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  Jimmy Carter Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Carter was born in the town of Plains, Georgia, the first president born in a hospital.
Carter served as governor of the state of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 but failed in his re-election bid, having alienated both the voters and the state legislature through what has been described as an imperial style of governing.
Carter's administration is best remembered for the peace treaty he brokered between the states of Israel and Egypt with the Camp David Accord, the SALT II treaty brokered with the Soviet Union, the Panama Canal treaty which turned the canal over to Panama, and an energy crisis.
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/j/ji/jimmy_carter.html   (1829 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter
Carter was born in the town of Plains, Georgia.
Carter served as governor of the state of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 but failed in his re-election bid, having alientaed both the voters and the state legislature through what has been described as an imperial style of governing.
The submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) was named on April 27, 1998, making it one of the very few US Navy ships to be named for a person still alive at the time of the naming.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/j/ji/jimmy_carter.html   (1681 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter
Carter served as governor of the state of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
Habitat is involved in affordable housing[?] throughout the world and the Carter Center also focuses on world-wide health care including the campaign to eliminate guinea worm disease[?].
The submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)[?] was named on April 27, 1998, making it one of the very few US Navy ships to be named for a living person.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ji/Jimmy_Carter.html   (1123 words)

  
 History Now. The Historians Perspective
Carter’s mother, Miss Lillian, maintained a close interest in the education of the bishop’s son, who would visit her whenever he returned to Plains from college in the North.
Carter was appalled that a fl man should go to the front, rather than back, door of the Carter house and that a fl man should be entertained by his wife.
Carter could not conceive of the African American bishop coming to the front door of his house, the bishop could not conceive of going to the back door like a servant.
www.historynow.org /06_2006/historian.html   (2370 words)

  
 Works and Days: America and its Discontents
Jimmy Carter, the subject of the last blog, almost immediately was back in the news claiming that the United States was one of the world’s great abusers of civil rights (I wonder how our internecine body count in Plains, Georgia stacks up with that in Rwanda, Kosovo, or Dafur?).
Carter’s Waterloo, of course was the Iranian hostage crisis.
Carter as President was proof of the maxim that the most dangerous man is someone who is truly foolish yet believes that he is the epitome of wisdom.
victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com /2006/09/29/the_hard_war.php   (7009 words)

  
 In Their Own Words: The World Reacts to President Carter's Historic Trip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Senator Barbara Boxer of California…and senators Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota praised the recent historic trip to Havana by former President Jimmy Carter, supporting his recommendation that the embargoes be lifted.
Carter was not afraid to say things as they are," said Alejandra, who only reluctantly provided even her first name.
Carter's visit to Cuba this week doesn't mean relations with Havana are about to come out of the ice age, but his trip has shown why it makes far more sense to engage in an open dialogue with Mr.
www.cartercenter.org /news/documents/doc583.html   (1551 words)

  
 American Experience | Jimmy Carter | People & Events
His father, Earl Carter, was a successful farmer, and the unquestioned authority to his children and the sharecropping laborers who worked his land.
But Carter's ambition soon surfaced again, and on his 38th birthday in 1962 he announced to a surprised Rosalynn that he planned to run for a seat in the state senate, a position Earl Carter had held briefly before his death.
Carter also ran a tough populist campaign against the liberal, urbane Sanders, whom he called "Cufflinks Carl." "He wanted to appeal to the large middle class, blue collar type, predominantly white, and most of these people are going to be segregationists," says historian E. Stanly Godbold.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/carter/peopleevents/p_jcarter.html   (2295 words)

  
 Waypath - Topic Stream: Political Figures > Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is coming in on the side of the president but that's not what has really caused the whole..., and terrorist appeasers like Carter and I'm no commie traitor or terrorist appeaser.
Jimmy Carter says he supports the sale of port operations to Dubai of the United Arab Emirates and its government-run DP World.
Jack Carter, to be forever known as "Jimmy Carter's Son" (even in the headline to the news story jumps out to make news about his Senate run and lands squarely on the fence.
www.waypath.com /topic/topic_jimmycarter.html   (3061 words)

  
 The Blog | Nathan Gardels: Jimmy Carter takes on Israel's Apartheid Policies and the Pro-Israeli Lobby in the US. | The ...
Former president Jimmy Carter is virtually the lone voice, along with his former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, willing to criticize Israel for its own good, in the name of American interests and for peace in the region.
Carter: Mahmoud Abbas is the president of the Palestinian National Authority as well as the leader of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization.) Hamas has nothing to do with the PLO -- the only organization recognized officially by Israel in exchange for its recognition of Israel as a legal entity.
Former President Jimmy Carter is not the first to have said what is happening in Israel today is Aparthied, he will likely not be the last, and what is happening in Israel today is definately Aparthied.
www.huffingtonpost.com /nathan-gardels/jimmy-carter-takes-on-isr_b_36134.html   (3751 words)

  
 Calling Out Jimmy Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
VDH also has the chutzpah to call Carter "historically ignorant", a fascinating charge coming from a man whose grasp even on his specialty is tenuous, and the bulk of whose professional career has been an (often successful) effort to make Americans MORE ignorant of the history of military affairs.
President Jimmy Carter is a disgrace and embarassment to America, as far as I'm concerned.
Victor Hanson writes of this man: In his dotage, Carter is proving once again that he is as malicious and mean-spirited a public figure as he is historically ignorant.
tailrank.com /613137/Calling-Out-Jimmy-Carter   (553 words)

  
 Posts by Sarah R Carter | Jack Carter for Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Under Carter's preferred scenario, American troops would begin to withdraw to a "more defensible position" in the region within three to four months as part of a "quick-response" program that could respond to local flare-ups, he said.
Carter's opponent, Republican incumbent John Ensign, an ardent supporter of the war, declined to be interviewed for this story, instead issuing a statement that echoed language used by Bush and his surrogates in speeches last week.
Jack Carter, the Democratic candidate for United States Senate, is congratulating host Jerry Lewis and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for yet another successful telethon, but at the same time, Carter is drawing attention to those who continue to thwart vital research.
www.carterfornevada.com /en-US/blog/4?page=19   (1616 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Carter was influential in getting Israel and Egypt to sign the Camp David agreement, which ended the hostility between these two countries.
The Jimmy Carter Work Project got under way in Michigan on Monday, led by the sweat equity of the former president himself and several members of his family.
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has expressed qualified support for Ethiopias parliamentary elections but said it was up to the opposition to decide if they accepted the results.
www.boarc.com /History/Jimmy+Carter.html   (702 words)

  
 Classic Jimmy Carter (Loser NUT Alert!)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It was classic Jimmy Carter -- at once moralizing and morally confused, ill-informed and preachy -- illustrating why the American people voted him out of office after just one term and the politically partisan Swedish Academy awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize.
There was a time, long ago, when Jimmy Carter was described as the "best former president," a judgment that rested largely on his reputation for building housing for the homeless.
Jimmy is the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1693160/posts   (2664 words)

  
 TIME.com: Brooklyn Billygoat -- Mar. 15, 1954 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The bandy-legged, broken-nosed little boxer on the scales was Pasquale Giuseppe DeMarco, weighing in for his crack at Jimmy Carter's lightweight championship of the world.
When Paddy climbed into the Madison Square Garden ring with Carter last week they were betting 4 to 1 that he was still a billygoat from Brooklyn, a clumsy, light-punching brawler who had won a couple of big fights by butting, bunny-hugging and hitting on the breaks.
Champion Carter, a Negro from The Bronx, was an old pro, too good, and too smart to be taken when his title was on the line.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,857401,00.html   (608 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter "The US and Israel Stand Alone": Sacramento for Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Carter: Under all of its predecessors there was a commitment to peace instead of preemptive war.
Carter: The fundamentalists believe they have a unique relationship with God, and that they and their ideas are God's ideas and God's premises on the particular issue.
Carter: Unfortunately, after Sept., there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.
sacramentofordemocracy.org /?q=node/view/4238   (2524 words)

  
 The Powers That Be: The "Jimmy Carter" attack submarine to be commissioned... no, really
The "Jimmy Carter" attack submarine to be commissioned...
Instead of being armed with missiles and torpedoes, the commander of the "Jimmy Carter" will "flood tubes three and four" with leaflets on which are written offers to negotiate, and shoot them toward the enemy.
I would suspect any nuclear attack sub carrying the name of Jimmy Carter would practice the former president's "peace through weakness" philosophy, but there are unconfirmed reports that this particular submarine carries actual missiles and torpedoes.
www.mensnewsdaily.com /blog/powers/2005/02/jimmy-carter-attack-submarine-to-be.html   (435 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter: The Bush Admin. "Manipulated, At Least" Pre-War Intelligence To Mislead America… | The Huffington Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
During his presidency (1977-1981), Carter's mediation was a vital contribution to the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt, in itself a great enough achievement to qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Carter has thus been active in several of the problem areas that have figured prominently in the over one hundred years of Peace Prize history.
In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles that conflicts must as far as possible be resolved through mediation and international co-operation based on international law, respect for human rights, and economic development.
huffingtonpost.com /2005/11/02/jimmy-carter-the-bush-_n_10025.html?p=2   (4862 words)

  
 America Weakly :: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Boxer Before Iraq War: “The weapons they [Iraq] have are a threat to the world.
Boxer In 2005: “Iraq was a war of choice, not a war of necessity.” (Sen. Barbara Boxer, Remarks At The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, 7/6/05)
Boxer: “[F]ormer White House Counsel John Dean … who was President Nixon’s counsel at the time of Watergate, said that President Bush is ‘the first President to admit to an impeachable offense.’” (Sen. Barbara Boxer, “Boxer Asks Presidential Scholars About Former White House Counsel’s Statement That Bush Admitted To An ‘Impeachable Offense’,” Press Release, 12/19/05)
americaweakly.com /News/Read.aspx?ID=2917   (373 words)

  
 Carter Center to Observe Jamaica Elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Kingston, Jamaica…The Carter Center and its Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Americas have accepted the invitation from the Electoral Advisory Committee of Jamaica to observe the upcoming parliamentary elections.
A pre-election mission, led by Ron Gould, former Assistant Chief of Elections Canada and Laura Neuman, Senior Program Associate of the Carter Center's Americas Program, is in Jamaica this week to assess electoral conditions and has met with election officials, political party leaders, Jamaican security forces, and representatives of civil society and the media.
The Carter Center delegation includes Ron Gould; Laura Neuman; Tom Haney, Director of the Police Leadership Program at Henson College, Canada; David Pottie, Senior Program Associate of the Democracy Program at The Carter Center; and Amy Sterner, Project Assistant in the Americas Program at The Carter Center.
www.cartercenter.org /news/documents/doc624.html   (278 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter: At Least Hamas Isn't Corrupt [ Barf Alert ]
Jimmy, we could say much the same of you, but it wouldn't be any more of a compliment to say it about you than to say it about Hamas.
Jimmy Carter describing the Nazis, "Sure the Nazis killed millions of people in their concentration camps, but at least they ran a well organized and effective government that dragged Germany out of its depression and gave people meaningful work."
Carter was an embarrassment to all Americans and the worst president of the 20th century.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1567729/posts   (4117 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal - Sean Hannity Discussion
Former President Jimmy Carter downplayed criticism of White House support of an Arab-owned company's purchase of a major seaport-operations firm.BY CLARKlclark@MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON - President Bush is taking a battering from fellow Republicans, even the governors of New York and Maryland, over the administration's support for a decision that gives an Arab company control of some commercial operations at six major seaports -- including Miami-Dade's.
But he got a boost Monday from an unlikely source, frequent critic and former president Jimmy Carter, who downplayed fears that the deal poses a risk.
www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=56026   (917 words)

  
 CEDAW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Former President Jimmy Carter signed the treaty in 1979, but it was never ratified by the Senate.
Opponents of CEDAW claim that the treaty may be unnecessary in the United States, where women have, arguably, achieved equality.
Senate hearings, supported primarily by Senator Barbara Boxer, were held in 2002, but the treaty never made it to the floor.
www.duke.edu /web/pps114/policy2003/1k/index.html   (102 words)

  
 Knight Of The Mind: Barbara Boxer - She Has To Be A GOP Plant
Barbara Boxer - She Has To Be A GOP Plant
They had to infiltrate the organization and place a mole so disasterous to The Democrats so that they would never be viewed in a favorable light again.
That would seem contradictory, given that in her case, the lights are on, but nobody is usually home.
orsa.blogspot.com /2005/01/barbara-boxer-she-has-to-be-gop-plant.html   (868 words)

  
 Squiggler: Jimmy Carter, again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
It's always worth remembering that most of the major problems the Free World faces all began on Jimmy's horrifyingly awful single term in office: the Shah fell - giving rise to Khomeini and islamofascism; Afghanistan fell to the USSR; Saddam came to power in a coup.
All while Jimmy's cronies profiteered with BCCI - a bank with nefarious ties to the hubs of islamofascism.
As an active duty family during the Carter years, I can say from personal experience that in our 26 years of being an active duty military family, those four years were the pits, the worst of the worst.
www.squiggler.com /2006/07/jimmy_carter_ag.html   (353 words)

  
 Boxer ESG Sailors Build Homes, International Bonds During Mumbai Service Project
The event was particularly special for the Sailors when they met and had their photo taken with the 39th president, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who served as a naval officer for seven years.
We got to meet Jimmy Carter and had a group photo taken with him,” said Boxer’s Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 1st Class (AW) Steve Johnson.
Boxer is the flagship for the BOXESG, which is further comprised of Amphibious Squadron 5, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, USS Dubuque (LPD 8), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), Benfold, USS Howard (DDG 83), USCG Midgett (WHEC 726), and the Canadian frigate HMCS Ottawa.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=26561   (830 words)

  
 BlackNews.com - Former President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Speech at the Joint Center for Political and Economic ...
Martin was an advisor to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Carter, and a founder of the Joint Center.
Previous award winners are former President Jimmy Carter, boxer Muhammad Ali, and lawyer and civil right leader, Vernon Jordan.
During two terms in office, President Clinton had many achievements, including a record budget surplus, a national initiative to improve race relations and a landmark parental leave law.
www.blacknews.com /pr/jointcenter101.html   (786 words)

  
 Jimmy Carter (boxer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Balance may shift for waste to stay put
The United States banned the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel into new fuel during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, who was concerned that reprocessing...
Jimmy Carter (December 15, 1923 - September 21, 1994) was a world lightweight boxing champion.
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 Jimmy Carter (boxer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
His professional record was 80-31-9 with 31 Knockouts.
This biographical article related to an American boxer is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Carter_(boxer)   (120 words)

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