Posted on 12/26/2005 5:07:49 PM PST by AZRepublican
The valiant generation of Americans that fought World War II to preserve our liberty and western civilization was followed by the worst generation in the history of the country: the Baby Boomer generation born from 1946-1964.
The elite Baby Boomers turned the United States from the most prosperous countries on the planet to a country heading toward bankruptcy. It acquired a massive foreign trade deficit that will take generations to pay off. It deconstructed U.S. industries and the invited the invasion of millions of illegal aliens.
The Baby Boomers declared the Constitution to be a worthless piece of paper. It derided the notion that United States was unique place among the nations of the world and declared that it was only the equal of other countries, if not worse. The Baby Boomers mocked the nation’s Christian heritage and forced ordinary citizens to fight to keep Christmas in public places.
In David McClelland’s 1961 opus, “The Achieving Society,” McClelland shows that rises or declines in the “need for achievement” precede the economic rise or decline of a society. For him growing societies have a great deal of “need for achievement” This need for achievement plateaus as the society becomes wealthier and eventually declines. This precedes the eventual dissolution of the society. He notes that the wealth of the society prevents parents from developing self-reliance in their children. This lack of self-reliance leads to the children having a reduced need for achievement. Describing Athenian society, McClelland says,
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I am not falling for it.
Look. I'm willing to lay a lot of blame at the feet of Baby Boomers but even the excerpt goes beyond rationality!
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The Greatest Generation must have consisted of really horrible parents.
It's an article for people who have major issues with their parents -- it makes them feel better about being so damn ungrateful.
We are all DOOMED!! (1954)
Who the f-ck is this moron?
The WWII generation brought us the New Deal, Great Society and Stagflation. The Baby Boomers brought us the Leveraged Buyout, the longest period of economic growth in decades, and REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF CONGRESS!
The WWII Generation were a bunch of guzzling geezers. The boomers brought us prosperity.
"The Greatest Generation must have consisted of really horrible parents."
Bingo. They listened to Dr. Spock and spared the rod. Shame on them.
I,as an embarrassed member of the Boomers,completely agree. Boomers are the most narcissistic,hedonistic,materialistic generation ever to walk this earth.
You obviously haven't seen the current crop of contenders for the titles you awarded to Boomers. They will outdo them in very many ways - Just wait.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
message, Spock?
Worse yet, many of the war protesters were financed and supported by Communist organizations. That information was made available to our government agencies by the Israeli Mossad in the 60's and 70's. Little or nothing was done to control such organizations and the resulting chaos in the colleges, plus the undercover work of such violent outfits as the Weathermen and Black Panthers (Hitlery defended those murderers) was meant to undermine the Nation and nearly did. The Boomers are the worst generation ever! The Best Generation produced the worst. Go figure! Most Boomers I know still have not admitted their errors no do they accept blame.
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"Boomers are the most narcissistic,hedonistic,materialistic generation ever to walk this earth."
So you got a hold of some of the brown acid man...you were warned... now your trip is a big drag for life man...shouldnt of done the brown acid man...big mistake..
Purple Haze only for me man and I'm still tripping in the groove of peace and free love....outasight far out and right on!......:)
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