Not really controversial or particularly political but I put it here anyway.
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/12/forme...
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter revealed he has cancer on Wednesday. It was discovered after the 90-year-old's recent liver surgery.
"Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body," Carter said in a statement. "I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare," he added.
He certainly has been one of the most - if not the most - active former presidents we have had. I think he has done a ton of good work since he left office probably much more than he did while in office.
Ummmmm... he did a LOT of good work while in office, too. I will never understand the idea that he was such a bad President, especially given that a lot of his policies and aims are things we're still talking about trying to do today, at least on the Democrat side.
Either way, very sad.
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Wishing him the best for a speedy and thorough recovery. He's the best *person* to serve in the office in decades.
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One of the earlier examples of "if you repeat the lie enough times, everyone will just assume it's true."
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Yeah, one of the later examples in my transition from conservative to liberal as I matured was
"Wow, my family and the other Republicans really hate this Jimmy Carter guy. I should look into what sort of stuff he did as President.
Hmm, yep, seems pretty great. This is starting to be a pretty disturbing trend..."
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I just learned about Carter being one of the guys going in to contain the NRX meltdown, where the 50:s protective gear only allowed them to be in there for 90 seconds at a time.
The rightwing faux-hardass blowhards could always go f*ck themselves, but now doubly so. Carter is completely badass.
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