The Aging of Aquarius - Boomers can take credit for the 60s (LAUGH ALERT)

Washington Monthly ^ | January/February 2006 | Jamie Malanowski

[Chi-townChief]

I'm a Boomer myself and when I read through this, the first thought that comes to mind is "Man, what bullshit!!!" I'll agree with a point the author touches briefly on: the Boomers were very effective at taking credit for the heavy lifting done previously by the G.I. and Silent generations.

[Appalled but Not Surprised]

Dear Boomers: hurry up and DIE ALREADY! WE'RE SICK OF YOU!

(I was born in '61, but that doesn't make ME a boomer - it makes me "Generation W"! :0))

[joesnuffy]

Boomers have enthusiastically bought into the corporate values that dominate our lives

Now there's Jane Fonda's,John Kerry's,Ken Kessey's, Timothy Leary's,John,Paul,George & Ringo's,Elton John's,Abbey Hoffman's,Martin Scorceses',Bill & Hitlery's,Bella Abzug's,Gloria Steinem's,Alfred Kinsey,Margaret Sanger's epitath.

[Old Sarge]

Dig to find the nugget in the offal:

Boomers have backed Bush, and his tax cuts, and his war

::whining:: It's Bush's War, it's Bush's war!

Memo to Ms. Malanowski: Screw yourself.

[linda_22003]

Sorry to break it to you, but 1946-1964 is the Boom. You're a boomer whether you like it or not.

[doug from upland]

Gee, that's not nice. Can't I at least stay around long enough to help destroy Hillary's dreams of the White House?

[apackof2]

Dear Generation W

We outnumber you, get used to us, we're not going anywhere

Booooooomer Baby

[Chi-townChief]

You beat me to it.

[linda_22003]

There are only two actual boomers in that long list. :)

[Fiddlstix]

Readers will recall that it was Tom Brokaw's great good luck as a journalist, as a reporter of news, to uncover that back in the 1930s and 1940s, a large mass of young Americans had to suffer, a) the trials and deprivations of the Great Depression, then b) fight a terrible war —a “world war” in the parlance of the time—against countries bent on global domination. Not only did Brokaw have the courage to bring to light this virtually hidden chapter of our history.............

ROFL!
Good Old Brokejaw. What courage.
LOL

[CheyennePress]

The--let me get this straight--"Great Moral Leap Forward?" From the 1960s? Okay, you really want to place morality and the 1960s together? But if you're going to do that, I guess it makes sense to compare it to a communist revolution.

[Poincare]

Never much noticed it before that none of the boomers' leaders were boomers. The boomers are followers. I was born near the end of WWII and not quite a boomer I noticed when growing up how each year younger than "us" were softer and more pliable.

[linda_22003]

"I noticed when growing up how each year younger than "us" were softer and more pliable."

Why, thank you (from a 1955'er). I do try to keep up with the moisturizer. :)

[Howlin]

LOL!

[Poincare]

No offense intended, of course. Hardship does have an effect on character. You can't blame someone if they grew up in Peace and Prosperity for not having enough hardship. (Although some of us did seek it out.)

[Thebaddog]

I'm 1954 and I'm sassafraaaing these Generation Whine kids that write this stuff.

BTW, did you notice all the young kids following those old democrat goats leaving the hearing room during the Alito Confirmation shows on C-span?

[steve8714]

I don't wish to die, nor do I wish to share responsibility for the great changes since 1960. Of four of the largest, only one(racial desegregation) is worth a crap.

[Chanticleer]

Those dates keep changing! Once, I was just on the outside of the Baby Boom. Now, I'm solidly in the end of it. Make up your mind, sociologists! I can't seem to find my identity.

:-p

[linda_22003]

No offense taken; I was joking, of course. I do agree that we were raised with an artificially high level of protection from hardship; I asked my WWII vet father about that once, and he said, "that is the way we (collectively) wanted it to be for you", meaning my generation.

[linda_22003]

I heard the hearings on CSPAN radio, but did not see them, for the most part, so I missed that.