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JD Kukenbaker wrote:

> Many brothers have ridiculed and doubted my 33rd degree since it was not
> conferred by their Scottish Rite bodies.
>
> It is true that I am not a 33rd degree Mason in the Southern, Northern, or
> Canadian jurisdictions. I was invested with my 33rd degree by the Grand Lodge
> of Freemasons of North America (GLFNA). The GLFNA confers the 'Blue Lodge'
> degrees as well as the 4th thru 33rd degrees. In much the same way as a few
> lodges in Louisiana do.
>
> I have been a Freemason for 33 years. It took me 3 years to be passed from
> Entered Apprentice to Fellowcraft and another 4 to be Raised to the Sublime
> Degree of Master Mason. Each degree require intense study and qualification
> before the members of my lodge.
> <<<<<<<---------------------->>>>>>>>>>>>

And in your 34th year you beacame a pompous ass!!!

Do us all a favour, and spare us from your dribble, which I honestly think you do
not believe yourself.

Ben Gee
GM 888° of the Garnd Lodge of Venus