Yet another reason why every conservative asshole who ever attacked Jimmy Carter ... [View all]
can kiss my fucking ass.
In 1952, newly minted US Navy Lieutenant James Earl Carter was placed in charge of an effort to contain the catastrophic effects of the world's first nuclear meltdown at the Chalk River plant in Ottawa, Canada. Carter was detailed to this assignment having been personally selected for the Navy's nuclear program by Admiral Hyman Rickover (a man famous for not suffering fools gladly).
Upon arriving on scene, Jimmy Carter had himself lowered into the radioactive Hell that was the plant core in order to assess the situation. (90 seconds was the prescribed time limit for the absorption of a radiation level which was hundreds of times higher than today's scientific knowledge would describe as safe. His urine was radioactive for months afterward.)
Under Lieutenant Carter's direction, the core was shut down, and in the words of Canadian officials, "Ottawa was saved". The situation was that dire.
This is the man that Ronald Reagan (who spent WWII making inspirational movies for the home front) described as weak and ineffective.
This is the man who countless Fox"News" personalities have used as a punching bag for over 40 years.
This is the man who Donald Trump, between consuming buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken, called a "loser".
So fuck 'em. Fuck every single right wing jackass who ever belittled one of the finest men ever to ascend to the Presidency.
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