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He freeps from what he affectionately refers to as "THE DUNGEON". My question is did he straighten it up for this picture???
Although MJY has not participated in a lot of outside activist activities, he did attend a White House freep in August of 2001 which he thoroughly enjoyed. He also designed and distributed the now famous "you should thank me" bumper sticker shown above which many of our freepers proudly display on their automobiles.
MJY also created a beautiful tribute to September 11th which is linked to his business homepage. He purchased Joe's Auto Body Shop, where he started working at age 15, from his cousin Joe in 1988. He designed an awesome website to promote his business as well as his love of country. MJY's Homepage
Family has played a strong and positive influence on MJY's life. His father was career Army and worked at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics lab helping to design the fuse on the first Nuclear bomb. He was a staunch conservative and helped shape his political beliefs.
I grew up in a home where my father was very strict. All of my 7 brothers and sisters were taught at a young age the meaning of responsibility and structure. My mother was the glue that held it all together. We grew up very poor but never realized it until we got older and saw how others lived.
In addition to his brother, cousin Joe lived with the family from the time he was an infant and was a very strong influence on MJY's life.
MJY, Cousin Joe and Brother Joe, 1968
As a young kid I was very proud of my dad when he would come home in his military uniform. I watched my older brother leave for Vietnam as a volunteer. I watched my cousin, Joe, volunteer as a Marine for Vietnam. My Brother served on the U.S.S. Mulaney in the Navy and came home unhurt., Joe, who was like a brother to me, volunteered to be a forward observer and stepped on a land mine on Halloween day 1968, was badly injured, but survived. I prayed everyday for them while they were gone and to watch those unbathed hippies protest, to this day, boils my blood.
MJY recalls an incident after his cousin was shipped to Bethesda Naval Hospital after spending eight months in a hospital in Guam.
We all piled up in the family station wagon with my dad driving and drove over to the hospital, sneaking Joe out of there on a Saturday afternoon. Outside the hospital, there were a bunch of protestors calling injured Marines baby killers. I looked at my highly decorated father who spent 21 years of his life in the Army, looked at my older brother who just got home from a 4 year hitch in Vietnam and my badly injured cousin who was flat on his back in the back of the station wagon and it wasn't hard to figure out what side of the argument I was on. The Vietnam War impacted our family and me very much.
MJY's father passed away on March 30th, 2002 receiving full military honors.
As sad as I was, I was very proud of my dad and very impressed by the military showing my Dad such an honor. I will never forget it.
MJY is happily married, the father of an adult daughter and proud grandfather of two beautiful grandchildren.