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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

bobf wrote:
> Bev, one of my brothers, with his church group, recently went to
> Honduras for a couple of weeks to build sturdy habitable structures.
> Before my grandfather became too old he went to several central
> American and carribean countries, with his church group, to do the
> same.  Habitat for humanity will be in the first paragraph, I believe
> of President Carter's Obituary.  He might have been a lousy
> President, but I believe he has always been a good hearted
> man...................................

Carter is one of those people who happened to be in the right place at 
the wrong time, I think. Not only is he a decent human being, he is 
very, very smart.  He is not just a hick peanut farmer as he was often 
portrayed.  I re-read the Wiki article on him,interesting that so much 
of what he did is now 'acceptable', like giving the option of life in 
prison instead of the death penalty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Carter

From UFO's to killer rabbits and Brother Billy and mother Lillian, he 
was oft maligned, but not such a bad guy...


--
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
the problems of the human race"

~ Calvin Coolidge