[Mr. Jazzy]

Hey Juan, check this link out. You might just learn something:

http://www.foundingfathers.info/stories/gadsden.html

From the site:

"To accompany the Navy on their first mission, Congress also authorized the mustering of five companies of Marines. The Alfred and its sailors and marines went on to achieve some of the most notable victories of the American Revolution. But that's not the story we're interested in here. What's particularly interesting for us is that some of the Marines that enlisted that month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."

Mr. Juan Williams can kiss my ever-lovin', hairy, camo'ed Marine Corps ass!

[onyx]

Thank you for your comments and the link and bless you and thank you for your Marine Corps service! Once a Marine always a Marine, right?