[tahiti]

"The most affluent and government subsidized generation there is."

You are oh so correct.

One of the many reasons my enthusiasim for the Rush Limbaugh show has diminished over the last couple of years is because his "blind" spot to the havoc the "Greatest Generation" has put this country in with Medicare (1968), Gun Control (1968), EPA (1972), Social Security Trust Fund Money used for general revenue (1977)and of course all of the communist/socialist federal judges that were approved by the mostly democrat Senate from 1952 to 1984 that the "Greatest Generation" voted for.

The "Greatest Generation" did a great job from Dec 1941 to August 1945, but really blew it after 1945.

[exhaustedmomma]

The Greatest Generation (coined by Brokaw) did a bad job all the way around. Including with most of their kids. It was the preceeding generation that was great, IMO.

[k2blader]

I don't think Rush is really blind to it. He's hit issues like Medicare and Social Security pretty hard in the past, though I wish he'd do it more. He's also slammed the boomer generation (himself included) at least a few times on his show. His comments sometimes indicate he has more hope in younger Americans.

WWII heroics aside, I hesitate to call a generation "great" that began what is now the wide acceptance of socialist, taxpayer-funded welfare.

[GVnana]

"Greatest Generation" did a great job from Dec 1941 to August 1945, but really blew it after 1945.

Sadly to say, in my experience they've turned into the most "entitled generation."

[BabsC]

I'm still trying to figured out what happened in 1913.

The fifteenth amendment was ratified in 1870, assuring the right of all citizens to vote no matter their color, race or previous condition of servitude.

For forty three years things moved along just fine (I guess) then BAM! two amendments, back to back, in one year that basically nullified all the individual liberties guaranteed by the rest of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

We got hit with the 16th in February 1913, which removed individual privacy then in April 1913 we got the 17th that removed legal representation for the States. (How else end up with someone like Hillary as a Senator?)