It definitely reads that way. In fact, the headline combined with the first few sentences makes it sound like the evil and diabolical George Bush ran late, left the poor Boy Scouts hanging, and failed to notify them he wouldn't be there until they were all sick already.
I was looking at the Dummies posts at thier site and they are all blameing Bush for this. I know he is the controller of the U.S., but damn he can control the weather too?