Carter: Government option should be part of bill Nov 17, 2009
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter predicted Monday that a health care bill would pass Congress and was hopeful it would include a government-run insurance option which he says was necessary to keep private insurers in check. "You need some competition with the private health sector so they will know they can't continue mistreating the public which they have done in the past," Carter told reporters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
* Carter, wife build homes in Thailand Nov 17, 2009
Former US president Jimmy Carter builds a home for the poor during the Habitat for Humanity project in Chiang Mai Province yesterday ... Former US president Jimmy Carter helped the housing charity that he champions, Habitat for Humanity, launch a campaign yesterday to build homes for 50,000 families in the Mekong River region over the next five years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
MSNBC apologizes for showing fake Palin photos Nov 17, 2009
1:40 pm November 16, 2009, by Jay. Even with an acknowledgement that the photos were false, they shouldn t have been broadcast. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Carter defends handling of hostage crisis Nov 17, 2009
Jimmy Carter said advisers pressed him to attack Iran ... CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Former president Jimmy Carter said yesterday that he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died. (Boston Globe)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Nov 17, 2009
"Already we've encountered personal letters, or a personal letter, from former President Jimmy Carter to President Taylor," Mr Griffiths told the BBC.. "If that's the sort of material that's in there it could be vital," he said. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Test of wills over Iran plan Nov 17, 2009
This portends a new lineup of doves versus hawks on Iran reminiscent of the Jimmy Carter era, when then-secretary of state Cyrus Vance and the hawkish Zbigniew Brzezinski had constant bouts. "For Iranian negotiators, the test of an agreement is not whether it conforms to the experts' notions of legality, but whether it can be presented as a victory for Islam and Iran," Limbert wrote recently, advising US negotiators to "avoid legal jargon and technicalities". (Asia Times Online)
Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia Nov 16, 2009
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Another View: Vietnam, Afghanistan and learning from history Nov 16, 2009
Alihandero wrote on Nov 14, 2009 6:15 PM:" Don't forget all, that the DEMOCRATS under good old Jimmy Carter were the intervening force that prepped the Afghans for us now:Looky here at these liberal facts, folks:"On July 3, 1979, US (DEMOCRAT) President Jimmy Carter signed an executive order authorizing the CIA to conduct covert propaganda operations against the communist regime. " "Additionally,(DEMOCRAT) Carter signed a presidential finding authorizing funding for anticommunist guerrillas in... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Family Values Nov 16, 2009
Relatively speaking (yes, including Bush the Younger), the nearest approximation was Jimmy Carter, and I doubt that they have him in mind, although it was he who signed the Hyde Amendment into law. LBJ may have had his moments, I suppose. (The American Conservative)
Obama: No "Political Theater" Over Hasan Nov 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2009. Orders Full Investigation Into Ft. Hood Shootings, Asks That Congressional Hearings Not Compromise Probe. (CBS News)
The bold decision to try 9/11 terrorists in NYC Nov 15, 2009
How naive is this Jimmy Carter. The fact is that in 30 countries there is a huge Al Quaeda sophisticated cell presence. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
the excitement among conservative pundits over Sarah Palins upcoming Oprah interview Nov 14, 2009
Then Reagan debated President Jimmy Carter. The public watched as a conservative pragmatist with a puckish wit unmanned a self-important, humorless liberal. (Harper's Magazine)
Up close and personal with Jack Leslie Nov 14, 2009
In 1980, Leslie helped out in Kennedys attempt for the US presidential election, in which the latter lost to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter. Leslie went on to work for other Democratic candidates during the early part of the 1980s, which, in the US political history, was the glorious period for the party. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Sarah Palin's Book: The Fact Check Nov 14, 2009
And Jimmy Carter has been in the "Bestseller" category too ... And didn't Jimmy Carter win a Nobel Prize, also. (CBS News)
Palin: Couric was "Badgering" and Biased Nov 13, 2009
The world has been reaffirmed that Obama is weak just like Jimmy Carter was weak ... by rbichamp November 12, 2009The world has been reaffirmed that Obama is weak just like Jimmy Carter was weak ... by rbichamp November 12, 2009The world has been reaffirmed that Obama is weak just like Jimmy Carter was weak. (CBS News)
Scozzafava: Republicans will remain a minority party if they purge moderates Nov 13, 2009
Good thinking Dede b/c the g.o.p.does so much better when we run Rockefellar republicans like McCain and Gerry Ford {the man lost to JIMMY CARTER. Is that why every pollster worth his salt estimates that there are twice as many voters who consider themselves "conservative" as opposed to "liberal". (TheHill.com)
Europe.view: The beginning of the end Nov 13, 2009
The America of Jimmy Carter or the Britain of the mid-1970s hardly provided a compelling alternative to communism. In retrospect, the efficiency and decisiveness of the Reagan administration is striking. (The Economist)
LETTER: Government not good at running a business Nov 13, 2009
hahvahd wrote on Nov 7, 2009 1:37 PM:" You Republicans never cease to amaze me. The last time the unemployment rate was this high was in mid-1983. Remind me -- who was president then? Oh, yeah, Ronald Reagan, your political messiah. Let's see, mid-1983 was what, more than 2 and a half years after his Inauguration??? But back then, you were all saying the unemployment rate wasn't Reagan's fault -- you put the blame on his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, even though we were talking about being more... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Deaf Ears, Dumb Voters Nov 13, 2009
President Obama says "America's bond with our Israeli allies is unbreakable," but it sounds more like the lip service paid by Jimmy Carter. President Obama shows none of the instinctive affection for Israel or understanding of the history of the Jewish state. (Townhall.com)
Today's Mailbag: Fort Hood Nov 13, 2009
Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama, do not see this. (2 of 3). (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Weird news: Southerners love their health insurance Nov 12, 2009
If a politician said he read the bill and understood it, tell him Ole bryer eating Jimmy Carter was a great president ... If a politician said he read the bill and understood it, tell him Ole bryer eating Jimmy Carter was a great president. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Zimbabwe: MDC-T Split Over Sanctions Nov 12, 2009
com: Zimbabwe: MDC-T Split Over Sanctions (Page 1 of 1). Published by the government of Zimbabwe. (allAfrica.com)
Classmates no longer segregated Nov 12, 2009
Years later, Bettye -- the girl who was sent away from the Woolworth's counter -- would eat Thanksgiving dinner with President Jimmy Carter. Webb-Hayes was the music teacher for Amy Carter, the president's daughter. (CNN)
Obituaries in the news Nov 12, 2009
President Jimmy Carter named Kimelman ambassador to Haiti in 1980, during the regime of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. . (Anchorage Daily News)
North Korea's Atomic Full Monty Nov 12, 2009
Since former President Jimmy Carter embarked on a self-appointed mission to Pyongyang in spring 1994 to negotiate the Agreed Framework, accepted post-visit as a fait accompli by the Clinton administration, the US and regional players have accepted what essentially is a bribery system to keep North Korea nuclear free. Obviously it hasn't worked. (Human Events Online)
US finally wise to Pyongyang's ways Nov 12, 2009
Two American journalists who crossed into North Korean territory in March were released to a high-level visitor, former president Bill Clinton (a clear reminder of an earlier use of the same stratagem: in 1994, it was former president Jimmy Carter whose visit to Pyongyang signified the switch to the negotiating stage of the scheme). The Americans, as expected, expressed their wish to talk, not rejecting even the probability of bilateral talks, long an anathema for Washington. (Asia Times Online)
OUR VIEW: Voters have few choices in 2010 elections Nov 12, 2009
devilishangel61401 wrote on Nov 10, 2009 11:10 PM:" One thing I can never wrap my brain around is why do Republicans and Democrats, Conservtives and Liberals always butt heads like to male rams fighthing over territory rather than work toghter for the good of All of the American People?Usually both sides want the same things they just seem to disagree about how to get those things accomplished. Not only does this waste taxpayer dollars while the opposing sides battle it out, but it gets us no... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Cant we recognize domestic terrorism? Nov 11, 2009
Then Jimmy Carter pardoned all. They returned. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Gotbaum tapped for federal post Nov 11, 2009
Gotbaum also served in the administrations of Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., created by Congress in 1974, backs up the pensions of more than 44 million Americans. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Read the 'JER' transcript Nov 10, 2009
Jimmy Carter abandoned it after about a year or so. Is that where they're going here, another jobs tax credit. (Fox News)
Berlin Wall: Your thoughts Nov 10, 2009
Light Rain Fog/Mist 58. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Nov 10, 2009
PINKERTON: I think it was a referendum, whether or not Obama chooses to change, like Clinton did, and try to get reelected in '96 after the '94 mid-term or whether he goes the way of, say, Jimmy Carter or David Dinkins, that is a question that, again, historically-minded reporters will will be chewing on. But certainly, I mean, ask Creigh Deeds whether he thinks that having Obama as president as opposed to John McCain made a difference in his election. (Fox News)
* Pitfalls and possibilities in Obamas Taiwan line Nov 9, 2009
The policies of president Richard Nixon and secretary of state Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, president Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, president Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s and Bush in the period 2001-2004 are all testimony to the fact that the US made significant mid-course changes that were detrimental to Taiwan and that contributed to its international isolation, despite Washingtons statements that its policies were unchanged and contributed to stability. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tear Down This Wall Nov 9, 2009
Berlin did not become a significant issue in Ronald Reagan s campaign against Jimmy Carter in 1980, but he never lost sight of the goal of ultimately helping remove the ugly blot that divided a nation and in fact signified the divide between East and West. Elected 40th president of the United States in November 1980, Reagan wasted no time after taking office in expressing his views about the true nature of the systems that operated places like East Germany and the Soviet Union. (Human Events Online)
A new ‘worst’ Nov 8, 2009
I called Jimmy Carter the worst president in my lifetime, however he now moves to the second worst. Obama is pursuing the worst programs in the history of this country. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
The November Chronicles Nov 8, 2009
Jimmy Carter lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in those days, but his presidency would languish due to lack of foresight, insufficient resolve, and malaise-driven methodology. Exactly one year later yep, you got it right smack dab on November 4, 1980, Ronald Wilson Reagan trounced Mr. Carter, who vainly sought re-election, with the networks calling the race even before many Americans had voted. (Townhall.com)
"The September Issue" Nov 8, 2009
Otherwise, there's Jerry Brown and Jimmy Carter. Film most likely to be confused with: "Earth," an assemblage of pretty nature footage released by Disney at almost the same time. (Salon)
Dogs vs. SUVs vs. the earth, debunked Nov 7, 2009
" But his election did not cure all of the problems in the American system. Seventeen years ago you, a young senator from Tennessee, and Bill Clinton, a young governor from Arkansas, moved into the White House on the promise of change. Clinton played the saxophone and there was a feeling of spring in the air. Why has it been so much tougher for Barack Obama? It was hard for us, too. Just remember the resistance to our healthcare reform bill. Obama's progress on healthcare has already surpassed... (Salon)
Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting... Nov 7, 2009
"Then it should be easy to prove me one. Which none of you right wingers have done. this is why you resort to name calling and insults. I mean really, the fact that a wall post by me has moved you to the point where you are driven to call a total stranger childish names is a testament within itself. and just like our President last November, I continue to emerge victorious. I see that many of you get hurt when I speak of your pagan god George Bush because you all fail to speak on him. I even saw... (The Drudge Report)
White House Postelection Arrogance Nov 6, 2009
But how much clearer can Obama and the Democratic Party be that they have embraced, wholesale, the domestic model of European socialism and the foreign policy model of Jimmy Carter appeasement. As dense as we the people are, I think we grasp that, gentlemen. (Townhall.com)
The geek in charge at the Department of Energy Nov 6, 2009
Former President Jimmy Carter said many Americans still have a problem with a black man in the White House. There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial society. (Salon)
They Don’t Get It on Iran Nov 6, 2009
For President Jimmy Carter, intent on engaging the radical regime that replaced Shah Reza Pahlavi, it was a disaster. The Obama administration appears to have missed the lessons of this debacle. (Human Events Online)
With Or Against Us? Nov 6, 2009
Then-President Jimmy Carter, whose sanctimonious refusal to get tough helped lengthen the ordeal to 444 days, enabled these terrorists to consolidate their "revolution," leaving the rotten regime still in power today ... President Obama hasn't given them anything like that, offering only mealy-mouthed encouragement for all sides, in the sort of statements that would have made Jimmy Carter proud. (Investors Business Daily)
Obama inspired Nov 6, 2009
" Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall Of Fame this year To prove the power of his message, the singer informs me that President Obama's chief adviser David Axelrod has hung the lyrics in his White House office. "He's had them framed, before the album's even out, as an inspiration to the work they're doing every day," he says with an understandable degree of pride. Bon Jovi sang at the President's inauguration in January - "it was a memory I'll keep forever" -... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Fox News Reporting: Americans Held in Iran Nov 5, 2009
Fox News examines how President Jimmy Carter struggled to solve the crisis in an election year, and talks with insiders in the Reagan administration about the negotiations leading to the hostages' eventual release. We also hear the dramatic stories of four former hostages, including then acting Ambassador, Bruce Laingen. (Fox News)
Obama's 10 best and worst moves Nov 5, 2009
Plus, imagine if it gone wrong - think Jimmy Carter and crashed helicopters in the desert. 6. (India Times)
HBO takes on 'Ayatollah' Nov 5, 2009
Exactly 30 years to the day that a group of militant students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and began a 444-day hostage crisis that doomed the administration of president Jimmy Carter, HBO Films has made a deal to turn the ordeal into a film ... A rescue attempt ended disastrously, and the prolonged stalemate haunted the administration of President Jimmy Carter. (Variety)
America Only Seems Polarized Nov 5, 2009
"In terms of their ideological orientations," they note, "the American electorate looks about the same as it did when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Jerry Ford in the not very polarized 1976 election" -- Carter being conservative by Democratic standards and Ford moderate by GOP standards of the day. . (Townhall.com)
30 Years at HUMAN EVENTS with John Gizzi Nov 5, 2009
JG: Jimmy Carter s. I didn t cover Carter much, he was in his last year when I came to town. But very clearly, he was a President that history will not be kind to. (Human Events Online)
Meet the evil new copyright treaty Nov 5, 2009
trully the jimmy carter of our time, wish he could actually deliver on ALL his promises, he just cant seem to do that nes terrible bush policies and gets away with it because hes obama orld loves him. if anything i would of thought he would of tried repealing the DMCA after the embarassing DRMed DVD incident when he gave away dvds to Gordon Brown, lol at region encoding. (Harper's Magazine)
Lessons For Obama, Post-Election Nov 5, 2009
John Nichols: The President Should Have Been Watching The Returns. (The Nation) White House aides announced Tuesday night that President Obama was not watching off-year election results on television. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Don't Sneer at GOP Victories Nov 4, 2009
As a point of reference, Jimmy Carter (who no one remembers as a potent, accomplished party leader credited with dazzling achievements) came to office with 292 House seats. and 61 Democratic Senators. (Townhall.com)
Rush Limbaugh's Race Obsession Nov 4, 2009
"I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man," says Jimmy Carter. Buffoonish GOP Congressman Joe Wilson "clearly did not like being lectured and even rebuked by the brainy black president presiding over the majestic chamber," asserts Maureen Dowd. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Fighting the 'good' war Nov 4, 2009
Within months, president Jimmy Carter and national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, decided to subvert the new leftist regime by "secretly" aiding right-wing warlords and ultra-orthodox religious groups who were beginning an armed struggle to overthrow the PDPA government. The planning was fully operational by mid-1979. (Asia Times Online)
Monitors worried about Sudan election, freedoms Nov 4, 2009
"Sudan's National Election Commission (NEC) must act immediately to accredit national and international observers as well as political party agents, and lift restrictions on observers' freedom of movement," the centre, founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, said in a statement. Sudanese newspapers have commented on the low turn-out since registration began on Sunday, saying many people did not know that the process had started or where to go to register. (AlertNet)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Nov 4, 2009
"Already we've encountered personal letters, or a personal letter, from former President Jimmy Carter to President Taylor," Mr Griffiths told the BBC.. "If that's the sort of material that's in there it could be vital," he said. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Iran reformists slam govt Nov 3, 2009
Many attribute the failure of Jimmy Carter, US Democratic president from 1977 to 1981, to win a second term in office to his mismanagement of the hostage crisis when a failed rescue operation led to the crash of two aircraft and the deaths of eight American servicemen. The 52 staff were released only in January 1981 following 444 days in captivity, just moments after Republican Ronald Reagan replaced Carter in the White House. (iAfrica.com)
The idiot twins ofAmerican idealism Nov 3, 2009
In 2004, Gates and former Jimmy Carter security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski chaired a Council on Foreign Relations study of Iran that should be held up to undergraduates as a horrible example of self-deception posing as realism. "Given its history and its turbulent neighborhood, Iran's nuclear ambitions do not reflect a wholly irrational set of strategic calculations," wrote Brzezinski and Gates. (Asia Times Online)
Funds for nuclear reprocessing sit idle as energy needs grow Nov 3, 2009
What s still lacking on the U.S. nuclear power scene is reprocessing, a technology that was developed in this country but halted by President Jimmy Carter, on the specious grounds that it would contribute to weapons proliferation. The French and British never followed Carter s lead and have continued to reprocess used fuel so that it can be converted into new fuel and used to generate more electricity. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Iran has another hero, this one still living, in Mahmoud Vahidnia Nov 3, 2009
While they were busy spitting on men like John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Max Cleland, Tom Daschle, Charles Rangel, Bob Kerry, Fritz Hollings, Gray Davis, Wesley Clark, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Lloyd Bensen, John Kerry, John Glenn, James Carville, a.k.a. Corporal Cueball and Jim Webb among others ... While they were busy spitting on men like John McCain, Chuck Hagel, Max Cleland, Tom Daschle, Charles Rangel, Bob Kerry, Fritz Hollings, Gray Davis, Wesley Clark, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
* No need to sign a peace agreement with China Nov 3, 2009
In 2002, former US president Jimmy Carter received the peace prize, although he was notorious for his weakness and incapability and had made no substantial contribution to world peace. In 2007, former US vice president Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the peace prize for their efforts to disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, but Gore was then accused of aggravating pollution and global warming by flying around the world in a... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cattleman, 95, knows a thing or two about livestock Nov 2, 2009
com Clifton Ward may be the only man alive who's had his picture taken with the famous Elsie the Cow - he still has the photo from 1943 - and President Jimmy Carter ... Clifton Ward may be the only man alive who's had his picture taken with the famous Elsie the Cow - he still has the photo from 1943 - and President Jimmy Carter. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Africa: Mandela Leads Global Elders Coalition to Halt Climate Change Nov 2, 2009
Former US President, Jimmy Carter, in his contribution to the Elders position said: "Averting climate change is possible, and is much cheaper than living with the consequences. But no meaningful agreement can be reached without the United States. I urge all Americans to think carefully about the fact that our own young people face a harsh and perilous future if nothing is done to stop climate change.". Former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, said: "Climate change is not an abstract or future... (allAfrica.com)
Jimmy Carter's An Hour Before Dayli... Nov 2, 2009
Jimmy Carter's An Hour Before Daylight: A Review. Jimmy Carter's An Hour Before Daylight: A Review ... Highly recommended, Former President Jimmy Carter's memoir candidly recalls his childhood. (Suite101.com)
Voting as easy as 1-2-3 Nov 2, 2009
Daggett seeks to offer a new voice that does not echo the predictable ideologies of the two major parties, just as I did when challenging Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan for the presidency in 1980. But as with most independent candidates, Daggett faces accusations of "spoiling" the election. (Albany Times Union)
