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Well I am a "boomer" and I don't take personal offense.

However it seems shallow, at best, to lump us all into a "blame them group".

Those who lead have been dividing us into smaller and smaller groups, all at each others throats for a piece of the pie, for so long now. And we follow, blindly. To the extent, that we have almost all, willingly, become some type of "hypenated-American" with the "me, me, me" mentality.

Please, in your endeavor to fix "blame" elsewhere, don't forget the multiple hundreds of thousands of "Boomers" who served this nation in honor and selflessness, leaving 55,000 of our brothers and sisters lying dead on the field of battle for the Ideal of America, when most of the American "parent" generation sat on the sidelines in quiet dumbness and then watched as we came home to be spit upon and reviled in many unthinkable ways.

We must all shoulder a portion of the responsibility for where we are today. Until we do, we are doomed as a culture and the "Republic" along with us.

Please, in your endeavor to fix "blame" elsewhere,

With all due respect, I believe it is the Congressional Republicans themselves, along with the leadership, that bare a great deal of blame for the position they now find themselves. True, voters bare some responsibility, the media bares some responsibility, the liberals, but it is the Republicans themselves that, I believe, bare the brunt of blame.

How many hundreds of posts here on FR have we seen over the past 2, 3, 4 years complaining about Republican lack of spine, of Republican capitulation on numerous subjects, of Republican lack of action on borders, etc.

They still have a small window of opportunity to turn this around, but that window is closing fast. I will be voting Republican, but I am not sure how the majority of the peeples will vote.

don't forget the multiple hundreds of thousands of "Boomers" who served this nation in honor and selflessness, leaving 55,000 of our brothers and sisters lying dead on the field of battle for the Ideal of America, when most of the American "parent" generation sat on the sidelines in quiet dumbness and then watched as we came home to be spit upon and reviled in many unthinkable ways.

For God's sake ImpBill, how did my post give you the impression that I have forgotten those sacrifices? I actually do take offense at that. I cannot understand how you came to that conclusion.

Points well taken. I did say in most instances. And there are exceptions to the rule. Obviously the ones who have given the ultimate sacrifice cannot be lumped into the category. Yet you cannot deny the "tsunami" of the baby boom generation. My point is that our leaders today who fall in the Boomer generation are a victim of sociology rather than ideology.

Watch every retirement commercial and tell me that the baby Boomers aren't self absorbed. We have to be reminded constantly that they were the generation that made a difference. That they were the generation of revolution. And what are the images that Fidelity, Met Life and other insurance companies force down out throat? The 60's, protest, Vietnam and every other baby boomer synonyms. When the WWII generation they did so quietly. Not needing advertising to tell us how special they are. Again there are exceptions and they are the ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice but for the most part the Baby Boom generation has bought us promiscuous sex, a drug culture, entitlement mentality, warm fuzziness and pseudo ailments.