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Page A-4 Shelton—Mason County — Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 EDITOR’S CHAIR Flag-of Robert E. Lee had no place in the Capitol f all the shocking scenes that came out of last week’s failed insurrection at the United States Capitol in Washing— ton, DC, the image of a man parading through the Capitol Rotunda carrying the battle flag of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of North Virginia might have hit me the hardest. Seeing that flag, which is often incorrectly identified as the flag of the Confederacy and became a segregationist symbol of resistance against the federal government in the late 19405 (according to PBS), inside the center of power of the United States was jar- ring. Not even at the height of the Civil War did those who carried that'flag set foot in the Capitol, and yet, there it was, carried by a man who By JUSTIN JOHNSON was likely convinced he was a patriotic American. Of this I ask, “How can you. be a patriot when you wield a flag that was raised by one of the enemies of the United States?” Those that fought under Lee’s battle flag were respon- sible for the deaths of untold American soldiers, while try- ing to overthrow the US. government and with it, the U.S. Constitution -— the bed- rock document at the core of this country. Those who invaded the Capitol last Wednesday claimed to be patriots pro- testing President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump. They claim, without evidence or facts of law, that widespread voter fraud occurred during the N o- vember 2020 election. Election administrators, both Republican and Demo- crat, have repeatedly said no evidence of widespread fraud was found. In Georgia, one of a handful of states that Trump won in 2016 that flipped to Biden in November, ballots were counted three times without significant difference in the result. Brad, Raffensperger, Georgia’s sec- retary of state and elections chief, is a Republican. He said in media interviews that he had personally voted for Trump, but that the elections in the Peach State were clear — Joe Biden won the state. Biden also flipped Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, winning all of them by larger margins than Trump did in 2016. Just hours after the last of the insurrectionists were jet— tisoned from the Capitol com- plex, the Senate and House, in a joint session of Congress led by Vice President Mike Pence, affirmed Biden’s de- cisive Electoral College vic- tory in accordanc'e with the Constitution and Electoral College Act of 1887. Biden will be inaugurated at 9 am. Wednesday as the 46th presi- dent of the United States. According to media re- ports, many who were in— volved in last week’s illegal breach of the Capitol com- plex are planning to return next week to protest Biden’s inauguration. What remains to be seen, however, is if those returning will respect the rule of law and constitutional process, or if they will once again at- tempt to subvert democracy and the will of the people by attempting to overthrow the US. government. I Justin Johnson is the Editor of the Shelton—Mason County Journal. He can be reached by email at justin@ masoncounty.com. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Good vibrations Editor, the Journal, have been a nurse for years and worked as a certified infection control practitioner for 20 years. In response to the “Letter to Gover- nor nslee” dated Dec. 24, would like to clarify the hertz figure for receiving a scientifically proven safe vaccine to pre- vent disease is close to hertz, far greater than “gratitude” at 600 hertz, and yes we can all feel gratitude for the vaccine. But think of the hertz value for actually taking the vaccine and saving lives (worth hertz or more.) ' So add up all the hertz, for giv- ing hope, 540 for sharing joy and hap- piness, 600 for gratitude for the vac— cine, for preventing disease trans- mission with the vaccine, and another for saving a life, that’s a lot of good vibrations. Lin Boulay Shelton Feeling thean Editor, the Journal, . There are burn treatment centers all over the nation and they do an awesome job in restoring and healing burn re- lated injuries. ' . There are actually two very different types of burns. One is related to chemi- cal reactions like fire (burning) or ex- treme PH levels (like bases and acids). , Slnllchnachntp llcnmal USPS 492-800 . POST MASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason County Journal, PO. Box 430, Shelton. WA 98584. Published weekly by the Shelton-Mason County Journal at 227 W. Cota St., Shelton, Washington. Mailing address: R0. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584 Telephone: 360-426-4412 Website: www.masoncounty.com Periodicals postage paid in Shelton, Washington. The other type burn is related to being in close approximation to an individual or group or organization that by their words and/or actions causes a person to be burned emotionally. There is one particular group in our nation that has had a very significant upsurge in related emotional burns. That group is the current Republican members of Congress. 'These emotional burns on the GOP members are caused as a direct result of these members tak— ing advantage of their ofiicial political positions in government to enhance nongovernmental individuals and enti— ties and by their total and unconditional support of President Donald Trump. It is a crazy cool symbiotic relationship that the GOP congressional members have with President Trump. President Trump can say or do any type of putdowns or do a myriad of verbal bullying and the GOP congress continues to do the lem— ‘ming clifi‘ jumping and do and say noth— ing about this behavior. And because of this condoning acceptance, these GOP members are really starting to feel the emotional burn. President Trump has seen how the ‘ congressional GOP members are cur- rently suflering. And he has shown a great deal of empathy for their blight. The president has graciously started ' to donate some of his own skin so that it can be transplanted onto these emo- tional burning wounds of these poor congressional GOP victims. This is such a noble and righteous The Shelton—Mason County Jour- nal is a member of the Wash- ington Newspaper Publishers Association. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $62 per year ($43 for six months) for Mason County addresses and $75 per year ($55 for six months) outside of Mason County. Owned and published by Shelton—Mason County Journal, lnc. Publisher: John Lester Gordon Weeks, Reporter Kirk Boxleltner, Reporter Kirk Ericson, Columnist/ Proofreader Isabella Breda, Reporter/Social Media THIS TIME OF YEAR IN SKOKOMISH causeand it is so heartwarming to see the president coming to the GOP mem- bers’ aid and helping to heal them. President Trump has seen how popu— lar and helpful his skin donations have been to his Republican colleagues. He has even been heard saying that he would be willing to eat extra burgers in bed before he goes to sleep in order to increase the growth of replacement skin. The demand for the president’s skin fillets is so high that a repository is re- quired. So the president has built a new skin storage facility.‘It is called the, “The Donald Trump Skin Bank ofAmerica” and GOP members of Congress can make repeated withdrawals of his Front office: Dave Pierik, Office Administrator Karen Hranac, customer Service Advertising: ’ Theresa Murray, Ad Representative ‘ Delivery: Newsroom: Jon Garza Justin Johnson, Editor David Olson Niel Challstrom Composing room: healing skin to help save themselves. The GOP members of Congress who have received these presidential skin grafts are so appreciative. Like a badge of courage they have raised up their healing scars for all of their constituents to see and in unison they have chanted that they have been saved by their great skin benefactor Donald Trump. They would cheer, “Look at our Trump graft! Look at our Trump graft!”And their , constituents are truly saying that they have indeed seen the,“graft.” Earl W. Burt Bremerton see LE1TERS, page A-5 Design: Lloyd Mullen, Creative Director All regular editorial, advertising and legal deadlines are 5 pm, the Monday prior to publication. To submit a letter to the editor, V email editor@masoncounty.com. William Adams, Advertising . Design and Technical Support