[Gay State Conservative]

Indeed, this mammoth generation -- at once lauded for its commitment to social change and derided for its perceived self-indulgence -- has grown up and is now going gray.

*Perceived* self-indulgence?

PERCEIVED?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

"In the 1960s and '70s they burned their bras and draft cards, marched on Washington, founded Earth Day and vowed never to trust anyone over the age of 30."

Bullshit. A loud and overbearing 10% or less did this crap, and was lovingly overcovered by the media that made its own lefty transition at that time.

[beyond the sea]

Have the boomers prospered as much as they could have, or did they miss key opportunities to better their nation and their lives?

I'm 59.......... a boomer......... we suck............ look what we have allowed our government to become on our watch ............ a bunch of compromised, spineless, self-serving politicians who passed CFR without a blink, blew off the ports deal with little reason, spent our *sses off, overspend for lousy/socialist schools, won't clean up the income tax, won't deal with the social security problem, and won't put a number of traitors (Sandy Berger, etc.) among us in jail.

We suck.

;-)

[wtc911]

In the 1960s and '70s they burned their bras and draft cards, marched on Washington, founded Earth Day and vowed never to trust anyone over the age of 30.....

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Wonder why so many of these Boomer bashing whine-fests start with lies. Earth Day was the brain child of Gaylord Nelson (born in 1916) and John McConnell (born in 1915). Nelson hired Denis Hayes (born 1944) to run the effort. Not a Boomer in the bunch.

And, the slogan "never trust anyone over thirty" was from a TV movie written by a guy born in 1928.

You kids really should do a little real-world homework, that is unless you enjoy being led by the nose.

[beyond the sea]

What generation has watched this country slide into socialism in the past 50 years? What generation has ignored the communists/anti Americans still in the State Department and elsewhere in the government who are tearing this administration down? Who are the folks who watch as Hollywood soils America's morality daily? What is the age group of politicians who do little or nothing to stand by the Founding Fathers' basics?

Boomers.

[SueRae]

I'm a boomer...and was to some extent, a product of the 70's, a decade that if haedn't happened, I would probably have been a millionaire by now.

But I never burned a bra, marched in a peace protest or denigrated our country. Whatever party animal tendencies I had in the 70's were replaced with a college degree, earned at night, holding a job and paying taxes..and possess a deep love and respect for our country. We baby boomers are also part of Reagan's raiders and I'm very proud of that. That oesn't mean I didn't also enjoy attending the Louie Louie parade in Philly a couple of times (before then Mayor Goode, stopped it) :-)

[Cinnamon Girl]

How DARE you call Baby Boomers "BUMS!"

I believe the correct terminology is "Spongers."

And I think they coined the expression "me time."

[qam1]

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[TChris]

"Various rugs have been pulled out from under this generation," says Leonard Steinhorn

That tells me all I need to know. It's just another attempt to pass off responsibility for their decisions onto someone else.

So, what else is new?

[vpintheak]

Flippin' freakin' flying pigs at the trough. And then raised kids the same way.

[SweetCaroline]

BUMP

[Congressman Billybob]

Thanks for posting this. I, also, wrote about the Baby Boomers, but in a more serious vein, in my column for this week. I wrote about how much, or how little, we have accomplished in our lives, and what our chances are going forward in our remaining years. Click below.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Puckett and Reeve, Gone before Their Time"

[Tamar1973]

Baby boomers or bums?

Boomers or bums? I would say both.

[nutmeg]

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