RE: OT - This is serious

It was a good special.  I still get "Habitat for Humanity" newsletters and
I'm so glad they have someone like Jimmy Carter to champion this worthwhile
organization.  

Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:25 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - This is serious

Missed it. Wish I had not. I'm fascinated by his work.

On Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 09:46 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:

> Did you see the special on him on PBS?  Very interesting.  The program
> covered his good and bad points...and how he got in trouble  
> politically.
> The second part of the program covered what he has accomplished since
> leaving the office.  I was very impressed...one of the few who  
> actually did
> something after retirement.  I know it is a hard and stressful job but
> there is life after it.
>
> Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
>
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 06/17/2004 3:22:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT - This is serious
>>
>> Hi, Verona. Meant to add a comment after your post but forgot [senior
>> moment]. Jimmy Carter was a terrible president. But, unlike the  
>> current
>> one, he was a very decent human being who did not continually lie to
>> cover his bad decisions.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 01:23 PM, Verona Dunn wrote:
>>
>>> Fellow Gardeners, Please let's stick to gardening and remain friends.
>>> I
>>> just happen to be republican, but I shook hands with Jimmy Carter
>>> because he
>>> was the president and deserved respect. There's only been 43!
>>> Verona
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <EvaTEsq@aol.com>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:58 PM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] OT - This is serious
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ok guys, now this is serious stuff.
>>>>
>>>> A lawyer of the Defense Department, William J. Haynes II, who
>>>> authored a
>>> memo
>>>> concluding that the President wasn't bound by laws prohibiting
>>>> torture and
>>>> that government agents who might torture prisoners at his direction
>>>> could
>>> not
>>>> be
>>>> prosecuted by the Justice Department, has been nominated by Bush  
>>>> for a
>>>> LIFETIME APPOINTMENT as a FEDERAL JUDGE.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0607-01.htm
>>>>
>>>> I think you'll agree that anyone reaching that conclusion, or even
>>>> making
>>> an
>>>> attempt to craft such an argument, has no business being a Federal
>>>> Judge
>>> for
>>>> life.  Please scroll down to the website below and sign the petition
>>> blocking
>>>> this appointment.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Eva
>>>> Long Island, NY
>>>> Zone 6/7
>>>>
>>>> *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
>>>>
>>>> Dear Friend,
>>>> I just signed on to a petition with People For the American Way,
>>>> asking
>>>> President George W. Bush to withdraw his nomination of William  
>>>> Haynes
>>>> to a
>>>> lifetime
>>>> seat on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. William Haynes is none  
>>>> other
>>> than
>>>> the General Counsel for the Department of Defense b the lawyer who
>>>> helped
>>>> design the administrationbs detention and enemy combatant policies.
>>>> Do you want such a person deciding what is constitutional as a  
>>>> federal
>>> judge?
>>>> Join me in calling on Bush to withdraw this nomination. Putting a
>>>> lawyer
>>>> linked to the Abu Ghraib policies on the federal bench is so
>>>> outrageous,
>>> Bush
>>>> needs to hear a loud and clear message on this one!
>>>> Go here and sign now:
>>>> http://www.pfaw.org/go/william_haynes/
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Island Jim
>> Southwest Florida
>> Zone 10
>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
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