Jimmy Carter

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• Ex-President For Sale, by Alan M. Dershowitz

  
  IsraelSeen.com — Authority: 120
  Jimmy Carter is making more money selling integrity than peanuts. I have known Jimmy Carter for more than 30 years. I first met him in the spring of 1976 when, as a relatively unknown candidate for president,he sent me a hand written letter asking for my help in his campaign on issues of crime and [...]
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• What is the US doing with Irans "frozen" assets?

  
  Corrente — Authority: 618
  Press TV : Thirty years after the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, the United States still holds Irans frozen assets and properties without paying Tehran anything in assets-related financial gains, a report says. On November 4, 1979, university students took over the building of the US embassy and held 52 ...
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• I know what keeps Obama awake at night…

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 452
  Let’s say we spend our $2 trillion in stimulus and get a couple of quarters of weak growth. Then once the effects of the stimulus wear off, we slip back into a deep recession, setting up a classic “W.” Unemployment never does stop climbing. This happened to Roosevelt in the thirties. So congress passes another ...
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• Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program: Alleviating Suffering, Ending Shame (The Carter Center)

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 151
  unnecessary human suffering. Founded in 1982 by former US President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, the Atlanta-based Center has helped to improve the quality of life for people in more than 70 countries. … President Jimmy Carter “The Carter Center ” health elephantiasis lymphatic ...
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• Social Action Roundup Nov. 18th

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Participant Media presents entertainment that inspires and compels social change. Behind these films and issues, there are thousands of people nationwide who work tirelessly on campaigns that use the films as inspiration to make a difference. As a member of the company’s Social Action team, which develops ...
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• Obamas weak and ineffectual Asian trip

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 563
  This is where we are now--living through Jimmy Carters second term. Politicos Mike Allen explains: President Barack Obama returns from his maiden Asian swing with none of the concrete accomplishments that White Houses typically put in place before big trips, setting up a stark test for his idealistic theory that ...
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• Your morning jolt: A call for the speaker’s resignation, and the possibility of another Carter in the state Senate

  
  Political Insider — Authority: 485
  In a carefully worded editorial this morning, the Brunswick News this morning has become the first newspaper in the state to publicly call for House Speaker Glenn Richardson’s resignation. The coastal enclave is a large source of Republican votes and cash. Wrote the newspaper: He’s telling everyone he can ...
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• GreenBeat: Steve Westly spreads the Smart Grid gospel, says innovation should fly fast and loose

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  Steve Westly, former California state controller and now founder of the venture firm Westly Group, says he got interested in the Smart Grid and cleantech in order to save the world and make massive amounts of money in the process.During a talk designed to counter Vinod Khosla’s Smart Grid skepticism in the session ...
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• CETA: A 70s Government Jobs Program That Didnt Work

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 815
  Filed under: Economy In the late 1970s in the Jimmy Carter administration, I had a ringside seat for the political collapse of the last modern attempt to replicate a massive New Deal jobs program. This repudiation of public service employment marked the symbolic end of 20 th century big government liberalism, ...
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• Terrorists ‘Saved or Created’

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 782
  How many terrorists were “saved or created” by the policies Jimmy Carter enacted — and by those Obama is pursuing?
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• Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 613
  Thailand: Former US President Jimmy Carter said he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis there more than 30 years ago but resisted because he feared 20,000 Iranians could have died. Islamist militants stormed the US Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979 , and seized its ...
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• Free South Africa? Free Israel from Mandela (& Tutu & Jimmuh)

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 626
  By Debbie SchlusselI’ve written in the past about the vile, open anti-Semitism and Israel hatred espoused by Desmond Tutu, the celebrity cleric and activist in the fight against South African apartheid.  When my brother graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Tutu was the ...
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• Actor Woody Harrelson: Chevron Behind Afghanistan War, Jimmy Carter Pretty Great

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  In an interview published November 11 at Salon.com, titled, "Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama," by Andrew OHehir, actor Woody Harrelson, who stars in the soon-to-be-released film, The Messenger, recounts his conspiracy theory that America invaded Afghanistan not because of the 9/11 attacks, but because ...
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• Carter Defends Handling of Hostage Crisis

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Nov. 16) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday that he had no regrets about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis more than 30 years ago, saying he didnt attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands of people would have died. Islamic militants stormed the U.S. ...
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• Woody Harrelson: Chevron Behind Afghanistan War, Jimmy Carter Pretty Great

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 833
  In an interview published November 11 at Salon.com, titled, "Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama," by Andrew OHehir, actor Woody Harrelson, who stars in the soon-to-be-released film, The Messenger, recounts his conspiracy theory that America invaded Afghanistan not because of the 9/11 attacks, but because ...
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• Revisionist history, anyone?

  
  An Angry American — Authority: 129
  And now, a word from President Jimmy Carter: Carter acknowledged that his failure to bring the hostages home—including a botched rescue mission in which eight U.S. servicemen died—led to his election defeat to President Ronald Reagan in 1980. The hostages were released on Jan. 20, 1981, just minutes after ...
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• Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis

  
  TexasFred — Authority: 533
  Carter defends his handling of Iran hostage crisis CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) — Former president Jimmy Carter said Monday he had no regrets about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis more than 30 years ago, saying he didn’t attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands of people would have ...
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• MONDAYS QUICK HITS

  
  THIRDWAVEDAVE — Authority: 420
  Catching my eye this morning and over the weekend: * Nothing at all to see here. It was a "Chicago suicide," Im sure-- Malkin has much more with updates. ** Possible VP candidate? I say its too early but he comes from good stock. *** Jimmy Carter defends his handling of the Iranian hostage ...
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• Your morning jolt: ATL police union to endorse Kasim Reed for mayor

  
  Political Insider — Authority: 485
  The Sunday Paper starts a critical week in the runoff for mayor of Atlanta with news that the city’s police union, which originally pledged its support to Lisa Borders, has revised its alliance: “The IBPO supports Senator Reed for Mayor because he clearly understands the urgent need for more officers to be ...
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• Barack Obama and the Failure of the Peace Process

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 571
  Barack Obama and the Failure of the Peace Process by Stella Dallas / November 14th, 2009 Among the most prominent of President Obama’s hope-based initiatives was his promise to re-frame America’s approach to the conflict in Palestine, epitomized in his June 2007 speech in Cairo, where Obama called for a “new ...
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