Synchronicity: Pirates of The Caribbean, The Sea Hawk, and irrationally fighting in defense of Sol Bellel

From the history channel: "Until the recent attack on a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia, pirates terrorizing the high seas have been mostly the stuff of legend and Hollywood fantasy. But piracy, particularly in the Caribbean, was at one time a very real and dangerous problem. Men with names such as Blackbeard, Calico Jack, and Black Bart pillaged and plundered ships and seaport towns, offering violent retribution to those who resisted and seizing fortunes at will. Viewers get to know the real characters, fight the battles they fought, watch nations rise up to stop them, and separate fact from fiction in the world premiere TRUE CARIBBEAN PIRATES. After Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies in 1492, Spain and its powerful navy established a dominating presence in the region. Vast riches in gold and silver were mined in the New World—wealth that soon drew the attention of England, France, and Holland. The Caribbean would become a free-for-all as these competing nations advocated “privateering,” basically the use of freelancing private sailors to fight battles, disrupt trade, and harass the Spanish—all in an effort to establish a presence in the Caribbean without having to pay for a real navy there. The temptation of Spanish treasure stretched the thin line between privateer and pirate to a breaking point." In May the DOE hired Brian Ellmer as Senior Counselor for Community Affairs. He probably gets at least $150,000. You could pay some character who sits in booth 3 of Zafis and reads the Post with a $4.55 brisket on club to come up with the simple idea of "Hey if Pirates of the Caribbean is coming out this summer why don't we do some sort of summer school literacy program involving pirates?"
Back to synchronicity: I recently blew my stack at someone who accused me of becoming more and more like my hot-headed father in my approaching senior years. I say, "Thank you so much for that trenchant insight and stick it in your pseudo freudian intellectual tuchis." Leave poor Sol rest in peace. As for pirates, I saw the greatest of all pirate films recently, the "Sea Hawk." It was a CBS late movie favorite of mine and my father's. Here's a Sea Hawk slide showusing part of that incredible Korngold soundtrack