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Family Reunion

Looking forward to meeting my siblings.

Final Farewell to JKM

I am currently grieving.

WeAkly/weekly

My thoughts for the week.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to "BIGM"

JKM Relationship

A goodbye to my son ..   I LOVE YOU

Important History

Some history, to absorb. Why the Marine Hymn Contains the Verse "To the Shores of Tripoli" Most Americans are unaware of the fact that over two hundred years ago the United States had declared war on Islam and Thomas Jefferson led the charge! At the height of the eighteenth century, Muslim pirates were the terror of the Mediterranean and a large area of the North Atlantic. They attacked every ship in sight, and held the crews for exorbitant ransoms. Those taken hostage were subjected to barbaric treatment and wrote heart-breaking letters home, begging their government and family members to pay whatever their Mohammedan captors demanded. These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers – collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast – and presented a dangerous and unprovoked threat to the new American Republic. Before the Revolutionary War, U.S. merchant ships had been under the protection of ...

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I would like to thank the city inspection for giving me a stay of execution.  That's the good news. My lower back back is killing me ..  BAD NEWS :(