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Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jimmy Carter is brilliant.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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That guy has Never gotten the credit he's deserved. He's a pretty smart and good dude.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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+1 Bump
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Yes, Jimmy Carter is right. The 2010 Citizens United decision and the 2014 McCutcheon decision must both be overturned for us to begin to have a democracy again.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jimmy Carter, a wise and compassionate man. Someone who has dedicated their life to helping others, instead of helping themselves to a big piece of the company pie.
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pc
climber
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Nice article.
Agree.
Definition of DEMOCRACY
a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
- The US is not one any longer.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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He never called him an incompetent loser.
He said Hes done the best he could under the circumstances, Carter said of Obama in an interviewed published on Thursday. His major accomplishment was Obamacare, and the implementation of it now is questionable at best. He merely pointed out that the rollout of Obamacare was not going smoothly.
And Jimmy Carter is a great man, but was a horrible president.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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President Carter states the obvious... and his fans call him brilliant.
Nice standards.
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couchmaster
climber
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Folks say a lot about the guy, but I have not seen anyone impugn his integrity, unlike Geo Bush or Hillary. A rare political bird indeed.
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Dover
Trad climber
New England
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I think you might mean impune rather than impunge. Impunge means to prick, probe or goad. Impune refers to attacking or criticizing someone's character or intent, which seems more like what you mean?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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The coward in me wants to expatriate, but the fighter in me demands that I stay and fight for everyone to have a voice. Our society is messed up in so many ways, and I, for one, will take a stand to help the underrepresented make their voice heard.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Remember "I float like butterfly, sting like a bee, Carter ain't coming, so he sent me."
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Dover
Trad climber
New England
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Sorry CM - Brandon is right. Leaving the country is being an Expat. Repatriating is about coming back to the country after being away. He just wants to stay and fight for what he thinks is right. That's probably called just being a good citizen. You can get points for effort, though :)
On a more important point: Mr. Carter was indeed a rare political bird. He had incredible integrity, and more. I especially like his efforts at Habitat for Humanity after his presidency. I view him as someone we can all look up to.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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I worked with a client in the 90's that was on his secret service detail.
What he had to say was quite surprising and not at all positive.
The man is not the personae.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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What is Guinea worm disease?
Considered a neglected tropical disease, Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) is a parasitic infection caused by the nematode roundworm parasite Dracunculus medenisis. It is contracted when people consume water from stagnant sources contaminated with Guinea worm larvae. Inside a human's abdomen, Guinea worm larvae mate and female worms mature and grow. After about a year of incubation, the female Guinea worm, 1 meter long, creates an agonizingly painful lesion on the skin and slowly emerges from the body. Guinea worm sufferers may try to seek relief from the burning sensation caused by the emerging worm and immerse their limbs in water sources, but this contact with water stimulates the emerging worm to release its larvae into the water and begin the cycle of infection all over again.
Guinea worm is a particularly devastating disease that incapacitates people for extended periods of time, making them unable to care for themselves, work, grow food for their families, or attend school.
How widespread is the problem?
In 1986, the disease afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people a year in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Today, thanks to the work of The Carter Center and its partners including the countries themselves the incidence of Guinea worm has been reduced by more than 99.99 percent to 126 cases in 2014.
Worldwide 2015 case totals: 5
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Dover
Trad climber
New England
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From 3.5 million to 5 in about 30 years. Carter was exceptionally effective. It begs the question, how come competent and inspired people aren't able to demonstrate their competence as president?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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I worked with a client in the 90's that was on his secret service detail.
What he had to say was quite surprising and not at all positive.
The man is not the personae.
Lets see, one of them is a hired gun and one was a US President who has done good all over the world.
I'll stick with Jimmy.
Besides, who knows what kind of skeletons your client from the 90's has rolling around in the closet? I'm sure his persona toward you is not exactly who he is either!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Well, he basically lived with two first families and had polar opposite reactions to them even though his politics were a lot closer to Carter's.
At the time the client was running the security department for a very large multinational.
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Dover
Trad climber
New England
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Sorry about the wordsmithing, CM. I just like words.
You are right about Habitat For Humanity. I've always felt that HFH is one of the truly great American projects. Carter did that brilliantly (this, and his other projects is where his brilliance lies, IMO).
I've also always felt that JC is one of the great Americans to be alive in my lifetime, despite his difficult presidency. I certainly remember the stagflation years and Ayatollah Khomeini. They were pretty awful. But I will take Jimmy Carter over George W. Bush any day and every day.
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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And Jimmy Carter is a great man, but was a horrible president.
In what way?
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