Kevin RussellJun 16, 2023

President Carter, now in his last days, home to be with his family as he passes, once personally saved Ottawa from a Nuclear Disaster, at risk, and cost, to his life, suffering from radiation poisoning all his life.

Canada had a Nuclear Accident in the 50s, asked the US for help, Lieutenant Jimmy Carter lead a team out of NY.

The future President Carter, had his team lower him into the reactor.

I had no idea

I have no idea why this isn't widely known.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574

How a future U.S. president helped avert nuclear disaster near Canada's capital | CBC News

In 1952, an experimental nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, partially melted down, becoming the world's first nuclear reactor incident. Disaster was averted, in part, with help from future U.S. president Jimmy Carter.

CBC
Show threadEd SandersJun 16, 2023
@kevinrns So many of today’s pols will never be 1/5 of the man Carter is.
Show threadKevin RussellJun 16, 2023

@EdSanders

Jimmy Carter was sabotaged, and all his work erased. Jimmy covered the White House in solar panels and reduced rhe highway speed to 55 to save the use of oil. A proto-Biden.

Show threadRuth O’DayJun 16, 2023
@kevinrns @EdSanders
Nixon reduced the speed limit to 55.
Show threadEd SandersJun 17, 2023

@RuthODay @kevinrns Carter didn’t do that, but he did so much more including the 1980 Olympic Boyctt and spearheading environmental cleanup.

To be fair, he definitely didn’t take on racism as a candidate for office, a triangulation that stands as a real blot on his record. At the same time, he definitely did use the power he had after winning office to create laws and regulations that were among the most anti-racist conceivable.

Edit: I stand corrected. Thanks @kevinrns .

Show threadGrandpa DonJun 17, 2023
@EdSanders
You also omitted the Camp David accords.
Show threadEd Sanders

@dbc3 oh, there’s plenty of things I left out, not the least of which was changing the ridiculous laws that prevented home brewing. Everyone who enjoys a good beer today owes that to Carter.

The microbrewery revolution would never have gotten off the ground without him.

Jun 17, 2023 at 11:51amWeb