Tag: Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter: ‘Here Was A Man Entirely Free Of Airs And Graces, Let Alone The Narcissistic Pomposity That Defines Power; A Humility That Was Not Contrived’

by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, Media, Politics, Rosalynn Carter

Overcast and getting darker this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, a foggy impending conclusion to a rather beautiful, sunshine-filled day, though, a bit on the chilly side. In tolerable levels well beyond any required whine, however. Posting off a rather nice feature I read this afternoon on Jimmy Carter, whose funeral is upcoming,…

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Jimmy Carter Still Kickin’ At 99 — Happy Birthday!

by Barack Obama, History, Jimmy Carter, Media, Politics

(Illustration: ‘Jimmy And Rosalynn Carter,’ art print by illustrator Tom Bachtell, and found here.) Today Jimmy Carter turns 99 — he’s celebrating along with Rosalynn down in Georgia seven months after entering hospice care, supposedly considered on his last legs. And in reality, much like the best of the Carter life, he’s gone beyond all…

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Jimmy Carter Era Memo Foretold The Horrors Of Climate Change — Despite That, 45 Years Later Earth Still Be F*cked!

by climate change, Crime, Environment, History, Jimmy Carter, Madness, Media, Orwellian, Politics, Weather

Not too hot this near-noon Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — a spot of nice in a country heating up drastically, from LA to the desert-like southwest, further on eastward to the deep south, and then upwards into midwest America, all in a boiling sweat with temperatures way above normal. A precarious situation with…

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Jimmy Carter Is Near-About 100 Today (97!)

by Jimmy Carter, Journalism, Media, Politics

In celebration of way-most-likely the last authentic American president in political/social reality elected old school within a system considered now as ‘quaint,’ or historically old-fashioned. And Republicans back then seemed to care about the country. Happy Birthday! James Earl Carter (h/t tweet tengrain): Although I’ve never met President Carter, I did interview Rosalynn Carter during…

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“Rosie & Jimmy Sittin’ In A Tree” — 75 Years, “K–I–S–S–I–N–G”

by Jimmy Carter, History, Media, Politics, Rosalynn Carter

Today, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 75 years of marriage, way-long for any couple, but the longest for presidential twosomes — now well-ahead of the number-two pair, HW and Barbara Bush (73 years 111 days) and despite both being close to 100 seemed to keep-on, keeping on. Jimmy Carter was not one of our better…

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Good Grief! Have Jimmy And Rosalynn Carter Turned Into Hobbits? No, Just Photo Distortion — Looks Weird, That’s All

by History, Jimmy Carter, Politics, Rosalynn Carter

Last week, Joe and Jill Biden went down to Georgia in celebration of his 100th day in office and to attend a rally in Atlanta. While in the state, they also paid a visit to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, and last night the Carter Center released a photo of the two couples together,…

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