Jimmy Carter was an intelligent, thoughtful, big-hearted man who saw the good in the American people and always chose to stand with and for what was best for this country and for us all! He will live on, guiding us with his passion for justice.
Jim, we always loved your way with words, but your description of Elon Muskrat, with those alliterations, has to be a highlight! We had our belly laugh of the day. In this time of mourning for our own beloved Jimmy Carter, and facing four years of full-on fighting, we needed that! Thanks! And love from Georgia!
Wowowow!!! This says it all and SO TRUE!!! Once again, and this time for the last time, Jimmy Carter gifts us with HOPE in an ugly world and an especially ugly period in our country!!! Thank yof for this eloquent tribute to an elegant human being!!!! Thank yiu!!! Gay Lloyd Pinder!!!!
What a contrast :Jimmy Carter,a genuinely sincere man of conscience with Don the Con, a creature with nary a single decent bone in his corpulent body or his conniving skull.We'll mourn you Jimmy and celebrate when Trumpolini vacates.
All four years of Jimmy Carter's presidency the press was cruel, unfair, and downright mean. He wanted to use some common sense and asked government workers to come to work in short sleeved shirts. Washington is beastly hot in summer. The press laughed. He put up solar panels and Reagan had them removed. His administration worked hard to have the hostages taken by Iran freed. Reagan took all the credit and the press let him. The press and the public didn't know what to do with a man of honesty and conscience. So they mocked him.
I was in basic training when the hostages were taken in Iran. Carter was blamed for the helicopters breaking down even though the president has no part of selecting or maintaining them. The hostages were released within days of Reagans inauguration without him doing anything. This was my first experience with alternate realities in government. R.I.P. JIMMY CARTER
You have to love the irony of Jimmy Carter's passing in contrast to the inauguration(for the second time!! What were we-and by that I mean all the MAGA morons who voted for him, despite knowing he will do nothing for them-thinking??) of the most unqualified, immoral man to ever sit at the Resolute desk.
You could not plan a better retort to the circus that will be the opening of the second Trump term than to have the country honoring a moral, decent man who did so much for humanity in his retirement. The contrast could not be more stark. The karmic beauty of this is amazing. You'd like to think the new administration would shape up, having been convicted by their consciences upon some contemplation of Carter's life and work. But who am I kidding?? They have no conscience, and their only convictions will be for felonies.
The real exclamation point on the sentence is Trump's reaction to the flags being at half staff in honor of the former President, crying that he'll be the only president to have them at half staff during his inauguration(he's not; Nixon started his second term right after Harry Truman's death in late 1972. I'm not sure if Trump was in his usual lying mode when he said what he did; my guess he was probably ignorant of that fact), as if he was being picked on. It would be too much to expect for him to show some class, and maybe have a few words of tribute during his inaugural speech. But then, why would he make the effort to laud someone who isn't him. That would be way too much class for him.
RIP Jimmy Carter. You fought the good fight, you finished the race, you kept the faith.
Bless you, Jim! Your insights turn on a light, every time I hit my Jim Hightower email. Jimmy Carter is a world hero and a role model for me. At 85, I remember both Roselynn and Jimmy as caring world citizens and examples of sterling humility and deep intellect.
interesting to see the Democratic Billionaires flocking to join the Republican billionaires - 1 snake 2 heads. stop voting for them and start voting for independent parties. We keep this going because we can not see beyond 2 parties - We can not see that we have proxy wars going on in Gaza (an open air prison) and Ukraine - Lets go out and murder more innocent people today - men, women and children. For being so smart we are pretty stupid.
I just thought Jimmy, like many of us, couldn't bear to live through even one day of trump rule. He always a smart cookie, and he will be missed by many.
Jimmy Carter was an intelligent, thoughtful, big-hearted man who saw the good in the American people and always chose to stand with and for what was best for this country and for us all! He will live on, guiding us with his passion for justice.
Jim, we always loved your way with words, but your description of Elon Muskrat, with those alliterations, has to be a highlight! We had our belly laugh of the day. In this time of mourning for our own beloved Jimmy Carter, and facing four years of full-on fighting, we needed that! Thanks! And love from Georgia!
Wowowow!!! This says it all and SO TRUE!!! Once again, and this time for the last time, Jimmy Carter gifts us with HOPE in an ugly world and an especially ugly period in our country!!! Thank yof for this eloquent tribute to an elegant human being!!!! Thank yiu!!! Gay Lloyd Pinder!!!!
well said mr Jim , God bless Jimmy Carter it would a better world if there were more like him
What a contrast :Jimmy Carter,a genuinely sincere man of conscience with Don the Con, a creature with nary a single decent bone in his corpulent body or his conniving skull.We'll mourn you Jimmy and celebrate when Trumpolini vacates.
All four years of Jimmy Carter's presidency the press was cruel, unfair, and downright mean. He wanted to use some common sense and asked government workers to come to work in short sleeved shirts. Washington is beastly hot in summer. The press laughed. He put up solar panels and Reagan had them removed. His administration worked hard to have the hostages taken by Iran freed. Reagan took all the credit and the press let him. The press and the public didn't know what to do with a man of honesty and conscience. So they mocked him.
I was in basic training when the hostages were taken in Iran. Carter was blamed for the helicopters breaking down even though the president has no part of selecting or maintaining them. The hostages were released within days of Reagans inauguration without him doing anything. This was my first experience with alternate realities in government. R.I.P. JIMMY CARTER
You have to love the irony of Jimmy Carter's passing in contrast to the inauguration(for the second time!! What were we-and by that I mean all the MAGA morons who voted for him, despite knowing he will do nothing for them-thinking??) of the most unqualified, immoral man to ever sit at the Resolute desk.
You could not plan a better retort to the circus that will be the opening of the second Trump term than to have the country honoring a moral, decent man who did so much for humanity in his retirement. The contrast could not be more stark. The karmic beauty of this is amazing. You'd like to think the new administration would shape up, having been convicted by their consciences upon some contemplation of Carter's life and work. But who am I kidding?? They have no conscience, and their only convictions will be for felonies.
The real exclamation point on the sentence is Trump's reaction to the flags being at half staff in honor of the former President, crying that he'll be the only president to have them at half staff during his inauguration(he's not; Nixon started his second term right after Harry Truman's death in late 1972. I'm not sure if Trump was in his usual lying mode when he said what he did; my guess he was probably ignorant of that fact), as if he was being picked on. It would be too much to expect for him to show some class, and maybe have a few words of tribute during his inaugural speech. But then, why would he make the effort to laud someone who isn't him. That would be way too much class for him.
RIP Jimmy Carter. You fought the good fight, you finished the race, you kept the faith.
President Carter was a good president and an outstanding human being. Now the White House will be infested with me first vermin.
This sign in is confusing!
Yes Jimmy did a good deed last week one more time. We are lucky to have had him to show us the way.
In our country, the bottom reflects the top and vice versa.
Bless you, Jim! Your insights turn on a light, every time I hit my Jim Hightower email. Jimmy Carter is a world hero and a role model for me. At 85, I remember both Roselynn and Jimmy as caring world citizens and examples of sterling humility and deep intellect.
Love "doge" = dodgy ... got that right!
interesting to see the Democratic Billionaires flocking to join the Republican billionaires - 1 snake 2 heads. stop voting for them and start voting for independent parties. We keep this going because we can not see beyond 2 parties - We can not see that we have proxy wars going on in Gaza (an open air prison) and Ukraine - Lets go out and murder more innocent people today - men, women and children. For being so smart we are pretty stupid.
I just thought Jimmy, like many of us, couldn't bear to live through even one day of trump rule. He always a smart cookie, and he will be missed by many.
Great Piece Jim! LOVED IT!!!
Happy New year from Boston
It is so good to know that Jimmy Carter exists and was President and more!