Posted on 06/19/2009 10:46:38 AM PDT by Daveinyork
Last weekend I attended my niece's high-school graduation from an upscale prep school in Washington, D.C. These are supposed to be events filled with joy, optimism and anticipation of great achievements. But nearly all the kids who stepped to the podium dutifully moaned about how terrified they are of America's future -- yes, even though Barack Obama, whom they all worship and adore, has brought "change they can believe in." A federal judge gave the commencement address and proceeded to denounce the sorry state of the nation that will be handed off to them. The enemy, he said, is the collective narcissism of their parents' generation -- my generation. The judge said that we baby boomers have bequeathed to the "echo boomers," "millennials," or whatever they are to be called, a legacy of "greed, global warming, and growing income inequality."
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Wow, graduation sucks these days. Used to be pranks at the ceremony, uplifting speeches, parties and fornication afterward. Now its just nihilistic whining...yuck.
Very good.
How about a legacy of godlessness, hedonism, "not my responsibility", junk science, politcal correctness, and liberal guilt trips?
Ain't that the truth. I'm not apologizing for the MEEEE! generation any more than I'm apologizing for slavery.
The job now is not to raise them but to re-educate them and show the word of God and the founders to them.
Same old same old:
Jimmy Carter’s Malaise Speech, 1979
by Jimmy Carter
Good evening.
This is a special night for me. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.
During the past 3 years I’ve spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the Government, our Nation’s economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches, the talks, and the press conferences have become increasingly narrow, focused more and more on what the isolated world of Washington thinks is important. Gradually, you’ve heard more and more about what the Government thinks or what the Government should be doing and less and less about our Nation’s hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future.
Ten days ago I had planned to speak to you again about a very important subject — energy. For the fifth time I would have described the urgency of the problem and laid out a series of legislative recommendations to the Congress. But as I was preparing to speak, I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?
It’s clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper — deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. So, I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.
I invited to Camp David people from almost every segment of our society business and labor, teachers and preachers, Governors, mayors, and private citizens. And then I left Camp David to listen to other Americans, …
http://www.rightwingnews.com/speeches/carter.php
Same old same old:
Jimmy Carter’s Malaise Speech, 1979
by Jimmy Carter
Good evening.
This is a special night for me. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.
During the past 3 years I’ve spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the Government, our Nation’s economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches, the talks, and the press conferences have become increasingly narrow, focused more and more on what the isolated world of Washington thinks is important. Gradually, you’ve heard more and more about what the Government thinks or what the Government should be doing and less and less about our Nation’s hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future.
Ten days ago I had planned to speak to you again about a very important subject — energy. For the fifth time I would have described the urgency of the problem and laid out a series of legislative recommendations to the Congress. But as I was preparing to speak, I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?
It’s clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper — deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. So, I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.
I invited to Camp David people from almost every segment of our society business and labor, teachers and preachers, Governors, mayors, and private citizens. And then I left Camp David to listen to other Americans, …
http://www.rightwingnews.com/speeches/carter.php
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Steven Moore wrote pro-illegal alien ediotorials in the WSJ and because of them I quit The Club For Growth. I also cancelled my WSJ subscription recently as they fawn over Obama and Murdoch ruined the paper.
“How about a legacy of godlessness, hedonism, “not my responsibility”, junk science, politcal correctness, and liberal guilt trips?”
Exactly. The Baby Boomers are the most evil, selfish, perverted, satanic generation America has ever produced.
The presidential sweepstakes seem to have skipped the boomers. There have only been two boomer Presidents, and the post boomer generations are electing already. Those boomers who have run are pretty ridiculous - Dukakis, Gore, Kerry, etc.
They weren't born that way, they were indoctrinated by Socialists who infested this nation's government, media, and institutions (of science and education).
How about after 20 years of Clinton, Bush, and Obama, we try something OTHER than a Baby Boomer president?
Hello, Barack Obama is a baby boomer. On the cusp but he’s no baby buster.
“I also cancelled my WSJ subscription recently as they fawn over Obama and Murdoch ruined the paper.”
The WSJ has been liberal for as long as I can remember, except for the editorial page, which, unlike other rags, has not enforced ideological conformity on the news pages.
The Millenials, of course, are going to destroy us all.
I could take most of what he said seriously, up until this point.
$45 trillion net worth, my ass. The only way anyone could arrive at this conclusion is by not counting our future unfunded liabilities. If and when the day comes that foreigners stop lending to us, this claim will quickly be exposed as the mountain of B.S. that it is.
The judge said that we baby boomers have bequeathed to the “echo boomers,” “millennials,” or whatever they are to be called, a legacy of “greed, global warming, and growing income inequality.”
I thought it was the current generations, Y, X, and baby boomers (everyone old enough to vote) irresponsibly, selfishly, and arrogantly leaving future generations (my innocent children) enslaved to a mountain of debt. It is taxation without representation on future generations and it is completely immoral. They aren’t even old enough to defend themselves—yet. I have no doubt that they will hate past generations for squaundering the wealth and liberty of this great nation and enslaving them. I know I despise all those in my Grandfather’s generation who voted to enslave me to Social Security.
This subject seems to come up fairly often lately. But for anyone with some knowledge of US history and government the past forty to fifty years, they know that much of the change people now object to was implement by the Greatest Generation, in the years from about 1960 until about 1992.
The Boomers were not in positions of authority and influence enough to affect much change until the mid to late 1980s, and even later until they were a majority in Congress and had the first Boomer president in 1992.
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