Tag: Jimmy Carter

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Jimmy the Tooth has grinned his last goofy grin. He was planted in the ground the other day. After circling the drain in hospice care for nearly two years of extended overtime, the former President James Earl Carter is no longer. His spirit now resides in whatever crevasse of the afterlife that awaits Trilateral Commission members. He was fortunate enough to make it to the century mark, and the second half of his life is generally reckoned as his better years. Still, that’s not much to shout about, since by then he was a washed-up politician. Jummah’s most notable achievement since his failed Presidency was to win a Nobel Prize for the great accomplishment of not being George W. Bush, a distinction he shares with Al Gore and The Obomber. (more…)

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. . . I can hardly wish any man better than he would seriously consider what he does with his time; how and to what ends he employs it; and what returns he makes to God, his neighbor, and himself for it. Will he never have a ledger for this? This is the greatest wisdom and work of life. — William Penn (more…)

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Argo (2012) is an outstanding movie. It won three Oscars and was nominated for many more. It tells the story of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, where Iranian “students” overran the US embassy and captured all but six of the diplomats and embassy staffers. The reason for Alan Arkin’s nomination for Best Supporting Actor can be shown by a simple facial gesture he makes when he is angered by the Iranians and is sympathetic toward the hostages. Arkin’s acting is nuanced and clear. It excellently propels the story forward. (more…)