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Baby boom... and bust
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| August 17, 2006
| Brenden O'Neill
Posted on 08/26/2006 6:16:15 AM PDT by billorites
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To: billorites
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:18:15 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(Annoy a BushBot...Think for yourself.)
To: billorites
Clinton...playing sax
LOL!! Did anyone else read this as playing sex?!
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:20:03 AM PDT
by
WV Mountain Mama
(I seem to have lost my easy button.)
To: qam1
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:20:45 AM PDT
by
WV Mountain Mama
(I seem to have lost my easy button.)
To: Glenn
The Baby Boomers brought us loud guitars. Very loud guitars. I mean, really loud guitars, man.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:24:37 AM PDT
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gaspar
To: WV Mountain Mama
LOL!! Did anyone else read this as playing sex?!I always thought he said,
"I did not hav sax with that woman......"
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:27:10 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: Glenn
And Boomers hate to hear the unvarnished truth.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:29:10 AM PDT
by
ECM
(Government is a make-work program for lawyers.)
To: gaspar
"The Baby Boomers brought us loud guitars. Very loud guitars. I mean, really loud guitars, man."
Not to mention incredible scientific, technological, medical, economic, and other advancements.
We probably could have done without some of their moral and cultural "achievements" though.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:29:42 AM PDT
by
Laserman
To: Laserman
"The Baby Boomers brought us loud guitars. Very loud guitars. I mean, really loud guitars, man." Actually, Les Paul was born in 1915.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:32:38 AM PDT
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: billorites
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:33:32 AM PDT
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: billorites
The two Clintons produced one child. That is the legacy of the Boomers...the depopulation of the Western world. That selfishness will be the downfall of the civilization.
To: WV Mountain Mama; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; tortoise; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; ...
Xer Ping Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:35:17 AM PDT
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qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Glenn
X'ers love to whine.
Because they're jealous.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:36:20 AM PDT
by
beef
(Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
To: billorites
There are Boomers worthy of respect. Not very many though.
As far as "achievements" and "progress" made by Boomers-as-a-class, I don't see any.
On an individual basis I see some Boomers attempting adulthood. Maybe five out of a hundred. The vast majority are still Lost Boys living in Never-Neverland trying to believe in pixies. They insist on being powerful children. Fat and Sassy.
I was born in 1946.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:37:03 AM PDT
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Iris7
(Dare to be pigheaded! Stubborn! "Tolerance" is not a virtue!)
To: Iris7
There are Boomers worthy of respect. Not very many though. The 58,000 or so who gave their all for our country in Viet Nam?
I was born in '45.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:40:47 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: ECM
And Boomers hate to hear the unvarnished truth. I see no evidence that X'ers are going to be selfless little citizens of the world anytime soon, so I expect that your turn to be taken to task for your actions is in your future.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:43:49 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(Annoy a BushBot...Think for yourself.)
To: Graybeard58
Let's see. The draft ended in 1973. The Cold War ended fifteen years later. I guess we can thank all those Xers for manning the line during that time.
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posted on
08/26/2006 6:47:27 AM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: billorites
This week, former US President Bill Clinton - perhaps the archetypal baby boomer - turns 60.
Yeah, but let's not forget we also have Dubya in that group as well.
But the fact is, it will be hard for any generation to measure up to our "Greatest Generation".
God truly blessed this country with those folks.
To: Graybeard58
I went to Viet Nam myself. Most of the guys over there in my time were good ones. We all went willingly enough.
I once mentioned to the wife that the best men of my generation went to Viet Nam. The worst ran away and now control most everything.
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posted on
08/26/2006 7:00:35 AM PDT
by
Iris7
(Dare to be pigheaded! Stubborn! "Tolerance" is not a virtue!)
To: kittymyrib
The two Clintons produced one child. That is the legacy of the Boomers...the depopulation of the Western world. That selfishness will be the downfall of the civilization. But in their case, I think that we should be grateful they only had one child. That's one gene pool we can do with out.
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