http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jimmycarter/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:06:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415057/posts ATLANTA -- A Jewish group is calling former President Jimmy Carter's apology to the Jewish community a "publicity stunt." Bob Kunst of Shalom International said Thursday that Carter has sought to build "a global movement against Israel." He said Carter's "apologies are questionable and fall on deaf ears." Kunst's Miami-based advocacy group fights anti-Semitism through protests and rallies. Other Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, welcomed Carter's apology. Carter offered an Al Het, a Hebrew plea for forgiveness, to the Jewish community this week for "any words or deeds" that may have stigmatized Israel. He has had a tense relationship... Chicago Sun-Times/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415057/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:06:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414707/posts Jimmy Carter has spent his post-Camp David life building a global movement against Israel, bashing the Jewish people and excusing Palestinian terrorism, the worst of which was seen in his 21st book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. In this book Carter allows his anti-Israel ideology get in the way of facts. It contains serious errors of both commission and omission. To suit his goals, he manipulates information, redefines facts, and exaggerates conclusions. He describes Israelis as racists and war-mongering aggressors; Hamas as moderates forced to commits acts of terror, and American Jews as manipulators of American Foreign Policy. Now Carter wants... The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414707/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:32:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414003/posts ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter is offering the Jewish community an apology for any of his "words and deeds" that may have upset them. Carter writes in an open letter to the Jewish community this week that he hopes the new year will bring peace between Israel and its neighbors. He says "we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel." He adds: "I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so.".... hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414003/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413273/posts Jimmy Carter asked the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel. Carter speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem in June. In a letter released exclusively to JTA, the former US president sent a seasonal message wishing for peace between Israel and its neighbors, and concluded: "We must recognize Israel's achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel. As I would have noted at Rosh Hashanah and Yom... Jewish World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413273/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412984/posts Once the Camp David accords fell into Jimmy Carter's lap (Begin and Sadat brought Carter into the negotiations), the Peanut President turned against the Jews and the Jewish State. During the difficult negotiations between Egypt and Israel, Carter and his advisers tried to get Sadat to engage in a collusive scheme: They would encourage Sadat to make "deliberately exaggerated" demands. The White House would then intervene to "compel" Cairo to scale back its demands in exchange for Israeli concessions. Then-national security advisor Brzezinski explained that Washington would "apply maximum leverage on Israel to accommodate,by keeping the West Bank's political future... The Lid/Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412984/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:45:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412745/posts Former US President Jimmy Carter is asking for forgiveness of the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel. “…..I have the hope and a prayer that the State of Israel will flourish as a Jewish state within secure and recognized borders in peaceful co-existence with its neighbors and with all the Moslem States, and that this peaceful co-existence will bring security, prosperity and happiness to the people of Israel and to the people of the Middle East of all faiths. “We must recognize Israel’s achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive... The Yeshiva World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412745/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412749/posts In 388 AD a Christian mob led by a local bishop destroyed the synagogue of Callinicum, a Greco-Roman city in northern Syria. The attack angered emperor Theodosius I, who had declared Christianity the religion of the Roman state just eight years earlier. As the Jewish community enjoyed a protected status under Roman laws, he ordered the synagogue be rebuilt be rebuilt at bishop's expense. This triggered Ambrose, the bishop of Milan, to write the emperor a letter defending the obliteration of the Jewish temple. What could possibly be wrong with destroying a "house of betrayal and godlessness" where Christ's name... www.nrc.nl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412749/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:40:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406285/posts MELBOURNE, December 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an address to a gathering sponsored by the World Parliament of Religions (PWR) last Friday, former US President Jimmy Carter has once again blamed traditional religion, particularly Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics, for "creating an environment where violations against women are justified."It is a theme that Carter has successfully used to garner media attention for several years.  Although in a July column in The Observer Carter admits to "not having training in religion or theology," in his address to the PWR Carter appeals to his authority as someone who has "taught Bible lessons... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406285/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402348/posts From the Podium: J. D. Pendry, Retired Sergeant Major, USMC Jimmy Carter, you are the father of the Islamic Nazi movement. You threw the Shah under the bus, welcomed the Ayatollah home, and then lacked the spine to confront the terrorists when they took our embassy and our people hostage. You're the "runner-in-chief." Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the USS Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our... Notoriously Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402348/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 22:11:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399767/posts Good Evening:This a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams, and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.During the past three years I’ve spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the government, our nation’s economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches,... various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399767/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394047/posts An idealistic president takes office promising an era of American moral renewal at home and abroad. The effort includes a focus on diplomacy and peace-making, an aversion to the use of force, the selling out of old allies. The result is that within a couple of years the U.S. is more suspected, detested and enfeebled than ever. No, we're not talking about Barack Obama. But since the current administration took office offering roughly the same prescriptions as Jimmy Carter did, it's worth recalling how that worked out. How it worked out became inescapably apparent 30 years ago this month. On... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394047/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393764/posts WSJ columnist, Bret Stephens harkens back to those happy, halcyon days of the Carter era: “An idealistic president takes office promising an era of American moral renewal at home and abroad. The effort includes a focus on diplomacy and peace-making, an aversion to the use of force, the selling out of old allies. The result is that within a couple of years the U.S. is more suspected, detested and enfeebled than ever. No, we’re not talking about Barack Obama. But since the current administration took office offering roughly the same prescriptions as Jimmy Carter did, it’s worth recalling how that... www.joytiz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2393764/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392474/posts The United States' 39th president sat down with THE NATION'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SUTHICHAI YOON to discuss major issues affecting the world today. Here are excerpts from the exclusive interview: Suthichai: How do you assess President Obama's performance so far? Carter: He has set a good goal for himself in many ways. He has announced an end to torture. He has announced his goal to do away with nuclear weapons. He has changed the image of my country among many people around the world.Do you think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, I do. Some people don't agree with that. I... Nation Multimedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392474/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:13:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387931/posts In an interview published November 11 at Salon.com, titled, "Woody Harrelson on war, death, LBJ and Obama," by Andrew O'Hehir, 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 Chevron wanted to overthrow the Taliban and build an oil pipeline. Harrelson: The guys from Chevron went in and met with the Taliban and realized those guys just weren't in control enough. That's why they wanted to oust them. Otherwise it's an absurd concept: You're going to war because a guy from some... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387931/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:36:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387687/posts 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 didn't attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands of people would have died. Islamic militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979, and seized its occupants. Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days. 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... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387687/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385544/posts Ok, I got up this morning and got one of the biggest shocks of my life. I checked my School work, and I am taking a History class right now from a professor that I have been angling to get for about 6 months at American Military University. He has a Bio that is amazing, a real Military hero and a serious scholar as well. Anyway, I had a short essay topic that I did regarding the Middle East Iran Iraq and touched on the Hostage crisis, and the rescue attempt that failed to rescue the hostages. It was sort... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385544/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383463/posts With a choice of words that will surely drive Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod to apoplectic profanity, the Associated Press writes tonight that their boss, President Barack Obama, is foundering in the latest AP-GfK Poll and uses the dreaded Carter era term "malaise" to describe the public's mood.The AP lede tells the story:"The euphoria of 2008 is over: America is in a funk. Elected last November on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama now finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country...perhaps most striking for this novice commander in chief, more people have lost confidence in Obama on Iraq and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383463/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383135/posts President Obama, stinging from criticism of what opponents have called his "apology tour" to places like Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, announced that he will visit Georgia next year to heal the wounds from America's Civil War. Obama's visit will begin in Atlanta on September 2, where Sherman's march began and later that day he will visit Savannah, where Sherman concluded his march on December 22, 1864. Along the way, Sherman conducted total warfare and burned everything in sight, including private homes and businesses. By Sherman's own estimate, his army caused over $100 million in property damage in Georgia alone. Off... Ikeonic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383135/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378955/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/statement-president-barack-obama-iran Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 03, 2009 Statement by President Barack Obama on Iran Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized. The 444 days that began on November 4, 1979 deeply affected the lives of courageous Americans who were unjustly held hostage, and we owe these Americans and their families our gratitude for their extraordinary service and sacrifice. This event helped set the United States and Iran on a path of sustained suspicion,... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378955/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374870/posts WASHINGTON -- White House press secretaries often have a higher public profile than the president himself. They take the blows often meant for the president but they rarely get the bows. The passing of Jody Powell of a heart attack at the age of 65 brought back memories of his years as press secretary to President Jimmy Carter. Powell was like a son to Carter. So it was left to Carter to go to a nursing home to inform Jody’s ailing mother that he had died Sept. 14 while gathering firewood at his Eastern Maryland home. Powell had been Carter’s... TheBostonChannel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374870/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:00:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371359/posts BBC LATEST: Headline Only US President Obama Says He Will Not Rush "Solemn Decision" To Commit Troops To Afghanistan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371359/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:46:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364039/posts More than a few on the right are alarmed by the torrent of racism accusations that an all-star cast of liberal luminaries has directed at President Obama’s critics. “When people like Jimmy Carter and Maureen Dowd start saying this kind of thing, we’ve reached a whole new level of ugliness in our political discourse,” as one friend of mine puts it. “No charge in American life is so poisonous.” He’s got a point, of course—especially about the poisonous part. Yet as those on the other side spew the R-word with ever more irresponsible abandon, some of us find new reason... The City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364039/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2363288/posts Misery Index All Over Again http://www.wiseandfrugalgovernment.blogspot.com/ During the Dark Days of the Carter Administration, through the bleak haze of stagflation (for the under 50 crowd stagflation is: a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)--sound familiar?) we were told America's best days were past. Not that Jimmy Carter's message was that direct. He was dignified as a Presidenct should be; he used subtle language; he set a good example. When oil prices shot through the roof, Carter was a picture of calm, addressing the nation before the comforting flame of the presidential fireplace, dressed... Constitutional Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2363288/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353664/posts ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The United States and other nations should take a diplomatic approach toward Iran in negotiations over that nation's nuclear program, President Carter said Thursday. President Carter says the U.S. should take a diplomatic approach toward Iran. Iran's nuclear chief and representatives from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as Germany, started talks Thursday in Switzerland over a recently revealed nuclear facility in Iran. Tehran says it is developing its nuclear program for energy purposes, but many nations think Iran wants to make nuclear weapons and will be able to do... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353664/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:32:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352749/posts Via Breitbart. Evidently the entire country, including the White House, misunderstood what he meant by “intensely demonstrated” when he said, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American.” That’s the money quote from the interview that aired on NBC on September 15 — just six days after Joe Wilson’s outburst and three days after the 9/12 Project’s massive rally in D.C. Compare and contrast the before and after below. I wonder which Obama aide was tasked with dialing him up... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352749/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 19:55:31 GMT