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Remember Betty White at the Kitty Korner Cafe
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In honor of Betty White who loved animals I encourage you to
donate to a local animal charity for her 100 birthday on January
17th. I nominate Kitty Korner Cafe. Where you can get a
cappuccino and pastry while enjoying Kitty Kisses. Whether
your needing some kitten therapy, wanting to foster or adopt.
Commentary by Congressman Peter Welch
One year ago, on January 6, the U.S. Capitol – the symbol
of the democracy we all cherish – was attacked by a mob
intent on overturning the decision of American voters to elect
Joseph Biden as our 46th President.
The mob came within seconds of capturing Vice President
Mike Pence to stop him from doing his constitutional duty of
certifying election results. It invaded the U.S. Senate and
desecrated symbols of American democracy. The mob then
attacked the House Chamber, shattered windows, and attempted
to batter down the barricaded doors.
All of this was in service of then-President Trump’s false
assertion that the election he had lost was stolen from him.
In fact, what Donald Trump was doing was attempting to
steal from us the democratic tradition we all share –
Republicans, Democrats, and Independents – that the people
choose their leaders, not the politicians, and that in our
democracy we always transfer power peacefully to the newly
elected President.
It was a violent day. The mob engaged Capitol police in
hand-to-hand combat that lasted for hours. Five Capitol police
died – one, a 42-year-old officer with two young children –
and hundreds were injured in the attack. One woman was
shot.
I was there when that shot was fired, and when the mob
shattered windows and nearly entered the House Chamber.
The violence and destruction failed to achieve the mob’s
goal. Congress reconvened, and at 3:00 a.m. we certified the
election of Joseph Biden as our duly elected President. But
though the attack failed, make no mistake – the peril to our
democracy continues.
First, much to my dismay, 147 of my Republican colleagues
– who, like me, experienced the violence – did not
repudiate it but voted against certifying President Biden’s
election.
Second, what the mob failed to achieve with its January 6
Here we are at the beginning of a
brand-new spin around the sun,
known as the year 2022 AD. It’s not
the first time we’ve been on this page of
the calendar, but it is the VERY FIRST
time we’ve been on this page of this
PARTICULAR calendar. The year 2021 is a thing of the past.
The year 2020, wonderful year that it was, (sarcasm intended)
is further past.
Strangely, whenever I turn on the news, which is less and
less frequently lately, the biggest news stories I see are, yes,
about negative situations our country and our world are experiencing
but even more about how sick everyone has become
of those topics, especially sick of hearing everyone discussing
them for the umpteenth time. (Is that how you spell umpteenth?)
As far as the super story goes, people in general seem
to be simply tired up to the Band-Aids on their upper arms of
talk about vaccinations, boosters, masks, mandates, and words
like corona, Covid-19, delta and omicron. I know I am.
Truthfully, I think we all get the situation by now.
Those other little matters (more sarcasm) like national security,
inflation, and energy, to name a few, are topics that have
been with mankind since Rome was built, not in a day, and
will likely always be heard from the Colosseum to the coffee
shop. And maybe that’s okay. The super story remains the
virus, but it is getting under a lot of people’s skin. (Pun
intended.)
So, what do we do about that? Here’s my idea, since I’m the
one at the keyboard here. I think that we should live our lives
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
★★★★
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I
think we all have heard of the Ottoman Empire (1299-
1922).
But we westerners don’t acknowledge how gifted the
Turks were at maintaining their sprawling empire.
The Turks did it with competent governance and with
remarkable humility. They never expected any of the peoples
that they ruled to embrace their culture. Incredibly, none of the
nations that were part of the Empire for centuries ever started
speaking Turkish. Can you imagine? If the United States conquered
Greece, the Greek language would be as dead as Latin
within a few generations.
Most importantly, the Ottoman Empire – ruled almost
entirely by Muslims – was a bastion of religious toleration and
moderation. During the 17th Century, as Europe suffered
through hideous wars of religion, the Middle East enjoyed
multiculturalism and religious peace.
By the dawn of World War I, however, the Ottomans had
fallen behind the Western Europeans in industrial might and
military technology. The British saw an opportunity to gain
more lands for their own growing empire. In 1914, the UK
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Democracy is at Stake in 2022
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What Will We Do With ’22?
By G. E. Shuman
Kitty Korner has successfully re-homed about 600 cats since
their opening. That’s a lot of mouths to feed. I encourage you
to volunteer or donate to your favorite animal rescue in Betty’s
honor.
Rosalene Bussiere
range ermon
attack, many Trump-aligned state legislatures are attempting
to accomplish through legal means – by passing laws that
would empower partisan legislators to overturn the results of
a state’s election if it didn’t produce the outcome that they
preferred. Republican legislators have introduced over 400
bills that would enable them to subvert the next election. They
are making it harder to vote, redistricting congressional lines
to further marginalize voters of color, and giving the power to
partisan legislatures by stripping the independent authority of
secretaries of state to certify election results. In 2021, 19
states passed these laws.
The right to vote and the peaceful transfer of power are core
tenets of our nation’s democracy. The future depends on our
fight to protect them. To pass voting rights and protect our
democracy, the Senate filibuster needs to go. But there is so
much more that depends on us working together to make
government work for all Vermonters. We need to provide
childcare and paid leave to our families. We need to protect
reproductive rights and advance racial justice. And we need to
finally address climate change.
In the year ahead, I am asking Vermonters to step up where
they can - talk to your friends and family about the issues you
care about, make sure you are registered to vote, get involved
in your local elections, volunteer for people and causes that
move you. Take care of each other, speak up when you see
injustice, and challenge your elected officials, including me,
to fight for what is right. These small steps help build the
fabric of our communities and in turn strengthen our democracy.
Six weeks ago, I announced my candidacy for the U.S.
Senate. A major reason I did so was to do all I can to preserve
and protect the democracy so essential to all of us. It is an
all-hands-on-deck moment. All of us must play a role and do
what we can, wherever we are, to restore faith in democracy
and in one another. We will succeed if we stand together.
with care, but without fear. Our country and, indeed, our world
have been rocked to the core by a mutating, microscopic menace
that we did not ask for or deserve. But here we are. The
effect of that rocking has been the disruption of families,
careers, schools, the economy, and even race relations for over
TWO YEARS now. I guess my idea is for all of us to just
knock it off. I think we all need a well-deserved, (self-administered)
slap in the face and an admonition to get back to our
personal, non-intrusive lives.
As for politics, I am a conservative old white guy, so I’m a
racist. Nope, I am not. You may be a liberal young black
woman, so you’re a radical. Nope, you are probably not.
Whoever we are, whatever we think, we need to respect each
other’s opinions, or at least respect each other’s right to have
them. I just think it’s going to be hard to get very far down the
road of life if all we’re doing is stepping on each other’s toes.
There is no doubt that people are truly suffering because of
the illness and loss of the last two years. My view is that the
best thing we could do in 2022 would be to reach out to other
people and simply help them. I know, that sounds way too
simple. Let something, (maybe love?) be why we do the things
we do for (not to) others in this brand-new year. I have lately
realized, that, although I may agree with you on almost no
issue, I am not your judge. I know way too much about me to
ever be that. (Matthew 7:1. Holy Bible)
We’ve all heard the saying that the future is what we make
of it. If that’s the case, what will we make of 2022? In the
words of author Wayne Muller, “How, Then, Shall We Live?”
took the initiative and declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
The epic, four-hour film “Lawrence of Arabia” tells the
extraordinary story of T E Lawrence – hero of the Ottoman
campaign.
Peter O’Toole is timelessly magnificent as Lieutenant
Lawrence. When we meet him, he is restless and hungry for
adventure.
His commanding officer grants Lawrence’s odd wish to go
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