Google parses data and presents common search terms: a mix of auto-correct and auto-suggest. I just typed in “jimmy carter”:
Then I typed in “george w bush”:
net worth? National Enquiring minds want to know. Unless that worth is not monetary value. Speaking of net worth, I also read that Michael Pence would like to be a Vice-President like Dick Cheney.
The conundrum of the curmudgeon: pessimism and honesty are not mutually exclusive positions. Feel-good news about humane factory farms is not news. We are witnessing the disappearance of journalism, I am much afraid to report.
While we are yet upon a theme of curmudgeons and conundrums, allow me to recommend Ambrose Bierce. There are yet a few months remaining in the fell year 2016, so consider the Bierce definition of PATRIOTISM,
In Dr. Johnson’s famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.
Let me suggest that Dick Cheney take the net worth award, W take the quotes award. Period. Full Stop.
What gives with this “net worth” fascination?
Google provides no suggestions for ‘dick cheney gross worth’
However, the clarity of Carter’s insight, restraint and persistence lifts my spirit. His quiet presence as a defender of minority views and marginalized peoples makes him my role model. Search the internet for guinea worm to discover the name of its mortal enemy. Here is a small hint: it’s not the rabbit.
I like to imagine an alternate history where a Carter second term sends Reagan back where he always belonged: Hollywood. Privatizing everything does not advance the common good. But it may often advance the common bad.
Carter learns from his mistakes. Negotiation is a better for genuine peace, why do countless Presidents select “war without end Amen.”
Carter did not drop a single literal bomb on any political opponent. The Camp David Accords accorded hope for the ever bedeviling slaughter in Israel-Palestine/Palestine-Israel.
500,000 nails sealed the coffin memorialized by an imagined headstone: Oslo Accords of 1993: Epic Fail. RIP
I also imagine an alternate history where Gore actually occupies the office he legitimately won.
And I voted for McGovern in 1972.
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I tried searches on duckduckgo.com of Jimmy and George and had only similar results. That’s comforting in a way, that they have different algorithms.
It’s a safe bet we won’t see another Jimmy Carter in the White House. It’s a safe bet I will never again vote either. I’ve only voted once. A long, long time ago. And I’m too embarrassed to say for who. Yes, I’ve been disconnected for a while now.
Quite a nasty little critter that guinea worm. I’ve not come upon its mortal enemy yet, however. I’m a bit dense; it may take me a while to make the connection.
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