In honor of our former President Jimmy Carter - who just moved me to choke up

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36. A big K&R

I voted for him, respect him and consider him a great man!!

...and remember "Jimmy Carter installed 32 solar panels on the White House roof when he was president in the late 1970s" (unfortunately we know what happened to them)


"The environment was also another issue that Carter planned to tackle during his term, which he carried through. His expansion of the national park system was no easy task – it included protection of 103 million acres of Alaskan lands. [2] His acts and policies regarding this issue brought him popularity among environmentalists. Amendments that targeted air and water were added to the Clean Air Act, which was passed in 1977. Along with this, a strip mining bill and a land preservation bill were also given the okay and passed. Moreover, Carter did much to advance education, another sector that he vowed to improve on during his campaign. He created the Department of Education – which supplied aid for low and middle income earners, along with additional money for anti-crime programs. Carter also was able to improve the mass transit system and inject in additional benefits in the social security system, especially those that helped out women. [2] Evidently, Carter took his promises seriously and tried to carry them out to the best of his ability. In fact, including “good faith” attempts, Carter’s domestic campaign pledge rate was an impressive 81.6 percent. [2]

On the issues that Carter was unable to fulfill was largely due to opposition from various interest groups and especially Congress. Carter wholeheartedly set out to do what he promised and intended to do, however some of his proposals were blocked. For example, his proposal for a consumer credit agency was killed in Congress, along with his no-fault auto insurance. [1] Carter received criticism after his term for not passing a health care reform, yet they fail to realize that Carter had been a fervent advocate and had it shot down by Congress"

http://carterthepeanutfarmer.wordpress.com/pro-carter/a-man-of-his-word-jimmy-carter/