Posted on 10/17/2008 10:18:20 AM PDT by foutsc
Yes, in fact I am going full time. My friends told me I was crazy to do it. Crazier still - I plan to teach. We need more conservative teachers. Sadly, the public school system is overrun with liberals. If I get a job after graduation, I hope to be teaching language arts or science to 6-8 graders.
I will have to add a rousing “amen” to that myself. There absolutely IS nothing new under the sun.
I’m an early boomer — almost 60 now —
Oddly, I guess, I never once participated in any of the 60’s/70’s antics. I started working right out of high school — at age 17. While marches against Viet Nam carried on, I was at work. The (older) boss said I was part of the “establishment” which never bothered me at all but was a real insult to some back then.
I recall the march in L.A. against Viet Nam war when Lyndon Johnson was visiting. All dressed up I went over to the site after work just to see what was happening. It was horrifying. I did not relate to my so-called peers at all.
My like-minded friends and I have never felt a part of the typical boomer generation. Always said we were born too late; would have preferred being born in the early forties.
I watched with amusement as many same age people grew up a bit and out of the “hippie” stage and became the great consumers boomers have been known to be for a long time. A few “hippies” remained the same — one is a relative of mine. Always a misfit, a real failure, always on the dole. Pretty pathetic.
So please don’t lump boomers together in any way — everyone had a different experience and it’s unrealistic to talk about boomers as if we are all alike. Nothing could be further from the truth.
You are making MY point. I am sick and a little weary of people trying to trace “every problem under the sun” back to the boomers. I know a lot of bad stuff came out of the 60’s but it was not invented by boomers and many never embraced the lies of the 60’s. However, as you state yourself, these ideas are not new. Certainly a lot of the boomers were brainwashed by the colleges they attended and those profs were no boomers, my friend.
As a side note, the Jesus movement started in the 60’s as well and took on full steam in the early 70’s. That was a good thing.
Thank you for your service. You have my deepest gratitude!
Boy, have you got that right. I don't think there is any city in the nation with more German influence than Milwaukee, up until the Mid-Western "Rust Belt" decline of industry in "America's machine shop" & the emigration following the loss of a lot of the city's big employers to parts in the South.
The first Socialist sent to the House of Representatives (Victor Berger) was from Milwaukee, a city that had a Socialist mayor (Frank Zeidler) who served three terms from 1948 to 1960.
Boomers mainstreamed porn?
Uh, ever hear of Hugh Hefner, the man who launched the mainstreaming of porn? He was born in 1926. Hardly a Boomer by a long shot; in fact, if I’m not mistaken, he would be considered one of the “greatest generation,” yeah, right.
Another great in the halls of porn is Larry Flynt, another pre-Boomer.
Seriously, now, have facts to back up your claptrap Mr. Foutsc.
Uh, earth to Major Mason, earth to Major Mason:
If, and if, Obama gets into office, one of the biggest reasons will be the youth vote which they have worked very hard to get out this year.... so if we end up with a socialist for POTUS, I’d say they can take a big chunk of the blame.
Quit your bellyaching about Boomers. What year were you born?
Precisely. Being a full time college student myself, I can vouch for that. The only solace I will have if Obama gets in office is that the little brats who all voted for him are going to have a heck of a time getting jobs post graduation which will happen during Obama’s “reign.”
Aww. Look at those beautiful eyes. They look blue. I know it’s not color but blue eyes look different in B&W photos.
Well said.
Thank you and believe me, it was a true honor to serve this country.
You are why our military wans and remains so great. I’ve heard people bash our military and that gets my “Irish” up for sure.
Hey, I am not part of the problem either, but I don't take it personally when folk point out what I have said about my fellow boomers for a long time.
As a child I too had a gut reaction to leftists that has not changed.
Question is how a minority of leftist wackos could become so over-represented in society today. I don't really know why - perhaps those with a totalitarian bent are drawn to positions & professions which have authority & influence over others, while the typical conservative minded American - obviously the majority in every American generation - seeks only to take improve himself and take care of his family.
Yes, and it is going to be a pretty big mess to clean-up, from the looks of things. Maybe the non-elitist Boomers can pitch in, if they really care. Sadly, I'm not seeing much of that in this thread.
If you could see me through your flat panel you'd know thats simply not true.
To infinity, and beyond!
"We didn't start the fire", eh? Maybe the Boomers didn't start it, but they certainly have taken the ball and advanced it to the goal line. Obama will do a QB keeper over the top to finish the job.
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