The same Jimmy Carter who walked into a nuclear reactor in partial meltdown in order to help shut it down - by hand.
People have these perceptions, and somewhere along the line, they got horribly skewed. We decided that a senile actor who sold arms to terrorists was the manliest man ever, and that a military man who literally risked his life to save others (but who had the gall to possess the humility to not need to flex his muscles every five seconds to prove his strength) was a "wimp."
Carter was the most courageous man to sit in the White House for the last 40 years, at least. When we lose him, the world will be a dimmer place.
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Date: 2015-11-08 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-08 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-08 03:52 pm (UTC)http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/
At least they ain't SC!
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Date: 2015-11-08 11:32 am (UTC)I feel so bad for all the people in AZ that have gotten absolutely screwed. It is sickening.
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Date: 2015-11-08 03:50 pm (UTC)http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/
At least they ain't SC!
edit: do'h! meant to leave comment to person above! my bad.
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Date: 2015-11-08 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-08 01:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-09 05:41 pm (UTC)Jimmy Carter is an amazing human being, and his wife Rosalynn (there in the picture with him) is not far behind.
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Date: 2015-11-09 02:15 pm (UTC)People have these perceptions, and somewhere along the line, they got horribly skewed. We decided that a senile actor who sold arms to terrorists was the manliest man ever, and that a military man who literally risked his life to save others (but who had the gall to possess the humility to not need to flex his muscles every five seconds to prove his strength) was a "wimp."
Carter was the most courageous man to sit in the White House for the last 40 years, at least. When we lose him, the world will be a dimmer place.