Posted on 08/05/2017 9:02:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
1967.....
Son was born
Traveled extensively in SE Asia
Navy contract in the Philippines ended, returned to Washington
Travelled across continental USA in VW station wagon with wife and baby son
Resigned from Navy civilian job in DC
Bought house (where I still live)
Started work for family business
I don’t remember what was going on in the country very well
There are a lot of baby boomer names on The Wall. Including many of my brother Marines.
I was in Ft. Ord Ca. during 1967 for basic and light weapons infantry training. (11b10) Saw my first drag race, went to the Sanfran teen festival. Quite a show and there was a million hippies. Best music ever.
“WHY do you think your “Greatest” generation was “better” than all others.”
Can’t you read? Where did I post that the “Greatest Generation” was better then all of the othere?
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Greatest Generation II ?
You have GOT to be kidding.
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Notwithstanding your half disguised insult about my reading skills ergo my intelligence relative to yours................I think most would think your opening salvo in out little tete a tete is pretty assertive regarding your opinion about YOUR “Greatest Generation”.
You’ve done nothing but ask questions. Do you not have any answers?
Of course. Every generation has its good and bad; its heroes and villains. While the piece I wrote (and several others like it), tend to paint with rather broad strokes, in the end, it mostly refers to a certain segment of baby boomers, and we all know who they are.
They certainly weren’t the ones over in ‘Nam.
“Well at least not before he met Yoko.”
Ever see the cover of Rolling Stone with the two of them? Don’t understand exactly why but he always put her above him in importance.
Go somewhere else and pretend to be a missionary. You are tiresome here in your drunkeness
(or at least the counterculture segment within it) I joined the Marines in 1969, saw the World, when I got out in 1972 I was not of DRINKING AGE. HEH HEH
....Yet the irony would be Elvis would sing some pretty good Gospel.
In all of your rambling about wars you forgot one,The Korean War,far more intense than Vietnam.
You wanted Boomers to be Greatest Generation II because of Vietnam——made no sense because the Korean War preceded it.
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I don’t care if liars find me tiresome or not. That’s their own choice.
As one of the younger member of the baby boomers, in reference to what the older members did, as members of the radical left, my face would turn red with being embarrassed.
A lot of people certainly make it out that asceticism must needs be spiritual. Yes, in the manner of the devil. The devil feeds you a little, starves you a lot. But at the right hand of God are pleasures forevermore.
We are all human and fall short of the Glory of God. We are all putrid-smelling in our sin, before 100% pure and perfect God.
It is very hard as humans to look past the sins committed by others who claim to be Christians, and see Pure Love, God. At least, I know it is very difficult for me. But then I do some self-reflection, and God lets me take a peek at just how sinful I am, and how I am just as guilty as the next person. God tells me to forgive others, as God forgives me.
(I’m sure you already know this. I just felt moved to post it. Thanks.)
It’s who you hope to find salvation in that makes a person a Christian.
If it’s oneself, that person is a Selfian. Both left and right have many proud Selfians.
>>It’s who you hope to find salvation in that makes a person a Christian.
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Yes, indeed!
True words
...........lol, there you go with insults again. So, now I’m a “rambler”.............can’t you express your viewpoint without insulting the person you are communicating with?
One last time, I don’t support rating one generation higher than the other for the reasons I stated................including the so called “Greatest Generation”............
Obviously that’s a concept you can’t rap your mind around much less support so I will simply conclude by saying that you are entitled to your opinions and I bid you good night.
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