Great American Priorities

This year is the 100th Anniversary of The Boy Scouts of America. The traditions of the organization run deep and true to the American spirit. The list of famous former scouts is an impressive one.
The following men acheived the level of Eagle Scout:
•Bill Alexander, U.S. Representative from Arkansas
•Gary Anderson, U.S. Representative from New York
•Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative from Florida
•William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education
•Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S. Sneator from New Jersey
•Milton Caniff, Comic Strip Artist "Steve Canyon"
•Willaim Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from California
•Arthur Eldred, (First Eagle Scout)
•Gerald Ford, 38th President of the U.S.
•Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Governor of Louisiana
•James Lovell - Astronaut
•Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana
•Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia
•Ellison Onizuka, Challenger Astronaut
•J.J. Pickle, U.S. Representative from Texas
•Samuel Pierce, Former Secreatry of HUD
•Harrison Salisbury, Pulitzer Prize winning Author
•Willaim Sessions, Former FBI Director
•Steven Spielberg, Film Director/Producer
•Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning Author
•Percy Sutton, Chairman of CBS John Tesh, TV Celebrity
•James Stewart - Actor
•James Brady, Former Press Secretary to President Reagan
•William C. DeVries, M.D., Transplanted first artificial heart
•Walter Cronkite - Journalist, T.V. commentator
•J. Willard Marriott, Jr., President, Marriott Corporation
•H. Ross Perot, Chairman, EDS Corp.
•Daniel J. Evans, Former US Senator and Governor of Washington state

The rest of these men were also scouts:
•David Hartman, Actor (Life Scout)
•Henry "Hank" Aaron, Baseball Superstar (Boy Scout)
•Richard Gere - Actor
•Bruce Jenner - Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon (Cub Scout)
•Jim Morrison - Rock Legend (Boy Scout)
•Merlin Olsen, Actor, Sportscaster (Boy Scout)
•Eddie Rabbitt, Country/Western singer (Boy Scout)
•Richard Roundtree, Actor (Boy Scout)
•Alberto Salazar, 3-time winner, NYC Marathon (Life Scout)
•John Schneider, Actor/Singer (Cub Scout)
•Howard K. Smith, Former ABC-TV commentator (Boy Scout)
•Mark Spitz - Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer (Cub Scout)
•George Strait - Country/Western Singer (Cub Scout)
•Joe Theisman, Sportscaster, former NFL player (Life Scout)
•Peter Ueberroth, Former Commissioner of Baseball (Cub Scout)
•Paul Winfield, Actor (Cub Scout)
•Steve Young, NFL Quarterback
Why do I bring this up? Being the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts and the scouts made President Obama honorary chairman. The President was scheduled to speak to more than 45,000 scouts at their jamboree that occurs every four years. Unfortunately, the White House informed the scouts two days before his appearance that the President would deliver a taped message instead due to a scheduling conflict. What was the scheduling conflict? The President taping his appearance on "The View".
Given the list of distinguished former scouts, what has "The View" produced in comparison to the scouts besides higher viewer ratings and more TV exposure for an already over-exposed president.