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In reply to the discussion: The Guardian: 'Decades ahead of his time': history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter [View all]Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)8. So glad this is finally being done
I was in graduate school after Reagan cheated Carter out of another term. My PhD research was in Aquatic Toxicology funded by the Superfund program Carter signed into law. There were literally railroad cars amounts of research papers funded by money made available during Carter's four years. Of course by the time I got into the program during Reagan's tenure that money was drying up faster than a desert rainstorm in August.
Had we had the will and courage to follow Carter's vision the world would be such a different place today. He certainly wasn't perfect but he truly is the finest human being to hold the office in my lifetime and well beyond. So pleased the Biden's showed their respect by taking the time to visit the Carters.
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The Guardian: 'Decades ahead of his time': history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter [View all]
kpete
May 2021
OP
Carter's Sec of Transportation ordered "seat belts in all cars" & saved tens of thousands of lives.
Stuart G
May 2021
#5
Not quite. It speaks as it did then to the effectiveness of the RW propaganda machine
Ford_Prefect
May 2021
#26
If we'd gone to renewable energy, then not so many Wars For Oil and dead people. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2021
#20
Not only have I always thought that JEC was a severely underrated President,
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#24
In a long and horrible history of sleazy moves, this one is a show-stopper.
BobTheSubgenius
May 2021
#45
"Carter was our only president who had a visceral environmental and ecological attachment. "
Ferrets are Cool
May 2021
#41