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To: Bill who wrote (85961)	8/21/2000 4:42:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

You're just jealous he didn't build you one. Maybe when you get out of the asylum he'll get around to you.

To: Bill who wrote (85961)	8/21/2000 4:50:08 PM
From: Rick Julian	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Carter Center Accomplishments Health Initiatives * Leading a worldwide campaign that has achieved 97 percent eradication of Guinea worm disease in Africa and Asia. Guinea worm will be only the second disease after smallpox to be eradicated. * Fighting river blindness in Africa and Latin America through a global coalition to distribute medicine to control the disease. * Helping farmers in Africa double, triple, or quadruple their yields of maize, wheat, and other grains. . * Launching programs to control trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and schistosomiasis. * Working to erase the stigma of mental illness and to improve access to and quality of care for the 50 million Americans who experience mental disorders every year. Peace Initiatives * Monitoring and mediating multiparty elections in nearly two dozen countries. * Seeking peaceful solutions to civil conflicts in places such as Sudan, Bosnia, the Korean Peninsula, and the Great Lakes region of Central Africa through an International Negotiation Network. * Promoting democracy and economic cooperation in the Western Hemisphere through the Council of Presidents and Prime Ministers. * Strengthening human rights and economic development in emerging democracies. * Preventing human rights violations worldwide through the International Human Rights Council. Irrelevent?

To: Bill who wrote (85961)	8/21/2000 5:55:13 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

That just isn't fair to blame Carter for that. Sure the MI peaked in his term, but I'm unlikely to blame, or give credit, to any President for macroeconic things that happen in his term. There are just too many other people in the loop. What was Congress doing during that period? Don't they have the "Power of the Purse" as direct powers according to the Constitution? Interest rates all over, not just the US, were high. And it sounds like if you think that someone who got one of Carter's Habitat of Humanity houses isn't worthy of an opinion or that invalidates the opinion they have. I doubt X got one, but even if she did, that doesn't invalidate her position on Carter. Further, are you lining up to blame Eisenhower for the Cold War or Korea with equal venom? Or Nixon for Viet Nam (I'm on record saying that was Kennedy and Johnson)? So maybe you need to think outside of the box a bit more before you dismiss someone of genuinely good spirit. I am speaking of Carter, not necessarily X. But, If X does live in a Habitat for Humanity home, and she said Carter did more good things after he left office than other Presidents who left office, then I still agree. Remove clause 1 or negate it and it is still true. Therefore, her dwelling is irrelevant from a logical point of view. You do support logic and eschew personal attacks in arguments of fact, don't you? BTW, isn't HFH one of those 1000 Points of Light that abrogates the responsibility of the government for the health and well being of the poor? I thought we are supposed to like that kind of thing.

To: Bill who wrote (85961)	8/21/2000 5:57:24 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

That just isn't fair to blame Carter for that. Sure the MI peaked in his term, but I'm unlikely to blame, or give credit, to any President for macroeconic things that happen in his term. There are just too many other people, factors and causes to do that. What was Congress doing during that period? Don't they have the "Power of the Purse" as direct powers according to the Constitution? What act of Congress did Carter veto that would have brough an end to stagflation. Get a grip. Interest rates all over, not just the US, were high. And it sounds like if you think that someone who got one of Carter's Habitat of Humanity houses isn't worthy of an opinion or that invalidates the opinion they have. I doubt X got one, but even if she did, that doesn't invalidate her position on Carter. Further, are you lining up to blame Eisenhower for the Cold War or Korea with equal venom? Or Nixon for Viet Nam (I'm on record saying that was Kennedy and Johnson)? So maybe you need to think outside of the box a bit more before you dismiss someone of genuinely good spirit. I am speaking of Carter, not necessarily X. But, If X does live in a Habitat for Humanity home, and she said Carter did more good things after he left office than other Presidents who left office, then I still agree. Remove clause 1 or negate it and it is still true. Therefore, her dwelling is irrelevant from a logical point of view. You do support logic and eschew personal attacks in arguments of fact, don't you? BTW, isn't HFH one of those 1000 Points of Light that abrogates the responsibility of the government for the health and well being of the poor? I thought we are supposed to like that kind of thing.