President Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'

http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-widespread-abuse-human-rights-154057442--abc-news-politics.html

From the Yahoo! story:

Former Persident Jimmy Cahtah's peanut gobs are a few nuts short
of a cluster.



His "smooth" is a bit contaminated with crunchy bits!

War and murder aren't the answer to everything, but very well could be the cause!

Worth Posting that again.

From SS
War and murder aren't the answer to everything, but very well could be the cause!

Here, I thought all Dems were idiots. Proves there is 1% of 'em with some intelligence.

Carter knows a bad President when he sees one.

I knew he'd come around and thank Hussein for taking the Worst President title from him.

The Human Rights rankings:



Country ratings from Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2011 survey, concerning the state of world freedom in 2010.[1]
Green - Free (87) Yellow - Partly Free (60) Purple - Not Free (47)

Read about it in the Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World

Carter is a well-intentioned but ill informed has-been leader wannabe.
In an effort to protest policies which he is against (often because
he has a lack of understanding of them) Mr. Carter has resorted to
sensationalized hyperbolic and farcical media pronouncements.

Unfortunately he only serves to embarrass himself.
Not in the finest tradition of the ex-Presidency I'm afraid.



By anybody's standard the US is a leader in freedom and human
rights. Don't take from me - Try Chen Guangcheng's account:

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng grateful to be safe in U.S.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/19/nation/la-na-china-dissident-20120520

That's an old map. Lots has changed since 2010.
DC would probably show up as a glowing red right about now.

Poor Jimmah, growing up on peanuts took it's toll on him.

President Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'

Oh No. Looks like President Carter (the guy with the uncontrollable lust)
is abusing himself in public - again~



“I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.”

-Jimmy Carter

The reason he only lusted in his heart is cuz he couldn't get laid if he tried to hire a 7th Street hooker.(Downtown LA.)

I haven't gotten behind any POTUS or candidate since Kennedy. I liked Perot somewhat however, but RP is the only one I will PROUDLY say I totally support (while some things we may disagree on...not many).

I would rather have a POTUS with human faults, like lust of the flesh, rather than one with a lust for power like Shrub, Robme or Obozo!

Clash of the Presidents: Carter vs. Obama
New York City : NY : USA | Jun 25, 2012 at 6:58 PM PDT
By Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Indict Obama Drones

On June 24, 2012, former President Jimmy Carter penned an op-ed piece in The New York Times which lambasted the Obama Administration's human rights record. Without naming the President directly, it is clear that Mr. Carter is upset with Mr. Obama.

Under Obama, Carter argues, America has completely abandoned its role as a leader, if not the leader of human rights enforcement throughout the world. On the contrary, the U.S. may now be ranked high among the most serious violators of human rights, both abroad and at home.

Carter's main concerns are with America's actions overseas, and are, broadly, twofold:

The escalation of unmanned drone attacks in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa; and

Obama's continuing failure to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.

Drones. President Carter reveals that pursuant to American military (and thus Administration) policy, any man killed in a drone attack anywhere overseas is declared an “enemy terrorist” after the fact. All women and children killed in such attacks are, as always, the unfortunate but inevitable result of “collateral damage.” President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has demanded that the drone attacks cease inside his country. The Obama Administration has ignored him. Likewise, drone attacks have been stepped up in non-combat zones in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, killing untold hundreds, perhaps thousands, of innocent people.

Guantanamo Bay. President Obama has reneged on any number of solemnly, earnestly made promises during his 2008 campaign. But the failure to follow through on his pledge to close the Cuban prison camp known as “Gitmo” has rankled many of his staunchest supporters to the point of not just disillusionment but disgust as well.

As one of the President's very high profile supporters, President Carter's critique of Obama's Gitmo policy is particularly stinging. Carter points out that only half of the 169 remaining prisoners there have any hope of ever being released. He says that some of these men have been tortured in extremis via waterboarding over 100 times, threatened with snarling dogs, power tools, and “threats of sexual assault against their mothers.” Further, it is almost a foregone conclusion that those who are brought to trial before “military tribunals,” where normal rules of evidence and procedure do not apply, will be given decades-long or life sentences to be served right there in Guantanamo Bay Detention Center.

Carter's Domestic Issues. President Carter also objects to Obama's support for legislation that allows for the assassination of American citizens and/or their indeterminate "detention" should he, and he alone, determine that they represent a “threat” to “national security.”

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 under Obama has been hollowed out and now allows for virtually unlimited snooping by the government on American citizens' electronic communications devices without judicial warrant.

Finally, the President's tacit embrace of state laws which allow arrest, detention and prosecution of citizens because of their appearance, national background, or “suspicious” behavior is also decried by Mr. Carter.

November, 2012. President Jimmy Carter's clash with President Obama is not a good omen for the President's re-election prospects. There is no doubt whatever that President Carter is a man of principle, and would not and does not levy these charges against President Obama lightly. He, Carter, is certainly aware that his words may have a detrimental effect on the President's ultimate vote totals, and, indeed, could contribute to his loss in November. Thus, he is also surely aware that his criticism may provide more fodder for the right wing media's propaganda machine.

So, why did he do it? President Carter called President Obama on the carpet because wrong is just wrong. And the truth must be told no matter whom it hurts....or when it hurts, or how bad it hurts. Those who still support the President, must allow the scales covering their eyes to fall away and face the obvious truth. The President has been acting as would any ordinary, power hungry warmonger. (George W. Bush comes readily to mind. In fact, most of the President's bad behavior here is merely enhancement of Bush's original so-called "doctrines").

There is little time left for Obama to redeem himself, though. As a gesture of good faith, however, I suggest that, at the very least, President Obama begin by returning his Nobel Peace Prize.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html

Carter is against the US trying to arrest, capture or kill
Anwar Al-Awlaki who spoke with and preached to a number of al-Qaeda
members and affiliates, including three of the 9/11 hijackers,[20]
alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan,[21][22] and "Underwear
Bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab;[23][24][25] he was also allegedly
involved in planning the latter's attack.

Sure. Just leave the terrorists trying to kill us alone!

We have one of those in the White House right now....