Posted on 05/13/2002 10:59:01 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:53:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Last July, Mr. Carter said he was "disappointed in almost everything [Bush] has done," admonishing him to respect the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, questioning his reluctance to ratify the rights-of-the-child treaty, and calling missile defense technologically ridiculous and contrary to the "prestige and respect due our country." In the same interview, this technology expert advised the new administration not to ignore parts of the world beyond the Middle East, concluding that "the devastation of the wars in Africa is much more serious than the conflicts in the Middle East."
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No question about it. He should stick to peanut farming and pouding nails. With a gag on of course.
Thank you, Jimmy Carter, for the suggestion that we let the likes of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, etc. determine our foreign policy.
Keep hectoring the current administration, as I too, long for the heady days of run away inflation, a price control caused fuel shortage, and an embarrassing, excruciating humiliation at the hands of some islamo-fascists.
Owl _ Eagle
“Guns before butter.”
Has any research been done? It seems like:
I mean . . . Barry, Dashole, BILLDO & SHRILLERY, Carter,
It's gotta be genetic.
Ah, I know, their father the father of lies? I'd have thought better of Carter. Sigh.
They had a major cheating scandal back in the early 90's because someone decided to actually enforce the code.
I talked about this with my tech and his response was that Congressmen get one appointtee per district, and not all are capable of doing the math (most failing the EE course) and they either had to cheat or fail.
Thankfully, school results don't translate into On the Job Performance, someone is covering their backside, and the technical work can be outsourced.
Thought Carter's trip was a waste of time, eh? Well, think again.On Monday, Jimmy toured Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and -- drum roll, please? -- gave it the Carter seal of approval.
Undersecretary of State John Bolton last week sent shock waves in remarks raising the issue of Cuba's offensive bio-warfare research and development, and evidence Cuba shares the fruits with other terrorist states. His boss, Colin Powell, repeated the charge Sunday in an interview on Russian TV.
"We know", said Sec. Powell, "that Cuba has been doing some research with respect to biological offensive weapons possibly, and so we think it is appropriate for us to point out this kind of activity."
Assistant Secretary of State Otto Reich Monday told the Associated Press, reiterating: "We stand by every word of John Boton's speech."
Ridiculous, says Jimmy.
With Castro seated next to him, the former peanut farmer listened intently as Fidelitos -- "Cuba's top scientists", the media calls them, euphemistically -- gave him the old song-and-dance, denying any hanky-panky. Oh, what a shock.
At one point, even Carter, sensing the whole thing looked too much like a dog-and-pony show, paused from blowing kisses to Castro for a moment, coughing up a convoluted question.
Not to worry, "Dr." Luis Herrera told comrade Jimmy. Cuba scrupulously keeps track of bio-tech transfers, just in case.
"I just want to assure myself", said Jimmy.
Whew! Boy, is that a relief! Don't you all feel warm and fuzzy now? C'mon, don't be so cynical, Castro wouldn't lie to us, would he? Believe me, if Fidel says tech-transfers are tightly monitored, you can take that to the bank. They are monitored, alright -- but even a drooling moron knows this means diddly-squat to America's security.
What a joke.
Gee, what did Carter expect, a 'Killer Rabbit' to leap in his face?
For credibility's sake, Jimmy should've brought along an entourage of real, bona-fide experts -- led by Amy Carter, of course. For 'reassurance', that wouldn've been enough for me. /sarcasm.
Carter's odyssey in Castroland is sprightly becoming the stuff of jokes. In less than a day, Jimmy's starry-eyed tour of the island bizarro time-wrap -- a grand, noble gesture of statesmanship, to hear Big Media tell it -- has slipped from ridiculous to imbecilic. When Castro says 'Jump!', Jimmy says 'How hi, mi Commandante?'. It would be uproarious if it weren't so serious.
No-one should be surprised, of course. Carter boldly challenging the Castro regime? Oh, puhlease. There was never a snowball's chance of it. Besides, even the notion is preposterous on its face. Why on earth would Carter take issue with a government and system which, on a full range of issues, he agrees with?
Who are they kidding? Ideologically, Carter and Castro aren't mismates, but soul mates -- joined at the hip. They were made for each other.
On government-run healthcare -- Castro and Carter see eyeball-to-eyeball.
On the "evils" of capitalism and corporate "greed", Castro and Carter both see red.
On the wickedness of 'wealth' and the bourgeoisie, Castro and Carter dance the Macarena together. Both see producers as vile, deadly viruses.
On the question of more or less government, Castro and Carter turn Thomas Jefferson's famous quote on its head: To wit, that government which governs most, governs best.
On 'gun-control', Carter says 'si, si, senor Castro!'. For Sarah Brady, Cuba is 'Paradise Island'.
Both give impassioned speeches on human rights, and believe not a word of 'em.
Here's a country where conservative ideas -- you know, belief in free markets, human liberty, less government -- are branded subversive, 'reactionary'. Adherents are ostracized, jailed -- or worse.
Opposition to communism is treated as some form of communicable disease -- A threat to be stamped out.
In Castro Cuba's, a firing squad would await a Rush Limbaugh, a Bill O'Reilly, a Ann Coulter. No conservative talk radio is tolerated; publishers of Human Events
and National Review would be charged and executed as purveyers of "enemy propaganda".
Thus, for liberals, what's there not to love about this place? For them, this is 'yum-yum' stuff.
On Cuba, perhaps more than on any other issue, the yawning chasm of values between liberals and conservatives becomes glaringly apparent.
No where is this values gulf more obvious than between Carter and our current President, George W. Bush.
Groveling before dictator Castro, offering the lamest excuses for tyranny -- these are the sickening antics of Jimmy Carter. Human liberty, personal freedom, private property, free enterprise -- for Carter, these values mean nothing; for Bush, these are all-consuming passions. He profoundly believes in them.
As of this writing, reports are that Bush is putting the finishing touches on a speech he plans to deliver next week in honor of Cuban Independence Day.
But it'll more than just a speech. Aids tell reporters to expect, among other initiatives, action to strengthen the embargo -- in a clear slap at Carter.
Stay tuned.
Anyway, that's.....
My two cents....
"JohnHuang2"
Thanks for the laugh!
Such nice, polite, gentle folks. Peace-at-all-costs. United Nations coalitions. Compromise. Non-confrontational.
SO JIMMY CARTER GO TO HELL, GO STRAIGHT TO HELL! ! ! ! !
I think Bill and Jimmy are smoking the same banana peels.
If anyone can appreciate what a winning strategy placating Muslim countries is, it's Jimmy. < /sarcasm>
Hey Jimmuh, "prestige and respect" ain't gonna stop incoming!
Idiot.
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