a park gateway. Three adults were with the boys. The disappearance came just days after 11-year-old Cub Scout Brennan Hawkins was found in good condition after spending four days wandering in the Utah wilderness.

Solution? I think the Boy Scouts of America need to rehire all those gay scout leaders who were forced out. I never heard of boys being misplaced before the right-wing purge...