September 26th,
2014 Friday…
To: Former President Jimmy Carter and Former First
Lady Rosalynn Carter
The Carter Center
Atlanta, Georgia
From: Brother Tracy Gibson
213 South 49th
Street
Philadelphia, Common
Wealth of Pennsylvania 19139
Advocate – Philanthropist – Businessman--Writer
Dear Former President Jimmy Carter & Former
First Lady Rosalynn Carter:
It is with great
Honor, Pride, Respect & Joy that I find time, once again, to sit &
write you both. It is funny How when you really get to know People all the
rough edges come out as do all the things about People that shock &
surprise—Good & Bad. When I talk with People, Black People like myself, my
age—I am 57—they act like I cursed them sometimes when I say Jimmy Carter was
the best President we had in recent times. They call me—in their minds only
because they don’t have the heart to say it to my face—they want to so bad to
call me an Uncle Tom as they say ``Why of Course President Obama is the best
President we have ever had!!’’ They fail to remember the religious &
Spiritual convictions and religious & Spiritual dedication you both have
and How this has shaped & molded your Human Rights & Freedom oriented
political & ethical philosophy & views.
And the vital post-White-House
work you have both done internationally to end World hunger, provide clean
water and end worm [get name of worm] contamination and infestation throughout
parts of Africa. This, as you well know, is only part of the great many
achievements you have accomplished since your White House days. This justice
oriented & balanced idea of decency, good will, fairness & or respect
for human rights is what carried you both from Plains, Georgia to The White
House successfully. Our country was just coming up for a breath of Fresh air
after the terrible atrocities of the Watergate / Nixon years when you both were
rightfully given a great deal of credit for leading us out of a great fog. This Nixon / Watergate fog almost destroyed
our Spirit & our will as a Nation. We must continue to excel financially
& exercise our God-given & Constitutional rights as the World’s leading
& possibly most powerful democracy. We certainly have some calluses in our record
as a Nation, but right now, and this may change, I don’t want to live anywhere
else in the world but in the United States.
Once again I am
afraid our Nation is beset with internal & external scoundrels who would do
us in for one reason or another. I’m afraid many of these scoundrels have sat
or are sitting in high office and want to ambitiously use bombs in the place of
good solid diplomacy, Peace Talks and the hard work at home & around the
world of seeing Peaceful co-existence flourish, sustainability flourish &
economic sharing flourish. The times we are living in are chock full of
opportunities for a bright & Prosperous future and at the same time we have
a great possibility of moving backwards & never really experiencing the
fruit and seasons of our rich potential. This is why I am asking you, again, to
step Way out of your Comfort Zone and in the Name of Anwar Sadat & Menachem
[check spelling] Begin & the Camp David Accords that were reached with your
help in 1978, I am asking you to do something unheard of for a sitting or
former President. I asked you before and I am led by GOD to ask you again to
Not ask, but tell the Navy to take the Precious name your LOVing Parents gave
you off of that Nuclear Submarine which is part of the current U.S. arsenal!! I
know doing such a thing will cause scorn & consternation among the military,
the right wing & the pentagon—but with the private sector capitalizing so
greatly from more war, death, hatred & misery I don’t know how you don’t
take this Bold & Courageous step.
I really fear for our
Nation and much of the World because of the conflicts in the Middle East and
elsewhere. I, for one, am tired of the
Middle East getting so much ink and being such a bother when there are
problems, such as in the Congo and Somalia that get little or no ink and when
they do get covered by the national and international press they get the story
so wrong. Well, you just would not believe it. I have written any number of
celebrities and Progressive financial sources to get funding for my work and
the businesses I want to start. As you
might know, I have an organization on paper called the Coalition for Peace,
Freedom & Justice in the Middle East.
It has NOT been funded. All I
want to do is get People of everyday life more informed on the issues of the
Middle east—regular Housewives, newspaper delivery boys [like I used to be],
union workers, teachers, businessmen, hair dressers, actors, and comedians—I
want them to be more informed and help their views to get to be part of the
political process and actually become part of the policy-making process. This organization –The Coalition
for Peace, Freedom & Justice in the Middle East--would be a
non-profit, 501c3 based in the United States, probably right here in
Philadelphia, but would have members of many, many international communities
and many foreign countries, as well as the more regular and traditional
Americans I talked about earlier. I am
ashamed and appalled at what the United Nations is doing to cover up and ignore
what needs to be a better more worldly and Progressive policy towards the
Middle East coming from the United States, Israel and the United Nations. They
simply rubber stamp, to often at least, what the Security Council wants—Russia,
China and the United States—and drown out other voices of Progressive countries
such as Cuba and counties that have had adversarial relations with the United
Stated such as Iran and Venezuela. These
countries and many others, have legitimate gripes and concerns that are hardly
ever listened to. This is why the United
States’ military missions in the Middle East are so dangerous and often so
un-called for. The People have NOT been
heard. This is why I implore you to take your name off the military submarine
and make a public statement with Rosalynn Carter for Peace. I have to admit I
have NOT read your book on the Middle East that was so controversial:
``Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’’. I
don’t read like I used to, but I know this book is important for ALL Americans
to read... I must find out if it is available on Compact Disk because I will
listen to a book as opposed to read it if I can. That Way I can listen to it while I do
household chores like cleaning the dishes and clean the kitchen floor. [I guess
that is multi-tasking, which I am against, by the Way. I think people need to
be less rushed and hurried especially now when everybody wants our time and
money. People need to just slow down and take their time and listen to their
inner voice of wisdom and the voice of GOD before they take rash and prudent
actions that cannot be turned around..] This is exactly what I’m asking you to
do. It is very, very important that you NOT feel forced or coerced by me or
anyone else to make such a decision that is totally yours to make. I know we
both want only the best for our nation and our North American citizens, no matter
what their ethnic backgrounds are. Take a week and decide if you can go out on
a limb and do what I have asked. It will
have a serious and positive impact on World issues, the Peace Process and make
the everyday North American, who I’m trying to reach, sit up and say, ``Hay ,
wait a minute, if Former President Jimmy Carter
& His Wife Rosalynn are taking such drastic action there must be
something I need to listen to here. Let me turn off ``Black-ish’’ for a while and read up on this particular issue, and
maybe even start taking ALL the political issues more seriously. And NOT just
for the current election cycle, but always!! ‘’
I
could go on, but I won’t. I am sure you have more letters to read. I want you
to know that you don’t have to mention my name if you take this action. I don’t
need any credit for helping you see the validity in such an action. I know full
well, because of your successes in the Middle East, [The Camp David Accords of
1978 and much of your other work on this issue] that you care about our world
and the Peace efforts that go on. I
wanted to add that the Peace groups in Israel that do such great work and have
done so for many, many years are often ignored by the major media as well. This is a pity and a shame and very
unfair. I wish you and your wife Rosalynn Peace,
Justice and much Prosperity as I also wish this for ALL humans on earth. I hate to see People suffer needlessly. I
hate to hear about the torture that is actually being carried out by United
States officials, even while the President denies it; and I hate to see People
starve and have to go without nice homes when there is such a great amount of
bounty and abundance in the world. Lastly, but by no means least, I really hate
to see children suffer needlessly [their suffering is ALWAYS needless.].
Many
Peaceful Blessings,
Mr. Tracy Charles Gibson
Post
Script: When I finished writing this letter I could find NO typoes. I did the
best research I could, but a few might be slipped in by ``parties unknown’’
such as the NSA or other such covert authorities because I’m getting a
reputation in that community as well. Much LOVe and Respect to you, especially
on your 90th Birthday!!!
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