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7 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I've always thought about going to a naturalization ceremony and I've just never done it.  Shame on me.  

Shame on me too. I need to attend one of these ceremonies ASAP. Several months back a man came in with his family to eat lunch. I did not immediately make the connection of why he had an American flag pin on his jacket. I asked him what the occasion was that he and his family were celebrating and he said he had just been sworn in as a US citizen!

So this is pretty awesome I think to be able to serve this man and his family on this day. I ask him why this restaurant for his celebration. His first job was in this place and he started as a dishwasher 20 years ago. (A manager that hired him was not there that day, but he vividly remembered him when I said he came in and why.) I asked him what was the hardest part of his journey and his answer made me laugh a good bit. He says “Working at this place!” What a wonderful moment he and his family had being able to bring his wife and children to the job where his American dream started two decades ago. Moments like that stick with me and it makes what President Carter does all the more remarkable in his service to people just like this man.

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8 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I've always thought about going to a naturalization ceremony and I've just never done it.  Shame on me.  

1 hour ago, UpperWestside said:

Shame on me too. I need to attend one of these ceremonies ASAP.

Just a warning - they are not places to find women or men looking for a green card marriage.

But my pop up ad says there are hot, newly naturalized citizens in my area looking to party.  

4 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I've always thought about going to a naturalization ceremony and I've just never done it.  Shame on me.  

There were hundreds in my ceremony. I always pictured immigrants to be from Asia, the Middle East and Africa, but there were a lot of caucasians as well. I embarrassed that I looked at immigration the way dotard did. Anyway, it was cool seeing so many people pledging allegiance to the US probably for their first time. 
 

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I stood for my friend Hany (Egyptian) at his ceremony.  It got dusty.

Where was this? The naturalization ceremony in LA was so packed that only the new Americans could attend. Friends and family had to stay outside.

And yeah, it was pretty cool so many people were taking pictures with their families and celebrating their new home country. 

5 minutes ago, Superhero said:

Where was this? The naturalization ceremony in LA was so packed that only the new Americans could attend. Friends and family had to stay outside.

St. Louis.  I'm guessing maybe 4-5 dozen new Americans, and friends and family were in the balcony.  Hany's family was all in Beirut (but Egyptian by birth), so he asked me to be his witness.  I was fucking honored, and I made him buy me a steak dinner LOL.

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They’re gonna go within days of each other, aren’t they. What a fucking life, man. 

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If I were a betting man I'd say this Wednesday on the eve of Thanksgiving. Seems fitting. They did so much for which citizens of the world should stop and be thankful for.

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you've been in hospice for literally months and your spouse goes before you do. wow. bet he was hanging on just to let her pass first, and he'll be right behind. 💔

RIP, Mrs Carter. You, and your family, were/are a national treasure.

He won’t last long now. 
These things happen pretty quick when one spouse dies at this age.

the fact that’s he’s in hospice himself just means it’ll likely be that much quicker.

a true RIP. 

RIP.  She and her husband were/are quality human beings who cared about helping others.

12 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

RIP.  She and her husband were/are quality human beings who cared about helping others.

So, in the parlance of today's America...."communist enemies of the state."

Their ethic is the diametric opposite of our national ethic right now.  It's horrifying to watch, and it makes the loss of decent souls like her and Jimmy that much more painful for us all.

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Hell of a run. RIP

These two never stopped doing good things for our country.  Bless them both.

Better people than I'll ever be. Respect and thanks to them. 

President Carter is probably humming a Sam and Dave oldie - Hold on I’m Comin’.

I’m prepared for Trump to say something truly despicable about the Carters in the near future.

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

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Hell of a run. RIP

RIP to an amazing American woman.

Since this is surly and all, Jimmy definitely outkicked his coverage. And he would be the first one to agree with that.

Rickover was a lot of things, but a fool was not one of them. If Carter was personally interviewed and then selected to be a part of the nacient nuclear Navy, Jimmy had it going on.

8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I wonder if they told jimmy about Rosalyn. Or if they even needed to. 

Jimmy released a statement yesterday.

“Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” President Carter said. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”

https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/statement-rosalynn-carter-111923.html

Do any of you olds (like me) recall her name often being pronounced "rah-za-lynn" as opposed to "rose-a-lynn"?  It's pretty clear the latter is the accepted pronunciation, or at least that was the way Jimmy said it (but he also said "nuke-u-lar" and he was a nuclear engineer, so who knows?).

Team Rah-za-lynn here. Of course I'm old enough to remember that godawful sitcom Carter Country with Victor Grench and Kene Holiday. "Handle it, handle it!"

19 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Team Rah-za-lynn here. Of course I'm old enough to remember that godawful sitcom Carter Country with Victor Grench and Kene Holiday. "Handle it, handle it!"

I can't recall her name being spoken much in the last couple of decades but my memory was that it was Rah-za-lynn from when he was President. Even if my main memory is from Dan Ackroyd as Carter on SNL.

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my mom told me yesterday that she has been getting Christmas cards from the Carter's for 20 years.  She said they always have uplifting messages and have never asked for money.

it's just amusing to me that the MAGA fake Christians have such disdain for these people while they worship at the alter of the anti version...

The Carters were pretty much the archetypical Christian couple.  Committed to each other for life, dedicated to their community (Habitat for Humanity, etc.), but admittedly flawed (Jimmy "lusted in his heart").  I honestly can't think of anyone in politics with that resume.

7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

but admittedly flawed (Jimmy "lusted in his heart"

Well he’s finally free to act on those feelings

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Well he’s finally free to act on those feelings

Pretty sure whoever he lusted after has probably died of old age by now.

11 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Pretty sure whoever he lusted after has probably died of old age by now.

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Meeting Jimmy at a small reception when he visited Baylor is one of my fondest memories.

My cousin was on a road trip once and stopped at Plains to go to Sunday school with the Carters. He said it was very informal and friendly.

My (former) uncle was Secret Service (and a cheating asshole).  He guarded Richard Nixon, and was able to introduce my sister and I to him.  After Nixon he was assigned to Tricia Nixon, Dick's daughter, and didn't pick up the Ford or Carter details.  However, he did try to get us in to meet Carter, taking my sister and I to just outside the Oval Office, and parking us in the Cabinet room.  The Oval Office door was open and Carter was at his desk.  My uncle went to speak with the on duty Secret Service guys to see if we could meet Carter . . . no dice.  At least we got a peek, and got to sit at the Cabinet table.

4 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

Jimmy has to be a fast follow here right? If I've learned anything from romanticism, loving couples usually pass away within days/weeks of each other due to heartbreak and ready-to-go-ism

If they believe in an afterlife, which the Carters clearly did/do, then one of the biggest factors is the anticipation of "rejoining" their deceased spouse.

Thanks, great thanks, to the Carters.  They appear as moral giants on life’s stage.   Wish we had 200 million more like them.

3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

My (former) uncle was Secret Service (and a cheating asshole).  He guarded Richard Nixon, and was able to introduce my sister and I to him.  After Nixon he was assigned to Tricia Nixon, Dick's daughter, and didn't pick up the Ford or Carter details.  However, he did try to get us in to meet Carter, taking my sister and I to just outside the Oval Office, and parking us in the Cabinet room.  The Oval Office door was open and Carter was at his desk.  My uncle went to speak with the on duty Secret Service guys to see if we could meet Carter . . . no dice.  At least we got a peek, and got to sit at the Cabinet table.

I read this as your uncle banged Tricia Nixon. 

2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I read this as your uncle banged Tricia Nixon. 

You read it correctly.  Hence, his divorce from my aunt.

10 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You read it correctly.  Hence, his divorce from my aunt.

Her secret service code name was “Sugar Foot”.

I’m guessing that “foot” was secret service code name for something else.

On 11/20/2023 at 5:55 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

That photo on the right is from 2011 (Betty Ford's funeral).  Carter looks amazingly spry for 84 at the time, compared to 89 year old Nancy Reagan. Even photos from 2 years later, at 86, she didn't need a cane or a walker, while 90 year old Barbara did. 

Hopefully, history will be fairer:

 

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