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It’s staggering the degree to which this may have bent the course of the nation. To call Reagan a departure from his predecessor is an understatement second onl

It’s staggering the degree to which this may have bent the course of the nation. To call Reagan a departure from his predecessor is an understatement second only to saying his influence on the course of politics and society in this country was substantial.

oildynastyb 4y ago
"October Surprise conspiracy theory" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_theory#Allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_th... The Reagan/Bush team subsequently removed the solar panels Carter had added to the White House, (Energy policy of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_United_St... ), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traffi... Tom Cruise, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Extraordinary_Story_of_the_Largest_Covert_Operation_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Ex... ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai#Unocal_connection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai#Unocal_connection ), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone#Aftermath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone#Aftermath "You are creating a Frankenstein" - Bhutto (Pakistan), "https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Instead%2C+he+predicted%2C+the+most+extreme+forms+of+Islamism.%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Instead%2C+he+predicted%2...", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponsored_terrorism#Nicaraguan_Contras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponso... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics#Debt_and_government_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics#Debt_and_governmen... ... Gulf War I ("read my lips, no new taxes") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War "Starve the Beast" (intent to cause bankruptcy of; intent to sabotage by reducing revenue but not expenses) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast Gulf War II; OIF,: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War "The Power of Nightmares": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares
MandieD 4y ago
Ever since I spent enough time outside of the world I grew up in (semi-rural, very Evangelical Texas), I've been a bit sad at the loss of what we could have been had Carter managed to stay in office, and increasingly in the last few years as I think about how far we could have gotten with green energy if we'd stayed on the path we were on when he put those solar panels up on the White House. Now I burn with rage when I think about what was taken from my own child while I was still a baby. But of course the oil barons back home couldn't let us and the rest of the world get off the petroleum drug. Of course we couldn't have a center-left stream of Evangelical Christianity in the US - Carter, for those of you who are unaware, is a devout Christian who was teaching Sunday School at a Baptist church until around 2019 or so. The late 70s were also when the Fundamentalists started their fight with the Moderates (like Carter) in the Southern Baptist Convention.
- Georgelemental 4y ago
  Carter's ban on nuclear waste reprocessing and general de-emphasis of nuclear power did more to harm the cause of "green" energy than anything Reagan ever did.

oildynastyb 4y ago

"October Surprise conspiracy theory" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_theory#Allegations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_th... The Reagan/Bush team subsequently removed the solar panels Carter had added to the White House, (Energy policy of the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_United_St... ), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traffi... Tom Cruise, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Extraordinary_Story_of_the_Largest_Covert_Operation_in_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War:_The_Ex... ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unocal_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai#Unocal_connection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Karzai#Unocal_connection ), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone#Aftermath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone#Aftermath "You are creating a Frankenstein" - Bhutto (Pakistan), "https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Instead%2C+he+predicted%2C+the+most+extreme+forms+of+Islamism.%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Instead%2C+he+predicted%2...", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponsored_terrorism#Nicaraguan_Contras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_state-sponso... , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics#Debt_and_government_expenditures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics#Debt_and_governmen... ... Gulf War I ("read my lips, no new taxes") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War "Starve the Beast" (intent to cause bankruptcy of; intent to sabotage by reducing revenue but not expenses) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast Gulf War II; OIF,: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War "The Power of Nightmares": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

MandieD 4y ago

Ever since I spent enough time outside of the world I grew up in (semi-rural, very Evangelical Texas), I've been a bit sad at the loss of what we could have been had Carter managed to stay in office, and increasingly in the last few years as I think about how far we could have gotten with green energy if we'd stayed on the path we were on when he put those solar panels up on the White House. Now I burn with rage when I think about what was taken from my own child while I was still a baby. But of course the oil barons back home couldn't let us and the rest of the world get off the petroleum drug. Of course we couldn't have a center-left stream of Evangelical Christianity in the US - Carter, for those of you who are unaware, is a devout Christian who was teaching Sunday School at a Baptist church until around 2019 or so. The late 70s were also when the Fundamentalists started their fight with the Moderates (like Carter) in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Georgelemental 4y ago
Carter's ban on nuclear waste reprocessing and general de-emphasis of nuclear power did more to harm the cause of "green" energy than anything Reagan ever did.