Many thanks to all for the education on Jimmy Carter. It was both enlightening and depressing.
All this information shouldn’t have been a surprise as the pattern of history suggests that no
politician is ever left unturned. Probably nostalgia bias on my part. He wasn’t exactly interesting,
especially to me at the time. Certainly not one I’d have cared to follow up on. Even now politics is a subject that I follow only out of necessity, much less as a youth.
Did know about the Department of Education (and Billy Beer), even heard about him taking shifts during the reactor meltdown (Chernobyl has always interested me. After hearing of the
hacking of Iran’s nuclear facility I’d always guessed it might have also been deliberate.)
Seems like Carter may have had something to do with the Jonestown massacre as well.
At least his family had connections from what I understand.
At any rate…in 1977 I was 5 years old. My father died from cancer in 1980. He came from
rags and was always a hard worker. At the time of his death he had three jobs, with one
being a chemical plant. My guess is that was the origin of his disease. He died at 27 leaving
my mother with three young children (I’m the oldest). Dad had life insurance (CreditLife) but
they fraudulently denied the claim and mother was simply overwhelmed and unprepared.
A year later my grandmother (Mom’s mom) was killed in a car accident. With two of the keystone members of the family gone, the remaining adults were simply too overwhelmed
and grief-stricken to keep up. As a result my siblings and I drifted through adolescence
largely without a rudder. Add a series of troubles with a corrupt small-town principle and it
culminated with me testing out of school in grade 9 (still counts as dropping out even though I had been one of the more advanced among my peers such as they are in a small town).
Went to work on my grandfathers farm and home-schooled. Learned carpentry, mechanics
and I’m a tradesman now.
My argument is that, regardless of ones potential intelligence level many times it takes a
catalyst, such as trauma, to disenfranchise oneself from the deliberate, lifelong programming
and society will most certainly punish those that question history’s narratives.
Even at a young age I could clearly identify institutional policies that made no sense such as
an experience watching as my mother was issued a traffic citation and finding out that the
fines were kept by the same entity that issued the tickets!?! No incentive for corruption there…
It’s quite a rude awakening to realize, as a young man, that all these laws/polices were put
in place deliberately and purposefully. As they say: Laws are only there to tie the loopholes together. Worse, most any attempt to even begin to explain any of this to the “uninitiated”
will likely get you the same look that Donald Sutherland gave Veronica Cartwright at the end
the 1978 film “The BodySnatchers”.
Suffice it to say that some of the best times in my life were had sitting in the living room at
my grandfathers house in the 70’s watching Johnny Carson, eating homemade ice cream,
and happy in the knowledge the world was turning of its own accord. That feeling of security
is addictive and those rose-colored glasses sure do go back on easily…
Apologies for the rambling and thanks again for the corrections. Hope against hope that you
all have a great and productive New Year. We attended a gathering of our local church group, Bar-b-qued a wild pig in the ground, walked a mile singing carols and ended with a big fireworks
show hosted in the woods by a homesteading family friend of ours. It was probably the best
New Years party I’ve attended. Much better than this year deserved. Went to bed at 830 and
politely asked 2024 to see itself out. Let’s pray for a better one against the odds…
Whatever…we should all know by now that we have all been “played” by The Controllers & many of these public personalities were “placed” where they have been for specific reasons! During his Presidency, I was living in Mexico & their nickname for him was “El Pobre Tonto”…Hmmmmm 