Saturday, August 12, 2006
Off his rocker
It would appear that Willie Nelson has wrenched his braids one time too many. Or, perhaps, he's smoked one joint too many. Either way, it's pretty clear that Sir Nasal Twang has gone completely off his rocker.
In 2004, Nelson travelled to Plains, Georgia, to tape CMT Homecoming: President Carter in Plains. I happened to catch a few minutes of this CMT "special" last night, and I had the opporunity to hear Willie Nelson say this:
[Jimmy Carter] did a great job as president.
I guess Willie has forgotten about double-digit inflation, gas lines, hostages in Tehran, charred helicopters in the Iranian desert, "malaise," the Olympic boycott, Soviet encroachment across the globe (Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, etc.), the energy crisis, scandals involving Bert Lance and Billy Carter ...
Great job? Hardly.
Jimmy Carter's presidency can only be described as an abject failure. The only "achievement" to which Jimmy Carter can lay claim, i.e., the Camp David Accords, was eventually exposed as a hollow accomplishment when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was murdered by a gang of Islamist thugs. Indeed, Islamic fascism might never have become a gloabal threat if Jimmy Carter had authorized a fear-of-God military assault on the then-weak mullahs of Tehran.
Unfortunately, history's view of Jimmy Carter is slowly being tempered by his post-presidential activities. From the day he left office, Carter has cagily endeavored to make us all forget what a crappy president he was. He's built houses; he's supervised elections across the globe; he's written soupy poetry and prose; and he shamlessly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize until he won the freakin' thing. None of these do-good measures, however, can make up for his four-year presidential effort, during which he knocked America's **** soundly into the dirt.
Jimmy Carter did a great job as president? You'd have to be high to believe that.
Wait ... we are talking about Willie Nelson.
In 2004, Nelson travelled to Plains, Georgia, to tape CMT Homecoming: President Carter in Plains. I happened to catch a few minutes of this CMT "special" last night, and I had the opporunity to hear Willie Nelson say this:
[Jimmy Carter] did a great job as president.
I guess Willie has forgotten about double-digit inflation, gas lines, hostages in Tehran, charred helicopters in the Iranian desert, "malaise," the Olympic boycott, Soviet encroachment across the globe (Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, etc.), the energy crisis, scandals involving Bert Lance and Billy Carter ...
Great job? Hardly.
Jimmy Carter's presidency can only be described as an abject failure. The only "achievement" to which Jimmy Carter can lay claim, i.e., the Camp David Accords, was eventually exposed as a hollow accomplishment when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was murdered by a gang of Islamist thugs. Indeed, Islamic fascism might never have become a gloabal threat if Jimmy Carter had authorized a fear-of-God military assault on the then-weak mullahs of Tehran.
Unfortunately, history's view of Jimmy Carter is slowly being tempered by his post-presidential activities. From the day he left office, Carter has cagily endeavored to make us all forget what a crappy president he was. He's built houses; he's supervised elections across the globe; he's written soupy poetry and prose; and he shamlessly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize until he won the freakin' thing. None of these do-good measures, however, can make up for his four-year presidential effort, during which he knocked America's **** soundly into the dirt.
Jimmy Carter did a great job as president? You'd have to be high to believe that.
Wait ... we are talking about Willie Nelson.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Saturday, August 12, 2006 
