Teach Your Children Sportsmanship

 

Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line, but got confused with the signs and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. BA Spanish man, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was going on, started shouting to the Kenyan to keep running. Mutai did not know Spanish and did not understand.

Realizing what was going on, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory.

A reporter asked Ivan, "Why did you do this?" Ivan replied, "My dream is that one day we can have some sort of community life where we push ourselves and also others to win."

The reporter insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The race was his."

The reporter insisted and asked again, "But you could have won!" Ivan looked at him and replied: "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor of this medal? What would my Mother think of it?" The values are transmitted from generation to generation. What values do we teach our children and how much do you inspire others to earn? Most of us take advantage of people's weaknesses instead of helping to strengthen them.

Fanone on Lemon

 Officer Michael Fanone appeared on CNN's Don Lemon tonight to talk about his testimony to the January 6 Commission.

He also shares a voicemail he received while he was testifying.   It's in this video below.

When asked how he felt about he voicemail, Fanone said "This is what happens to truth tellers in Trump's America".

They MUST Be Identified and Punished

Ofc. Aquilino Gonell Ofc. Michael Fanone Ofc. Daniel Hodges Ofc. Harry Dunn Bravely Fought  January 6th Insurrection Terrorists
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Snippets from their testimonies:

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FROM AXIOS.COM:

 1 big thing: Officers relive Jan. 6 terror

Photos (clockwise): D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges, D.C. Officer Michael Fanone, Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn. Credits: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP, Oliver Contreras via Getty Images, Jim Bourg via Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/AFP.

As the House's Jan. 6 committee opened its hearings, carried live on TV around the world, four officers gave raw, emotional testimony that was shocking even to people who had closely followed coverage of the riot.

• Here's what the officers said (pictured clockwise above):

D.C. Police Officer Daniel Hodges: "The sea of people was punctuated throughout by flags — mostly variations of American flags and Trump flags. ... I saw the Christian flag directly to my front, and another had 'Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president.'" (Video)

D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone said he was "grabbed, beaten, tased, all while being called a traitor to my country." (AP)

Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, an Army veteran who served in Iraq, said on Jan. 6 he was "more afraid to work at the Capitol than in my entire deployment." (Video)

• "The rioters called me traitor, a disgrace, and shouted that I, an Army veteran and a police officer, should be executed."

Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, a Black man, said several rioters called him a "f--king n-----" after he said he voted for President Biden in response to protesters claiming no one voted for him. (Video)

• Dunn said he continues to get counseling: "Jan. 6 still isn't over for me."

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Monday Morning Smile

 

Vietnam History

 

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Remember the photo of a 7 year old girl running naked down the road during a South Vietnamese attack? This Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph titled, “The Terror of War” has an update. The girl, Phan Thị Kim Phuc, suffered sever burns from the attack. The very same photographer Nick Ut saved Phúc’s life by rushing her to the nearest hospital and demanding treatment holding his American press credentials. Phan Thị Kim Phuc is now 51 years old and now a doctor and mother of two. She has finally overcome the events of the photo. She told the Huffington Post, “I have a husband and a new life and want to be normal like everyone else.” Another interesting fact is that as a teenager, Kim Phuc was accepted into medical school but was forced to quit because of the new communist regime. Ultimately, in 1982, Vietnam’s prime minister sent her to Cuba to study medicine.

Friday Funny

 

Good News!

A few weeks ago, the CBS Evening News featured a man from Awendaw, South Carolina who is transforming lives by repairing broken cars and giving them away for free.

Awendaw has no public transportation, Ubers or taxis.   

Eddie Middleton is that man.  Eddi who owns a barbecue restaurant,(https://www.facebook.com/middletonandmakervillagebbq/) as well as a trained mechanic who rehabs donated cars in his spare time. Before the CBS report, he had gifted 32 cars to rural families since September 2020.  after the report (https://youtu.be/95Bufj0HyPg) aired on nationwide TV, Eliot received an explosion of donations including more than 800 cars.

If you're interested in donating or emailing Village-to-Village, here's the info:

The whole story is at this link:   https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/donations-flood-in-for-rural-mechanic-who-fixes-cars-for-needy/?fbclid=IwAR3ab2EVRlmOAGEQ3fbUouOE8gtX94tV7j_73OVkSJXTuIjIee4jfLZyQJQ

Quitters are winners in some cases

I quit my 20 year habit of smoking cigarettes on July 20, 1998. 

 24 years ago today. 

 I was 42 years old and smoked at least 2 packs a day. More when I drank. 

 I will never NOT be proud of this extremely long and arduous habit. 

 During my quit I subscribed to "news groups" on the infant internet. I miss those groups. 

 I am still in touch with a group of "sister quitters", women from all over the country who quit around the same time. 

 We're all "facebook friends" and still communicate with each other. 

They were scared for me after Katrina. 

One of them passed on way too young. 

Two of them lost their very young, very beautiful daughters. 

One of them lost her husband, the love of her life, to cancer. 

One of them lost her husband to suicide. 

One of them still lives with her husband and grandkids in Canada. 

One of them actually visited New Orleans and we met face-to-face! 

 I collected hundreds of posts about quitting that I found inspiring, thoughtful, funny and helpful in my quit.

 If anyone out there is quitting/has quit, email me and I'll send you one of those posts a day to get you through dealing with the "nicodemon" 

 judythorne@mail.com 

 Here's my quitmeter, for my 22nd Anniversary

DON'T keep calm!!

 

Monday Morning Smile

 

Dorothy and Alice